Βλάσης Μαυραντζάς

Academic positions

  • Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Univ. of Patras, Greece
  • Dozent-Lecturer, Particle Technology Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, ETH Zürich, Switzerland (with Prof. Sotiris E. Pratsinis)

 

Academic Interests

  • Physical Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics, Statistical Thermodynamics, Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics
  • Statistical Mechanics and Molecular Simulation
  • Rheology and Transport Phenomena
  • Finite-Element and Spectral-Element Numerical Methods
  • Dissipative Quantum field theory

Research Interests

  • Modeling and simulation of polymers and of soft nanostructured polymeric materials at multiple time and length scales (atomistic, mesoscopic, macroscopic)
  • Constitutive modeling of polymer viscoelasticity
  • Bulk polymers and polymers at interfaces (adhesion, self-assembly)
  • Thermodynamics of complex fluids under non-equilibrium conditions
  • Ring polymers, circular DNA molecules
  • Mobility and hydrodynamic interactions of nanoparticle agglomerates
  • Quantum dissipation, quantum master equations

 

Books: 2

  • V.G. Mavrantzas, Statistical Thermodynamics (in Greek), book for the course on “Physical Chemistry”, Studies in Natural Sciences, Hellenic Open University, Patras, 2001.
  • D.N. Theodorou, V.G. Mavrantzas, Multi-scale Modelling of Polymers, Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford (UK), book will be delivered in summer of 2020.

 

Special Journal Volumes Edited: 2

  • V.G. Mavrantzas, A.N. Beris, Th. Tzavaras (Guest Editors): Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics and Complex Fluids, J. of Non-Newt. Fluid Mech., Special Volume 152, Issues 1-3, 2008.
  • V.G. Mavrantzas, P.S. Stephanou (Guest Editors): Theory and Simulations of Entangled Polymers, Polymers, Special Volume to be published in 2019.

 

Chapters in Books or collective volumes: 11

 

Publications in Refereed Journals: 115 ( h index: 34, total citations: 3200)

 

Publications in Conference Proceedings: 77

 

Oral Presentations: ~265

Invited Lectures: 34

Participation in R&D projects: 12 national projects, 8 EC projects, 3 industrial projects

 

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