Γεώργιος Μπόκιας

Georgios Bokias

Professor of Polymer Science,   Department of Chemistry, 

University of Patras            

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EDUCATION – TRAINING

 

1994: PhD in Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras

1989: BSc. in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Athens 

 

 

Thesis 

 

“Hydrogen-bonding Interpolymer Complexation : Interaction between poly(acrylic acid) and

Nonionic polybases.”

 

 

 

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT/OCCUPATION

 

2018-present: Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Patras

2011- 2018: Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Patras

2002-2011: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Patras 

2001- 04/2002: Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Materials Science, University of Patras

09/2000-01/2001: Visiting Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, University of Cyprus

1999-2000: Post-doctoral researcher (Marie Curie return grant), Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras 

1996-1998 : Post-doctoral researcher (Marie Curie grant), Laboratoire de Physico-chimie Macromoleculaire, ESPCI, Paris

 

 

FELLOWSHIPS

 

  • Fellowship for Ph.D. studies from the Institute of Chemical Engineering and Hight Temperature Processes (ICEHT/FORTH) (1989-1994).
  • Marie Curie Fellowship for post-doctoral research in the Laboratoire de PhysicoChimie Macromoleculaire, Universite Pierre et marie Curie, France (1996-1998).
  • Marie Curie return Grant for post-doctoral research in the Depratment of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, Greece (1998-1999).

 

 

VISITING PROFESSOR

 

  • 09/2000 – 01/2001 : Department of Chemistry, University of Cyprus
  • 09/2006 : Lab. Matiere Molle et Chimie, ESPCI, Paris-Tech, France.

 

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

 

Graduate and undergraduate courses in:  

  • Chemical Technology,
  • Chemistry and Technology of Materials,
  • Chemical Industries,
  • Analytical Chemistry (lab courses),
  • Polymer Synthesis and Characterization,
  • Polymer Properties,
  • Advanced (functional) Polymers

 

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

My research interests cover the area of water-soluble polymers. Specific areas of interest include:

  • Design of water-soluble polymers
  • Stimuli-responsive polymers
  • Optically-labelled water-soluble polymers
  • Interpolymer interactions (hydrophobic, hydrogen-bonding or Coulombic) in water
  • Polymer-surfactant interactions
  • Polymer-metal ion interactions
  • Interactions of polymers with biologically active-substances
  • Hydrogels
  • Hybrid inorganic/hydrogel soft materials

 

 

PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH PROJECTS

  • Coordinator in 3 National Projects
  • Principal Investigator in 7 National Competitive Project
  • Principal Investigator in 1 European Competitive Project

 

REVIEWER

  • About 300 reviews for ~50 scientific journals
  • 2007: within the Top 200 reviewers for Macromolecules
  • Reviewer of French research projects JCJC and Βlanc Inter for ANR (France)
  • Reviewer of Greek research project Synergasia for GSRT (GREECE)

 

 

PUBLICATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL PEER-REVIEWED  JOURNALS

 

  1. “Interpolymer association between poly(acrylic acid) and vinyl alcohol - vinyl acetate copolymers in dilute aqueous solution”. Staikos* and G. Bokias. Makromol. Chem. 1991, 192, 2649.

                         

  1. “The viscometric methods in the investigation of the polyacid - polybase interpolymer complexes”. Staikos,* G. Bokias and C. Tsitsilianis.
  2. Appl. Polym. Sci. 1993, 48, 215.

             

  1. “The intrinsic viscosity of poly(acrylic acid) and partially neutralized poly(acrylic

acid) by isoionic dilution”.  G. Staikos*  and G. Bokias. Polym. Int. 1993, 31, 385.        

  1. “Interpolymer association between acrylic acid copolymers and poly(ethylene glycol) : effects of the copolymer nature”. G. Bokias, G. Staikos,* Iliopoulos and R. Audebert. Macromolecules 1994, 27, 427.  
  1. “A quantitative description of the viscometric behaviour of partially neutralized poly(acrylic acid) in aqueous solutions studied by the isoionic dilution method”.

Bokias and G. Staikos.*  Polymer 1995, 36, 2079. 

                         

  1. “Interpolymer complexes of poly(acrylamide) and poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) with poly(acrylic acid) : a comparative study”. Staikos,* G. Bokias and K. Karayanni. Polym. Int. 1996, 41, 345. 

             

  1. “Hydrophobic interactions of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) with hydrophobically modified poly(sodium acrylate) in aqueous solution”. G. Bokias,* D. Hourdet, I. Iliopoulos, G. Staikos and R. Audebert. Macromolecules 1997, 30, 8293.

             

  1. “Molar mass control of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) and poly(acrylic acid) in aqueous polymerizations initiated by redox initiators based on persulfates”. G. Bokias,*  Durand and D. Hourdet. Macromol. Chem. Phys. 1998, 199, 1387.    

             

  1. “The study of the interpolymer hydrogen bonding interactions in aqueous solution, based on the isoionic dilution method”. G. Bokias and G. Staikos. Recent Res. Devel. Macromol. Res. 1999, 4, 247.
  1. “Hydrophobically modified poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide): Synthesis, aqueous solution behaviour, and rheological properties in aqueous mixtures with hydrophobically modified poly(sodium acrylate)”. Guillaumont, G. Bokias* and I. Iliopoulos. Macromol. Chem. Phys. 2000, 201, 251.   
  1. “Positively charged amphiphilic polymers based on poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) : Phase behavior and shear-induced thickening in aqueous solution”. Bokias,* D. Hourdet and I. Iliopoulos. Macromolecules 2000, 33, 2929.    
  1. “Phase behaviour of aqueous mixtures of sodium dodecyl sulfate with a weakly cationically charged acrylamide-based copolymer”. Y. Mylonas, G. Bokias* and G. Staikos. Colloid Polym. Sci. 2000, 115, 93.

 

  1. “Solution properties and phase behavior of copolymers of acrylic acid with

N-isopropylacrylamide: the importance of the intrachain hydrogen bonding”. G. Bokias,* G. Staikos and I. Iliopoulos. Polymer 2000, 41, 7399.   

  1. “Investigation of the association in water of sodium dodecyl sulfate with a positively charged copolymer based on N-isopropylacrylamide”. Bokias.*  Colloid Polym. Sci. 2000, 278, 1109.    

 

  1. “Influence of migrating ionic groups on the solubility of polyelectrolytes : Phase behavior of ionic poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) copolymers in water”. G. Bokias, V.V. Vasilevskaya,* Iliopoulos, D. Hourdet and A.R. Khokhlov. Macromolecules 2000, 33, 9757.   
  1. “Association of hydrophobically modified positively charged N-isopropylacrylamide copolymers with the nonionic surfactant Triton X-100”. Bokias.* Polymer 2001, 42, 3657.  
  1. “Association of positively charged copolymers based on N-isopropylacrylamide with hydrophobically modified poly(sodium acrylate) in water”. Bokias* and Y. Mylonas.

Macromolecules 2001, 34, 885.  

  1. “Synthesis and characterization of positively charged amphiphilic water soluble polymers based on N-isopropylacrylamide”. Bokias and D. Hourdet.* Polymer 2001, 42, 6329.     
  1. “Association of hydrophobically modified poly(sodium acrylate) derivatives with cationic copolymers based on N-isopropylacrylamide”. G. Bokias,*  Iliopoulos, D. Hourdet and G. Staikos. Progr. Colloid Polym. Sci. 2001, 118, 48.

 

  1. “Synthesis and aqueous solution properties of novel thermoresponsive graft copolymers based on a carboxymethylcellulose backbone”. G. Bokias, Y. Mylonas, G. Staikos,* G. Bumbu and C. Vasile. Macromolecules 2001, 34, 4958.   
  1. “Micellar copolymerisation of N,N-dimethylacrylamide and t-butylacrylamide”. I. Vasiliadis, Bokias, Y. Mylonas and G. Staikos.*  Polymer 2001, 42, 8911.  
  1. “Template copolymerisation of N-isopropylacrylamide with a cationic monomer:

Influence of the template  on the solution properties of the product”. A. Charalambopoulou, G. Bokias*  and G. Staikos.  Polymer 2002, 43, 2637. 

  1. “Microphase separation of cationic poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) copolymers in water: Effect of the migration of charges.” Jean,*  G. Bokias, L.-T. Lee, I. Iliopoulos and B. Cabane. Colloid Polym.  Sci.  2002, 280, 908.  
  1. “Soluble hydrogen-bonding interpolymer complexes and pH-controlled thickening phenomena in water”. Sotiropoulou, G. Bokias and G. Staikos.* Macromolecules  2003, 36, 1349.  
  1. “Rheological study of semidilute aqueous solutions of a thermoassociative copolymer”. T. Aubry,* Bossard, G. Staikos and G. Bokias. J. Rheol. 2003, 47, 577.  
  1. “Water-soluble polyelectrolyte complexes formed by poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) and poly(sodium acrylate-co-sodium 2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulphonate)-graft-poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide) copolymers”. M. Sotiropoulou, C. Cincu, G. Bokias and G. Staikos.*  Polymer 2004, 45, 1563. 

  

  1. “Upper critical solution temperature - type cononsolvency of poly(N,Ndimethylacrylamide) in water - organic solvent mixtures”. Pagonis and G. Bokias.* Polymer 2004, 45, 2149.  
  1. “Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) grafted to a strongly charged backbone : Thermoresponsive behavior in aqueous solution”. N. Chourdakis, G. Bokias* and G. Staikos. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2004, 92, 3466. 
  1. “Thermoresponsive behaviour in aqueous solution of poly(maleic acid-alt-vinyl acetate) grafted with poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)”.  Vasile, G.-G. Bumbu, I. Mylonas, G. Bokias*  and G. Staikos. Polym. Int. 2004, 53, 1176.         

 

  1. Study of poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide)/CdS nanocomposite organic/inorganic gels”. Bekiari, K. Pagonis, G. Bokias and P. Lianos.* Langmuir 2004, 20, 7972.
  1. “Miscibility study of blends of polysulfone with a methacrylamide polymer containing quaternized alkylammonium sites”. Th. Boussios, G. Bokias* and J. K. Kallitsis. Macromol. Sci. Pure and Appl. Chem. 2004, 41, 1233. 
  1. “Water-soluble complexes through coulombic interactions between bovine serum albumin and anionic polyelectrolytes grafted with hydrophilic nonionic side chains”. Sotiropoulou, G. Bokias and G. Staikos.* Biomacromolecules  2005, 6, 1835.
  1. “Water-soluble complexes between cationic surfactants and comb-type copolymers consisting of an anionic backbone and hydrophilic nonionic poly(N,N-

dimethylacrylamide) side chains”. I. Balomenou and G. Bokias.*  Langmuir  2005, 21, 9038.

  1. “Control of the lower critical solution temperature - type cononsolvency properties of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) in water - dioxane mixtures through copolymerisation with acrylamide”.G. Dalkas, K. Pagonis and G. Bokias.* Polymer 2006, 47, 243.
  1. “Temperature-Sensitive Water-Soluble Polyelectrolyte/Surfactant Complexes Formed between Dodecyltrimethylammonium Bromide and a Comb-Type Copolymer Consisting of an Anionic Backbone and Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Side Chains”. Tsolakis, and G. Bokias.* Macromolecules  2006, 39, 393.
  1. “Interpolymer association between hydrophobically modified poly(sodium acrylate) and poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) in water: The role of hydrophobic interactions and polymer structure”. Y. Mylonas, G. Bokias,* Iliopoulos and G. Staikos. Eur. Polym. J. 2006, 42, 849.

 

  1. “Simultaneous Lower and Upper Critical Solution Temperature - Type Cononsolvency Behaviour exhibited in Water - Dioxane Mixtures by Linear Copolymers and Hydrogels containing N-isopropylacrylamide and N,Ndimethylacrylamide”. Pagonis and G. Bokias.*  Polym. Int.  2006, 55, 1254.
  1. “Water-soluble polyelectrolyte complexes formed between poly(sodium acrylate) and poly(acrylamide-co-[3-(methacryloylamino)propyl] trimethylam-monium chloride)graft-polyacrylamide copolymers”. A. Matralis, M. Sotiropoulou, G. Bokias and G. Staikos.* Chem. Phys.  2006, 207, 1018.
  1. “Water-Soluble Hydrogen-Bonding Interpolymer Complex Formation between Poly(ethylene glycol) and Poly(acrylic acid) Grafted with Poly(2-acrylamido-2methylpropanesulfonic acid)”. P. Ivopoulos, M. Sotiropoulou, G. Bokias and G.Staikos.* Langmuir 2006, 22, 9181.
  1. “Temperature- and solvent- sensitive hydrogels based on N-isopropylacrylamide and N,N-dimethylacrylamide”. Pagonis and G. Bokias.* Polym. Bull. 2007, 58, 289.
  1. Physicochemical study of the complexation of poly(acrylic acid) with Cu2+ ions in water”. Z. Iatridi, G. Bokias* and J.K. Kallitsis. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2008, 108, 769.
  1. “Use of poly(N,N-dimethylarylamide-co-sodium acrylate) hydrogel to extract cationic dtes and metals from water”. V. Bekiari, M. Sotiropoulou, G. Bokias and P. Lianos.* Colloids and Surfaces A:Physicochem. Aspects 2008, 312, 214.
  1. “Stabilization in water of polymer/Cu2+ complexes using poly(sodium acrylate)-graftpoly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide) graft copolymers”. Iatridi and G. Bokias.*  Macromol. Chem. Phys. 2008, 209, 1029. 

 

  1. “Comparative study of electrostatic binding vs. complexation of Cu2+ ions with water-soluble polymers containing styrene sulphonic acid and/or maleic acid units or their sodium salt forms”. E.K. Oikonomou, G. Bokias* and J.K. Kallitsis. Polym. Sci. Part B- Polym. Phys.   2008, 46, 1149.
  1. “Direct synthesis of amphiphilic block copolymers, consisting of poly(methyl methacrylate) and poly(sodium styrene sulfonate) blocks through atom transfer radical polymerization”. E.K. Oikonomou, E.K. Pefkianakis, G. Bokias and J.K. Kallitsis.* Polym. J.  2008, 44, 1857. 
  1. “The role of intrachain and interchain interactions of regioregular poly(3octylthiophene) chains on the optical properties of a new amphiphilic conjugated random copolymer in solution”. A.A. Stefopoulos, C.L. Chochos,* Bokias and J.K. Kallitsis. Langmuir 2008, 24, 11103.  

 

  1. “Formation of Ternary Poly(acrylic acid)-Surfactant-Cu2+ Complexes in Aqueous Solution: Quenching of Pyrene Fluorescence and pH-controlled "On-Off" Emitting Properties”. Iatridi and G. Bokias.* Langmuir 2008, 24, 11506. 
  1. “Stimuli-responsive poly(ethylene oxide)-b-poly(2-vinylpyridine)-b-poly(ethylene oxide) triblock copolymers and complexation with poly(acrylic acid) at low pH”. A. Karanikolas, P. Tsolakis, G. Bokias* and C. Tsitsilianis.*  Phys. J. E 2008, 27, 335.  
  1. “Temperature-Sensitive Water-Soluble Hybrid Organic/Inorganic Nanoparticles Formed through Complexation of Cu2+ Ions with Poly(sodium acrylate)-g-poly(Nisopropylacrylamide) Comb-type Copolymers in Aqueous Solution”. Z. Iatridi and G. Bokias.*  Langmuir 2009, 25, 7695.
  1. “Time-dependent Cu2+ - Induced Gelation of Poly(ethylene-alt-maleic acid) in

Aqueous Solution”. E. K. Oikonomou, N. Lezi, G. Bokias,*  J.K. Kallitsis and I. Iliopoulos. Eur. Polym. J. 2009, 45, 3426.

  1. “Adsorption of Nile Red by Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Gels in Binary Water/Tetrahydrofuran Mixtures”. I. Thivaios and G. Bokias.*   Appl. Polym. Sci. 2010, 116, 1509.
  1. Medium Effect on the Geometric Isomerism of a Centrosymmetrically Disubstituted Naphthalene Derivative with Flexible Methoxytriethylene Glycol Chains”. I. Balomenou, A. Kaloudi-Chantzea, G. Bokias, J.K. Kallitsis, C.P. Raptopoulou, A. Terzis and G. Pistolis. Phys. Chem. B 2010, 114, 8181.
  1. “Investigation of Binary Polymer/Surfactant or Ternary Polymer/Surfactant/Cu2+ Complexes in Aqueous Solution through Nile Red Probing”. Z. Iatridi, A. Daktiloudis and G. Bokias.* Int. 2010, 59, 1168.
  1. “pH-responsive photoluminescence properties in aqueous solution of a water-soluble copolymer containing quinoline groups”. A.Kalogianni, E. Pefkianakis, A. Stefopoulos, G. Bokias* and J.K. Kallitsis. Polym. Sci. Part B- Polym. Phys. 2010, 48, 2078.
  1. “Poly(sodium styrene sulfonate)-b-Poly(methyl methacrylate) Diblock Copolymers through Direct Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization : Influence of HydrophilicHydrophobic Balance on Self-Organization in Aqueous Solution”. K. Oikonomou, A.

Bethani, G. Bokias and  J.K. Kallitsis.*  Eur. Polym. J. 2011, 47, 752-761

  1. “Formation of Hybrid Wormlike Micelles upon Mixing Cetyl Trimethylammonium Bromide with Poly(methyl methacrylate-co- sodium styrene sulfonate) Copolymers in Aqueous Solution”. K. Oikonomou, G. Bokias,* J.K. Kallitsis and I. Iliopoulos. Langmuir 2011, 27, 5054-5061.
  1. “Temperature-responsive Photoluminescence of Quinoline-labeled Poly(Nisopropylacrylamide) in Aqueous Solution”. I. Thivaios, I. Diamantis, G. Bokias* and K. Kallitsis. Eur. Polym. J.  2012, 48, 1256-1265. 

 

  1. “Development of Cu2+- and/or phosphonium-based polymeric biocidal materials and their potential application in antifouling paints”. E.K. Oikonomou, Z. Iatridi, M. Moschakou, P. Damigos, G. Bokias,*K. Kallitsis. Progr. Org. Coatings 2012, 75, 190-199.
  1. “Sequential Association of Anionic/Thermosensitive Diblock Copolymers with Cationic Surfactants”. E.K. Oikonomou, G. Bokias,* Iliopoulos, and J.K. Kallitsis. Macromolecules 2013, 46, 1082-1092.
  1. “Synthesis and self-association in dilute aqueous solution of hydrophobically modified polycations and polyampholytes based on 4-vinylbenzyl chloride”. D. Koromilas, G.Ch. Lainioti, E.K. Oikonomou, G. Bokias and J. K. Kallitsis. Eur. Polym. J. 2014, 54,

39–51. 

  1. “Application of hydrophobically modified water-soluble polymers for the dispersion of hydrophobic magnetic nanoparticles in aqueous media”. Z. Iatridi, V. Georgiadou, M. Menelaou, C. Dendrinou-Samara* and G. Bokias*. Dalton Trans. 2014, 43, 8633-8643.
  1. “Doubly-grafted copolymers with hydrophilic and thermosensitive side chains: Thermosensitivity and complexation with surfactants”. A. Daktiloudis, A. Chronaios, N. Mavriki, Z. Iatridi and G. Bokias*. Colloid Interface Sci. 2014, 430, 293-301.

 

  1. “Ionic hydrogels as potential sorbent materials of organic and inorganic charged pollutants”. M. Zamparas, G. Linardatos, G. Bokias, and V. Bekiari. Surf. Interface Mater. 2014, 2, 299-304.
  1. “Quinoline-functionalized cross-linked poly(vinyl acetate) and poly(vinyl alcohol) nanoparticles as potential pH-responsive luminescent sensors”. A. Moutsiopoulou, A.K. Andreopoulou, G. Lainioti, G. Bokias*, G. Voyiatzis and J.K. Kallitsis. Sensors and Actuators B, 2015, 211, 235–244.
  1. “Release of polymeric biocides from synthetic matrices for marine biofouling applications”. V. Bekiari, K. Nikolaou, N. Koromilas, G. Lainioti, P. Avramidis, G. Hotos, J. K. Kallitsis and G. Bokias. Agriculture and Agricultural Science Procedia 2015, 4, 445 – 450.
  1. “Magnetic colloidal superparticles of Co, Mn and Ni ferrite featured with comb-type and/or linear amphiphilic polyelectrolytes; NMR and MRI relaxometry”. M. Menelaou, Z. Iatridi, I. Tsougos, K. Vasiou, C. Dendrinou-Samara and G. Bokias. Dalton Trans. 2015, 44, 10980-10990.
  1. “Evaluation of antimicrobial efficiency of new polymers comprised by covalently attached and/or electrostatically bound bacteriostatic species, based on quaternary ammonium compounds”. E. Kougia, M. Tselepi, G. Vasilopoulos, G. Ch. Lainioti, N. D. Koromilas, D. Druvari, G. Bokias, A. Vantarakis* and J. K. Kallitsis.* Molecules 2015, 20, 21313–21327.
  1. “Surfactant-directed morphology of cross-linked styrene- or vinylbenzyl chloride-based materials”. M. Karamitrou, E. Sarpaki, G. Bokias.* Appl. Polym. Sci. 2016, 43297.
  1. “Quinoline-labeled poly(N-isopropylacrylamide): A selective polymeric luminescent sensor of cationic surfactants”. I. Thivaios, V. Koukoumtzis, J.K. Kallitsis and G. Bokias.* Sensors and Actuators B, 2016, 233, 127-135.
  1. “A library of quinoline-labeled water-soluble copolymers with pH-tunable fluorescence response in the acidic pH region”. I. Thivaios, S. Kakogianni and G. Bokias*. Macromolecules 2016, 49, 3526-3534.
  1. “Evaluation of the release characteristics of covalently attached or electrostatically bound biocidal polymers utilizing SERS and UV-Vis absorption”. G. N. Mathioudakis, A. Soto Beobide*, N. D. Koromilas, J. K. Kallitsis, G. Bokias and G. A. Voyiatzis.

eXPRESS Polymer Letters  2016, 10, 750–761.

  1. “Multifunctional Polymeric Platform of Magnetic Ferrite Colloidal Superparticles for Luminescence, Imaging, and Hyperthermia Applications”. Z. Iatridi, K. Vamvakidis, I. Tsougos, K. Vassiou, C. Dendrinou-Samara* and G. Bokias*. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 2016, 8, 35059−35070.
  1. “Polymeric Quaternary Ammonium-Containing Coatings with Potential Dual ContactBased and Release-Based Antimicrobial Activity”. D. Druvari, N. D. Koromilas, G.

Ch. Lainioti, G. Bokias, G. Vasilopoulos, A. Vantarakis, I. Baras, N. Dourala  and J. K. Kallitsis*. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 2016, 8,35593−35605.

 

  1. “Polymeric antimicrobial coatings based on quaternary ammonium compounds”. D.

Druvari, N.D. Koromilas, V. Bekiari, G. Bokias and J.K. Kallitsis. Coatings 2018, 8,

  1. “UV-Triggered Optical Response and Oxygen Scavenging Ability of a Water-Soluble Poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide-co-2-vinylbenzylanthraquinone) Copolymer”. M. Karamitrou, G.A. Voyiatzis, J.K.Kallitsis and G. Bokias*. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering 2018, 303, article number 1700450.
  1. “Electrochromic cell with hydrogel-stabilized water-based electrolyte using electrodeposition as a fast color changing mechanism”. M. Rozman, U. Bren, M. Lukšič, F. Godec, G. Bokias, A.N. Kalarakis and E. Stathatos*. Electrochimica Acta 2018, 283, 1105-1114.

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

 

  1. “Water Soluble Polymer Systems – Phase Behaviour and Complex Formation”. G.

Staikos, G. Bokias and G.G. Bumbu. Handbook of Polymer Blends and Composites, Volume 3A (C. Vasile and A.K. Kulshreshtha, Eds.). Rapra Technology Ltd, UK 2003, ch. 5,  pp. 135-178. 

  1. “Water Soluble Polymer Systems – Applications of Interpolymer Complexes and Blends”. G. Staikos, G. Bokias and G.G. Bumbu. Handbook of Polymer Blends and Composites, Volume 3A (C. Vasile and A.K. Kulshreshtha, Eds.). Rapra Technology Ltd, UK 2003, ch. 6, 179-214. 
  1. “Hydrogen-Bonded Interpolymer Complexes Soluble at Low pH”. G. Staikos, M. Sotiropoulou, G. Bokias, F. Bossard, J. Oberdisse and E. Balnois. Hydrogen-Bonded Interpolymer Complexes. Formation, Structure and Applications (V.V. Khutoryanskiy and G. Staikos, Eds.). World Scientific Publishing Co, Singapore 2009, ch. 2, pp. 23-53.
  1. “Potentiometric Investigation of Hydrogen-Bonded Interpolymer Complexation”. G. Staikos, G.G. Bumbu and G. Bokias. Hydrogen-Bonded Interpolymer Complexes. Formation, Structure and Applications (V.V. Khutoryanskiy and G. Staikos, Eds.).

World Scientific Publishing Co, Singapore 2009, ch. 2, pp. 55-68.

 

 

PATENTS

 

French patent : G. Bokias, A. Cadix, D. Hourdet, I. Iliopoulos, F. Lafuma and P. Maroy.”Solution aqueuses de polymeres qui viscosifient de maniere reversible ou se transforment en gel de maniere reversible , sous l’ effet d’ un cisaillement”. FR 28 26 015, France 2001.

GUEST-EDITOR

 

     Special Issue “Hybrid Polymeric matetials”, MDPI. 

CITATIONS 

 

My work has been cited about 1500 times, in total. These include more than 1250 citations by other researchers. h-index = 22.