Publications

1. 1996

1.2 Papers in Proceedings of International and National Conferences

1. ''4f25d --> 4f3 interconfigurational transitions of the Nd3+ ions in K2YF5 crystal host. Z. Kollia, E. Sarantopoulou and A. C. Cefalas, 9th International School on Quantum Electronics: Lasers-Physics and Applications'', 16-20 Sept. 1996, Varna-Bulgaria, Proceedings edited by P. A. Atanasov SPIE-Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. Vol. 3052, 235-240, (1996).

2. 1997

2.2 Papers in Proceedings of International and National Conferences

1. ''X-ray images of living biological specimens using polymeric materials'', P. Argitis, A.C. Cefalas, M. Hatzakis, Z. Kollia, E. Sarantopoulou, A.D. Stead and T. Ford, in Proc. 4th Greek Conf. on Polymers, Patras, 1997, pp. 342-345.

3. 1998

3.1 Papers in Refereed Journals

1. "Laser plasma X-ray contact microscopy of living specimens using a chemically amplified epoxy resist"
   A. C. Cefalas, P. Argitis, Z. Kollia, E. Sarantopoulou, T. W. Ford, A. D. Stead, A. Maranka, C. N. Danson, J. Knott and D. Neely
   Appl. Phys. Letters 72, 25 (1998)
   
2. ''On the VUV and UV 4f7(8S)5d-interconfiguration transitions of the Tb3+ ions in LiLuF4 single crystal hosts'',
   E. Sarantopoulou, Z. Kollia, A. C. Cefalas, V. V. Semashko, R. Yu, Abdulsabirov, A. K. Naumov, S. L. Korableva, Opt. Commun. V156, 101, (1998).
   
3. "Etch resistance enhancement and absorbance optimization with polyaromatic compounts for the design of 193 nm photoresists"
   P. Argitis, M. A. Vasilopoulou, E. Gogolides, E. Tegou, M. Hatzakis, Z. Kollia and A. C. Cefalas
   Microelectronic Engineering 41-42, 355 (1998)
   
4. On the 4f25d R 4f3 interconfigurational transitions of Nd3+ ions in K2YF5 and LiYF4 crystal hosts. Z. Kollia, E. Sarantopoulou, A. C.Cefalas, A. K. Naumov, V. V. Semashko R. Yu. Abdulsabirov, S. L. Korableva, Optics Communications V149, 386, (1998).

3.2 Papers in Proceedings of International and National Conferences

1. "The excited state absorption from the 5d states of Ce3+ ions in LICaF6 crystals"
   V. V. Semashko, R.Yu Abdulsabirov, S. L. Korableva, A. K. Naumov, B. M. Galjautdinov, A. C. Cefalas, Z. Kollia, E. Sarantopoulou, in Proc. Int. Conference on Photonic Echo and Coherent Spectroscopy, ed(s). V. V. Samartsev, SPIE-Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. (1998), vol. 3239, pp. 240-244
   
2. "Single pulse, high resolution X-ray contact microscopy with an advanced epoxy novolac resist"
   P. Argitis, A. C. Cefalas, Z. Kollia, E. Sarantopoulou, T. Ford, T. Stead, A. Maranka, C. N. Danson, J. Knott, D. Neely, in Proc. 2nd Int. Conference on New Laser Technologies and Applications, ed(s). A. Carabelas, P. Di Lazzaro, A. Torre and G. Baldacchini, SPIE-Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. (1998), vol. 3423, pp. 411-415
   
3. 3. "On the 4f25d --> 4f3 interconfigurational transitions of Nd3+ ions in LiCaAlF6 single crystal"
   Z. Kollia, E. Sarantopoulou, A. C. Cefalas, in Proc. 2nd Int. Conference on New Laser Technologies and Applications, ed(s). A. Carabelas, P. Di Lazzaro, A. Torre and G. Baldacchini, SPIE-Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. (1998), vol. 3423, pp. 242-246

4. 1999

4.1 Papers in Refereed Journals

1. "Vacuum ultraviolet 4f95d --> 4f10 interconfigurational transitions of Ho3+ ions in LiLuF4 single crystal"
   A. C. Cefalas, E. Sarantopoulou and Z. Kollia,
   J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 16, 625 (1999)
   
2. ''4f95d --> 4f10 spin-allowed and spin-forbidden transitions of Ho3+ ions in LiYF4 single crystals in the vacuum ultraviolet'',
   E Sarantopoulou, Z. Kollia, A. C. Cefalas,
   Opt. Comm. V169, 263 (1999).
   
3. "Mass spectroscopic and degassing characteristics of polymeric materials for 157 nm photolithography'',
   A. C. Cefalas, E. Sarantopoulou, P. Argitis, and E. Gogolides,
   Appl. Phys. A, V 69, 5929 (1999).

4.2 Papers in Proceedings of International and National Conferences

1. "Mass spectroscopic studies of nylon 66 in the vacuum ultraviolet and ultraviolet"
   A. C. Cefalas, N. Basilopoulos, Z. Kollia, E. Sarantopoulou, C. Skordoulis, T. Argitis
   in Proc. 10th Int. School on Quantum Electronics, Laser Physics and Applications, ed(s). P. A. Atanasov and D. V. Stoyanov, SPIE-Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. (1999), vol. 3571, pp. 328-332
   
2. "Laser plasma X-Ray contact microscopy of living specimens"
   A. C. Cefalas, T. Argitis, Z. Kollia, E. Sarantopoulou, T. Ford, T. Stead, A. Maranca C. Danson, J. Knott and D. Neely, in Proc. 10th Int. School on Quantum Electronics, Laser Physics and Applications, ed(s). P. A. Atanasov and D. V. Stoyanov, SPIE-Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. (1999), vol. 3571, pp. 388-391
   
3. "On the 4f95dR4f10 transitions of Ho3+ ions in LiYF4 single crystals"
   A. C. Cefalas, E. Sarantopoulou and Z. Kollia, in Proc. 10th Int. School on Quantum Electronics, Laser Physics and Applications, ed(s). P. A. Atanasov and D. V. Stoyanov, SPIE-Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. (1999), vol. 3571, pp. 185-189
   
4. "Fast high resolution negative chemically amplified epoxy photoresist for X-Ray imaging of living biological specimens in the water window"
   A. C. Cefalas, P. Argitis, E. Sarantopoulou, T. W. Ford, A. D. Stead, A. Maranka, C. N. Danson, J. Knott, D. Neely, in Proc. International Conference on Lasers 98, Tucson, Arizona (USA), STS press, Mc Lean, (1999) , pp. 649-652
   
5. "Absorbance and Outgasing of Photoresist Polymeric Materials and Nylon 6.6 for 157 nm Lithography", Α. C. Cefalas, E. Sarantopoulou, E. Gogolides, P. Argitis, , Interface '99 Proceedings, 14-16 November 1999, San Diego, California, USA, pp 197-205, 1999 (Invited).
   
6. ''Polymeric materials for plasma etching'', E. Tegou, E. Gogolides, P. Argitis, A.C. Cefalas and A. Boudouvis, in Proc. 2th Greek Conf. on Chemical Engineering, Thessaloniki, 1999, pp. 733-736.
   
7. ''Design of new materials for 193 nm microlithography based on polyacrylate hydroxy-alkylesters'', M. Vassilopoulou, P. Argitis, E. Gogolides, M. Vogiatjis, D. Dimotikali, and A.C. Cefalas, in Proc. 2th Greek Conf. on Chemical Engineering, Thessaloniki, 1999, pp. 477-480. 

5. 2000

5.1 Papers in Refereed Journals

1. ''Mass spectroscopic studies and ablation characteristics of Nylon 6.6 in the ultraviolet''
   A. C. Cefalas, N. Vassilopoulos, E. Sarantopoulou, Z. Kollia and C. Skordoulis,
   Appl. Phys. A 70, 21 (2000).
   
2. ''LiCaAlF6:Nd3+ crystal as optical material for 157 nm photolithography''
   E. Sarantopoulou, Z. Kollia and A. C. Cefalas,
   Opt. Commun. 177, 377 (2000).
   
3. ''Absorbance and outgasing of photoresist polymeric materials for UV lithography below 193 nm including 157 nm lithography''
   A. C. Cefalas, E. Sarantopoulou, E. Gogolides and P. Argitis,
   Microelectronic Engineering 53, 123 (2000).
   
4. ''Wide band gap fluoride dielectric crystals doped with trivalent rare earth ions as optical materials for 157 nm photolithography''
   E. Sarantopoulou, Z. Kollia and A. C. Cefalas,
   Microelectronic Engineering 53, 105 (2000).
   
5. ''157 nm photodissociation of polyamides''
   A. C. Cefalas and E. Sarantopoulou,
   Microelectronic Engineering 53, 465 (2000).

5.2 Papers in Proceedings of International and National Conferences

1. ''Single shot, laser plasma X-ray contact microscopy of chlamydomonas'',
   A.C. Cefalas, P. Argitis, Z. Kollia, E. Sarantopoulou, T.W. Ford, A.D. Stead, A. Maranka, C.N. Danson, J. Knott and D. Neely, in Proc. 5th International Conference and Euroconference on Optics Within Life Sciences, C. Fotakis, C. Kalpouzos and T. Papazoglou Eds., Springer Verlag, Series in Optics Within Life science OWLS v.5, 2000, vol. 5, P.p. 277-280.
   
2. ''Regarding the possibilities of upconversion UV and VUV lasers based on 5d-4f transitions of rare earth ions in wide band gap dielectric crystals'',
   V.V. Semashko, M.F. Joubert, E. Descroix, S. Nicolas, R. Yu. Abdulsabirov, A.K. Naumov, S.L. Korableva and A.C. Cefalas, in Proc. VIII Int. Readings on Quantum Optics (IRQO'99) Kazan, Russia, Oct. 1999. SPIE-Int. Soc. Opt. Eng., V4061, pp 306-316 (2000).
   
3. ''Laser-based materials growth and microfabrication'',
   N. A. Vainos, in Proc. of the Int. Semiconductor Conference, IEEE Inc. Publ., 2000, vol. 2, Pp. 421-426.
   

6. 2001

6.1 Papers in Refereed Journals

1. ''YF:Nd3+, Pr3+, Gd3+ wide band gap crystals as optical material for 157 nm photolithography'',
   E. Sarantopoulou, Z. Kollia and A. C. Cefalas,
   Opt. Materials 18, 23 (2001).
   
2. ''Modulation of period of quantum beats from optical emissions from the excited electronic states of mercury triatomic clusters'',
   E. Sarantopoulou, C. Skordoulis, A. C. Cefalas, and A. Vourdas,
   Synth. Metals 124, 267 (2001).
   
3. ''Vortex interference in Josephson arrays in the insulating phase'',
   A.Vourdas, A. C. Cefalas, E. Sarantopoulou,
   Synth. Metals 124, 265 (2001).
   
4. ''Photoresistive materials for 157 nm photolithography'',
   E. Sarantopoulou, A. C. Cefalas, P. Argitis, E. Gogolides,
   Materials Science and Engineering C 15, 159 (2001).
   
5. ''Efficient removing of foxing from a medieval Ptolemaic map using a molecular laser at 157 nm'',
   A.C. Cefalas, E. Sarantopoulou, Z. Kollia,
   Appl. Phys. A73, 571 (2001).
   
6. ''Intense vacuum ultraviolet emission at 172 nm from LaF3: Nd3+ crystals'',
   E. Sarantopoulou, Z. Kollia and A. C. Cefalas,
   Microelectronics Eng. 57, 93 (2001).
   
7. ''Research on optical polymeric and molecular materials assisted by VUV light at the NHRF'',
   E. Sarantopoulou, Z. Kollia and A. C. Cefalas,
   Lamda Physik Highlights 58, 6 (2001).

6.2 Papers in Proceedings of International and National Conferences

1. ''Removing foxing stains from old paper at 157 nm'',
   A. C. Cefalas, E. Sarantopoulou, Z. Kollia, P. Argitis,
   in Lasers in Metrology and Art Conservation, Munich (June 2001). Proc. SPIE Vol. 4402, pp. 139-144 (2001).

 7. 2002

7.1 Papers in Refereed Journals

1. ''He2 60-90nm photon source for investigating photodissociation dynamics of potential X-UV resists'',
   A. C. Cefalas, E. Sarantopoulou, P. Argitis and E. Gogolides,
   Microelectronics Engineering 61-62, 157 (2002).
   
2. ''Vacuum ultraviolet and ultraviolet emission bands of LiLuF4:Tb3+ crystals in the spectral range from 157 to 200nm'',
   E. Sarantopoulou, Z. Kollia and A. C. Cefalas,
   Microelectronics Engineering 61-62, 133 (2002).
   
3. ''Crystal field splitting of the 4f5d electronic configuration of Pr3+ ions in wide band gap fluoride dielectric crystals'',
   E. Sarantopoulou, Z. Kollia and A. C. Cefalas, V. V. Semashko, R. Yu. Abdulsabirov, A.K. Naumov, S. L. Korableva, T. Szczurek, S. Kobe, P. J. McGuiness,
   Optics Communications, 208, 345 (2002).
   
4. ''Crystal field splitting of highly excited electronic states of the 4fn-1 5d electronic configuration of trivalent rare earth ions in wide band gap crystals'',
   A. C. Cefalas, S. Kobe, Z. Kollia ,E. Sarantopoulou,
   Crystal Engineering 5, 203 (2002).
   
5. . ''Nucleation and crystallization of CaCO3 in applied magnetic fields'',
   S. Kobe, G. Drazic, E. Sarantopoulou, A. C. Cefalas and J. Strazisar,
   Crystal Engineering 5, 243 (2002).
   
6. ''A non destructive determination of rare earth ion concentration in laser crystals'',
   S. Kobe, P. Polmijak, P.J. McGuiness, E. Sarantopoulou, Z. Kollia, A. Vourdas and A. C. Cefalas,
   Crystal Engineering 5, 307 (2002).
   
7. ''X-ray microanalysis of optical materials for 157nm photolithography'',
   G. Drazik, E. Sarantopoulou, S. Kobe, Z. Kollia, A. C. Cefalas,
   Crystal Engineering 5, 327 (2002).
   
8. ''Removing Foxing stains from old paper at 157nm'',
   E. Sarantopoulou, Z. Samardzija, S. Kobe, Z. Kollia, A.C. Cefalas,
   Applied Surface Science 9, 611 (2002).
   
9. ''Evaluation of siloxane and polyhedral silsesquioxane copolymers for 157nm lithography'',
   V. Bellas, E. Tegou, I. Raptis, E. Gogolides, P. Argitis, H. Iatrou, N. Hatzichristides, E. Sarantopoulou, and A. C. Cefalas,
   J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 20, 2902 (2002).
   
10. ''Holographic recording mechanisms of gratings in indium oxide films using 325 helium- cadmium irradiation''
    C. Grivas, S. Mailis, R.W. Eason, E Tzamali and N.A. Vainos
    Appl. Phys. A 74, 457 (2002).

7.2 Papers in Proceedings of International and National Conferences

1. ''Magnetic moment of trivalent rare earth ions in ionic laser crystals'',
   S. Kobe, B. Podmiljsak, P.J. McGuiness, G. Drazic, E. Sarantopoulou, Z. Kollia, A. C. Cefalas, in Proceedings of the 17th International Workshop on Rare Earth Magnets and their application. Edited by G. C. Hadjipanayis and M. J. Bonder, pp. 228-235 (2002). Newark, Delaware, USA (August 18-22, 2002).
   
2. ''VUV spectroscopy of nominally pure and rare-earth ions doped LiCaAlF6 single crystals as promising materials for 157 nm photolithography'',
   A. C. Cefalas, E. Sarantopoulou, Z. Kolia, R. Y. Abdulsabirov, S. Korableva, A. K. Naumov, V. Semashko, S. Kobe, P. J. Mc Guiness,
   In Proceedings of the XI-th Feofilov symposium on spectroscopy of crystals activated by rare - earth and transition metals ions. Edited by A. Kaplyanskii, B. Malkin and S. Nikitin, SPIE V4766, pp171-178 (2002). Kazan, Russia (24 -28 Sept. 2001).
   
3. ''Resists for 157nm lithography'',
   E. Sarantopoulou, Z. Kollia and A. C. Cefalas, P. Argitis and E. Gogolides,
   in Proceedings of the international conference on ''Lasers 2001'', 3-7 December 2001, Tucson Arizona, USA. pp. 252-257 (2002).
   
4. ''Restoration of historic paper using vacuum ultraviolet lasers'',
   E. Sarantopoulou, Z. Kollia and A. C. Cefalas,
   in Proceedings of the international conference on ''Lasers 2001'', 3-7 December 2001, Tucson Arizona, USA. pp. 288-293 (2002). Invited talk.

7.3 Chapters in books

1. ''VUV laser spectroscopy of trivalent rare earth ions in wide band-gap fluoride cystals'',
   A. C. Cefalas and E. Sarantopoulou
   Invited review article in ''Ultraviolet spectroscopy and UV lasers'', edited by Marcel and Dekker, pp. 281-336, New York 2002.
   
2. ''157 nm laser spectroscopy of diatomic and triatomic molecules''
   E. Sarantopoulou and A. C. Cefalas,
   Invited review article in ''Ultraviolet spectroscopy and UV lasers'', edited by Marcel and Dekker, pp. 191-227, New York 2002.

 8. 2003

8.1 Papers in Refereed Journals

1. ''Nanostructured imaging of biological specimens in vivo with laser plasma X-ray contact microscopy''
   A.C. Cefalas, E. Sarantopoulou, Z. Kollia, P. Argitis, E. Tegou, T.W. Ford, A.D. Stead, C. N. Danson, D. Neely and S. Kobe,
   Materials Science and Engineering C 23, 105 (2003).
   
2. ''Magnetic moment of the 4f8 and 4f75d electronic configurations of Tb3+ ions in wide band gap fluoride dielectric crystals'',
   E. Sarantopoulou, S. Kobe, Z. Kollia, P. Mc Guiness and A. C. Cefalas,
   IEEE Transactions on Magnetism 39, 3426 (2003).
   
3. ''Magnetic and optical properties of single 4fn and mixed 4fn-15d electronic configurations of trivalent rare earth ions in wide band gap dielectric crystals'',
   E. Sarantopoulou, S. Kobe, Z. Kollia, B. Podmiljsak, P.J. McGuiness, G. Drazic and A.C. Cefalas,
   J. Magn. and Magn. Materials 267, 182 (2003).
   
4. ''Control over nano-crystallization symmetry in turbulent flow in the presence of magnetic fields'',
   S. Kobe, G. Drazic, P. J. McGuiness, T. Meden, E. Sarantopoulou, Z. Kollia, A. C. Cefalas,
   Materials Science and Engineering C 23, 811 (2003).
   
5. ''Photodissociation dynamics of DNA bases'',
   E. Sarantopoulou, Z. Kollia, A. C. Cefalas, S. Kobe and Z. Samardzija,
   J. Biolog. Physics 29, 149 (2003).
   
6. ''The challenges of 157-nm nanolithography suface morphology of silicon-based copolymers'',
   E. Sarantopoulou, Z. Kollia, K. Kocevar, I. Musevic, S. Kobe, G. Drazic, E. Gogolides, P. Argitis, and A.C. Cefalas,
   Materials Science and Engineering C 23, 995 (2003).
   
7. ''Removing Foxing stains from old paper at 157 nm'' ,
   E. Sarantopoulou, Z. Samardzija, S. Kobe, Z. Kollia and A. C. Cefalas,
   Appl. Surf. Sci. 208-209, 311 (2003).

8.2 Papers in Proceedings of International and National Conferences

1. ''Analytical electron microscopy of Tm clusters in optical grade CaF2'',
   G. Drazic, S. Kobe, E. Sarantopoulou and A. C. Cefalas,
   39th Int. Conf. on Microelectronics, Devices and Materials and the Workshop on Embedded Systems, Oct. 1-3, 2003. Ptuj Slovenia.
   Proc. edited by G. Pignatel and A. Emva, ORLI, Iztok, Ljubljana (MIDEM-Society for Microelectronics, Electronic Components and Materials), 2003, p.p.393-398. {COBISS.SI-ID 17814823].
   
2. ''Dispersion of electrogyration in photorefractive Bi12GeO20'',
   N. C. Deliolanis, I. M. Kourmoulis, G. Asimellis, A. G. Apostolidis, A. G. Vanidis, N. A. Vainos
   Proc. of XIX Greek Conference on Solid State Physics and Materials Science, Thessaloniki (2003), pp. 245-248.

 9. 2004

9.1 Papers in Refereed Journals

1. ''Metal/metal-oxide/metal etalon structures grown by pulsed laser deposition'',
   N. A. Vainos, A. Tsigara , J. Manasis, A. Giannoudakos, G. Mousdis, N. Vakakis, M. Kompitsas, A. Klini, F. Roubani-Kalantzopoulou,
   Appl. Phys. A 79, 1395 (2004).
   
2. ''Observation of cluster formation of rare earth ions in wide band gap fluorine dielectric crystals using transmission electron microscopy'',
   G. Drazic, S. Kobe, E. Sarantopoulou, Z. Kollia, A. C. Cefalas,
   Appl. Surf. Science 226, 120 (2004).
   
3. ''Nanometric size control and treatment of historic paper manuscript and prints with laser light at 157 nm'',
   Z. Kollia, E. Sarantopoulou, A. C. Cefalas, S. Kobe, Z. Samardzija.
   Appl. Phys. A 79, 379 (2004).
   
4. ''Fabrication of magnetic SmFe films by pulsed laser deposition at 157 nm'',
   E. Sarantopoulou, S. Kobe, K. Zuzek, Z. Kollia, G. Drazic, A. C. Cefalas.
   IEEE Transactions on Magnetism 40 , 2943 (2004).
   
5. ''Pulsed laser deposited lead-germanate glass systems'',
   A.Tsigara, L. Velli, A. Giannoudakos, C.P.E. Varsamis, M. Kompitsas, N.A. Vainos and E.I. Kamitsos,
   Appl. Phys. A 79, 1319 (2004).

9.2 Papers in Proceedings of International and National Conferences

1. ''Laser grown photonic structures''
   N A Vainos,
   Proc. SPIE, Plenary Paper, vol. 5581, p.1 (2004).
   
2. ''Laser ablative processing: A route to innovative photonics'',
   N. A. Vainos,
   in Pulsed laser deposition of optoelectronic films, Optoelectronic Materials and Devices Series ,Vol 2, in press.