Address: | 153 10 Aghia Paraskevi, Attiki |
Country: | Greece |
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Organisation type: | Commercial |
Storage activities: | synthesis, production and study of new magnetic and superconducting materials |
Profile: | The National Centre of Scientific Research “DEMOKRITOS” was founded at the end of the 1950’s, as a decentralized public service and was initially named Nuclear Research Centre “DEMOKRITOS”. In 1985, the Centre was renamed as National Centre of Scientific Research “DEMOKRITOS” (N.C.S.R. “D”) and became a self-administered governmental legal entity, under the supervision of the General Secretariat of Research and Technology (G.S.R.T.) of the Ministry of Development. Nowadays, the scientific activities of the Centre take place in eight administratively independent Institutes: Institute of Nuclear Physics, Institute of Nuclear Technology and Radiation Protection, Institute of Materials Science, Institute of Telecommunications and Informatics, Institute of Microelectronics, Institute of Physics/Chemistry, Institute of Biology and the Institute of Radioisotopes and Radiodiagnostic Products. The activities of these Institutes concern the sectors such as: nanotechnology, microsystems, integrated telecommunications and informatics technology systems, modern technologies for cultural heritage, control of environmental pollutants, nuclear technology and radiation protection, accelerative systems technologies and detector devices, generation and characterization of innovative materials, bioactive molecules, natural products and biotechnology, medicines and diagnostics technologies, telemedicine, etc. The scientific activities of the Institute of Materials Science are grouped into a number of research programs of high scientific and technological interest in materials science, with focus in materials related with nanotechnology (especially magnetic and semiconducting nanostructures), novel superconducting materials, as well as functional materials prepared with soft-chemistry techniques. These activities make IMS unique of its kind in Greece, and a national site of reference with respect to advanced materials of these kinds. The aim of the Magnetic and Superconducting Materials program is (i) the synthesis and production of new magnetic and superconducting materials, in bulk form (powder/ single crystals), as well as in thin film and nanoparticles, and (ii) their detailed experimental and theoretical study at both microscopic and macroscopic level. The goal is to exploit their intricate magnetic, electronic, and structural properties in innovative applications, such as magnetic information storage systems, spintronic and biomedical applications, etc. |
Email: | (Director) |
Tel: | +30 210 6503307 |
Fax: | +30 210 6519430 |