Dr. Krisztian Palotas

Contact

Marie-Curie Fellow, IESL-FORTH

Address:

Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL)
Foundation for Research & Technology - Hellas (FORTH)
P.O. Box 1385 Vassilika Vouton Heraklion 71110 Greece

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Phone: 30 2810 391874

Fax: 30 2810 391305

Scientific information

Scientific information:

Subject area:

Theoretical & Computational Physics of Hybrid Nanocrystals

Research:

Currently, I am involved in the NANOTAIL project which is concerned with the synthesis and investigation of the physical properties of hybrid nanocrystals (NCs) and is financed by the European Commission. The understanding of NCs enables their controlled formation at industrial level (mass production) and opens up new ways of possible applications in numerous fields, e.g. biomedicine, optoelectronics, robotics and computer industry. My work involves the theoretical investigation of these nanostructures, particularly at DFT level. At the moment I am focusing on the following issues:

1. 1. Magnetic oxide and noble metal nanocomposites with different structures, e.g. core/shell type. The goal is to understand their structural, electronic and magnetic properties. Electrical transport investigations are also planned, partly by using tunneling spectroscopy simulations.
2. 2. Effect of surfactants on the formation (size and shape), electronic and magnetic properties of NCs, particularly the understanding of the effect of the electronic structure modulation at the interfacial regions.

To achieve our goals a strong interplay between theory and experiment is foreseen.

 

Career:

2001: MSc Engineering Physics

Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary. Ab initio study of spin waves.

2004: PhD in Technical Sciences

Vienna University of Technology, Austria. Ab initio study of electric transport in nanostructures.

2004-2007: Senior Research Assistant

Surface Science Research Centre, University of Liverpool, UK. Development of STM theory and application to molecular and magnetic nanostructures.

2007 MSc Finance

University of Liverpool, UK. Neural networks in corporate governance.

10/2008-04/2009: Marie-Curie ToK-DEV Research Fellow

Nanotail European program at the Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser (IESL-FORTH, Greece) on the "Ab initio study of oxide nanostructures".

 

Personal:

Hobbies: traveling, exploring different cultures, walking, swimming, wide spectrum of music, financial modeling, making thoughts about the natural and social world.