Publications

Journal Publications


  1. F. Chen, J. Cai, N. T. Chamakos, A. G. Papathanasiou, Z. Gong and Q. Li, “Evaporation of nonspherical droplets on chemically patterned substrate considering gravity: A computational study”, Applied Thermal Engineering, 245, 122787 (2024).

  2. N. T. Theodorou, A. G. Sourais and A. G. Papathanasiou “Simulation of Electrowetting-Induced Droplet Detachment: A Study of Droplet Oscillations on Solid Surfaces”, Materials, 16, 7284 (2023). [link]

  3. J. Cai, F. Chen, N. T. Chamakos, A. G. Papathanasiou, B. Tan and Q. Li “Asymmetric droplet evaporation on inclined surfaces”, Progress in Nuclear Energy, 163, 104820 (2023). [link]

  4. Facheng Chen, Jiejin Cai, Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou, Ziqi Gong and Qiong Li “Simulation of asymmetric evaporation of inclined droplets considering natural convection”, Chemical Engineering Science, 278, 118890 (2023). [link]

  5. A. G. Sourais, I. E. Markodimitrakis, N. T. Chamakos and A. G. Papathanasiou, “Droplet evaporation dynamics on heterogeneous surfaces: Numerical modeling of the stick-slip motion”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 207, 123992 (2023). [link]

  6. Ioannis E. Markodimitrakis, Nikolaos Vourdas, and Athanasios G. Papathanasiou, “Electropneumatic smart surfaces: Pairing electrowetting and air pressure for reversible droplet mobility switching”, Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2201814 (2022). [link]

  7. Jiayu Du, Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou, Yanzhi Li, and Qi Min, “Jumping velocity of an electrowetting-actuated droplet: A theoretical and numerical study”, Physical Review Fluids 6, 123603 (2021). [link]

  8. Alexandros G. Sourais and Athanasios G. Papathanasiou, “Modelling of Electrowetting-Induced Droplet Detachment and Jumping over Topographically Micro-Structured Surfaces”, Micromachines, 12(6) 592 (2021). [link]

  9. Jiayu Du, Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou, and Qi Min, “Initial spreading dynamics of a liquid droplet: the effects of wettability, liquid properties and substrate topography”, Physics of Fluids, 33(4) 042118, 2021. [link]

  10. Ioannis E. Markodimitrakis, Dionysios G. Sema, Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Periklis Papadopoulos and Athanasios G. Papathanasiou, “Impact of substrate elasticity on contact angle saturation in electrowetting”, Soft Matter, 17, 4335, (2021). [link]

  11. N. T. Chamakos, D. G. Sema, and A. G. Papathanasiou, “Progress in Modeling Wetting Phenomena on Structured Substrates.”, Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering, doi:10.1007/s11831-020-09431-3 (2020). [link].

  12. V. Krokos, G. Pashos, A. N. Spyropoulos, G. Kokkoris, A. G. Papathanasiou, and A. G. Boudouvis “Optimization of Patterned Surfaces for Improved Superhydrophobicity through Cost-Effective Large-Scale Computations.”, Langmuir, 35, 6793, 2019 [link].

  13. A. N. Spyropoulos, A. G. Papathanasiou and A. G. Boudouvis “2-3-4 spikes competition in the Rosensweig instability.” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 870, 389, 2019. [link].

  14. N. T. Chamakos, D. Sema and A. G. Papathanasiou “Highlighting the Role of Dielectric Thickness and Surface Topography on Electrospreading Dynamics.” Micromachines, 10 (2) 93, 2019. [open access link]

  15. N. T. Chamakos, G. Karapetsas and A. G. Papathanasiou “Effect of substrate topography, material wettability and dielectric thickness on reversible electrowetting.” Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 555, 595-604, 2018 [link][free access link]

  16. M. E. Kavousanakis, N. T. Chamakos, K. Ellinas, A. Tserepi, E. Gogolides and A. G. Papathanasiou “How to achieve reversible electrowetting on superhydrophobic surfaces” Langmuir, 34(14) 4173, 2018. [link]

  17. Athanasios G. Papathanasiou “Progress toward reversible electrowetting on geometrically patterned superhydrophobic surfaces.” Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 36, 70, 2018. [link]

  18. G. Karapetsas, N. T. Chamakos and A. G. Papathanasiou, “Thermocapillary droplet actuation: Effect of solid structure and wettability”, Langmuir, 33(41) 10838, 2017. [link]

  19. Benoit Favier, Nikolaos T. Chamakos and Athanasios G. Papathanasiou, “A precise goniometer/tensiometer using a low cost single-board computer”, Measurement Science and Technology, 28, 125302, 2017. [link]

  20. N. Chamakos, G. Karapetsas and A. G. Papathanasiou “How asymmetric surfaces induce directional droplet motion.”Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 511, 180-189, 2016 [link].

  21. G. Karapetsas, N. Chamakos and A. G. Papathanasiou “Efficient modelling of droplet dynamics on complex surfaces” Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 28(8), 085101, 2016.[link]

  22. N. Chamakos, M. E. Kavousanakis, A. G. Boudouvis and A. G. Papathanasiou "Droplet spreading on rough surfaces: tackling the contact line boundary condition." Physics of Fluids, 28, 022105, 2016.[link]

  23. G. Pashos, G. Kokkoris, A. G. Papathanasiou and A. G. Boudouvis "Wetting transitions on patterned surfaces with diffuse interaction potentials embedded in a Young-Laplace formulation." Journal of Chemical Physics, 144, 034105, 2016. [link]

  24. Michail E. Kavousanakis, Nikolaos T. Chamakos, and Athanasios G. Papathanasiou “On the Connection of Intrinsic Wettability and Surface Topography with the Apparent Wetting Behavior and Adhesion Properties.” Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 119, 15056, 2015.[link]

  25. Christos Boutopoulos, Marianneza Chatzipetrou, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou and Ioanna Zergioti "Time resolved imaging and immobilization study of bioliquids on hydrophobic and superhydrophobic surfaces by means of Laser-Induced Forward Transfer." Laser Physics Letters, 11, 105603, 2014.[link]

  26. Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Michail E. Kavousanakis and Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "Neither Lippmann nor Young: Enabling electrowetting modeling on structured dielectric surfaces."Langmuir, 30(16), 4662, 2014.[link]

  27. Nikolaos T. Chamakos, Michail E. Kavousanakis and Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "Enabling efficient energy barrier computations of wetting transitions on geometrically patterned surfaces." Soft Matter, 9, 9624, 2013.[link]

  28. Michail E. Kavousanakis, Carlos E. Colosqui, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "Engineering the geometry of  stripe-patterned surfaces towards efficient wettability switching." Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 436, 309, 2013.[link]

  29. Christos Boutopoulos, Dimitrios P. Papageorgiou, Ioanna Zergioti and Athanasios G. Papathanasiou "Sticking of droplets on slippery superhydrophobic surfaces by Laser Induced Forward Transfer." Applied Physics Letters, 103, 024104, 2013.[link]

  30. Ravi Prakash, Dimitrios P. Papageorgiou, Athanasios G. Papathanasiou, Karan V. I. S. Kaler "Dielectrophoretic Liquid Actuation on Nano-Textured Super Hydrophobic Surfaces." Sensors & Actuators: B. Chemical, 182, 351, 2013.[link]

  31. C. E. Colosqui, M. E. Kavousanakis, A. G. Papathanasiou and I. G. Kevrekidis "Mesoscopic model for microscale hydrodynamics and interfacial phenomena: Slip, films, and contact angle hysteresis." Physical Review E, 87(1), 013302, 2013.[link]

  32. M. E. Kavousanakis, C. E. Colosqui, I. G. Kevrekidis and A. G. Papathanasiou "Mechanisms of wetting transitions on patterned surfaces: Continuum and mesoscopic analysis." Soft Matter, 8(30), 7928, 2012. [link]

  33. R. Prakash, K. V. I. S. Kaler, D. P. Papageorgiou, A. G. Papathanasiou "Performance of Multilayered Fluoropolymer Surface Coating for DEP Surface Microfluidics Devices." Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 13(2), 309, 2012.[link].

  34. E. P. Koumoulos, C. A. Charitidis, D. P. Papageorgiou, A. G. Papathanasiou, A. G. Boudouvis "Nanomechanical and Nanotribological Properties of Hydrophobic Fluorocarbon Dielectric Coating on Tetraethoxysilane for Electrowetting Applications." Surface & Coatings Technology, 206, 3823, 2012[link].

  35. D. P. Papageorgiou, A. Tserepi, A. G. Boudouvis, A. G. Papathanasiou "Superior performance of multilayered fluoropolymer films in low voltage electrowetting." Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 368, 592, 2012.[link]

  36. A. K. Gnanappa, D. Papageorgiou, E. Gogolides, A. Tserepi, A. G. Papathanasiou, A. G. Boudouvis "Hierarchical, plasma nanotextured, robust superamphiphobic polymeric surfaces structurally stabilized through a wetting-drying cycle." Plasma Processes and Polymers, 9(3), 304, 2012.[link]

  37. Invited paper
    D. P. Papageorgiou, E. P. Koumoulos, C. A. Charitidis, A. G. Boudouvis and A. G. Papathanasiou "Evaluating the robustness of top coatings comprising plasma-deposited fluorocarbons in electrowetting systems." Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology (2011).[pdf]

  38. C. Gollwitzer, A. N. Spyropoulos, A. G. Papathanasiou, A. G. Boudouvis and R. Richter "The normal field instability under side-wall effects: Comparison of experiments and computations." New Journal of Physics, 11, 053016, 2009.[link]

  39. A. I. Drygiannakis, A. G. Papathanasiou and A. G. Boudouvis "Manipulating equilibrium states of microdroplets in electrowetting - A computational analysis." Microelectronic Engineering, 86, 1356, 2009.[link]

  40. A. I. Drygiannakis, A. G. Papathanasiou and A. G. Boudouvis "On the connection between dielectric breakdown strength, trapping of charge and contact angle saturation in electrowetting." Langmuir, 25 (1), 2009.[link]

  41. A. I. Drygiannakis, A. G. Papathanasiou and A. G. Boudouvis "Mechanisms of equilibrium shape transitions of liquid droplets in electrowetting." Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 326, 451, 2008. [link]

  42. A. G. Papathanasiou, A. T. Papaioannou and A. G. Boudouvis "Illuminating the connection between contact angle saturation and dielectric breakdown in electrowetting through leakage current measurements" Journal of Applied Physics, 103, 034901, 2008. [link]

  43. E. G. Megalios, N. I. Kapsalis, J. Paschalidis, A. G. Papathanasiou and A. G. Boudouvis “A simple optical device for measuring free surface deformations of non-transparent liquids” Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 288, 508, 2005. [link]

  44. A. G. Papathanasiou and A. G. Boudouvis “Manifestation of the connection between dielectric breakdown strength and contact angle saturation in electrowetting” Applied Physics Letters, 86, 164102, 2005. [link]

  45. J. Wolff, A. G. Papathanasiou, H. H. Rotermund, G. Ertl, M. Katsoulakis, X. Li and I. G. Kevrekidis “Wave initiation through spatiotemporally controllable perturbations” Physical Review Letters, 90, 148301, 2003.[link]

  46. Invited paper
    J. Wolff, A. G. Papathanasiou, H. H. Rotermund, G. Ertl, X. Li and I. G. Kevrekidis “Local manipulation of catalytic surface reactivity” Journal of Catalysis, 216, 246, 2003. [link]

  47. J. Wolff, A. G. Papathanasiou, H. H. Rotermund, G. Ertl, X. Li and I. G. Kevrekidis “Gentle dragging of reaction waves” Physical Review Letters, 90, 018302, 2003. [link]

  48. A. G. Papathanasiou and A. G. Boudouvis “Wetting effects on magneto-hydrostatics of rotating ferrofluid drops: Experimental and computational analysis” Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 252, 262, 2002. [link]

  49. A. G. Papathanasiou, J. Wolff, I. G. Kevrekidis, H. H. Rotermund and G. Ertl “Some twists and turns in the path of improving surface activity” Chemical Physics Letters, 358, 407, 2002. [link]

  50. X. Li, I. G. Kevrekidis, M. Pollmann, A. G. Papathanasiou and H. H. Rotermund “Front initiation on microdesigned composite catalysts” Chaos, 12, 190, 2002. [link]

  51. A. G. Papathanasiou and A. G. Boudouvis “Three-lobe-shaped equilibrium states in magnetic liquid bridges”Physical Review E, 65, 035302, 2002. [link]

  52. J. Wolff, A. G. Papathanasiou, I. G. Kevrekidis, H. H. Rotermund and G. Ertl “Spatiotemporal addressing of surface activity” Science, 294, 134, 2001. [link]

  53. A. G. Papathanasiou, A. G. Boudouvis and N. C. Markatos “Equilibrium and stability of interfaces between polarizable fluids: Theory and computations” Computational Mechanics,27, 253, 2001. [link]

  54. Invited paper
    A. G. Papathanasiou and A. G. Boudouvis “Pre-labyrinthine, cross-sectional instabilities of captive ferrofluid drops: computations and experiments” Magnetohydrodynamics, 35, 314, 1999. [link]

  55. A. G. Papathanasiou and A. G. Boudouvis “Three-dimensional magnetohydrostatic instabilities of rotating ferrofluid drops” Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 201, 290, 1999. [link]

  56. A. G. Papathanasiou and A. G. Boudouvis “Three-dimensional instabilities of ferromagnetic liquid bridges”Computational Mechanics, 21, 403, 1998. [link]

Publications in Conference Proceedings


  1. M. Kavousanakis, C. Colosqui, I. Kevrekidis, A. G. Papathanasiou “Mechanisms of wetting transitions on superhydrophobic surfaces.” In Proceedings of the seventh International Conference on Material Technologies and Modeling (MMT-2012), Ariel University Center of Samaria Ariel, Israel, August 20-23, 2012.

  2. M.E. Kavousanakis, C.E. Colosqui, I.G. Kevrekidis, A.G. Papathanasiou “Wetting phenomena on micro-structured surfaces.” In CD-ROM Proceedings of the 7th GRACM International Congress on Computational Mechanics, Athens, Greece, 30 June-2 July 2011.

  3. A. I. Drygiannakis, A. G. Papathanasiou and A. G. Boudouvis "Computational analysis of instabilities of liquid droplets in electrowetting." In CD-ROM Proceedings of the 6th GRACM International Congress on Computational Mechanics, Thessaloniki, Greece, 19-21 June 2008.

  4. A. I. Drygiannakis, A. G. Papathanasiou και A. G. Boudouvis "Computational analysis of electrowetting microsystems" In Proceedings of the 5th Panhellenic Scientific Conference on Chemical Engineering, pp. 1189 – 1192, Athens, 31 May - 2 June 2007. In Greek.

  5. G. Pashos, A. G. Papathanasiou και A. G. Boudouvis “Computational and experimental analysis in electrowetting phenomena.” In CD-ROM Proceedings of the 5th meeting “Flow 2006 – Research Activities in Flow Phenomena in Greece”, Patras, 6 November 2006. In Greek.

  6. A. N. Spyropoulos, A. G. Papathanasiou, J. A. Palyvos and A. G. Boudouvis "FE-BUI - Finite Element Beowulf User Interface: A homemade package for automated parallel finite element computations" In Proceedings of the 5th GRACM International Congress on Computational Mechanics, pp. 721-727, G. Georgiou, P. Papanastasiou, M. Papadrakakis, Eds., Limassol, Cyprus, 29 June - 1 July 2005.

  7. A. N. Spyropoulos, A. G. Papathanasiou and E. G. Megalios "Automatic parallelization of the solution of finite element problems in cluster computers" In Proceedings of the 5th Panhellenic Scientific Conference on Chemical Engineering, pp. 437 – 440, Thessaloniki, Greece, 26 – 28 May 2005. In Greek.

  8. E. Megalios, A. G. Papathanasiou, and A. G. Boudouvis “Investigation of disturbances suppression and shape manipulation techniques in magnetohydrostatic systems” In Proceedings of the 5th Panhellenic Scientific Conference on Chemical Engineering, pp. 441 – 444,Thessaloniki, Greece, 26 – 28 May 2005. In Greek.

  9. A. N. Spyropoulos, A. G. Papathanasiou, I. K. Kapsalis and A. G. Boudouvis “Side wall effects on interfacial magnetohydrostatic instabilities in magnetic liquid pools” In CD-ROM Proceedings of the Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference of the European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences – ECCOMAS CFD 2001, Swansea, Wales, UK, September 2001.

  10. A. N. Spyropoulos, A. G. Papathanasiou and A. G. Boudouvis “Nonlinear iterative computations on nearly singular systems” In CD-Rom Proceedings of the ECCOMAS 2000 European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, E. Onate et al., Eds., Barcelona, Spain, September 2000.

  11. M. I. Klapa, A. G. Papathanasiou and A. G. Boudouvis “Equilibrium of rotating ferromagnetic liquid drops” InProceedings of the 4th ECCOMAS Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference, pp. 809-814, K. D. Papailiou, D. Tsahalis, J. Periaux, C. Hirsch, M. Pandolfi, Eds., Athens, Greece, September 1998 (J. Wiley & Sons, New York, 1998).

  12. A. G. Papathanasiou and A. G. Boudouvis “Equilibrium paths of ferrofluid interfaces” In Proceedings of the 5thNational Congress on Mechanics, pp. 750-758, P. S. Theocaris, D. I. Fotiadis, C. V. Massalas, Eds., Ioannina, Greece, August 1998.

  13. M. C. Giannakourou, P. S. Georgiadou, A. G. Papathanasiou and A. G. Boudouvis “Equilibrium of axisymmetric liquid bridges in microgravity” In Proceedings of the 5th National Congress on Mechanics, pp. 824-832, P. S. Theocaris, D. I. Fotiadis, C. V. Massalas, Eds., Ioannina, Greece, August 1998.

  14. M. Giannakourou, P. Georgiadou, A. Papathanasiou and A. Boudouvis “Shape and stability control of captive drops” In Proceedings of the 1st Panhellenic Scientific Conference on Chemical Engineering, pp. 813-818, Patras, Greece, May 1997. In Greek.

Conference Presentations


  1. George Karapetsas, Nikos Chamakos and Athanasios G. Papathanasiou “Effect of substrate topography on the thermocapillary migration of droplets under microgravity”, Presented at the 22nd ELGRA Symposium And General Assembly, Corfu, Greece, 29 September 29th – 1 October, 2015.

  2. Nikolaos T. Chamakos, George Karapetsas, Michail E. Kavousanakis and Athanasios G. Papathanasiou ‘Efficient modeling of droplet spreading on rough surfaces’, Presented at the 8th GRACM International Congress on Computational Mechanics, Volos, Greece, 12 – 15 July 2015.

  3. Athanasios G. Papathanasiou, Michail E. Kavousanakis, Nikolaos T. Chamakos   ‘Reversible electrowetting on rough surfaces’, Presented at the 6th International Workshop on Bubble and Drop Interfaces (B&D2015), Potsdam-Golm, Germany, 6 – 10 July 2015.

  4. George Karapetsas, Nikos Chamakos and Athanasios G. Papathanasiou “Modeling of dynamic contact lines”, Presented at the Smart and Green Interfaces Conference — 2015, Belgrade, Serbia, 30 March – 01 April 2015.

  5. N. Chamakos and A. G. Papathanasiou “Do we really need Young’s angle boundary condition for electrowetting simulation?” Presented at the Advances in Microfluidics & Nanofluidics (AMN2013), Notre Dame, IN, US, 24-26 May 2013. 

  6. M. Kavousanakis and A. G. Papathanasiou “Wetting transitions on patterned surfaces with tunable wettability: a mesoscopic computational analysis” Presented at the 8th International Meeting on Electrowetting, Athens, Greece, 21-23 June 2012.

  7. M. E. Kavousanakis, C.E. Colosqui, I.G. Kevrekidis and A.G. Papathanasiou “Mechanisms of interfacial transitions on micro-structured surfaces: A system-level analysis using LB simulators”, Presented at the 9th European Fluid Mechanics Conference, Rome, Italy, 9-13 September 2012.

  8. A. I. Drygiannakis, A. G. Papathanasiou and A. G. Boudouvis "Realistic computations in electrowetting: Interfacial instabilities and simulation beyond the saturation." Presented at the 6th International Meeting on Electrowetting, University of California, Los Angeles, USA, 20-22 August 2008.

  9. G. Pashos, A. G. Papathanasiou and A. G. Boudouvis "Treatment of electric field singularities at solid-liquid-air junctions in electrowetting-on-dielectric computations." Presented at the 8th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM8) & 5th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering (ECCOMAS 2008) in Venice, Italy, 30 June-4 July 2008.

  10. A. G. Papathanasiou, G. Pashos and A. G. Boudouvis “Investigation of contact angle saturation mechanisms: experiments and computations.” Presented at the 5th International Meeting on Electrowetting, Rochester, New York,USA,31 May - 2 June 2006.

  11. A. G. Papathanasiou, E. Megalios and A. G. Boudouvis “Edge effects on contact angle saturation in electrowetting.” Presented at the 4th International Discussion Meeting on Electrowetting, Blaubeuren, Germany, 6 - 8 September 2004.

  12. A. G. Papathanasiou “Spatiotemporally resolved manipulation of catalytic activity.” Presented at the Marie Curie Fellowships European Scientific Workshop “Developing a Scientific Career”, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain, 28-30 November 2002.

  13. X. Li, J. Wolff, A. G. Papathanasiou, H. H. Rotermund, M. A. Katsoulakis, P. Souganidis and I. G. Kevrekidis “Designer perturbations": Experiments on distributed excitability and rare events in catalytic reactions.” Presented at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, 3-8 November 2002.

  14. A. G. Papathanasiou, X. Li, J. Wolff, H. H. Rotermund and I. G. Kevrekidis “Micromanipulating catalytic activity: Experiments and computation.” Presented at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting,Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, 3-8 November 2002.

  15. A. G. Papathanasiou, J. Wolff, I. G. Kevrekidis, H. H. Rotermund and G. Ertl “Manipulation of catalytic surface reactions: Gentle micro-manipulation of chemical waves and reaction enhancement.” Presented at theSiebentes Herbstseminar “Strukturbildung in Chemie und Biophysik”, Salzwedel, Germany, 29 September - 1 October 2002.

  16. H. H. Rotermund, A. G. Papathanasiou, J. Wolff, I. G. Kevrekidis and G. Ertl “Improving the efficiency of a catalytic surface reaction by local spatio-temporal parameter control.” Presented at the 7th International Conference on Nanometer-scale Science and Technology & 21st European Conference on Surface Science (NANO-7 / ECOSS-21), Malmö, Sweden, 24-28 June 2002.

  17. X. Li, A. G. Papathanasiou, J. Wolff, M. Pollmann, I. G. Kevrekidis and H. H. Rotermund “Static and dynamic composite catalysts.” Presented at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting, Reno, Nevada, USA, 4-9 November 2001.

  18. A. G. Papathanasiou and A. G. Boudouvis “Three-lobed cross-sectional instabilities in captive ferrofluid drops.” Presented at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting, Reno, Nevada, USA, 4-9 November 2001.

  19. A. G. Papathanasiou, A. G. Boudouvis and N. C. Markatos "Equilibrium and stability of interfaces between polarizable fluids: Theory and computations" Presented at the 3rd National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Volos, Greece, June 1999.

  20. A. G. Papathanasiou and A. G. Boudouvis “Three-dimensional effects on symmetry breaking instabilities of captive ferrofluid drops” Presented at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 10-15 November 1996.

  21. A. G. Papathanasiou and A. G. Boudouvis “Three-dimensional magnetohydrostatic instabilities of ferromagnetic liquid bridges” Presented at the 2nd National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Chania, Greece, 26-28 June 1996.

  22. A. G. Papathanasiou and A. G. Boudouvis “Symmetry-breaking instabilities of captive ferrofluid drops” Presented at the Symposium on Rheology and Computational Fluid Mechanics, G. Georgiou, Ed., Nicosia, Cyprus, July 1996.

  23. A. G. Papathanasiou and A. G. Boudouvis “Free surface instabilities of ferrofluid drops in magnetic field” Presented at the Workshop on Free Boundaries in Electromagnetism, Riga, Latvia, 7-9 October 1995.

Invited Talks


  1. I. E. Markodimitrakis, N. Vourdas and A. G. Papathanasiou “Droplet mobility switching on solid surfaces by electro-pneumatic actuation” N.I.C.E. 2022, Νice, France, 21-23 June 2022.

  2. “Σχεδιασμός έξυπνων διεπιφανειών: Ο σκοπός προάγει τα μέσα” Presented (as webinar) at the Department of Physics of the University of Ioannina, 17 December 2021. (in Greek)

  3. “The contribution of the European Research Council (ERC) to the career of young researchers & submission of competitive proposals”, Presented at the Workshop for the 10 years of the ERC, The National Hellenic Research Foundation. Athens, Greece, 15 March 2017 (in greek).[pdf][video]

  4. “Efficient Modelling Of Droplet Dynamics on Complex Surfaces: Tackling the Contact Line/Angle Boundary Condition”, Presented at the Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung (MPI-P), 13 July 2016, Mainz, Germany.

  5. “How to make reversible electrowetting on patterned surfaces”, Presented at the 10th International Meeting on Electrowetting 2016, 19-22 June 2016, Taipei, Taiwan.

  6. “Modeling of droplet dynamics on complex surfaces”, Presented at the Smart and Green Interfaces Conference 2016 - Jointly with COST MP1106 Annual meeting, 4-6 May 2016, Athens, Greece.

  7. “Neither Lippmann nor Young: Enabling efficient modeling of electrowetting on structured dielectric surfaces”, presented at the 9th International Meeting on Electrowetting, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, 23-25 June 2014.

  8. “Wetting transitions induced by surface chemistry and electric fields”, Presented at the 555th WE-Heraeus-Seminar, Wetting of structures with complex geometries, Bad Honnef, Germany, 16 - 19 March 2014.

  9. “Addressable wettability: mechanisms of transitions and physical limitations”, Department of Physics & Atmospheric Science, Physics Seminar Series 2012/ 2013, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 4 June 2013.

  10. “Tunable wettability on geometrically patterned surfaces”, Presented at the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, 31 May 2013.

  11. "Wetting on rough surfaces: interfacial transitions and limitations", Presented at the 7th Chemical Engineering  Conference for Collaborative Research in Eastern Mediterranean Countries (EMCC7), Corfu island, Greece, April 27th-May 1st, 2012.

  12. "Switchable Surface Wettability: Mechanisms of Transitions and Limitations", Colloquium, Focus Area Functional Soft Matter, University of Potsdam, Germany, 26 October 2011.

  13. “Addressing surface wettability by electrostatic fields and roughness”, CIRIMAT-ENSIACET, Toulouse, France, 18 April 2011.

  14. "Design, preparation and submission of my research proposal for an ERC starting grant." Presented at theWorkshop for the 'IDEAS' programme of the FP7, The National Hellenic Research Foundation. Athens, Greece, 15 September 2010 (in greek).[pdf][video](Real Player is required for playing the video)

  15. "Mechanisms of physical limitations in electrowetting." Department of Mechanical Engineering, POSTECH - Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, South Korea, 28 June 2010.

  16. "Mechanisms of nonlinear phenomena in electrowetting." Presented at the 7th International Meeting on Electrowetting, Pohang, South Korea, June 24-26, 2010.

  17. "Surfaces with addressable wettability: Mechanisms of electrowetting phenomena in microdroplets." Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece, 28 April 2010. 

  18. (in greek) "Wetting of solid dielectrics by electrified microdroplets: Instabilities and physical limitations." Institute of Physical Chemistry, N.C.S.R. 'Demokritos', Athens, Greece, 19 February 2010 .

  19. "Applying for an ERC starting grant." Presented at the Workshop for the 'IDEAS' programme of the FP7, The National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece, 20 January 2010 (in greek).[pdf] [video]

  20. "Physical and nonlinear limitations in electrowetting." University of Bayreuth, Department of Physics, Bayreuth, Germany, 16 December 2008.

  21. “Mechanisms of limiting phenomena in electrowetting.” Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany, 14 April 2008.

  22. "Spatiotemporal addressing of catalytic activity in the microscale." School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, 2 February 2004 (in greek).

  23. “Cross-sectional pattern formation of magnetic liquid bridges” Seminar on nonlinearity and disorder in complex systems, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität, Magdeburg, Germany, 15 October 2001.

  24. “Mechanisms of Magneto-Hydrostatic Instabilities: Experiments and Computational Analysis” PACM The Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics “Dynamical Systems/Nonlinear Science Seminar”, Department of Applied and Computational Mathematics,Princeton University, Princeton, USA, 18 December 2000.

Book Chapters


  1. N. Chamakos, M. Kavousanakis and A. G. Papathanasiou “Wetting of smart patterned surfaces”, In Encyclopedia of Solid-Liquid Interfaces, Editors-in-Chief, Gianlorenzo Bussetti and Klaus Wandelt, Elsevier (invited contribution, submitted Dec. 2022)

  2. Guest Editor in: “Electrowetting and Smart/Programmable Liquid Interfaces in Microfluidics“, Micromachines, (ISSN 2072-666X), 2020 [link]