NCSR Demokritos possesses sophisticated infrastructure and cutting-edge facilities designed to cater to the diverse and demanding requirements of stakeholders representing various domains such as sensors, energy, artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and health. The Laboratory facilities, described below in detail, are adept at accommodating the distinct needs of professionals and researchers from TRL2 to TRL7 operating within these specified sectors.
Advanced Ceramics and Composite Materials lab
Advanced EPR methods for Electron Spin Dynamics in Molecular and Nano-scale materials
EXPERTISE
Spectroscopist, low temperatures
EPR / Electron Paramagnetic Resonance 2
Pulsed EPR spectrometer
Age Related Diseases Program
Antiaging and human enhancement
Animal House
Animal house for animal breeding, animal supply and animal experimentation
Antidoping Control Unit
Doping Control and Metabolic Studies
Astroparticle Physics lab (Quantum Technologies)
Si detectors, gaseous detectors, detector characterization
Astroparticle Physics lab (Sensors)
Deep sea sensors, acoustic sensing in sea, acoustic monitoring
Astroparticle Physics lab (Space Technologies)
XRF technologies, non-destructive testing, electronics testing, photonics
Atmospheric Chemistry and Innovative Technologies Lab
Air quality, indoor and outdoor applications, atmospheric chemistry
Photocatalytic reactor, Gas chromatograph mass spectrometer (GC/MS)
Biomolecular Physics Laboratory (Autonomy)
Autonomous science systems, additive manufacturing
Biomolecular Physics Laboratory (Biotechnology and Human Enhancement)
3D printing methodologies for the fabrication of lattice structures for healthcare applications, additive manufacturing of biomaterials
Biomolecular Physics Laboratory (Energy)
Autonomous science systems, additive manufacturing methodologies for the fabrication of lattice structures for energy applications
Biomolecular Physics Laboratory (Novel Materials and Manufacturing)
3D printing methodologies using different types of materials
Ceramics and Composite Materials lab
Synthesis and characterization of cementious materials and ceramics
Chemical Vapor Deposition lab
Tempress Inc Omega Junior
Three home-made, fully automated CVD reactors
Circuits and devices for sensor networks and systems
EXPERTISE
1. Micro- Nano- Bio- Systems (MNBS),
2. Graphene and Flexible, Si Sensors and Micro- Electro- Mechanical Systems (MEMS),
3. Sensor Control & RF Passive Sensor Tags
Clean Room Lab (Quantum Technologies)
Clean Room Lab (Sensors)
Computational Intelligence Laboratory
Simulation, AR/VR/MR
Crystallography and coordination chemistry materials lab
EXPERTISE
1. X-ray diffraction, Crystallography
2. Chemical synthesis, Crystallography
1. X-Ray Diffraction 2 (XRD)
2. X-Ray Diffraction 3 (XRD)
1. Rigaku Smart Lab diffractometer (θ/θ scan)
2. R-Axis Spider Area Detector System for single crystal and powder samples studies
Electromagnetic metamaterials and novel RF systems
EXPERTISE
Metamaterial Antennas and Arrays, Resonantly Transparent Metasurfaces, Electrically Small Antennas, Polarized Metasurfaces
RF measurements lab
Electron Microscopy and nanomaterials lab
EXPERTISE
Electron microscopy
1. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
2. Transmission Electron Microscopy 1 (TEM)
3. Transmission Electron Microscopy 2 (TEM)
1. FEI Quanta Inspect SEM
2. Thermo Fisher Scientific Talos F200i S/TEM
3. FEI CM20 TEM
Energy Harvesting and Autonomous Sensors (Sensors)
Energy harvesting and autonomous sensors lab (Energy)
EXPERTISE
1. Materials and technologies for sensing and energy harvesting,
2. Energy harvesting for autonomous sensors,
3. Low power sensors on silicon and flexible substrates,
4. Energy storage and autonomous systems
Environmental Radioactivity & Aerosol technology for atmospheric and Climate impacT Lab
Climate change, aerosol science, environmental radioactivity measurements, ERL services
Environmental Research Lab (Energy)
Materials for energy and environmental applications, alternative fuels and safety, hydrogen technologies, underground reservoir modelling and characterization, pollutants dispersion, measurements and simulations, critical infrastructures and their protection
Environmental Research Lab (Novel Materials and Manufacturing)
Materials for energy and environmental applications
Epitaxy and Surface Science Lag
Edge intelligence: materials and devices
Epitaxial topological 2D materials for information processing and storage
Functional Nanomaterials of Organized Structure lab
Synthesis and characterization of polymers
Fusion Technology group
Thermonuclear fusion, materials under extreme environments
Health Physics, Radiobiology & Cytogenetics Laboratory
Radiation protection, regulations, genetic testing
High Energy Physics lab
Development, verification and testing of quantum computing algorithms
Quantum artificial intelligence methods
Human Molecular Genetics Lab
Biodiagnostic studies and technologies such as hereditary cancer, immunodiagnostics, immunochemistry and genetic syndromes
Immunochemistry Group
Diagnostic tests (lab-on-a-chip), immunosensors, Quality Assessment of Radioimmunoassay Kits
Integrated Systems Lab
Cyber-physical resilience & cybersecurity
Mass Spectrometry and Dioxin Analysis Laboratory
Dioxine analysis in environment, food and other biological samples
Materials and Devices for Information Storage and Emerging Electronics Lab
Quantum technology in material science such as heterogeneous materials etc.
Quantum computing and simulation such as modelling complex systems etc.
Development of new memristive devices for neuromorphic for digital quantum computing simulators
AC/DC Electrical Characterization
Parameter analyser (B1500 – Keysight – 2024)
Prober TS2000 (MTI – 2024)
4-probe JANIS ST-500-2-(4CX, 6-380K)
Materials for Nanolithography and Organic Electronics
EXPERTISE
Optoelectronics
Fluorescence lifetime / transient absorption analysis system
Hamamatsu
Media Networks Laboratory
5G networks, Rx/Tx schemes and MIMO techniques, Radio Access Networks and multi-RAT connectivity
Membranes and Materials for Environmental Separations
EXPERTISE
Characterization of nanoporous materials, Characterization of catalysts, Gas adsorption & Diffusion in porous materials, Gas/Liquid Permeability & Selectivity, Gas solid interactions
Synthesis and characterization of materials of membranes
Development and validation of membrane reactors for Water
Air Purification
Scanning Electron Microscopy 2 (SEM)
Scanning Electron Microscopy 3 (SEM)
Micropore physi-sorption analyzer: Autosorb-1, MP (Quantachrome Instruments)
Any gas physi-/chemisorption analyzer: Autosorb IQ3-C-AG (Quantachrome/Anton PaaR GmbH
High Pressure Gas sorption analyzer: HyEnergy, PctPro-2000 (Setaram)
High Pressure Gravimetric instrument: Rubotherm
Intelligent Gravimetric Sorption analyzer: IG1-100A (Two stream IGA-100, Hiden Isochema)
Homemade, all stainless steel, gas permeability/selectivity apparatus
Thermal Desorption Spectroscopy/Mass Spectroscopy apparatus
JEOL JSM 7401F Field Emission SEM
JEOL JSM 7401F Field Emission SEM
Microfluidics and Lab on Chip
Molecular Materials as components of electronic devices
Molecular memory cells based on tungsten polyoxometalates and high-k dielectrics
Electronic properties of phthalocyanine/gold nanoparticle networks
Carbon Nanotube Schottky type Photodetectors for UV applications
Molecular Thermodynamics and Modelling of materials lab
Molecular thermodynamics and modelling materials
Nanofunctional and Nanocomposite materials Lab
EXPERTISE
Conversion of CO2 to High Added Value Products, Carbon-based Materials for Environmental and Energy Applications , Photoactive Materials for Environmental and Energy Applications
Synthesis and characterization of graphene
Material Characterization
Air Pollutants Oxidation
Nanometrology and plasma group
EXPERTISE
Plasma processing
1. ICPE / Inductively Coupled Plasma Etching 1
2. RIE / Reactive Ion Etching 1
3. EBME-2 / e-beam Metal Evaporator 2
4. OTE / Low Temperature Organic Layer Evaporator
5. ALE / Atomic Layer Etching, purchase 2024
1. Alcatel-Adixen MET system
2. RIE Alcatel / Nextral NE330
3. Moorfield Nanotech.
4. Moorfield Nanotech.
5. Oxford instruments
Nanotechnology processes for Solar Energy Conversion and Environmental protection
Development and characterization of materials for renewable energy systems such as heat pumps, solar cells, H2 etc.
Natural Products Synthesis and Bioorganic chemistry lab
Cassane-type furanoditerpenoids
Spirotetronate polyketides
Polyprenylated acylphloroglucinols
Heterocyclic compounds for biological applications
Pheromones for applications in pest management
Polyaromatic hydrocarbons for nanoelectronics
Focused Microwave Synthesis System: Discover LabMate, CEM
Polarimeter, Perkin-Elmer 241
Parallel synthesizer, Advanced ChemTech PLS
HPLC (analytical, semi-preparative), Shimadzu
Nuclear Physics and Applications (Autonomy)
Radioactivity measurements, detection/identification of radioactive waste and materials
Nuclear Physics and Applications (Data and AI)
Material characterization, signal classification
Nuclear Physics and Applications (Space Technologies)
Material characterization, signal classification
Optical Biosensors lab
EXPERTISE
E-beam lithography
1. Electron Beam Lithography 1 (EBL)
2. E-beam Metal Evaporation 1 (EBME)
1.RAITH – EBPG 5000plusES
2. DENTON DV-602
Permanent Magnets, Magnetic Recording, and Thermoelectrics Lab
EXPERTISE
Rare-earth Transition-Metal Permanent Magnets, Magnetocaloric Materials, Chemical Synthesis of Multi-Functional Nanomaterials, Magnetic – Dielectric Nanocomposites, Mössbauer Spectroscopy of Magnetic Compounds
Photo-catalytic processes and environmental chemistry lab
EXPERTISE
1. Identification of organic compounds in various matrices; Volatile profiling
2. Targeted, suspect & untargeted screening of organic compounds; Environmental metabolomics
1. Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS)
2. Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC MS-MS)
1. Agilent Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) system
2. Thermo Electron Corporation Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) system
Photovoltaic and optoelectronic materials and devices lab
Development of photovoltaic and optoelectronic devices based on advanced hybrid organic-inorganic semiconductors
AFM
CONTACT ANGLE GONIOMETER
ELECTRICAL CHARACTERIZATION
GLOVEBOX
GLOVEBOX WORKSTATION
SOLAR SIMULATOR (I/V)
SPECTROFLUOROMETER
SPIN COATER
THERMAL EVAPORATOR
THIN FILM ANALYZER
UV OZONE CLEANER
Polymer based sensors & systems
EXPERTISE
Capacitive electronic nose
Optical immunosensors
Spectroscopic Reflectometer (200-850nm)
LPKF PCB prototyping
Spreader for the application of thick polymeric films
Optical Bench for measurements
Polymer Based sensors and systems
Spectroscopic Reflectometer (200-850nm)
LPKF PCB prototyping
Spreader for the application of thick polymeric films
Optical Bench for measurements
Radiochemical Studies laboratory
Quality assurance of radiochemical products
Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry Lab
Design, synthesis, characterization and preclinical evaluation of radiopharmaceuticals and pharmaceuticals
Software and Knowledge Engineering Lab
AI, web and social media content, document intelligence and big data analysis
Solar and other Energy Systems Lab (Energy)
Concentrated solar thermal systems and heat pumps
Solar and Other energy systems lab (Novel Materials and Manufacturing)
Solar energy systems, low to medium temperature range
Structural and supramolecular chemistry lab
Cyclodextrin Chemistry: designed derivatives for bio- and nano-bio- applications
Structure, intermolecular interactions and properties of host-guest complexes
Crystallography of macromolecules
Crystallization methods
Oryx Nano robot for screening and optimisation of crystallisation conditions
Rigaku Rotating anode X-ray source and image plate detector
BRUKER Avance III 250 MHz NMR spectrometer
BRUKER Avance 500 MHz NMR spectrometer
Superconductivity and Magnetic Oxides lab
EXPERTISE
Magnetic measurements
Synthesis and characterization of magnets
DC – AC MM / DC – AC Magnetic Measurements A
DC Magnetometer & AC Susceptometer based on Quantum Design Physical Property Measurement System (PPMS) VSM magnetometer
Systems Reliability and Industrial safety Lab
Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) in industrial and other processes
Telecommunication Networks Laboratory
Cloud management, monitoring and Cloud networking
Theoretical modelling of Waves in the Micro and Nanoscale
EXPERTISE
Photonics, plasmonics, metasurfaces
Theory and simulation, multiple scattering methods for photons, phonons, electrons
Light in time varying media, interaction of waves, Optomagnonics, Acoustooptics
Optical sensors and characterization of metasurfaces and integrated photonics
Optics Lab
Thermal Hydraulics and Multiphase Flow Lab
Modelling the behaviour of micro and/or nano particles in biofluids, simulations
Thin Film devices for microsystems and Large area electronics lab
Development and characterization of new technologies for thin film devices and microsystems
Wireless Communication Laboratory
Anechoic Chamber for Far-Field antenna measurements up to 40GHz