Konstantinos Termentzidis

Konstantinos Termentzidis is a CNRS researcher and he works at the LEMTA laboratory, at the University of Lorraine, France since 2012. He started his studies at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Physics Departement and Master Material's Physics and Technology), and he obtained his PhD at the University of Vienna, at the Computational Material Science group. He worked as a postdoc fellow at INSA of Lyon and at the Ecole Centrale Paris. His main scientific interest is the theoretical and...See more

Konstantinos Termentzidis is a CNRS researcher and he works at the LEMTA laboratory, at the University of Lorraine, France since 2012. He started his studies at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Physics Departement and Master Material's Physics and Technology), and he obtained his PhD at the University of Vienna, at the Computational Material Science group. He worked as a postdoc fellow at INSA of Lyon and at the Ecole Centrale Paris. His main scientific interest is the theoretical and computational nanoscale heat transport. During, the last 8 years he is studying the phonon transport at nanowires, nanotubes and superlattices with molecular dynamics, with an important publication production in the domain. The nanoscale heat transfer is a crucial issue for a large scope of contexts and applications as biology, medicine, aerospace, communications, electronics and energy. The behavior, reliability, life and cost of these devices depend on the way the system releases heat. As experimental studies are not always available or suitable at this scale, dedicated models and simulations tools are necessary. Termentzidis with his work elucidated the interaction of phonons with interfaces, defects and surfaces at the nanoscale, a key point to design materials with tailored properties and systems with controlled behavior. See less