Konstantinos Fostiropoulos
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Konstantinos Fostiropoulos is a Greek physicist who has been working in Germany in the areas nano-materials, solid-state physics, molecular physics, astrophysics, and thermodynamics. From 2003 to 2016 he has been founder and head of the Organic Solar Cells Group at the Institute Heterogeneous Materials Systems within the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin. His scientific works include novel energy materials and photovoltaic device concepts, carbon clusters in the Interstellar Medium, and intermolecular forces of real gases.
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Born | (1960-06-20) 20 June 1960 (age 63) Krya Vrysi, Pella, Greece |
Nationality | Greek |
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Thesis | "C60 – a new form of carbon" (1989–1992) |
In 1989 Fostiropoulos was the first to synthesize C60,[2][3]
a molecular carbon modification, in preparative amounts[4] by a specifically developed vacuum process. After the discovery of the molecule 1985 by Kroto et al.,[5] Fostiropoulos' work contributed essentially to the establishment of fundamental fullerene research as well as its applications.[6]
In 2001/2002 he presented a bilayer heterojunction concept for organic photovoltaic devices applying vacuum processes for the formation of a molecular absorber layer consisting of Zn phthalocyanine and C60 molecules.[7]
He has also been an expert in distance education who demonstrated in 1999 an experimental low band width connectivity transatlantic internet teaching platform.[8] On the occasion of the Corona crisis, he set up a platform capable of hosting the virtual part of large hybrid[9] scientific conferences.[10]