MODIP - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

	SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY
Υ01	General & Inorganic Chemistry I

	SCHOOL OF GEOLOGY
NGGN 103Y	Chemistry

	SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY
Υ05	Inorganic Chemistry II

Coordinator
2025–2026	Financial support of new faculty members

(2026)

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Balvanz Adam, Pournara Anastasia, Reynolds Robert P., Meza Patricia E., Dravid Vinayak P., Kanatzidis Mercouri G. . (2026) . Tuning optical properties and local lone-pair off-centering in “hollow” FA1−x{en}xPbη−ySnyBr3 perovskites . Chemical Science . vol.17 no.1 p.526-543
Fletcher Jared D., Zacharias Marios, Peifer Shoshanna, Hou Jin, Pournara Anastasia, Mohite Aditya D., Schaller Richard D., Even Jacky, Katan Claudine, Kanatzidis Mercouri G. . (2026) . Correction to “Polymorphism and Phase Control in Dion–Jacobson 2D 3-(Aminomethyl)piperidinium-Based Metal Iodide Perovskites” . Chemistry of Materials . vol.38 no.6 p.3014-3014
Pournara Anastasia, Liu Yukun, Ie Thomas S., Ma Xiangyu, Cui Jinlei, Iyer Abishek, Au II Alann P., Evangelou Dimitrios A., Sargent Edward H., Dravid Vinayak P., Kanatzidis Mercouri G. . (2026) . Unconventional Mechanism in the Selective Removal of Lead and Cadmium from Acidic Media Using Nax+2ySn4–yS8·3H2O (NMS-7) . Journal of the American Chemical Society . vol.148 no.5 p.4976–4988

(2025)

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Fletcher Jared D., Zacharias Marios, Peifer Shoshanna, Hou Jin, Pournara Anastasia, Mohite Aditya D., Schaller Richard D., Even Jacky, Katan Claudine, Kanatzidis Mercouri G. . (2025) . Polymorphism and Phase Control in Dion–Jacobson 2D 3-(Aminomethyl)piperidinium-Based Metal Iodide Perovskites . Chemistry of Materials . vol.37 no.24 p.9869–9885
Wiggins Taylor E., Bati Abdulaziz S. R., Kepenekian Mikael, Reynolds Robert P., Zeiske Stefan, Pournara Anastasia, Liu Cheng, Yang Yi, Zhang Xianfu, Gilley Isaiah W., Chen Bin, Even Jacky, Sargent Edward H., Kanatzidis Mercouri G. . (2025) . Pb: Sn Ratio-Driven Polytypism and Band Modulation in Photoresponsive Hexagonal Perovskitoids . Journal of the American Chemical Society . vol.147 no.24 p.21014–21031

(2024)

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Evangelou Dimitrios A., Pournara Anastasia, Karagianni Vasiliki I., Dimitriou Christos, Andreou Evangelos K., Deligiannakis Yiannis, Armatas Gerasimos S., Manos Manolis J. . (2024) . Correction to “Just Soaping Them: The Simplest Method for Converting Metal Organic Frameworks into Superhydrophobic Materials” . ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces . vol.16 no.27 p.35864-35864
Evangelou Dimitrios A., Pournara Anastasia, Karagianni Vasiliki I., Dimitriou Christos, Andreou Evangelos K., Deligiannakis Yiannis, Armatas Gerasimos S., Manos Manolis J. . (2024) . Just Soaping Them: The Simplest Method for Converting Metal Organic Frameworks into Superhydrophobic Materials . ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces . vol.16 no.10 p.12672–12685
Iyer Abishek K., Shahabfar Shima, Au II Alann P., Xie Hongyao, Pournara Anastasia, Wolverton Christopher, Kanatzidis Mercouri G. . (2024) . Li3Sb7Se12: A Pavonite Homologue with Ultralow Thermal Conductivity . Chemistry of Materials . vol.36 no.20 p.10327–10335
Meza Patricia E., dos Reis Roberto, Liu Yukun, Pournara Anastasia, Kanatzidis Mercouri, Dravid Vinayak P. . (2024) . Locating UO22+ in Metal Sulfide Ion Exchange Materials Utilizing Multimodal STEM Techniques . Microscopy and Microanalysis . vol.30 no.Supp. 1 p.1089–1090
Pournara Anastasia, Tang Jun-Hao, Yang Lu, Liu Jia-Ting, Huang Xiao-Ying, Feng Mei-Ling, Kanatzidis Mercouri G. . (2024) . Leveraging Hard–Soft Acid–Base Interactions for Effective Palladium Capture in Acidic Solutions . Chemistry of Materials . vol.36 no.6 p.3013–3021
Tziasiou Charikleia, Andreou Evangelos K., Armatas Gerasimos S., Manos Manolis J., Pournara Anastasia, Giokas Dimosthenis L. . (2024) . Zr4+-mercaptosuccinate MOF for the uptake and recovery of gold nanoparticles and gold ions under batch and continuous flow conditions . Chemical Engineering Journal . vol.489 p.Article number: 151107 (10 pages)

(2023)

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Georgianos Petros, Pournara Anastasia, Andreou Evangelos K., Manos Manolis J. . (2023) . Composite Materials Based on a Zr4+ MOF and Aluminosilicates for the Simultaneous Removal of Cationic and Anionic Dyes from Aqueous Media . Molecules . vol.28 no.2 p.Article number: 815 (16 pages)
Moisiadis Elias, Pournara Anastasia, Manos Manolis J., Giokas Dimosthenis L. . (2023) . Development of a New Method to Estimate the Water Purification Efficiency of Bulk-Supported Nanosorbents under Realistic Conditions . Separations . vol.10 no.2 p.Article number: 140 (11 pages)
Quintero Michael A., Pournara Anastasia, Godsel Richard, Li Zhi, Panuganti Shobhana, Zhou Xiuquan, Wolverton Christopher, Kanatzidis Mercouri G. . (2023) . Metal Sulfide Ion Exchangers: High Acid Stability of Na2xMg2y–xSn4–yS8 (NMS) and Topotactic Conversion to 2D Solid Acids with Semiconducting Character . Inorganic Chemistry . vol.62 no.39 p.15971–15982
Tziasiou Charikleia, Pournara Anastasia, Manos Manolis J., Giokas Dimosthenis L. . (2023) . Dispersive solid phase extraction of noble metal nanoparticles from environmental samples on a thiol-functionalized Zirconium(IV) metal organic framework and determination with atomic absorption spectrometry . Microchemical Journal . vol.195 p.Article number: 109387 (8 pages)

(2022)

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Chatz-Giachia Amina, Psalti Athanasia E., Pournara Anastasia, Manos Manolis J., Pappa Christina, Triantafyllidis Konstantinos, Lazaridis Theodoros . (2022) . Detection of nitrophenols with a fluorescent Zr(iv) metal–organic framework functionalized with benzylamino groups . Journal of Materials Chemistry C . vol.10 no.34 p.12307-12315
Diamantis Stavros A., Pournara Anastasia, Koutsouroubi Eirini D., Moularas Constantinos, Deligiannakis Yiannis, Armatas Gerasimos S., Hatzidimitriou Antonios, Manos Manolis J., Lazaridis Theodoros . (2022) . Detection and Sorption of Heavy Metal Ions in Aqueous Media by a Fluorescent Zr(IV) Metal–Organic Framework Functionalized with 2-Picolylamine Receptor Groups . Inorganic Chemistry . vol.61 no.20 p.7847–7858
Evangelou Dimitrios, Pournara Anastasia, Tziasiou Charikleia, Andreou Evangelos, Armatas Gerasimos S., Manos Manolis J. . (2022) . Robust Al3+ MOF with Selective As(V) Sorption and Efficient Luminescence Sensing Properties toward Cr(VI) . Inorganic Chemistry . vol.61 no.4 p.2017–2030
Gouma Vasiliki, Pournara Anastasia, Manos Manolis J., Giokas Dimosthenis L. . (2022) . Fabric phase sorpitive extraction and passive sampling of ultraviolet filters from natural waters using a zirconium metal organic framework-cotton composite . Journal of Chromatography A . vol.1670 p.Article number: 462945 (9 pages)
Gouma Vasiliki, Tziasiou Charikleia, Pournara Anastasia, Giokas Dimosthenis L. . (2022) . A novel approach to sorbent-based remediation of soil impacted by organic micropollutants and heavy metals using granular biochar amendment and magnetic separation . Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering . vol.10 no.2 p.Article number: 107316 (9 pages)
Pournara Anastasia, Rizogianni Sofia, Evangelou Dimitrios A., Andreou Evangelos K., Armatas Gerasimos S., Manos Manolis J. . (2022) . Zr4+-terephthalate MOFs with 6-connected structures, highly efficient As(iii/v) sorption and superhydrophobic properties . Chemical Communications . vol.58 no.63 p.8862-8865
Pournara Anastasia, Moisiadis Elias, Gouma Vasiliki, Manos Manolis J., Giokas Dimosthenis L. . (2022) . Cotton fabric decorated by a Zr4+ MOF for selective As(V) and Se(IV) removal from aqueous media . Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering . vol.10 no.3 p.Article number: 107705 (10 pages)
Pournara Anastasia, Andreou Evangelos K., Armatas Gerasimos S., Manos Manolis J. . (2022) . Zirconium(IV) Metal Organic Frameworks with Highly Selective Sorption for Diclofenac under Batch and Continuous Flow Conditions . Crystals . vol.12 no.3 p.Article number: 424 (13 pages)
Pournara Anastasia, Evangelou Dimitrios A., Roukounaki Christina, Andreou Evangelos K., Armatas Gerasimos S., Lazaridis Theodoros, Manos Manolis J. . (2022) . Highly efficient sorption and luminescence sensing of oxoanionic species by 8-connected alkyl-amino functionalized Zr4+ MOFs . Dalton Transactions: An International Journal of Inorganic Chemistry . vol.51 no.45 p.17301-17309
Psalti Athanasia E., Andriotou Despoina, Diamantis Stavros A., Chatz-Giachia Amina, Pournara Anastasia, Manos Manolis J., Hatzidimitriou Antonios, Lazaridis Theodoros . (2022) . Mixed-Metal and Mixed-Ligand Lanthanide Metal–Organic Frameworks Based on 2,6-Naphthalenedicarboxylate: Thermally Activated Sensitization and White-Light Emission . Inorganic Chemistry . vol.61 no.30 p.11959–11972

(2021)

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Fidelli Athena M., Katsenis Athanassios D., Kotidis Pantelis, Tarlas Georgios D., Pournara Anastasia, Papaefstathiou Giannis S. . (2021) . Enhanced Cr(VI) sorption capacity of the mechanochemically synthesized defective UiO-66 and UiO-66-NH2 . Journal of Coordination Chemistry . vol.74 no.17-20 p.2835-2849
Gkogkou Despoina, Rizogianni Sofia, Tziasiou Charikleia, Gouma Vasiliki, Pournara Anastasia, Tsoukleris Dimitrios, Giokas Dimosthenis L., Manos Manolis J. . (2021) . Highly efficient removal of crude oil and dissolved hydrocarbons from water using superhydrophobic cotton filters . Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering . vol.9 no.5 p.Article number: 106170 (10 pages)
Pournara Anastasia, Rapti Sofia, Valmas Alexandros, Margiolaki Irene, Andreou Euaggelos, Armatas Gerasimos S., Tsipis Athanassios C., Plakatouras John C., Giokas Dimosthenis L., Manos Manolis J. . (2021) . Alkylamino-terephthalate ligands stabilize 8-connected Zr4+ MOFs with highly efficient sorption for toxic Se species . Journal of Materials Chemistry A . vol.9 no.6 p.3379-3387
Pournara Anastasia, Bika Christina-Georgia, Chen Xitong, Lazaridis Theodoros, Kaziannis Spyridon, Feng Pingyun, Manos Manolis J. . (2021) . A bifunctional robust metal sulfide with highly selective capture of Pb 2+ ions and luminescence sensing ability for heavy metals in aqueous media . Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers . vol.8 no.17 p.4052-4061
Pournara Anastasia, Rapti Sofia, Lazaridis Theodoros, Manos Manolis J. . (2021) . A dithiocarbamate-functionalized Zr4+ MOF with exceptional capability for sorption of Pb2+ in aqueous media . Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering . vol.9 no.4 p.Article number: 105474 (9 pages)

(2020)

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Diamantis Stavros A., Hatzidimitriou Antonios, Plessas Alexios K., Pournara Anastasia, Manos Manolis J., Papaefstathiou Giannis S., Lazaridis Theodoros . (2020) . Alkaline earth-organic frameworks with amino derivatives of 2,6-naphthalene dicarboxylates: structural studies and fluorescence properties . Dalton Transactions: An International Journal of Inorganic Chemistry . vol.49 no.46 p.16736-16744
Kokkinos Christos, Economou Anastasios, Pournara Anastasia, Manos Manolis, Spanopoulos Ioannis, Kanatzidis Mercouri, Tziotzi Thomais, Petkov Valeri, Margariti Antigoni, Oikonomopoulos Panagiotis, Papaefstathiou Giannis S. . (2020) . 3D-printed lab-in-a-syringe voltammetric cell based on a working electrode modified with a highly efficient Ca-MOF sorbent for the determination of Hg(II) . Sensors & Actuators B: Chemical . vol.321 p.Article number: 128508 (7 pages)
Panagiotou Nikos, Liatsou Ioanna, Pournara Anastasia, Angeli Giasemi K., Giappa Rafaela Maria, Tylianakis Emmanuel, Manos Manolis J., Froudakis George E., Trikalitis Pantelis N., Pashalidis Ioannis, Tasiopoulos Anastasios J. . (2020) . Water-stable 2-D Zr MOFs with exceptional UO22+ sorption capability . Journal of Materials Chemistry A . vol.8 no.4 p.1849-1857

(2019)

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Pournara Anastasia, Tarlas Georgios D., Papaefstathiou Giannis S., Manos Manolis J. . (2019) . Chemically modified electrodes with MOFs for the determination of inorganic and organic analytes via voltammetric techniques: a critical review . Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers . vol.6 no.12 p.3440-3455
Pournara Anastasia, Margariti Antigoni, Tarlas Georgios D., Kourtelaris Andreas, Petkov Valeri, Kokkinos Christos, Economou Anastasios, Papaefstathiou Giannis S., Manos Manolis J. . (2019) . A Ca2+ MOF combining highly efficient sorption and capability for voltammetric determination of heavy metal ions in aqueous media . Journal of Materials Chemistry A . vol.7 no.25 p.15432-15443
Velegraki Georgia, Vamvasakis Ioannis, Papadas Ioannis T., Tsatsos Sotiris, Pournara Anastasia, Manos Manolis J., Choulis Stelios A., Kennou Stella, Kopidakis Georgios, Armatas Gerasimos S. . (2019) . Boosting photochemical activity by Ni doping of mesoporous CoO nanoparticle assemblies . Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers . vol.6 no.3 p.765-774

(2018)

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Diamantis Stavros A., Margariti Antigoni, Pournara Anastasia, Papaefstathiou Giannis S., Manos Manolis J., Lazaridis Theodoros . (2018) . Luminescent metal–organic frameworks as chemical sensors: common pitfalls and proposed best practices . Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers . vol.5 no.7 p.1493-1511
Diamantis Stavros A., Pournara Anastasia, Hatzidimitriou Antonios, Manos Manolis J., Papaefstathiou Giannis S., Lazaridis Theodoros . (2018) . Two new alkaline earth metal organic frameworks with the diamino derivative of biphenyl-4,4′-dicarboxylate as bridging ligand: Structures, fluorescence and quenching by gas phase aldehydes . Polyhedron . vol.153 p.173-180
Kumar Vanish, Kumar Pawan, Pournara Anastasia, Vellingiri Kowsalya, Kim Ki-Hyun . (2018) . Nanomaterials for the sensing of narcotics: Challenges and opportunities . Trends in Analytical Chemistry: TRAC . vol.106 p.84-115
Margariti Antigoni, Pournara Anastasia, Manos Manolis J., Lazaridis Theodoros, Papaefstathiou Giannis S. . (2018) . Towards white-light emission by Tb3+/Eu3+ substitution in a Ca2+ framework . Polyhedron . vol.153 p.24-30
Pournara Anastasia, Douvali Antigoni, Diamantis Stavros, Papaefstathiou Giannis S., Hatzidimitriou Antonios, Kaziannis Spyridon, Kosmidis Constantine, Lazaridis Theodoros, Manos Manolis J. . (2018) . A new Cd2+-dihydroxyterephthalate MOF: Synthesis, crystal structure and detailed photophysical studies . Polyhedron . vol.151 p.401-406
Rapti Sofia, Diamantis Stavros A., Dafnomili Argyro, Pournara Anastasia, Skliri Euaggelia, Armatas Gerasimos S., Tsipis Athanassios C., Spanopoulos Ioannis, Malliakas Christos D., Kanatzidis Mercouri G., Plakatouras John C., Noli Foteini, Lazaridis Theodoros, Manos Manolis J. . (2018) . Exceptional TcO4− sorption capacity and highly efficient ReO4− luminescence sensing by Zr4+ MOFs . Journal of Materials Chemistry A . vol.6 no.42 p.20813-20821
Vellingiri Kowsalya, Kim Ki-Hyun, Pournara Anastasia, Deep Akash . (2018) . Towards high-efficiency sorptive capture of radionuclides in solution and gas . Progress in Materials Science . vol.94 p.1-67

(2017)

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Kumar Pawan, Pournara Anastasia, Kim Ki-Hyun, Bansal Vasudha, Rapti Sofia, Manos Manolis J. . (2017) . Metal-organic frameworks: Challenges and opportunities for ion-exchange/sorption applications . Progress in Materials Science . vol.86 p.25-74
Pournara Anastasia, Rapti Sofia, Skliri Euaggelia, Armatas Gerasimos S., Tsipis Athanassios C., Manos Manolis J. . (2017) . Highly Efficient Sorption of Methyl Orange by a Metal–Organic Resin–Alginic Acid Composite . ChemPlusChem . vol.82 no.9 p.1188-1196

(2016)

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Rapti Sofia, Pournara Anastasia, Sarma Debajit, Papadas Ioannis T., Armatas Gerasimos S., Hassan Youssef S., Alkordi Mohamed H., Kanatzidis Mercouri G., Manos Manolis J. . (2016) . Rapid, green and inexpensive synthesis of high quality UiO-66 amino-functionalized materials with exceptional capability for removal of hexavalent chromium from industrial waste . Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers . vol.3 no.5 p.635-644
Rapti Sofia, Pournara Anastasia, Sarma Debajit, Papadas Ioannis T., Armatas Gerasimos S., Tsipis Athanassios C., Lazaridis Theodoros, Kanatzidis Mercouri G., Manos Manolis J. . (2016) . Correction: Selective capture of hexavalent chromium from an anion-exchange column of metal organic resin–alginic acid composite . Chemical Science . vol.7 no.3 p.2438-2438
Rapti Sofia, Pournara Anastasia, Sarma Debajit, Papadas Ioannis T., Armatas Gerasimos S., Tsipis Athanassios C., Lazaridis Theodoros, Kanatzidis Mercouri G., Manos Manolis J. . (2016) . Selective capture of hexavalent chromium from an anion-exchange column of metal organic resin–alginic acid composite . Chemical Science . vol.7 no.3 p.2427-2436

(2014)

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Pournara Anastasia, Kovala-Demertzi Dimitra, Kourkoumelis Nikolaos, Georgakopoulos Spyros, Kostas Ioannis D. . (2014) . Platinum/3,3´-thiodipropionic acid nanoparticles as recyclable catalysts for the selective hydrogenation of trans-cinnamaldehyde . Catalysis Communications . vol.43 p.57-60

(2008)

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Papadimitriou Vassiliki, Pispas Stergios, Syriou Stauroula, Pournara Anastasia, Zournpanioti Maria, Sotiroudis Theodore G., Xenakis Aristotelis . (2008) . Biocompatible Microemulsions Based on Limonene: Formulation, Structure, and Applications . Langmuir . vol.24 no.7 p.3380–3386

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