Flexible graphene oxide films for new organic solar cellsThe Ultrafast Laser Micro- and Nano- processing team led by Dr. Emmanuel Stratakis, Principal Application Scientist of the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL/FORTH) and the Nanomaterials & Organic Electronics (NANO) Group, led by Prof. Emmanuel Kymakis, Associate Professor of the Technical Educational Institute (T.E.I) of Crete, have demonstrated a groundbreaking methodology for controlled in-situ reduction of spin-casted graphene oxide (GO) nanometric films on flexible substrates and the subsequent realization of highly conductive and transparent electrodes for flexible organic photovoltaics (OPV).

Research Student Price Oral Presentation AwardEleni-Asimina Kabouraki was awarded the Research Student Price Oral Presentation Award and an Attendance Bursary for Research Students at the Symposium J, E-MRS Spring Meeting 2013 for the presentation of her work: "Quantum dot based higher order nonlinear photonic devices"

The Onassis Foundation Science Lecture Series 2013 in PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGYThe Onassis Seminar Lecture Series of 2013 in Physics and Chemistry is devoted to: “Nanoscience and Nanotechnology” with emphasis on graphene and related applications.

Professor Tokatlidis elected as member of EMBOKostas Tokatlidis, Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Technology at the University of Crete and an affiliated Researcher at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas (IMBB-FORTH) has been elected as a member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO).