2026 Costas Panayiotou: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	70	4510	4364	7	7	200	14415

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Materials Science in Greece Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Materials Science in Greece Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Materials Science in Greece Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Greece Leader Award

Overview

Costas Panayiotou is affiliated with Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece. Their research contributions span the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science, with a particular focus on subfields such as Organic Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Polymers and Plastics, and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry.

The main research topics covered in their work include:

Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics
Computational Drug Discovery Methods
Chemical Thermodynamics and Molecular Structure
Free Radicals and Antioxidants
Crystallography and Molecular Interactions
Thermodynamic Properties of Mixtures
Various Chemistry Research Topics

Costas Panayiotou has published articles in several scientific journals. Some recent papers include:

"Thermal Behavior of Poly(vinyl alcohol) in the Form of Physically Crosslinked Film," published in 2023 in Polymers
"Towards a predictive thermodynamic description of sorption processes in polymers: The synergy between theoretical EoS models and vibrational spectroscopy," published in 2020 in Materials Science and Engineering R Reports
"Thermo-chemical transition in cellulose esters and other polymers," published in 2021 in Thermochimica Acta
"The solubility parameters of carbon dioxide and ionic liquids: Are they an enigma?" published in 2020 in Fluid Phase Equilibria
"Linear Free-Energy Relationships and Solvation Thermodynamics: The Thermodynamic Basis of LFER Linearity," published in 2023 in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research

Their frequent co-authors include William E. Acree, Ioannis Zuburtikudis, Costas Tsioptsias, Ioannis Tsivintzelis, and Hadil Abu Khalifeh.

Research output by Costas Panayiotou appears regularly in several publication venues, among the most common are:

Liquids
Fluid Phase Equilibria
Preprints.org
Polymers
Thermochimica Acta

Best Publications

A study of the effect of acetylation and propionylation surface treatments on natural fibres

V. Tserki;N.E. Zafeiropoulos;F. Simon;C. Panayiotou

769
Citations
Prediction of Hansen Solubility Parameters with a New Group-Contribution Method

Emmanuel Stefanis;Costas Panayiotou

512
Citations
Hydrogen bonding in fluids: an equation-of-state approach

C. Panayiotou;I. C. Sanchez

402
Citations
Biodegradable aliphatic polyesters. Part I. Properties and biodegradation of poly(butylene succinate-co-butylene adipate)

V. Tserki;P. Matzinos;E. Pavlidou;D. Vachliotis

396
Citations
Statistical Thermodynamics of r -Mer Fluids and Their Mixtures

C Panayiotou;J H Vera

330
Citations
Superhydrophobic composite films produced on various substrates.

Panagiotis N. Manoudis;Ioannis Karapanagiotis;Andreas Tsakalof;Ioannis Zuburtikudis

327
Citations
Glass transition behavior including retrograde vitrification of polymers with compressed fluid diluents

P. D. Condo;Isaac C Sanchez;C. G. Panayiotou;Keith P Johnston

305
Citations
LDPE/starch blends compatibilized with PE‐g‐MA copolymers

D. Bikiaris;C. Panayiotou

286
Citations
Foaming of polymers with supercritical CO2: An experimental and theoretical study

Ioannis Tsivintzelis;Anastasia G. Angelopoulou;Costas Panayiotou

279
Citations
Synthesis, characterization, and biodegradability of fatty-acid esters of amylose and starch

J. Aburto;I. Alric;S. Thiebaud;E. Borredon

254
Citations
Novel biodegradable composites based on treated lignocellulosic waste flour as filler. Part I. Surface chemical modification and characterization of waste flour

V. Tserki;P. Matzinos;S. Kokkou;C. Panayiotou

246
Citations
Processing and characterization of starch/polycaprolactone products

P. Matzinos;V. Tserki;A. Kontoyiannis;C. Panayiotou

233
Citations
Mechanical Properties and Viscoelastic Behavior of Basalt Fiber-Reinforced Polypropylene

M. Botev;H. Betchev;D. Bikiaris;C. Panayiotou

229
Citations
Sorption and swelling in glassy polymer/carbon dioxide systems: Part II—Swelling

Maria Pantoula;Joachim von Schnitzler;Rudolf Eggers;Costas Panayiotou

224
Citations
Properties of Fatty-Acid Esters of Starch and Their Blends with LDPE

S. Thiebaud;J. Aburto;I. Alric;E. Borredon

223
Citations
Development of micro- and nano-porous composite materials by processing cellulose with ionic liquids and supercritical CO2

Costas Tsioptsias;Apostolis Stefopoulos;Ioannis Kokkinomalis;Lambrini Papadopoulou

220
Citations
Assessment of synthetic polymeric coatings for the protection and preservation of stone monuments

Andreas Tsakalof;Panagiotis Manoudis;Ioannis Karapanagiotis;Ioannis Chryssoulakis

212
Citations
Fabrication of super-hydrophobic surfaces for enhanced stone protection

P.N. Manoudis;A. Tsakalof;I. Karapanagiotis;I. Zuburtikudis

199
Citations
Electrospun fiber mats containing shikonin and derivatives with potential biomedical applications.

Konstantinos N. Kontogiannopoulos;Andreana N. Assimopoulou;Ioannis Tsivintzelis;Costas Panayiotou

197
Citations
LDPE/plasticized starch blends containing PE-g-MA copolymer as compatibilizer

D. Bikiaris;J. Prinos;K. Koutsopoulos;N. Vouroutzis

181
Citations