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Energizing days of tutorials and sharp research talks—covering fundamentals, methods, and real-world applications in 2D materials. Many thanks to our speakers and everyone who kept the discussions lively throughout. We wrapped with a warm dinner that sparked new ideas and collaborations.Looking forward to keeping the momentum and working together on what’s next.

IESL SEMINARWednesday 27/08/2025, 12:00FORTH Seminar Room: C. Fotakis Title:Computational Characterization of Metallic and Semiconducting Materials via Many-Body Perturbation Theory Abstract:The accurate prediction of optical and excitonic properties in low-dimensional materialspresents a unique set of theoretical and computational challenges—particularly when dealingwith the competing electronic characteristics of semiconducting and metallic systems. In thistalk, I present a set…

A workshop dedicated to recent advances and future directions in #2Dmaterials and their heterostructures was organized by Prof. Xavier Marie on June 12–13, 2025, at LPCNO/INSA. The event featured speakers from leading institutions, including ETH Zurich, University of Basel, INSA/CNRS, IESL/FORTH, Ioffe Institute, University of Geneva, and TU Dresden, and was attended by international students…

Wednesday 11/06/2025, 09:00-16:00Location: Groeneborger CampusTitle: “Scientific workshop on 2D materials ”

Tuesday 10/06/2025, 09:00-16:00Location: Universiteit Antwerpen – Stadscampus Title: “Workshop on innovation, collaboration with industryand career perspective outside academia”

On Monday, April 7th, we had the pleasure of welcoming students from NTNU to FORTH in Heraklion for a dedicated training workshop on 2D materials, organised under the Horizon Europe DYNASTY project. The session focused on advanced approaches in the field, with presentations covering: ✨ Optical properties of 2D semiconductors✨ Strain and dielectric engineering✨ Theory…

Monday 7/04/2025, 10:30-13:00Location: FORTH – G. Lianis Auditorium

Anisotropic Third Harmonic Generation in 2D Tin Sulfide https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202401321 George Miltos Maragkakis, Sotiris Psilodimitrakopoulos, Leonidas Mouchliadis, Abdus Salam Sarkar, Andreas Lemonis, George Kioseoglou, Emmanuel Stratakis

Links https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14171437