Publications

D. Nicolaides, Will Scientists Ever Find a Theory of Everything?; Space & Physics, Quantum Physics, Scientific American, Aug 19, 2023.

D. Nicolaides, Ηξεραν Kβαντική Φυσική το 600 π.Χ.; (Did They Know Quantum Mechanics in 600 BC?), an excerpt from his book (in Greek) Αναζητώντας μια Θεωρία των Πάντων). It discusses how philosophy arbitrates what might be more accurate, the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum physics, or the many-worlds? 2022.

D. Nicolaides, D. L. King, S. M. Cristobal, V350 Muscae: RR Lyrae Star Distance Estimate and RRab Reclassification; JAAVSO, Vol. 49, No. 1, pages 63-69, June 15, 2021.

D. Nicolaides, Is Motion an Illusion of the Senses?; Oxford University Press's Academic Insights for the Thinking World, 2020.

D. Nicolaides, The Philosophy of Physics; Science Uncovered, Oxford Academic, Medium Channel of Human Stories & Ideas, 2020.

D. Nicolaides, Presocratics vs. Modern Physics; Proceedings of the sixth biennial conference of the International Association for Presocratic, 2018.

D. Nicolaides, Nature Explained Naturally; Proceedings on Science, Technology & Engineering, Arts, Mathematics and Education (STEM/STEAM), of the Hawaii University International Conferences, 2017.

D. Nicolaides, The Quest for the Primary Substance of Matter; Bull. Amer. Phys. Soc., 61, no 6, 2016.

D. Nicolaides, Religion, Philosophy, and Science: Their Earliest Interplay; Proceedings of the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences & Education Conference, of the Hawaii University International Conferences, 2015.

D. Nicolaides, In the Light of Science; Published by Prometheus Books, 266 pages, Nov 4, 2014.

D. Nicolaides, How Human Idiosyncrasy, Culture, and Biology Aided in the Development of a Rationalistic Interpretation of Nature; Proceedings of the Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences Conference, Honolulu Hawaii, 2014.

D. Nicolaides, Natural Selection and the Development of Science; Asian Journal of Physics, Vol. 23, No 1, 2014.

D. Nicolaides, A Brief History of Science: The Quest for the Primary Substance of Matter; Alpha Chi Recorder, Alumni Issue, Vol. 56, No. 2, pages 18-33, 2013.

D. Nicolaides, The Birth of Science; Alpha Chi Recorder, Alumni Issue, Vol. 54, No. 2, pages 21-31, 2011.

D. Nicolaides, Uniform uniaxial anisotropic systems with coupled vector order parameters; Journal of Phase Transitions, 79 (8), 655-665, August, 2006.

D. Nicolaides, Critical Behavior Of Uniformly Uniaxial Magnets; Bull. Amer. Phys. Soc., 2006.

D. Nicolaides, Anisotropy-induced transformation of a phase transition from first to second order; Phys. Let. A 344, (6), 463-470, 2005.

D. Nicolaides and A.A. Lisyansky, Restoration of the continuous phase transition induced by frozen disorder in systems with two interacting order parameters; Phys. Rev. B, 70 (5), 54401, August, 2004.

D. Nicolaides, Short-Range Impurities In d-dimensional Uniaxial Dipolar Magnets; J. Appl. Phys. 91 (10), 15 May, 2002.

D. Nicolaides, Critical Phase Transitions Of three-dimensional Ising-Like Dipolar Ferromagnets; J. Appl. Phys. 89 (11), 7332, 1 June, 2001.

D. Nicolaides, Uniaxial Systems With Dipole-Dipole Interactions; J. Phys. A: Math. Gen., 33, 703-708, 2000.

D. Nicolaides, Magnetic Systems Containing Quenched, Long-Range, Spherically Symmetric Impurities; J. Appl. Phys. 87 (9), 5899, 1 May, 2000.

D. Nicolaides, Critical Behavior In Systems With A Long-Range Correlated Frozen-In Random Field; Phys. Rev. B, 61 (1), 246, 1 January 2000.

D. Nicolaides, Dipolar Interactions In Systems With Uniaxial Symmetry; Bull. Amer. Phys. Soc., 2000.

D. Nicolaides, Coupled m-Component Fields With Cubic Anisotropy; Phys. Let. A 260, (5), 429-435, 1999.

D. Nicolaides, Cubic Interactions In Coupled Systems; J. of Phys.; Condensed Matter, 11 (14) 2879-2886, 1999.

D. Nicolaides and A.A. Lisyansky, Phase Diagrams of Systems With Two Coupled Order Parameters; Int. J. of Mod. Phys. B 13 (1), 49-57, 1999.

D. Nicolaides and A.A. Lisyansky, Cubic Anisotropic Magnets With A Random Field; J. Appl. Phys. 85 (8), 6067, 15 April, 1999.

D. Nicolaides, Critical Behavior Of Inhomogeneous Systems Described By A Non-Local Correlated Random Field; Bull. Amer. Phys. Soc. 44, 159, 1999.

A.A. Lisyansky and D. Nicolaides, Exact Renormalization Group Equation For Systems Of Arbitrary Symmetry Free Of Redundant Operators; J. Appl. Phys. 83 (11), 6308, 1 June, 1998.

D. Nicolaides and A.A. Lisyansky, Critical Behavior Of Random Magnets With Cubic Anisotropy And Reduced Interaction Of Fluctuations; 20th IUPAP International Conference on Statistical Physics, Abstract, 1998.

D. Nicolaides, Anisotropy Effects On The Critical Behavior Of Systems With Two Coupled Order Parameters; Bull. Amer. Phys. Soc. 43, 575, 1998.

D. Nicolaides and A.A. Lisyansky, Magnetic Systems With Cubic Interactions And Frozen-In Disorder Near The Critical Point Of A Phase Transition; 43rd Annual Conference On Magnetism And Magnetic Materials, Abstract, 1998.

D. Nicolaides and A.A. Lisyansky, Phase Transitions in Disordered Systems: Exactly Solvable Model; J. Appl. Phys. 79 (8), 15 April, 5091, 1996.

D. Nicolaides and A.A. Lisyansky, Fluctuation Effects In The Ising Model With Reduced Interaction And Quenched Disorder; Phys. Rev. B, 53 (14) 1 April 1996.

D. Nicolaides and A.A. Lisyansky, Random-Field Effects In Critical Phenomena. Exactly Solvable Model; Phys. Lett. A, 201, 365, 1995.

A.A. Lisyansky and D. Nicolaides, An Exactly Solvable Model In Random Systems; 19th IUPAP International Conference on Statistical Physics, Abstract, 1995.

D. Nicolaides and A.A. Lisyansky, Phase Transitions In Disordered Systems. Exactly Solvable Model; 40th Annual Conference On Magnetism And Magnetic Materials, Abstract 1995.

A.A. Lisyansky and D. Nicolaides, Generalized Renormalization Group Equation For Systems Of Arbitrary Symmetry; Int. J. Theor. Phys. 33, 2399, 1994.

D. Nicolaides, Rigorous Approaches To Critical Phenomena At Phase Transitions, PhD Thesis, 1994.

A.A. Lisyansky and D. Nicolaides, Bicritical Points In An Exactly Solvable Model; Phys. Let. A 173, 179, 1993.

D. Nicolaides, A.A. Lisyansky, Critical Behavior Of An Exactly Solvable Model With Two Interacting Fields; Bull. Amer. Phys. Soc. 38, 711, 1993.

A.A. Lisyansky and D. Nicolaides, Phase Transitions In Systems With Coupled Order Parameters Exactly Solvable Model; 37th Annual Conference On Magnetism And Magnetic Materials, Abstract, 1992.

D. Nicolaides, A random field characterized by both short (local) and long (non-local) range nature interacting with only the one of two coupled parameters; (In preparation).

D. Nicolaides, Long-Range Randomness on Dipolar Systems; (In preparation).

D. Nicolaides, A Spherical-Like Model Applied To Systems With Cubic Interactions And Uniform Uniaxial Anisotropy; (In preparation).

D. Nicolaides, Randomness In Uniaxially Dipolar Systems With Cubic Anisotropy; (In preparation).