An Elsevier distinction for Highly Cited Research in the scientific Journal "Progress in Organic Coating", was awarded to P. Maravelaki, Associate Professor at the School of Architecture and C. Capridaki, post-doc researcher, in recognition of the contribution to the quality of the journal made by the paper: "TiO2-SiO2-PDMS nano-composite hydrophobic coating with self-cleaning properties for marble protection». The paper was published in 2013 and cited in 2014/2015 up until June 2016 according to data from Scopus.