División de Nanociencias y Materiales: Recent submissions
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Transport and diffusion on crystalline surfaces under external forces
(IOP Publishing, 2005)"We present a numerical study of classical particles obeying a Langevin equation and moving on a solid crystalline surface under an external force that may either be constant or modulated by periodic oscillations. We focus ... -
Curved nanostructured materials
(IOP Publishing, 2003)"Graphite is a layered material that is very flexible, in which each layer is able to curve in order to form cages, nanotubes, nanocoils, nanocones, etc. In this paper, we demonstrate that various synthetic routes are ... -
Theoretical characterization of several models of nanoporous carbon
(IOP Publishing, 2003)"Elastic, electronic and vibrational properties of seven models of nanoporous carbon are reported. The studied structures are periodic graphitic arrangements with heptagonal and octagonal rings of carbon, known as Schwarzites. ... -
Evaluation of vascular tone and cardiac contractility in response to silver nanoparticles, using Langendorff rat heart preparation
(Elsevier, 2017)"Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have been widely used because of their antimicrobial properties. However, several reports suggest that AgNPs exposure promote cardiac effects that involve nitric oxide (NO) and oxidative stress ... -
Magnetostructural transitions and magnetocaloric effects in Ni50Mn35In14.25B0.75 ribbons
(American Institute of Physics, 2018)"The structural, thermal, and magnetic behaviors, as well as the martensitic phase transformation and related magnetocaloric response of Ni50Mn35In14.25B0.75 annealed ribbons have been investigated using room-temperature ... -
Transitional behaviour in the transformation from active end planes to stable loops caused by annealing
(IOP Publishing, 2003)"Here we investigate the stabilization process on the active outer/inner surfaces (or the end plane of a graphene sheet) for shortened cup-stacked-type carbon nanotubes caused by annealing, utilizing both analytic and ... -
New direction in nanotube science
(Elsevier, 2004)"We review the latest advances in the production and state-of-the art characterization of B- and N-doped carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and nanofibers. We briefly discuss different approaches to producing these novel doped ... -
Magneto-caloric effect in the pseudo-binary intermetallic YPrFe17 compound
(Elsevier, 2011)"We have synthesized the intermetallic YPrFe17 compound by arc-melting. X-ray and neutron powder diffraction show that the crystal structure is rhombohedral with space group (Th2Zn17-type). The investigated compound ... -
Shape memory behavior of Ni-Fe-Ga and Ni-Mn-Sn ribbons
(EDP Sciences, 2015)"Magnetic Shape Memory Alloys exhibit multifunctional properties due the martensitic transformation (MT) and accompanying changes in the magnetic subsystem. In this work, melt spun ribbons of nominal composition Ni55Fe16Ga29 ... -
Structures and electronic properties of TinV (n = 1–16) clusters: first-principles calculations
(American Chemical Society, 2016)"Structures and electronic properties of TinV (n = 1–16) clusters have been investigated using density functional theory with the generalized gradient approximatio. The calculations have shown that the TinV clusters favor ... -
Optimizing the curie temperature of pseudo-binary RxR'2-xFe17 (R,R' = rare earth) for magnetic refrigeration
(IOP Publishing, 2014)"Several pseudo-binary RxR2-x'Fe-17 alloys (with R = Y, Ce, Pr, Gd and Dy) were synthesized with rhombohedral Th2Zn17-type crystal structure determined from x-ray and neutron powder diffraction. The choice of compositions ... -
Termination of hollow core nanopipes in GaN by an AlN interlayer
(Elsevier, 2016)"Nanopipes associated to screw dislocations are studied by transmission electron microscopy in Si-doped GaN films grown on silicon substrates. The observations revealed that dislocations had an empty core and that an AlN ... -
On the correct estimation of the magnetic entropy change across the magneto-structural transition from the Maxwell relation: study of MnCoGeBx alloy ribbons
(Elsevier, 2017)"An accurate calculation of the different magnetocaloric-related magnitudes derived from the temperature dependence of the magnetic entropy change in materials exhibiting first-order magnetocaloric effect is imperative to ... -
Tuning emission in violet, blue, green and red in cubic GaN/InGaN/GaN quantum wells
(Elsevier, 2016)"Light emission in the three primary colors was achieved in cubic GaN/InGaN/GaN heterostructures grown by molecular beam epitaxy on MgO substrates in a single growth process. A heterostructure with four quantum wells with ... -
Phase transition and magnetocaloric properties of Mn50Ni42−xCoxSn8 (0 ≤ x ≤ 10) melt-spun ribbons
(International Union of Crystallography, 2018)"The characteristics of magnetostructural coupling play a crucial role in the magnetic field-driven behaviour of magnetofunctional alloys. The availability of magnetostructural coupling over a broad temperature range is ... -
BiFeO3 codoping with Ba, La and Ti: Magnetic and structural studies
(World Scientific , 2015)"Conventional solid state reaction method, from oxides and carbonates, was employed to prepare bismuth (Bi)-based multiferroic systems. The undoped BiFeO3 (BFO) and the codoped system with Ba, La and Ti (Bi1?xBaxFe1?yTiyO3, ... -
Giant reversible inverse magnetocaloric effects in Ni50Mn35In15 Heusler alloys
(Elsevier, 2016)"The magnetic properties and reversibility of the magnetocaloric effect of Ni50Mn35In15 have been studied in the vicinity of the phase transition using magnetization and direct adiabatic temperature change (?Tad) measurements ... -
Ablation and optical third-order nonlinearities in Ag nanoparticles
(Dove Press Ltd, 2010)"The optical damage associated with high intensity laser excitation of silver nanoparticles (NPs) was studied. In order to investigate the mechanisms of optical nonlinearity of a nanocomposite and their relation with its ... -
Simple method to synthesize functionalized carbon nanotubes employing cobalt nitrate and acetone by using spray pyrolysis deposition technique
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2012)"Recently alcohols and ketones have been employed to sensitize CNT by CVD. A study has shown the importance of the chemical nature of those carbon precursors on the characteristics of the CNT (carbon nanotubes) obtained. ... -
High-pressure synthesis of β-Ir4B5 and determination of the compressibility of various iridium borides
(American Chemical Society, 2018)"A new iridium boride, beta-Ir4B5, was synthesized under high-pressure/high-temperature conditions of 10.5 GPa and 1500 degrees C in a multianvil press with a Walker-type module. The new modification beta-Ir4B5 crystallizes ...