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Biography

Julio Chacon obtained his B.Sc. in Mechatronics Engineering at Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico in 2008. He enrolled the graduated program of Applied Sciences at the Institute of Science and Technology of San Luis Potosi in Mexico and further moved to Vienna in 2010 where he conducted his PhD within a French-Austrian Cooperation program. During his PhD he was funded by the Austrian Science Foundation (FWF) and the OEAD Amadeus Program. He graduated in November 2013 with a thesis entitled: "Theory and Spectroscopy on functionalized graphene and GICs”.

In May 2014 he was awarded a DRS Posdoctoral Fellowship at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, and spent two years and a half in Berlin working on a project related to in-situ graphene and carbon nanotubes doping and characterization under inert and high-vacuum conditions.

In September 2016, Julio joined Yachay Tech University as an Assistant Professor where he is the heard of the Nanotechnology department in the School of Physical Sciences and Nanotechnology, the Coordinator of the Master degree in Applied Physics, and the International relations representative from the School of Physical Sciences and Nanotechnology.

Research Interests

His research interests lie in the development of novel functional nanomaterials to explain supramolecular interactions at the nanoscale by means of optical characterization techniques.

Research Projects

“Síntesis de nanopartículas magnéticas para detección de covid-19 a través de RT-PCR durante la emergencia sanitaria en Ecuador” – PHY20-03

Selected Publications

Julio has currently a set of (19) Peer review publications: (2) JACS (1) Appl. Phys. Lett. (2) ACS Nano (1) Carbon (1) Angew. Chem. (1) Phys. Rev. B (2) Scientific reports (7) Phys. Status Solidi B with 638 citations and h-index: 12 (Google scholar)

Optimized and scalable synthesis of magnetic nanoparticles for RNA extraction in response to developing countries’ needs in the detection and control of SARS-CoV-2
Scientific Reports
2020-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-75798-9

Understanding the Electron-Doping Mechanism in Potassium-Intercalated Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
Journal of the American Chemical Society
2020-02-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b11370

Exploring the Formation of Black Phosphorus Intercalation Compounds with Alkali Metals.
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
2017-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201707462

Potassium intercalated multiwalled carbon nanotubes
Carbon 2016-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2016.04.016

Manifestation of Charged and Strained Graphene Layers in the Raman Response of Graphite Intercalation Compounds
ACS Nano
2013-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/nn403885k