PUBLICATIONS

2020

Julio C Chacón-Torres, C Reinoso, Daniela G Navas-Leon, Sarah Briceño, and  Gema González. 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 10, 19004 (2020).


Jiří Svozilík, Raúl Hidaldo -Sacoto, Ievgen I. Arkhipov. Universal non-Markovianity Detection in Hybrid Open Quantum Systems. Scientific Reports 10, 18258 (2020 ).


Mayra Peralta, Steven Feijoo, Solmar Varela, Vladimiro Mujica, Ernesto Medina. Coherence preservation and electron–phonon interaction in electron transfer in DNA. The Journal of Chemical Physics 153, 165102 (2020).


Camilo. Zamora-Ledezma, Ernesto Medina, David F. Clavijo, Federico Sinche, Nelson S. Vispo, Si Amar Dahoumane, Frank Alexis, Biomedical Science to Tackle the COVID-19 Pandemic: Current Status and Future PerspectivesMolecules 25(20), 4620 (2020).


Carla Borja, Carlos Sabater, Carlos Untiedt, Ernesto Medina, and Werner Brämer-Escamilla. Conductance quantization in atomic-sized gold contacts using a low-cost mechanically controllable break junction setup. European Journal of Physics 41, 065401 (2020).


Jorge Suárez,  Viviana Daboin, Gema González and Sarah Briceño. Chitosan-polyvinylpyrrolidone CoxFe3−xO4 (0.25 ≤ x ≤ 1) nanoparticles for hyperthermia applications. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules  164, 3403 (2020).


Eduardo López and Clara Rojas. Bound States of a Klein-Gordon particle in presence of a smooth potential well. International Journal of Modern Physics A 35, 2050140 (2020).


Gabriel IbrahinTovar, Sarah Briceño, Jorge Suarez, Saul Flores and Gema González. Biogenic synthesis of iron oxide nanoparticles using Moringa oleifera and chitosan and its evaluation on corn germination. Environmental Nanotechnology, Monitoring & Management 14, 100350 (2020).


Antonio Díaz-Barrios, Gema González, Carlos Reinoso, Jessica Santian, Francisco Quiroz, José Iván Chango, Cesar CostaVera, Lorenzo Caniglia,  Víctor Salazar and Milagro Fernández-Delgado.  In situ synthesis and long-term stabilization of nanosilver in poly(vinyl acetate-co-butyl acrylate-co-neodecanoate) matrix for antibacterial applications
Materials Chemistry and Physics 255, 123476 (2020).


M. Cayambe, C. Zambrano, T. Tene,  M. Guevara, G. Tubon Usca, H. Brito, R. Molina, D. Coello-Fiallos, L. S. Caputi, C. Vacacela Gomez. Dispersion of graphene in ethanol by sonication. Materials Today: Proceedings.


Juan D. Torres, Raúl. Hidalgo-Sacoto, Solmar Varela, and Ernesto Medina. Mechanically modulated spin-orbit couplings in oligopeptides.. Physical Review B 102, 035426 (2020).


Keenan Lyon, María Rosa Preciado-Rivas, Camilo Zamora-Ledezma, Vito Despoja, Duncan John Mowbray. LCAO-TDDFT-k-ω: spectroscopy in the optical limit. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 32, 415901 (2020).


Marlon Danny Jerez-Masaquiza, Lenys Fernández, Gema González, Marjorie Montero-Jiménez, Patricio J Espinoza-Montero. Electrochemical Sensor Based on Prussian Blue Electrochemically Deposited at ZrO2 Doped Carbon Nanotubes Glassy Carbon Modified Electrode,  Nanomaterials 10,  1328  (2020).


Truman Tapia, Muhammad Zahid Mughal, and ClaraRojas. Semiclassical analysis of the Starobinsky inflationary model. Physics of the Dark Universe 30, 100650 (2020).


Solmar Varela, Iskra Zambrano, Bertrand Berche, Vladimiro Mujica and Ernesto Medina, Spin-Orbit interaction and Spin selectivity for tunneling electron transfer in DNA, Physical Review B (Rapid Comm.) 101, 241410 (2020).


Rodrigo Cezar de Campos Ferreira, Alejandro Pérez Paz, Duncan John Mowbray, Jean-Yves Roulet, Richard Landers, and Abner de Siervo. Supramolecular Ordering and Reactions of a Chlorophenyl Porphyrin on Ag(111).  The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 124, 14220 (2020).


Pawel Mazierski, Alicja Mikolajczyk,  Tomasz Grzyb, Pablo Nicolas Arellano Caicedo, Zhishun Wei, Ewa Kowalska, Henry P. Pinto, Adriana Zaleska-Medynska, and Joanna Nadolna. On the excitation mechanism of visible responsible Er-TiO2 system proved by experimental and theoretical investigations for boosting photocatalytic activity. Applied Surface Science 527, 146815 (2020).


Bence Gábor Márkus, Peter Szirmai, Konstantin F Edelthalhammer, philipp eckerlein, Andreas Hirsch, Frank Hauke, Norbert Marcell Nemes, Julio Caesar Chacón-Torres, Bálint Náfrádi, László Forró, Thomas Pichler, Ferenc Simon. Ultralong Spin Lifetime in Light Alkali Atom Doped Graphene. ACS Nano 14, 7492 (2020)


MPatrycja Parnicka, Alicja Mikołajczyk, Henry P Pinto, Wojciech Lisowski, Tomasz Klimczuk, Grzegorz Trykowski, Beata Bajorowicz, Adriana Zaleska-Medynsk. Experimental and DFT insights into an eco-friendly photocatalytic system toward environmental remediation and hydrogen generation based on AgInS2 quantum dots embedded on Bi2WO6.Applied Surface Science 525, 146596 (2020)


Pedro Rivero-Antunez, Rafael Cano-Crespo, Luis Esquivias, Nicolás de la Rosa-Fox, Camilo Zamora-Ledezma, Arturo Domínguez-Rodríguez, Víctor Morales-Flórez. Mechanical characterization of sol-gel alumina-based ceramics with intragranular reinforcement of multiwalled carbon nanotubes. Ceramics International 46, 19723 (2020).


Keenan Lyon, Duncan J Mowbray, Zoran L Miskovic. Conductivity models for electron energy loss spectroscopy of graphene in a scanning transmission electron microscope with high energy resolution. Ultramicroscopy 214, 113012 (2020).


Magdalena Miodyńska, Alicja Mikolajczyk, Beata Bajorowicz, Julia Zwara, Tomasz Klimczuk, Wojciech Lisowski, Grzegorz Trykowski, Henry P Pinto, Adriana Zaleska-Medynska. Urchin-like TiO2 structures decorated with lanthanide-doped Bi2S3 quantum dots to boost hydrogen photogeneration performance. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental  272, 118962 (2020).


Martin Sebastian Zöllner, Solmar Varela, Ernesto Medina, Vladimiro Mujica, Carmen Herrmann. Insight into the Origin of Chiral-Induced Spin Selectivity from a Symmetry Analysis of Electronic Transmission. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 16, 2914 (2020).


Fabian Arias Arias, Marco Guevara, Talia Tene, Paola Angamarca, Raul Molina, Andrea Valarezo, Orlando Salguero, Cristian Vacacela Gomez, Melvin Arias, Lorenzo S Caputi. The Adsorption of Methylene Blue on Eco-Friendly Reduced Graphene Oxide. Nanomaterials 10, 681 (2020)


Mario G Cosenza, ME Gavidia, Juan Carlos González-Avella. Against mass media trends: Minority growth in cultural globalization. PloS One 15, e230923 (2020).


Francesco Veltri, Francesca Alessandro, Andrea Scarcello, Amerigo Beneduci, Melvin Arias Polanco, Denia Cid Perez, Cristian Vacacela Gomez, Adalgisa Tavolaro, Girolamo Giordano, Lorenzo S Caputi. Porous Carbon Materials Obtained by the Hydrothermal Carbonization of Orange Juice. Nanomaterials 10, 655 (2020).


Eduardo López and Clara Rojas, Scattering of a Klein-Gordon particle by a smooth barrier.  Canadian Journal of Physics 98, 939 (2020)


P. Suárez, A.V. Gutiérrez, V. Salazar, M.L. Puche, Y. Serrano, S. Martínez, G. González, M. Fernández‐Delgado. Virulence properties and antimicrobial resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from cave waters at Roraima Tepui, Guayana Highlands. Letters in Applied Microbiology 70, 372 (2020)


Talia Tene, Gabriela Tubon Usca, Marco Guevara, Raul Molina, Francesco Veltri, Melvin Arias, Lorenzo S Caputi, Cristian Vacacela Gomez. Toward Large-Scale Production of Oxidized Graphene. Nanomaterials 279, 10 (2020)


Claudia Kröckel, María Rosa Preciado-Rivas, Victor Alexander Torres-Sánchez, Duncan J Mowbray, Stephanie Reich, Frank Hauke, Julio C Chacón-Torres, Andreas Hirsch. Understanding the Electron-Doping Mechanism in Potassium-Intercalated Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Journal of the American Chemical Society 142, 2327 (2020).