| Chemical Physics Department |
The research activities concentrate in the following main areas which provide a broad range of research topics:
Statistical physics of complex systems.
Soft matter physics.
Structural, electronic and vibrational properties of non crystalline solids.
Statistical physics in biological systems.
Dynamics in complex networks.
Statistical physics: sociophysics and econophysics.
Structure and properties of quasicrystals.
Electronic properties of nanomaterials.
Structure and catalytic reactivity of nanomaterials.
Non-equilibrium statistical physics in complex fluids.
Statistical physics of phase transitions.
Physics and electrorheology of liquid crystals.
Local order in nanomaterials.
Critical and electronic properties of low dimensional materials.
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| Condensed Matter Department |
Identification and evolution of crystalline phases, solid solutions and composites by X-ray diffraction.
Structural characterization of single crystals, solid solutions and composites by X-ray diffraction.
Texture crystallographic analysis of crystalline phases, solid solutions and composites by X-ray diffraction.
3D reconstruction maps of grain boundaries and dislocations by epifluorecence optical microscopy in crystalline phases,
solid solutions and composites.
Optical properties of single crystals, solid solutions and composites doped with active ions.
Growth of ultrapure and alkali halides crystals.
Growth of metals, superconductors and quasicrystals.
Growth of crystals by the Bridgeman and Czrochalski techniques.
Environment pollution analysis.
Synthesis of 1-D nanostructured systems by solvothermal techniques.
Electron microscopy characterization of nanostructured systems.
Analysis of 1-D magnetic nanostructured systems.
Thermal diffuse dispersion by high-resolution images of incoherent waves.
Production of thin films by magnetron sputtering and spray pyrolysis.
Eco Materials Synthesis, Characterization and Applications of Materials to be used in energy saving (smart windows), and
environmental remediation (photo-degradation of organic materials).
Basically the work is related to Transparent Conductive Oxides (TCO) Synthesis by Magnetron Sputtering and Spray
Pyrolysis and full characterization of their mechanical, structural, optical and electrical properties.
Electron microscopy characterization of thin films. Study and characterization of nanostructured materials by advanced
electron microscopy techniques (HREM, Z-contrast, EELS, etc).
Synthesis of ceramic and polymeric materials by chemistry via.
Synthesis and characterization of nanomateriales by bio-reduction techniques.
Optical analysis of materials.
Electron microscopy analysis of nanometric materials.
High-resolution electron microscopy.
Magnetic properties of materials.
In-situ electron microscopy.
Structural and crystallographic analysis of materials.
Studies of hydroxyapatite and related calcium phosphates.
Structural properties of human tooth enamel and dentine.
Studies and structural characterization of orthodontic materials.
Structural and chemical characterization of biomaterials.
Thermodynamic and mechanical properties of biomaterials.
Formation and characterization of conductive molecular films
Scanning Probe Microscopy characterization of thin films
Experimental and computational studies of ferromagnetic aggregates
Theory and computer simulation of defects in materials.
Higher Dimensional Crystallography.
Theoretical study of interfaces.
Quasicrystals and interfaces as unified objects.
Theory of diffraction.
Mathematical Crystallography.
Computer simulation of images and diffraction patterns.
Applications of linear algebra.
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| Solid State Physics Department |
Electronic structure in solids.
Physics of inhomogeneous media.
Radiation-Matter interaction in crystalline solids.
Non linear optics.
Wave propagation in inhomogeneous media.
Sociophysics.
Optical, magnetic, thermodynamic and electronic properties of solids (theoretical and experimental).
Stark effect.
Piezomaterials.
Casimir effect.
Nanomaterials.
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| Complex Systems Department |
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Theoretical Biology, Nonlinear Dynamics,
Biocomplexity, Complex Systems and
Ecology, Sociophysics
Nanoscience, Cluster Physics, Mesoscopic
Systems, Stochastic Processes in Non-Linear
Systems
Statistical Physics of Non-Equilibrium
Systems, Statistical Physics and
Thermodynamics of Non-Uniform Systems
(Cold Gases and Bose-Einstein Condensation),
Interaction of Ultrashort Light Pulses with
Molecules.
Transient Effects and Time Evolution in
Quantum Mecanics, Foundations of Quantum
Mecanics, Theory of Coherent and Incoherent
Processes in Quantum Corrals.
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