The projects started operations with a number of visits:
March. Dr. Eduardo Perez, and Dr. Sergio Mejia,
Department of Mathematics and Physics. UANL
Project. Synthesis
and Characterization of Nanostructured Materials with Applications
on Energy and Health. Study of the Structural and Electronic
Properties of Binary and Ternary Alloy Nanostructures. Synthesis
of ZnS–CdS Core-shell Nanoparticles Using an Aqueous Precipitation
Method.
June. Dr. Jesus Gonzalez from CIMAV.
Dr. Gonzalez
and Dr. Yacaman reviewed the projects that were submitted
to
ICNAM.
July. Dr. Eduardo Perez, and Dr. Sergio
Mejia. UANL.
Dr. Jorge Manriquez and Dr. Genaro Zavala, Physics Department.
ITESM
Project. Proposal to establish a scientific collaboration
on nanotechnologybetween the University of Texas at Austin and
the Tecnológico
de Monterrey.
August. Dr. Nora Elizondo
from UANL joined Dr. Yacaman’s research group. She will
spend one year with us.
September. Dr. Cristina
Rodriguez, Head of the Immunology and Virology Lab, and Dr. Humberto
Lara from UANL.
A visit to Promote Graduate Students exchange,
post Doctoral exchanges, and senior researcher exchanges between
both universities.
Dr. Facundo Ruiz, College of Sciences, and
PhD student Gabriel Martinez from UASLP.
Project, Synthesis of
ZnS–CdS Core-shell Nanoparticles
Using an Aqueous Precipitation Method.
October. Dr. Gerardo Contreras, Instituto
Politécnico Nacional (IPN).
A visit of one month to work
on optical properties of mater, and to promote collaboration
between IPN and UT Austin.
Dr. Hugo Barrera from UANL, Dr. Sergio
Martinez, Director of the Dep. of Electrical Engineering and
Dr. Daniel Jimenez, Physics Department, ITESM
Dr. Peppas agreed
to have Dr. Martinez’s PhD student Irma
Sanchez joint his research group to work on bioMEMS and the applications
of control theory to biosensors, especially glucose/insulin devices.
For this project, they will collaborate with Professor Tom Edgar,
Department of Chemical Engineering.
Dr. Sergio Mejia (UANL). Project.
Synthesis and Characterization of Nanostructured Materials with
Applications on Energy and Health. Study of the Structural and
Electronic Properties of Binary and Ternary Alloy Nanostructures. Synthesis
of ZnS–CdS
Core-shell Nanoparticles Using an Aqueous Precipitation Method.
Dr.
Raul Arias Lovillo, President of University of Veracruz, Dr.
Alberto Olvera, Director of the Center for Social Studies; Dra.
Celia del Palacio Montiel, Latin American Studies; Dr. Jaime
Martínez, Center for Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials;
Dr. Enrique Martínez, Department of Corrosión;
Dr. Omar David Muñoz, Chemical Engineering Department;
Lic. Marco M. Muñoz, Assessor of the Director and Member
of the Mexican Center at UT. University of Veracruz. A visit
to promote collaboration between both universities.
Dr. Juan Méndez,
Director of CIQA; Dr. Ramiro Guerrero, Polymers;
Dr. Oliverio
Rodríguez , Advanced Materials.
CIQA
Project, Orientation of Nano-spheres and Nano-wires Induced
by Mesophases of Block Copolymers.
Dr. Benny
Freeman will visit CIQA on January 2006.
Dr. Elder de La Rosa,
Centro de Investigaciones en Óptica.
CIO
A visit to promote collaboration between CIO and UT Austin.
Dr. Carlos Guerrero, Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies,
and Dr. Virgilio Gonzalez, UANL
A visit to promote Graduate Students
exchange, post Doctoral exchanges, and senior researcher exchanges
between both universities.
November. Dr. Mario Guzmán Vega, Dr.
Ramiro Pérez Campos, Dr. Francisco Hernández Beltrán,
Dr. Pedro Anguiano Rojas, and D. I. Raúl Cruz Marqués.
Mexican Institute of Petroleum (IMP).
A visit to promote a collaboration
between IMP and UT Austin.
Dr. Nina Bogdanchikova, Centro de Ciencias de la Materia Condensada
UNAM.
Collaboration between CECIMAC and UT Austin.
PhD Student Alejandro Torres, and PhD Student Marco Antonio
Garza Navarro UANL.
Collaboration between UANL and UT Austin.
December. Dr. Gabriel Luna Barcenas, Dr. Arturo
Mendoza, PhD Student Francisco Louvier, CINVESTAV Unidad Querétaro.
They
continue their research on Anomalous Swelling of Thin Films with
CO2, with Dr. Isaac Sanchez.
Dr. Pedro Garcia, Director of Nanotechnology;
Dr. Arduval Flores.
University of Veracruz.
Visit to promote collaboration in nanotechnology
between both universities.
Dr. Velumani Subramaniam, Physics Department.
ITESM
Project. Proposal to establish a scientific collaboration
on nanotechnology between the University of Texas at Austin and
the Tecnológico de Monterrey.
Dr. Sergio Mejia and PhD student Daniel Santiago. UANL
Project.
Synthesis and Characterization of Nanostructured Materials with
Applications on Energy and Health. Study of the Structural and
Electronic Properties of Binary and Ternary Alloy Nanostructures. Synthesis
of ZnS–CdS Core-shell Nanoparticles Using an Aqueous Precipitation
Method.
New Projects.
Our Center has created great interest
and new projects are underway.
Our First Paper.
Corrosion at the Nanoscale:
The Case of Silver
Nanowires and Nanoparticles
José Luís
Elechiguerra, Leticia Larios-López,
Cui Liu, Domingo
García-Gutiérrez, Alejandra Camacho-Bragado,
and Miguel José Yacaman*
Department of Chemical Engineering
and Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin,
1 University Station, Austin, Texas 78712. Received July 14,
2005. Revised Manuscript Received August 29, 2005.
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