Two PhD students at the LMA and the INMA, awarded prizes
Mario Peláez Fernández and Javier Pablo Navarro, both PhD students at the Advanced Microscopy Laboratory (LMA) and the Institute of Nanoscience and Materials of Aragon (INMA), a joint centre between CSIC and the University of Zaragoza, have been awarded by the Spanish Microscopy Society for the best doctoral theses defended in the period 2019-2020.
The work of Javier Pablo Navarro (Best doctoral thesis award in Materials Science), entitled “Development and optimization of 3D advanced functional magnetic nanostructures grown by focused electron beam induced deposition” has been supervised by Prof. José María de Teresa and Dr. César Magén, researchers at INMA. This work combines nanofabrication techniques using focused electron beams and nanocharacterization using transmission electron microscopy, for the design and optimization of 3D ferromagnetic nanowires for applications in spintronics, magnetic memories and sensors. This work has been awarded several national and international prizes, including the GMAG Outstanding Dissertation in Magnetism Award 2019 by the American Physical Society (APS) and the recent Best doctoral thesis in Nanosience and Nanotechnology 2021 by the SAMCA Chair of the University of Zaragoza.
The doctoral thesis ofMario Peláez Fernández (Best doctoral thesis award in Technical and Technological Developments), entitled “Optoelectronic properties and in-situ transformations of 1D and 2D materials studied by transmission electron microscopy” has been supervised by Dr. Raúl Arenal, ARAID researcher. The work carried out in the framework of this thesis has dealt with the study, by means of different transmission electron microscopy techniques, of the optoelectronic properties and structure of different nanomaterials which, in some cases, have undergone modifications that have been monitored in-situ under the microscope.
Both works have been developed in the facilities of the Advanced Microscopy Laboratory (LMA). The LMA belongs to the University of Zaragoza and is linked to the Institute of Nanoscience and Materials of Aragon, INMA (CSIC – University of Zaragoza). The LMA is a unique national and international initiative whose objective is to provide the scientific and industrial community with the most advanced infrastructures available in electron and local probe microscopy for the observation, characterisation, nanostructuring and manipulation of materials at the atomic and molecular scales.
In addition, the LMA chairs and coordinates the Singular Scientific and Technical Facility ELECMI, dedicated to cutting-edge, top-quality research and technological development, as well as to fostering the transmission, exchange and preservation of knowledge, technology transfer and innovation. ELECMI is made up of three other top-level research centres belonging to the Complutense University of Madrid, the University of Cadiz and the University of Barcelona.
More information at lma.unizar.es, inma.unizar-csic.es and elecmi.es.
Contacts:
Sara Muttoni 976762970
Mario Peláez: mariopf@unizar.es. Foto
Javier Pablo: j.pablo-navarro@hzdr.de. Foto
email: saramuttoni@unizar.es
06/10/2021
