CSIC Tenured Scientist
j.ricote@csic.es
• Current research projects:
PID2019-104732RB-I00 (Spanish National Research Agency)
• Deputy Director of Materials Science Institute of Madrid
• Director of CSIC Postgraduate course: Fronteras en Ciencia de Materiales
• Member of the Management Committee of the Spanish Advanced Materials and Nanomaterials Technological Platform:
• Member and Financial Chair of the Ferroelectrics Technical Standing Committee of the IEEE-UFCC Society
• Member of the SOCIEMAT, Real Sociedad Española de Física
Education
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1990 Degree in Physics (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
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1994 PhD in Physics (Universidad Complutense de Madrid )
Research Experience
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1995 Postdoctoral Stay. Centre d’Elaboration et des Études Estructurales de Materiaux. CNRS. Toulouse. FRANCE
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1996-98 Research Officer. Cranfield University. UNITED KINGDOM
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1998-99 Postdoctoral Fellow. Université du Maine-Le Mans. FRANCE
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1999-03 Research Fellow. Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid. CSIC
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2001-02 Part-time lecturer. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
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2003-07 Advanced Fellowship (Ramón y Cajal programme) Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid. CSIC
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from 2007 Tenured Scientist (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas)
Management Responsabilities
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2009-2012 Deputy Director Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid
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March-July 2012 Scientific Advisor. CSIC Vicepresidency for International Affairs
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July 2012-August 2014 CSIC deputy Vice President for Internationalization
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2022- Deputy Director Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid
Research Interests
Study of local functional properties
Scanning Force Microscopy of piezoelectric materials (Piezoresponse Force Microscopy)
Local piezoelectric properties in polycrystalline materials
Local magnetoelectricity at interfaces
Functional thin films
Low temperature deposition of crystalline oxide thin films on flexible substrates for flexible electronics
Multilayer composite thin films for piezoelectric applications
Ultrathin ferroelectric thin films for applications in nanoelectromechanical systems
Microstructural studies
Quantitative texture analysis of ferroelectric thin films and oriented ceramics
Application of advanced methods of analysis of X-ray diffraction data. Combined method
Quantitative microscopy of bulk ceramics and thin films
Ferroelectric domain configurations
Microstructure-properties relationships
Scientific Publications
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Co-author of more than 100 papers in scientific journals and 5 chapters of books
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Associate Editor (2006-2010) Textures, Stress and Microstructure
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Co-editor of the book: “Multifunctional Polycrystalline Ferroelectric Materials” (2011) Springer series in Materials Science vol. 140. Ed. L. Pardo, J. Ricote. (ISBN: 978-90-481-2874-7)
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Invited editor: “Optical and X-ray metrology for advanced device materials characterization”, Thin Solid Films, 450 [1] (2004) Editors: D. Chateigner, M. Modreanu, M.E. Murtagh, J. Ricote, J. Schreiber (Elsevier)
Supervision of PhD Thesis
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2015. Armando Janier Perez Rivero “Lead free ferroic multilayer composite films based on (Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3-BaTiO3 and BiFeO3”. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Co-supervisor: Ricardo Jiménez
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2013. Haitham El Hosiny “Piezoelectric multilayer composite thin films based on Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3–PbTiO3: Preparation and Characterization”. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Co-supervisor: Ricardo Jiménez
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2010. Roberto Fernández García “Preparación y propiedades de láminas ultradelgadas policristalinas ferroeléctricas de PbTiO3” . Universidad: Autónoma de Madrid