New paper in the group

The effect of rippling on the mechanical properties of graphene

Guillermo Lopez-Polin, Cristina Gomez-Navarro, Julio Gomez-Herrero

Nano Materials Science 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoms.2021.05.005

Graphene is the stiffest material known so far but, due to its one-atom thickness, it is also very bendable. Consequently, free-standing graphene exhibit ripples that has major effects on its elastic properties. Here […]

New international award

Prof. Manuel Vazquez

The IEEE Magnetics Society Distinguished Service Award is established to honor outstanding service to the Magnetics Society

Prof. Manuel Vazquez from the Institute of Materials Science of Madrid, CSIC, has been granted the 2021 Distinguished Service Award.

The citation reads: For tremendously strengthening the IEEE Magnetics Society outreach worldwide and dedicated efforts […]

New paper of the group

Magnetic Configurations in Modulated Cylindrical Nanowires

Cristina Bran, Jose Angel Fernandez-Roldan, Rafael P. del Real, Agustina Asenjo, Oksana Chubykalo-Fesenko and Manuel Vazquez

Nanomaterials 2021, 11, 600

DOI: doi.org/10.3390/nano11030600

Cylindrical magnetic nanowires show great potential for 3D applications such as magnetic recording, shift registers, and logic gates, as well as in sensing architectures or biomedicine. […]

New paper of the group

Magnetoelectric Polymer-Based Nanocomposites with Magnetically Controlled Antimicrobial Activity

Margarida M. Fernandes, Pedro Martins, Daniela M. Correia, Estela O. Carvalho, Francisco M. Gama, Manuel Vazquez, Cristina Bran and Senentxu Lanceros-Mendez

ACS Appl. Bio Mater. 2021, 4, 1, 559–570

DOI: doi.org10.1021acsbm.0c01125

The emergence of antimicrobial resistance is considered a public health problem due to the overuse and […]