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Lifelong passion for materials

Profile Summary

I have over 20 years of both academic and industrial research experience, covering a large variety of materials, their properties, modelling, characterization, applications, synthesis and manufacturing technologies. Some materials I have researched (and their properties implied by their names): pigments, colorants, lusters, phosphors, glazes, glass, porcelain stoneware, cermets, solid electrolites, ceramic slips, screen-printing inks, HF dielectric (LTCC-s) and magnetic (garnet) materials, photonic crystals, metamaterials, refractories,PTC materials, low-CTE materials and thermal-shock resistant materials. Modelling work: crystal field theory applied to color arising from transition elements; Analytical modelling and FDTD numerical modelling of optical properties of nanocomposites and optical nanoantennas. Modelling of crystal structures (including photonic crystals) and their diffraction patterns. Modelling of metamaterials. Characterization techniques (hands on experience): SEM/EDX, optical microscopy, confocal microscopy, TG/DSC, IR and Raman spectroscopy, UV-Vis spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, X-ray fluorescence, rheometry, thermography, dilatometry, tribology, densitometery; Measurements and interpretation of zeta potential, impedance, particle size (by laser scattering), mechanical strength, hardness, roughness, chromatic coordinates... Some applications: ceramic tiles, sanitaryware, anticorrosion, antifriction and wear-resistant coatings, SOFC/SOEC, HF-electronics, gas sensors, self-regulating heaters, materials for 3D printing, screen-printing pastes, archaeology, etc. Synthesis: solid-state reactions, Pechini method, sol-gel . Manufacturing technologies: mould-casting, tape-casting, screen-printing, electrophoresis, electrolysis, spraying.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Renewable Energy
• ☆ Physical Chemistry
• ☆ Crystallography
• ☆ Ceramic Engineering
• ☆ Microscopy
• ☆ Batteries & Fuel Cells
• ☆ Computer Simulation/Computational Modeling
• ☆ Mineralogy

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing

Research Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization

Work Experience

Researcher

Francisco Albero (FAE), Department of New Materials (Barcelona, Spain)

January 2013 - October 2019

Project Manager

CIDETEC, Department of Surface Treatments (Vizcaya, Spain)

November 2011 - October 2012

Visiting researcher

Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Department of Physics and Nuclear Energy (Barcelona, Spain)

March 2010 - October 2011

Section Manager

Roca Sanitario, Porcelain Stoneware Factory, Slip and Glaze Section (Barcelona, Spain)

June 2007 - February 2010

Researcher

Roca Sanitario, R&D Department (Barcelona, Spain)

July 2005 - May 2007

Researcher

IPROMA, Quality Department (Castellon, Spain)

February 2004 - June 2005

Researcher

University Jaume I, Fundación Universidad - Empresa (Castellon, Spain)

July 2002 - July 2003

Education

MSc in Photonics

Polytechnic University of Catalonia, University of Barcelona, Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) (Barcelona, Spain)

September 2010 - September 2011

PhD in Materials Science

University Jaume I (Castellon, Spain)

September 1998 - July 2002

BSc in Analytical Chemistry

Kliment Ohridski University (Sofia, Bulgaria)

September 1992 - December 1997

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

BOOK

(2020). Encyclopedia of Extraordinary Materials: A Modern Look at 350+ Amazing Materials and Their Chemistry . Amazon Kindle. Amazon

JOURNAL ARTICLE

(2020). Low-power laser-induced absorption in YSZ ceramics through formation of F-centers . Optics & Laser Technology.

(2012). Composition, nanostructure, and optical properties of silver and silver-copper lusters . Journal of Applied Physics.

(2012). Log-periodic optical antennas with broadband directivity . Optics Communications.

(2012). Log-periodic optical antennas with broadband directivity . Optics Communications.

Pascual, A and Fortanet, E and Carda, JB and Pavlov, R and Pedra, JM and de la Fuente, GF and Estepa, LC and Lahoz, R(2005). Ceramic tile decoration by laser technology. Cfi-Ceramic Forum International. 82. (3). p. E37-E42.

(2004). New Red-Shade Ceramic Pigments Based on Y2Sn2−xCrxO7−δ Pyrochlore Solid Solutions . Journal of the American Ceramic Society.

(2004). Structural and Microstructural Characterisation of Refractory Oxides Synthesised by Laser . Key Engineering Materials.

(2004). Structural and Microstructural Characterisation of Refractory Oxides Synthesised by Laser . Key Engineering Materials.

(2003). Influence of crystallinity on chromatic parameters of enamels coloured with malayaite pink pigments . Journal of the European Ceramic Society.

(2002). Electronic absorption spectroscopy and colour of chromium-doped solids . J. Mater. Chem.

(2001). Oxidation State of Chromium in Red-Shade Ceramic Pigments Based on Solid Solutions with Pyrochlore Structure . Key Engineering Materials.

(2001). Oxidation State of Chromium in Red-Shade Ceramic Pigments Based on Solid Solutions with Pyrochlore Structure . Key Engineering Materials.

(2000). Síntesis de nuevos pigmentos cerámicos de color rojo mediante el método de Pechini . Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Cerámica y Vidrio.

BOOK CHAPTER

(2001). Materias primas y aditivos cerámicos, Enciclopedia Cerámica, Tomo II.1.

(2001). Esmaltes y pigmentos cerámicos, Enciclopedia Cerámica, Tomo I.