2021

Patterning and control of the nanostructure in plasma thin films with acoustic waves: Mechanical: vs. electrical polarization effects

A García-Valenzuela, A Fakhfouri, M Oliva-Ramírez, V Rico, TC Rojas, R Alvarez, SB Menzel, A Palmero, A Winkler, AR González-Elipe, 

Materials Horizons, 2021, 8(2), pp. 515–524

2020

Positron annihilation analysis of nanopores and growth mechanism of oblique angle evaporated TiO2 and SiO2 thin films and multilayers

García-Valenzuela, A., Butterling, M., Liedke, M.O., Hirschmann, E., Trinh, T.T., Attallah, A.G., Wagner, A., Alvarez, R., Gil-Rostra, J., Rico, V., Palmero, A., González-Elipe, A.R.

Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 295 (2020) 109968

DOI: 10.1016/j.micromeso.2019.109968

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2019

SiOx by magnetron sputtered revisited: Tailoring the photonic properties of multilayers

García-Valenzuela, A., Alvarez, R., Espinós, J.P., Rico, V., Gil-Rostra, J., Palmero, A., Gonzalez-Elipe, A.R.

Applied Surface Science, 488 (2019) 791-800

DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.05.273

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Kinetic energy-induced growth regimes of nanocolumnar Ti thin films deposited by evaporation and magnetron sputtering

Alvarez, R., Garcia-Valenzuela, A., Rico, V., Garcia-Martin, J.M., Cotrino, J., Gonzalez-Elipe, A.R., Palmero, A.

Nanotechnology, 30 (2019) 475603

DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ab3cb2

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Antibacterial nanostructured Ti coatings by magnetron sputtering: From laboratory scales to industrial reactors

Alvarez, R., Muñoz-Piña, S., González, M.U., Izquierdo-Barba, I., Fernández-Martínez, I., Rico, V., Arcos, D., García-Valenzuela, A., Palmero, A., Vallet-Regi, M., González-Elipe, A.R., García-Martín, J.M.

Nanomaterials, 9 (2019) 1217

DOI: 10.3390/nano9091217

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2D compositional self-patterning in magnetron sputtered thin films

García-Valenzuela, A., Alvarez, R., Rico, V., Espinos, J.P., López-Santos, M.C., Solís, J., Siegel, J., del Campo, A., Palmero, A., González-Elipe, A.R.

Applied Surface Science, 480 (2019) 115-121

DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.02.206

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Environmentally Tight TiO2 –SiO2 Porous 1D-Photonic Structures

García-Valenzuela, A., López-Santos, C., Rico, V., Alvarez, R., Palmero, A., González-Elipe, A.R.

Advanced Materials Interfaces, 6 (2019) 1801212

DOI: 10.1002/admi.201801212

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Growth of nanocolumnar thin films on patterned substrates at oblique angles

Garcia-Valenzuela, A., Muñoz-Piña, S., Alcala, G., Alvarez, R., Lacroix, B., Santos, A.J., Cuevas-Maraver, J., Rico, V., Gago, R., Vazquez, L., Cotrino, J., Gonzalez-Elipe, A.R., Palmero, A.

Plasma Processes and Polymers, 16 (2019) 1800135

DOI: 10.1002/ppap.201800135

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2018

Growth of nanocolumnar porous TiO2 thin films by magnetron sputtering using particle collimators

Garcia-Valenzuela, A., Alvarez, R., Rico, V., Cotrino, J., Gonzalez-Elipe, A.R., Palmero, A

Surface and Coatings Technology, 343(2018) 172-177

DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2017.09.039

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2017

Structural control in porous/compact multilayer systems grown by magnetron sputtering

A. Garcia-Valenzuela, C. Lopez-Santos, R. Alvarez, V. Rico, J. Cotrino, A. R. Gonzalez-Elipe, A. Palmero

Nanotechnology, 28 (2017) 465605

DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aa8cf4

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