Research Projects
- Multifunctional biomimetic surfaces for optical sensing and solar energy harvesting.
- Nanostructured microparticles for the development of drug-delivery systems and vaccines.
- Optical sensors for the detection and identification of airborne hostile agents.
Publications
Selected publications:
- Biomimetic hierarchical micro/nano texturing of TiAlV alloys by femtosecond laser processing for the control of cell adhesion and migration, M. Martínez-Calderón, R.J. Martín-Palma, A. Rodríguez, M. Gómez-Aranzadi, J.P. García-Ruiz, S.M. Olaizola, and M. Manso-Silván, Physical Review Materials 4, 056008 (2020). (https://journals.aps.org/prmaterials/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials…)
- Experimental and density functional theory study of the Li+ desorption in spinel/layered lithium manganese oxide nanocomposites using HCl, R. Pulido, N. Naveas, R.J. Martín-Palma, T. Graber, I. Brito, J. Hernández-Montelongo, and M. Manso Silván, Chemical Engineering Journal 441, 136019 (2022). (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1385894722015170)
- Voltage controlled scattering from porous silicon Mie-particles in liquid crystals, P. Lakshmi Madhuri, R.J. Martin-Palma, B. Martín-Adrados, and I. Abdulhalim, Journal of Molecular Liquids 281, 108-116 (2019). (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016773221836344X)
- Progress on bioinspired, biomimetic, and bioreplication routes to harvest solar energy, R.J. Martín-Palma and A. Lakhtakia, Applied Physics Reviews 4, 021103 (2017). (https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.4981792)
- Bioreplicated visual features of nanofabricated buprestid beetle decoys evoke stereotypical male mating flights, M.J. Domingue, A. Lakhtakia, D.P. Pulsifer, L.P. Hall, J.V. Badding, J.L. Bischof, R.J. Martín-Palma, Z. Imrei, G. Janik, V.C. Mastro, M. Hazen, and T.C. Baker, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 111(39), 14106–14111 (2014). (https://www.pnas.org/content/111/39/14106)
Awards
- Fellow of SPIE