IV Conference on third generation solar cells
Oral contribution: Ultrathin plasma polymer for improved stability and reproducibility of perovskite solar cells.
IEEE 14th International Conference “Nanomaterials: Applications & Properties” (NAP 2024)
Keynote: Plasma Synthesis of Multifunctional Thin Films and 3D Nanoarchitectures for Energy Harvesting Applications. Juan Ramón Sánchez-Valencia et al.
XI Jornadas de I+D+i & 3rd Internacional Workshop on STEM- University of Seville
Oral contribution: Plasma fabrication of PT nanonetworks for the mitigation of spacecraft charging in photovoltaic assemblies
Poster: Remote plasma-assisted vacuum deposition for the development of tribopositive polymers in nanogenerators: recent results
Poster: Effects of high-pressure plasma treatments on the germination of barley seeds under stressful environments
Poster: Anti-icing capability of permanent Cassie-Baxter hirarchical surfaces enabled by plasma and vacuum technology
PhD Talk CicCartuja 2024
Presentation: Piezotronic devices and triboelectric nanogenerators by plasma and vacuum synthesis.
Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Physics (CMD31)
Invited speaker: Vacuum and Plasma fabrication of Thin Films and 1D Nanoarchitectures for Energy Harvesting applications
13th international symposium on plasma nanoscience (iPlasmaNano-XIII)
Invited speaker: Plasma synthesis of advanced multifunctional nanoarchitectures for energy harvesting applications
VI Meeting of Young Researchers SECAT
Oral contribution: Fe2O3 Nanostructures for Photoelectrochemical Applications
NanoSpain 2024
Invited speaker: Plasma processing of aerogel-like conformal coatings for photonic applications
EMRS Spring Meeting 2024
European Materials Research Society 2024 Spring Meeting
Oral contribution: Unveiling the Promise of On-Demand Nanogenerators for Wearable Devices
Oral contribution: Integration of Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting into Printable and Wearable Devices
Oral contribution: Plasma/Vacuum manufacturing of ZnO/Spiro-OMeTAD Self-Powered Piezo-Pyro-Phototronic devices
Oral contribution: Large-area integration of triboelectric drop energy harvesters
Oral contribution: Plasma processing of metal phthalocyanines and porphyrins for the development of supported porous nanostructures for functional applications
Oral contribution: Highly anisotropic organometal halide perovskites nanowalls grown by Glancing Angle Deposition
Oral contribution: Piezo/pyro multisource nanogenerators on surface supported ZnO polycrystalline nanoarchitectures fabricated by plasma and vacuum deposition
Oral contribution: Impact of seed layer on the growth of aligned ZnO nanostructures for flexible piezoelectric applications
Poster:Organic nanometric thin films with tailored dielectric properties by Remote Plasma Assisted Vacuum Deposition.
Poster: Recent results on developing tribopositive polymer for nanogenerators by remote plasma-assisted vacuum deposition
MRS Spring Meeting 2024
Materials Research Society 2024 Spring Meeting
Invited speaker: Advances in Plasma-Enabled Nanomaterial Synthesis for Enhanced Energy Harvesting Devices
NGPT 2024
7th International Conference on Nanogenerators and Piezotronics (NGPT 2024)
Oral contribution: Transparent drop energy harvesters based on PDMS@TiO2 nanotubes
Oral contribution: Plasma Fabrication of Piezoelectric ZnO Self-Powered Sensors and Nanogenerators on Paper-based Substrates
Oral contribution: Self-Powered Piezo-Pyro-Phototronics ZnO/Spiro-OMeTAD devices by Plasma and Vacuum Deposition Techniques
2023 Conferences
2023 MRS Spring Meeting (April 10-14, San Francisco, California, EEUU)
Oral contribution: Vacuum and Plasma Synthesis and Processing of Surfaces, Multifunctional Thin Films and 3D Nanoarchitectures—A Platform for the Development of Energy Harvesting Systems. Ana Borras, Xabier Garcia-Casas, Javier Castillo-Seoane, Laura Montes, Jaime Del Moral, Francisco Aparicio, Ali Ghaffarinejad, Lidia Contreras-Bernal, Jorge Gil-Rostra, Jorge Budagosky, Carmen Lopez-Santos, Juan Sanchez-Valencia, Angel Barranco.
Poster: Theoretical and Experimental Study of Self-Powered Piezoelectric Sensors Response to Applied Forc. Angel Barranco, Xabier Garcia-Casas, Jorge Budagosky, Francisco Aparicio, Juan Sanchez-Valencia, Ana Borras.
XII Meeting of the condensed matter physics group- GEFES 2023 (February 1-3, Salamanca, Spain)
Invited speaker: Nanogenerators and self-powered sensors enabled by plasma and vacuum processing of multifunctional thin films and 3D nanoarchitectures. Ana Borras, Xabier García-Casas, Javier Castillo-Seoane, Francisco J. Aparicio, Ali Ghaffarinejad, Lidia Contreras-Bernal, Jorge Gil-Rostra, Jorge Budagosky, Víctor López-Flores, Juan R. Sánchez-Valencia, Angel Barranco.
Poster: A coarse-grained approach for growth simulations of metal oxides and polymers on planar/nanoestructured substrates. Jorge Budagosky, Xabier García-Casas, J. R. Sánchez-Valencia, Ángel Barranco, Ana Borrás.
15th International Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics- HOPV 2023 (June 12-14, London, United Kingdom)
Oral contribution: Effect of 1D nanostructured electrodes in dye sensitized solar cells for indoor light harvesting. Lidia Contreras-Bernal, Javier Castillo-Seoane, Antonio Riquelme-Expósito, Jorge Gil-Rostra, Gabriel Lozano, Angel Barranco, Renaud Demadrille, Juan Ramón Sánchez-Valencia, Ana Borrás.
Poster: Environmental stability of perovskite solar cells with water-repellent fluorinated surfaces by plasma assisted technology. Fernando Núñez-Gálvez, Alejandro Descalzo, Xabier García-Casas, Jose Manuel Obrero-Pérez, Lidia Contreras Bernal, Juan Ramón Sánchez-Valencia, Carmen López-Santos.
49th European Conference on Plasma Physics EPS Plasma 2023 (July 3-7, Bordeaux, France)
Invited speaker: Recent results on the development of advanced plasma assisted vacuum deposition. F. J. Aparicio, Gloria P. Moreno, T. Czermak, J. Obrero, C. López-Santos, J.R. Sánchez-Valencia, F. Carrascoso, A. Castellanos-Gómez, A. Borrás, A. Barranco.
11th International Workshop on Functional Nanocomposites- Nanoworkshop 2023 (September, 12-15, Plön, Germany)
Invited speaker: Multifunctional plasma-enabled functional thin films low dimensional nanoarchitectures: from synthesis to devices. Xabier García-Casas, Javier Castillo-Seoane, Jaime del Moral, Gloria P. Moreno, Triana Czermak, Laura Montes, Jorge Gil-Rostra, Victor Rico, Francisco J. Aparicio, M. Carmen López-Santos, Juan R. Sanchez-Valencia, Angel Barranco, Ana Borrás.
Photonics & Electromagnetics Research Symposium- PIERS 2023 (September, 12-15, Prague, Czech Republic )
Invited speaker: Plasma Technology for the Development of Nanogenerators Based in Multifunctional Thin Films and 3D Nanoarchitectures. Juan R. Sánchez-Valencia, Xabier García-Casas, Javier Castillo-Seoane, Francisco J. Aparicio, Ali Ghaffarinejad, Lidia Contreras-Bernal, Jorge Gil-Rostra, Jorge Budagosky, Víctor López-Flores, Angel Barranco, Ana Borras.
19th International Conference on Thin Films – ICTF 2023 (September 26-29, Burgos, Spain)
Plenary speaker: Functional applications of nanostructured surfaces developed by plasma and vacuum technologies: from wetting to energy harvesting. J. Castillo-Seoane, X. García-Casas, J. del Moral, L. Montes, F. Núñez-Gálvez, G. P. Moreno, D. Jumilla, C. López Santos, F. Javier Aparicio, V. Godinho, J. Gil-Rostra, V. Rico, V. López-Flores, A. R. GonzálezElipe, J. R. Sánchez Valencia, A. Barranco, A. Borrás.
Oral contribution: Ultrathin plasma polymer for improved stability and reproducibility of perovskite solar cells. Lidia Contreras-Bernal, Jose Obrero-Perez1, Fernando Nuñez-Galvez, Javier Castillo-Seoane, Karen Valez-Villalobos, Francisco J. Aparicio, Juan A. Anta, Ana Borrás, Juan R. Sánchez-Valencia, Angel Barranco.
Oral contribution: Vacuum soft-template methodology for perovskite-based core@shell nanotubes with enhanced optoelectronic properties. Javier Castillo-Seoane , Lidia Contreras Bernal , Cristina Rojas, Ángel Barranco , Juan Ramón Sánchez-Valencia, Ana Borrás.
Oral contribution: Environmental stability of perovskite solar cells encapsulated with water-repellent fluorinated thin films by plasma assisted technology. Fernando Núñez-Gálvez , Alejandro Descalzo , Xabier García-Casas , José Manuel Obrero-Pérez , Lidia Contreras Bernal , Ana Borrás, Juan Ramón Sánchez-Valencia , Carmen López-Santos
Poster: Transparent drop energy harvesters based on PDMS@TiO2 nanowires. Fernando Núñez-Gálvez, Xabier García-Casas, Vanda Godinho, Juan Ramón Sánchez-Valencia, Ángel Barranco, Carmen López- Santos and Ana Borrás.
12th Annual International Conference on Plasma Nanoscience- iPlasmaNano 2023 (December, 5-9, Guadalupe French West Indies, France)
Invited speaker: Advanced nanogenerators by Plasma synthesis of multifunctional thin films and 3D nanoarchitectures. Juan R. Sánchez-Valencia, Xabier García-Casas, Javier Castillo-Seoane, Francisco J. Aparicio, Lidia Contreras-Bernal, Jorge Gil-Rostra, Jorge Budagosky, Víctor López-Flores, Angel Barranco, Ana Borrás.
X Jornadas de I+D+i & 2nd Internacional Workshop on STEM (October, 19-20, Seville, Spain)
Oral contribution: Nanoestructured ZnO@PVDF hybrid nanogenerator for multisource energy harvesting. Juan Delgado-Álvarez, Xabier García-Casas, Francisco J. Aparicio, Víctor López-Flores, Juan R. Sánchez-Valencia, Ángel Barranco, Ana Borras.
Oral contribution: Plasma-enabled tribopositive polymer for nanogenerators. Gloria Patricia Moreno; Triana Czermak; Jose Obrero; Francisco Javier Aparicio; Ana Borras; Angel Barranco.
Oral contribution: Preliminary studies on porous functional oxide coatings by oblique angle PVD on titanium implants.
Oral contribution: Soft-template vacuum and plasma synthesis of BaTiO3 nanowires. Darío Jumilla-Núñez, Melania Sanchez-Villa, Juan Ramón Sánchez-Valencia, Vanda Godinho, Jorge Gil-Rostra y Ana Borrás.
Oral contribution: Organic nanometric thin films with tailored dielectric properties by Remote Plasma Assisted Vacuum Deposition.Triana Czermak Álvarez, Gloria P. Moreno, Juan Ramón Sánchez Valencia, Carmen López Santos, Ángel Barranco, Francisco J. Aparicio.
Oral contribution: Environmental stability of perovskite solar cells with water-repellent fluorinated thin films coatings by plasma assisted technology. Fernando Núñez-Gálvez, Alejandro Descalzo, Lidia Contreras Bernal, José Manuel Obrero-Pérez, Xabier García-Casas , Ana Borrás, Juan Ramón Sánchez-Valencia, Carmen López-Santos.
Asian-European International Conference on Plasma Surface Engineering- AEPS-2023 (November, 8-10, Busan, South Korea)
Invited speaker: Polymers and Supported Oxide Nanostructures by Remote Plasma Assisted Vacuum Deposition. Xabier García-Casas, Francisco J. Aparicio, Jorge Budagosky, Ali Ghaffarinejad, Noel Orozco-Corrales, Kostya (Ken) Ostrikov, Juan R. Sánchez-Valencia, Ángel Barranco, Ana Borras.
Poster: Plasma Fabrication of Piezoelectric ZnO Self-powered Sensors and Nanogenerators on Paper. Angel Barranco, et al.
31st International Materials Research Congress. Photovoltaics, Solar Energy Materials and Technologies Symposium -IMRC 2023- (August, 13-18, Cancun, Mexico)
Oral contribution: Enhancing the stability and reproducibility of perovskite solar cells by introducing ultrathin plasma polymer interlayers. Mahmoud Nabil, Lidia Contreras-Bernal, Gloria P. Moreno,Fernando Nuñez-Galvez, Gerko Oskam, Milenis Acosta Díaz, Paul Pistor, Juan A. Anta, Ana Borrás, Juan Ramón Sánchez-Valencia, Angel Barranco.
2022 Conferences
Synthesis and applications of multifunctional 3D nanoarchitectures. Xabier García-Casas, Javier Castillo-Seoane, Laura Montes-Montañez, A. Nicolas Filippin, Francisco J. Aparicio, Ali Ghaffarinejad, Lidia Contreras-Bernal, Jorge GilRostra, Jorge Budagoski, Víctor López-Flores, M. Carmen López-Santos, Juan R. Sánchez-Valencia, Angel Barranco, Ana Borrás.
2022 Virtual MRS Spring Meeting (May 30 – June 3)
Coarse-grained approach in growth simulations of metal oxides and polymers on planar and nanostructured substrates. Jorge Budagosky, Xabier García-Casas, Juan R. Sánchez-Valencia, Ángel Barranco, Ana Borrás
3D Nanoarchitectures as building blocks for single and hybrid energy harvesters. Xabier García-Casas, Javier Castillo-Seoane, Francisco J. Aparicio, Ali Ghaffarinejad, Lidia Contreras-Bernal, Jorge Budagoski, M. Carmen Lopez-Santos, Angel Barranco, Juan R. Sánchez-Valencia, Ana Borrás.
14th International Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics HOPV22 (19-25 May)
Two Step Glancing Angle Deposition of Supported Vertically Aligned Organometallic Halide Perovskite Nanostructures. Javier Castillo-Seoane, Lidia Contreras-Bernal, Jose Manuel Obrero-Pérez, Xabier García-Casas, Francisco J Aparicio, M Carmen López-Santos, T Cristina Rojas, Juan A Anta, Ana Borrás, Ángel Barranco, Juan Ramón Sánchez-Valencia
Organic plasma polymer for improving the stability of perovskite solar cells. Jose Obrero-Perez, Lidia Contreras-Bernal, Fernando Nuñez-Galvez, Javier Castillo-Seoane, Karen Valadez-Villlobos, Francisco J. Aparicui, Juan A. Anta, Ana Borrás, Juan R. Sanchez-Valencia, Angel Barranco
XVI National Congress of Materials. CNMAT. (Jun/July 28 – 1)
Sculptural fabrication of perovskite nanostructures by thermal evaporation deposition at glancing angles. Javier Castillo et al. Winner of the Young Researchers Symposium Competition.
6th International Conference on Nanogenerators and Piezotronics. NGPT. (June 20 – 23, Online)
Symposia: 2. Piezoelectric nanogenerators
Porous ZnO thin films on paper substrates for the development of piezoelectric nanogenerators and self-powered sensors (Poster). Xabier García-Casas, Francisco J. Aparicio, Jorge Budagoski, Ali Ghaffarinejad, Juan Ramón Sánchez-Valencia, Ángel Barranco, and Ana Borras
Symposia: 3. Hybridized nanogenerators
Plasma engineering of microstructured piezo – triboelectric hybrid nanogenerators for wide bandwidth vibration energy harvesting (Oral presentation). Xabier García‐Casas, Ali Ghafarinejad, Francisco Aparicio, Javier Castillo‐Seoane, Carmen Lopez‐Santos, juan pedro espinós, josé cotrino, Juan Sanchez‐Valencia, Angel Barranco, Ana Borras
2022 Fall Meeting – European Materials Research Society. Sponsor Symposium-Materials, components and characterization of energyharvesters for self-powered electronics: 3DScavengers
Triboelectric Pixels for large area integration of drop energy harvesters. Ali Ghaffarinejad, Xabier García-Casas, Fernando Núñez Gálvez, Carmen López Santos, Juan Ramón Sánchez-Valencia, Ángel Barranco, Ana Borrás
Interface engineering of ZnO thin films by remote plasma-assisted vacuum deposition for the solvent-less fabrication of piezoelectric nanogenerators and UV piezo-phototronic detectors. Xabier García-Casas, Gloria P. Moreno, Francisco J. Aparicio, Qinrong He, Ali Ghaffarinejad, Juan R. Sanchez-Valencia, Joe Briscoe, Ángel Barranco, Ana Borrás.
Plasma engineering of microstructured piezo-Triboelectric hybrid nanogenerators for wide bandwidth vibration energy harvesting. Xabier García-Casas, Ali Ghaffarinehad, Francisco J. Aparicio, Javier Castillo-Seoane, Carmen López-Santos, Jorge Budagosky-Marcilla, Jorge Gil-Rostra, Juan Ramón Sánchez-Valencia, Ángel Barranco, Ana Borrás.
1D nanostructured electrodes in dye-sensitized solar cells for indoor light harvesting. Lidia Contreras-Bernal, Javier Castillo-Seoane, Jorge Gil-Rostra, Juan Antonio Anta,Ángel Barranco, Juan Ramón Sánchez- Valencia, Ana Borrás.
Conference-Master in Applied Materials Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Barcelona (November 2022)
Functional applications of nanostructured surfaces developed by plasma and vacuum technologies: from energy harvesting to wetting. Ana Borrás, et al.
2021 Conferences
One-reactor fabrication of multifunctional 3D nanoarchitectures: energy harvesting, wetting and nanosensors X. García-Casas, A. Ghaffarinejad, A. Borras, et al.
Plasma nanoengineering for the development of hybrid piezo and tribonanogenerators. X. García-Casas, A. Ghaffarinejad, A. Borras, et al.
Semitransparent ITO nanostructure electrodes synthesized by plasma and vacuum one-reactor configuration. Javier Castillo Seoane, Jorge Gil-Rostra, Víctor López Flores, et al.
2021 Virtual MRS Spring Meeting (17-20 April)
Symposium NM09: Nanogenerators and Piezotronics. Nanogenerator IV. Academics
Plasma Nanoengineering for the Development of Hybrid Piezo and Tribonanogenerators. Xabier García-Casas, Nicolas Filippin, Javier Castillo-Seoane, Francisco J. Aparicio, Ali Ghafarinejad, Jorge Budagoski, Carmen Lopez-Santos, Angel Barranco, Juan R. Sanchez-Valencia and Ana Borras
Remote Plasma Assisted Vacuum Deposition of Functional Organic and Polymeric Layers for the Development of thin Film Piezoelectric Nanogenerators and UV Piezotronic Detectors. Xabier García-Casas, Francisco J. Aparicio, Jose M. Obrero, Jorge Budagoski, Angel Barranco, Juan R. Sanchez-Valencia and Ana Borras
13th International Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics HOPV21 (24-28 May)
Vacuum sublimation of Dopant-Free Crystalline Spiro-OMeTAD films to enhance the stability of perovskite Solar Cells. Juan Ramon Sanchez-Valencia, Jose Obrero-Perez, Lidia Contreras-Bernal, Dario Jumilla, Javier Castillo-Seoane, Francisco J. Aparicio, M. Carmen Lopez-Santos, Ana Borras, Juan A. Anta, Angel Barranco
Encapsulation Perovskite Solar Cells with Ultrathin Plasma Polymer: Enhanced Moisture and Water Resistance. Jesus Idígoras, Francisco J. Aparicio, Lidia Contreras-Bernal, Susana Ramos-Terrón, María Alcaire, Darío Jumilla, Juan Ramón Sánchez-Valencia, Ana Borrás, Ángel Barranco, Juan A. Anta
Electronic Materials and Processes for Space (EMPS)- (1 June)
Scanning Acoustic Microscopy: Non-destructive inspection of plastic COTS parts and beyond. Raquel Cano, Juan A. Bermudo, Ana M. Beltrán, Dimas Morilla, Juan C. Hidalgo, Francisco J. Aparicio.
Energy Harvesting Society Meeting (EHS/MCAREE)- 19-22 July
S3: Multi-functional Energy Conversion Materials and Devices for Energy Harvesting and/or Sensing. Invited Presentation. Academics
Core@shell nanoarchitectures as building blocks for single and hybrid energy harvesters. X. García-Casas, A. Ghaffarinejad, A. Borras, et al.
Iberian Vacuum Conference RIVA (4-10 October)
1D and 3D hybrid nanomaterials fabrication for energy harvesting. X. García-Casas, A. Ghaffarinejad, A. Borras, et al. RIVA Online, PosterFlash. Academics
240th ECS Meeting. Invited presentation in the D05 Water-Energy Nexus Research Relating to Semiconducting Materials. Academics (10-14 October)
Supported Core@Multishell Nanowires and nanotubes as a Platform for Water Management and Energy Harvesting, L. Montes-Montañez, A. Ghaffarinejad, A. Borras, et al.
Hierarchical Photocatalytic Surfaces: From 1D to 3D Photoactive TiO2 Nanotubes Grown By Plasma Assisted Deposition Techniques. Laura Montes-Montañez, Víctor Rico, Juan Sanchez-Valencia, Agustin Gonzalez-Elipe, Carmen Lopez-Santos, Ana Borras
2020 Conferences
Encapsulation of perovskite solar cells with ultrathin plasma polymers for moisture protection and water resistance. Francisco J. Aparicio, Jesús Idígoras, Lidia Contreras-Bernal, Susana Ramos-Terron, Juan R. Sanchez-Valencia, Ana Borras, Juan A. Anta, Angel Barranco
Energy Harvesting Society Meeting (EHS/MCAREE)- 19-22 July 2021
S3: Multi-functional Energy Conversion Materials and Devices for Energy Harvesting and/or Sensing. Invited Presentation. Academics