Raul Martin-Palma

Raul Martin-Palma
Professor
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
Cantoblanco, Spain
rauljose.martin@uam.es
http://www.uam.es/rauljose.martin
Adjunct Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802

Research Interests: 
  • Sculptured thin films
  • Biomimetics, bioreplication and bioinspiration
  • Chemical sensors and biosensors
  • Nanostructures and Nanotechnology
  • Optics and Photonics
Journal Articles and Publications: 
  1. R.J. Martín-Palma and A. Lakhtakia, Nanotechnology. A Crash Course, SPIE Press (2010). (http://spiedigitallibrary.aip.org/ebooks/spie/tutorial_texts/tt86)
  2. D. P. Pulsifer, A. Lakhtakia, R.J. Martín-Palma and C. G. Pantano, Mass fabrication technique for polymeric replicas of arrays of insect corneas, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics 5, 036001 (9pp) (2010). (http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-3190/5/3/036001)
  3. V. Torres-Costa and R. J. Martín-Palma, Application of nanostructured porous silicon in the field of optics. A review, Journal of Materials Science 45(11), 2823-2838 (2010). (http://www.springerlink.com/content/xx107784l657372u/)
  4. R.J. Martín-Palma, M. Manso and V. Torres-Costa, Optical biosensors based on semiconductor nanostructures (review), Sensors 9(7), 5149-5172 (2009). (www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/9/7/5149/)
  5. R.J. Martín-Palma, V. Torres-Costa and C.G. Pantano, Distributed Bragg reflectors based on chalcogenide glasses for chemical optical sensing, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 42, 055109 (5pp) (2009). (http://iopscience.iop.org/0022-3727/42/5/055109/)
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Ph.D Defense - Sang-Kwon Lee
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