Research Interests
I have over a decade of experience in nano-material research, synthesis, and characterization. More specifically, I have extensive experience in the synthesis of a large variety of nano-materials, such as silver/gold nano-particles/wires/rods, graphene, fullerenes, transition metal di-chalcogenides (TMDC) particles/sheets/etc, various plasmonic nano-particles (PNP), etc.
Additionally, I have a great deal of experience fabricating composites systems of nano-particles and various bulk materials, and have characterized all of the formerly mentioned nano-materials/composites with various equipment, such as a HR-TEM, STEM, AFM, XRD, HR-Optical Microscopes and Universal Testing Machines.
I am currently working in Dr. Berry's group on low embodied energy systems based on chiral induced spin selective (CISS) hybrid organic-inorganic perovskite systems HOIPS thin films, and neuromorphic materials.
Awards
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Scholarship (2012)
Publications
C. M. Poventud-Estrada et al., "Microgravity Effects on Chronoamperometric Ammonia Oxidation Reaction at Platinum Nanoparticles on Modified Mesoporous Carbon Supports," Microgravity Science and Technology, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 381-389, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12217-017-9558-5