Líneas de investigación

• Transferencia de calor a nanoescala
• Transferencia de Calor y Carga a Nanoescala Para Aplicaciones en el Desarrollo Dispositivos Fononicos y Termolectricos
• Materiales nanoestructurados para aplicaciones en barreras térmicas de alta temperatura
• Materiales nanoestructurados para aplicaciones en termoelectricidad (refrigeración de estado sólido y termopilas)
• Dispositivos fonónicos(resistencias, diodos y transistores térmicos)
• Desarrollo de instrumentación para la medición de propiedades térmicas y termoeléctricas en materiales nanoestructurados
  

Proyectos en curso

• Nanostructured Thermal Rectifiers based on the Thermal Boundary Resistance. Grant No. 241597 Conacyt-Mexico.
• Fundamental Study on Thermal Rectification in Nanostructures: The Development of the Thermal Diode. Grant No. 130124 Conacyt-Mexico.

Publicaciones

• . Enhanced Performance Thermal Diode via Thermal Boundary Resistance at nanoscale. M. Tovar-Padilla, L. Licea-Jimenez, S. A. Pérez-Garcia, and J. Alvarez-Quintana* Applied Physics Letters 107(2015), 084103.
• Impact of the substrate on the efficiency of thin film thermoelectric technology. J. Alvarez-Quintana*. Applied Thermal Engineering. 84 (2015), pp. 206-210.
• A model for engineering the electrical conductance at nanoscale. J. A. Leon-Gil, and J. Alvarez-Quintana*. Current Applied Physics. 15 (2015), pp. 683-690.
• RF Energy Scavenging System for DC Power from FM Broadcasting based on an Optimized Cockroft-Walton Voltage Multiplier. J. A. Leon-Gil, L. Licea-Jimenez, S. A. Pérez-García and J. Alvarez-Quintana*. Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications. 29 (11)(2015), pp. 1440-1453.
• Selective Band Gap Manipulation of Graphene Oxide by its Reduction with Mild Reagents. M.A. Velasco-Soto, S.A. Perez-Garc1a , J. Alvarez-Quintana, Y. Cao, L. Nyborg, L. Licea-Jimenez. CARBON 93 (2015), pp. 967 - 973.
• Magnon Mediated Thermal Rectification with Forward bias and Breakdown Temperatures. Martinez-Flores J. J.; Licea-Jimenez L.; Pérez-García S. A, and J. Alvarez-Quintana*. Journal of Applied Physics, 114(2013), pp.104904-1 to 104904-8
• Thermal Rectification via Lattice Transitions. K. I. García- García and J. Alvarez-Quintana*. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 81(2014), pp. 76-83.
• Comprehensive Characterization of thermophysical properties in Solids using thermal impedance. Martinez-Flores J.J. ; Licea-Jimenez L. ; Pérez-Garcia S. A. ; Rodriguez-ViejoJ. ; J. Alvarez-Quintana*. Journal of Applied Physics, No.: 9, Vol: 112(2012), Pp.:094901
• High Temperature Thermal Barrier Coatings from Recycled Fly Ash Cenospheres. Ana M. Arizmendi, Alejandra Chávez, J. Alvarez-Quintana*. Applied Thermal Engineering, 2012, Vol:.48, Pp.:117-121.
• Ultra-low Thermal Conductivity Thermal Barrier Coatings from Recycled Fly Ash Cenospheres. Alejandra Chavez, Ana Arizmendi, Jose Almanza, Gregorio Vargas, J. Alvarez-Quintana*. Acta Materialia, 2011, Vol:.59, Pp.:2556-2562.
• Thermal Conductivity of Thin Single-Crystaline Germanium-on-Insulator Structures. J. Alvarez-Quintana, J. Rodríguez- Viejo, F.X. Alvarez, D. Jou. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2011, No.:9, Vol:.54, Pp.:1959.
• Temperature dependent thermal conductivity of polycrystalline ZnO films. J. Alvarez-Quintana, E. Martínez, E. Pérez-Tijerina, S. A. Pérez-García and J. Rodríguez-Viejo. Journal of Applied Physics, 2010, No.:6, Vol: 107, Pp.:063713.
• Analytical Expression for thermal conductivity of superlattices. X. Alvarez, J. Alvarez-Quintana, J. Rodríguez Viejo and D. Jou. Journal of Applied Physics, 2010, No.:8, Vol:.107, Pp.:084303
• Ultra-low Thermal Conductivity in Nanoscale Layered Oxides. J. Alvarez-Quintana, Ll. Peralba-Garcia, J. L. Lábár and J. Rodríguez Viejo, Journal of Heat Transfer, 2009, No.:3, Vol:.132, Pp.:032402.
• Interfacial effects on the thermal conductivity of a-Ge thin films grown on Si substrates. J. Alvarez- Quintana and J. Rodríguez Viejo, Journal of Applied Physics, 2008, No.:7, Vol:.104, Pp.:074903.
• Cross-Plane Thermal Conductivity Reduction of Vertically Uncorrelated Ge/Si(100) Quantum Dot Superlattices. J. Alvarez-Quintana, X. Alvarez, J. Rodriguez-Viejo,D. Jou, P. D. Lacharmoise, A. Bernardi, A. R. Goñi, and M. I. Alonso, Applied Physics Letters, 2008, No.:1, Vol:.93, Pp.:013112.
• Extension of the 3w Method to Measure the Thermal Conductivity of Thin Films without a Reference Sample. J. Alvarez-Quintana and J. Rodríguez Viejo, Sensors and Actuators A, 2007, Vol:142, Pp.:232.
• Synthesis of Mn-Zn ferrite nanoparticles by the oil-in-water microemulsion reaction method. Kelly Pemartin, Conxita Solans, J. Alvarez-Quintana, Margarita Sanchez-Dominguez?? Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochem. Eng. Aspects 451 (2014) 161-171
• Preparation and Characterization of sol-gel Silica Based Neutral Optical Density Coatings by the Addition of Graphite Particles. J. L. Almaral-Sanchez, J. Alvarez-Quintana, Thin Solid Films, 2003, Vol:423, Pp.:196.