Education
PhD. in Materials Science and Engineering (2007), Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden.
M.Sc. Materials Science and Engineering (2003), Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del IPN (CINVESTAV). Queretaro, Mexico.
BSc. Chemistry (2001). Autonumus University of Queretaro, Queretaro, Mexico.

Research
Energy Harvesting:
  • Fundamental study of ZnO NP's size control and its effect on the electrical behavior and their potential application to PV devices
  • Electric and thermoelectric response of NP's depending on their size control.










Surface Science
  • Surface modification and tailoring of interfaces for a better control of the dispersion and functionalization of the NP's
  • XPS and ARXPS studies for ultrathin Me and MeOx layers and their applications as thermal barriers




















Advanced Materials
  • Nanostructured thermal barriers
  • Solar control by means of Ag NP's based composites

Projects:
  • Basic Research Grant (2008-2011): Fundamental study of ZnO NP's size control and its effect on their properties (Eng and MSc Thesis)
  • Development of ZnO based HOPV devices (Basic research)
  • Development of Ag based Plasmonic PV devices (Basic research)
  • Energy harvesting materials and its application for their use in perpetual devices (Basic research)
  • Erosion corrosion basic studies by means of XPS and NanoAES (PhD Thesis)
  • The Art of Making a stable homogenized dry powder Juice from natural nectars and juices (PhD Thesis)

Publicaciones Selectas
  • "Temperature Dependent Thermal Conductivity of Polycrystalline ZnO Films" J. Alvarez-Quintana, S. A. Pérez-García, E. Martínez-Guerra, E. Pérez-Tijerina, J. Rodríguez-Viejo. J. Appl. Phys., 2010, 107, 63713.

  • "Microstructural and mechanical characterization of Al-MWCNT composites produced by mechanical milling" R. Pérez-Bustamante, C. D. Gómez-Esparza, I. Estrada-Guel, M. Miki-Yoshida, L. Licea-Jiménez, S. A. Pérez-García, R. Martínez-Sánchez. Mater. Sci.  Eng. A, 2009, 502, 159.

  • "Initial Formation of Contact Layers on Ni/SiC Samples Studied by XPS" S. A. Pérez García, L. Nyborg. Surf. Interface Anal., 2008, 40, 1144.

  • "Tailoring and Surface Preparation of Nickel Silicide Contacts on Silicon Carbide" S. A. Pérez-García, L. Nyborg. Appl. Surf. Sci., 2007, 254, 135.

  • "MWNT Reinforced Melamine-Formaldehyde Containing Alpha-Cellulose" L. Licea-Jiménez,  A. Lund, P-Y. Henrio, T. M. Laurie, S. A. Perez-García, L. Nyborg, H. Hassander, H. Bertilsson, R.W. Rychwalski. Composites Science and Technology, 2007, 67, 844.

  • "Application of angle-resolved XPS for characterisation of SiC/Ni2Si thin film systems" S. A. Pérez García, L. Nyborg. Surf. Interface Anal., 2006, 38, 859.

  • "Covalent amino-fuctionalisation of single-wall carbon nanotubes" Andrei Gromov, Staffan Dittmer, Johannes Svensson, Oleg A. Nerushev, Sergio Alfonso Pérez-García, Liliana Licea-Jiménez, Rodney Rychwalski, Elanor E. B. Campbell., J. Mater. Chem., 2005, 15, 3334.

  • "Photovoltaic solar panel for a hybrid PV/thermal system" R. Zhkharchenko, L. Licea-Jiménez, S. A. Pérez-García, P. Vorobiev, U. Dehesa-Carrasco, J. F. Pérez-Robles, J. González-Hernández, Yu. Vorobiev. Solar Energy Material & Solar Cells, 2004, 82, 253.