Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (CSIC - ICMAB)
Engineering Sciences
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Research interests
I am an experimental physicist with broad interests and experience in solid-state physics, optical spectroscopy (Raman scattering, photoluminescence, etc.), nanoscience and technology, energy materials, physics of low-dimensional materials (superlattices, quantum wires and dots), highly correlated electron systems, and high-pressure techniques. Essentially, I use light as a probe of the physical properties of all kinds of molecular materials and organic and/or inorganic nanomaterials, looking for new behaviors or phenomena that arise as a direct consequence of the reduced dimensionality and/or size of the material system under study. Although I dedicate myself to basic research, I always have a clear application in mind, such as improving the performance of optoelectronic devices, enhancing thermoelectric and/or photovoltaic properties, boosting solar energy conversion efficiency, develop ultra-sensitive spectroscopic techniques, etc. I currently lead group activities on high pressure physics, hybrid metal-halide perovskites, plasmon-assisted hot-electron emitters and the development of a spectrum-on-demand light source.
