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Overview

Asunción Fernández is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain and has a research profile centered on materials science and engineering. Their contributions span numerous publications with a strong focus on materials chemistry and related applications.

The scientist's recent papers reflect a focus on catalyst development, material modification, and energy-related materials research. Notable works include:

  • Tailoring materials by high-energy ball milling: TiO2 mixtures for catalyst support application (2020, Materials Today Chemistry)
  • Microstructure and activity of Pd catalysts prepared on commercial carbon support for the liquid phase decomposition of formic acid (2022, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy)
  • Advances in the implementation of PVD-based techniques for the preparation of metal catalysts for the hydrolysis of sodium borohydride (2020, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy)
  • Recent and planned hydrodynamic instability experiments on indirect-drive implosions on the National Ignition Facility (2020, High Energy Density Physics)
  • Pd supported on defective TiO2 polymorphic mixtures: Effect of metal-support interactions upon glycerol selective oxidation (2022, Results in Engineering)

Their frequent coauthors include M. C. Jiménez de Haro, Dirk Hufschmidt, G.M. Arzac, F. J. Ferrer, and Vanda Godinho. Collaboration with these researchers has been consistent across various projects, indicating a well-established research network.

The scientist's publication record spans several journals, with multiple contributions to the following venues:

  • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  • Surface and Coatings Technology
  • Applied Surface Science
  • Nanomaterials
  • Materials Today Chemistry

Their primary fields of study are Materials Science and Engineering, with significant emphasis on subfields such as materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, nuclear and high energy physics, catalysis, and process chemistry and technology.

Core research topics include catalytic processes in materials science, hydrogen storage and materials, thin-film transistor technologies, semiconductor materials and devices, nuclear physics research studies, diamond and carbon-based materials research, and carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis.

Best Publications

  • Permanent magnetism, magnetic anisotropy, and hysteresis of thiol-capped gold nanoparticles.

    P. Crespo;R. Litrán;T. C. Rojas;M. Multigner

  • Preparation and characterization of TiO2 photocatalysts supported on various rigid supports (glass, quartz and stainless steel). Comparative studies of photocatalytic activity in water purification

    A. Fernández;G. Lassaletta;V.M. Jiménez;A. Justo

  • Characterization and photocatalytic activity in aqueous medium of TiO2 and Ag-TiO2 coatings on quartz

    J.-M. Herrmann;H. Tahiri;Y. Ait-Ichou;G. Lassaletta

  • Gold Glyconanoparticles as Water-Soluble Polyvalent Models To Study Carbohydrate Interactions

    Jesús M. de la Fuente;Africa G. Barrientos;Teresa C. Rojas;Javier Rojo

  • The state of the oxygen at the surface of polycrystalline cobalt oxide

    V.M. Jiménez;A. Fernández;J.P. Espinós;A.R. González-Elipe

  • PYRABACTIN RESISTANCE1-LIKE8 plays an important role for the regulation of abscisic acid signaling in root

    Regina Antoni;Miguel Gonzalez-Guzman;Lesia Rodriguez;Marta Peirats-Llobet

  • GOLD GLYCONANOPARTICLES: SYNTHETIC POLYVALENT LIGANDS MIMICKING GLYCOCALYX-LIKE SURFACES AS TOOLS FOR GLYCOBIOLOGICAL STUDIES

    África G Barrientos;Jesús M. de la Fuente;Teresa C. Rojas;Asunción Fernández

  • MgH2 with Nb2O5 as additive, for hydrogen storage: Chemical, structural and kinetic behavior with heating

    O. Friedrichs;F. Aguey-Zinsou;J.R. Ares Fernandez;J.C. Sanchez-Lopez

  • Spectroscopic characterization of quantum-sized TiO2 supported on silica: influence of size and TiO2-SiO2 interface composition

    G. Lassaletta;A. Fernandez;J. P. Espinos;A. R. Gonzalez-Elipe

  • Nanoecotoxicity effects of engineered silver and gold nanoparticles in aquatic organisms

    A. Lapresta-Fernández;A. Fernández;J. Blasco

  • Ferromagnetism in fcc twinned 2.4 nm size Pd nanoparticles.

    B. Sampedro;P. Crespo;A. Hernando;R. Litrán

  • Improvement in H-sorption kinetics of MgH2 powders by using fe nanoparticles generated by reactive FeF3 addition

    A.R. Yavari;A. LeMoulec;F.R. de Castro;S. Deledda

  • Influence of the microstructure on the mechanical and tribological behavior of TiC/a-C nanocomposite coatings

    D. Martínez-Martínez;C. López-Cartes;A. Fernández;J.C. Sánchez-López

  • Hydrogen sorption improvement of nanocrystalline MgH2 by Nb2O5 nanoparticles

    O. Friedrichs;T. Klassen;J.C. Sánchez-López;R. Bormann

  • Chemical and microstructural study of the oxygen passivation behaviour of nanocrystalline Mg and MgH2

    O. Friedrichs;J.C. Sánchez-López;C. López-Cartes;M. Dornheim

  • Nb2O5 "pathway effect" on hydrogen sorption in Mg.

    Oliver Friedrichs;Juan C. Sanchez-Lopez;Carlos Lopez-Cartes;Thomas Klassen

  • Magnetron sputtering of Cr(Al)N coatings: Mechanical and tribological study

    M. Brizuela;A. Garcia-Luis;I. Braceras;J.I. Oñate

  • Surface plasmon resonance of capped Au nanoparticles

    M. A. Garcia;J. de la Venta;P. Crespo;J. LLopis

  • Tribological behaviour of titanium carbide/amorphous carbon nanocomposite coatings: From macro to the micro-scale

    J.C. Sánchez-López;D. Martínez-Martínez;C. López-Cartes;A. Fernández

  • Spectroscopic characterization of Tio2/SiO2 catalysts

    Asunción Fernandez;Jürgen Leyrer;Agusti'n R. González-Elipe;Guillermo Munuera

Frequent Co-Authors

Agustín R. González-Elipe
Agustín R. González-Elipe Spanish National Research Council
Juan P. Espinós
Juan P. Espinós Spanish National Research Council
Guillermo Munuera
Guillermo Munuera University of Seville
Soledad Penadés
Soledad Penadés Spanish National Research Council
Benjaram M. Reddy
Benjaram M. Reddy Indian Institute of Chemical Technology
Thomas Klassen
Thomas Klassen Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research
José C. Conesa
José C. Conesa Spanish National Research Council
Aharon Gedanken
Aharon Gedanken Bar-Ilan University
Horst Kisch
Horst Kisch University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Antonio Hernando
Antonio Hernando Technical University of Madrid

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