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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1987 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his contributions to the theory of electronic surface states, metalsemiconductor interfaces, and the interaction of energetic probes with surfaces and bulk matter

Overview

Fernando Flores is affiliated with the Autonomous University of Madrid in Spain. Their research primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Engineering. The scientist's work focuses on subfields including Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics; Condensed Matter Physics; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Inorganic Chemistry; and Atmospheric Science.

Their publication record includes various research topics such as Advanced Chemical Physics Studies, Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism, Surface and Thin Film Phenomena, Semiconductor materials and interfaces, Semiconductor materials and devices, Quantum and electron transport phenomena, and Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures.

Fernando Flores has published in several academic venues, with frequent contributions to the Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, Physical Review Letters, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Physical Review B, and Applied Surface Science.

  • Coupled Sublattice Melting and Charge-Order Transition in Two Dimensions (2020), Physical Review Letters
  • Macroscopic Versus Microscopic Schottky Barrier Determination at (Au/Pt)/Ge(100): Interfacial Local Modulation (2020), ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • A local-orbital density functional formalism for a many-body atomic Hamiltonian: Hubbard-Hund's coupling and DFT + U functional (2021), Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
  • A closed local-orbital unified description of DFT and many-body effects (2022), Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
  • Giant electron-phonon interaction for a prototypical semiconductor interface: Sn/Ge(111)−(3×3) (2023), Physical Review B

The scientist has collaborated frequently with co-authors including José Ortega, César González, Diego Soler-Polo, Daniel G. Trabada, and Andrea Gerbi.

Fernando Flores received recognition as a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1987 with a citation highlighting contributions to the theory of electronic surface states, metal-semiconductor interfaces, and the interaction of energetic probes with surfaces and bulk matter.

Best Publications

  • Tuning the conductance of single-walled carbon nanotubes by ion irradiation in the Anderson localization regime

    C. Gómez-Navarro;P. J. De Pablo;J. Gómez-Herrero;B. Biel

  • The metal-semiconductor interface: Si (111) and zincblende (110) junctions

    C Tejedor;F Flores;E Louis

  • Energy level alignment at organic heterojunctions: Role of the charge neutrality level

    H. Vázquez;W. Gao;F. Flores;A. Kahn

  • Electron-metal-surface interaction potential with vacuum tunneling: Observation of the image force

    G. Binnig;N. Garcia;H. Rohrer;J. M. Soler

  • Dipole formation at metal/PTCDA interfaces: Role of the Charge Neutrality Level

    H. Vázquez;R. Oszwaldowski;P. Pou;J. Ortega

  • Energy level alignment at metal/organic semiconductor interfaces: “Pillow” effect, induced density of interface states, and charge neutrality level

    H. Vázquez;Y. J. Dappe;J. Ortega;F. Flores

  • Barrier formation at metal-organic interfaces: dipole formation and the charge neutrality level

    H. Vázquez;F. Flores;R. Oszwaldowski;J. Ortega

  • A simple approach to heterojunctions

    C Tejedor;F Flores

  • DYNAMICAL FLUCTUATIONS AS THE ORIGIN OF A SURFACE PHASE TRANSITION IN SN/GE(111)

    J. Avila;J. Avila;A. Mascaraque;E. G. Michel;M. C. Asensio;M. C. Asensio

  • Model Theory for Scanning Tunneling Microscopy: Application to Au(110) (1×2)

    N. García;C. Ocal;F. Flores

  • Interfaces in crystalline materials

    F. Flores;R. Saiz-Pardo;R. Rincon

  • Induced Density of States model for weakly-interacting organic semiconductor interfaces

    H. Vázquez;F. Flores;A. Kahn

  • Energy barriers and interface states at heterojunctions

    F Flores;C Tejedor

  • Modelling energy level alignment at organic interfaces and density functional theory

    F. Flores;J. Ortega;H. Vázquez

  • Solvent-induced delamination of a multifunctional two dimensional coordination polymer.

    Almudena Gallego;Cristina Hermosa;Oscar Castillo;Isadora Berlanga

  • STM-theory: Image potential, chemistry and surface relaxation

    Jose Manuel Blanco;Jose Manuel Blanco;Fernando Flores;Rubén Pérez

  • Weak chemical interaction and van der waals forces between graphene layers : A combined density functional and intermolecular perturbation theory approach

    Y. J. Dappe;M. A. Basanta;F. Flores;J. Ortega

  • Contact resistance in the scanning tunneling microscope at very small distances

    J. Ferrer;A. Martín-Rodero;F. Flores

  • Conductance step for a single-atom contact in the scanning tunneling microscope: Noble and transition metals.

    C. Sirvent;J. G. Rodrigo;S. Vieira;L. Jurczyszyn

  • First-principles simulations of STM images: From tunneling to the contact regime

    Jose Manuel Blanco;Cesar González;Pavel Jelínek;Pavel Jelínek;José Ortega

Frequent Co-Authors

Francisco J. Garcia-Vidal
Francisco J. Garcia-Vidal Autonomous University of Madrid
Pedro M. Echenique
Pedro M. Echenique Donostia International Physics Center
Pavel Jelínek
Pavel Jelínek Czech Academy of Sciences
Karsten Reuter
Karsten Reuter Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Francisco Guinea
Francisco Guinea IMDEA Nanoscience Institute
Alfonso Muñoz
Alfonso Muñoz University of La Laguna
José Sánchez-Dehesa
José Sánchez-Dehesa Universitat Politècnica de València
K. Heinz
K. Heinz University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Julio Gómez-Herrero
Julio Gómez-Herrero Autonomous University of Madrid
Antoine Kahn
Antoine Kahn Princeton University

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