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Ignacio Del Villar

Ignacio Del Villar

D-Index & Metrics

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
43
Citations
6029
World Ranking
3975
National Ranking
67

Overview

Ignacio Del Villar is affiliated with the University of Navarra in Spain and specializes in engineering, with a primary focus on electrical and electronic engineering. Their research encompasses multiple subfields including biomedical engineering, atomic and molecular physics and optics, bioengineering, and surfaces, coatings and films.

The main topics of their work include advanced fiber optic sensors, photonic and optical devices, plasmonic and surface plasmon research, analytical chemistry and sensors, advanced fiber laser technologies, acoustic wave resonator technologies, and photonic crystal and fiber optics.

Ignacio Del Villar has published extensively in several prominent scientific venues. Key venues where they have multiple publications are:

  • IEEE Sensors Journal
  • Optics & Laser Technology
  • Sensors and Actuators B Chemical
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Lightwave Technology

Frequent co-authors of Ignacio Del Villar include:

  • Ignacio R. Matías (46 publications)
  • Jesús M. Corres (20 publications)
  • Carlos R. Zamarreño (16 publications)
  • J. J. Imas (14 publications)
  • Omar Fuentes (10 publications)

Recent notable papers by Ignacio Del Villar illustrate a focus on fiber optic sensing and nanocoatings:

  • "Ultrahigh Sensitive Detection of Tau Protein as Alzheimer's Biomarker via Microfluidics and Nanofunctionalized Optical Fiber Sensors" (2022), published in Advanced Photonics Research
  • "(INVITED) Nanocoated fiber label-free biosensing for perfluorooctanoic acid detection by lossy mode resonance" (2021), published in Results in Optics
  • "Generation of lossy mode resonances with different nanocoatings deposited on coverslips" (2020), published in Optics Express
  • "Dually nanocoated planar waveguides towards multi-parameter sensing" (2021), published in Scientific Reports
  • "Novel Bloch wave excitation platform based on few-layer photonic crystal deposited on D-shaped optical fiber" (2021), published in Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Optimization of sensitivity in Long Period Fiber Gratings with overlay deposition.

    Ignacio Del Villar;Ignacio R. Matías;Francisco J. Arregui;Philippe Lalanne

  • Optical sensors based on lossy-mode resonances

    Ignacio Del Villar;Francisco J. Arregui;Carlos R. Zamarreño;Jesus M. Corres

  • Femtomolar Detection by Nanocoated Fiber Label-Free Biosensors.

    Francesco Chiavaioli;Pablo Zubiate;Ignacio Del Villar;Carlos Ruiz Zamarreño

  • Design rules for lossy mode resonance based sensors

    Ignacio Del Villar;Miguel Hernaez;Carlos R. Zamarreño;Pedro Sánchez

  • Optical fiber pH sensor based on lossy-mode resonances by means of thin polymeric coatings

    C.R. Zamarreño;M. Hernáez;I. Del Villar;I.R. Matías

  • Deposition of overlays by electrostatic self-assembly in long-period fiber gratings

    Ignacio Del Villar;Miguel Achaerandio;Ignacio R. Matías;Francisco J. Arregui

  • Tunable humidity sensor based on ITO-coated optical fiber

    C.R. Zamarreño;M. Hernaez;I. Del Villar;I.R. Matias

  • A Comprehensive Review of Optical Fiber Refractometers: Toward a Standard Comparative Criterion

    Aitor Urrutia;Ignacio Del Villar;Pablo Zubiate;Carlos R. Zamarreño

  • Optical fiber refractometers based on lossy mode resonances supported by TiO2 coatings.

    Miguel Hernáez;Ignacio Del Villar;Carlos R. Zamarreño;Francisco J. Arregui

  • Giant sensitivity of optical fiber sensors by means of lossy mode resonance

    Francisco J. Arregui;Ignacio Del Villar;Carlos R. Zamarreño;Pablo Zubiate

  • Ultrahigh-sensitivity sensors based on thin-film coated long period gratings with reduced diameter, in transition mode and near the dispersion turning point

    Ignacio Del Villar

  • Trends in the design of wavelength-based optical fibre biosensors (2008–2018)

    A.B. Socorro-Leránoz;D. Santano;I. Del Villar;I.R. Matias

  • Generation of lossy mode resonances by deposition of high-refractive-index coatings on uncladded multimode optical fibers

    I Del Villar;C R Zamarreño;P Sanchez;M Hernaez

  • Fiber-optic pH-sensors in long-period fiber gratings using electrostatic self-assembly.

    Jesus M. Corres;Ignacio del Villar;Ignacio R. Matias;Francisco J. Arregui

  • Generation of Lossy Mode Resonances With Absorbing Thin-Films

    Ignacio Del Villar;Carlos R Zamarreño;Miguel Hernaez;Francisco J Arregui

  • Nanodeposition of materials with complex refractive index in long-period fiber gratings

    I. Del Villar;I.R. Matias;F.J. Arregui;M. Achaerandio

  • High sensitive refractometers based on lossy mode resonances (LMRs) supported by ITO coated D-shaped optical fibers

    P. Zubiate;C. R. Zamarreño;I. Del Villar;I. R. Matias

  • Influence on cladding mode distribution of overlay deposition on long-period fiber gratings.

    Ignacio Del Villar;Ignacio R. Matias;Francisco J. Arregui

  • Fiber-based early diagnosis of venous thromboembolic disease by label-free D-dimer detection

    Pablo Zubiate;Aitor Urrutia;Carlos R. Zamarreño;Josune Egea-Urra

  • ITO Coated Optical Fiber Refractometers Based on Resonances in the Infrared Region

    C.R. Zamarreo;M. Hernaez;I. Del Villar;I.R. Matias

  • Analysis of one-dimensional photonic band gap structures with a liquid crystal defect towards development of fiber-optic tunable wavelength filters.

    Ignacio Del Villar;Ignacio R. Matías;Francisco J. Arregui;Richard O. Claus

Frequent Co-Authors

Ignacio R. Matias
Ignacio R. Matias Universidad Publica De Navarra
Francisco J. Arregui
Francisco J. Arregui Universidad Publica De Navarra
Jesus M. Corres
Jesus M. Corres Universidad Publica De Navarra
Carlos R. Zamarreño
Carlos R. Zamarreño Universidad Publica De Navarra
Andrea Cusano
Andrea Cusano University of Sannio
Antonello Cutolo
Antonello Cutolo University of Sannio
Daniel Wasserman
Daniel Wasserman The University of Texas at Austin
Seung Hwan Ko
Seung Hwan Ko Seoul National University
Christine K. Luscombe
Christine K. Luscombe Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Jean M. J. Fréchet
Jean M. J. Fréchet University of California, Berkeley

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