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Maria Varela is affiliated with the Complutense University of Madrid in Spain. Their research activity is primarily focused on materials science and engineering, with a particular emphasis on materials chemistry and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials. They have contributed extensively to understanding electronic and structural properties of oxides, magnetic properties of thin films, and graphene research and applications.

The research topics covered in their publications include:

  • Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
  • Magnetic properties of thin films
  • Graphene research and applications
  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials
  • Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices
  • Advanced Memory and Neural Computing

Their frequent coauthors comprise:

  • Alejandra Guedeja-Marrón (11 joint publications)
  • Gabriel Sánchez-Santolino (10 joint publications)
  • Paolo Perna (8 joint publications)
  • Gonzalo Abellán (7 joint publications)
  • Mariona Cabero (7 joint publications)

Maria Varela has published multiple papers in prominent venues such as Physical Review Materials, Nature Communications, and Journal of Materials Chemistry C. Their frequent publication venues include:

  • Physical Review Materials (5 publications)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (4 publications)
  • Nature Communications (3 publications)
  • Journal of Alloys and Compounds (3 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (3 publications)

Selected recent papers by Maria Varela consist of:

  • Unveiling the oxidation behavior of liquid-phase exfoliated antimony nanosheets, 2020, 2D Materials
  • Critical effect of the bottom electrode on the ferroelectricity of epitaxial Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 thin films, 2021, Journal of Materials Chemistry C
  • Exfoliation of Alpha-Germanium: A Covalent Diamond-Like Structure, 2021, Advanced Materials
  • Quasiparticle tunnel electroresistance in superconducting junctions, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Giant anisotropic magnetoresistance in oxygen-vacancy-ordered epitaxial La0.5Sr0.5CoO3−δ films, 2020, Physical Review Materials

Their work spans several subfields including materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, atomic and molecular physics and optics, and condensed matter physics. The volume of publications in these subfields reflects consistent research activity across interdisciplinary areas bridging physics, chemistry, and engineering within materials science.

Best Publications

  • Chemoembolization of hepatocellular carcinoma with drug eluting beads: efficacy and doxorubicin pharmacokinetics.

    María Varela;María Isabel Real;Marta Burrel;Alejandro Forner

  • Colossal Ionic Conductivity at Interfaces of Epitaxial ZrO2:Y2O3/SrTiO3 Heterostructures

    J. Garcia-Barriocanal;A. Rivera-Calzada;M. Varela;Z. Sefrioui

  • Evaluation of tumor response after locoregional therapies in hepatocellular carcinoma: are response evaluation criteria in solid tumors reliable?

    Alejandro Forner;Carmen Ayuso;María Varela;Jordi Rimola

  • Irradiation-free, columnar defects comprised of self-assembled nanodots and nanorods resulting in strongly enhanced flux-pinning in YBa2Cu3O7−δ films

    A Goyal;S Kang;K J Leonard;P M Martin

  • Few‐Layer Antimonene by Liquid‐Phase Exfoliation

    Carlos Gibaja;David Rodriguez-San-Miguel;David Rodriguez-San-Miguel;Pablo Ares;Julio Gómez-Herrero

  • High pathological risk of recurrence after surgical resection for hepatocellular carcinoma: an indication for salvage liver transplantation.

    Margarita Sala;Josep Fuster;Josep M. Llovet;Miquel Navasa

  • Nanoscale strain-induced pair suppression as a vortex-pinning mechanism in high-temperature superconductors

    A. Llordés;A. Palau;J. Gázquez;J. Gázquez;M. Coll

  • Spectroscopic imaging of single atoms within a bulk solid.

    M. Varela;S. D. Findlay;A. R. Lupini;H. M. Christen

  • Atomic-resolution imaging of oxidation states in manganites

    M. Varela;M. P. Oxley;M. P. Oxley;W. Luo;W. Luo;J. Tao

  • Staging systems in hepatocellular carcinoma

    Fernando PonS;Maria Varela;Josep.M. Llovet;Josep.M. Llovet

  • Production of ordered silicon nanocrystals by low-energy ion sputtering

    Raúl Gago;Luis Vázquez;Rodolfo Cuerno;Marı́a Varela

  • MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION IN THE ABERRATION-CORRECTED SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE

    M. Varela;A.R. Lupini;K. van Benthem;A.Y. Borisevich

  • Fundamental Insights into the Degradation and Stabilization of Thin Layer Black Phosphorus

    Gonzalo Abellán;Stefan Wild;Vicent Lloret;Nils Scheuschner

  • Enhanced current transport at grain boundaries in high- T c superconductors

    R. F. Klie;J. P. Buban;M. Varela;A. Franceschetti;A. Franceschetti

  • Ferromagnetic/superconducting proximity effect in La 0.7 Ca 0.3 MnO 3 /YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7-δ superlattices

    Z. Sefrioui;D. Arias;V. Peña;J. E. Villegas

  • Direct measurement of the low-temperature spin-state transition in LaCoO3.

    R. F. Klie;J. C. Zheng;Y. Zhu;M. Varela

  • Electric control of magnetism at the Fe/BaTiO3 interface

    Greta Radaelli;Daniela Petti;E. Plekhanov;I. Fina

  • Coupling of superconductors through a half-metallic ferromagnet : evidence for a long-range proximity effect

    V. Peña;Z. Sefrioui;D. Arias;C. Leon

  • Engineering two-dimensional superconductivity and Rashba spin–orbit coupling in LaAlO3/SrTiO3 quantum wells by selective orbital occupancy

    Gervasi Herranz;Gyanendra Singh;Nicolas Bergeal;Alexis Jouan

  • Growth behavior of carbon nanotubes on multilayered metal catalyst film in chemical vapor deposition

    H. Cui;G. Eres;J.Y. Howe;A. Puretkzy

  • Noncovalent Functionalization of Black Phosphorus

    Gonzalo Abellán;Gonzalo Abellán;Vicent Lloret;Vicent Lloret;Udo Mundloch;Udo Mundloch;Mario Marcia;Mario Marcia

  • Spin filtering through ferromagnetic Bi Mn O 3 tunnel barriers

    M. Gajek;M. Gajek;M. Bibes;A. Barthélémy;K. Bouzehouane

Frequent Co-Authors

Florencio Sánchez
Florencio Sánchez Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona
Stephen J. Pennycook
Stephen J. Pennycook University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Josep Fontcuberta
Josep Fontcuberta Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona
Jaume Gazquez
Jaume Gazquez Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona
Sokrates T. Pantelides
Sokrates T. Pantelides Vanderbilt University
Andrew R. Lupini
Andrew R. Lupini Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Jordi Bruix
Jordi Bruix University of Barcelona
Manuel Bibes
Manuel Bibes Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
J.L. Morenza
J.L. Morenza University of Barcelona
Chris Leighton
Chris Leighton University of Minnesota

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