Rafael Vargas-Bernal

Solar panels operating under outdoor environments during their useful life are exposed to various factors such as dust, humidity, snow, rain, thermal changes, abrasion, etc....

Future structures based on cement-based composite materials must be more versatile, durable, and strong in addition to being environmentally friendly and sustainable. With the...

The study of biological interactions with two-dimensional nanomaterials provides the scientific foundation for identifying and managing development risks in both biomedical and...

A crucial technology to meet the growing demand for faster wireless communication is terahertz band (0.1–10 THz) communication. New generations of technology, such as 5G and 6G...

It has become urgently necessary to develop energy storage technologies and materials due to the rising need for advanced sustainable energies. Among the emerging advances in...

Additive manufacturing is a strategy to produce parts with complex geometries whose process is prohibitive in cost or impossible through subtractive or formative techniques....

Since the end of 2019, the SARS-CoV-2 virus, commonly known as COVID-19, has become an infectious disease that has produced a severe global public health problem that requires...

Moving mechanical systems create a lot of friction; therefore, a lot of the energy produced is used to overcome it. It is vital to find unique ways to develop lubricants that...

Commonly, metallic materials are used in practical ways to increase the shielding effectiveness (SE) through an appropriately designed assembly process. Unfortunately, the high...

One of the areas of research that continue to attract researchers worldwide is the development of thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) especially associated with the design of new...

Aerospace applications experience electromagnetic interference produced by the space environment and by the materials, devices, and systems used in satellites, space shuttles...

Electromagnetic environmental shielding is one of the main research topics for the development of aeronautical and space applications. Numerous research groups around the world...

An analysis of the contribution that metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have made to the development of energy storage devices over the past two decades such as rechargeable...

A review on the advances achieved in the last 25 years in the development of hybrid nanocomposites based on polymer matrix for aerospace applications is presented here. The...

A review on the advances achieved in the last 25 years in the development of hybrid nanocomposites based on polymer matrix for aerospace applications is presented here. The...

There is enormous interest in carbon nanomaterials due to their exceptional physical properties, from the perspective of science and engineering of materials applied to the...

Since their discovery in 1991, carbon nanotubes (CNTs), by Sumio Iijima, and graphene, by Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov in 2004, have been extensively studied around the...

There is enormous interest in carbon nanomaterials, due to their exceptional physical properties, from the perspective of science and engineering of materials applied to the...

Since its discovery in 1991 and 2004, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) by Sumio Iijima, and graphene by Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov in 2004, these materials have been extensively...

Aerospace applications experience electromagnetic interference produced by the space environment and by the materials, devices, and systems used in satellites, space shuttles...

Gas sensing continues attracting research communities due to its potential applications in the sectors military, industrial and commercial. A special emphasis is placed on the...

Gas sensing continues attracting research communities due to its potential applications in the sectors military, industrial and commercial. A special emphasis is placed on the...

Surfaces of aerospace components are subjected to heat, water, ice, electromagnetic waves, corrosion, abrasion, wear, thermal shock and/or fire during their lifetime. Materials...

Surfaces of aerospace components are subjected to heat, water, ice, electromagnetic waves, corrosion, abrasion, wear, thermal shock and/or fire during their lifetime. Materials...

Integrated circuits are a source of electromagnetic interference whose energy is radiated significantly to other objects around them. Different techniques have been used to avoid...

Electrical interconnects are essential elements to transmit electrical current and/or to apply electrical voltage to the electronic devices found in an integrated circuit. With...