Research Master's in Nanoscience

PhD PROGRAM

’Physics of Nanostructures and Advanced Materials’  is a Ph.D. program of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) which has been recognized by the Spanish Ministry of Education as a highly-qualified Ph.D. program (Mención hacia la excelencia MEE2011-0591).

This Ph.D. program consists in a first period (typically 1 year) where the student obtains a general background on nanoscience (Master in Nanoscience), acquiring at the same time the basic abilities for developing a short term research work (the Master Thesis). After completing this master program (or having an equivalent degree obtained in other university on related topics), the student must apply for the official registration of his/her Ph.D. Thesis project following the rules dictated by UPV/EHU. Application forms required to register the Ph.D. Thesis Project in the Department of Materials Physics are the following:

• Application form
• Description of the research project
• Support of the supervisor
• Agreement of the UPV/EHU advisor (only for PhD supervisors not belonging to the UPV/EHU staff).
• Copy of the official application for the diploma of the Master in Nanoscience, or alternatively, Original master diploma, or equivalent, obtained in a different University and a copy for authentication

The second period of the Ph.D. program (typically 2-3 years) will be mostly devoted to the reserach project. Nevertheless, the student may follow those courses that the Ph.D. supervisor could consider of interest, either at the UPV/EHU and/or in other universities or research centers.

At the end of this second period, the PhD work has to be defended at the UPV/EHU in order to obtain the official (Spanish) Ph.D. degree by the UPV/EHU. It is intended that the majority of the Ph.D. thesis works followed in the framework of this Ph.D. program will meet the requirements for obtaining the Doctor Europeus mention.

Research lines involved in the Ph.D. Program:

The research groups responsible of the PNAM Ph.D. program are those belonging to the Center of Material Physics (joint center CSIC-UPV/EHU) and/or the Material Physics Department (UPV/EHU). The main research lines of these groups are:

· Theory and modeling of nanostructures and low-dimensional systems.
· Nanostructures, biomolecules, and advanced materials.
· Experimental characterization of nanoscopic systems.
· Nanostructured polymeric materials.
· Photonic Nanomaterials.
· Magnetism of micro/nano-crystalline materials.

In addition, other research lines related with the applications of nanomaterials and nanotechnology, as those developped in several technological centers in the sourronding, are also considered. The connection between the various technological centers and the PNAM Ph.D. program is going to be coordinated by the research center CIC Nanogune.

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Ph.D. Thesis defended during the last years:

Title: "FUNCTIONALIZED POLYMERS AS A TOOL FOR INVESTIGATING THE COMPONENT DYNAMICS OF POLYMER BLENDS. "
Defended by: SANDRA PLAZA GARCÍA 
Supervised by: ANGEL ALEGRÍA LOINAZ AND REIDAR LUND 
Date: December 16th 2011

Title: "PRESSURE INDUCED COMPLEXITY IN SIMPLE ELEMENTS AND ALLOYS FROM FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATIONS. "
Defended by: JON ERREA
Supervised by: AITOR BERGARA AND VYACHESLAV SILKIN
Date: October 21st 2011

Title: "RESONANT RAMAN-BRILLOUIN SCATTERING IN SEMICONDUCTOR AND METALLIC NANOSCTRUCTURES. FROM NANO-ACOUSTICS TO ACOUSTO-PLASMONICS "
Defended by: NICOLAS LARGE
Supervised by: ADNEN MLAYAH AND JAVIER AIZPURUA
Date: October 21st 2011

Title: "OPTICAL PROPERTIES AND HIGH-FREQUENCY ELECTRON TRANSPORT IN PLASMONIC CAVITIES. "
Defended by: OLALLA PÉREZ GONZÁLEZ
Supervised by: NEREA ZABALA AND JAVIER AIZPURUA
Date: October 18th 2011

Title: "FIRST-PRINCIPLES STUDY OF THE ELECTRONIC AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF DEFECTIVE CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES. "
Defended by: ELTON JOSE GOMES DOS SANTOS
Supervised by: ANDRÉS AYUELA, DANIÉL SANCHEZ PORTAL
Date: October 4th 2011

Title: "THE STRUCTURE AND THE DYNAMICS OF POLY(VINYL METHYL ETHER) PVME AND PVME IN CONCENTRATED WATER SOLUTION: A STUDY BY NEUTRON SCATTERING AND FULLY ATOMISTIC MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS. "
Defended by: SARA CAPPONI
Supervised by: JUAN COLMENERO and M. ARANTZAZU ARBE 
Date: 9 May 2011

Title: "STRUCTURAL RELAXATION AND CHAIN DYNAMICS IN POLYMER MELTS: A COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATION ON THE ROLE OF THE INTRAMOLECULAR BARRIERS. "
Defended by: MARCO BERNABEI 
Supervised by: ANGEL J. MORENO
Date: 8 April 2011

Title: "DESIGN AND SYNTHESIS OF BIOFUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC/FLUORESCENT GLYCO-NANOPARTICLES AND QUANTUM DOTS AND THEIR APPLICATION AS SPECIFIC MOLECULAR IMAGING PROBES. "
Defended by: JUAN GALLO PÁRAMO 
Supervised by: SOLEDAD PENADÉS ULLATE and ISABEL GARCÍA MARTÍN (BIOMAGUNE)   
Date: 1 April 2011

Title: "MODELING OF PLASMONIC NANOANTENNAS FOR OPTICAL MICROSCOPY AND SURFACE ENHANCED SPECTROSCOPY. "
Defended by: AITZOL GARCIA ETXARRI 
Supervised by: JAVIER AIZPURUA IRIAZABAL and PEDRO MIGUEL ECHENIQUE LANDIRIBAR
Date: 28 October 2010

Title: "DIELECTRIC AND NANOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF POLYMERS AT MACRO AND NANOSCALE. "
Defended by: RIEDEL CLEMENT 
Supervised by: JUAN COLMENERO DE LEON and PHILIPPE TORDJEMANN
Date: 14 October 2010

Title: "LINEAR AND NON-LINEAR RESPONSE PHENOMENA OF MOLECULAR SYSTEMS WITHIN TIME-DEPENDENT FUNCTIONAL THEORY. "
Defended by: XAVIER IAGO ANDRADE VALENCIA
Supervised by: ANGEL RUBIO SECADES and SILVANA BOTTI
Date: 7 October 2010

Title: "MOLECULAR DYNAMICS OF POLY(ETHYLENE ALT-PROPYLENE) MELTS BY MEANS OF NEUTRON SCATTERING AND SIMULATIONS. BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN FULLY ATOMISTIC AND COARSE-GRAINED MODELS. "
Defended by: ROBERTO PÉREZ APARICIO 
Supervised by: JUAN COLMENERO DE LEÓN and FERNANDO ÁLVAREZ GONZÁLEZ
Date: 24 June 2010 

Title: "ELECTRONIC EXCITATIONS, ENERGY LOSS AND ELECTRON EMISSION IN THE INTERACTION OF CHARGED PARTICLES WITH METALLIC MATERIALS AND PLASMON MODES LOCALIZED AT SURFACE SINGULARITIES "
Defended by: REMI VINCENT
Supervised by: IÑAKI JUARISTI
Date: 11 December 2009

Title: "CO-ADSORPTION AND SELF-ASSEMBLY OF COMPLEMENTARY POLYARENES ON CRYSTAL METAL SURFACES. EUROPEAN THESIS"
Defended by: MIGUEL RUIZ OSES
Supervised by: ENRIQUE ORTEGA
Date: 10 December 2009

Title: "STUDY OF THE GEOMETRY AND ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE OF SELF-ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS ON THE AU(111) SURFACE. EUROPEAN THESIS "
Defended by: NORA GONZALEZ LACUNZA
Supervised by: ANDRES ARNAU Y NICOLAS LORENTE
Date: 23 January 2009

Title: "ELECTRON-PHONON INTERACTION IN METALS AND ELASTIC EFFECTS IN QUANTUM WELL RESONATORS"
Defended by: ARITZ LEONARDO LICERANZU
Supervised by: EUGENE TCHOULKOV
Date: 19 December 2008

Title: "STUDIES OF MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF AMORPHOUS MICROWIRES WITH HIGH TECHNOLOGICAL INTEREST"
Defended by: MIHAIL IPATOV
Supervised by: ARKADY ZHUKOV AND VALENTINA ZHUKOVA
Date: 7 March 2008


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Ph.D. Thesis projects in progress:

Title: "ESTUDIO DE LA INTERACCION DE ESTADOS DE SUPERFICIE CON SUPERESTRUCTURAS PERIODICAS MEDIANTE MICROSCOPIA DE EFECTO TUNEL Y FOTOEMISION RESUELTA EN ANGULO"
Developed by: JAVIER CORDON VELAZ
Supervised by: JOSE ENRIQUE ORTEGA CONEJERO

Title: "CALCULOS DE PRIMEROS PRINCIPIOS DE ESTRUCTURA ELECTRONICA, RESPUESTA DIELECTRICA Y TIEMPOS DE VIDA DE EXCITACIONES ELECTRONICAS EN METALES CON FUERTE ACOPLO SPIN-ORBITA"
Developed by: XABIER ZUBIZARRETA IRIARTE
Supervised by: EUGENE CHULKOV

Title: "EXCITACIONES ELECTRÓNICAS COLECTIVAS Y LA DINÁMICA ELECTRÓNICA EN SISTEMAS DE SIMETRÍA REDUCIDA"
Developed by: JUAN PABLO ECHEVERRY ENCISO
Supervised by: EUGENE V. CHULKOV

Title: "LINEAR AND NONLINEAR RESPONSE FUNCTIONS WITH DFT"
Developed by: FULVIO BERARDI
Supervised by: ANGEL RUBIO SECADES

Title: "APLICACIONES EN LA FRONTERA DE LA ESPECTROSCOPÍA TEÓRICA: NANOESTRUCTURAS Y SISTEMAS COMPLEJOS"
Developed by: JOHANNA FUKS LOEB
Supervised by: ANGEL RUBIO SECADES

Title: "FUNCTIONALIZED POLYMERS AS A TOOL FOR INVESTIGATING THE COMPONENT DYNAMICS OF POLYMER BLENDS"
Developed by: SANDRA PLAZA GARCIA
Supervised by: ANGEL ALEGRIA

Title: "DINÁMICA MOLECULAR EN MATERIALES POLIMÉRICOS MULTICOMPONENTES Y NANO-ESTRUCTURADOS"
Developed by: LOURDES DEL VALLE CARRANDI
Supervised by: JUAN COLMENERO

Title: "NANOSCALE RESOLVED FREE-CARRIER MAPPING IN NANOSTRUCTURES BY INFRARED NEAR-FIELD MICROSCOPY"
Developed by: JOHANNES MICHAEL STIEGLER
Supervised by: RAINER HILLENBRAND

Title: "ORGANIC SPIN TUNNEL DEVICES"
Developed by: MARCO GOBBI
Supervised by: LUIS EDUARDO HUESO

Title: "ESTUDIO COMPARATIVO DE LA DINÁMICA DE ADSORCIÓN DE MOLÉCULAS DE NITRÓGENO EN SUPERFICIES DE FE(110) Y MONOCAPAS DE FE SOBRE W(110)"
Developed by: ITZIAR GOIKOETXEA MARTINEZ
Supervised by: JOSEBA IÑAKI JUARISTI

Title: "ESTUDIO DE ANTENAS PLASMONICAS Y FALSOS POLARITONES DE SUPERFICIE MEDIANTE MICROSCOPÍA DE CAMPO CERCANO"
Developed by: MARTIN SCHNELL
Supervised by: RAINER HILLENBRAND

Title: "NANO-BIO HYBRID MATERIALS WITH ENERGY TRANSFER PROPERTIES (PHOTONAN)"
Developed by: ROMANS KRUTOHOVSTOVS
Supervised by: IGOR NABIEV

Title: "ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT THROUGH MOLECULAR JUNCTIONS"
Developed by: GIUSEPPE FOTI
Supervised by: THOMAS FREDERIKSEN, DANIEL SANCHEZ Y ANDRES ARNAU

Title: "ESTUDIO DE SISTEMAS CUASI-UNIDIMENSIONALES ACOPLADOS A ENTORNOS DINÁMICOS"
Developed by: ENEKO MALATSETXEBERRIA ELIZEGI
Supervised by: MIGUEL ANGEL CAZALILLA GUTIERRES

Title: "RESISTIVITY SWITCHING IN OXIDES"
Developed by: RAUL ZAZPE MENDIOROZ
Supervised by: LUIS EDUARDO HUESO ARROYO

Title: "STRUCTURAL/ELECTRONIC INTERPLAY IN TUNABLE METALLIC NANOSTRUCTURES SELF-ASSEMBLED ON NOBLE METAL SURFACES"
Developed by: ZAKARIA MOHAMMED, MAHMOUD ABD EL-FATTAH
Supervised by: JOSÉ ENRIQUE ORTEGA CONEJERO

Title: "THEORETICAL AND NUMERICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF BILOGICAL SYSTEMS WITH TIME DEPENDENT DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY"
Developed by: LEONARDO ANDRES ESPINOSA LEAL
Supervised by: ANGEL RUBIO SECADES

Title: "TOWARDS THE LASER CONTROL OF PHOTOREACTIONS: A THEORETICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH BASED ON FIRST-PRINCIPLES MOLECULAR DYNAMICS"
Developed by: JESSICA WALKENHORST
Supervised by: ANGEL RUBIO SECADES Y ALBERTO CASTRO BARRIGON

Title: "STUDY OF THE MOLECULAR DYNAMICS IN STAR POLYMERS BY MEANS OF COMPUTER SIMULATIONS"
Developed by: PETRA BACOVA
Supervised by: ANGEL MORENO SEGURADO

Title: "SURFACE ALLOYS: TUNNABLE TEMPLATES FOR MAGNETIC NANODOTS ARRAYS"
Developed by: MAIDER ORMAZA SAEZMIERA
Supervised by: JOSE ENRIQUE ORTEGA CONEJERO

Title: "STRUCTURAL, MAGNETIC AND MAGNETOCALORIC PROPERTIES OF HEUSLER ALLOYS WITH NEW COMPOSITIONS"
Developed by: MST. NAZMUNNAHAR
Supervised by: JULIAN MARÍA GONZÁLEZ ESTEVEZ Y JUAN JOSÉ DEL VAL ALTUNA

Title: "FAST MAGNETIZATION DYNAMICS NEAR MAGNETIC ORDERING TEMPERATURES"
Developed by: JOSE MARÍA PORRO AZPIAZU
Supervised by: PAOLO VAVASSORI

Title: "ESPECTROSCOPÍA LOCAL SOBRE MOLECULAS INDIVIDUALES ADSORBIDAS EN SUPERFICIES"
Developed by: ELIXABETE GOIRI LITTLE
Supervised by: LUCIA VITALI

Title: "OPTICAL RESPONSE OF NANOANTENNAS FOR FIELD-ENHANCED SPECTROSCOPY"
Developed by: MOHAMMED AMEEN POYLI
Supervised by: JAVIER AIZPURUA IRIAZABAL

Title: "STRUCTURE DEPENDENT ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES IN DONOR-ACCEPTOR ASSEMBLIES ON METAL SURFACES"
Developed by: AFAF, EL-SAYED ABD EL-MOTTALEB MASSOUD
Supervised by: JOSE ENRIQUE ORTEGA CONEJERO

Title: "COMPUTATIONAL DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLOIDAL AND GEL-LIKE PROPERTIES OF THE CEMENTITOUS CALCIUM SILICATE HYDRATE GEL"
Developed by: RAQUEL GONZÁLEZ
Supervised by: JORGE SÁNCHEZ DOLADO Y JEAN CHRISTOPHE GIMEL

Title: "STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF POLYSOBUDTYLENE. A MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION STUDY"
Developed by: YASMIN KHAIRI ABD EL FATAH
Supervised by: FERNANDO ALVAREZ GONZÁLEZ Y ARANTZA ARBE MÉNDEZ

Title: "INTERACCIÓN DE PLASMONES EN NANOPARTICULAS Y NANOHUECOS ACOPLADOS"
Developed by: ISABEL ROMERO PEREZ
Supervised by: FRANCISCO JAVIER GARCIA DE ABAJO

Title: "COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE MECHANICAL AN DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF POLYMERS AT NANOMETRIC SCALE BY AFM MICROSCOPY"
Developed by: MOHAMMED MUSTHAFA KUMMALI
Supervised by: ANGEL ALEGRÍA LOINAZ y GUSTAVO ARIEL SCHWARTZ POMERANIEC

Title: "MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL IN MAGNETIC FILMS, MULTILAYERS AND NANO-STRUCTURES"
Developed by: OLATZ IDIGORAS LERTXUNDI
Supervised by: ANDREAS BERGER

Title: "DYNAMIC HETEROGENEITY IN NANOSTRUCTURED PHASES OF BLOCK, GRADIENT AND RANDOM COPOLYMERS: A COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATION"
Developed by: MOHAMMED ZAKARIA SLIMANI
Supervised by: ANGEL MORENO SEGURADO

Title: "DEVELOPMENTS AND APPLICATIONS OF TIME DEPENDENT DENSITY MATRIX FUNCTIONAL THEORY"
Developed by: ALI AKBARI
Supervised by: ANGEL RUBIO SECADES

Title: "EXCHANGE CORRELATION EFFECTS IN QUEANTUM MANY BODY DYNAMICS"
Developed by: MEHDI FARZANEHPOUR
Supervised by: ILYA TOKATLY

Title: "THE ROLE OF H-BONDS ON THE STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF VERY CONCENTRATED POLYMER SOLUTIONS"
Developed by: GUIDO GORACCI
Supervised by: MARÍA ARANZAZU ARBE MÉNDEZ and ANGEL ALEGRÍA LOINAZ

Title: "ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT IN SUPERCONDUCTING NANOSTRUCTURES"
Developed by: ASIER OZAETA RODRIGUEZ
Supervised by: SEBASTIAN BERGERET 

Title: "SPIN DYNAMICS IN PATTERNED MAGNETIC NANOSTRUCTURES"
Developed by: OKSANA SUKHOSTAVETS
Supervised by: KONSTYANTYN GUSLIYENKO and JULIAN GONZÁLEZ

Title: "ELECTROSPINNING OF BIOMOLECULES"
Developed by: WIWAT NUANSING
Supervised by: ALEXANDER BITTNER

Title: “NON-ADIABATIC EFFECTS IN THE ELECTRONIC AND IONIC RESPONSE OF MOLECULES WITHIN THETIME DEPENDENT DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY: DEVELOPMENT OF NEW EXCHANGE AND CORRELATION FUNCTIONALS”
Developed by: ALISON CRAWFORD URANGA
Supervised by: ANGEL RUBIO SECADES

Title: "ESTUDIO DE DINÁMICA Y DIAGRAMAS DE FASES DE NANOPARTÍCULAS BLANDAS Y NANOCOMPOSITE"
Developed by: IRMA PÉREZ BAENA
Supervised by: JOSE ADOLOFO POMPOSO

Title: "SELF- ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY OF SOFT NANO-OBJECTS SINTHESIZED BY COMBINING RAFT POLYMERIZATION AND CLICK CHEMISTRY"
Developed by: ANA BELÉN SÁNCHEZ SÁNCHEZ
Supervised by: JOSE ADOLOFO POMPOSO

Title: "ELECTRONIC TRANSPOT IN NANOCONTACTS"
Developed by: LIBE ARZUBIAGA TOTORIKA
Supervised by: LUIS EDUARDO HUESO ARROYO

Title: "SPIN INHECTION, MANIPULATION AND DETECTION USING LATERAL SPIN VALVES"
Developed by: ESTITXU VILLAMOR LOMAS
Supervised by: FÉLIX CASANOVA I FERNÁNDEZ

Title: "DESIGN AND SELF-ASSEMBLY OF POLYMER-BASED NANOPARTICLES BY COMPUTER SIMULATION"
Developed by: MARIO LECHNER
Supervised by: ANGEL JOSÉ MORENO SEGURADO

Title: "PHOTOPHYSICS OF FLUORESCENTE PROTEINS"
Developed by: BRUNO TORCAL EMBEITA
Supervised by: MARUS WANKO and ANGEL RUBIO SECADES

Title: "NANOSCALE ORGANIC LATERAL SPIN VALVES"
Developed by: THALES OLIVEIRA
Supervised by: ALEXANDER BITTNER and LUIS EDUARDO HUESO ARROYO

Title: "DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL INFRARED NEAR FIELD PROBES BASED ON ANTENNA AND WAVEGUIDE STRUCTURES”
Developed by: PAULO SARRIUGARTE ONANDIA
Supervised by: RAINER HILLENBRAND

Title: "SUPERCONDUCTIVIDAD INDUCIDA POR LA PRESIÓN EN ALEACIONES DE HIDRÓGENO"
Developed by: AINHOA SUAREZ ALCUBILLA
Supervised by: AITOR BERGARA JAUREGUI and IDOIA GARCÍA DE GUTURBAY

Title: "EFECTOS NO ADIABÁTICOS EN LA INTERACCIÓN DE PARTÍCULAS ATÓMICAS CON SISTEMAS METÁLICOS"
Developed by: NATALIA KOVAL
Supervised by: RICARDO DÍEZ MUIÑO and DANIEL SÁNCHEZ PORTAL