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jcuevas@yachaytech.edu.ec

Short Bio

Dr. Cuevas obtained his B.Sc in Communication and Electronic Engineering at National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) México in 2006, lather he realized the Ms. C and Ph. D. at the same Institute with the thesis entitled “Electronic properties in quantic silicon carbide nanowires kind β” and “Oxygen effects on the electronic properties in SiC nanowires hydrogenated kind β” , respectively. In September 2014 he was awarded with the level I of National System of Researchers (SNI) awarded by the National Science and Technology Council (CONACyT).

From august 2014 to December 2016, he realized Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Metropolitan Autonomous University-Xochimilco (UAM-X) whit the project “Encapsulation of Copaxone and Interferon in nanoparticles to treat neurological diseases”.

From January 2017, he has studied the magnetic effects in nanostructures in order to understand how the nanoparticles act inside the cells since they destroy only the cells with cancer.

Summary of Interests

My main interest as a researcher lies in the development of new nanomaterials, focused on diseases of difficult cure such as cancer and diabetic foot. During the Ph D., I studied of the theoretical manner the passivation schemes effects on the semiconductor nanomaterials, then in the postdoctoral Fellowship I synthetized nanoparticles of TiO₂ and SiO₂ doped with Pt, Cu and Ag, which were used as anticancer agent and disinfectant.

The combination of many disciplines such as biology, chemistry, physics and medicine generates a new area known as “nanomedicine”, which attracts my attention because new generation of new materials called nanobiomaterials can be designed, which are biocompatibles and non-toxics.

Current Research projects

1. TiO₂ and SiO₂: Analysis of the magnetic effects of the TiO₂ and SiO₂ nanoparticles doped with transition metals.
2. SiC: Dangling bond effects in SiC nanoparticles and adsorption of molecules for application as biosensor.

Selected Publications

1. L. Cuevas, A. Trejo, M. Calvino, E. Carvajal, M. Cruz-Irisson “Ab-initio modeling of oxygen on the surface passivation of 3C SiC nanostructures” Applied Surface Science 258, 8360, (2012).

2. Tessy López, Emma Ortiz Islas, Patricia Guevara, Francisco Rodríguez Reinoso, Esteban Gómez, José Luis Cuevas, Octavio Novaro. “Release of copper complexes from a nanostructured sol–gel titania for cancer treatment”. Journal of Material Science 50, 2410–2421, (2015).
3. José Luis Cuevas, Francisco de Santiago, Jesús Ramírez, Alejandro Trejo, Álvaro Miranda, Luis Antonio Pérez, Miguel Cruz-Irisson “First principles band gap engineering of [1 1 0] oriented 3C-SiC nanowires” Computational Materials Science 142, 268, (2018)