Research Interests: synthesis of metal nanostructures (nanowires and nanogrids), study of porous materials as templates, structural characterization of disordered materials, structural characterization of nanostructures, characterization of the properties of nanostructures and of the composite nanostructure + template for electronic and catalytic applications. Teaching Interests: Undergraduate and Graduate Kinetics, Diffraction, and Materials Characterization EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND Ph.D University of Delaware - Newark, 2005 B.S. University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez, 2000. SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS Martinez-Inesta, M.M. and R.F. Lobo, "Pair Distribution Function Study of Platinum Nanoparticles in Zeolite Beta". in preparation. 2005 Martinez-Inesta, M.M. and R.F. Lobo, "Investigation of the Negative Thermal Expansion Mechanism of Zeolite Chabazite Using the Pair Distribution Function Method". Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 109 (19):p.9389-9396, 2005 Martinez-Inesta, M.M., I. Peral, T. Proffen, and R.F. Lobo, "A pair distribution function analysis of zeolite beta". Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 77(1): p. 55-66, 2005 van Koningsveld, H., R.F. Lobo, and M.M. Martinez-Inesta, "A reinvestigation of the disorder in zeolite UTD-1", in Recent Advances in the Science and Technology of Zeolites and Related Materials, Pts A - C. 2004. p. 1180-1187. Martinez-Inesta, M.M. and R.F. Lobo, "Pair Distribution Function as a Probe for Zeolite Structures". Proceedings of Materials Research Society Symposium. 840: p. Q1.4, 2004 Martinez-Inesta, M.M., I. Peral, T. Proffen, and R.F. Lobo, "Pair distribution function analysis of the structure of zeolite beta and of the negative thermal expansion mechanism of chabazite". Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society. 227: p. U1535-U1535, 2004 Martinez-Inesta, M.M., I. Peral, T. Proffen, and R.F. Lobo, "A pair distribution function analysis for zeolite beta", in Recent Advances in the Science and Technology of Zeolites and Related Materials, Pts A - C. 2004. p. 1393-1399. |
María de las Mercedes Martínez Iñesta, Ph.D. University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez P.O. Box 9046 Mayagüez, PR 00681 Tel: 787-832-4040 ext.3606 Fax: 787-834-3655
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