Manuel J. Pérez-Mendoza

Profesor Titular / Associate Professor

Dpto. Química Inorgánica

Facultad de Ciencias

Universidad de Granada

Research Group: Porous Solids

Research Interests

Carbon Nanotubes; Graphene; Adsorption; Carbon Materials; Porous Solids; Simulation of Adsorption

CV

Academic qualifications

• BSc in Chemistry, University of Granada (Spain), 1996
• Master Thesis, University of Granada (Spain), 1997. "Modification of the characteristics of a glassy carbon: treatments with molecular gases and plasmas"
• PhD in Chemistry, University of Granada (Spain), 2000. "Preparation, characterization and applications of carbon materials as adsorbents and catalysts for methylamines synthesis "

Research Positions

• Research Fellow at University of Edinburgh 2001-2003. Research on Molecular smulation of adsorption and multicomponent adsorption.
• Research position at National Carbon Institute INCAR(CSIC), Oviedo (Spain), 2003-2004. Research on activation of carbon nanofibres
• Research Position at Carbochemistry Institute ICB (CSIC), Zaragoza (Spain), 2004-2005. Research on CVD production of carbon nanotubes
• Research Position at Univesity of Granada. Ramón y Cajal Research Fellow (Spain), 2005-2010
• Associate Professor at University of Granada 2010-present

Teaching Experience

• 1999-2001 Lecturer of "Experimentation in Inorganic Chemistry". BSc in Chemistry (University of Granada)
• 2005-2007 Lecturer of "Extraction, Structure and Properties of Metal and Alloys". BSc in Chemistry (University of Granada)
• 2005-2006 Lecturer of "Materials in Chemical Engineering". BSc in Chemical Engineering (University of Granada)
• 2006-2013 Lecturer of "Complementary Inorganic Chemistry". BSc in Chemistry (University of Granada)
• 2006-2013 Lecturer of "Extraction, Structure and Properties of Metals and Alloys". BSc in Chemistry (University of Granada)
• 2012-present Lecturer of "Principles of Chemistry". BSc in Physics (University of Granada)

Recent Publications

• An efficient procedure to bond nanostructured nitrogen functionalities to carbon surfaces. Carbon 50, 3977, 2012
• Transferring the properties of molecular receptors to the carbon surface in hybrid materials: The crucial role of porous texture. Materials Chemistry and Physics 134, 608, 2012
• Effect of Plasma Treatments of Bisphenol A Polycarbonate on the Characteristics of Carbon Materials Obtained by Further Pyrolysis. Plasma Processes ans Polymers 8, 942, 2011
• Effects of partial and total methane flows on the yield and structural characteristics of MWCNTs produced by CVD. Carbon 47, 998, 2009