Ricardo Faccio

Brief Curriculum Name: Ricardo Juan Faccio Sgiorovello Date of Birth: April, 21 of 1979 Place of Birth: Montevideo, República Oriental Del Uruguay Passport: 2.779.683-2 Highest degree: Ph. D. Chemistry & Chemical Engineer Position: Assistant Professor of Physics. Office: Crystallography, Solid State and Materials (Cryssmat-Lab). DETEMA. Facultad de Química – Universidad de la República. Academia Adress: Avenida General Flores 2124 – Montevideo – Uruguay. 11800. P.O. Box: 1157 Phone: +598 2 9290705 Fax: +598 2 9241906 e-mail: rfaccio@fq.edu.uy Web: http://cryssmat.fq.edu.uy/ricardo/ricardo.htm 1.1. Degrees obtained:  BSc. Chemistry, Facultad de Química, Universidad de la República, Uruguay, 1997-2000.  Chemical Engineer, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de la República, Uruguay, 2000-2003.  Ph.D. Chemistry, Facultad de Química, Universidad de la República, Uruguay, 2003-2007. 1.3. Courses under the PhD Formation  “Applied Crystallography”, Facultad de Química, 1998.  “Introduction to Solid State Chemistry”, Facultad de Química, 2001.  “INO2000 - Inorganic from the nucleus to the octahedrons”. Facultad de Química, July 31 – August 4, 2000.  “SQUIMO- Structural (Cristallographic) of biomolecules”, Facultad de Química, August 13-18, 2001.  “Fourier Series for x-rays diffraction”, Facultad de Química, 2002.  Workshop “Ab-Initio Modeling of Crystalline Solids”, realizado del 13 al 17 de diciembre de 2004, en el Lanadi IFLP, Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, UNLP, Argentina.  “Nanotechnology” imparted by Prof. Tatiana Makarova, Engineering School. Universidad de la República. Uruguay. From November 8 to December 1st, 2005.  Selected for attendance to: “School on Synchrotron Radiation and Applications In Memory of J.C. Fuggle and L. Fonda”, 8-26 May 2006 the Abdus Salam. International Center For Theoretical Physics ICTP - Trieste, Italy  “Microsistemas y sensores: Fabricación, caracterización y aplicación a muestras medioambientales”. 5º Congreso IBERSENSOR, 26 de setiembre de 2006, Facultad de Ciencias, Montevideo  “National School on Neutron and X-ray Scattering” (NSNXS)”, – 13 al 27/8/2006. Department of Educational Programas – Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Chicago USA..  “Spring College on Computational Nanoscience” 17 - 28 May, 2010. International Center for Theoretical Physics - ICTP , Italia 2.1.1. Scientific Publications 1. (*) FACCIO, R.; FERNANDEZ-WERNEZ LUCIANA; HELENA PARDO; ÁLVARO W. MOMBRÚ. Current Trends in Materials for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells. Recent Patents on Nanotechnology (in press) 2. (*) FACCIO, R.; FERNANDEZ-WERNEZ LUCIANA; HELENA PARDO; CECILIA GOYENOLA; ÁLVARO W. MOMBRÚ. Electronic and structural distortions in graphene induced by carbon vacancies and boron doping. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2010, 114 (44), pp 18961–18971. 3. (*) FACCIO, R.; PABLO A. DENIS; HELENA PARDO; CECILIA GOYENOLA; ÁLVARO W. MOMBRÚ. Mechanical properties of Graphene Nanoribbons. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, v. 21 28 , p. 285304-, 2009 (Paper selected for “JPCM Highlight Papers 2009” as a one of the best articles published during 2009 http://iopscience.iop.org/0953-8984/page/Highlights%20of%202009 ) 4. P. A. DENIS; FACCIO, R.; A. W. MOMBRÚ. Is It Possible to Dope Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene with Sulfur? ChemPhysChem, v. 10 4, p. 715-722, 2009. 5. LILIANA E. LUNA; RAQUEL M. CRAVERO; FACCIO, R.; HELENA PARDO; ÁLVARO W. MOMBRÚ; GUSTAVO SEOANE Synthesis of 9-Substituted-1,8-Dioxooctahydroxanthenes by an Efficient Iodine-Catalyzed Cyclization. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, v. 18 , p. 3052-3057, 2009. 6. P. A. DENIS; FEDERICO IRIBARNE; FACCIO, R. Hydrogenated double wall carbon nanotubes. Journal of Chemical Physics, v. 130 (19), p. 194704-, 2009. 7. V. PINTOS; ALICIA CUEVAS; SILVIA ONETTO; GUSTAVO SEOANE; P. A. DENIS; J.S. GANCHEFF; FACCIO, R.; A. W. MOMBRÚ; C. KREMER Structural and theoretical studies of (E,E)-benzaldehyde azine and its rhenium(IV) complex. Journal of Molecular Structure Theochem, v. 963 1 , p. 9-15, 2009. 8. (*)FACCIO, R.; H. PARDO; P. A. DENIS; R. YOSHIKAWA OEIRAS; F. M. ARAÚJO MOREIRA; M. VERÍSSIMO-ALVES; A. W. MOMBRÚ. Magnetism induced by single carbon vacancies in a three-dimensional graphitic network. Physical Review B – Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, v. 77 , p. 03541-03541, 2008. 9. H. PÉREZ CAMPOS; M.C. SALDÍAS; W. SILVA; D. MACHIN; L. SUESCUN; FACCIO, R.; A. W. MOMBRÚ; I. ALVAREZ Control of Cryopreservation Procedures on Blood Vessels Using Fiber X-Ray Diffraction. Transplantation Proceedings, v. 40 3 , p. 668-674, 2008. 10. P. A. DENIS; FACCIO, R. Theoretical characterization of thioepoxidated single wall carbon nanotubes. Chemical Physics Letters, v. 460 4-6 --, p. 486-491, 2008. 11. J. BUSSI; N. BESPALKO; S. VIEGA; A. AMAYA; FACCIO, R.; M. CRISTINA ABELLO The preparation and properties of Ni-La-Zr catalysts for the steam reforming of ethanol. Chemical communications, v. 10 - -, p. 33-38, 2008. 12. AGOTEGARAY, M.; QUINZANI, O.; FACCIO, R.; GOYENOLA,C.; MOMBRÚ, A. W. Tetrakis[μ-2-(3-phenoxyphenyl)propionato-κ2O´]bis- [(dimethylformamide-κO)copper(II)]. Acta Crystallographica. Section E, Structure Reports Online (electrónica), v. E64 , p. m1612-m1613, 2008. 13. DIEGO R. PÉREZ; SUSANA H. TARULLI; OSCAR V. QUINZANI; JORGE DRISTAS; FACCIO, R.; LEOPOLDO SUESCUN; ÁLVARO W. MOMBRÚ Synthesis and Spectroscopic Characterization of New Lead(II) Thiosaccharinates. Molecular Structure of Bis (thiosaccharinato) tetrakis (pyridine) dilead(II) and Thiosaccharinato-bis(1,10-phenantroline) lead(II) Thiosaccharinate. Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, v. 633 4-6 , p. 1066-1073, 2007. 14. H. PARDO; FACCIO, R.; F. M. ARAÚJO MOREIRA; O. F. DE LIMA; ÁLVARO W. MOMBRÚ Synthesis and characterization of stable room temperature bulk ferromagnetic graphite. Carbon, v. 44 3 , p. 565-565, 2006. 15. ÁLVARO W. MOMBRÚ; H. PARDO; FACCIO, R.; O. F. DE LIMA; A.J.C. LANFREDI; C. A. CARDOSO; E. R. LEITE; G. ZANELATTO; F. M. ARAÚJO MOREIRA. Multilevel ferromagnetic behavior of stable room temperature bulk magnetic graphite. Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, v. 71 R, p. 10040-10040, 2005. 16. ÁLVARO W. MOMBRÚ; S. IVANOV; H. PARDO; L. SUESCUN; FACCIO, R.; F. A. RABUFFETTI. Structural Study in the (La,Nd)2-xSrxCuO4 system. Physica C - Supercondutivity, v. 408 10 , p. 807-809, 2004. 17. C. A. CARDOSO; F. M. ARAÚJO MOREIRA; M. ANDREETA; A. C. HERNANDES; E. R. LEITE; O. F. DE LIMA; ÁLVARO W. MOMBRÚ; FACCIO, R. Physical properties of single-crystalline fibers of the colossal-magnetoresistance manganite La0.7Ca0.3MnO3. Applied Physics Letters, v. 83 15 , p. 3135-3137, 2003. 18. V. SCHAPIRO; G. SEOANE; G. CAVALLI; FACCIO, R.; ÁLVARO W. MOMBRÚ Chemoenzymatic synthesis of chiral enones from aromatic compounds. Tetrahedron-Asymmetry, v. 13 , p. 2453-2459, 2002. 19. S. RUSSI; ÁLVARO W. MOMBRÚ; D. GAMENARA; E. DIAS; H. HEINZEN; P. MOYNA; FACCIO, R.; L. SUESCUN; RAÚL A. MARIEZCURRENA 4,5,6,9 -Tetramethoxy-11-phenyl-10-oxa-11 – azatricyclo [7.2.2.02,7] - trideca-2(7),3,5,12-tetraen-8-one. Acta Crystallographica. Section E, Structure Reports Online, v. E57 5 , p. o444-o446, 2001. 2.1.2 Published reports and proceedings 20. “Local Structure of Co and Cu in the Y1-xNdxBaCuCoO5+d series”. Faccio, R.; Pardo H.; Suescun, L.; and Mombrú, A.W. Activity Report 2004. Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS). 21. “Structure in the REBaMn2O5”, Pardo H., Suescun L., Faccio R., Mombrú A. Activity Report 2003. Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS) 22. “Synthesis and characterization of La1-xPrxBaCuCoO5 and Y1-xNdxBaCuCoO5 solid solutions”, L. Suescun, A. W. Mombrú, R. Faccio, and H. Pardo. Activity Report 2003. Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS) 23. “Local structure in REBaM1M2O5+ (RE= rare earth or yttrium) (M1, M2 = Mn, Cu, Co)”, R. Faccio, A. W. Mombrú, L. Suescun and H. Pardo. Activity Report 2003. Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS) 2.2.1 Oral Presentations in scientific events 1. “Electronic and structural distortions in graphene induced by carbon vacancies and boron doping”. At the Frontiers in Condensed Matter V. entro Atómico Constituyentes, Buenos Aires from 6 to 10 December 2010 . 2. “Mechanical and electronic features of carbon nanostructures”. III Workshop on Novel Methods for Electronic Structure Calculations”. Universidad Nacional de la Plata, Argentina. October 2009. 3. “Estructura electrónica de nanoestructuras carbonosas”. V Reunión de la Asociación Argentina de Cristalografía. Asociación Argentina de Cristalografía. Misiones. Argentina. August 2009. 4. “Induced localized States in Carbon Nanostructures”. 93th Reunión Nacional de Física Argentina - XI Reunión de la Sociedad Uruguaya de Física. Asociación de Física Argentina - Sociedad Uruguaya de Física. Buenos Aires, Argentina. 5. “Experimental and Theoretical study of Y1-xNdxBaCuCoO5+d”. Proyecto Prosul - SÍNTESIS Y ESTUDIO DE CARBONO NANOESTRUCTURADO. Univ. Federal de Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil. 2008. 6. “Magnetism induced by single atom vacancies”. Proyecto Prosul - SÍNTESIS Y ESTUDIO DE CARBONO NANOESTRUCTURADO. Univ. Federal de Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil. 2008. 7. “Synthesis and theoretical and experimental study of new ceramics and nano-structured materials”. Workshop on novel methods on electronic structure calculations, and 6th FPLO Workshop. Universidad Nacional de la Plata - FLPO – CNEa, La Plata, Argentina 2007. 8. “Synthesis and Study of Magnetic Graphite”. Semanal Session - Emerging Materials Group. Materials Science Division. Argonne National Laboratory-Chicago, USA. 2006 2.2.2 Single presentations in scientific events 9. Study of metallic clusters in carbon nanofoam B. Ayan, N. D. Khan, A. W. Mombrú, H. Pardo, R. Faccio, T. Makarova. 8th Biennial International Workshop Fullerenes and Atomic Clusters IWFAC 2007, St. Petersburg, Russia . July 2-6, 2007. 10. “Ab initio study of the influence of adsorbed atoms on vacancy-induced magnetic moments in graphene sheets” R. Yoshikawa-Oeiras, F. M. Araújo-Moreira, M. Veríssimo-Alves, R. Faccio, H. Pardo and A. W. Mombrú. XXX Encontro Nacional de Física da Materia Condensada, 7 a 11 de Mayo de 2007. Sao Lourenco – Minas Gerais – Brasil 11. Cryopreserved allograft vascular tissues: A structural analysis by X-ray diffraction Perez Campos H., Saldias M., Machin D., Alvarez O., Suescun L., Faccio R., Mombrú A. W., Alvarez I. III ENCUENTRO LATINOAMERICANO DE BANCOS DE TEJIDOS, 23 AL 26 DE MAYO DE 2007 CANCUN, QUINTANA ROO, MEXICO.(*) (*) Second Place Poster Award.. 12. “Structural and magnetic characterization of the Y1−xNdxBaCuCoO5+δ series” R. Faccio, L. Suescun, H. Pardo and A. W. Mombrú. Latin American Workshop on Applications of Powder Diffraction, 16-20 de abril de 2007, Laboratório Nacional de Luz Síncrotron, Campinas, Brasil. (http://www.lnls.br/lawpd/scientific.html ) 13. “Producción de hidrógeno mediante reformado de bioetanol con catalizadores Ni-La-Zr” J. Bussi, N. Bespalko, R. Faccio, M. Benito, R. Padilla, L. Daza. II CONGRESO NACIONAL DE PILAS DE COMBUSTIBLE CONAPPICE, Madrid España. 18 al 20 de octubre de 2006. (http://conappice.appice.es) 14. “Producción de hidrógeno por reformado de bioetanol con un catalizador de niquel soportado sobre el óxido mixto de lantano y zirconio” J. Bussi, N. Bespalko, R. Faccio. II Jornadas Iberoamericanas de Pilas de Combustible e Hidrógeno. Centro atómico constituyente- CNEA. Buenos Aires, Argentina 24 a 26 de julio de 2006. (http://www.feg.unesp.br/~jipch/) 15. “A theoretical model for bulk crystalline magnetic carbon”. Ricardo Faccio, Helena Pardo, Pablo A. Denis and Álvaro W. Mombrú. V Congreso Iberoamericano de Sensores, Montevideo, Uruguay, 27-29 de setiembre de 2006. (http://sensores.fisica.edu.uy/ ) (*)(*) Best Poster Award.. 16. “Comparative study of fiber ordering in aorta and carotid arteries by x-ray diffraction”, Pérez Campos H., Saldias M., Silva W., Machin D., Alvarez O., Suescun L., Faccio R., Mombrú A.W., Alvarez I. 4th World Congress on Tissue Banking, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, 4-6 de mayo de 2005. (*) Best Poster Award. 17. “TALLERES GUIADOS POR TUTORES PARA LA ENSEÑANZA DE FÍSICA”, M. Alejandra Rodríguez; Alberto Nieto; Ricardo Leone; Ricardo Faccio; Ruben Behak; Álvaro Mombrú. II Congreso de Enseñanza en Facultad de Ingeniería, 6/10/2004 al 8/10/2004. 18. “Magnetic structure determination in REBaCuMO5 perovskites (M=Fe, Co; RE = Y, La, Pr, Nd, Er, Tm, Lu)”, A. W. Mombrú, L. Suescun, H. Pardo, R. Faccio, I. Eluén, F. Rabuffetti, M. I. Maisonneuve, B. H. Toby, C. Jones, A. E. Goeta, K. H. Andersen. Frontiers in Materials Research: a CIAM-CIMAT-CONICYT Workshop. Viña del Mar, April 25-29 of 2004. 19. “Synthesis and characterization of La1-xPrxBaCuCoO5 and Y1-xNdxBaCuCoO5 solid solutions”, L. Suescun, A. W. Mombrú, R. Faccio, and H. Pardo. XIV Reunião Anual do Usuários do Laboratorio Nacional de Luz Síncrotron (LNLS). Campinas – Sao Paulo - Brasil , 9/2/2004 a 11/2/2004. 20. “Local structure in REBaM1M2O5+ (RE= rare earth or yttrium) (M1, M2 = Mn, Cu, Co)”, R. Faccio, A. W. Mombrú, L. Suescun and H. Pardo. XIV Reunião Anual de Usuários do Laboratorio Nacional de Luz Síncrotron (LNLS). Campinas – Sao Paulo – Brasil, 9/2/2004 a 11/2/2004. 21. “Structural Study in the (La, Nd)2-xSrxCuO4 system”, A. W. Mombrú, S. Ivanov, H. Pardo, L. Suescun, R. Faccio, F. A. Rabuffetti,. M2S-RIO, 7th International Conference on Materials and Mechanisms of Superconductivity and High Temperature Superconductors, Rio de Janeiro-Brasil. 25-30 Mayo, 2003. 22. “Copper substitution in YBCO by Mn, Fe, Co, Ni”, F. A. Rabuffetti, A. W. Mombrú, O. N. Ventura, H. Pardo, L. Suescun, R. Faccio. M2S-RIO, 7th International Conference on Materials and Mechanisms of Superconductivity and High Temperature Superconductors, Rio de Janeiro-Brasil. 25-30 Mayo, 2003. 23. “Growth of monocrystalline fiber of CMR manganites by the LHPG method”, C. A. Cardoso, F. M. Araújo-Moreira, M. R. B. Andreeta, A. C. Hernández, R. Faccio, A. W. Mombrú, E. R. Leite. XXVI Encontro Nacional de Física da Matéria Condensada, Caxambu-G-Brasil. 06-10 Mayo, 2003. 24. “Estructura y magnetismo en REBaCuFeO5 (RE= Er, Tm, Lu)”. “X Jornadas de Jóvenes Investigadores de AUGM”, 20 de Noviembre de 2002, Universidad de Santa Catarina, Brasil. 25. “Structural and magnetic study of the REBa(Cu,Mn)(Fe,Mn,Co)O5 perovskite system (RE = rare earth ions)”, F. M. Araújo-Moreira, A.W. Mombrú, H. Pardo, L. Suescun, R. Faccio, B. H. Toby, E. Quagliata, A.E. Goeta, I Encontro del Centro de Materiales Cerámicos, 16 de Febrero de 2001, Sao Carlos, SP, Brasil. 2.3 Reviewer of scientific journals 1. Nanotechnology 2. J. Phys.: Condens. Matter. 3. New Journal of Physics 4. J. Phys. Chem. 5. Central European Journal of Physics 6. J. Phys. D.: Appl. Physics 7. Physica Scripta 8. The Journal of Chemical Physics 9. Intermetallics 2.4. Short-Term projects performed at international labs 1. Argonne National Laboratory, Advanced Photon Source (APS) and Intense Pulsed Neutron Source (IPNS), Chicago-USA. Neutron diffraction in Y1-xNdxBaCuCoO5+δ ceramics. 2. Scholarship: “School on Synchrotron Radiation and Applications In Memory of J.C. Fuggle and L. Fonda”, 8-26 May 2006 the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics - ICTP - Trieste, Italy. 3. Project 2861/04: “Local structure of Co and Cu in the (La,Pr)BaCuCoO5 and (Y,Nd)BaCuCoO5 series”. July 2004. Station XAFS (D04B - XAS1) (X ray spectroscopy), LNLS, Laboratorio Nacional de Luz Sincrotron, Campinas, Brasil. 2.5. Participation in research projects with financial support 1. Seventh Framework Programme: “Nanosciencies, nanotechnologies, materials and new production technologies – NMP”. 2009-2012 2. Programa de desarrollo tecnológico, Subprograma II del PDT. Proyectos de investigación fundamental del programa 54. Categoría jóvenes investigadores. Llamado 2005, Uruguay. “Theoretical and experimental characterization of fullerenes, nanotubes and graphite; partially and totally substituted by elements from group IIIA y IVA”. U$S 10000. Period: 2006-2007. Head: Dr. Pablo A. Denis 3. Proyecto Clemente Estable, llamado 2004, Uruguay. “Design and preparation of advanced materials”. $U 240000. Period: 2005-2006. Head: Dr. Álvaro Mombrú. 4. Proyecto PROSUL, llamado 2003, CNPq, Brasil. “Structural and dinamical properties of metallic carboxilates”. Univ. Fed. De Ceará-Brasil, Inst. Física USP-Sao Carlos-Brasil, Univ. de La Plata-Argentina, U. Nal. San Luis-Argentina, CNEA-Argentina, Universidad de la República-Uruguay. U$S 12000. Period: 2003 – 2004. Head: Dr. Alejandro Ayala. 5. Proyecto CSIC, llamado 2001, Uruguay: “Structural and physical study of graphitic systems”. U$S 15000. Period: 2002 - 2004. Head: Dr. Álvaro Mombrú. 6. Proyecto CSIC, llamado 1999, Uruguay: “Structural study of La1-xRExBaCo1-yFeyCuO5+ (RE = Pr, Nd)”. U$S 19600. Period: 2000-2001. Head: Dr. Álvaro Mombrú. 3.0 Thesis supervision 1. (PhD) Chem. Eng. Luciana Fernández. “Preparación y estudio de materiales de interés en energético”(2009-current). Universidad de la República - Facultad de Química. (Co-advisor) 2. (MSc) Lic. Sebastián Píriz. “Diseño y preparación de nanomateriales carbonosos para espintrónica”. Universidad de la República - Facultad de Química. (Advisor) 3. (MSc) Chem. Mariano Romero. “Optimización de propiedades de materiales avanzados”. Universidad de la República - Facultad de Química. (Co-advisor) 4. (PhD) M.Sc. Rodrigo Yoshikawa Oeiras. “Estudo Experimental e de Primeiros Princípios das Propriedades Físicas de carbono grafite magnético”. (2007 -current). Tesis (Posgraduación en Física), UFSCar - Universidade Federal de São Carlos. Brazil. (Co-advisor) 4.0 Awards and grants 1. Qualified as Level 1 in the “National System of Researchers” (SNI) of the National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII). 2009. 2. 2nd place in poster’s session, III ENCUENTRO LATINOAMERICANO DE BANCOS DE TEJIDOS. 2007. 3. 1st place in poster’s session, V Congreso Iberoamericano de Sensores. 2006 4. Scholarship “School on Synchrotron Radiation and Applications In Memory of J.C. Fuggle and L. Fonda”, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics - ICTP 5. Scholarship Argonne National Laboratory, Advanced Photon Source (APS) e Intense Pulsed Neutron Source (IPNS), Chicago-USA 2006 6. 1st place , 4th World Congress on Tissue Banking, 2005. 7. Ph.D. Scolarship, PEDECIBA-Química