Research interests
My research activity has been until now devoted to the atomistic simulation of nanomaterials and to the determination of their electronic and structural properties. In particular, my most recent research work is concerned with the computational investigation of the morphology and finite size effects in metallic nanoparticles either deposited on oxide surfaces or in solution, using empirical and semi-empirical models. I have also used similar approaches to investigate structural properties of stretched nanowires. During my PhD, I have performed ab-initio studies of many-electron systems such as conducting nanometric wires and surfaces of low-electron density. Recently, to exploit my working knowledge of both semi-empirical and ab initio approaches, I undertook the investigation of thermodynamic properties and electron transfer parameters of room-temperature ionic liquids.
Curriculum Vitae
Publications
- Cortes-Huerto, R; Sondon, T; Saúl, A, Role of temperature in the formation and growth of gold monoatomic chains: A molecular dynamics study, Physical Review B, 88, 23, 235438, 2013, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.88.235438
- Cortes-Huerto, Robinson; Goniakowski, Jacek; Noguera, Claudine, An efficient many-body potential for the interaction of transition and noble metal nano-objects with an environment, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 138, 24, 244706, 2013, DOI: 10.1063/1.4811670
- Stankic, Slavica; Cortes-Huerto, Robinson; Crivat, Nicoleta; Demaille, Dominique; Goniakowski, Jacek; Jupille, Jacques, Equilibrium shapes of supported silver clusters, Nanoscale, 5, 6, 2448-2453, 2013, DOI: 10.1039/c3nr33896g
- Forero-Martinez, NC; Cortes-Huerto, R; Ballone, P, The glass transition and the distribution of voids in room-temperature ionic liquids: A molecular dynamics study, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 136, 20, 204510, 2012, DOI: 10.1063/1.4723855
- Ballone, Pietro; Cortes-Huerto, Robinson, Ab initio simulations of thermal decomposition and of electron transfer reactions in room temperature ionic liquids, Faraday discussions, 154,, 373-389, 2012, DOI: 10.1039/c1fd00064k
- Cortes-Huerto, R; Paternostro, M; Ballone, P, Structural changes in quasi-one-dimensional many-electron systems: From linear to zigzag and beyond, Physical Review A, 82, 1, 13623, 2010, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.82.013623
- Cortes-Huerto, R; Ballone, P, Spontaneous spin polarization and charge localization in metal nanowires: the role of a geometric constriction, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 22, 29, 295302, 2010, DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/22/29/295302
- Cortes-Huerto, R; Ballone, P, Large-scale density functional calculations of the surface properties of the Wigner crystal, Physical Review B, 81, 20, 205418, 2010, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.205418
- Hughes, D; Cortes-Huerto R; Ballone P, The Wigner transition in nanowires, Handbook of Nanophysics: Nanotubes and Nanowires, 27-1, 2010, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group
- Cortes-Huerto, R; Ballone, P, Spontaneous spin polarization in geometrically constricted metal nanowires, Physical Review B, 80, 23, 233304, 2009, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.233304