Meet Sergio

Name: Sergio Santos Hernandez
Research interest: Nanoscale Processes
Email: santos_en@yahoo.com

Research Summary

The following are my main research interests:
• Temporal and spatial study of water interactions in the nanoscale
• Intelligent surfaces and their applications (SAMs)
• Nanoscale Biological Processes
• The use of Biology in microfabrication and biological mimicing

My research is based on the fundamental laws governing nanoscale processes. In particular, it is focused on energy dissipation processes and water interactions in the nanoscale where I use the AFM as the main tool.

Sergio’s Work

Left: Tip and surface shown covered in layers of water molecules
Middle: Tip oscillating above the water layers
Right: Tip oscillating inside the water layers

Publications

Santos, S.; Thomson, N. H. Energy dissipation in a dynamic nanoscale contact. Applied Physics Letters 2011, 98, 013101-013103.

Santos, S.; Thomson, N. H., High resolution imaging of Immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies and other biomolecules using amplitude modulation atomic force microscopy in air. Humana Press: New York, 2011.

Santos, S.; Barcons, V.; Christenson, H. K.; Thomson, N. H.; Font,  The intrinsic resolution limit in the atomic force microscope: Implications for heights of nanoscale features. J. PLoS ONE 2011.

Santos, S.; Barcons, V.; Font, J.; Thomson, N. H. Cantilever dynamics in amplitude modulation AFM: continuous and discontinuous transitions. J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 2010, 43, 275401-275407.

Santos, S.; Barcons, V.; Font, J.; Thomson, N. H. Bi-stability of amplitude modulation AFM in air:Deterministic and stochastic outcomes for imaging biomolecular systems. Nanotechnology 2010, 21, (22), 225710-225720.

Santos S, Barcons V, Font J, Verdaguer A, Thomson HN, Chiesa M. How localised are energy dissipation processes in the nanoscale? Nanotechnology 2011.

Under Review

Santos, S.; Verdaguer, A.; Souier, T.; Thomson, H. N.; Chiesa, M., Measuring the true height of water layers in the nanoscale. Submitted.

Gadelrab KR, Santos S, Souier T, Chiesa M. Disentangling the origins of energy dissipation processes in the nanoscale. Submitted.