Project Description
Dr. Eduin Ivan González Castillo
Scientific background:
- Fundamental and applied research in polymeric materials in the areas of polymer blends, composites, hybrid and nanocomposite materials
International projects:
- Development and characterization of high-performance hybrid nanocomposites coatings deposited electrophoretically on titanium-alloy substrates (2018-2019). Project financed by the National Council of Science and Technology (Mexico). Reference: 239274. Principal investigator
- Synchrotron infrared microspectroscopy of surface-functionalized graphene materials (2017).Project financed by the Beamline BL01 MIRAS, ALBA(Spain). ID: Principal investigator: Gary James Ellis, Dr. Member of the researchteam
- Synchrotron infrared microspectroscopy to probe microscale morphologies in novel hybrid polymer blend nanocomposites (2017).Project financed by theBeamline BL01 MIRAS, ALBA (Spain). ID: 2016091892. Principalinvestigator: Gary James Ellis, Dr. Member of the research team
- Commissioning of beamline bl01-miras (microspectroscopyir) at alba synchrotron (2016). Financed by the Beamline BL01 MIRAS, ALBA (Spain).Principal investigator: Gary James Ellis, Dr. Member of the research team
- Graphene and other 2d architectures via on-surface chemistry: advanced vibrational spectroscopy (2016-2017). Project financed by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Spain). ID: MAT2014-54231-C4-4P. Principal investigator: Gary James Ellis, Dr. Member of the research team
- BLENDYNIT: nanocomposite design strategies based on polymer blend dynamics and asymmetric interphase modification (2014). Project financed by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Spain). ID: MAT2010-21070-C02-01. Principal investigator: Gary James Ellis, Dr. Member of the research team
- Predicting failure initiation in structural adhesive joints (2009-2010). Project financed by the United States Air Force (USA). ID: FA9550-09-1-0394. Principal investigator: Alberto Diaz Diaz, Dr. Member of the research team
Publication activity:
- 2 publications in scientific journals
- 2 contributed lectures at conferences
- 3 invited lectures
- 8 citations
- 3 other types of publications
Participation in congresses:
- VIII AUSE congress and III ALBA user’s meeting. 2017, Spain. Poster presentation: Application of synchrotron infrared micro-reflectance for the study of diverse materials
- 9th international workshop on infrared microscopy and spectroscopy with accelerator-based sources, WIRMS. 2017, United Kingdom. Poster: Synchrotron IR micro-specular reflectance from heterogeneous polymeric material
- I seminar of junior researchers in polymers. 2016, Spain. Lecture: Monitoring of multicomponent epoxy systems curing at high temperature by ATR-FTIR
- XIV congress of the specialized group of polymers (RSEQ and RSEF). 2016, Spain. Lecture: Thermal properties of binary epoxy resin-thermoplastic polymer blends and their ternary nanocomposites with multiwall carbon nanotubes
- 31th international congress of metallurgy and materials. 2009, Mexico. Lecture: Computer simulation of elasto-plastic behaviour of adhesives under torsion load
The most significant publications:
- M. Díez-Pascual, P.S. Shuttleworth, E González-Castillo, C. Marco, M. Gómez-Fatou and G. Ellis. Polymer blend nanocomposites: effect of selective nanotube location on the properties of a semicrystalline thermoplastic-toughened epoxy thermoset. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering 299, (2014) / DOI: 10.1002/mame.201400145.
- M. Díez-Pascual, P.S. Shuttleworth, E González-Castillo, C. Marco, M. Gómez-Fatou and G. Ellis. Influence of carbon nanotubes on the properties of epoxy-based composites reinforced with a semicrystalline thermoplastic. IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering 64, (2014) / DOI:10.1088/1757-899X/64/1/012049.
Education:
Diploma thesis:
- PhD in Polymers Science and Technology. Menendez Pelayo International University – Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, Spain. Diploma thesis: “Development, morphology and properties of thermostable / semicrystalline thermoplastic polymeric materials and their nanocomposites with MWCNTs”
- Master in Polymers Science and Technology. Menendez Pelayo International University – Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, Spain. Diploma thesis: “Development of thermoplastic-thermoset nanocomposites with MWCNTs”
- Master in Materials Science. Menendez Pelayo International University – Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, Spain. Diploma thesis: “Characterization and simulation of elastoplastic response of adhesives under axial and torsion loads “
Awards, scholarships and research stays:
- Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg: Institute for Biomaterials (WW7). Germany. 2019
- Postdoctoral fellowship for research stays abroad. National Council of Science and Technology. Mexico. 2019
- Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg: Institute for Biomaterials (WW7). Germany. 2018
- Postdoctoral fellowship for research stays abroad. National Council of Science and Technology. Mexico. 2018
- Institute of the Structure of Matter: Macromolecular Physics Department. Spain. 2016
- PhD, Polymer Science and Technology, “sobresaliente” cum laude. Menendez Pelayo International University. Spain. 2017
- Advanced Materials Research Centre: Department of Modelling and Simulation of Materials and Processes. Mexico. 2016
- Fellowship for studies abroad. National Council of Science and Technology. Mexico. 2014
- Polymer Science and Technology Institute – Industry grant. Polymer Science and Technology Institute. Spain. 2014
- Fellowship for postgraduate studies. National Council of Science and Technology. Mexico. 2007
Researcher
Department f Biomaterials
Department f Biomaterials
E-mail: eduin.gonzalez@tnuni.sk
Tel.: +421 32 7400 507
Office: n. 408