Dr. Miguel Vázquez

Dr. Miguel Vázquez

miguel.vazquez@imdea.org

Biography

Miguel studied his BSc in Chemical Engineering at Universidad de Guadalajara (Mexico). Then he went to Washington University in St. Louis (USA) for his MSc and PhD with a dissertation titled “Applications of Aerosol Technologies in the Silicon Industry” at the department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering. His work focused on recycling silicon sawing dust (kerf) and also understanding the initial stages of silicon nanoparticle formation and its applications for fluidized bed reactors for lowering the energetic cost of refining ultra-pure silicon. Miguel joined then the group of Aerosolphysik und Umweltphysik at the University of Vienna (Austria) for a postdoctoral position where he developed an automated instrument to measure aerosol growth rate towards the transition and free molecular regime. The instrument was brought to Elettra Synchrotrone and also tested using a pulsed UV laser, measuring the growth rate of aerosols as small as around 300 nm via Constant Angle Mie Scattering. Miguel joined the Multifunctional Nanocomposite Group at IMDEA Materiales (Spain) in September 2019 to work on applying aerosol methods to CNT fibre synthesis and in the development of nanocomposites that exploit micro and nano properties of materials into macroscopic applications. ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6836-5098.

Academic Career

 
  1. Since 2019 Postdoc Multifunctional Nanocomposites group at IMDEA Materials Institute, Spain
  2. 2017 – 2019 Postdoc  Aerosolphysics and Environmental Physics, University of Vienna, Austria
  3. 2012 – 2016 PhD Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering Washington University in St. Louis, USA
  4. 2012 – 2015 MS Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering Washington University in St. Louis, USA
  5. 2005 – 2010 BS Chemical Engineering, University of Guadalajara, Mexico

Publications

 
  1. “Gas-to-nanotextile: high-performance materials from floating 1D nanoparticles.” Isabel Gómez-Palos, Miguel Vazquez-Pufleau, Richard S. Schäufele, Anastasiia Mikhalchan, Afshin Pendashteh, Álvaro Ridruejo and Juan J. Vilatela. Nanoscale, 2023. DOI: 10.1039/D3NR00289F
  2. “Spark discharge generator as a stable and reliable nanoparticle synthesis device: Analysis of the impact of process and circuit variables on the characteristics of synthesized nanoparticles.” Miguel Vazquez-Pufleau, Isabel Gómez-Palos, Luis Arévalo, Javier García-Labanda, Juan José Vilatela. Nanoscale 34 (3), 103955, 2023. DOI: 10.1016/j.apt.2023.103955
  3. “Controlling reaction paths for ultra-fast growth of inorganic nanowires floating in the gas phase” Richard S. Schäufele, Miguel Vazquez-Pufleau, Afshin Pendashteh, Juan J. Vilatela. Nanoscale , 2021. DOI: 10.1039/D1NR07261G
  4. “Tough sheets of nanowires produced floating in the gas phase” R. S. Schäufele, M. Vazquez-Pufleau, J. J. Vilatela. Materials Horizons, 7, 2978 – 2984, 2020. DOI: 10.1039/D0MH00777C
  5. “Molecular understanding of new-particle formation from α -pinene between −50 and +25 °C” Mario Simón ..Miguel Vázquez – Pufleau, et al.. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 20(15), 9183-9207, 2020. DOI:10.5194/acp-20-9183-2020
  6. “Enhanced growth rate of atmospheric particles from sulfuric acid” Dominik Stolzenburg ..Miguel Vázquez – Pufleau, et al.. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 20(12), 7359 – 7372, 2020. DOI:10.5194/acp-20-7359-2020
  7. “Development of an Ultraviolet Constant Angle Mie Scattering Detector towards the Determination of Aerosol Growth Kinetics in the Transition and Free Molecular Regime” Miguel Vázquez – Pufleau, Paul M. Winkler. Aerosol Science and Technology, 54:8, 917 – 928, 2020. DOI:10.1080/02786826.2020.1736504
  8. “A Simple model for the High Temperature Oxidation Kinetics of Silicon Nanoparticles Aggregates” Miguel Vázquez – Pufleau, Silicon, 211, 115230, 2020. DOI:10.1007/s12633-020-00415-3
  9. “Molecular understanding of the suppression of new-particle formation by isoprene” Martin Heinritzi .. Miguel Vázquez – Pufleau et al., Chemical Engineering Science, 211, 115230, 2020. DOI:10.5194/acp-2020-51
  10. “Relative kinetics of nucleation and condensation of silane pyrolysis in a helium atmosphere provide mechanistic insight in the initial stages of particle formation and growth” Miguel Vázquez – Pufleau and Martin Yamane, Chemical Engineering Science, 211, 115230, 2020. DOI:10.1016/j.cesx.2019.100036
  11. “Measurement of sub-2 nm stable clusters during silane pyrolysis in a furnace aerosol reactor” Miguel Vázquez – Pufleau, Yan Wang, Patrim Biswas and Elijah Thimsen, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 152, 024304, 2020. DOI:10.1063/1.5124996
  12. “The effect of nanoparticle morphology in the filtration efficiency and saturation of a silicon beads fluidized bed ” M. Vázquez – Pufleau, Particle Technology and Fluidization, 2019, 66 (4) e16871. DOI:10.1002/aic.16871
  13. “Molecular Composition and Volatility of Nucleated Particles from alpha – Pinene oxidation between – 50C and +25C ” Q. Ye, M Wang..M. Pufleau et al. Environmental Science & Technology, 2019, 53 (21), 12357–12365. DOI:10.1021/acs.est.9b03265
  14. “Relative kinetics of nucleation and condensation of silane pyrolisis in a helium atmosphere provide mechanistic insight in the initial stages of particle formation and growth” M. Vázquez – Pufleau, M. Yamane, Chemical Engineering Science, 2019: 115230 2018. DOI:10.1016/j.ces.2019.115230/
  15. “Aerosol-synthesized siliceous nanoparticles: impact of morphology and functionalization on biodistribution” P. Diebolder, M. Vázquez – Pufleau, N. Bandara, C. Mpoy R. Raliya, E. Thimsen, P. Biswas and B. Rogers. Int. J. of nanomedicine, 2018, 13: 7375 DOI:10.2147/IJN.S177350
  16. “Carbon elimination from silicon kerf: Thermogravimetric analysis and mechanistic considerations” M. Vázquez – Pufleau, T. Chadha, G. Yablonsky, H. Erk and P. Biswas. Sci.Rep. 2017, 7:40535. DOI:doi.org/10.1038/srep40535
  17. “Elimination of Carbon Contamination from Silicon Kerf using a Furnace Aerosol Reactor (FuAR) Methodology” M. Vázquez – Pufleau, T. Chadha, G. Yablonsky, H. Erk and P. Biswas. Ing. Eng. Chem. Res. 2015, 54 (22),5914 – 5920. DOI:10.1021/acs.iecr.5

Awards/Accomplishments

  • 2018 Awarded with partial support from CALIPSO to bring the UV SANC to Elettra synchrotron

     

  • 2008 Awarded with the Ernst Mach grant to study in Austria at a Fachhochshule for one year

     

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