Mario Hoyos Núñez

Mario Hoyos Núñez
Departamento de Química Física de Polímeros; Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros (ICTP)
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC).
C/ Juan de la Cierva, 3. 28006 Madrid, Spain.
Website: www.ictp.csic.es/qf/
Phone: +34-91 258 74 91; Fax: +34-91 564 48 53; e-mail: [email protected]
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Postdoctoral Research Associate, 12/11-present
Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros (ICTP), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Científicas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 9/09-10/11
Navarro Research Group. Department of Chemistry, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, HI, USA.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 6/08-7/09
Saverio Russo Research Group. Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of
Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
PhD. student, 1/04-01/08
Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros (ICTP), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Científicas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain.
Research Intern, 7/03-12/03
Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros (ICTP), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Científicas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain.
ACADEMIC PREPARATION
European Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), Madrid, Spain,
2008.
PhD. Thesis: ‘The role of the microstructural defects and the interphases in the stability and
relaxations of the homopolymers, copolymers and nanocomposites of ethylene and propylene’.
M.S. in Plastic and Rubber. Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros (ICTP), Consejo Superior
de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain, 2004.
B.S. (Honors) in Chemistry. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), Madrid, Spain 2003.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros (CSIC) 12/12-present
Research advisor: Dr. Pilar Tiemblo
Area of study: New Conjugated Polymer Multiscale Materials: Tenacious and Easily Processable.
University of Hawai’i at Manoa 9/09-10/11
Research advisor: Professor Oscar Navarro.
Area of study: NHC-Pd Catalytic Systems (NHC= N-Heterocyclic Carbene) for the Synthesis of Novel
Triarylamine Polymers Containing Fused Heterocyclic Rings.
University of Manchester 04/10-07/10
Research advisor: Professor Michael L. Turner.
Area of study: NHC-Pd Catalytic Systems (NHC= N-Heterocyclic Carbene) for the Synthesis of Novel
Triarylamine Polymers Containing Fused Heterocyclic Rings.
University of Genoa 06/08-07/09
Research advisor: Professor Saverio Russo.
Area of study: New application of ‘Click’ Chemistry in Polymer-Based Material Science.
University of Genoa 05/06-08/06
Research advisor: Professor Gianfranco Coletti and Francesco Guastavino.
Area of study: Electrical characterization of ethylene-propylene nanocomposites: study of dielectrical
strength, electrical treeing and superficial partial discharges.
Laboratoire de Plasma et Conversion et d’Energie (CNRS) 06/05-09/05
Research advisor: Professor Gilbert Teyssedre and Professor Christian Laurent.
Area of study: Electrical stability study assessed by photo-, plasma- and electroluminescence. Space
charge measurements assisted by the pulse electro-acoustic method (PEA) of metallocene ethylenepropylene copolymer and homopolymers.
Slovak Academic of Science (SAV) 10/04-11/04 and 09/05-11/05.
Research advisor: Professor Lyda Rychlà-Matisova.
Area of study: Study of thermal stability: thermo-oxidative degradation assisted by chemiluminescence
(CL) of metallocene ethylene-propylene copolymer and homopolymers.
Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros (CSIC) 1/04-01/08
Research advisor: Dr. Pilar Tiemblo and Dr. José Manuel Gómez-Elvira.
PhD. Thesis: The role of the microstructural defects and the interphases in the stability and relaxations
of the homopolymers, copolymers and nanocomposites of ethylene and propylene.
PUBLICATIONS
- ‘The role of microstructure, molar mass and morphology on local relaxations in isotactic
polypropylene. The α relaxation’ Hoyos, M.; Tiemblo, P.; Gómez-Elvira, J.M. Polymer, 2007, 48, 183194.
- ‘The development of conducting electrical treeing in LDPE and its nanocomposites with spherical
silica and fibrous and laminar silicates’ Tiemblo, P.; Hoyos, M.; Gómez-Elvira, J.M.; Guzmán, J.;
García, N.; Dardano, A.; Guastavino, F. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2008, 41(12),
125208.
- ‘Electricals strength in ramp voltage AC test of LDPE and its nanocomposites with silica and fibrous
and laminar silicates’ Hoyos, M.; García, N.; Navarro, R.; Dardano, A.; Ratto, A.; Guastavino, F.;
Tiemblo, P. Journal Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, 2008, 46(13), 1301-1311.
- ‘Influence of microstructure over the thermo-oxidation of solid isotactic polypropylene-based
polyolefins’ Hoyos, M.; Tiemblo, P.; Gómez-Elvira, J.M. Technology of Advanced Materials, 2008,
9(2), 024404.
- ‘Charge injection and charge separation as revealed by dynamic space charge measurement in
poly(propylene-ethylene) copolymer films’ Zheng, F.; Teyssedre, G.; Laurent, C.; Thomas, C.; Hoyos,
M.; Zhang, Y. Journal of Applied Physics, 2008, 104, 094104.
- ‘Evidence of a monoclinic-like amorphous phase in composites of LDPE with spherical, fibrous and
laminar inorganic particles as studied by infrared spectroscopy’ Tiemblo, P.; Guzmán, J.; Serrano, R.;
Hoyos, M.; García, N. European Polymer Journal, 2009, 45, 30-39.
- ‘Comparing the effect on nanofillers as thermal stabilizers of LDPE’ García, N.; Hoyos, M.; Guzmán,
J.; Tiemblo, P. Polymer Degradation and Stability, 2009, 94, 39-48.
- ‘Influence of microstructure and semi-crystalline morphology on the β and γ relaxations of the
metallocene isotactic polypropylene’ Hoyos, M.; Tiemblo, P.; Gómez-Elvira, J.M. European Polymer
Journal, 2009, 45(4), 1322-1327.
- ‘Novel hybrid systems based on poly(propylene-g-maleic anhydride) and Ti-POSS by direct reactive
blending’ Hoyos, M.; Fina, A.; Monticelli, O.; Carniato, F.; Prato, M. Polymer Degradation and Stability,
2011, 96(10), 1793-1798.
- ‘Recent advances in polythiophene synthesis by palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions’
Hoyos, M.; Turner, M.L.; Navarro, O. Current Organic Chemistry, 2011, 15(18), 3263-3290.
- ‘Synthesis of Polytriarylamines by C-N Coupling Catalyzed by (N-Heterocyclic Carbene)-Palladium
Complexes’ Sprick, R. S.; Hoyos, M.; Navarro, O.; Turner, M.L. Reactive and Functional Polymers,
2012, 72, 337-340.
- ‘(N-Heterocyclic Carbene)-Palladium Catalyzed Synthesis of Polytriarylamines Using Aryl Chlorides’
Hoyos, M.; Sprick, R. S.; Wang, O.; Turner, M.L.; Navarro, O. Journal of Polymer Science Part A:
Polymer Chemistry. Article Submitted.
- ‘‘Click’ Chemistry and Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (ATRP): A Versatile Tool to Prepare
Nanocomposites’ Hoyos, M.; Monticelli, O.; Russo, S. European Polymer Journal. Article In
preparation.
PATENTS
US Patent. Navarro, O.; Hoyos, M. ‘Synthesis of Nanoporous Materials’. Nº: 61514449.
PRESENTATIONS IN CONFERENCES
- 1st Young Polymer Science Conference, European Network of Excellence (NoE) NANOFUN-POLY.
Santiago de Compostela, Spain. March 2007.
Title: ‘The role of the particle morphology on the electrical treeing growth in low density polyethylene
nanocomposites’.
- X Meeting GEP, Advances in Polymeric Materials. Sevilla, Spain. September 2007.
Title: ‘Chemiluminescence Spectral Evolution in Metallocene Polyolefin Films under Cold Helium
Plasma at Low Temperature’.
- IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (CEIDP 2007). Vancouver BC,
Canada. October 2007.
Title: ‘Electrical Treeing Inception and Growth in LDPE Nanocomposites’.
- JAIST NanoTech 2007. Ishikawa, Japan. October 2007
Title: ‘Searching for Key Parameters In The Degradation Of Solid State iPP-Based Polyolefins’. Invited
Communication.
- 13th International Symposium on Electrets (ISE13). Miraika, Odaiba, Tokyo, Japon. September 2008.
Title: ‘Use of Dynamics Space Charge Measurements to Differentiate Charge Injection and Ionic
Dissociation in Polypropylene’.
- 5th International ECNP Conference on Nanostructured Polymers and Nanocomposites. Paris,
France. April 2009.
Title: ‘Direct and Indirect Effects of Clay Particles on the Electrical Breakdown of Polyethylene/Clay
Composites’.
- EUPOC 2009- EPF Europolymer Conference-“Click” Methods in Polymer and Material Science.
Gargnano Lago di Garda, Italy. June 2009.
Title: ‘”Clickable” Organophilic Montmorillonite in Polymer/Clay Nanocomposites’.
- VII INSTM National Conference On Materials Science and Technology. Italy. June 2009.
Title: ‘”Clickable” Organophilic Montmorillonite in Polymer/Clay Nanocomposites’.
- XIX Italian Macromolecular Science and Technology Conference. Milano, Italy. September 2009.
Title: ‘Click Chemistry and Atom Radical Polymerization (ATRP): A versatile tool to prepare
nanocomposites’.
- PacifiChem 2010. Honolulu, HI, USA. December 2010.
Title: ‘Well-Defined N-Heterocyclic Carbenes (NHC)-Pd Complexes
PolyTriArylAmines (PTAA)’.
for the Synthesis of
- UK Plastic Electronics Showcase, London, United Kingdom. December 2010.
Title: ‘A New Catalytic System for the Synthesis of Polytriarylamines’.
- Gordon Research Conference-Organometallic Chemistry, Newport, RI, USA. July 2011.
Title: ‘(N-Heterocyclic Carbene)-Pd Complexes On the Synthesis of Polytriarylamines for the
preparation of Organic Field-Effect Transistors (OFET)s’.
- MC10 2011. 10th International Conference on Materials Chemistry. Manchester, UK. July 2011.
Title: ‘N-Heterocyclic Carbene Pd Complexes for the Synthesis of Polytriarylamines’.
- 7th International ECNP Conference on Nanostructured Polymers and Nanocomposites. Prague,
Czech Republic. April 2012.
Title: ‘Interaction between Conjugated Polymers and Gold Nanoparticles in Hierarchical Hybrids’.
- ICYRAM 2012. International Conference of Young Researchers on Advanced Materials. Singapore.
July 2012.
Title:
‘(N-Heterocyclic
Carbene)-Pd
Catalyzed
Synthesis
of
Polytriarylamines
by
Buchwald-Hartwig Coupling’.
AWARDS AND HONOURS
2nd prize PhD. Thesis on Polymers. Spanish Royal of Chemistry and Royal Physics Societies. Awards
2009.
Advanced Chemist Expert in the field of the Italian mirror IEC TC 113 (Nanotechnology
standardization for electrical and electronic products and systems).