PhD in Material Science and Engineering.
I am currently doing research in the optical properties of nanomaterials and its applications in optoelectronics, biosensors and energy devices.

Synthesis and characterization of colloidal metal nanoparticles obtained by laser ablation in liquids.

Clinical validation of a biosensor for hypertension based in gold nanoparticles (collaboration with Doris Cerecedo Mercado, IPN).

Synthesis and characterization of thin and granular films by physical methods of synthesis (evaporation and sputtering).

Porous silicon monolayers, multilayers and with metal nanoparticles embedded for photonic applications (optics, sensors and renewable energy).

Clinical validation of a biosensor for hypertension based in gold nanoparticles (collaboration with Doris Cerecedo Mercado, IPN).

Study of thiolation in gold nanoparticles obtained by laser ablation in liquids.

Porous silicon with metal nanoparticles for photonic and plasmonic applications.

Tovar-Sánchez, Jean Y., M. B. de la Mora, Tupak García-Fernández, Miguel A. Valverde-Alva, Citlali Sánchez-Aké, René García-Contreras, Rosalba Castañeda-Guzmán, and Mayo Villagrán-Muniz. “Biocompatible POSS-gold nanocomposites synthesized by laser ablation in ethanol.” Optics & Laser Technology 147 (2022): 107650. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlastec.2021.107650

Pérez M, Ramos E, de la Mora MB, Santana G, Dutt A. Jul 6:130411. Absorrption and Emission of Porous Silicon based on Quantum Dots models by TD-DFT: experimental and theoretical approach. Materials Letters. 2021 Jul 6:130411. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2021.130411

Vázquez-Hernández GA, Delgado-Cruz R, Sánchez-Vergara ME, Fomina L, Gómez-Vidales V, de la Mora B, Acosta A, Ríos C, Salcedo R. New 2, 5-aromatic disubstituted pyrroles, prepared using diazonium salts procedures. Journal of Molecular Structure. 2021 Jun 5;1233:130107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2021.130107

Bakkali H, Blanco E, Dominguez M, de la Mora MB, Sánchez-Aké C, Villagrán-Muniz M, Schmool DS, Berini B, Lofland SE. The effect of oblique-angle sputtering on large area deposition: a unidirectional ultrathin Au plasmonic film growth design. Nanotechnology. 2020 Aug 7;31(44):445701. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/aba65b

García‐Rubio DL, de la Mora MB, Cerecedo D, Blesa JM, Villagrán‐Muniz M. An optical-based biosensor of the epithelial sodium channel as a tool for diagnosing hypertension. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 2020 Jun 1;157:112151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2020.112151

Guzman-Ruiz MA, de La Mora MB, Torres X, Meza C, García E, Chavarría A. Oral silica nanoparticles lack of neurotoxic effects in a Parkinson’s disease model: a possible nanocarrier?. IEEE transactions on nanobioscience. 2019 Aug 8;18(4):535-41. DOI:10.1109/TNB.2019.2934074

García-Rubio D, Rodríguez-Varela M, Martínez-Vieyra I, de la Mora MB, Méndez-Méndez JV, Durán-Álvarez JC, Cerecedo D. Alterations to the contents of plasma membrane structural lipids are associated with structural changes and compartmentalization in platelets in hypertension. Experimental cell research. 2019 Dec 15;385(2):111692. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbamem.2019.05.018

García‐Rubio DL, de la Mora MB, Badillo‐Ramírez I, Cerecedo D, Saniger JM, Benítez‐Benítez JL, Villagrán‐Muniz M. Analysis of platelets in hypertensive and normotensive individuals using Raman and Fourier transform infrared‐attenuated total reflectance spectroscopies. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy. 2019 Apr;50(4):509-21.https://doi.org/10.1002/jrs.5540

Rodríguez-Varela M, García-Rubio D, De la Mora-Mojica B, Méndez-Méndez J, Durán-Álvarez C, Cerecedo D. Alterations to plasma membrane lipid contents affect the biophysical properties of erythrocytes from individuals with hypertension. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Biomembranes. 2019 Oct 1;1861(10):182996. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbamem.2019.05.018

García‐Rubio DL, de la Mora MB, Cerecedo D, Blesa JM, Villagrán‐Muniz M. An optical-based biosensor of the epithelial sodium channel as a tool for diagnosing hypertension. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 2020 Jun 1;157:112151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2020.112151

De la Mora MB, Amelines-Sarria O, Monroy BM, Hernández-Pérez CD, Lugo JE. Materials for downconversion in solar cells: Perspectives and challenges. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 2017 Jun 1;165:59 71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2017.02.016

De la Mora MB, Jaramillo OA, Nava R, Tagüeña-Martínez J, Del Río JA. Viability study of porous silicon photonic mirrors as secondary reflectors for solar concentration systems. Solar energy materials and solar cells. 2009 Aug 1;93(8):1218-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2009.01.007Jun 1;157:112151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2020.112151

Supervisor of the master’s and PhD’s degrees program at Institute of Material Science and Engineering. UNAM (PCeIM of IIM UNAM).

I am currently teaching Acoustics and Optics at the Faculty of  Engineering, UNAM. Previously, I taught at the Faculty of Science, UNAM and for the Master´s Degree in Material Science and Engineering (IIM, UNAM).

Graduate

Jean Yves Tovar-Sanchez
(Nndergraduate and master´s degrees )

Doctoral:

Diana Lesem García-Rubio
(Cotutor, graduated)

Jean Yves Tovar-Sánchez
(PCeIM, UNAM)

Master’s:

Rodrigo Tlacuilo-González
(PCeIM, UNAM)

Jonathan Pantoja-Romero
(ENMyH, IPN; cotutor)

Andrés Ramírez-Cordero
(External advisor at INAOE, CONACyT)

Undegraduate

Susana Olvera-Reza
(FC, UNAM)