Hybrid Systems and Nanospectroscopy
Omar G. Morales-Saavedra
Dr. Morales-Saavedra studied Physics at the National University of México UNAM (1995) and obtained his M.Sc. degree in Optics at CICESE (1997), and a Ph.D. / Dr. Rer. Nat. at the Institute of Optics and Atomic Physics of the TU-Berlin in Germany (2002). He has published around 70 scientific papers in indexed journals with work in the areas of materials science, spectroscopy, and nonlinear optical effects in advanced materials such as liquid crystals, polymers, hybrid glassy structures, carbon derived materials, and quantum dots, among others. His work has been cited more than 500 times by other authors. |
Dr. Morales-Saavedra has directed several thesis works including doctoral, master’s, and undergraduate students. He has taught courses at undergraduate level for the Physics degree and at postgraduate level in the Physical Sciences, Chemistry, and Electrical Engineering programs, all at UNAM.
Nonlinear optics and spectroscopy.
Materials science.
Electronic properties of condensed matter: soft materials, liquid crystals, and polymers.
Spectroscopy of organic and inorganic functional materials.
Development of hybrid glassy materials for NLO applications.
Development of organic thin films for NLO applications.
Morales Saavedra, O. G., Flores Flores J. O., Mata Zamora M. E., E. Chavira, A.A. Rodríguez-Rosales, P. Ponce. (2022), Sharp luminescent violet- and blue-emitting stable (Eu3+ → Eu2+: PPA):SiO2 sonogel hybrid glasses: Synthesis, structural and overall photophysical characterizations, OPTICAL MATERIALS, 123(111760), 1-14. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2021.111760
Morales Saavedra, O. G., Mata Zamora M. E., Flores Flores J. O., Castañeda Guzmán R., E. Cgavira, C. Shimizu. (2022), Synthesis–dependent morphological, structural and photophysical properties of semicrystalline KNbO3:SiO2 hybrid silicates, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 317(123712), 1-17. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2022.123712
O.G. Morales–Saavedra, E. Chavira, A.A. Rodríguez-Rosales, J.O. Flores-Flores, M.E. Mata-Zamora, P. Ponce, “Sharp luminescent violet- and blue-emitting stable (Eu3+→Eu2+:PPA):SiO2 sonogel hybrid glasses: Synthesis, structural and overall photophysical characterizations”. Optical Materials. (2021).
S.L. Castañón-Alonso, O.G. Morales-Saavedra, M.A. Almaraz-Girón*, et al. “Quadratic Non-Linear Optical Properties of the poly(2,5-bis(but-2-ynyloxy) Benzoate Containing the 2-(ethyl(4-((4-nitrophenyl)buta-1,3-diynyl) phenyl)amino)ethanol) Chromophore”. Polymers. (2020).
V. Torres-Zúñiga, S. Gonzalo-Carmona and O.G. Morales Saavedra. “Electromechanical characterization of didactical piezoelectric sensors based on crystalline grade PET”. Journal of physics / Conference Series. (2019).
T. Guerrero, R. Santillan, H. García, O.G. Morales-Saavedra, N. Farfán and P.G. Lacroix. “Bis (4-nitroanilines) in interaction through a p-conjugated bridge: conformational effects and potential molecular switches”. New journal of chemistry. (2017).
T. Guerrero, P.G. Lacroix, H. García-Ortega, O.G. Morales-Saavedra, D. Agustin, N. Farfán. “Enhanced NLO properties of molybdenum push-pull coordination compounds with tridentate ONO organic ligands”. Inorganica Chimica Acta. (2016).
B.M. Muñoz-Flores, R. Santillán, N. Farfán, V. Álvarez-Venicio, V.M. Jiménez-Pérez, M. Rodríguez, O.G. Morales-Saavedra, P.G. Lacroix, Ch. Lepetit and K. Nakatani. “Synthesis, X-ray diffraction analysis and Nonlinear Optical Properties of hexacoordinated organotin compounds derived from Schiff bases”. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. (2014).
M.E. Sánchez Vergara, O.G. Morales-Saavedra, F.G. Ontiveros-Barrera, V. Torres-Zúñiga, R. Ortega-Martínez and A. Ortiz Rebollo. “Preparation, optical and electrical evaluation of bulk SiO2 sonogel hybrid composites and vacuum thermal evaporated thin films prepared from molecular materials derived from (Fe, Co) metallic phthalocyanines and 1,8 dihydroxiantraquinone compounds”. Materials Science and Engineering B – Advanced Functional Solid-State Materials. (2009).
O.G. Morales-Saavedra and L. Castañeda. “Second harmonic generation of fluorine-doped zinc oxide thin films grown on soda-lime glass substrates by a chemical spray technique”. Optics Communications. (2007).
O.G. Morales-Saavedra, E. Rivera, J.O. Flores-Flores, R. Castañeda, J.G. Bañuelos and J.M. Saniger. “Preparation and optical characterization of catalyst free SiO2 sonogel hybrid materials”. Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology. (2007).
S. Rauch, Ch. Selbmann, P. Bault, H. Sawade, G. Heppke, O. Morales-Saavedra, M.Y.M. Huang and A. Jákli. “Glass forming banana-shaped compounds: vitrified liquid crystal states”. Physical Review (E) – Statistical, Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics. (2004).
Optics, Electromagnetism, Thermodynamics, and Fluids Laboratories (Undergraduate courses in Physics).
Nonlinear Optics (Masters and Undergraduate level).
Graduate
Master’s:
Elson Sánchez-Pastenes
Undegraduate
Edgar Omar Torres Alvarez
Mario Venegas Navarrete
Pedro Eduardo González Reyes