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Javier Fernández Troncoso - Student Profile

Javier Fernández TroncosoPhD student

Current research project

Thermal conductivity of PbTe from computer simulation

The objective of this project is to calculate the lattice thermal conductivity of PbTe and find different strategies to reduce its value and therefore improve its efficiency.  Molecular dynamics simulations, first principles calculations and phase-field models are used to study the effect of vacancies, interstitials, voids and grain boundaries on the thermal conductivity at intermediate temperatures.

Biography

I studied Physics at the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) where I graduated in 2014.  After that,  I did a master’s degree in materials science in the same university (2015). This master’s degree was focused on liquids (statistical mechanics), solid-state and atmospheric physics. After having acquired work experience in software developing and data science, I started my PhD in 2016.
 
Research interests
  • Material science using simulation techniques

 

 

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