Electron energy-loss spectroscopy (Plasmons and Phonons)
Low-Loss terahertz nanophotonics
Nanoscale heat transfer
Correlation between structure-properties of nanomaterials
Did you know?
Dr. Lagos is one of six McMaster researchers getting the Discovery Accelerator Supplement, an additional $120,000 over three years awarded to Discovery Grant recipients who have a well-established research program and who show strong potential to become international leaders in their respective areas of research. Full article from the Daily News can be found here.
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Ph.D. The State University of Campinas
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Antwerp.
Research Associate, RUTGERS, The State University of New Jersey.
NSERC Early Career Research award (2019)
Microscopy & Microanalysis Postdoctoral Scholar Award (2018)
Invited speaker presentation Award – EDGE meeting (2017)
Capes Best Thesis Prize, Category: Physics (2012)
3rd Paulo Gontijo Best Thesis Prize, Category: Physics (2011)
Marechal do Ar Casimiro Montenegro Filho Prize, Category: Nanoscience (2010)
Recent
Representative Publications:
Nanoscale Temperature Measurements using Phonon Spectroscopy, NanoLetters 18, 4556, (2018).
Mapping Surface and Bulk Phonon Modes in a Single Nanocube, Nature 543, 529 (2017).
Vibrational Spectroscopy in the Electron Microscope, Nature 514, 209 (2014).
Attosecond and Femtosecond Forces exerted on Nanoparticles induced by Swift Electrons, Physical Review B 93, 205440 (2016).
The Role of Electronic Coupling between Substrate and 2D MoS2 Nanosheets in Electrocatalytic Production of Hydrogen, Nature Materials 15, 1003 (2016).
Mechanical Deformation of Atom-sized Metal Rods: When Size and Shape Matter, Physical Review Letters 106, 55501 (2011).
The Smallest Metal Nanotube with a Square Cross-section, Nature Nanotechnology 4, 149 (2009)
Related Courses
TECHNICAL ELECTIVE LIST A 3 unit(s) Synthesis routes for nanomaterials, bottom-up and top-down approaches, green chemistry methods, properties of materials: carbon nanotubes, nanoparticles, quantum dots. Environmental and health impact of nanomaterials. Three lectures; second term Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level III or above in Materials Engineering, Engineering Physics or Chemistry; or permission of the department Offered on an irregular rotation basis.
Instructor
Dr. Maureen Joel Lagos
3 unit(s) Antirequisite(s): Permission of the instructor required. Introduction to transmission electron microscopy: electron sources, optics, TEM, Scanning-TEM, electron-solid interactions, diffraction, imaging, and spectroscopy. Course will include a practical component with demonstration labs.
Instructor
Dr. Maureen Joel Lagos
3 unit(s) Antirequisite(s): Permission of the instructor required. Introduction to transmission electron microscopy: electron sources, optics, TEM, Scanning-TEM, electron-solid interactions, diffraction, imaging, and spectroscopy. Course will include a practical component with demonstration labs.
Instructor
Dr. Maureen Joel Lagos
3 unit(s) Review of methods of synthesis of nanoscale materials approaches (bottom-up and top down), review of the fundamental properties of nanoscale materials (thermodynamic, mechanical, optical, electronic). Discussion and presentations on many of the applications of these materials in fields of mechanical properties, energy storage, electronic and magnetic, optical, etc.
