Arturo Lousa Rodriguez

Associate professor

ORCID: 0000-0002-7848-2615

Scopus Author ID: 7003402898

Researcher ID: C-4783-2009

Knowledge area: Física Aplicada

Grup d'Estructures en Capa fina per l'Energia i les Telecomunicacions (GECFET)

Contact Information
Department of Applied Physics
Av. Diagonal, 647.
934021144
alousa(a)ub.edu

Academic training

Física . Universidad de Barcelona . 1978 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)

Física . Universidad de Barcelona . 17/06/1987 . (Ph.D.)

Research interests

Deposition and characterization of thin film semiconductor materials by coevaporation in high vacuum

Deposition and characterization of multilayer magnetic systems of nanometric period by electron gun alternating evaporation

Obtaining and characterizing electrochromic thin films for application to automobile mirrors

PVD deposition (r.f. sputtering and Cathodic Arc) and physical, mechanical and tribological characterization of thin layers of the B/C/N system

PVD deposition (r.f. sputtering) and physical, mechanical and tribological characterization of nanometric multilayers

Journal Publications

Yate, L.; Martínez-de-Olcoz, L.; Esteve, J.; Lousa, A. (2017). Ultra low nanowear in novel chromium/amorphous chromium carbide nanocomposite films. Applied Surface Science, 420, pp. 707 - 713 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.05.203 . ISSN: 0169-4332

Calvo-de la Rosa, J.; Tejada, J.; Lousa, A. (2019). Structural and impedance spectroscopy characterization of soft magnetic materials. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 475, pp. 570 - 578 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2018.11.085 . ISSN: 0304-8853

Rikarte, J.; Acebedo, B.; Vilalta-Clemente, A.; Bonilla, F.; Wilkinson, A.J.; Galceran, M.; Lousa, A.; Rubio-Zuazo, J.; Muñoz-Márquez, M.A. (2020). Surface Evolution of Lithium Titanate upon Electrochemical Cycling using a Combination of Surface Specific Characterization Techniques. Advanced Materials Interfaces, 7(11), pp. 1902164_1 - 1902164_9 . https://doi.org/10.1002/-v120191216 . ISSN: 2196-7350

Yate, L: Martínez-de-Olcoz, L.; Ivashchenko, V.I.; Pshyk, A.V.; Coy, E.;Esteve, J.;Lousa, A. (2020). Stabilization of complex orthorhombic o-Cr₃C₂ thin films under high energetic growth conditions: Experiments and calculations. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 848(156373), pp. 156373_1 - 156373_11 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.156373 . ISSN: 0925-8388

Orrit-Prat, J.; Bonet, R.; Rupérez, E.; Punset, M.; Ortiz-Hernández, M.; Guillem-Marti, J.; Lousa, A.; Cano, D.; Díaz, C.; García-Fuentes, G.; Caro, J. (2021). Bactericidal silver-doped DLC coatings obtained by pulsed filtered cathodic arc co-deposition. Surface & Coatings Technology, 411, pp. 126977_1 - 126977_11 . https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S025789722100150X?via%3Dihub . ISSN: 0257-8972