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Francisco Javier Munoz Saez

Associate Professor

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE, FAC. CIENCIAS, DEPTO FISICA

Santiago, Chile

theoretical condensed matter; density functional theory & tight binding; topological insulators; single photon emitters

Physics, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2010
Physics, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2006

Senior Researcher Full Time

Max-Planck-Institut für Mikrostrukturphysik

Halle, Alemania

2012 - 2013
Associate Professor Full Time

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Ciencias

Santiago, Chile

2011 - A la fecha

Associate professor Full Time

Universidad de Chile

Santiago , Chile

2011 - A la fecha
Senior researcher Full Time

Max Planck Institute of Microstructured Physics

Halle, Alemania

2012 - 2013
Associate Researcher Part Time

Center for the Development of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Santiago, Chile

2009 - 2024

PhD thesis of Jose Mella Riquelme, "Control of Topologically Protected Surface States", at Universidad de Chile (2015-2019)
MSc thesis of Cesar Jara Donoso, "Physical Properties of Defects in van der Waals Heterostructures", at Universidad de Chile (2018-2020)
MSc thesis of Andres Robles, "Efecto del Confinamiento en la Estructura Electrónica de átomos y moléculas diatómicas", Universidad de Chile (2019-2020)
MSc thesis of Esteban Flores, "Inducing a topological transition in graphene nanoribbons superlattices by external strain", Universidad de Chile (2021-2023)
MSc Thesis of Fernanda Pinilla, "Centros de color en nitruro de borohexagonal y heteroestructuras de van der Waals", Universidad de Chile (2020-2023)

I am the organizer of the "ChileNobel" conferences, a cycle of short talks to the general audience about each year's Nobel prices and their relationship with Chile.

Becas Conicyt

CONSEJO NACIONAL DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGIA

Chile

Scholarship for graduate studies
Becas Chile

COMISION NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACION CIENTIFICA Y TECNOLOGICA

Chile

Scholarship to postdoctoral training abroad


Chemical bonding dictates drastic critical temperature difference in two seemingly identical superconductors Lavroff, Robert H.; Munarriz, Julen; Dickerson, Claire E.; Munoz, Francisco; Alexandrova, Anastassia N. Article WOS PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (2024)
Electronic structure and vibrational stability of copper-substituted lead apatite LK-99 Cabezas-Escares, J.; Barrera, Nicolas F.; Lavroff, Robert H.; Alexandrova, Anastassia; Cardenas, Carlos; Muñoz, Francisco Article WOS PHYSICAL REVIEW B (2024)
Expanding PyProcar for new features, maintainability, and reliability Lang, Logan; Tavadze, Pedram; Tellez, Andres; Bousquet, Eric; Xu, He; Munoz, Francisco; Vasquez, Nicolas; Herath, Uthpala; Romero, Aldo H. Article ISI COMPUTER PHYSICS COMMUNICATIONS (2024)
Exploring the catalytic potential of AuxPt4-x clusters on TiC and ZrC (001) surfaces for hydrogen dissociation Gomez, Tatiana; Calatayud, Monica; Arratia-Perez, R; Muñoz, Francisco; Cardenas, carlos Article WOS APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE (2024)
Manipulating the Stacking in Two-Dimensional Hexagonal Boron Nitride Bilayers: Implications for Defect-Based Single Photon Emitters Pinilla, Fernanda; Muriel, Wilver A.; Cabezas-Escares, Javiera; Chacon, Ignacio; Cardenas, Carlos; Munoz, Francisco Article ISI ACS APPLIED NANO MATERIALS (2024)
Prediction of BiS<sub>2</sub>-type pnictogen dichalcogenide monolayers for optoelectronics Mella, Jose D.; Nalabothula, Muralidhar; Munoz, Francisco; Rabe, Karin M.; Wirtz, Ludger; Singh, Sobhit; Romero, Aldo H. Article ISI NPJ 2D MATERIALS AND APPLICATIONS (2024)
Formation of H<sub>2</sub> on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons under conditions of the ISM: an ab initio molecular dynamics study Barrera, Nicolas F.; Fuentealba, Patricio; Munoz, Francisco; Gomez, Tatiana; Cardenas, Carlos Article ISI MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY (2023)
Spin-active single photon emitters in hexagonal boron nitride from carbon-based defects Pinilla, Fernanda; Vasquez, Nicolas; Chacon, Ignacio; Maze, Jeronimo R.; Cardenas, Carlos; Munoz, Francisco Article ISI PHYSICA SCRIPTA (2023)
High-temperature phonon-mediated superconductivity in monolayer Mg2B4C2 Singh, Sobhit; Romero, Aldo H.; Mella, Jose D.; Eremeev, Vitalie; Munoz, Enrique; Alexandrova, Anastassia N.; Rabe, Karin M.; Vanderbilt, David; Munoz, Francisco Article ISI NPJ QUANTUM MATERIALS (2022)
Inducing a topological transition in graphene nanoribbon superlattices by external strain Flores, E.; Mella, Jose D.; Aparicio, E.; Gonzalez, R. I.; Parra, C.; Bringa, E. M.; Munoz, F. Article ISI PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS (2022)
Defect levels from SCAN and MBJ meta-GGA exchange-correlation potentials Rauch, Tomas; Munoz, Francisco; Marques, Miguel A. L.; Botti, Silvana Article ISI PHYSICAL REVIEW B (2021)
First-Principles Identification of Single Photon Emitters Based on Carbon Clusters in Hexagonal Boron Nitride Jara, Cesar; Rauch, Tomas; Botti, Silvana; Marques, Miguel A. L.; Norambuena, Ariel; Coto, Raul; Castellanos-Aguila, J. E.; Maze, Jeronimo R.; Munoz, Francisco Article ISI JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A (2021)
First-principles study of Mn-3 adsorbed on Au(111) and Cu(111) surfaces Hernandez-Vazquez, E. E.; Lopez-Moreno, S.; Munoz, F.; Ricardo-Chavez, J. L.; Moran-Lopez, J. L. Article ISI RSC ADVANCES (2021)
Nanoindentation of Amorphous Carbon: a combined experimental and simulation approach Valencia, Felipe J.; Santiago, Jose; Gonzalez, Rafael, I; Gonzalez-Arrabal, Raquel; Ruestes, Carlos; Perez Diaz, Miguel; Monclus, Miguel A.; Molina-Aldareguia, Jon; Diaz Nunez, Pablo; Munoz, Francisco; Kiwi, Miguel; Perlado, Jose M.; Bringa, Eduardo M. Article ISI ACTA MATERIALIA (2021)
Simulated mechanical properties of finite-size graphene nanoribbons Aparicio, E.; Tangarife, E.; Munoz, F.; Gonzalez, R., I; Valencia, F. J.; Careglio, C.; Bringa, E. M. Article ISI NANOTECHNOLOGY (2021)
Understanding Topological Insulators in Real Space Martin Pendas, Angel; Munoz, Francisco; Cardenas, Carlos; Contreras-Garcia, Julia Article ISI MOLECULES (2021)
Electronic structure of first and second row atoms under harmonic confinement Robles-Navarro, A.; Fuentealba P.; MuÃ±oz F.; CÃ¡rdenas C. Article ISI SCOPUS International Journal of Quantum Chemistry (2020)
Highly porous tungsten for plasma-facing applications in nuclear fusion power plants: a computational analysis of hollow nanoparticles Diaz-Rodriguez, Pablo; Munoz, Francisco; Rogan, Jose; Martin-Bragado, Ignacio; Perlado, J. M.; Pena-Rodriguez, Ovidio; Rivera, Antonio; Valencia, Felipe J. Article ISI NUCLEAR FUSION (2020)
Imogolite in water: Simulating the effects of nanotube curvature on structure and dynamics GonzÃ¡lez R.I.; Rojas-Nunez J.; Valencia F.J.; Munoz F.; Baltazar S.E.; Allende S.; Rogan J.; Valdivia J.A.; Kiwi M.; RamÃrez R.; Greathouse J.A. Article ISI SCOPUS Applied Clay Science (2020)
Magnon valley Hall effect in CrI3-based van der Waals heterostructures Hidalgo-Sacoto, R.; Gonzalez, R., I; Vogel, E. E.; Allende, S.; Mella, Jose D.; Cardenas, C.; Troncoso, Roberto E.; Munoz, F. Article ISI PHYSICAL REVIEW B (2020)
PyProcar: A Python library for electronic structure pre/post-processing Herath U.; Tavadze P.; He X.; Bousquet E.; Singh S.; MuÃ±oz F.; Romero A.H. Article ISI SCOPUS Computer Physics Communications (2020)
First-principles study of Ni adatom migration on graphene with vacancies Hernandez-Vazquez, E. E.; Munoz, F.; Lopez-Moreno, S.; Moran-Lopez, J. L. Article ISI SCOPUS RSC ADVANCES (2019)
Hematene: a 2D magnetic material in van der Waals or non-van der Waals heterostructures Gonzalez, R. I.; Mella, J.; Diaz, P.; Allende, S.; Vogel, E. E.; Cardenas, C.; Munoz, F. Article ISI SCOPUS 2D MATERIALS (2019)
Interaction of Nitroxide Radicals with an Au-8 Nanostructure: Theoretical and Calorimetric Studies Aliaga, Carolina; Fuentealba, Patricio; Muñoz, Francisco; Pastenes, Camila; Rezende, Marcos C.; Spodine, Evgenia; Cárdenas, Carlos Article ISI SCOPUS JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C (2019)
Molecular simulations of carbon allotropes in processes with creation and destruction of chemical bonds Tangarife, E; Gonzalez, RI; Cardenas, C; Bringa, EM; Munoz, E Article ISI SCOPUS CARBON (2019)
Strain to alter the covalency and superconductivity in transition metal diborides Zhai, Huanchen; Muñoz, Francisco; Alexandrova, Anastassia Article ISI SCOPUS JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C (2019)
Bending energy of 2D materials: graphene, MoS2 and imogolite Munoz, Francisco; Valdivia, Juan Alejandro; Gonzalez, Rafael, I; Sofo, Jorge; Rogan, Jose; Kiwi, Miguel; Valencia, Felipe J. Article ISI SCOPUS RSC ADVANCES (2018)
Growth of Ni nanoclusters on irradiated graphene: a molecular dynamics study Muñoz, Francisco; Valencia, Felipe; Moran-Lopez, Jose Luis; Hernandez, Elena; Bringa, Eduardo M.; Rogan, Jose; Gonzalez, Rafael Article ISI SCOPUS PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS (2018)
Topological properties of a bipartite lattice of domain wall states Munoz F.; Pinilla F.; Mella J.; Molina, M.I. Article ISI SCOPUS SCIENTIFIC REPORTS (2018)
Magnetic phases at the molecular scale: the case of cylindrical Co nanoparticles D?az, Pablo; Vogel, Eugenio E.; Muñoz, Francisco Article ISI SCOPUS JOURNAL OF NANOPARTICLE RESEARCH (2017)
Topology-driven nonlinear switching in Mobius discrete arrays Muñoz, Francisco J.; Turitsyn, Sergei K.; Kivshar, Yuri S.; Molina, Mario I. Article ISI SCOPUS PHYSICAL REVIEW A (2017)
Bilayer graphene under pressure: Electron-hole symmetry breaking, valley Hall effect, and Landau levels Munoz, F.; Collado, H. P. Ojeda; Usaj, Gonzalo; Sofo, Jorge O.; Balseiro, C. A. Article ISI SCOPUS PHYSICAL REVIEW B (2016)
Energetics and the magnetic state of Mn2 adsorbed on Au(111): Dimer bond distance dependence Lopez-Moreno, S; Mejia-Lopez, J; Muñoz F; Calles, A; Moran-Lopez, JL Article ISI SCOPUS JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS (2016)
Prediction and control of spin polarization in a Weyl semimetallic phase of BiSb Singh, Sobhit; Garcia-Castro, A. C.; Valencia-Jaime, Irais; Mu?oz, Francisco; Romero, Aldo H. Article ISI SCOPUS PHYSICAL REVIEW B (2016)
Topological Crystalline Insulator in a New Bi Semiconducting Phase Muñoz F; Vergniory, MG; Rauch, T; Henk, J; Chulkov, EV; Mertig, I; BOTTI, S.; Marques, MAL; Romero, AH Article ISI SCOPUS SCIENTIFIC REPORTS (2016)
Au13-nAgn clusters: a remarkably simple trend Muñoz F; Varas, A.; Rogan, J.; Valdivia JA; Kiwi, M. Article ISI SCOPUS Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (2015)
Coaxial Nanocable Composed by Imogolite and Carbon Nanotubes Monovasilis, T; Rogan, J.; Ramirez, M.; Kiwi, M.; Munoz, F.; Simos, TE; Gonzalez, R. I.; Kalogiratou, Z; Valdivia, J. A. Article ISI FIRST LATIN AMERICAN SYMPOSIUM ON HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS AND VII MEXICAN SCHOOL OF PARTICLES AND FIELDS (2015)
Self-Rolling of an Aluminosilicate Sheet into a Single Walled Imogolite Nanotube: The Role of the Hydroxyl Arrangement Monovasilis, T; Valencia, F.; Gonzalez, R. I.; Ramirez, M.; Rogan, J.; Kiwi, M.; Munoz, F.; Simos, TE; Valdivia, J. A.; Kalogiratou, Z; Ramirez, R. Article ISI FIRST LATIN AMERICAN SYMPOSIUM ON HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS AND VII MEXICAN SCHOOL OF PARTICLES AND FIELDS (2015)
Surface states of FeF2 (110) and its uncompensated magnetization Muñoz F; Romero, AH; Mejia-Lopez, J; Roshchin, IV; Gonzalez, RI; Kiwi, M. Article ISI SCOPUS Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (2015)
Model for Self-Rolling of an Aluminosilicate Sheet into a Single-Walled Imogolite Nanotube Gonzalez, R. I.; Ramirez R.; Rogan, J.; Valdivia, J. A.; Muñoz F; Valencia, F.; Ramirez M.; Kiwi, M. Article ISI SCOPUS JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C (2014)
Physical properties of quasi-one-dimensional MgO and Fe3O4-based nanostructures Mejia-Lopez, J; Mazo-Zuluaga, J.; Lopez-Moreno, S; Muñoz F; Duque, LF; Romero, AH Article ISI SCOPUS PHYSICAL REVIEW B (2014)
Reorganization of a topological surface state: Theory for Bi2Te3(111) covered by noble metals Muñoz, Francisco; Flieger, Markus; Henk, Jürgen; Mertig, Ingrid Article ISI SCOPUS PHYSICAL REVIEW B (2014)
Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Ti-2 on C-20 Collisions and C20Ti2 Configurations Muñoz F; Cárdenas C; Rogan, J.; Valdivia JA; Fuentealba P.; Kiwi, M. Article ISI SCOPUS Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2013)
Binary cluster collision dynamics and minimum energy conformations Muñoz F; Rogan, J.; Valdivia JA; Varas, A.; Kiwi, M. Article ISI SCOPUS PHYSICA B-CONDENSED MATTER (2013)
Finite size effects on the magnetocrystalline anisotropy energy in Fe magnetic nanowires from first principles Muñoz F; Romero, AH; Mejia-Lopez, J; Moran-Lopez, JL Article ISI SCOPUS Journal of Nanoparticle Research (2013)
Properties of Fe8-NCoN nanoribbons and nanowires: A DFT approach Muñoz F; Altbir, D.; Kiwi, M.; Moran-Lopez, JL Article ISI SCOPUS Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (2013)
A new isomer of C-20 and a way to a new C-240 Cárdenas C; Muñoz F; Munoz M.; Bernardin A; Fuentealba P. Article ISI SCOPUS Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (2012)
Displacements of hysteresis loops in magnetite nanoparticles Mazo-Zuluaga, J.; Mejia-Lopez, J; Muñoz F; Restrepo, J. Article ISI REVISTA MEXICANA DE FISICA (2012)
First-principles theoretical investigation of monoatomic and dimer Mn adsorption on noble metal (111) surfaces Muñoz F; Romero, A. H.; Mejia-Lopez, J; Moran-Lopez J.L. Article ISI SCOPUS Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (2012)
Nanocluster Collisions as a Way to Understand the Role of d-Shell Polarization Kiwi, M.; Muñoz F; García, G.; Ramirez R.; Rogan, J.; Valdivia, J. A. Article ISI SCOPUS Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism (2012)
Physical and chemical properties of Con-mCum nanoclusters with n=2-6 atoms via ab-initio calculations Perez M.; Muñoz F; Mejia-Lopez, J; Martinez, G Article ISI SCOPUS Journal of Nanoparticle Research (2012)
Collisions between a single gold atom and 13 atom gold clusters: an ab initio approach Muñoz F; Rogan, J.; García, G.; Ramirez M.; Valdivia JA; Ramirez R.; Kiwi, M. Article ISI SCOPUS European Physical Journal D (2011)
Monoatomic and dimer Mn adsorption on the Au(111) surface from first principles Muñoz F; Romero, AH; Mejia-Lopez, J; Moran-Lopez, JL Article ISI SCOPUS Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (2011)
The role of d-orbital polarization on rhodium cluster collisions Muñoz F; Rogan, J.; García, G.; Valdivia JA; Ramirez R.; Kiwi, M. Article ISI SCOPUS European Physical Journal D (2011)
Uniaxial Magnetic Anisotropy Energy of Fe Wires Embedded in Carbon Nanotubes Muñoz F; Mejia-Lopez, J; Perez-Acle, T; Romero, AH Article ISI SCOPUS ACS Nano (2010)
Surface anisotropy, hysteretic, and magnetic properties of magnetite nanoparticles: A simulation study Mazo-Zuluaga, J.; Restrepo, J.; Muñoz F; Mejia-Lopez, J Article ISI SCOPUS Journal of Applied Physics (2009)


Defects in two-dimensional materials and heterostructures Muñoz, Francisco; Parra, Carolina; Reyes-Lillo S.E. Proyecto (2023)
Strain effect on local electronic properties of topological insulator nanostructures Parra, Carolina; Muñoz, Francisco J. Proyecto (2022)
Light-Matter Interactions in Topological Nanomaterials Towards Low-Consumption Information Technology Muñoz, Enrique; Muñoz, Francisco; Maze, Jerónimo; Parra, Carolina Proyecto (2019)
Topological Insulator Superlattices Munoz, Francisco; Parra, Carolina Proyecto (2019)
CHARACTERIZATION, DESIGN AND TRANSPORT PROPERTIES OF TOPOLOGICALLY PROTECTED SURFACE STATES FONDECYT (1150806) Proyecto 2015-2019 Inv. Responsable
NANOCLUSTERS AND THEIR INTERACTION WITH NANOSTRUCTURES FONDECYT (11110510) Proyecto 2011-2014 Inv. Responsable


A chemical theory of topological insulators MartÃn PendÃ¡s A.; Contreras-GarcÃa J.; Pinilla F.; Mella J.D.; Cardenas C.; MuÃ±oz F. Review ISI SCOPUS CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS (2019)