Robinson Franco Alvarez

I am currently a PhD student and researcher in the area of thin films in the laboratory of thin films (LFF, USP). I act in the areas of study of deformation under mechanical and thermal stress of thin films of DLC (Diamond Like Carbon) in micro and nanoscale. The deposition of DLC films on different surfaces as mechanical protection has been used in different scenarios such as, microfluidic devices, instrumentation for surgery, hard disk surface coatings and in general of any metal part subject to mechanical wear due to that carbon allotrope has characteristics optimal tribological applications where low friction coefficients are required. In my current research, I try to take advantage of another characteristic of this metamaterial since its tensional state, at the time of being deposited, is highly compressive, which could be used for different applications such as temperature sensors, etc.I also worked as researcher in the area of enhanced oil recovery (EOM) in porous media in the Simulation Laboratory Applied to Materials at the University of São Paulo, Brazil (USP). I am an electronics technologist from the Antonio José Camacho (UNIAJC) university institution, a physicist from the Universidad del Valle (UNIVALLE) and a master's degree in physics from the Federal University of ABC (UFABC).