Computational Materials Science

Dr. Joaquin Miranda Research Assistant Computational Materials Science      German Research School for Simulation Sciences Room 3003 52425 Jülich  j.miranda "at" grs-sim.de +49 2461 61 8938

Field of Research

• Orbital and structural ordering induced by Jahn-Teller distortions

Education

• 2010: PhD in Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies
  Phase separation in a 2D charged system
  Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
• 2004: MSc in Applied Physics
  Comparative study of covalent and ionic bonding for polaron formation
  CINVESTAV–Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
• 2001: BAH Engineering Physics
  Nanostructural study of CdTe grown by different technique
  University of Yucatátan, Mexico

Publications

• J. Miranda Mena, T. Mertelj, V.V. Kabanov and D. Mihailovic:
  Polaron and bipolaron transport in a charge segregated state of doped strongly correlated 2D semiconductor
  Phys. Rev. B 83, 125308 (2011)
• J. Miranda Mena:
  Jahn-Teller polarons, bipolarons and inhomogeneities. A possible scenario for superconductivity in cuprates
  in: The Jahn-Teller Effect. Springer Series in Chemical Physics Vol. 97 (2009)
• J. Miranda Mena, T. Mertelj, V.V. Kabanov and D. Mihailovic:
  Bipolaron Jahn-Teller pairing and charge transport in cuprates
  Journal Supercond. Nov Magn 22, 281-285 (2009)
• J. Miranda Mena, V.V. Kabanov:
  Stripe formation induced by doping
  Journal Supercond. Nov Magn 22, 287 (2009)
• J. Mustre de Leon, J. Miranda Mena, A.R. Bishop:
  Microstrain and Polaronic Correlation in a Model System
  Journal of Physics 108, 012020 (2008)
• J. Miranda Mena, V.V. Kabanov:
  Coulomb frustrated first order phase transition and stripes
  Physica C 468, 358-361 (2007)
• T. Mertelj, V.V. Kabanov, J. Miranda Mena and D. Mihailovic:
  Self-organization of charged particles on a two dimensional lattice subject to anisotropic Jahn-Teller-type interaction and three-dimensional Coulomb repulsion
  Physical Review B 76, 054523 (2007)
• J. Miranda Mena, J. Mustre de Leon, A.R. Bishop:
  Effect of Uniaxial pressure on the Isotope Effect on the spectrum of Hamiltonians with Electron- Phonon coupling
  Journal of Superconductivity 20, 603-608 (2007)
• J. Miranda Mena, T. Mertelj, V.V. Kabanov and D. Mihailovic:
  Gap Opening in a 2D Jahn-Teller-Coulomb model
  Journal Supercond. Nov Magn 20, 587-590 (2007)
• J. Miranda Mena, J. Mustre de Leon, and A. R. Bishop:
  Polaron Formation in a Model Hamiltonian with Covalent Electron-Phonon Interactions
  Journal of Superconductivity 18, No. 5/6, (2005)