Publications

1. Umretiya, R.V., Vargas, S., Galeano, D., Mohammadi, R., Castano, C.E. and Rojas, J.V., 2020. Effect of surface characteristics and environmental aging on wetting of Cr-coated Zircaloy-4 accident tolerant fuel cladding material. Journal of Nuclear Materials, p.152163.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2020.152163

2. Toro-Gonzalez, M., Dame, A. N., Foster, C. M., Millet, L. J., Woodward, J. D., Rojas, J.V., Mirzadeh S. and Davern, S. M., 2020. Quantitative Encapsulation and Retention of 227Th and Decay Daughters in Core–Shell Lanthanum Phosphate Nanoparticles. Nanoscale.

https://doi.org/10.1039/D0NR01172J

3. Higgins, M.C.M., Ghobadi, S., Rojas, J.V. and Castano, C.E., 2020. X-ray synthesis of noble metal nanoparticles onto 2D and 3D graphene oxide supports. Applied Surface Science, p.146313. In Press.

4. Higgins, M.M., Banu, A., Pendleton, S. and Rojas, J.V., 2020. Radiocatalytic performance of oxide-based nanoparticles for targeted therapy and water remediation. Radiation Physics and Chemistry, p.108871.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radphyschem.2020.108871

5. Higgins, M.C.M., Radcliffe, N.A., Toro-González, M. and Rojas, J.V., 2019. Gamma-ray attenuation of hafnium dioxide-and tungsten trioxide-epoxy resin composites. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 322(2), pp.707-716.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-019-06714-3

6. Mir, N., Karimi, P., Castano, C.E., Norouzi, N., Rojas, J.V. and Mohammadi, R., 2019. Functionalizing Fe3O4@ SiO2 with a novel mercaptobenzothiazole derivative: Application to trace fluorometric and colorimetric detection of Fe3+ in water. Applied Surface Science, 487, pp.876-888.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.05.156

7. Toro-González, M., Dame, A.N., Mirzadeh, S. and Rojas, J.V., 2019. Gadolinium vanadate nanocrystals as carriers of α-emitters (225Ac, 227Th) and contrast agents. Journal of Applied Physics, 125(21), p.214901.

https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5096880

8. Higgins, M.M., González, M.T. and Rojas, J.V., 2019. Enhanced X-RAYS degradation of methylene blue in the presence of gold microspheres. Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 156, pp.73-80.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radphyschem.2018.10.020

9. Higgins, M.M. and Rojas, J.V., 2019. X-ray radiation enhancement of gold-TiO2 nanocomposites. Applied Surface Science, 480, pp.1147-1155.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.02.234

10. Toro-González, M., Clifford, D.M., Copping, R., Mirzadeh, S. and Rojas, J.V., 2018. Synthesis and characterization of intrinsically radiolabeled lanthanide phosphate nanoparticles toward biomedical and environmental applications. Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 20(9), p.238.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-018-4338-8

1. Umretiya, R., Vargas, S., Uhorchuk, R., Castano, C.E. and Rojas, J.V., 2019. Aging Effect of Chromium Coated Zircaloy-4 Accident Tolerant Fuel Cladding Material. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 121 (1), pp.744-746.

http://www.ans.org/pubs/transactions/a_47675

2. Uhorchuk, R., Umretiya, R., Anderson, M., Elward, B., Rebak, R.B and Rojas, J.V., 2019. Influence of Surface Roughness on Wettability of Accident Tolerant Fuels Cladding. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 121 (1), pp.1813-1815

http://www.ans.org/pubs/transactions/a_47944

3. Umretiya, R., Uhorchuk, R., Vargas, S., Castano, C.E. and Rojas, J.V., 2019. Surface Characterization of Chromium Coated Zircaloy-4 Accident Tolerant Fuel Cladding Material. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society 121 (1), pp.1811-1812

http://www.ans.org/pubs/transactions/a_47943

4. Umretiya, R., Uhorchuk, R., Anderson, M., Elward, B., Rebak, R.B. and Rojas, J.V., 2019. Evaluation of Surface Characteristics of FeCrAl Alloy Accident Tolerant Fuel Cladding Material After Critical Heat Flux Testing Under Atmospheric Pressure. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 121 (1), pp.195-197

http://www.ans.org/pubs/transactions/a_47528

5. Umretiya, R., Ginestro, D., Bilbao y Leon, S., Rojas, J.V., Elward, B., Anderson, M. and Rebak, R.B. 2019, "Surface characteristics of accident tolerant fuels cladding and their potential impact in critical heat flux", 18th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics, NURETH 2019, pp. 6727.

6. Toro-Gonzalez, M., Molina-Higgins, M. and Rojas, J.V., 2017. Influence of Gold Particle Concentration and X-Ray Energy in Radiosensitization. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 117 (1), pp.33-35

http://www.ans.org/pubs/transactions/a_41192

7. Molina Higgins, M.C., Rojas, J.V., 2017. Synthesis of Au@TiO2 NCs by X-ray Radiolytic and Deposition-Precipitation Methods. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 117 (1), pp.477-479

http://www.ans.org/pubs/transactions/a_41333

The minerals Metals and Materials Society. San Diego, CA, TMS 2020.

ANS Winter Meeting and Nuclear Technology Expo. Washington DC, 2019.

International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-18). Portland, OR, 2018.

International Conference on Ionizing processes. Annapolis MD, 2018.

ANS Winter Meeting and Nuclear Technology Expo. Washington DC, 2017.

The minerals Metals and Materials Society, San Diego, CA, TMS 2017.