Publications

Peer reviewed journal publications

• 1. M Ibáñez, C Dieball, A Lasanta, A Godec, RA Rica Heating and cooling are fundamentally asymmetric and evolve along distinct pathways Nature Physics, 20, pages 135–141 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-023-02269-z

  2. E Ortiz-Rivero, S Orozco-Barrera, H Chatterjee, CD González-Gómez, ... Light-to-heat conversion of optically trapped hot Brownian particles ACS nano 17 (24), 24961-24971 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.3c07086

  3. CD González-Gómez, RA Rica, E Ruiz-Reina Electrothermoplasmonic flow in gold nanoparticles suspensions: Nonlinear dependence of flow velocity on aggregate concentration Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 648, 397-405 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2023.05.198

  4. MA Fernandez‐Rodriguez, S Orozco‐Barrera, W Sun, F Gámez, C Caro, ... Hot Brownian Motion of thermoresponsive microgels in optical tweezers shows discontinuous volume phase transition and bistability Small 19 (34), 2301653  https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202301653

  5. Ricci, F., Cuairan, M. T., Schell, A. W., Hebestreit, E., Rica, R. A., Meyer, N., & Quidant, R. A chemical nano-reactor based on a levitated nanoparticle in vacuum. ACS Nano (2022)  In press

  6. Militaru, A., Lasanta, A., Frimmer, M., Bonilla, L. L., Novotny, L., & Rica, R. A. (2021). Kovacs memory effect with an optically levitated nanoparticle. Physical Review Letters, 127 (2021) 130603. 

  7. A. Valenzuela, R.A. Rica, F. J. Olmo-Reyes, and L. Alados-Arboledas Testing a Paul trap through determining the evaporation rate of levitated single semi-volatile organic droplets Optics Express 28 (2020) 34812-34824 (Journal link)

  8. G.P. Conangla, R.A. Rica, R. Quidant Extending vacuum trapping to absorbing objects with hybrid Paul-optical traps Nano Letters 20 (2020) 6018–6023 (Journal link) arXiv preprint

  9. G.P. Conangla, D. Nwaigwe, J. Wehr, R.A. Rica Overdamped dynamics of a Brownian particle levitated in a Paul trap Physical Review A 101 (2020) 053823 (Journal link) arXiv preprint

  10. M.J. Gutiérrez et al. The TRAPSENSOR Facility: an Open-Ring 7-Tesla Penning Trap for Laser-Based Precision Experiments (2019) New Journal of Physics 21 (2019), 023023 (Journal link)

  11. J. García, R.A. Rica, et al.  Overcoming diffusion-limited biosensing by electrothermoplasmonics ACS Photonics (2018) In press (Journal link)

  12. G.P. Conangla, A.W. Schell, R.A. Rica and R. Quidant Motion control and optical interrogation of a levitating single NV in vacuum Nano Letters 18 (2018) 3956–3961 (Journal link) arXiv preprint

  13. R.A. Rica, F. Domínguez, M.J. Gutiérrez, J. Bañuelos, J.J. del Pozo and D. Rodríguez  A double Paul trap system for the electronic coupling of ions The European Physical Journal Special Topics 227 (2018) 445-456 (Journal link) preprint

  14. F. Domínguez, M.J. Gutiérrez, Í. Arrazola, J. Berrocal, J.M. Cornejo, J.J. Del Pozo, R.A. Rica, S. Schmidt, E. Solano, D. Rodríguez Motional studies of one and two laser-cooled trapped ions for electric-field sensing applications Journal of Modern Optics 65 (2018) 613-621 (Journal link) arXiv preprint

  15. F. Ricci, R.A. Rica, M. Spasenovic, J. Gieseler, L. Rondin, L. Novotny and R. Quidant Optically levitated nanoparticle as a model system for stochastic bistable dynamics Nature Communications 8 (2017) 15141 (Journal link) OPEN ACCESS

  16. I.A. Martinez, E. Roldan, L. Dinis, and R.A. Rica Colloidal heat engines: a review Soft Matter 12 (2016) 67-70 (Invited paper for the Soft Matter Emerging Investigators 2017 special issue) (Journal link) 

  17. I.Alda, J. Berthelot, R.A. Rica and R. Quidant Trapping and manipulation of individual nanoparticles in a planar Paul trap Applied Physics Letters 109 (2016) 163105 (Journal link) arXiv preprint

  18. I.A. Martinez, E. Roldan, L. Dinis, D. Petrov, J.M.R. Parrondo and R.A. Rica Brownian Carnot engine Nature Physics 12 (2016) 67-70 arXiv preprint (Journal link) ICFO news

  19. L. Dinis, I.A. Martinez, E. Roldan, J.M.R. Parrondo, R.A. Rica Thermodynamics at the microscale: from effective heating to the Brownian Carnot engine Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiments (2016) 054003 (Journal link) arXiv preprint

  20. M.A. Gonzalez, A. Delgado; R.A. Rica, M. Jimenez, S. Ahualli Electric permittivity and dynamic mobility of dilute suspensions of plate-like gibbsite particles Langmuir 31 (2015) 7934-7942 (Journal link)

  21. I.A. Martinez, E. Roldan, L. Dinis, D. Petrov and R.A. Rica Adiabatic processes realized with a trapped Brownian particle Physical Review Letters 114 (2015) 120601 arXiv preprint (Journal link)

  22. P. Mestres, I.A. Martinez, A. Ortiz-Ambriz, R.A. Rica and E. Roldan Realization of nonequilibrium thermodynamic processes using external colored noise Physical Review E 90 (2014) 032116 Arxiv preprint (Journal link)

  23. Edgar Roldan; Ignacio Martinez; Luis Dinis; Raúl A. Rica Measuring kinetic energy changes in the mesoscale with low acquisition rates Applied Physics Letters 104 (2014) 234103 Arxiv preprint (Journal link)

  24. Doriano Brogioli; Roberto Ziano; Raúl A. Rica; Domenico Salerno; Francesco Mantegazza Capacitive mixing for the extraction of energy from salinity differences: survey of experimental results and electrochemical models Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 407 (2013) 457–466 (PDF) Journal link

  25. Raúl A. Rica; Roberto Ziano; Domenico Salerno; Francesco Mantegazza; René van Roij; Doriano Brogioli Capacitive Mixing for Harvesting the Free Energy of Solutions at Different Concentrations OPEN ACCESS Entropy 15 (2013) 1388-1407 (PDF) (Journal link)

  26. Raúl A. Rica; Roberto Ziano; Domenico Salerno; Francesco Mantegazza; Martin Z. Bazant; Doriano Brogioli Electro-diffusion of ions in porous electrodes for capacitive extraction of renewable energy from salinity gradients Electrochimica Acta 92 (2013) 304–314 (PDF) Journal link

  27. D. Brogioli, R. Ziano, R. A. Rica, D. Salerno, O. Kozynchenko, H. V. M. Hamelers, and F. Mantegazza Exploiting the spontaneous potential of the electrodes used in capacitive mixing technique for extraction of salinity-difference energy Energy and Environmental Science 5 (2012) 9870-9880 (PDF) (Journal link)

  28. Rica, R.A.; Ziano, R.; Salerno, D.; Mantegazza, F.; Brogioli, D. Thermodynamic relation between voltage-concentration dependence and salt adsorption in electrochemical cells Physical Review Letters 109 (2012) 156103 (Journal link) (PDF) Supplemental Material Synopsis

  29. Raúl A. Rica; Doriano Brogioli; Roberto Ziano; Domenico Salerno; Francesco Mantegazza Ions transport and adsorption mechanisms during capacitive mixing-double layer expansion (CDLE) Journal of Physical Chemistry C 116 (2012) 16934-16938 (PDF) (Journal link)

  30. Rica, R.A.; Jiménez, M.L.; Delgado, A.V. Electrokinetics of concentrated suspensions of spheroidal hematite nanoparticles Soft Matter 8 (2012) 3596-3607 (PDF) (Journal link)

  31. Rica, R.A.; Jiménez, M.L.; Delgado, A.V. Effect of the volume fraction of solids on the concentration polarization around spheroidal hematite particles Soft Matter 7 (2011) 3286-3289 (PDF) (Journal link)

  32. Carreras, F.J.; Rica, R.A.; Delgado, A.V. Modeling the Patterns of Visual Field Loss in Glaucoma Optometry and Vision Science 88 (2011) 63-79 (PDF) (Journal Link)

  33. Rica, R.A.; Bazant, M.Z. Electrodiffusiophoresis: Particle motion in electrolytes under direct current Physics of Fluids 22 (2010) 112109 (Journal Link) (PDF)

  34. Rica, R.A.; Jiménez, M.L.; Delgado A.V. Electric permittivity of concentrated suspensions of elongated goethite particles JCIS 343 (2010) 564-573 (PDF) (Journal Link)

  35. Rica, R.A.; Jiménez, M.L.; Delgado A.V. Dynamic mobility of rod-like goethite particles Langmuir 25 (2009) 10587-10594 (PDF) (Journal Link)

  36. Jiménez, M.L.; Arroyo, F.J.; Ahualli, S.; Rica, R.A.; Delgado, A.V. Electroacoustic characterization of bidisperse suspensions Croatica Chemica Acta 80 (2007) 453-459 (PDF) (Journal link)

  37. Jiménez, M.L.; Arroyo, F.J.; Mantegazza, F.; Bellini, T.; Delgado, A.V.; Rica, R.A. Electrokinetics in extremely bimodal suspensions JCIS 307 (2007) 296 - 302 (PDF) (Journal Link)

Peer-reviewed book chapters

• 1. Ángel V. Delgado; R. Rica; F.J. Arroyo; S. Ahualli; M.L. Jiménez AC electrokinetics in concentrated suspensions Colloid and Interface Chemistry for Nanotechnology Progress in Colloid and Interface Science (Book Series); Editors: Peter Kralchevsky, Reinhard Miller and Francesca Ravera (Link to Publisher)(TOC)

  2. Jiménez, M.L.; Ahualli, S.; Rica, R.A.; Delgado, A.V. Dielectric dispersion in colloidal systems: applications in the biological sciences Electrical Phenomena at Interfaces and Biointerfaces, Pages 619-644 (2012); ISBN: 978-0-470-58255-8; Wiley; Editor: Hiroyuki Ohshima

  3. Delgado, A.V.; Jiménez, M.L.; Viota, J.L.; Rica, R.A.; López-López, M.T.; Ahualli, S. Structure and colloidal properties of extremely bimodal suspensions Structure and Functional Properties of Colloidal Systems, Pages 93-115 (2009) ISBN: 9781420084467; Taylor & Francis, Editor: Roque Hidalgo-Alvarez

Theses

1. PhD Thesis Raúl A. Rica (2011) Electrokinetics of concentrated suspensions of spheroidal nanoparticles ISBN: 9788469463536; Publisher: University of Granada Download here (English and Spanish) (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License)

Master Thesis Raúl A. Rica (2007) Electric Permittivity of Structured Suspensions of Magnetic Nanoparticles Download