Calzada Coco, María Lourdes

The R&D interests of M. Lourdes Calzada are focussed on the synthesis by soft-chemistry routes and the characterization of nanostructures, thin films and bulk materials of functional metal oxides. This general topic includes the design of oxide precursors end the engineering of high-performance crystalline oxides, as well as the development of sustainable processing methods for advanced materials and digital technologies. Her current research projects are highly interdisciplinary and mostly based on the development of low-temperature sol-gel/solution synthesis strategies to attain metal oxide materials and the integration of functional films with semiconductor and flexible substrates (Si-technology and Flexible Electronics). Her group currently has a world-leadership position on this topic, being pioneer in the processing of ferroelectric, multiferroic and photoferroic complex oxides for flexible electronic devices.

She has been involved in more than 30 R&D projects and has published more than 200 papers, 9 book chapters and is co-inventor in 3 patents. She has been Guess Editor in the Special Issue of Chemistry - A European Journal, 2020, dedicated to Low Temperature Solution Route Approaches to Oxide Functional Nanoscale Materials. She serves on the editorial board of several research journals and belongs to different steering committees of international conferences.