Dr Javier Varillas

Associate Scientist, Department of Low-dimensional Systems
E-mail
javier.varillas@jh-inst.cas.cz
Telefon
420266053446
Room
536
Focus
Studying low-dimensional systems through atomistic simulations, including graphene, graphene derivatives (fluorinated and chlorinated), TMDCs (MoS2, MoSe2, WSe2, WS2), and 2D heterostructures.
Dr Javier Varillas
Expertise
Molecular dynamics simulations, LAMMPS, mechanical response of materials, statistical mechanics.
Background
  • 2005-2011. Sc. in Civil Engineering. Polytechnic School of Zamora, University of Salamanca, Spain.
  • 2012-2014. Sc. in Materials Science and Engineering. School of Industrial Engineering of Barcelona, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain.
  • 2014. Research assistant. Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Barcelona. Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy.
  • 2015-2019. Doctorate degree in the Faculty of Mechanics, West Bohemia in Pilsen. New Technologies Research Center, Pilsen , Czechia (supervisor: Prof. Jorge Alcalá).
  • 2019 – Institute of Thermomechanics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Department of Ultrasonic Methods, Prague, Czechia.
  • 2020 – J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, Department of low-dimensional materials, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia.
Selected publications
  • J. Varillas, J. Lukeš, A. Manikas, J. Maňák, J. Dluhoš, Z. Melníková, M. Kalbáč, C. Galiotis, O. Frank. Multi-Probe Evaluation of the Mechanical Response of Monolayer Graphene. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences (2024)
  • M. Gastaldo, J. Varillas, Á. Rodríguez, M. Velický, O. Frank, and M. Kalbáč. Tunable strain and bandgap in subcritical-sized MoS2 nanobubbles. npj 2D Materials and Applications (2023)
  • Á. Rodriguez, J. Varillas, G. Haider, M. Kalbáč, and O. Frank. Complex Strain Scapes in Reconstructed Transition-Metal Dichalcogenide Moire Superlattices. ACS Nano (2023)
  • J. Varillas and O. Frank. Wrinkle Development in Graphene Sheets with Patterned Nano-protrusions: A Molecular Dynamics Study. Carbon (2021)