Adriana MENDOZA-GARCIA

Research Scientist

Tel: +65 6319 4873

Email: agarcia@imre.a-star.edu.sg


Research Scientist, NanoBio Lab, Singapore, 2019-present

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Brown University, USA, 2015-2018


Ph.D. in Chemistry, Brown University, USA, 2015

M.Sc. in Chemistry, Simon Bolivar University, Venezuela, 2010

B.Sc. in Chemistry, Simon Bolivar University, Venezuela, 2008

Publications

  1. A. A. AbdelHamid, A. Mendoza-Garcia, and J. Y. Ying, “Advances in and Prospects of Nanomaterials’ Morphological Control for Lithium Rechargeable Batteries,” Nano Energy 93, 106860

  2. A. A. AbdelHamid, A. Mendoza-Garcia, J. Y. Ying, “Advances in and Prospects of Nanomaterials’ Morphological Control for Lithium Rechargeable Batteries,” Nano Energy 93, 106860

  3. D. Rubenstein, W. Patterson, I. Peng, F. Schunk, A. Mendoza-Garcia, M. Lyu, and L-Q Wang, “Introductory Chemistry Laboratory: Quantum Mechanics and Color,” Journal of Chemical Education, (2020) DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00908. Impact Factor (IF) 1.770

  4. A. Mendoza-Garcia, C. Masterson, A. Prakash, M. Nakamoto, D. Garcia-Rojas, C. Ozsoy-Keskinbora, D. Bell, V. L. Colvin, “Ultrathin Graphene-Like Carbon Coated Iron Oxide Nanocrystals Formed During Liquid Phase Synthesis,” ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2 (2019) 667-672

  5. B. Shen, A. Mendoza-Garcia, S. Baker, S. McCall, C. Yu, L. Wu, S. Sun, “Stabilizing Fe Nanoparticles in the SmCo5 Matrix,” Nano Letters, 17 (2017) 5695-5698

  6. Z. Xi*, A. Mendoza-Garcia*, H. Zhu, M. Chi, D. Su, D. Erdosy, S. Sun, “NixWO2.72 Nanorods as an Efficient Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Evolution Reaction,” Green Energy & Environment, 2 (2017) 119-123 * These authors contributed equally.

  7. Z. Xi, D. Erdosy, A. Mendoza-Garcia, P. Duchesne, J. Li, M. Muzzio, Q. Li, P. Zhang, S. Sun, “Pd Nanoparticles Coupled to WO2.72 Nanorods for Enhanced Electrochemical Oxidation of Formic Acid,” Nano Letters, 17 (2017) 2727-2731

  8. L. Wu, A. Mendoza-Garcia, Q. Li, S. Sun, “Organic Phase Syntheses of Magnetic Nanoparticles and their Applications,” Chemical Reviews, 116 (2016) 10473-10512

  9. O. Metin, A. Mendoza-Garcia, D. Dalmızrak, M. S. Gültekin, S. Sun, “FePd Alloy Nanoparticles Assembled on Reduced Graphene Oxide as a Catalyst for Selective Transfer Hydrogenation of Nitroarenes to Anilines Using Ammonia Borane as a Hydrogen Source,” Catalysis Science & Technology, 6 (2016) 6137-6143

  10. A. Mendoza-Garcia, D. Su, S. Sun, “Sea-Urchin Like Cobalt Iron Phosphide as Active Catalyst for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction,” Nanoscale, 8 (2016) 3244-3247

  11. A. Mendoza-Garcia and S. Sun, “Recent Advances in the Chemical Synthesis of Ferromagnetic Nanoparticles,” Advanced Functional Materials, 26 (2016) 3809-3817

  12. A. J. Krejci, A. Mendoza-Garcia, S. Sun, J. H. Dickerson, “Comparing Highly Ordered Monolayers of Nanoparticles Fabricated Using Electrophoretic Deposition: Cobalt Ferrite Nanoparticles versus Iron Oxide Nanoparticles,” Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 162 (2015) D3036-D3039

  13. A. Mendoza-Garcia, H. Zhu, Y. Yu, Q. Li, Lin Zhou, D. Su, M. Kramer, S. Sun, “Controlled Anisotropic Growth of Co-Fe-P from Co-Fe-O Nanoparticles,” Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 127 (2015) 9778-9781

  14. L. Wu, Q. Li, C. Wu, H. Zhu, A. Mendoza-Garcia, B. Shen, M. Salmeron, S. Sun, “Stable Cobalt Nanoparticles as an Efficient Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Evolution Reaction,” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 137 (2015) 7071-7074

  15. Q. Li, L. Wu, G. Wu, H. Lv, W. Zhu, A. Casimir, H. Zhu, A. Mendoza-Garcia, S. Sun, “A New Approach to Fully-Ordered fct-FePt Nanoparticles for Much Enhanced Electrocatalysis in Acid,” Nano Letters, 15 (2015) 2468-2473

  16. H. Göksu, S. Ho, O. Metin, K. Korkmaz, A. Mendoza-Garcia, M. Gültekin, S. Sun, “Tandem Dehydrogenation of Ammonia Borane and Hydrogenation of Nitro/Nitrile Compounds Catalyzed by Graphene-Supported NiPd Alloy Nanoparticles,” ACS Catalysis, 4 (2014) 1777

  17. S. Ho, A. Mendoza-Garcia, S. Guo, D. Su, S. Liu, O. Metin, S. Sun, “A Facile Route to Monodisperse MPd (M = Co or Cu) Alloy Nanoparticles and their Catalysis for Electrooxidation of Formic Acid,” Nanoscale, 6 (2014) 6970-6973

  18. S. Guo, X. Zhang, W. Zhu, K. He, D. Su, A. Mendoza-Garcia, S. Ho, G. Lu, S. Sun, “Nanocatalyst Superior to Pt for Oxygen Reduction Reaction: The Case of Core/Shell Ag(Au)/CuPd Nanoparticles,” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 136 (2014) 15026-15033

  19. Y. Yu, A. Mendoza-Garcia, B. Ning, S. Sun, “Cobalt-Substituted Magnetite Nanoparticles and their Assembly into Ferrimagnetic Nanoparticle Arrays,” Advanced Materials, 25 (2013) 3090-3094

  20. J. L. Paz and A. Mendoza-Garcia, “Solvent Influence on the Nonlinear Optical Properties of Molecular Systems in the Presence of Degenerate and Non-Degenerate Four-Wave Mixing,” Journal of Modern Optics, 59 (2012) 71-82

  21. A. Mendoza-Garcia, A. Romero-Depablos, J. Récamier, W. Mochán, J. L. Paz, “Algebraic Methods Applied to the Study of Energy Transfer in Anharmonic Systems,” Molecular Physics, 108 (2010) 3417-3424

  22. A. Mendoza-Garcia, A. Romero-Depablos, M. A. Ortega, J. L. Paz, L. Echevarría, “Theoretical Model for the Calculation of Optical Properties of Gold Nanoparticles,” Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials, 19 (2010) 427-436

  23. J. L. Paz, A. Mendoza-Garcia, A. Mastrodomenico, “Absorptive and Dispersive Optical Profiles in Fluctuating Environments: A Stochastic Model,” Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 112 (2010) 100-108

  24. A. Mendoza-Garcia, J. L. Paz, A. Romero-Depablos, E. Castro, P. Martín, “Determination of Nonlinear Optical Properties Using the Voigt Function: Stochastic Considerations,” Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 111 (2010) 155-159

  25. A. Romero-Depablos, J. L. Paz, A. Mendoza-Garcia, P. Martín, E. Castro, “Optical Properties of a Molecular System Coupled to the Solvent,” International Journal of Modern Physics B, 23 (2009) 5801-5809

  26. J. L. Paz, A. Mendoza-Garcia, A. Romero-Depablos, “Efectos del Solvente en el Estudio de Propiedades Absortivas y Dispersivas en Sistemas Moleculares,” Physical, Mathematical and Natural Sciences Venezuelan Academy Bulletin, Vol. LXIX, No. 3 (2009) 9-23

  27. A. Mendoza-Garcia, J. L. Paz, M. Gorayeb, E. Castro, P. Martín, “Solvent Effects in the Determination of Nonlinear Properties,” Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials, 17 (2008) 511-520

Patents