Blanca Biel Ruiz

My research is focused on the investigation of the electronic and transport properties of nanomaterials, mostly 2D materials, by means of Density Functional Theory- (DFT) based simulations. With the aim of studying realistic materials, I paid special attention to the role of defects, strain and the impact of the underlying substrate.



link to PublonsSelected publications:


+ Electronic and transport properties of graphene-based nanostructures
1. Tuning the conductance of single-walled carbon nanotubes by ion irradiation in the Anderson localization regime


C. Gómez-Navarro, P. J. De Pablo, J. Gómez-Herrero, B. Biel, F. J. Garcia-Vidal, A. Rubio & F. Flores

//Nature Materials//, 4, 534-539 (2005)


DOI:10.1038/nmat1414

2. Anderson localization in carbon nanotubes: Defect density and temperature effects


B. Biel, F. J. García-Vidal, A. Rubio, & F. Flores

//Phys. Rev. Lett.// 95, 266801 (2005)


DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.266801

3. Transport Length Scales in Disordered Graphene-Based Materials: Strong Localization Regimes and Dimensionality Effects


A. Lherbier, B. Biel, Y.-M. Niquet & S. Roche

//Phys. Rev. Lett.//, 100, 036803 (2008)


DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.036803

4. Charge Transport in Disordered Graphene-Based Low Dimensional Materials


A. Cresti, N. Nemec, B. Biel, G. Niebler, F. Triozon, G. Cuniberti & S. Roche


//Nano Research//, 1 (5), 361-394 (2008)


DOI: 10.1007/s12274-008-8043-2

Highly cited paper according to WoK


5. Anderson localization regime in carbon nanotubes: size dependent properties


F. Flores, B. Biel, A. Rubio, F. J. García-Vidal, C. Gómez-Navarro, P. de Pablo and J. Gómez-Herrero

//Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter//, 20 , 30 (2008)


DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/20/30/304211

6. Ab initio study of transport properties in defected carbon nanotubes: an O(N) approach


B. Biel, F. J. García-Vidal, Á. Rubio & F. Flores

//Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter//, 20 , 29 (2008)


DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/20/29/294214

7. Chemically Induced Mobility Gaps in Graphene Nanoribbons: A Route for Upscaling Device Performance


B. Biel, F. Triozon, X. Blase & S. Roche

//Nano Letters//, 9 (7), 2725-2729 (2009)


DOI: 10.1021/nl901226s

8. Anomalous Doping Effects on Charge Transport in Graphene Nanoribbons


B. Biel, X. Blase, F. Triozon & S. Roche

//Phys. Rev. Lett//., 102, 096803 (2009)


DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.096803

Highly cited paper according to WoK


9. Quantum Transport in Graphene Nanoribbons: Effects of Edge Reconstruction and Chemical Reactivity


S. M.-M. Dubois, A. López-Bezanilla, A. Cresti, F. Triozon, B. Biel, J.-Ch. Charlier & S. Roche

//ACS Nano//, 4 (4), 1971-1976 (2010)


DOI: 10.1021/nn100028q

10. Atomistic Boron-Doped Graphene Field-Effect Transistors: A Route toward Unipolar Characteristics


P. Marconcini, A. Cresti, F. Triozon, G. Fiori, B. Biel, Y.-M. Niquet, M. Macucci & S. Roche

//ACS Nano//, 6 (9) 7942-7947 (2012)


DOI: 10.1021/nn3024046

11. Versatile synthesis and enlargement of functionalized distorted heptagon-containing nanographenes


I. R. Márquez, N. Fuentes, C. M. Cruz, V. Puente-Muñoz, L. Sotorrios, M. L. Marcos, D. Choquesillo-Lazarte, B. Biel, L. Crovetto,. E. Gómez-Bengoa, M. T. González, R. Martin, J M. Cuerva & A. G. Campaña

//Chemical Science//, 8 (2), 1068-1074 (2017)


DOI: 10.1039/c6sc02895k

12. DNA/RNA Sequencing Using Germanene Nanoribbons via Two Dimensional Molecular Electronics Spectroscopy


Reza Rezapour, Blanca Biel

//Nanoscale 14 (13), 5147-5153 (2022)//
+ SPM CHARACTERIZATION OF 2D materials
1. Theoretical characterisation of point defects on a MoS₂ monolayer by scanning tunnelling microscopy


C. González, B. Biel & Y. J. Dappe

//Nanotechnology//, 27 (10), 105702 (2016)


DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/27/10/105702

2. Reactivity Enhancement and Fingerprints of Point Defects on a MoS₂ Monolayer Assessed by ab Initio Atomic Force Microscopy


C. González, Y. J. Dappe & B. Biel

//J. Phys. Chem. C//, 120 (30), 17115¿17126 (2016)


DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b05998

3. Characterization of Atomic-Scale Defects and Electronic Properties of Synthesized MoS₂ Monolayer


I. Delac Marion, D. Capeta, B. Pielic, F. Faraguna, A. Gallardo, P. Pou, B. Biel, N. Vujicic & M. Kralj

//Nanotechnology//, 29 (30), 305703 (2018)


http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6528/aac27d/meta

+ Nanomaterials for nanoelectronics applications
1. Tunability of effective masses on MoS₂ monolayers


B. Biel, L. Donetti, E. R. Ortiz, A. Godoy, F. Gámiz

//Microelectronic Engineering//, 147, 302-305 (2015)


DOI: 10.1016/j.mee.2015.04.099

2. Operation and Design of van der Waals Tunnel Transistors: A 3-D Quantum Transport Study


J. Cao, D. Logoteta, S. Özkaya, B. Biel, A. Cresti, M. G. Pala & D. Esseni

//IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices//, 63 (11), 4388-4394 (2016)


DOI: 10.1109/TED.2016.2605144

3. Adsorption of small inorganic molecules on a defective MoS₂ monolayer


C. González, B. Biel & Y. J. Dappe

//Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys//., 19, 9485-9499 (2017)


DOI: 10.1039/C7CP00544J

4. A Potassium Metal-Organic Framework based on Perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylate as Sensing Layer for Humidity Actuators


J. M. Seco, E. San Sebastian, J. Cepeda, B. Biel, A. Salinas-Castillo, B. Fernandez, D. P. Morales, M. Bobinger, S. Gomez-Ruiz, F. C. Loghin, A. Rivadeneyra, & A. Rodriguez-Dieguez

//Scientific Reports//, 8, 14414 (2018)


5. Exploring a novel class of Janus MXenes by first principles calculations: structural, electronic and magnetic properties of Sc₂CXT, X = O, F, OH; T = C, S, N


S. Özcan & B. Biel

//Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.//., 25, 1881-1888 (2023)


6. Sc₂CX (X=N₂, ON, O₂) MXenes as a promising anode material: A first-principles study


S. Özcan & B. Biel

//J. Appl. Phys. //., 133, 044301 (2023)


7. MXene-based TiC₂/Ta₂C lateral heterostructure: an intrinsic room temperature ferromagnetic material with large magnetic anisotropy



S. Özcan & B. Biel

//RSC Adv. //., 13, 17222-17229 (2023)