Rafael Pacheco-Contreras

University of Navojoa — Mexico

Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physical Sciences

8h-index180citations13works0.02yr avg
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Research Topics

nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions(10), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies(9), Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications(6), Machine Learning in Materials Science(4), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science(2)

Publications13 total

Effect of SiO2 Nanoparticles Incorporation on the Mechanical Properties of Type1 Portland Cement
International Journal of Mechanics·2025Open Access
CO<sub>2</sub> adsorption on gas-phase Cu<sub>4−x</sub>Pt<sub>x</sub> (<i>x</i> = 0–4) clusters: a DFT study
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics·2018· 41 cited
Empirical-potential global minima and DFT local minima of trimetallic Ag Au Pt (l+m+n= 13, 19, 33, 38) clusters
Computational Materials Science·2017· 39 cited
Computational studies of stable hexanuclear Cu<sub><i>l</i></sub>Ag<sub><i>m</i></sub>Au<sub><i>n</i></sub>(<i>l</i> + <i>m</i> + <i>n</i> = 6;<i>l</i>,<i>m</i>,<i>n</i> &gt; 0) clusters
International Journal of Quantum Chemistry·2016· 21 cited
Exploring the energy landscape of Pt Au115− nanoalloys
Computational and Theoretical Chemistry·2015· 4 cited
Structural Motifs of Bimetallic Pt<sub>101–<i>x</i></sub>Au<sub><i>x</i></sub> Nanoclusters
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C·2013· 12 cited
Determination of the energy landscape of Pd12Pt1 using a combined genetic algorithm and threshold energy method
RSC Advances·2013· 14 citedOpen Access
Tetrahelix Conformations and Transformation Pathways in Pt<sub>1</sub>Pd<sub>12</sub> Clusters
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A·2012· 15 cited
Computational Studies on the Energy Landscape of Pt-Pd nanoparticles
Bulletin of the American Physical Society·2011
A Theoretical Kohn-Sham Density Functional Theory Based Study of Pt@Pd&lt;SUB&gt;12&lt;/SUB&gt;
Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience·2010· 1 cited
Energetic and Structural Analysis of 102-Atom Pd–Pt Nanoparticles: A Composition-Dependent Study
Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience·2010· 9 cited
Structural Insights into 19-Atom Pd/Pt Nanoparticles: A Computational Perspective
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C·2009· 24 cited
Energetic and structural analysis of 102-atom Pd-Pt nanoparticles
Bulletin of the American Physical Society·2009

Frequent Co-authors

Álvaro Posada-Amarillas(12), Maribel Dessens-Félix(6), Roy L. Johnston(6), Dora J. Borbón-González(5), J. Christian Schön(5), Lauro Oliver Paz‐Borbón(4), Alessandro Fortunelli(3), Octavio Juárez-Sánchez(2), J.M. Montejano‐Carrizales(2), Alvaro Arteaga-Guerrero(2), Luis E. Gálvez-González(1), Ignacio L. Garzón(1), F. Aguilera‐Granja(1), Sharity Morales‐Meza(1), Mario Sánchez(1), Martin Jansen(1), Giovanni Barcaro(1), Luca Sementa(1), J. M. Cabrera-Trujillo(1), Catalina Cruz-Vázquez(1)