Alejandra García García

Educación

Investigador Posdoctoral

UTSA, San Antonio Texas (2011)

Doctor en Ciencias con Especialidad en Materiales

CINVESTAV-QUERETARO (2010)

Maestro en Ciencias con especialidad en Materiales

CINVESTAV QUERETARO (2006)

Ingeniero en Materiales con especialidad en Metalurgia

INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO DE MORELIA (2002)

Áreas de Interés

• Aplicacion de nanomateriales al área medioambiental, salud y energía
• Dopaje de materiales bidimensionales: grafeno, GO, dicalcogenuros de metales de transicion
• Estudio estructural y electronico de materiales bidimensionales: grafeno, GO, dicalcogenuros de metales de transicion
• Estudio y aplicacion de materiales bidimensionales dopados: grafeno, GO, dicalcogenuros de metales de transicion

Últimas publicaciones

• Cytotoxic and genotoxic response of an in vitro model of human fetal ventricular cardiomyocytes RL-14 in interaction with pH-dependent high molecular weight Gold-based chitosan nanoparticles

  Yuliet Montoya, Paola Orozco, Wilson Agudelo, Andrea Bedoya, Alejandra García-García, John Bustamante
  Open Nano, Vol.1. No.100297. pp30 (2026)

• Preparation and photocatalytic degradation of ZnO/Fe3O4/GO heterojunction via synergistic electron-hole separation

  Huma Sadiq, Hanan Sadiq, Luz Idalia Ibarra, Alejandra Garcia Garcia
  MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING B-ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL SOLID-STATE MATERIALS, Vol.324. No.118903. pp12 (2026)

• Fe2O3 and Fe2O3 Pd nanohybrids for arsenic removal: adsorption of As(III) and As(V) from water and mine tailings

  Fiodor Moskalenko, Alejandra Garcia-Garcia, Álvaro Navarrete, Rodrigo Segura, Fabiana Liendo, Vanesa Roa , L. Carolina Espinoza, Pamela Sepúlveda
  Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances, Vol.1. No.101044. pp10 (2026)

• Synthesis and characterization of Sulfanilic-acid mediated by ZnO/Graphene oxide composite with preliminary electrochemical assessment

  Hanan Sadiq, Huma Sadiq, Hadia Noor, Alejandra Garcia-Garcia, Sidra Dildar, Maha Sharif
  Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Engineering, Vol.20. No.148. pp13 (2025)

• Preparation and photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue using a sulfanilic acid-functionalized NiO/GO ternary composite with electrochemical evaluation

  Huma Sadiq, Hanan Sadiq, Alejandra Garcia Garcia, Luz Idalia Ibarra, Hafiza Hira, Kiran Batool, Maha Sharif
  RSC ADVANCES, Vol.15. No.40984. pp14 (2025)

• Single-nanoplastic detection based on plasmon-coupled scattering microscopy

  Eduardo Pisano, Fabiola Armenta-Monzón, Lluvia M. Hernández-Sonora, Nancy Ornelas-Soto, Alejandra García-García, Jesús E. Gómez-Correa
  SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL, Vol.1. No.117065. pp9 (2025)

• Synergistic effects of FeNPs@GO on Arsenic adsorption: Insights from experimental and theoretical studies

  A. Moreno-Bárcenas, P. Sepúlveda-Ortiz, R.H. Aguilera-del-Toro, F. Aguilera-Granja, Alejandra García-García
  COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS, Vol.727. No.138310. pp12 (2025)

• Iron oxide nanoadsorbent doped with nickel and palladium for phosphorus removal from water

  Pamela Sepúlveda, Jonathan Suazo-Hernández, Lizethly Cáceres-Jensen, María de la Luz Mora, Juliano Denardin, Alejandra García-García, Pablo Cornejo, Binoy Sarkar
  RSC ADVANCES, Vol.15. No.1. pp26321-26337 (2025)

• Advanced Zeolite Composites with nZVI for Lead Removal in Mining Water: Laboratory Results and Field Validation

  Nicolas Arancibia, Tamara Maldonado, Karen Manquián-Cerda, Isadora Fuentealba, Raúl Calderón, María A. Rubio, Alejandra García
  WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION, Vol.236. No.699. pp15 (2025)

• Structural Study of B-N Co-Doped Carbon Dots: Comparison of Spectroscopic Analysis using DFT

  D. C. Navarro-Ibarra, H. D. Ibarra-Prieto, A. Garcia-Garcia, and F. Aguilera-Granja
  COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE, Vol.258. No.114048. pp11 (2025)

• A focused study of the out-plane mechanical properties and the spiral growth of MoS2 structures

  Daniela Lucio-Rosales, David Torres-Torres, Alejandra Garcia-Garcia
  SURFACE & COATINGS TECHNOLOGY, Vol.504. No.132034. pp11 (2025)

• Physical and chemical effect of an electrospun nanocomposite of gelatin/polyvinyl alcohol loaded with heparin

  Paola Orozco, Yuliet Montoya, Alejandra García-García, John Bustamante
  Results in Materials, Vol.1. No.100703. pp28 (2025)

• Influence of raw material on the morphology and photocatalytic properties of graphene oxide

  E.A. Huitrón-Segovia, D. Torres-Torres, A. Moreno-Bárcenas, J.E. Samaniego-Benítez, J. Ramírez-Aparicio, A. Mantilla, A. Garcia-Garcia
  DIAMOND AND RELATED MATERIALS, Vol.152. No.111951. pp9 (2025)

• Nitrogen-Doped graphene oxide functionalization strategy for synthesis of nanocomposite membranes: electrospun coatings in biomedical field application

  L.M. Rivera-Rivera, Netzahualpille Hernández-Navarro, Lina M. Hoyos-Palacio, Romeo de Coss, Nancy E. Ornelas-Soto, Alejandra García-García
  DIAMOND AND RELATED MATERIALS, Vol.153. No.112020. pp11 (2025)

• Broad spectrum attenuated total reflectance: numerical and experimental demonstration

  Eduardo Pisano, Fabiola Armenta-Monzon, Rene Israel Rodriguez-Beltran, Nancy Ornelas-Soto, Maria Isabel Mendivil Palma, Rodolfo Cortes Martinez, Alejandra Garcia-Garcia, Ricardo Tellez-Limon
  REVISTA MEXICANA DE FISICA, Vol.1. No.22. pp9 (2025)

• Cellular viability in an in vitro model of human ventricular cardiomyocytes (RL-14) exposed to gold nanoparticles biosynthesized using silk fibroin from silk fibrous waste

  Yuliet Montoya, Wilson Agudelo, Alejandra Garcia Garcia, John Bustamante Osorno
  OpenNano, Vol.1. No.100218. pp22 (2024)

• Adsorption of As nano-clusters on different graphene environments

  Rodrigo H. Aguilera-del-Toro, Alejandra Garcıa Garcia, Alejandra Moreno-Bárcenas, Faustino Aguilera Granja
  JOURNAL OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF SOLIDS, Vol.196. No.112383. pp11 (2024)

• X-MoS2/GO/Graphene heterostructures and doping effects: KPFM based study of surface potential

  Diogo José Horst, Rogério de Almeida Vieira, Alejandra García-García, Alejandra Moreno-Barcenas
  Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry , Vol.14. No.5. pp8 (2024)

• Concentration and pH influence on the reducing property of silk fibroin from silk fibrous waste in the green synthesis of silver nanoparticles

  Wilson Agudelo, Yuliet Montoya, Alejandra Garcia Garcia, John Bustamante Osorno
  Journal of Nanotechnology, Vol.2024. No.3781764. pp13 (2024)

• Development of New Thio-Functionalized Resins for the Study of Confinement of High Solubility Nanoparticles: An Alternative to Reduce the Future Ecological Impact

  Cesar Diaz-Cruz, Ignacio A. Rivero, Karla A. Espinoza, Alberto Pérez-Zamora, Hector Daniel Ibarra-Prieto, Alejandra Garcia-Garcia
  JOURNAL OF THE BRAZILIAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, Vol.36. No.4. pp13 (2024)

• Electron Microscopy of a gC3N4(p)/AgCl Heterojunction

  H A Calderon, K Jimenez-Rangel, J E Samaniego-Benítez, Y Jimenez-Flores, L Lartundo-Rojas, I Garduño-Wilches, A García-García, A Mantilla
  MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS, Vol.30. No.1. pp3 (2024)

• Graphene Oxide Under the Nanoscope: A Comprehensive Study of Nanoindentation Behavior

  Javier Rojas-Nunez, Alejandra García, Esther A. Huitrón-Segovia, Eduardo M. Bringa, Samuel E. Baltazar
  JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY-JMR&T, Vol.30. No.1. pp1864-1872 (2024)

• Electrochemical Detection of 17β-Estradiol and Bisphenol A using Graphene Oxide and Reduced Graphene Oxide Modified Electrodes: A Review

  Marcelo López Báez, Alejandra García, Iván Martínez, Christopher González, Marisol Gómez, Bárbara Rodríguez
  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ELECTROCHEMICAL SCIENCE, Vol.19. No.100538. pp14 (2024)

• Iron nanoparticle coating and plasma-activated water cleaning as a biofouling mitigation method for reverse osmosis membranes suitable for desalination  

  Angelina Egorova, Binbin Xia, Heema Kumari Nilesh Vyas, Maria Magdalena Armendáriz-Ontiveros, Yi-Chen Lin, Alejandra Garcia-Garcia, David Wang, Patrick J. Cullen, Gustavo Fimbres Weihs, and Anne Mai-Prochnow
  JOURNAL OF WATER PROCESS ENGINEERING, Vol.59. No.105043. pp13 (2024)

• g-C3N4/AgCl as photocatalyst for the simultaneous removal of Cr (VI) and methylene blue under visible light irradiation

  K. Jiménez-Rangel, J. E. Samaniego-Benítez, Y. Jiménez-Flores, L. Lartundo-Rojas, H. A. Calderón, I. Garduño-Wilches, A. García-García, A. Mantilla
  JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY A-CHEMISTRY, Vol.448. No.115340. pp9 (2024)

• Physicochemical Properties of Silk Fibroin Electrospun Membranes Functionalized with Gold Nanoparticles and Choline Based Bio-ionic Liquids

  Wilson Agudelo, Yuliet Montoya, Alejandra Garcia, John Bustamante,
  Solid State Phenomena, Vol.354. No.1. pp137-142 (2023)

• One-Pot, Optimized Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Difunctionalized and B–N co-Doped Carbon Dots: Structural Characterization

  Hector Daniel Ibarra Prieto, Alejandra Garcia-Garcia, Juan Faustino Aguilera-Granja, Diana C Navarro-Ibarra, Ignacio A. Rivero
  NANOMATERIALS, Vol.13. No.2753. pp16 (2023)

• Fast Simultaneous Electrochemical Detection of Bisphenol-A and Bisphenol-S in Urban Wastewater using a Graphene Oxide-Iron Nanoparticles Hybrid Sensor

  Samuel Piña, Pamela Sepúlveda, Alejandra Garcia Garcia, Alejandra Moreno Bárcenas, Carla Toledo Neira, Ricardo Salazar González
  ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA, Vol.468. No.143164. pp12 (2023)

• Detection of acetaminophen in groundwater by laccase based amperometric biosensors using MoS2 modified carbon paper electrodes

  Marcela Herrera Domínguez, Koun Lim, Iris Aguilar-Hernández, Alejandra García-García, Shelley D. Minteer, Nancy Ornelas-Soto, Raul García-Morales
  SENSORS, Vol.23. No.4633. pp16 (2023)

• Multiwalled carbon nanotubes/Zeolite composite for dye degradation under sunlight

  J. Enrique Samaniego-Benítez, Alejandra García-García, S. Ivette Rivera-Manrique, J. Ramirez Aparicio
  MATERIALS TODAY COMMUNICATIONS, Vol.35. No.106046. pp7 (2023)

• Adhesion effects on free-standing indentations for graphene oxide

  E.A. Huitron Segovia, D. Torres Torres, A. Garcia-Garcia
  DIAMOND AND RELATED MATERIALS, Vol.136. No.109926. pp6 (2023)

• Frictional properties of two-dimensional nanomaterials as an additive in liquid lubricants: current challenges and potential research topics

  Edgar Leonardo Castellanos, Angel Osuna-Zatarain, Alejandra Garcia-Garcia
  Lubricants, Vol.11. No.137. pp12 (2023)

• Photocatalytic hydrogen production using bimetallic and trimetallic hydrotalcite as photocatalysts

  Y Piña-Pérez, JE Samaniego-Benitez, F Tzompantzi, L Lartundo-Rojas, A Garcia-Garcia, A Mantilla, G Romero-Ortiz
  MATERIALS LETTERS, Vol.330. No.133205. pp1-4 (2023)

• Curcumin-loaded polycaprolactone/collagen composite fibers as potential antibacterial wound dressing

  Eduardo San Martín-Martínez, Rocío Casañas-Pimentel, Argelia Almaguer-Flores, Gina Prado-Prone, Alejandra García-García, Carlos Landa-Solís, Adriana Hernandez Rangel
  FIBERS AND POLYMERS, Vol.23. No.11. pp10 (2022)

• Electrochemical and Electroconductive Behavior of Silk Fibroin Electrospun Membrane Coated with Gold or Silver Nanoparticles

  John Bustamante, Adriana Restrepo-Osorio, Alejandra Garcia-Garcia, Yuliet Montoya, Wilson Agudelo
  MEMBRANES, Vol.12. No.1154. pp20 (2022)

• Jute Fibers Synergy with nZVI/GO: Superficial Properties Enhancement for Arsenic Removal in Water with Possible Application in Dynamic Flow Filtration Systems

  Alejandra Moreno Bárcenas, J. Alejandro Arizpe Zapata, Julio A. Rivera Haro, Pamela Sepulveda, Alejandra Garcia-Garcia
  NANOMATERIALS, Vol.12. No.3974. pp11 (2022)

• Optimal loading of iron nanoparticles on reverse osmosis membrane surface to reduce biofouling  

  Maria Magdalena Armendariz, Alejandra Garcia-Garcia, Anne Mai-Prochnow, Gustavo Fimbres
  DESALINATION, Vol.540. No.115997. pp14 (2022)

• Fabrication and characterization of electrospun membranes with highly lipoprotein repellent properties

  L.M. Rivera-Rivera, A. Moreno-Bárcenas, N. Hernández-Navarro, N. E. Ornelas-Soto, L. M. Hoyos-Palacio, A. Hernández-Rangel, A. Garcia-Garcia
  MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, Vol.287. No.126281. pp14 (2022)

• Synthesis of MoS2 ribbons with "thorns" by CVD process

  Mario A. Domínguez-Rovira, J. Enrique Samaniego-Benitez, Jeannete Ramírez-Aparicio, Eleazar León-Sarabia, Alejandra Moreno-Bárcenas, Alejandra García García
  MATERIALS LETTERS, Vol.320. No.132355. pp1-5 (2022)

• Evolution of Nanostructured Carbon Coatings Quality via RT-CVD and Their Tribological Behavior on Nodular Cast Iron

  Alejandra Moreno Bárcenas, J. Alejandro Arizpe Zapata, Miguel Esneider Alcala, Jaime Téllez, Antonio Magaña, Alejandra Garcia-Garcia
  METALS, Vol.12. No.517. pp10 (2022)

• Synthesis of 2D heterostructures: MoS2/GO and Mos2/graphene via microdrop and CVD deposition

  Diogo José Horst, Rogério de Almeida Vieira, Charles Adriano Duvoisin, Jesús Alejandro Arizpe, Esther Alejandra Huitron-Segovia, Alejandra García-García,
  International Journal of Nanoscience, Vol.20. No.6. pp8 (2022)

• Role of low-dimensional carbon nanostructures in hybrid material as anticorrosive coating

  A.F. Betancur-Lopera, E.A. Huitrón-Segovia, J.Cabral Miramontes, M.A. Esneider Alcalá, J.A. Arizpe Zapata, F.R. Pérez, A. Garcia-Garcia
  PROGRESS IN ORGANIC COATINGS, Vol.163. No.106682. pp14 (2022)

• Effect of Molecular Weight and Nanoarchitecture of Chitosan and Polycaprolactone Electrospun Membranes on Physicochemical and Hemocompatible Properties for Possible Wound Dressing

  Maria Oviedo, Yuliet Montoya , Wilson Agudelo, Alejandra García-García, John Bustamante
  POLYMERS, Vol.13. No.24. pp22 (2021)

• Indentation size effects in graphene oxide under suspended nanoindentation

  Esther A. Huitron Segovia, D. Torres- Torres, J. Raúl Pérez Higareda, Alejandra García García
  MECHANICS OF MATERIALS, Vol.158. No.103875. pp1-13 (2021)

• Hemolytic, biocompatible, and functional effect of cellularized polycaprolactone- hydrolyzed collagen electrospun membranes as a possible application for vascular implants

  Camilo Atehortua, Yuliet Montoya, Alejandra García, John Bustamante
  JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL NANOTECHNOLOGY, Vol.17. No.6. pp1184-1198 (2021)

• Enhanced photocatalytic H2 production over g-C3N4/NiS hybrid photocatalyst

  Kristel Yurien Jimenez-Rangel, Luis Lartundo-Rojas, Alejandra Garcia-Garcia, Angeles Mantilla, Enrique Samaniego-Benitez
  MATERIALS LETTERS, Vol.290. No.129476. pp5 (2021)

• One-step synthesis and photocatalytic behavior for H2 production from water of ZnS/MoS2 hybrid material

  Enrique Samaniego, Luis Lartundo-Rojas, Alejandra García-García, HA Calderón, Angeles Mantilla
  CATALYSIS TODAY, Vol.360. No.1. pp99-105 (2021)

Libros

• Green synthesis of Ni-WO₃/ZSM-5 catalyst and their application in furfural hydrogenation by proton transfer

  Alejandra Moreno-Bárcenas, Gabriela A. Reyna-Vazquez, Alejandra García-García, Ladislao Sandoval-Rangel, Gloria L. Dimas-Rivera
  UANL - Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, 2025 México, ISBN:en tramite

• NANOESTRELLAS DE AuCu SOPORTADAS SOBRE ÓXIDO DE GRAFENO COMO SENSOR ELECTROQUÍMICO DE ARSÉNICO

  Francisco Acosta-Arreazola, M. Edith Navarro-Segura, Ana Arizmendi- Morquecho, Alejandra García-García, Virginia H. Collins-Martínez, Margarita Sánchez-Domínguez
  PUNTO ROJO LIBROS, S.L., 2023 España, ISBN:979-83-98188-08-0

• Efecto antibacteriano de óxido de grafeno y nanopartículas de hierro en membranas polimericas

  Julia Elizabeth Madueño Moreno, Germán Eduardo Dévora Isiordia, Alejandra García-García, Jesús Álvarez Sánchez, María Magdalena Armendáriz-Ontiveros
  Oficina de Publicaciones del Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora, 2023 México, ISBN:978-607-609-234-7

• Applications of Graphene Oxide (GO) and its Hybrid with Nanoparticles for water Decontamination

  Pamela Sepúlveda, Carolina Espinoza, Alejandra García
  Elsevier, 2022 Países Bajos, ISBN:9780323904858

• Characterization and application of Fe-magnetic materials and nanomaterials for application in the aqueous matrices decontamination

  Pamela Sepúlveda, Ricardo Salazar, L. Carolina Espinoza, Alejandra García García
  Springer, 2021 Estados Unidos de América, ISBN:9783030640910

• Graphene-based heterostructures and their applications as bionanomaterial

  Alejandra Garcia Garcia, Huma Sadiq, Rene Hernandez Delgadillo
  

Reconocimientos y Distinciones

• ASESORA DURANTE ESTANCIA ACADEMICA DEL 30 VERANO DE LA INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTIFICA Y TECNOLOGICA DEL PACIFICO

  PROGRAMA INTERINSTITUCIONAL PARA EL FORTALECIMIENTO DE LA INVESTIGACION Y EL POSGRADO DEL PACIFICO

• Miembro de la Comisión Revisora del Área I. Físico-Matemáticas y Ciencias de la Tierra

  Secretaria de Ciencia, Humanidades, Tecnología e Innovación

• Nivel II SNI

  CONACYT

• Juez del concurso de posters en el Primer Simposio de Materiales Aplicados

  Capitulo Estudiantil de la Sociedad Mexicana de Materiales de la UPIIG-IPN

• Mención honorífica al trabajo de investigación titulado: Desarrollo de un recubrimiento polimérico nanoreforzado con capacidad de repeler cargas eléctricas negativas y su aplicación en el tratamiento de la enfermedad aterosclerótica.

  Universidad del Quindio

• INVESTIGADORA NACIONAL NIVEL 1

  SNI-CONACYT

• INVESTIGADOR NACIONAL NIVEL I

  SISTEMA NACIONAL DE INVESTIGADORES

• Reconocimiento por participación en el evento Nanotech Biotech Camp 2013 New Venture Competition

  Secretaria de Desarrollo Economico de Nuevo Leon y de los clusteres de Nanotecnologia y Biotecnologia

• Candidato a investigador nacional

  Sistema Nacional de Invesigadores