Room: C6 Physics Building
Tel: +44 (0)1524 593995
Fax: +44 (0)1524 844037
Email: v.garcia-suarez@lancaster.ac.uk

Research Interests:

• Molecular electronics
• Materials science
• Computational physics

• Smeagol (Non-equilibrium electronic transport)
• Research in the Condensed Matter Theory Group

Publications:

1. The effect of stretching thiyl- and ethynyl-Au molecular junctions,
   R. C. Hoft, M. J. Ford, V. M. García-Suárez, C. J. Lambert and M. B. Cortie,
   Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 20, 025207 (2008).
2. Conformation dependence of molecular conductance: chemistry versus geometry,
   C. M. Finch, S. Sirichantaropass, S. W. Bailey, I. M. Grace, V. M. García-Suárez, and C. J. Lambert,
   Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 20, 022203 (2008).
   Preprint available at URL http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0703132.
3. Functionalized 8 nm Long Aryleneethynylene Molecular Wire with Alkyne Termini,
   Xianshun Zeng, Changsheng Wang, Martin R. Bryce, Andrei S. Batsanov, Skon Sirichantaropass, Víctor M. García-Suárez, Colin J. Lambert, and Ian Sage,
   European Journal of Organic Chemistry 31, 5244 (2007).
4. Study of the transport properties of a molecular junction as a function of the distance between the leads,
   Víctor M. García-Suárez, Tomasz Kostyrko, Steven Bailey, Colin Lambert, and Bogdan R. Bulka,
   Physica Status Solidi B-Basic Solid State Physics 244, 2443 (2007).
   Preprint available at URL http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0610321.
5. Characteristic jump in the electrical properties of a Pd/AlN/Si-based device on exposure to hydrogen,
   J. S. Thakur, H. E. Prakasam, Linfeng Zhang, E. F. McCullen, L. Rimai, V. M. García-Suárez, R. Naik, K. Y. Ng, and G. W. Auner,
   Physical Review B 75, 075308 (2007).
6. Electronic properties of alkali- and alkaline-earth-intercalated silicon nanowires,
   S. Sirichantaropass, V. M. García-Suárez, and C. J. Lambert,
   Physical Review B 75, 075328 (2007).
   Preprint available at URL http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0611128.
7. Predictions for the formation of atomic chains in mechanically controllable break-junction experiments,
   Lucas Fernández-Seivane, Víctor M. García-Suárez, and Jaime Ferrer,
   Physical Review B 75, 075415 (2007).
   Preprint available at URL http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0611624.
8. Geometry dependence of the conductance oscillations of monovalent atomic chains,
   Péter Major, Géza Tichy, József Cserti, Víctor Manuel García-Suárez, and Skon Sirichantaropass,
   Physica Status Solidi B-Basic Solid State Physics 244, 677 (2007).
   Preprint available at URL http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0411349.
9. Giant magnetoresistance of nickel-contacted carbon nanotubes,
   Stavros Athanasopoulos, Steven W. Bailey, Jaime Ferrer, Victor M. García Suárez, Colin J. Lambert, Alexandre R. Rocha, and Stefano Sanvito,
   Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 19, 042201 (2007).
10. Strongly correlated electron physics in nanotube-encapsulated metallocene chains,
    V. M. García-Suárez, J. Ferrer, and C. J. Lambert,
    Physical Review B 74, 205421 (2006).
    Preprint available at URL http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0607696.
11. Tuning the electrical conductivity of nanotube-encapsulated metallocene wires,
    Víctor M. García-Suárez, Jaime Ferrer, and Colin J. Lambert,
    Physical Review Letters 96, 106804 (2006).
    Preprint available at URL http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0602233.
12. Spin and molecular electronics in atomically generated orbital landscapes,
    A. R. Rocha, V. M. García-Suárez, S. Bailey, C. Lambert, J. Ferrer, and S. Sanvito,
    Physical Review B 73, 085414 (2006).
    Preprint available at URL http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0510083.
13. Nonuniversal behavior of the parity effect in monovalent atomic wires,
    Péter Major, Victor M. García-Suárez, Skon Sirichantaropass, József Cserti, Colin J. Lambert, Jaime Ferrer, and Géza Tichy,
    Physical Review B 73, 045421 (2006).
    Preprint available at URL http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0507656.
14. Conductance oscillations in zigzag platinum chains,
    V. M. García-Suárez, A. R. Rocha, S. W. Bailey, C. J. Lambert, S. Sanvito, and J. Ferrer,
    Physical Review Letters 95, 256804 (2005).
    Preprint available at URL http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0505487.
15. Single-channel conductance of H-2 molecules attached to platinum or palladium electrodes,
    V. M. García-Suárez, A. R. Rocha, S. W. Bailey, C. J. Lambert, S. Sanvito, and J. Ferrer,
    Physical Review B 72, 045437 (2005).
    Preprint available at URL http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0412726.
16. Relationship between strain and the surface electronic structure of Cu(111) films on Ru(0001): Theory and experiment,
    F. Calleja, V. M. García-Suárez, J. J. Hinarejos, J. Ferrer, A. L. Vázquez de Parga, and R. Miranda,
    Physical Review B 71, 125412 (2005).
17. Towards molecular spintronics,
    Alexandre R. Rocha, Víctor M. García-Suárez, Steve W. Bailey, Colin J. Lambert, Jaime Ferrer, and Stefano Sanvito,
    Nature Materials 4, 335 (2005).
18. First principles simulations of the magnetic and structural properties of Iron,
    V.M. García-Suárez, C.M. Newman, C.J. Lambert, J.M. Pruneda, and J. Ferrer,
    European Physical Journal B 40, 371 (2004).
    Preprint available at URL http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0406424.
19. Optimized basis sets for the collinear and non-collinear phases of iron,
    V. M. García-Suárez, C. M. Newman, C. J. Lambert, J. M. Pruneda, and J. Ferrer,
    Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 16, 1453 (2004).
20. Tailoring surface electronic states via strain to control adsorption: O/Cu/Ru(0001),
    R. Otero, F. Calleja, V. M. García-Suárez, J. J. Hinarejos, J. de la Figuera, J. Ferrer, A. L. Vázquez de Parga, and R. Miranda,
    Surface Science 550, 65 (2004).