José A. Jiménez

Assistant Professor, Materials/Physical Chemistry Office: Statesboro Chemistry & Nursing Bldg. Rm. 3216A Phone:  Email: jjimenez@georgiasouthern.edu Full Vita: ORCID, Google Scholar

Education

• B. S., Chemistry, Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, PR (1998)
• Ph.D., Materials/Physical Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, PR (2009)
• Postdoctoral Fellowship, Physics, New College of Florida, FL (2010-2011)

Research Interests

Materials chemistry and physics; glasses and thin films; nanomaterials; optical materials; plasmonics; luminescence; optical spectroscopy of solids.

Representative Publications

• J.A. Jiménez, “Unraveling the role of Au clusters vs. plasmonic particles on the defects-induced Mn²⁺ luminescence promoted by Si in phosphate glass”, Mater. Res. Bull. 148(2022) 111695.

• J.A. Jiménez, C.L. Crawford, R.J. Lascola, “Physico-chemical properties of international simple glass (ISG) nuclear waste simulants: Luminescence baseline study”, J. Amer. Ceram. Soc. 105(2022) 4009.

• J.A. Jiménez, D. Hansen, “Insights into the composition-structure-property relationship in P₂O₅-CaO-Na₂O-CuO bio-relevant glasses”, Chem. Phys. Impact 3 (2021) 100029.

• J.A. Jiménez, H. Rutland, “Pd²⁺-induced quenching of the UV emission from Gd³⁺ ions in phosphate glass”, Spectrochim. Acta A 249 (2021) 119357.

• J.A. Jiménez, “Spectroscopic and dilatometric analysis of low-melting bismuth borate glasses in the Bi₂O₃–BaO–Li₂O–B₂O₃ quaternary”, Mater. Chem. Phys. 255 (2020) 123635.

• J.A. Jiménez, B. Darley, “Optical spectroscopy and excited-state dynamics of Eu³⁺-doped bismuth borate glasses containing CuO”, ChemPhysChem 21 (2020) 1688.

• J.A. Jiménez, “Thermal effects on the surface plasmon resonance of Cu nanoparticles in phosphate glass: Impact on Cu⁺ luminescence”, Nanoscale Adv. 1 (2019) 1826.

• J.A. Jiménez, E.R. Fachini, C. Zhao, “XPS and ³¹P NMR inquiry of Eu³⁺-induced structural modification in SnO-containing phosphate glass”, J. Mol. Struct. 1164 (2018) 470.

• J.A. Jiménez, “Silicon-induced UV transparency in phosphate glasses and its application to the enhancement of the UV type B emission of Gd³⁺”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 9 (2017) 15599.

Last updated: 4/15/2024