Chemical Engineer with experience in research and development of thermal barriers coatings (TBCs) and environmental barriers coatings (EBCs) such as zirconia (ZrO2), yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) and silicon carbide (SiC), obtained using Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PE-CVD) technique for the protection of metallic structures (steels and nickel alloys). Characterization of their mechanical properties, thermal and mass behavior of ceramic precursors, microstructure and phase content using advanced techniques such as thermogravimetric analysis, differential thermal analysis, mass spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy dispersive spectroscopy, focused ions, grazing incidence X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy.

Also have experience in research and development of alkaline cements formulated 100% from urban, industrial and agricultural wastes, such as blast furnace slag, urban waste glass, sugar cane bagasse ash, rice husk ash, pumice, among others. Characterization of its mechanical properties, microstructure and reaction products using advanced techniques such as scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction and infrared spectroscopy.

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5621-9624

List of publications:

• Esquivel-Medina, S., Espinoza-Pérez, L.J. & López-Honorato, E. Corrosion behavior of ZrO2 and YSZ in molten FLiNaK salt. MRS Advances 7, 19–23 (2022).https://doi.org/10.1557/s43580-022-00224-3
• Francisco J. Cano, Orlando Castilleja-Escobedo, J. Espinoza-Pérez, Cecilia Reynosa-Martinez, and Eddie López-Honorato, Effect of deposition conditions on phase content and mechanical properties of yttria-stabilized zirconia thin films deposited by sol-gel/dip-coating,  Journal  of   Nanomaterials,   vol. 2021, Article ID 4449890, 9 pages, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/4449890
• J. Espinoza-Pérez, S. Esquivel-Medina and Eddie López-Honorato, Influence of SiC microstructure on its corrosion behavior in molten FLiNaK salt, Ceramics International, 47 (2021) 15527-15532.
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2021.02.120

• J. Espinoza-Pérez, Eddie López-Honorato, Luis A. González and Verónica García-Montalvo, Comparative study of three yttrium organometallic compounds for the stabilization of the cubic phase in YSZ deposited by PE-CVD, Ceramics International, 47 (2021) 4611-4624. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2020.10.028
• J. Espinoza-Pérez, Eddie López-Honorato and Luis A. González, Development of ZrO2 and YSZ coatings deposited by PE-CVD below 800 °C for the protection of Ni        alloys,        Ceramics         International,        46        (2020)        15621-15630.
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2020.03.109

• I. Escalante-Garcia, L.J. Espinoza-Perez, A. Gorokhovsky and L.Y. Gomez- Zamorano, Coarse blast furnace slag as a cementitious material, comparative study as a partial replacement of Portland cement and as an alkali activated cement, Construction and Building Materials, 23 (2009) 2511-2517.
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2009.02.002