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Carlos Luna has been a leading researcher at Steorn and the related company Fraudhalt for several years. His name is on several Steorn patents fron 2004.

Carlos Luna did PhD research at the Group of Magnetism and Magnetic Nanomaterials
Institute for Materials Science of Madrid, CSIC

His Phd work is described as follows:

1) Laboratories for Bulk Magnetic Characterization
High-field temperature-dependent magnetic and magnetotransport characterizations are performed at the Laboratory of Magnetometry and Magnetotransport.Facilities include a Vibrating Sample Magnetometer, VSM, under maximum field of 1.5 T (low-temperature measurements in preparation), a superconducting coil (maximum field of 12T, function of temperature), lock-in, impedance bridge,
and other equipments to determine high-frequency Giant Magneto-Impedance, GMI, and Magnetransport (Magnetoresistence, MR) properties. Prof. Francisco Batallán is responsible for this Laboratory, where Dr. Badini and Ph.D students Carlos Luna and David Navas are measurements responsible. General facilities of the Institute include a SQUID magnetometer, AC Susceptometer, and High-field Vibrating sample Magnetometer.

2) Laboratory of Technical Magnetism
General studies on magnetism, mainly on soft magnetic materials, are performed at the Laboratory of Technical Magnetism
including techniques to measure low-field hysteresis loops, fluctuating and temperature dependent switching field studies,
magnetostriction by Small Angle Magnetization Rotation, magnetoelastic properties and field-induced rotation of levitating magnetostrictive wires, etc... Prof. Manuel Vázquez is responsible for this laboratory where Dr. Kleber Pirota and Ph.D. students Karin García and Carlos Luna are also involved.

Citations:

“Temperature dependence of remagnetization process in bistable magnetic microwires”, M. Vázquez, A. Zhukov, K. Pirota, R. Varga, K. García, C. Luna, M. Provencio, D. Navas, J.L. Martínez, M. Hernández-Vélez, J. Non-Crystalline solids 329 (2003) 123-130 (Invited, V Int. Workshop Non-crystalline Solids, Mexico. Feb. 2003)

" Induced rotation of magnetic wires by magnetic and mechanical excitations", M. Vázquez, V. Raposo and C. Luna, Electromagnetic Fields in Electrical Engineering. ed. A. Krawczyk and S. Wiak. IOS Press 2002. pp.525-530, (Invited, ICEM Conf. Krakow, Sept. 2001)

“Inducing rotation and levitation in magnetostrictive wires and rods: correlated amplitude and frequency of exciting ac axial magnetic field”. V. Raposos, C. Luna and M. Vázquez, Sensors and Actuators A 106 (2003) 274-277

“Magnetic nanoparticles: synthesis, ordering and properties”, M. Vázquez, C. Luna, P. Morales, R. Sanz, C. Serna and C. Mijangos, (Invited, At the Fontiers of the Condensed Matter Conf., Buenos Aires. Jun. 2004 ), Physica B 354 (2004) 71-79

“A magnetopolymeric nanocomposite: Co80Ni20 nanoparticles in a PVC matrix”, R. Sanz, C. Luna, M. Hernandez-Velez, M. Vázquez, D. Lopez and C. Mijangos, Nanotechnology 16 (2005) S278-281

“Exchange anisotropy in Co80Ni20/oxide nanoparticles”, C. Luna, P. Morales, C. Serna and M. Vázquez, Nanotechnology 15 (2004) 293-297
Effects of surfactants on the particle morphology and self-oragnization of Co nanocrystals, C. Luna, P. Morales, C. Serna and M. Vázquez, Mater. Sci. Engineer. C23 (2003) 1129-1132
- “Multidomain to single-domain transition for uniform Co80Ni20 nanoparticles”, C. Luna, P. Morales, C. Serna and M. Vázquez, Nanotechnology 14 (2003)268-272.