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Sarmiento, Raymund Lee Antonio C.

Sarmiento, Raymund Lee Antonio C.

Assistant Professor

rasarmiento@usc.edu.ph

Degrees

B.S. Physics, Ateneo de Manila University, 1994
M.S. Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman, 2001
Ph.D. Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman, 2009

Research Interests:

Optics, materials science

List of publications:

  1. Banuag, L.C.; Sinogaya, J.R.; Bacabac, R.G.; Bacalla, X.L.; Sarmiento, R.L.A.C.. Optical-feedback Confocal Microscope with LabVIEW and MATLAB Integration for Solar Cell Characterization. Philippine Journal of Science. 2025, https://doi.org/10.56899/154.04.11.
  2. Rios, W.V.; Geonzon, L.C.; Roque, A.M.; Abiquibil, M.R.B.; Pilapil, M.D.A.; Lingaro, M.A.P.; Suarez, H.N.; Sarmiento, R.L.A.C.; Matsukawa, S.; Bacabac, R.G.. The effects of stem bromelain on the gelation behavior of kappa carrageenan under linear and nonlinear rheological regimes. Food Hydrocolloids. 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodhyd.2023.109662.
  3. Manalili, D.; Berardi, M.; Aardema, H.; Asimaki, K.; Sarmiento, R.; Akca, B.I.. Parallel-plate compression test for soft materials: confocal microscopy-assisted ferrule-top nanoindentation. Biomedical Optics Express. 2022, https://doi.org/10.1364/BOE.447147.
  4. Mana-ay, H.; Anthoniappen, J.; Tu, C.S.; Sarmiento, R.; Chen, C.S.; Chen, P.Y.; Ruiz, F.M.. Improved microstructure and ferroelectric properties in B-site Ti 4+ -substituted (Bi 0.86 Sm 0.14 )FeO 3 polycrystalline ceramics. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 2019, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2018.12.092.
  5. Bacabac, R.G.; Ayade, H.; Villaruz, L.G.M.; Sarmiento, R.; Otadoy, R.. Microrheology of biopolymers at non-thermal regimes. Computational Methods in Applied Sciences. 2014, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7073-7_5.

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