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Dr. Mauro Ferreira
Associate Professor, Physics

Biography

Mauro Ferreira is a Mathematical Physicist in the School of Physics of Trinity College Dublin and also a member of the scientific staff of CRANN/AMBER. He obtained his PhD in the Mathematics Department of Imperial College, London, and worked as a postdoctoral research scientist at the Applied Physics Department of Delft University of Technology, in the Netherlands. He has been in TCD since 2002 and leads the Theory and Modelling Group within the School of Physics, where the focus of the research is on understanding and controlling the physical properties of nanomaterials.

As a Mathematical Physicist, Mauro has the natural enthusiasm for modelling the physical world in mathematical terms and this is reflected both in his research and in his teaching philosophy. Some of his recent achievements are in contributing to the understanding of mechanical, electronic and magnetic properties of carbon nanostructures. A more recent addition to his research portfolio, neuromorphic computing is a field still in its infancy and onto which he has already published a number of high impact papers in a relatively short period of time. He has an extensive body of work published in high impact-factor peer-reviewed journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nanoletters, ACS Nano, and Science, to name but a few, and maintains a wide network of collaborations with scientists worldwide.

With outstanding teaching skills, Mauro has been nominated for the Excellence in Teaching Award in numerous occasions, having also been shortlisted for the 2017 edition of the Award. He is a Fellow of Trinity College Dublin (elected in 2010) and has been awarded the Global Engagement Award 2016 in recognition for his prominent role in advancing the internationalisation strategy of Trinity College Dublin.

Publications and Further Research Outputs

Peer-Reviewed Publications

de Lima, P.D.S. and Ferreira, M.S. and Corso, G. and de Araújo, J.M., Bayesian time-lapse full wavefor m inversion using Hamiltonian Monte Carlo, Geophysical Prospecting, 72, (9), 2024, p3381-3398 Journal Article, 2024 DOI

de Lima, P.D.S. and de Araújo, J.M. and Ferreira, M.S., Inverse design from the catenary problem, European Journal of Physics, 45, (3), 2024 Journal Article, 2024 DOI

Duarte, F.R. and Matusalem, F. and Grasseschi, D. and Rocha, A.R. and Seixas, L. and de Matos, C.J.S. and Mukim, S. and Ferreira, M.S., Decoding disorder signatures of AuCl3 and vacancies in MoS2 films: from synthetic to experimental inversion, Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, 36, (49), 2024 Journal Article, 2024 DOI

Duarte, F.R. and Mukim, S. and Ferreira, M.S. and Rocha, C.G., Identifying winner-takes-all emergence in random nanowire networks: an inverse problem, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2024 Journal Article, 2024 DOI

Duarte, E.F. and Schwarzrock, J. and da Silva, D. and de Araujo, J.M. and Ferreira, M., Target-oriented wavefield calculation using Recursive Patched Green Functions, 2023-August, 2023, pp1366-1370 Conference Paper, 2023 DOI

P. D. S. Lima, G. Corso, M. S. Ferreira and J. A. Medeiros, Acoustic Full Waveform Inversion with Hamiltonian Monte Carlo Method, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 617, 2023, p128618- Journal Article, 2023

Esteki, K. and Curic, D. and Manning, H.G. and Sheerin, E. and Ferreira, M.S. and Boland, J.J. and Rocha, C.G., Thermo-electro-optical properties of seamless metallic nanowire networks for transparent conductor applications, Nanoscale, 15, (24), 2023, p10394-10411 Journal Article, 2023 DOI

R. M. Tromer, L. F. C. Pereira, M. S. Ferreira and M. G. E. Luz, A direct approach to calculate the temperature dependence of the electronic relaxation time in 2D semiconductors from Boltzmann transport theory, Journal of Applied Physics, 131, 2022, p115704- Journal Article, 2022

S. Mukim, C. Lewenkopf and M. S. Ferreira, Spatial mapping of impurities in disordered 2D materials: the conductance sudoku, Carbon, 188, 2022, p360- Journal Article, 2022

S. Mukim, J. O'Brien, M. Abarashi, M. S. Ferreira and C. G. Rocha, Decoding the conductance of disordered nanostructures: a quantum inverse problem, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 34, 2022, p085901- Journal Article, 2022

D. Silva, E. F. Duarte, W. Almeida, F. A. Moura, M. S. Ferreira and J. M. Araújo, arget-oriented Inversion using the Patched Green Function method, Geophysics, 86, 2021, pR811- Journal Article, 2021

M. Eising, C. O'Callaghan, C. E. Cava, A. Schmidt, A. J. G. Zarbin, M. S. Ferreira and L. S. Roman, The role of carbon nanotubes on the sensitivity of composites with polyaniline for ammonia sensors, Carbon Trends, 3, 2021, p100026- Journal Article, 2021

Barwich, Sebastian; Medeiros de Araújo, Joao; Rafferty, Aran; Gomes da Rocha, Claudia; Ferreira, Mauro; Coleman, Jonathan, On the relationship between morphology and conductivity in nanosheet networks, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021 Journal Article, 2021 TARA - Full Text DOI

F. R. Duarte, S. Mukim, A. Molina-Sanchez, T. G. Rapport and M. S. Ferreira, Decoding the DC and optical conductivities of disordered MoS2 films: an inverse problem, New Journal of Physics, 23, 2021, p073035- Journal Article, 2021

K. Esteki, H. G. Manning, E. Sheerin, M. S. Ferreira, J. J. Boland, and C. G. Rocha, Tuning the Electro-Optical Properties of Nanowire Networks, Nanoscale, 13, 2021, p15369- Journal Article, 2021

Sahar Alialy , Koorosh Esteki , Mauro Ferreira , John J. Boland and Claudia Gomes da Rocha , Nonlinear ion drift-diffusion memristance description of TiO2 RRAM devices, Nanoscale Advances, 2020, p1 - 11 Journal Article, 2020 TARA - Full Text DOI

Hugh G. Manning, Patrick F. Flowers, Mutya A. Cruz, Claudia Gomes da Rocha, Colin O' Callaghan, Mauro S. Ferreira, Benjamin J. Wiley, and John J. Boland , The Resistance of Cu Nanowire-Nanowire Junctions & Electro-Optical Modeling of Cu Nanowire Networks , Applied Physical Letters, 116, 2020, p251902 Journal Article, 2020 DOI TARA - Full Text

S. Mukim, F. P. Amorim, A. R. Rocha, R. B. Muniz, C. Lewenkopf and M. S. Ferreira, Disorder information from conductance: a quantum inverse problem, Physical Review B, 102, 2020, p075409- Journal Article, 2020 DOI

F. Moura, W. Barbosa, M. S. Ferreira, L. Lucena, and J. M. Araújo, Patched Green's Function method applied to acoustic wave propagation in disordered media: an interdisciplinary approach, Journal of Geophysics and Engineering, 17, 2020, p914- Journal Article, 2020

R. Tuovinen, M. A. Sentef, C. G. Rocha and M. S. Ferreira , Time-resolved impurity-invisibility in graphene nanoribbons, Nanoscale, 11, 2019, p12296- Journal Article, 2019 DOI

H. G. Manning, C. G. Rocha, C. O'Callaghan, M. S. Ferreira and J. J. Boland, The Electro-Optical Performance of Silver Nanowire Networks, Scientific Reports, 09, 2019, p11550- Journal Article, 2019 TARA - Full Text URL

F. Niosi ; H.G. Manning ; C. G Rocha ; C. O'Callaghan ; M.S. Ferreira ; J.J. Boland, Winner- Takes-All path formation within highly disordered nanowire networks, 2018 IEEE 18th International Conference on Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO), IEEE-NANO, 2019, pp1- Conference Paper, 2019 DOI

H. G. Manning, C. G. Rocha, C. O'Callaghan, M. S. Ferreira and J. J. Boland, The Electro-Optical Performance of Silver Nanowire Networks, Scientific Reports, 9, 2019, p11550- Journal Article, 2019 URL

C. G. Rocha, A. R. Rocha, P. Venezuela, J. H. Garcia and M. S. Ferreira, Finite-size correction scheme for supercell calculations in Dirac-point two-dimensional materials, Scientific Reports, 8, 2018, p9348- Journal Article, 2018 DOI TARA - Full Text

C'O'Callaghan, C.G.Rocha, F. Niosi, H.G Manning, J,J Boland and M.S Ferreira , Collective capacitive and memristive responses in random nanowire networks: Emergence of critical connectivity pathways, Journal of Applied Physics , 124, 2018, pArticle Number 152118 Journal Article, 2018 TARA - Full Text DOI

Hugh G. Manning, Fabio Niosi, Claudia G. Rocha, Allen T. Bellew, Colin O'Callaghan, Subhajit Biswas, Patrick Flowers, Ben J. Wiley, Justin D. Holmes, Mauro S. Ferreira and John J. Boland, Emergence of Winner-takes-all Connectivity Paths in Random Nanowire Networks, Nature Communications, 9, 2018, p3219- Journal Article, 2018 TARA - Full Text DOI

Jakub Jadwiszczak, Colin O'Callaghan, Yangbo Zhou, Daniel S Fox, Eamonn Weitz, Darragh Keane, Conor P. Cullen, Ian O'Reilly, Clive Downing, Aleksey Shmeliov, Pierce Maguire, John J. Gough , Cormac McGuinness , Mauro S. Ferreira, A. Louise Bradley , John J. Boland, Georg S. Duesberg, Valeria Nicolosi & Hongzhou Zhang, Oxide-mediated recovery of field effect mobility in plasma-treated MoS2, Science Advances, 4, (2), 2018, peaao5031- Journal Article, 2018 DOI URL TARA - Full Text

M. S. Ferreira, C. G. Rocha, J. A. Lawlor, P. Venezuela, R. G. Amorim and A. R. Rocha, Commensurability effect in the electronic structure calculation of graphene-based nanostructures, Europhysics Letters, 117, 2017, p27005- Journal Article, 2017 DOI

R. M. Tromer, M. G. E. da Luz, M. S. Ferreira and L. F. C. Pereira, Atomic adsorption on nitrogenated holey graphene, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 121, 2017, p3055- Journal Article, 2017 URL DOI

F. S. M. Guimarães, J. M. Duffy,, A. T. Costa, R. B. Muniz and M. S. Ferreira, Dynamic RKKY Interaction between magnetic moments in graphene nanoribbons, Physical Review B, 94, 2016, p235439- Journal Article, 2016 DOI

J. A. Lawlor, C. G. Rocha, V. Torres, A. Latge and M. S. Ferreira, The influence of Gaussian strain on sublattice selectivity of adsorbates in graphene, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 28, 2016, p235001- Journal Article, 2016

C. O'Callaghan, C. G. Rocha, H. G. Manning, J. J. Boland and M. S. Ferreira, Effective medium theory for the conductivity of disordered metallic nanowire networks, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 18, (59), 2016, p27564 - 27571 Journal Article, 2016 TARA - Full Text DOI

J. A. Fairfield, C. G. Rocha, C. O'Callaghan, M. S. Ferreira and J. J. Boland, Co-percolation to tune conductive behaviour in dynamical metallic nanowire networks, Nanoscale, 8, (43), 2016, p18516 - 18523 Journal Article, 2016 DOI TARA - Full Text

J. Duffy, J. A. Lawlor, C. Lewenkopf and M. S. Ferreira, Impurity invisibility in graphene: Symmetry guidelines for the design of efficient sensors, Physical Review B, 94, 2016, p045417-1 - 045417-8 Journal Article, 2016 TARA - Full Text DOI

C. S. Boland, U. Khan, G. Ryan, S. Barwich, R. Charifou, A. Harvey, C. Backes, Z. Li, M. S. Ferreira, M. E Möbius, R. J. Young and J. N. Coleman, Sensitive Electromechanical Sensors Using Viscoelastic Graphene-Polymer Nanocomposites, Science, 354, 2016, p1257 - 1260 Journal Article, 2016 DOI TARA - Full Text

J. A. Lawlor and M. S. Ferreira, Green Functions of Graphene: An analytic approach, Physica B, 463, 2015, p48-53 Journal Article, 2015 DOI

P. D. Gorman, J. M. Duffy, S. R. Power and M. S. Ferreira, Strain-modified RKKY interaction in carbon nanotubes, Physical Review B, 92, 2015, p035411- Journal Article, 2015 DOI TARA - Full Text

A.T. Bellew, Hugh G. Manning, Claudia Gomes da Rocha, Mauro S. Ferreira and John J. Boland. , "Resistance of Single Ag Nanowire Junctions and Their Role in the Conductivity of Nanowire Networks", ACS NANO, 9, (11), 2015, p11422 - 11429 Journal Article, 2015 TARA - Full Text DOI

J. A. Lawlor and M. S. Ferreira,, Sublattice Segregation of Hydrogen Adsorbates in Carbon Nanotubes, Physical Review B, 92, 2015, p115405- Journal Article, 2015

A. T. Bellew, H. Manning, C. G. Rocha, M. S. Ferreira and J. J. Boland, Resistance of Single Ag Nanowire Junctions and their Role in the Conductivity of Nanowire Networks, ACS Nano, 9, 2015, p11422- Journal Article, 2015 DOI

C. G. Rocha, C. O'Callaghan, C. Ritter, H. Manning, A. T. Bellew, J. J. Boland and M. S. Ferreira,, "Ultimate Conductivity Performance in Metallic Nanowire Networks", Nanoscale, 7, (30), 2015, p13011 - 13016 Journal Article, 2015 DOI TARA - Full Text

Padmanath, M., Edwards, R.G., Mathur, N., Peardon, M., Spectroscopy of doubly charmed baryons from lattice QCD, Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 91, (9), 2015, p094502- Journal Article, 2015 TARA - Full Text DOI

P. D. Gorman, J. M. Duffy, S. R. Power and M. S. Ferreira, RKKY interaction between extended magnetic defect lines in graphene, Physical Review B, 90, 2014, p125411- Journal Article, 2014 DOI TARA - Full Text

J. Duffy, P. D. Gorman, S. R. Power and M. S. Ferreira, Variable range of the RKKY interaction in edged graphene, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 26, 2014, p055007- Journal Article, 2014 Other TARA - Full Text

D.O. Pedreira, A. Viol, G.M. Viswanathan, S. Azevedo, C. G. Bezerra and M. S. Ferreira, Bandgap oscillation in quasiperiodic carbon-BN nanoribbons, Solid State Communications, 180, 2014, p28 - 34 Journal Article, 2014 DOI

A. C. M. Carvalho, J. Lawlor, C. Bezerra and M. S. Ferreira, Density of states of helically symmetric boron carbon nitride nanotubes, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 26, 2014, p015303- Journal Article, 2014 DOI

J. A. Fairfield, C. Ritter, A. T. Bellew, M. S. Ferreira and J. J. Boland, "Effective Electrode Length Enhances Electrical Activation of Nanowire Networks: Experiment and Simulation", ACS Nano, 8, (9), 2014, p9542 - 9549 Journal Article, 2014 TARA - Full Text DOI

J. A. Lawlor, P. D. Gorman, S. R. Power C. Bezerra and M. S. Ferreira, Sublattice asymmetry of substitutionally doped impurities in graphene, Carbon, 77, 2014, p645- Journal Article, 2014

J. A. Lawlor and M. S. Ferreira, Sublattice asymmetry in doped graphene: a review, Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 5, 2014, p1210- Journal Article, 2014

Lawlor JA, Ferreira MS, Sublattice asymmetry of impurity doping in graphene: A review., Beilstein journal of nanotechnology, 5, 2014, p1210-7 Journal Article, 2014 DOI TARA - Full Text

S. R. Power and M. S. Ferreira, Indirect Exchange and RKKY Interactions in Magnetically-Doped Graphene, Crystals, 3, 2013, p49 - 78 Journal Article, 2013 TARA - Full Text DOI

Micha, D.N., Ferreira, M., Física no esporte - Parte 1: Saltos em esportes coletivos. uma motivação para o estudo da mecânica através da análise dos movimentos do corpo humano a partir do conceito de centro de massa | [Physics in the sport - Part 1: Jumps in collective sports. A motivation for the study of mechanics through the analysis of the movements of human body from the concept of center of mass], Revista Brasileira de Ensino de Fisica, 35, (3), 2013, part. no. 3301 Journal Article, 2013

P. D. Gorman, J. Duffy, M. S. Ferreira and S. R. Power, RKKY interaction between adsorbed magnetic impurities in graphene: symmetry and strain effects, Physical Review B, 88, 2013, p085405- Journal Article, 2013 TARA - Full Text DOI

Costa, AT, Ferreira, MS, Hallam, T, Duesberg, GS, Castro Neto, AH, Origami-based spintronics in graphene, EPL, 104, (4), 2013, p47001- Journal Article, 2013 DOI TARA - Full Text

J. A. Lawlor, S. R. Power and M. S. Ferreira, Friedel Oscillations in graphene: Sublattice Asymmetry in Doping, Physical Review B, 88, 2013, p205416- Journal Article, 2013 DOI TARA - Full Text

A. T. Costa, M. S. Ferreira , T. Hallam, G. S. Duesberg and A. H. Castro Neto, Origami-based spintronics in graphene, Europhysics Letters, 104, 2013, p47001- Journal Article, 2013 DOI TARA - Full Text

S. R. Power, F. S. M. Guimaraes, A. T. Costa, R. B. Muniz, and M. S. Ferreira, Dynamic RKKY interaction in graphene, Physical Review B, 85, 2012, p195411- Journal Article, 2012 DOI TARA - Full Text URL

Nirmalraj, P.N., Bellew, A.T., Bell, A.P., Fairfield, J.A., McCarthy, E.K., O'Kelly, C., Pereira, L.F.C., (...), Boland, J.J., Manipulating connectivity and electrical conductivity in metallic nanowire networks, Nano Letters, 12, (11), 2012, 5966-5971 Journal Article, 2012 DOI

S. R. Power, P. D. Gorman, J. M. Duffy, and M. S. Ferreira, Strain-induced modulation of magnetic interactions in graphene, Physical Review B, 86, 2012, p195423- Journal Article, 2012 TARA - Full Text URL

J. Boland, J. N. Coleman and M. S. Ferreira, 'Materials with tunable properties and devices and methods of making same using random nanowire or nanotube networks', European Patent Office, 12166844.6-2210, 2012, 7 November 2013 Patent, 2012 URL

S. R. Power and M. S. Ferreira, Electronic structure of graphene beyond the linear dispersion regime, Physical Review B, 83, 2011, p155432- Journal Article, 2011 TARA - Full Text URL DOI

F. S. M. Guimarães, A. T. Costa, R. B. Muniz and M. S. Ferreira, Graphene: a non-magnetic spin-current lens, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 23, 2011, p175302- Journal Article, 2011 URL DOI

S. R. Power, V. M. de Menezes, S. B. Fagan and M. S. Ferreira, Magnetization profile of magnetic impurities in graphene nanoribbons, Physical Review B, 84, 2011, p195431- Journal Article, 2011 TARA - Full Text DOI

C. G. Rocha and M. S. Ferreira, Selecting the components of nanotube-based sensors: a theoretical approach, Physica Status Solidi, 248, 2011, p686- Journal Article, 2011 DOI URL

S. Bhattacharya, M.S. Ferreira and S. Sanvito, The search for a spin crossover transition in small sized π-conjugated molecules: a Monte-Carlo study, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 23, 2011, p316001- Journal Article, 2011 DOI

L. F. C. Pereira and M. S. Ferreira, Electronic transport on carbon nanotube networks: a multiscale computational approach, Nano Communication Networks, 2, (1), 2011, p25-38 Journal Article, 2011 TARA - Full Text

L. F. C. Pereira, C. G. Rocha, A. Latgé and M. S. Ferreira, A computationally efficient method for calculating the maximum conductance of disordered nanowire networks, Journal of Applied Physics, 108, 2010, p103720- Journal Article, 2010 DOI TARA - Full Text URL

F. S. M. Guimarães, D. F. Kirwan, A. T. Costa, R. B. Muniz, D. L. Mills and M. S. Ferreira, Carbon nanotube: a low-loss spin-current waveguide, Physical Review B, 81, 2010, p153408- Journal Article, 2010 TARA - Full Text URL DOI

V. Krstić, C. P. Ewels, T. Wågberg, M. S. Ferreira, A. M. Janssens, O. Stéphan, M. Glerup, Indirect magnetic coupling in light-element-doped single-walled carbon nanotubes, ACS Nano, 4, 2010, p5081- Journal Article, 2010 URL

F. S. M. Guimarães, A. T. Costa, R. B. Muniz and M. S. Ferreira,, Graphene-based spin-pumping transistor, Physical Review B, 81, 2010, p233402 Journal Article, 2010 TARA - Full Text

S. R. Power, V. M. de Menezes, S. B. Fagan and M. S. Ferreira, Model of impurity segregation in graphene nanoribbons, Physical Review B, 80, (23), 2009, p235424- Journal Article, 2009 URL TARA - Full Text DOI

L. F. C. Pereira, C. G. Rocha, A. Latge, J. N. Coleman and M. S. Ferreira, Upper bound for the conductivity of nanotube networks, Applied Physics Letters, 95, 2009, p123106 Journal Article, 2009 TARA - Full Text DOI

P. Venezuela, R. B. Muniz, A. T. Costa, D. M. Edwards, S. R. Power and M. S. Ferreira, Emergence of local magnetic moments in doped graphene-related materials, Physical Review B (Rapid Communication), 80, 2009, p241413 (R)- Journal Article, 2009 DOI URL TARA - Full Text

D. F. Kirwan, V. M. de Menezes, C. G. Rocha, A. T. Costa, R. B. Muniz, S. B. Fagan and M. S. Ferreira, Enhanced spin-valve effect in magnetically doped carbon nanotubes, Carbon, 47, 2009, p2533- Journal Article, 2009 DOI

Vojislav Krstic, Dirk Obergfell, Stefan Hansel, Geert L Rikken, Janneke H Blokland, Mauro S Ferreira, Siegmar Roth, Graphene Metal Interface: Two-Terminal Resistance of Low-Mobility Graphene in High Magnetic Fields, Nano Letters, 8, (6), 2008, p1700-1703 Journal Article, 2008 URL DOI

David F. Kirwan, C. G. Rocha, A. T. Costa and M. S. Ferreira, Sudden decay of indirect exchange coupling between magnetic atoms on carbon nanotubes, Physical Review B, 77, (8), 2008, p085432 - 085438 Journal Article, 2008 URL DOI TARA - Full Text

A. T. Costa, R. B. Muniz and M. S Ferreira, Dynamic interaction between localized magnetic moments in carbon nanotubes, New Journal of Physics, 10, 2008, p063008 - 063018 Journal Article, 2008 URL DOI

C. G. Rocha, A. Wall, M. S. Ferreira, Electronic properties of nanotube-based sensors: an inverse modeling approach, Europhysics Letters, 82, 2008, p27004-27009 Journal Article, 2008 URL DOI TARA - Full Text

Philip E Lyons, Sukanta De, Fiona Bligh, Valeria Nicolosi, Luiz Filipe C Pereira Mauro S Ferreira and Jonathan N Coleman, The relationship between network morphology and conductivity in nanotube films, Journal of Applied Physics, 104, 2008, p044302 Journal Article, 2008 DOI TARA - Full Text

A. T. Costa, R. B. Muniz, M. S. Ferreira and D. Mills, Long-ranged dynamic magnetic interaction through low-dimensional systems, Physical Review B, 78, (21), 2008, p214403 - 214408 Journal Article, 2008 DOI URL TARA - Full Text

D. F. Kirwan, C. G. Rocha, A. T. Costa, and M. S. Ferreira , Suppression of long ranged coupling between magnetic atoms on carbon nanotubes, Physica Status Solidi B, 245, (10), 2008, p2169 - 2172 Journal Article, 2008 URL DOI

Wall, A., and Ferreira, M., Electronic density of states of helically-wrapped carbon nanotubes, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 19, 2007, p406227-406237 Journal Article, 2007 URL DOI

Rocha, C. G.; Wall, A.; Ferreira, M. S. , Modeling the effect of randomly dispersed adatoms on carbon nanotubes, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 19, (34), 2007, p6201- Journal Article, 2007 URL

Rocha, C. G.; Wall, A.; Rocha, A. R.; Ferreira, M.S., Modelling the effect of dispersed doping agents in carbon nanotubes, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 7, (10), 2007, p3446-3449 Journal Article, 2007 URL DOI

F. Elias, S. Hutzler and M.S. Ferreira , Visualisation of sound waves using regularly spaced soap films, European Journal of Physics, 28, 2007, p755 - 765 Journal Article, 2007 URL DOI

Costa, A. T.; Rocha, C. G.; Ferreira, M. S. , Non-collinear coupling between magnetic adatoms in carbon nanotubes, Physical Review B, 76, (8), 2007, p5401- 5406 Journal Article, 2007 DOI URL TARA - Full Text

Wall, A.; Ferreira, M.S., Electronic Contribution to the energetics of helically-wrapped nanotubes, Physics Review B, 74, (23), 2006, p233401-233405 Journal Article, 2006 URL TARA - Full Text DOI

T. Loboa, M.S. Figueira, A. Latgé, and M.S. Ferreira, Magnetic field effects on the electronic properties of a carbon nanotube with a side-coupled magnetic impurity, Physica B, 384, (1-2), 2006, p113 - 115 Journal Article, 2006 URL DOI

T. Lobo, M. S. Figueira, and M. S. Ferreira, Electronic transport through a single-wall carbon nontube with a magnetic impurity, Brazilian Journal of Physics, 36, (2A), 2006, p401 - 404 Journal Article, 2006 DOI URL

Grimm. D.; Latge, A.; Ferreira, M. S., Magnetic Field Effects of Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes, Brazilian Journal of Physics,, 36, (3B), 2006, p896 - 901 Journal Article, 2006 DOI URL

Jonathan N. Coleman, Martin Cadek, Kevin P. Ryan, Antonio Fonseca, Janos B. Nagy, Werner J. Blau, Mauro S. Ferreira, Reinforcement of polymers with carbon nanotubes. The role of an ordered polymer interfacial region. Experiment and modeling , Polymer, 47 , (26), 2006, p8556 - 8561 Journal Article, 2006 DOI

Grimm, D.; Latge, A.; Muniz, R. B.; Ferreira, M. S., Transport suppression in polymer-doped zigzag carbon nanotubes, Phys. Rev. B, 71, (11), 2005, p113408- Journal Article, 2005 TARA - Full Text

Andrew Wall, Jonathan N Coleman and Mauro S Ferreira, Physical Mechanism for the mechanical reinforcement in nanotube-polymer composite materials, Physical Review B, 71, (12), 2005, p125421- Journal Article, 2005 TARA - Full Text DOI URL

Ferreira, M. S.; Sanvito, S., Magnetic proximity effect in carbon nanotubes, J. Magn. Magn. Mater., 290-291, 2005, p286 - 289 Journal Article, 2005

Costa, A. T., Jr.; Kirwan, D. F.; Ferreira, M. S., Indirect exchange coupling between magnetic adatoms in carbon nanotubes, Phys. Rev. B, 72, (8), 2005, p085402- Journal Article, 2005 TARA - Full Text

Jonathan N Coleman and Mauro S Ferreira, Geometric Constraints in the Growth of Nanotube Templated Polymer Monolayers, Applied Physics Letters , 84, 2004, p798 - 800 Journal Article, 2004 DOI URL TARA - Full Text

Cespedes, O.; Ferreira, M. S.; Sanvito, S.; Kociak, M.; Coey, J. M. D., Contact induced magnetism in carbon nanotubes, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter , 16, (10), 2004, pL155 - L161 Journal Article, 2004 DOI

Coleman J N, Fleming A, Maier S, O"Flaherty S, Minett A, Ferreira M S, Hutzler S and Blau WJ, Binding Kinetics and Spontaneous SWNT Bundle, Journal of Physical Chemistry, 108, (11), 2004, p3446 - 3450 Journal Article, 2004 DOI

Jonathan N Coleman, Alexander Fleming, Stefanie Maier, Sean O'Flaherty, Andrew I Minett, Mauro S Ferreira, Stefan Hutzler and Werner J Blau, Binding Kinetics and SWNT Bundle Dissociation in Low Concentration Polymer-Nanotube Dispersions, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 108, (11), 2004, p3446 - 3450 Journal Article, 2004 DOI

Ferreira, Mauro S. ; Sanvito, Stefano, Contact-induced spin polarization in carbon nanotubes, Phys. Rev. B, 69, 2004, p035407- Journal Article, 2004 TARA - Full Text

Ferreira, M. S.; Bauer, G. E. W.; Wapenaar, C. P. A., Recursive Green functions technique applied to the propagation of elastic waves in layered media, Ultrasonics, 40, (1-8), 2002, p355-9 Journal Article, 2002 DOI

Grifoni, M.; Ferreira, M. S.; Peguiron, J.; Majer, J. B., Quantum ratchets with few bands below the barrier, Phys. Rev. Lett., 89, (14), 2002, p146801- Journal Article, 2002 TARA - Full Text

Ferreira, Mauro S.; Bauer, Gerrit E. W., Amplitude coda of classical waves in disordered media, Phys. Rev. E, 65, 2002, p045604(R)- Journal Article, 2002 TARA - Full Text

Ferreira, M.S., Dargam, T.G., Muniz, R.B., Latgé, A., Erratum: Radial oscillations of local density of states in carbon nanotubes (Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (2001) 63 (245111)), 2002, - art. no. 039901 , pp. 399011 Miscellaneous, 2002

Lima, A. R.; Ferreira, M. S.; d'Albuquerque e Castro, J.; Muniz, R. B., Simulational study of annealing effects in multilayers, J. Magn. Magn. Mat, 226-230, 2001, p666-668 Journal Article, 2001 DOI

Bauer Gerrit, E. W.; Ferreira Mauro, S.; Wapenaar, Kees, Recursive Green function technique applied to acoustic wave propagation, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America , 109, 2001, p2353- Journal Article, 2001 URL

Bauer, Gerrit E. W.; Ferreira, Mauro S.; Wapenaar, Cees P. A., Dynamics of classical wave scattering by small obstacles, Phys. Rev. Lett., 87, 2001, p113902- Journal Article, 2001 TARA - Full Text

Ferreira, M. S.; Dargam, T. G.; Muniz, R. B.; Latge, A., Radial oscillations of local density of states in carbon nanotubes, Phys. Rev. B., 63, 2001, p245111- Journal Article, 2001 TARA - Full Text

Ferreira, M. S.; Dargam, T. G.; Muniz, R. B.; Latge, A., Local electronic properties of carbon nanotube heterojunctions, Phys. Rev. B, 62, 2000, p16040- Journal Article, 2000 TARA - Full Text

Ferreira, M. S.; Castro, J. d'Albuquerque e; Muniz, R. B.; Villeret, M., Spin filtering and an enhanced regime of giant magnetoresistance, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter , 12, (12), 2000, p2833- Journal Article, 2000

Ferreira, M. S.; d' Albuquerque e Castro, J.; Muniz, R. B.; Villeret, M., Enhanced magnetoresistance and spin-filter effects in magnetic heterostructures, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter , 12, (24), 2000, pL373- Journal Article, 2000

Costa, A. T., Jr.; d'Albuquerque e Castro, J.; Ferreira, M. S.; Muniz, R. B., Inadequacy of the asymptotic approximation for the interlayer coupling in Fe/Ag/Fe and Fe/Au/Fe (001) trilayers, Phys. Rev. B, 60, 1999, p11894- Journal Article, 1999 TARA - Full Text

Ferreira, M. S.; d'Albuquerque e Castro, J.; Muniz, R. B.; Villeret, Murielle, Enhanced magnetoresistance effect in layered systems, Appl. Phys. Lett., 75, 1999, p2307- Journal Article, 1999 TARA - Full Text DOI

Ferreira, M. S.; d'Albuquerque e Castro, J.; Muniz, R. B.; Lopes, L. C., Exponential behavior of the interlayer exchange coupling across nonmagnetic metallic superlattices, Phys. Rev. B, 58, 1998, p8198- Journal Article, 1998 TARA - Full Text

Costa, A. T., Jr.; d'Albuquerque e Castro, J.; Muniz, R. B.; Ferreira, M. S.; Mathon, J., Exchange coupling between iron layers separated by bcc. copper, Physical Review B, 55, 1997, p3724- Journal Article, 1997 TARA - Full Text DOI URL

Ferreira, M. S., Exchange coupling between magnetic layers across non-magnetic superlattices, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 9, 1997, p6665- Journal Article, 1997

Ferreira, M. S.; d'Albuquerque e Castro, J.; Edwards, D. M.; Mathon, J., Fundamental oscillation periods of the interlayer exchange coupling beyond the RKKY approximation, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 8, 1996, p11259- Journal Article, 1996

Ferreira, M. S.; d'Albuquerque e Castro, J.; Edwards, D. M.; Mathon, J., Non-RKKY oscillations of exchange coupling in magnetic multilayers, J. Magn. Magn. Mat., 154, 1996, pL1- Journal Article, 1996

Ferreira, M. S.; Muniz, R. B.; d'Albuquerque e Castro, J.; Edwards, D. M., The nature and validity of the RKKY limit of exchange coupling in magnetic trilayers, J. Phys.:Condens. Matter, 6, 1994, pL619- Journal Article, 1994

Castro, J. d'Albuquerque e; Ferreira, M. S.; Muniz, R. B., Theory of the exchange coupling in magnetic metallic multilayers, Phys. Rev. B, 49, 1994, p16062- Journal Article, 1994 TARA - Full Text

Research Expertise

Description

With a formal background in Mathematical Physics, the main driving force of my research is to pursue mathematical transparency in everything I do. As a result I am a talented modeller who is able to come up with suitable mathematical tools to capture the essence of whichever physical phenomena necessary. My research interests are mainly in the broad area of Condensed Matter Theory. More specifically, in the physical properties of low-dimensional systems such as surfaces, thin films, multilayers and nanowires. Besides the obvious scientific interest in studying these nanoscale objects in isolation, a strong emphasis of my research is to understand what happens when they are brought together as components of heavily disordered structures. While studying the properties of nanoscale objects in ideal isolated conditions is challenging in itself, bringing disorder into the picture raises a whole new range of difficulties which nevertheless makes these materials a lot more promising from a technological perspective. Regarding new research directions, using these objects to form disordered networks has been the focus of my attention lately and a very fruitful subject as shown by my list of publications. Particular emphasis of my research is in the rapidly-developing field of neuromorphic computing whose ambition is to imitate nature and design a machine that can process, store and transmit information with minimal energy expenditure. Nanowire networks are known to possess the key characteristics displayed by neurons and are strong contenders for serving as the building blocks of future neuromorphic computers. My participation as a new PI in the AMBER Research Centre is a testament to the enormous potential that this field possesses and will continue to contribute to the astounding success of this World-class Research Centre.

Projects

  • Title
    • Physical properties of doped molecular wires: Interaction of carbon nanotubes with foreign objects
  • Funding Agency
    • Science Foundation Ireland
  • Date From
    • 2004
  • Date To
    • 2009
  • Title
    • Investigator Programme Grant
  • Summary
    • Modelling the electronic properties of nanotube-based thin films
  • Funding Agency
    • Science Foundation Ireland / Hewlett Packard
  • Date From
    • 2006
  • Date To
    • 2009
  • Title
    • International Collaboration Programme (Enterprise Ireland)
  • Summary
    • Travel grant to assist international scientific cooperation.
  • Funding Agency
    • Enterprise Ireland
  • Date From
    • 2003-
  • Date To
    • 2006
  • Title
    • UREKA Grant
  • Summary
    • Description: Research funding for summer students Period:
  • Funding Agency
    • Science Foundation Ireland
  • Date From
    • From June 2004
  • Date To
    • September 2004
  • Title
    • Strain-induced enhancement of the magnetic response in low-dimensional carbon-based materials
  • Funding Agency
    • Science Foundation Ireland
  • Date From
    • 2011
  • Date To
    • 2016

Keywords

Computational Physics; Condensed matter, electronic, magnetic and superconductive properties; Magnetism and spin electronics; Mathematical physics; Nanotubes; Quantum mechanics; Solid State Physics; THEORY; THEORY & MODELLING; Theory and computational physics

Recognition

Representations

Referee of several scientific Journals such as Physical Review Letters; Physical Review B; 2D Materials; Nanoletters, ACS Nano, etc

TCD-Director of the Dublin Graduate Physics Programme 2011-2017

Member of the Organising committee of three different Conferences 2006, 2008 and 2017

Visiting Professor at UFRN (Brazil)

Awards and Honours

Recipient of the Order of Rio Branco (Honorific title awarded by the Brazilian government for outstanding scientific achievements and for representing the country abroad) 2018

Recipient of the Outstanding Reviewers Award (IOP) 2017

Shortlisted for the Excellence in Teaching Award 2017

Recipient of the TCD Global Engagement Award 2016

Fellow of Trinity College Dublin 2010

Nominated for the "Excellence in Teaching" Award of Trinity College Dublin 2011, 2012, 2016

Memberships

Member of the Institute of Physics (IOP)

Member of the American Physical Society (APS)

Member of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)