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
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-
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-
S. Mukim, C. Lewenkopf and M. S. Ferreira, Spatial mapping of impurities in disordered 2D materials: the conductance sudoku, Carbon, 188, 2022, p360-
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-
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-
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-
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
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-
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-
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
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
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-
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-
R. Tuovinen, M. A. Sentef, C. G. Rocha and M. S. Ferreira , Time-resolved impurity-invisibility in graphene nanoribbons, Nanoscale, 11, 2019, p12296-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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
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
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
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
J. A. Lawlor and M. S. Ferreira, Green Functions of Graphene: An analytic approach, Physica B, 463, 2015, p48-53
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-
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
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-
J. A. Lawlor and M. S. Ferreira,, Sublattice Segregation of Hydrogen Adsorbates in Carbon Nanotubes, Physical Review B, 92, 2015, p115405-
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
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-
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-
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-
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
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-
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
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-
J. A. Lawlor and M. S. Ferreira, Sublattice asymmetry in doped graphene: a review, Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 5, 2014, p1210-
Lawlor JA, Ferreira MS, Sublattice asymmetry of impurity doping in graphene: A review., Beilstein journal of nanotechnology, 5, 2014, p1210-7
S. R. Power and M. S. Ferreira, Indirect Exchange and RKKY Interactions in Magnetically-Doped Graphene, Crystals, 3, 2013, p49 - 78
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
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-
Costa, AT, Ferreira, MS, Hallam, T, Duesberg, GS, Castro Neto, AH, Origami-based spintronics in graphene, EPL, 104, (4), 2013, p47001-
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-
J. A. Lawlor, S. R. Power and M. S. Ferreira, Friedel Oscillations in graphene: Sublattice Asymmetry in Doping, Physical Review B, 88, 2013, p205416-
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-
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
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-
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
S. R. Power and M. S. Ferreira, Electronic structure of graphene beyond the linear dispersion regime, Physical Review B, 83, 2011, p155432-
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-
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-
C. G. Rocha and M. S. Ferreira, Selecting the components of nanotube-based sensors: a theoretical approach, Physica Status Solidi, 248, 2011, p686-
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-
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
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-
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-
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-
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
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-
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
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)-
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-
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
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
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
C. G. Rocha, A. Wall, M. S. Ferreira, Electronic properties of nanotube-based sensors: an inverse modeling approach, Europhysics Letters, 82, 2008, p27004-27009
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
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
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
Wall, A., and Ferreira, M., Electronic density of states of helically-wrapped carbon nanotubes, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 19, 2007, p406227-406237
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-
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
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
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
Wall, A.; Ferreira, M.S., Electronic Contribution to the energetics of helically-wrapped nanotubes, Physics Review B, 74, (23), 2006, p233401-233405
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
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
Grimm. D.; Latge, A.; Ferreira, M. S., Magnetic Field Effects of Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes, Brazilian Journal of Physics,, 36, (3B), 2006, p896 - 901
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
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-
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-
Ferreira, M. S.; Sanvito, S., Magnetic proximity effect in carbon nanotubes, J. Magn. Magn. Mater., 290-291, 2005, p286 - 289
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-
Jonathan N Coleman and Mauro S Ferreira, Geometric Constraints in the Growth of Nanotube Templated Polymer Monolayers, Applied Physics Letters , 84, 2004, p798 - 800
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
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
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
Ferreira, Mauro S. ; Sanvito, Stefano, Contact-induced spin polarization in carbon nanotubes, Phys. Rev. B, 69, 2004, p035407-
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
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-
Ferreira, Mauro S.; Bauer, Gerrit E. W., Amplitude coda of classical waves in disordered media, Phys. Rev. E, 65, 2002, p045604(R)-
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
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
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-
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-
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-
Ferreira, M. S.; Dargam, T. G.; Muniz, R. B.; Latge, A., Local electronic properties of carbon nanotube heterojunctions, Phys. Rev. B, 62, 2000, p16040-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
Ferreira, M. S., Exchange coupling between magnetic layers across non-magnetic superlattices, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 9, 1997, p6665-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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
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
Member of the Organising committee of three different Conferences
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)
Recipient of the Outstanding Reviewers Award (IOP)
Shortlisted for the Excellence in Teaching Award
Recipient of the TCD Global Engagement Award
Fellow of Trinity College Dublin
Nominated for the "Excellence in Teaching" Award of Trinity College Dublin
Memberships
Member of the Institute of Physics (IOP)
Member of the American Physical Society (APS)
Member of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)