Mauro Ferreira
| Name | Mauro Ferreira |
| Work Groups |
Work Group 4 - Theory |
| Laboratory | School of Physics |
| Organisation | Trinity College Dublin |
| Website | http://sites.google.com/site/maurengo/homepage |
| Areas of Research | Condensed Matter Theory; Spintronics; Modeling of physical properties of low-dimensional structures; Magnetic properties of materials; Quantum transport, Electronic structure calculations |
| Research Keywords | Theory; transport; magnetic properties; nanotubes; graphene, low-dimensional structures |
| Areas of Future Interest | Magnetic properties of graphene |
Selected Publications:
- Emergence of local magnetic moments in doped graphene-related materials
- Upper bound for the conductivity of nanotube networks
- Enhanced spin-valve effect in magnetically doped carbon nanotubes
- Contact induced magnetism in carbon nanotubes
- Local electronic properties of carbon nanotube heterojunctions
Brief CV
Name: Mauro Ferreira
Address: School of Physics
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin 2, Ireland
Education:
1994-1998 PhD in Mathematical Physics
Department of Mathematics
Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine
London, UK
1991-1993 MSc in Solid State Physics
Department of Physics
Universidade Federal Fluminense
Niterói, Brazil
1987-1991 BSc in Physics
Department of Physics
Universidade Federal Fluminense
Niterói, Brazil
Professional experience:
Associate Investigator
Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices (CRANN)
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Lecturer / Researcher
Department of Physics
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
2000-2002 Post-doctoral research assistant
Department of Applied Physics
Delft University of Technology
Delft, The Netherlands
1998-2000 Post-doctoral research assistant
Department of Physics
Universidade Federal Fluminense
Niterói, Brazil
Areas of expertise: Condensed Matter Theory; Modeling of physical properties of low-dimensional structures; Magnetic properties of materials; Quantum transport, Electronic structure calculations; spintronics