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CURRICULUM VITAE

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 Name: Rui Manuel
Surnames:  Coelho da Silva
 Born: 02-03-1959, S. Vicente, Cabo-Verde
Nationality: Portuguese

Telef.: +351 21-994 6083
Fax: +351 21-994 1525
E-mail: rmcs  (add @itn.pt)

Education

  • 1993 – PhD in Physics, Physics of the Condensed Matter by Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisboa).
  • 1987-1988 – FOM fellowship at the Laboratorium voor Algemene Natuurkunde of the University of Groningen, the  Netherlands.
  • 1983-1984 – Compulsive Military Service. Served as Infantry Officer at the Army Infantry School.
  • 1982 – Graduation in Physics, Physics of the Condensed Matter by Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisboa).

Professional Employment Career

  • 02/2006 – Principal Researcher, ITN.
  • 1994 – Invited Professor, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the New University of Lisboa). Classes: Vibrations and Waves in Physics and Introductory Nuclear Physics.
  • 09/1994 – Research Officer, ITN.
  • 1987 – Research Assistant, ITN.
  • 1985 – Research Trainee, Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear  (ITN, then LNETI-Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia e Tecnologia Industrial).
Main Scientific Area of Research

  • The scientific activity of Rui Silva has been in nuclear condensed matter physics, mainly using ion implantation to modify and form materials – metals and insulating oxides – with novel properties, either localized or extended, and ion beams to characterize and study those and other materials.
  • Main subjects of study are  the formation and characterization of nanostructures by ion implantation, with emphasis in intermetallic compounds in metals, and on the electrical and magnetic properties of nanosized metallic structures in oxides, e.g. MgO and TiO2. Combination of ion beam analysis with other structural characterization techniques e.g. XRD and Electron Microscopy, and transport measurements, e.g. electrical conductivity and magnetization measurements M(H) and M(T), yield fundamental information about the relationship of the electronic and spin properties with the structure dimensions and crystalline structure.

Teaching Activities

  • He has been mentoring the thesis of 5 PhD students, 2 MSc students, and a number of Graduation students.
Scientific Works

  • Research works are documented in 40 publications where the more relevant are listed below. Running projects and collaborations with colleagues from ITN and foreign Institutions cover a wide range of subjects and activities.
  • The major research interests are focused in studying the properties of reduced dimensionality structures at the nanometer level, produced by ion implantation in different materials.
Selected Publications

Metals

  • Formation of Al-Fe surface alloys by ion implantation of Fe in Al L.M. Prudêncio, I.D. Nogueira, J.C. Waerenbourgh, A.P. Gonçalves, O. Conde, R.C. da Silva
    Surf. and Coatings Technology, 158-159 (2002) 338-341.
  • Characterisation of corrosion products in Cr implanted Mg surfaces M. Vilarigues, L.C. Alves, I.D. Nogueira, N. Franco, A. Sequeira, R.C. da Silva Surf. and Coatings Technology, 158-159 (2002) 327-332.
  • NiCrAlY coatings deposited on single crystal High Temperature Alloys by Laser Cladding P.N. Ferreira, R. Vilar, J.P. Pina, R.C. da Silva and A.D. Sequeira Proceedings of  ICALEO 2001 – 20th International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics, Laser Institute of America (2001) 521.
  • Investigation of Al-Cr intermetallic phase formation in Al surfaces implanted with Cr ions L.M. Prudêncio, M.F. da Silva, J.C. Soares and R.C. da Silva, O. Conde, R. Vilar Surf. and Coatings Technology,128-129, 1-3 (2000) 166-169.
Oxides and Nanostructures

  • Magnetic behaviour of Co and Ni implanted MgO M.M. Cruz, R.C. da Silva, R. Gonzáles, E. Alves and M. Godinho J. of Magnetism and Magn. Materials ( accepted, 2003 ).
  • Structural and optical studies of Co and Ti implanted sapphire E. Alves, C. Marques, R. C. da Silva, T. Monteiro, J. Soares, C. McHargue, L. C. Ononye, L. F. Allard Nucl. Instr. and Meth., B 207 (2003) 55-62.
    • Radiation-damage recovery in undoped and oxidized Li doped MgO crystals implanted with lithium ions E. Alves, R.C. da Silva, J.V. Pinto, T. Monteiro, B. Savoini, D. Cáceres, R. González, Y. Chen Nucl. Instr. and Meth., B 206 (2003) 148-52.
  • Optical changes induced by high fluence implantation of Co ions on sapphire
    C. Marques, M.M. Cruz, R.C. da Silva, E. Alves Surf. and Coatings Technology, 158-159 (2002) 54-58.
  • Conductivity behaviour of Cr implanted TiO2 R.C. da Silva, M.M. Cruz, E. Alves Nucl. Instr. and Meth., B 191,1-4 (2002) 158-162.
  • Study of new surface structures created on sapphire by Co ion implantation
    C. Marques, M.M. Cruz, R.C. da Silva, E. Alves Nucl. Instr. and Meth., B 175-77 (2001) 500-504.
  • Structural and magnetic studies of Fe implanted a -Al2O3 E. Alves, C. McHargue, R.C. da Silva, C. Jesus, O. Conde, M.F. da Silva, J.C. Soares Surf. and Coatings Technology, 128-129, 1-3 (2000) 434-39.
  • Formation of coherent precipitates of Pt in sapphire E. Alves, R.C. da Silva, O. Conde, M.F. da Silva, J.C. Soares Nucl. Instr. and Meth., B 148, 1-4 (1999) 1049-53.
  • Electrical conductivity in ion implanted TiO2 single crystals R. Fromknecht, I. Khubeis, S. Massing and O. Meyer, R.C. da Silva and E. Alves Proc. of Int. Conf. on Ion Implantation Technology, IIT'98, Kyoto, Japan, 1998, Vol. 2, p1059-62 (1998). ISBN: 0-7803-4538-X.
  • Lattice site location and annealing behavior of W implanted TiO2 R.C. da Silva, E. Alves, L.M. Redondo, R. Fromknecht and O. Meyer Nucl. Instr. and Meth., B 136-38 (1998) 442-446.
Art and related Materials

  • Ion beam and infrared analysis of medieval stained glass M. Vilarigues and R.C. da Silva, Presented orally at Symposium O, E-MRS-2003, European Conf. of Materials Research, Strasbourg, Franceitn.mces, 2003. Applied Physics A ( submitted, 2003 ).
Multilayers and coatings

  • Characterisation of YBaCuO-PrBaCuO multilayers grown by pulsed injection MOCVD V. Galindo, J.P. Senateur, E. Alves, R.C. da Silva, M.M. Cruz, M. Godinho, A. Casaca, G. Bonfait Journal of Low Temperature Physics 117, 3-4 (1999) 657-661.
  • Multilayer surface coating of glass with metal oxides: characterization by Rutherford backscattering, X-ray fluorescence and FTICR mass spectrometry P.R. Gordo, E. Alves, L.C. Alves, R.C. da Silva, A.P. Gonçalves, J. Marçalo, M.F. Araújo and A. Pires de Matos Proceedings of Int. Conf. on Glasses, ICG'98 (ed. in CD-ROM), S. Francisco, California, USA, 1998.

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