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Dr. Mauro Ferreira

Dr. Mauro Ferreira

Associate Professor, Physics

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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

  • 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
  • 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 - 13016Journal 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, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • 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
  • Lawlor JA, Ferreira MS, Sublattice asymmetry of impurity doping in graphene: A review., Beilstein journal of nanotechnology, 5, 2014, p1210-7Journal Article, 2014, 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 - 11429Journal Article, 2015, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • 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
  • 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 - 045417-8Journal Article, 2016, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • 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 - 27571Journal Article, 2016, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • 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 - 18523Journal Article, 2016, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • 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 - 1260Journal Article, 2016, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • 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
  • 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, DOI , URL
  • 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
  • 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 2013Patent, 2012, URL
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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, 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 152118Journal Article, 2018, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • 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
  • 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, URL , TARA - Full Text
  • 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, 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • 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 - 11Journal Article, 2020, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • 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, p251902Journal Article, 2020, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • 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 - 3450Journal Article, 2004, DOI
  • Jonathan N Coleman and Mauro S Ferreira, Geometric Constraints in the Growth of Nanotube Templated Polymer Monolayers, Applied Physics Letters , 84, 2004, p798 - 800Journal Article, 2004, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • 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 - 3450Journal Article, 2004, 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
  • 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, p10394-10411Journal Article, 2023, 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), 2024Journal Article, 2024, DOI , URL
  • 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, p3381-3398Journal Article, 2024, DOI , URL
  • 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), 2024Journal Article, 2024, DOI , URL
  • 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, 2024Journal Article, 2024, DOI , URL
  • 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, pp1366-1370Conference Paper, 2023, DOI , URL
  • 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, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • 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, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Ferreira, M. S.; Sanvito, S., Magnetic proximity effect in carbon nanotubes, J. Magn. Magn. Mater., 290-291, 2005, p286 - 289Journal Article, 2005, DOI , URL
  • 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 - L161Journal Article, 2004, DOI , URL
  • Ferreira, Mauro S. ; Sanvito, Stefano, Contact-induced spin polarization in carbon nanotubes, Phys. Rev. B, 69, 2004, p035407-Journal Article, 2004, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • 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, DOI , URL , 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, DOI , URL , 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, p355-9Journal Article, 2002, DOI , URL
  • 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, DOI , URL , 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, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • 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, p666-668Journal Article, 2001, DOI , URL
  • 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, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • 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, DOI , URL
  • 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, DOI , URL
  • 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, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • 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, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • 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, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Ferreira, M. S., Exchange coupling between magnetic layers across non-magnetic superlattices, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 9, 1997, p6665-Journal Article, 1997, DOI , URL
  • 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, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • 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, DOI , URL
  • 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, DOI , URL
  • 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, DOI , URL
  • 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, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • 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, p3446-3449Journal Article, 2007, DOI , URL
  • Wall, A.; Ferreira, M.S., Electronic Contribution to the energetics of helically-wrapped nanotubes, Physics Review B, 74, (23), 2006, p233401-233405Journal Article, 2006, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • 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 - 115Journal Article, 2006, DOI , URL
  • 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 - 404Journal 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 - 8561Journal Article, 2006, DOI
  • Grimm. D.; Latge, A.; Ferreira, M. S., Magnetic Field Effects of Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes, Brazilian Journal of Physics,, 36, (3B), 2006, p896 - 901Journal Article, 2006, DOI , URL
  • 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- 5406Journal Article, 2007, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • F. Elias, S. Hutzler and M.S. Ferreira , Visualisation of sound waves using regularly spaced soap films, European Journal of Physics, 28, 2007, p755 - 765Journal Article, 2007, DOI , URL
  • 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
  • Wall, A., and Ferreira, M., Electronic density of states of helically-wrapped carbon nanotubes, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 19, 2007, p406227-406237Journal Article, 2007, DOI , URL
  • 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 - 085438Journal Article, 2008, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • C. G. Rocha, A. Wall, M. S. Ferreira, Electronic properties of nanotube-based sensors: an inverse modeling approach, Europhysics Letters, 82, 2008, p27004-27009Journal Article, 2008, DOI , URL , 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 - 063018Journal Article, 2008, DOI , URL
  • 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, p1700-1703Journal Article, 2008, DOI , URL
  • 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 - 2172Journal Article, 2008, DOI , URL
  • 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 - 214408Journal Article, 2008, DOI , URL , 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, p044302Journal Article, 2008, DOI , 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
  • 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, p123106Journal Article, 2009, DOI , 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, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • 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
  • 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, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • F. S. M. Guimarães, A. T. Costa, R. B. Muniz and M. S. Ferreira,, Graphene-based spin-pumping transistor, Physical Review B, 81, 2010, p233402Journal Article, 2010, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • 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, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • 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, DOI , URL
  • L. F. C. Pereira and M. S. Ferreira, Electronic transport on carbon nanotube networks: a multiscale computational approach, Nano Communication Networks, 2, (1), 2011, p25-38Journal Article, 2011, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • 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
  • 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, 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 , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • 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, URL , TARA - Full Text
  • S. R. Power and M. S. Ferreira, Indirect Exchange and RKKY Interactions in Magnetically-Doped Graphene, Crystals, 3, 2013, p49 - 78Journal Article, 2013, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • 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, 5966-5971Journal Article, 2012, DOI
  • 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, 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. 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. 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, 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 - 34Journal Article, 2014, DOI
  • 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
  • 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. 3301Journal Article, 2013
  • 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. 399011Miscellaneous, 2002
  • 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
  • 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. 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 - 9549Journal Article, 2014, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • 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 and M. S. Ferreira, Green Functions of Graphene: An analytic approach, Physica B, 463, 2015, p48-53Journal Article, 2015, DOI

Research Expertise

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.

  • 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
    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
    Physical properties of doped molecular wires: Interaction of carbon nanotubes with foreign objects
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    Science Foundation Ireland
    Date From
    2004
    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
    Strain-induced enhancement of the magnetic response in low-dimensional carbon-based materials
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    Science Foundation Ireland
    Date From
    2011
    Date To
    2016

Recognition

  • Recipient of the TCD Global Engagement Award 2016
  • Recipient of the Outstanding Reviewers Award (IOP) 2017
  • Fellow of Trinity College Dublin 2010
  • Shortlisted for the Excellence in Teaching Award 2017
  • Nominated for the "Excellence in Teaching" Award of Trinity College Dublin 2011, 2012, 2016
  • 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
  • Member of the Institute of Physics (IOP)
  • Member of the American Physical Society (APS)
  • Member of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
  • Visiting Professor at UFRN (Brazil)
  • TCD-Director of the Dublin Graduate Physics Programme 2011-2017
  • Member of the Organising committee of three different Conferences 2006, 2008 and 2017
  • Referee of several scientific Journals such as Physical Review Letters; Physical Review B; 2D Materials; Nanoletters, ACS Nano, etc