Today we kick-off our event Thermal and Electronic Transport in Nanostructures, which takes place at the International Institute of Physics – Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte from 31/10/2016 to 11/11/2016. It is a two-week event focusing on the conduction…

The XXXIX National Meeting on Condensed Matter Physics promoted by the Brazilian Physical Society takes place in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, from 3 to 7 of September. Several group members will present our latest results during the meeting. Posters (15:30…

I have been invited to give a presentation on our work on thermal transport in nanostructures at Universidad de Los Andes in Bogotá. The event “Experimental techniques and physics in 2D materials” takes place on 28 and 29 July, and…

Our paper “Controlling resonant tunneling in graphene via Fermi velocity engineering” has been featured on the cover of the Journal of Applied Physics Volume 119 Number 24, dated 28 June 2016. Figure 2 of our article was chosen for the cover of this issue.…

Our latest paper “Anisotropic thermal conductivity and mechanical properties of phagraphene: A molecular dynamics study” has been accepted for publication in RSC Advances. In this work we calculate thermal conductivity, phonon mean free path, elastic modulus and mechanical strength of…

Our latest paper “Controlling resonant tunneling in graphene via Fermi velocity engineering” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Applied Physics. In this work we show that it is possible to control the electronic transmission along a graphene sample with…

Our latest paper “Thermal Conductivity and Mechanical Properties of Nitrogenated Holey Graphene”  has been accepted for publication in Carbon. In this work we calculate thermal conductivity, elastic modulus and mechanical strength of a novel graphene-derived material named nitrogenated holey graphene.…

Our first graduate student, Mr. Isaac de Macedo Felix, will present his Master’s thesis on Tuesday (29.03.2016) at 10:30 am, in the auditorium of the Physics Department (DFTE). The thesis, entitled “Thermal transport in graphene-hBN superlattice nanoribbons”, employed non-equilibrium molecular dynamics…

Our latest paper “Amorphized graphene: a stiff material with low thermal conductivity”  has been accepted for publication in Carbon. In this work we show that amorphized graphene samples exhibit and unusual combination of high mechanical strength and low thermal conductivity.…

We are organizing a school and workshop entitled “Thermal and Electronic Transport in Nanostructures”, which will take place at the International Institute of Physics – UFRN. The event will happen from  Monday, October 31, 2016 to Friday, November 11, 2016. More information at…