This week I am presenting a Colloquium at the Institute of Physics (IFGW) at UNICAMP, the top ranking research university in Latin America. It is a great honour for me and I thank my host, Prof. Alexandre F. Fonseca, for…
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Paper accepted in Physical Review E – Dirac wave transmission in Lévy disordered systems
Our first paper of 2019 “Dirac wave transmission in Lévy disordered systems” has just been accepted for publication in Physical Review E, an American Physical Society journal. In this paper we investigate the propagation of electronic waves described by the…
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Brazilian Academy of Sciences
We just got news I have been elected Affiliated Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (ABC). This is a 5-year membership for Brazilian scientists under 40 years of age, recognizing young researchers of notable talent. My term in the ABC…
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New publication in RSC Advances – BCN hybrid graphenylene: stability and electronic properties
Our fourth publication of 2018 “BCN hybrid graphenylene: stability and electronic properties” has just been published in RSC Advances, a publication of the Royal Society of Chemistry. With the ever growing interest in 2D materials, we decided to investigate atomic…
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Workshop Transport Phenomena and Non-Equilibrium Processes – Buenos Aires
I have been invited to give a presentation on thermal transport in nanostructures at the Workshop Transport Phenomena and Non-Equilibrium Processes, which takes place at Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento in Buenos Aires, on 23 and 24 May. The workshop…
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TNG @ Autumn Meeting 2018 of the Brazilian Physical Society
The Autumn Meeting of the Brazilian Physical Society (previously the Brazilian Condensed Matter Physics Meeting) is the largest Physics meeting in Brazil, gathering nearly 1,000 researchers from Brazil and abroad. In 2018, the event takes place in Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, from…
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New publication in Scientific Reports – Thermal conductivity of graphene-hBN superlattice ribbons
Our third paper of 2018 “Thermal conductivity of graphene-hBN superlattice ribbons” has just been published in Scientific Reports, a publication of the Nature Publishing Group. In this work we investigate coherent (wave-like) and incoherent (particle-like) phonon thermal transport in superlattices graphene and…
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Paper accepted in Nanoscale – Borophene hydride: a stiff 2D material with high thermal conductivity and attractive optical and electronic properties
Our second paper of 2018 “Borophene hydride: a stiff 2D material with high thermal conductivity and attractive optical and electronic properties” has just been accepted for publication in Nanoscale, published by the Royal Society of Chemistry. In this work we…
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Bachelor’s thesis defense: Fabrizio Giovanni Oliviero
Undergraduate student Fabrizio Giovanni Oliviero will present his Bachelor’s thesis today (01.12.2017) at 10:50 am, in the seminar room #1 of the Physics Department (DFTE). The thesis, entitled “Electronic structure of carbon nanotubes”, employed analytical and numerical approaches to investigate the…
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Encontro Potiguar de Física 2017
The event “Encontro Potiguar de Física 2017” will take place on 05 and 06 of December, in the city of Caicó. This is a regional meeting aiming to gather physicist working in Rio Grande do Norte and neighboring states, organized in…
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