Scientific Interests
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Magnetic properties and modelling of ferrofluids, dry fluids and nanoparticles. Magnetic nanothermometers. Magnetic properties of nanoparticles at high pressure and high magnetic fields. Neutron diffraction of magnetic nanoparticles. Small Angle X-ray Scattering of nanohybrids, nanoparticles and ferrofluids. |
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Selected Publications
| “Temperature-switch nanomagnetic logic gates for cellular hyperthermia”, R Oliveira-Silva, R.A. Pereira, F. M. Silva, V.M. Gaspar, A. Ibarra, A. Millán, F.L. Sousa, J.F. Mano and N.J.O. Silva*, Mater. Horiz. (2019), http://doi.org/10.1039/C8MH01510D |  |
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PCT/IB2018/053697, Probe Element and Methods for Separation and Sensing of Analytes Controlled by Temperature, Inventors: de Oliveira e Silva, Nuno João; Oliveira-Silva, Rui Pedro. https://www.wipo.int/patentscope/search/en/WO2018215970 |
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“Implementing Thermometry on Silicon Surfaces Functionalized by Lanthanide-Doped Self-Assembled Polymer Monolayers” M. Rodrigues, R. Piñol, G. Antorrena, C.D.S. Brites, N.J.O. Silva, J. L. Murillo, R. Cases, I. Díez, F. Palacio, N. Torras, J. A. Plaza, L. Pérez-García, L. D. Carlos,* and A. Millán* Adv. Funct. Mater. 26, 200–209 (2016)http://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201503889 |
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| “Joining Time-Resolved Thermometry and Magnetic-Induced Heating in a Single Nanoparticle Unveils Intriguing Thermal Properties” R. Piñol, C.D.S. Brites, R. Bustamante, A. Martínez, N.J.O. Silva, J.L. Murillo, R. Cases, J. Carrey, C. Estepa, C. Sosa, F. Palacio, L.D. Carlos* and A Millan*, ACS Nano 9, 3134 (2015). https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsnano.5b00059 |  |
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"Magnetically responsive Dry Fluids" F. L. Sousa*, R. Bustamante, A. Millan, F. Palacio, T. Trindade and N.J.O. Silva*, Nanoscale, 2013 (communication)http://doi.org/10.1039/C3NR01784B |
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| "Shell pressure on the core of MnO/Mn3O4 core/shell nanoparticles" N.J.O. Silva*, M. Karmaoui, V. S. Amaral, I. Puente-Orench, J. Campo, I. da Silva, A. Ibarra, R. Bustamante, A. Millán and F. Palacio, Phys. Rev. B 87, 224429 (2013) http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.87.224429 |
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| "Synthesis of cobalt aluminate nanopigments by non-aqueous sol-gel route" M. Karmaoui*, N.J.O. Silva*, V.S. Amaral, A. Ibarra, A. Millán and F. Palacio, Nanoscale 5, 4277 (2013) http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C3NR34229H |
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| “Thermometry at the Nanoscale”, C.D.S. Brites, P.P. Lima, N.J.O. Silva, A. Millán, V.S. Amaral, F. Palacio*, and L.D. Carlos*, Nanoscale, 2012 (invited review) http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C2NR30663H | |
| “Magnetic and Relaxation Properties of Multifunctional Polymer-Based Nanostructured Bioferrofluids as MRI Contrast Agents” H. Amiri, R. Bustamante, A.Millan, N.J.O. Silva, R. Pinol, L. Gabilondo, F. Palacio, P. Arosio, M. Corti, and A. Lascialfari, Magn. Res. Med. 66, 1715-1721 (2011) http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mrm.22959 |  |
| “Shifted loops and coercivity from field imprinted high energy barriers in ferritin and ferrihydrite nanoparticles” N.J.O. Silva*, V.S. Amaral, A. Urtizberea, R. Bustamante, A. Millán, F. Palacio, E. Kampert and U. Zeitler, S. de Brion, O. Iglesias and A. Labarta, Phys. Rev. B 84, 104427 (2011) http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.104427 | |
| "A Luminescent Molecular Thermometer for Long-Term Absolute Temperature Measurements at the Nanoscale" C.D.S. Brites, P.P. Lima, N.J.O. Silva, A. Millan, V.S. Amaral, F. Palacio* and L.D. Carlos*" Adv. Mater. (2010) http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.201001780 | 
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| "Remanent magnetization in CoO antiferromagnetic nanoparticles" N.J.O. Silva*, A. Millán, F. Palacio, M. Martins, T. Trindade, I. Puente-Orench and J. Campo, Phys. Rev. B 82, 094433 (2010) http://dx.doi.org 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.094433 |  |
| “Surface and core magnetic anisotropy in maghemite nanoparticles determined by pressure experiments” Y. Komorida*, M. Mito, H. Deguchi, and S. Takagi, A. Millán, N. J. O. Silva* and F. Palacio, Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 202503 (2009) http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3131782 | |
| “Temperature dependence of antiferromagnetic susceptibility in ferritin”, N.J.O. Silva*, A. Millan, F. Palacio, E. Kampert, U. Zeitler, and V. S. Amaral, Phys. Rev. B 79, 104405 (2009). http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.79.104405 |
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| “Nanoscopic photoluminescence memory as a fingerprint of complexity in self-assembled alkylene/siloxane hybrids” L.D. Carlos*, V. de Zea Bermudez*, V.S. Amaral, S.C. Nunes, N.J.O. Silva, R.A. Sá Ferreira, J. Rocha, C.V. Santilli, D. Ostrovskii, Adv. Mater. 19, 341-348 (2007). http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.200601435 |  |
Ongoing Supervisions
Eduardo T C Coimbra e Silva
PhD Student
Gabriel Cardoso Pinto
Post-Doc Fellowship
Gabriela Ferreira Resende
PhD Student
Joana Filipa Lunet Soeiro
PhD Student
João Miguel Lopes Costa
PhD Student
Tehseen Ali Anjum
PhD StudentProjects
A functional device for sub-micron temperature mapping under magnetic field (EXPL/CTM-NAN/0295/2012 )
CoordinatorFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
nanothermometer luminescent materials nanomagnetism functional deviceControlling the length scale through "Chimie Douce": from inorganic functional materials to organic-inorganic hybrids (POCTI/CTM/46780/2002)
PartnerFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Functional Inorganic Materials Chimie Douce Organic-Inorganic Hybrids LuminescenceDesenvolvimento de fontes de arrefecimento controladas remotamente para uma nanotermodinâmica aplicada (CoolPoint)
CoordinatorFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
We propose to prepare and develop micro- and nanometer-structured materials acting as local cooling sources operating at near room temperature, i. e., materials able to locally absorb heat and in which the absorption process is triggered and controlled from a distance. We also propose to develop a proof of concept device able to manipulate heat ...Desenvolvimento e aplicação de nanomagnetes e ferrofluidos com variação on-to-off da magnetização em torno da temperatura ambiente. (On2OffNanoMagnets)
CoordinatorFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Development of 4D wireless thermometry to target tumor ablation (PTDC/NAN-MAT/3901/2020)
CoordinatorFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Thermography Magnetic Nanoparticles Induced Hyperthermia BioprintingFacing the challenges of characterizing novel thermal materials and processes (Heat@UA) (RECI/CTM-CER/0336/2012)
PartnerFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Thermal properties of materials Thermal processes Thermometry Nano-scale studiesMultidimensional thermal rectifiers based on assembly of anisotropic polyoxometalates (THERMOPOMs)
PartnerFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Herein, we propose to prepare and develop micro- and nanometer organic-inorganic hybrid structures acting as two dimensional (2D) thermal rectifiers, i. e., materials exhibiting anisotropic morphology and having a thermal conductivity that depends on the direction of the heat flow.Organic-inorganic hybrids with enhanced light-emitting properties for the new generation of optical communications (PTDC/CTM/101324/2008)
PartnerFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Organic-inorganic hybrids Light emitting devices Optical filtering Optical amplificationSíntesis, caracterización magnética y modelización atomística de nanopartículas de óxidos metálicos (Acção integrada Luso-Espanhola E-42/11)
CoordinatorOther National
Publications
Synthesis, characterisation and magnetic properties of copper(II) complexes with 3-hydroxypicolinic acid (HpicOH): the crystal structure of [Cu(picOH)(2)(BPE)](2)center dot[Cu(picOH)(2)(BPE)(2)]center dot 8H(2)O
Girginova, PI; Paz, FAA; Nogueira, HIS; Silva, NJO; Amaral, VS; Klinowski, J; Trindade, T
2005, JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURE, 737, 2-3, 221-229.
Local structure and near-infrared emission features of neodymium-based amine functionalized organic/inorganic hybrids
Goncalves, MC; Silva, NJO; Bermudez, VDZ; Ferreira, RAS; Carlos, LD; Dahmouche, K; Santilli, CV; Ostrovskii, D; Vilela, ICC; Craievich, AF
2005, JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B, 109, 43, 20093-20104.
Matrix assisted formation of ferrihydrite nanoparticles in a siloxane/poly(oxyethylene) nanohybrid
Silva, NJO; Amaral, VS; Bermudez, VD; Nunes, SC; Ostrovskii, D; Rocha, J; Carlos, LD
2005, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY, 15, 4, 484-490.
Relevance of magnetic moment distribution and scaling law methods to study the magnetic behavior of antiferromagnetic nanoparticles: Application to ferritin
Silva, NJO; Amaral, VS; Carlos, LD
2005, PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 71, 18.
Magnetic behavior of iron (III) oxyhydroxy nanoparticles in organic-inorganic hybrid matrices
Silva, NJO; Amaral, VS; Carlos, LD; Fu, LS; Nunes, SC; Bermudez, VD
2005, JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS, 290, 962-965.
Comment on "Thermoinduced magnetization in nanoparticles of antiferromagnetic materials"
Silva, NJO; Carlos, LD; Amaral, VS
2005, PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 94, 3.
Nanosized photonics and magnetism in organic-inorganic hybrids
Carlos, LD; Ferreira, RAS; Silva, NJO; Amaral, VS; Goncalves, MC; Bermudez, VD
2004, ADVANCED MATERIALS FORUM II, 455-456, 564-568.
ISBN:
0-87849-941-5
Effect of presence of an acid catalyst on structure and properties of iron-doped siloxane-polyoxyethylene nanocomposites prepared by sol-gel
Chiavacci, LA; Dahmouche, K; Silva, NJO; Carlos, LD; Amaral, VS; Bermudez, VD; Pulcinelli, SH; Santilli, CV; Briois, V; Craievich, AF
2004, JOURNAL OF NON-CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS, 345, 585-590.
Photoluminescence and quantum yields of urea and urethane cross-linked nanohybrids derived from carboxylic acid solvolysis
Fu, LS; Ferreira, RAS; Silva, NJO; Carlos, LD; Bermudez, VD; Rocha, J
2004, CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, 16, 8, 1507-1516.
Ferrihydrite antiferromagnetic nanoparticles in a sol-gel derived organic-inorganic matrix
Silva, NJO; Amaral, VS; Carlos, LD; Bermudez, VD
2004, JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS, 272, 1549-1550.
Nanoscale Thermometry for Hyperthermia Applications
In Raluca Maria Fratila, Jesús Martínez De La Fuente (Eds.), Nanomaterials for Magnetic and Optical Hyperthermia Applications
Rafael Piñol, Carlos D.S. Brites, Nuno J. Silva, Luis D. Carlos, Angel Millán
2019, 139-172, Elsevier.
ISBN:
978-0-12-813928-8
Chapter 8:Organic–Inorganic Hybrids Thermometry
In Luís Dias Carlos, Fernando Palacio (Eds.), Thermometry at the Nanoscale : Techniques and Selected Applications
Angel Millán, Luís D. Carlos, Carlos D. S. Brites, Nuno J. O. Silva, Rafael Piñol and Fernando Palacio
2016, 237-272, Royal Society of Chemistry.
ISBN:
978-1-84973-904-7
Bionanocomposites for Magnetic Removal of Water Pollutants
In Vijay Kumar Thakur; Manju Kumari Thakur (Eds.), Eco-friendly polymer nanocomposites: chemistry and applications
F. L. Sousa, A. L. Daniel-da-Silva, N. J. O. Silva, T. Trindade
2015, 279-310, New Delhi, Springer India.
ISBN:
978-81-322-2472-3
