Nuno João Silva
  Principal Researcher  
   
  phone: +351 234 401418  
  extension: 24992  
  e-mail: nunojoao@ua.pt  
  department: Physics  
   
  group: 1 - inorganic functional nanomaterials and organic-inorganic hybrids
 		 
  line: 1 - information and communication technology
 		 
  direct url: https://www.ciceco.ua.pt/NunoSilva  
  research group: Comcept  
   
Short CV

Nuno Silva is an accomplished physicist working among chemists with a strong research profile in magnetic nanoparticles, nanothermometers and hyperthermia. He obtained his degree in physics from the School of Sciences at the University of Porto, Portugal (1999), and his M.S. degree in Materials Sciences and Engineering from the University of Aveiro (2003). He performed research on magnetic nanoparticles towards his Ph.D. in Physics at University of Aveiro and received his degree in 2006. He then earned a Spanish Research Council Grant to develop magnetic nanoparticles for biomedical applications at the University of Zaragoza, Spain. In May 2009 Nuno decided to join CICECO at the University of Aveiro, after earning a Ciencia2008 Grant from the Portuguese Science Foundation. He gained international recognition in the field by measuring for the first time temperature at the surface of magnetic nanoparticles used as local heaters (Adv. Mater. 2010 and ACS Nano 2015), receiving an Award for encouragement of Research by The Materials Research Society of Japan in 2014. Nuno Silva has continuously made significant contributions to his field and has an outstanding track record in obtaining external funding through the national research funder FCT. Presently, he leads a group devoted to the development of magnetic nanoparticles applied to nanosensing.

Nuno co-authors 3 book chapters, 2 international patents and about 75 papers (> 2400 times cited without self-citations; h=24, ISI).

In 2001, Nuno concluded Piano and Composition studies at the Music Conservatoire of Porto.
Scientific Interests

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.
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  111acsnano_cells.png

"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

 "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


 "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  

 “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  

 
 "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  

 
 “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  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Main present collaborators

A. Millán and R. Piñol (Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón/CSIC, Zaragoza https://www.researchgate.net/profile/A_Millan

A. Lascialfari (University of Milan and University of Pavia, Italy) https://scholar.google.it/citations?user=D5iAO2sAAAAJ&hl=en

V. M. Gaspar (CICECO, Universidade de Aveiro) http://www.ciceco.ua.pt/vitorgaspar

S. Ohkoshi (School of Sciences, University of Tokyo) http://www.chem.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/users/ssphys/english/

I. Puente-Orench Institut Laue-Langevin and Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón CSIC - Universidad de Zaragoza) https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/2034280793_Ines_Puente-Orench 

M. Mito (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu, Japan) https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/22173712_Masaki_Mito
teaching

Nanodevices and Nanomagnetism

https://www.ua.pt/ensino/uc/4468

 

Propriedades físicas dos materiais

https://www.ua.pt/uc/4207
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ongoing scientific supervisions


Projects
Group1 Icon 3D temperature mapping critical to understanding the nanoworld (ThermoRise)
Group5 Icon Group1 Icon Development of 4D wireless thermometry to target tumor ablation (PTDC/NAN-MAT/3901/2020)
Group1 Icon A functional device for sub-micron temperature mapping under magnetic field (EXPL/CTM-NAN/0295/2012 )
Group6 Icon Group5 Icon Group4 Icon Group2 Icon Group1 Icon Group0 Icon Controlling the length scale through "Chimie Douce": from inorganic functional materials to organic-inorganic hybrids (POCTI/CTM/46780/2002)
Group1 Icon Desenvolvimento de fontes de arrefecimento controladas remotamente para uma nanotermodinâmica aplicada (CoolPoint)
Group1 Icon Desenvolvimento e aplicação de nanomagnetes e ferrofluidos com variação on-to-off da magnetização em torno da temperatura ambiente. (On2OffNanoMagnets)
Group3 Icon Group2 Icon Group1 Icon Group0 Icon Facing the challenges of characterizing novel thermal materials and processes (Heat@UA) (RECI/CTM-CER/0336/2012)
Group1 Icon Multidimensional thermal rectifiers based on assembly of anisotropic polyoxometalates (THERMOPOMs)
Group1 Icon Organic-inorganic hybrids with enhanced light-emitting properties for the new generation of optical communications (PTDC/CTM/101324/2008)
Group1 Icon Síntesis, caracterización magnética y modelización atomística de nanopartículas de óxidos metálicos (Acção integrada Luso-Espanhola E-42/11)


publications
In situ functionalization of a cellulosic-based activated carbon with magnetic iron oxides for the removal of carbamazepine from wastewater
Pereira, D; Rocha, LS; Gil, MV; Otero, M; Silva, NJO; Esteves, VI; Calisto, V
2021, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH, 28, 15, 18314-18327.
CICECO Authorship
Screening of dual chemo-photothermal cellular nanotherapies in organotypic breast cancer 3D spheroids
Ferreira, LP; Gaspar, VM; Monteiro, MV; Freitas, B; Silva, NJO; Mano, JF
2021, JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE, 331, 85-102.
CICECO Authorship
Efficient Brownian oscillators and nanoheaters based on gallium-doped epsilon-Fe2O3
Gu, YY; Silva, NJO; Yoshikiyo, M; Namai, A; Pinol, R; Maurin-Pasturel, G; Cui, YW; Ohkoshi, SI; Millan, A; Martinez, A
2021, CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS, 57, 18, 2285-2288.
CICECO Authorship
Temperature-responsive nanomagnetic logic gates for cellular hyperthermia
Silva, RO; Pereira, RA; Silva, FM; Gaspar, VM; Ibarra, A; Millan, A; Sousa, FL; Mano, JF; Silva, NJO
2019, MATERIALS HORIZONS, 6, 3, 524-530.
CICECO Authorship
Density Gradient Selection of Colloidal Silver Nanotriangles for Assembling Dye-Particle Plasmophores
Oliveira-Silva, R; Sousa-Jeronimo, M; Botequim, D; Silva, NJO; Prazeres, DMF; Paulo, PMR
2019, NANOMATERIALS, 9, 6,
CICECO Authorship
Integrated Optical Mach-Zehnder Interferometer Based on Organic-Inorganic Hybrids for Photonics-on-a-Chip Biosensing Applications
Bastos, AR; Vicente, CMS; Oliveira-Silva, R; Silva, NJO; Tacao, M; da Costa, JP; Lima, M; Andre, PS; Ferreira, RAS
2018, SENSORS, 18, 3,
CICECO Authorship
Implementing Thermometry on Silicon Surfaces Functionalized by Lanthanide-Doped Self-Assembled Polymer Monolayers
Rodrigues, M; Pinol, R; Antorrena, G; Brites, CDS; Silva, NJO; Murillo, JL; Cases, R; Diez, I; Palacio, F; Torras, N; Plaza, JA; Perez-Garcia, L; Carlos, LD; Millan, A
2016, ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, 26, 2, 200-209.
CICECO Authorship
Influence of the surface termination on the light emission of crystalline silicon nanoparticles
Botas, AMP; Anthony, RJ; Wu, J; Rowe, DJ; Silva, NJO; Kortshagen, U; Pereira, RN; Ferreira, RAS
2016, NANOTECHNOLOGY, 27, 32,
CICECO Authorship
Nano-Localized Thermal Analysis and Mapping of Surface and Sub-Surface Thermal Properties Using Scanning Thermal Microscopy (SThM)
Pereira, MJ; Amaral, JS; Silva, NJO; Amaral, VS
2016, MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS, 22, 6, 1270-1280.
CICECO Authorship
Scanning thermal microscopy: Nano-localized thermal analysis and mapping of surface and subsurface thermal properties
Pereira M.J., Amaral J.S., Silva N.J.O., Amaral V.S.
2016, Microscopy and Microanalysis, 22, 2-3.
CICECO Authorship
Carrageenan-grafted magnetite nanoparticles as recyclable sorbents for dye removal
Daniel-da-Silva, AL; Salgueiro, AM; Creaney, B; Oliveira-Silva, R; Silva, NJO; Trindade, T
2015, JOURNAL OF NANOPARTICLE RESEARCH, 17, 7,
CICECO Authorship
Joining Time-Resolved Thermometry and Magnetic-Induced Heating in a Single Nanoparticle Unveils Intriguing Thermal Properties
Pinol, R; Brites, CDS; Bustamante, R; Martinez, A; Silva, NJO; Murillo, JL; Cases, R; Carrey, J; Estepa, C; Sosa, C; Palacio, F; Carlos, LD; Millan, A
2015, ACS NANO, 9, 3, 3134-3142.
CICECO Authorship
Contact angles and wettability of ionic liquids on polar and non-polar surfaces
Pereira, MM; Kurnia, KA; Sousa, FL; Silva, NJO; Lopes-da-Silva, JA; Coutinhoa, JAP; Freire, MG
2015, PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 17, 47, 31653-31661.
CICECO Authorship
Cobalt aluminate nanoparticles supported on MIL-101 structure: catalytic performance investigation
Granadeiro, CM; Karmaoui, M; Correia, E; Juliao, D; Amaral, VS; Silva, NJO; Cunha-Silva, L; Balula, SS
2015, RSC ADVANCES, 5, 6, 4175-4183.
CICECO Authorship
Multifunctional micro-and nanosized metalorganic frameworks assembled from bisphosphonates and lanthanides
Vilela, SMF; Ananias, D; Fernandes, JA; Silva, P; Gomes, AC; Silva, NJO; Rodrigues, MO; Tome, JPC; Valente, AA; Ribeiro-Claro, P; Carlos, LD; Rocha, J; Paz, FAA
2014, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C, 2, 17, 3311-3327.
CICECO Authorship

 
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