Ricardo Manuel Fonseca Lopes da Silva

Laboratory Officer

Role

Senior Technician at the Department of Physics, providing technical support to the Cleanroom Infrastructure, with a focus on equipment management, maintenance and monitoring. Responsible for conducting assays, diagnosing system failures and supporting students and researchers in both classroom and R&D contexts. Additionally, manages inventory, waste disposal and the booking system for the Cleanroom facilities.

Publications

Carbon as in-situ coating promoter against molten salts in Lithium/Sodium sulfates intended for high-temperature thermal storage

Serrano, A; Silva, RM; Taeño, M; Luengo, C; Crocomo, PZ; Silva, RF; del Barrio, EP
2025, JOURNAL OF ENERGY STORAGE, 113.

Anti-corrosion and cytotoxicity properties of inorganic surface treatments on Mg1Ca biodegradable alloy

Neves, CS; Sousa, I; Freitas, MA; Moreira, L; Costa, C; Teixeira, JP; Fraga, S; Silva, RM; Silva, RF; Starykevich, M; Scharnagl, N; Zheludkevich, ML; Ferreira, MGS; Tedim, J
2025, SURFACE & COATINGS TECHNOLOGY, 497.

Modelling VA-CNT surface morphology for pollutant adsorption from aqueous media

Oliveira, IE; Silva, RM; Silva, CG; Silva, RF
2025, NANOSCALE ADVANCES, 7, 6, 1714-1726.

Titanium-based hybrid coatings grown using ALD/MLD onto AZ31 screw-like supports for implantable systems

Silva, RM; Oliveira, FJ; Lima, MF; Silva, NA; Miranda, G
2025, RSC ADVANCES, 15, 14, 10774-10786.

Photocatalytic activity of ZnO- and TiO2-coated poly (methyl methacrylate) microcapsules by atomic layer deposition for water purification

Forte, MA; Silva, RM; Gonçalves, MST; Silva, RFE; Tavares, CJ
2024, THIN SOLID FILMS, 807.
ISBN: 1879-2731

ALD/MLD coating of patterned vertically aligned carbon nanotube micropillars with Fe-NH2TP hybrids

Silva, RM; Rocha, J; Silva, RF
2023, NANOSCALE, 15, 24, 10423-10429.

Customizing 3D Structures of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes to Direct Neural Stem Cell Differentiation

Nascimento, L; Fernandes, C; Silva, RM; Semitela, A; de Sousa, BM; Marques, PAAP; Vieira, SI; Silva, RF; Barroca, N; Gonçalves, G
2023, ADVANCED HEALTHCARE MATERIALS, 12, 26.

Atomic layer deposition of nanometric alumina for corrosion protection of heterogeneous metallic surfaces - The case of aeronautical grade aluminium alloy 2024-T3

Oliveira, MP; Silva, RM; Yasakau, KA; Bastos, A; Kallip, S; Zheludkevich, ML; Silva, RF; Ferreira, MGS
2022, CORROSION SCIENCE, 209.

Impact of atomic layer deposited TiO2 on the photocatalytic efficiency of TiO2/w-VA-CNT nanocomposite materials

Oliveira, IE; Silva, RM; Rodrigues, J; Correia, MR; Monteiro, T; Faria, JL; Silva, RF; Silva, CG
2022, RSC ADVANCES, 12, 26, 16419-16430.

Is Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) a Suitable Substrate for ALD?: A Review

Forte, MA; Silva, RM; Tavares, CJ; Silva, RFE
2021, POLYMERS, 13, 8.
ISBN: 2073-4360

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