Rui Ramos Ferreira e Silva

	Rui Ramos Ferreira e Silva
	Associate Professor

	phone: 351-234372598
	extension: 22953
	e-mail: rsilva@ua.pt
	department: Materials and Ceramic Engineering

	group: 3 - carbon materials, composites and functional coatings
	line: 2 - energy and industrial applications
	direct url: https://www.ciceco.ua.pt/RuiSilva

Short CV

Orcid ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2584-1792

ResearcherID: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-8208-2008
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Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=Bqfm3PEAAAAJ&hl=pt-PT

Associate Professor at Aveiro University since 2000.

PhD in Materials Science and Engineering, "Sintering Kinetics and Wear behaviour of Si3N4 Cutting Tools", University of Aveiro, 1993.

Supervisor of 11 PhD thesis and 60 MSc dissertations. Manager of more than 35 scientific/technological projects. Co-author of 5 patents, 1 book, 3 book chapters and of about 220 papers in journals included in the Science Citation Index.Referee of 45 international scientific journals included in SCI. H-index=29 (Web of Science).

Scientific Interests

Synthesis by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) of carbon nanostructures and carbon-based coatings (microcrystalline and nanocrystalline diamond, carbon nanotubes, graphene) for mechanical components, electronics and biomedicine applications.

Atomic layer deposition (ALD) of ultrathin coatings for microelectronics, catalysis and applications in energy related fields.

Processing and mechanical behaviour of ceramic materials and ceramic matrix composites.

Present Research Group
Researchers: Filipe Oliveira, Miguel Neto, Ana Girão. Post-docs: Ricardo Silva, Dhananjay Sharma. PhD students: Alyne Mendes, Alice Marciel, Aneeta Jagernauth, Marta Forte, Inês Oliveira, Sérgio Pratas.

Main present collaborators

Carlos Achete (INMETRO, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil); Nicola Pinna (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Chemie); José Gomes (Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Universidade do Minho); Florinda Costa (Departamento de Física, Universidade de Aveiro); Alberto Ferro (Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa); Luísa Durães (Departamento de Engenharia Química, Universidade de Coimbra); João Miguel Carrapichano (Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra); Cristiano Abreu (Departamento de Física, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto); Joaquim Sacramento (Durit S.A.); Ascensão Lopes (Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto); Fabien Bénédic (Université Paris 13); Manuel Belmonte (Instituto de Ceramica y Vidrio, Madrid).

Teaching Activity
Undergraduation courses teaching of Heat Treatments, Materials Properties (Mechanics), Metallurgical Technology, among others. Post-graduation teaching of Materials Development, Metallic Materials, 2-D and 3-D Nanostructured Materials.

Present projects

- PI of project “DHardTools - Precision Machining with CVD Diamond Cutting Tools”, 2019-21. Pro otor: Palbit S.A.

- PI at UA of project “Fosforetos de metais de transição nanoestruturados para armazenamento de energia electroquímica- MePhEES”, 2018-2020 (Projeto UTAP-EXPL/CTE/0008/2017). Colaboration with Lifeng Liu (INL). .

- PI at UA of project “PLASCOAT - Metalização inovadora e ecológica de plásticos por PVD e CVD assistido por plasma” em co-promoção com a Prirev-Engenharia de Superfícies (POCI-01-0247-FEDER-003493), 2016-2018. Promotor: PRIREV - Engenharia de Superfícies.

- Participant in TOOLING4G – Advanced Tools for Smart Manufacturing”, 2018-2021 (Programa Mobilizador Ref. TOOLING4G/2016/24516). Promotor: Centimfe - Centro Tecnológico da Indústria de Moldes.

- Participant in SGH - SMART GREEN HOMES”, 2016-2019 (Projeto N.º 7678 Ref. POCI-01-0247-FEDER-007678). Promotor: Bosch Termotecnologia S.A.

- Participant in “ULTRAGRAF -Harnessing third-harmonic generation in graphene-coated optics -new devices for ultrafast pulse measurement and frequency upconversion”, 2017-2020 (Projeto M-ERA.NET2/0003/2016). Project PI: Hélder Crespo (Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto).

Selected Publications

Publications in the last 5 years:

A.M.C. Marciel, M.P.F. Graça, A.C. Bastos, L. Pereira, J.S. Kumar, J. Borges, F. Vaz, M. Peres, K. Lorenz, R.F. Silva, “Molybdenum Oxide Thin Films Grown on Flexible ITO-Coated PET Substrates”, Materials 14 (2021) 821.

M.A. Neto, D. Esteves A. V. Girão, F. J. Oliveira, R. F. Silva, “Tough negative temperature coefficient diamond thermistors comprising tungsten carbide ohmic contacts”, Diam. Relat. Mater. 109 (2020) 108036.

A. Jaggernauth, J.C. Mendes, R.F. Silva, “Atomic layer deposition of high-k layers on polycrystalline diamond for MOS devices: A review”, J. Mater. Chem. C 8 (2020) 13127-13153.

R. M. Silva, L. D. Carlos, J. Rocha, R. F. Silva, “Luminescent thin films of Eu-bearing UiO-66 Metal Organic Framework prepared by ALD/MLD”, Appl. Surf. Sci. 527 (2020) 146603.

A. Jaggernauth, R.M. Silva, M.A. Neto, F.J. Oliveira, I.K. Bdikin, M.P. Alegre, M. Gutiérrez, D. Araújo, J.C. Mendes, R.F. Silva, “Interfacial Integrity Enhancement of Atomic Layer Deposited Alumina on Boron Doped Diamond by Surface Plasma Functionalization”, Surf. Coat. Techn. 397 (2020) 125991.

I.E. Oliveira, R.M. Silva, A.V. Girão, J.L. Faria, C.G. Silva, R.F. Silva, “Facile preparation of ZnO/CNTs nanocomposites via ALD for photocatalysis applications”, European J. Inorganic Chem. (2020) 1743-1750.

G. Gaspar, J. Rodrigues, A.J. S. Fernandes, M.R. Soares, T. Monteiro, R.F. Silva, F.M. Costa, “Nd:YAG laser scribed zinc oxide on semi-flexible copper foils”, Mater. Lett. X 5 (2020) 100038.

D. Mukherjee, F.J. Oliveira, S.C. Trippe, S. Rotter, M. Neto, R.F. Silva, A.K. Mallik, K. Haenen, C.-M. Zetterling, J. C. Mendes, “Deposition of diamond films on single crystalline silicon carbide substrates”, Diam. Relat. Mater. 101 (2020) 107625.

Eduardo Silva, Sérgio Pratas, Aneeta Jaggernauth, Ricardo Silva, Miguel Neto, Filipe Oliveira, Rui Silva, “An Overview of CVD Diamond Growth on Ceramics and Synthesis of CNTs at the University of Aveiro”, Bol. Grupo Español Carbón 54 (2019) 55-65.

Denise Machado, Maria J. Hortigüela, Gonzalo Otero-Irurueta, Paula A.A.P. Marques, Ricardo Silva, Rui F. Silva, Victor Neto,“Graphene Based Sensors for Air Quality Monitoring – Preliminary Development Evaluation”, J. Coating Sci. Techn. 6 (2019) 10-21.

A. Lamy-Mendes, A.V. Girão, R.F. Silva, L. Durães, “Polysilsesquioxane-based silica aerogel monoliths with embedded CNTs”, Microporous and Mesoporous Mater. 288 (2019) 109575.

Helder Puga, Filipe J. Oliveira, Ana Girão, Rui Silva, José Grilo, “Influence of external loading on the resonant frequency shift of ultrasonic assisted turning: numerical and experimental analysis”, Int. J. Adv. Manuf. Technol. 101 (2019) 2487–2496.

N. F. Santos, S. O. Pereira, A.J.S. Fernandes, T.L. Vasconcelos, C.M. Fung, B.S. Archanjo, C. A. Achete, S.R. Teixeira, R.F. Silva, F.M. Costa, “Physical Structure and Electrochemical Response of Diamond-Graphite Nanoplatelets: From CVD Synthesis to Label-Free Biosensors”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 11 (2019) 8470-8482.

Juliana Marques, Tiago D. Gomes, Marta A. Forte, Rui F. Silva, Carlos J. Tavares, “A new route for the synthesis of highly-active N-doped TiO2 nanoparticles for visible light photocatalysis using urea as nitrogen precursor”, Catalysis Today 326 (2019) 36-45.

P. Pedrosa, M.S. Rodrigues, M.A. Neto, F.J. Oliveira, R.F. Silva, J. Borges, M. Amaral, A. Ferreira, L.H. Godinho, S. Carvalho1, F. Vaz, “Properties of CrN thin films deposited in plasma activated ABS by reactive magnetron sputtering”, Surf. Coat. Techn. 349 (2018) 858-866.

R.P. Domingues, M.S. Rodrigues, M. Proença, D. Costa, E. Alves, N. P. Barradas, F.J. Oliveira, R.F. Silva, J. Borges, F. Vaz, “Thin films composed of Au nanoparticles embedded in AlN: Influence of metal concentration and thermal annealing on the LSPR band”, Vacuum 157 (2018) 414-421.

A. Lamy-Mendes, R.F. Silva, L. Durães, “Advances on carbon nanostructures-silica aerogel composites: a review”, J. Mater. Chem. A. 6 (2018) 1340-1369.

N. Sevivas, F.G. Teixeira, R. Portugal, B. Santos B, J. Espregueira-Mendes, F.J. Oliveira, R.F. Silva, N. Sousa, K.W. Ng, A.J. Salgado, “Mesenchymal stem cells secretome improves tendon cell viability in vitro and tendon-bone healing in vivo when a tissue engineering strategy is used in a rat model of chronic massive rotator cuff tear”, Am. J. Sports Med. 46 (2018) 449-459.

M. Shabani, J. Sacramento, F.J Oliveira, R.F. Silva, "Multilayer CVD diamond coatings in the machining of a Al6061-15vol%Al2O3 composite", Coatings 7 (2017) 165 (13 pgs.).

M. Shabani, J.M. Carrapichano, F.J. Oliveira, R.F. Silva, “Multilayered diamond mechanical seal rings under biodiesel lubrication and the full sealing conditions of pressurized water”, Wear 384-385 (2017) 178–184.

E.L. Silva, M. Yogendra, A.J.S Fernandes, R.F. Silva, R. Adelung, F.J. Oliveira, M.L. Zheludkevich, “Direct synthesis of electrowettable carbon nanowall-diamond hybrid materials from sacrificial ceramic templates using HFCVD”, Advanced Materials Interfaces (2017) 1700019.

M. Shabani, C.S. Abreu, J.R. Gomes, R.F. Silva, F.J. Oliveira, “Effect of relative humidity and temperature on the tribology of multilayer micro/nanocrystalline CVD diamond coatings”, Diam. Relat. Mater. 73 (2017) 190–198

R.M. Silva, G. Clavel, Y. Fan, P. Amsalem, N. Koch, R.F. Silva, N. Pinna, “Coating of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes by a novel manganese oxide atomic layer deposition process for binder-free hybrid capacitors”, Advanced Materials Interfaces 3 (2016) 1600313.

A. Jaggernauth, R.M. Silva, M.A. Neto, , M.J. Hortiguela, G. Gonçalves, F.J. Oliveira, R.F. Silva, M.A. Vila, “Nano-Graphene Oxide Functionalization with Organic and Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Polymers by Molecular Layer Deposition”, J. Phys. Chem. C 120 (2016) 24176−24186.

R.M. Silva, M.C. Ferro, J.R. Araujo, C. A. Achete, R.F. Silva, N. Pinna, “Nucleation, growth mechanism and controlled coating of ZnO ALD onto vertically aligned N-doped CNTs”, Langmuir 32 (2016) 7038–7044.

B. Baudrillart, F. Bénédic, A.S. Melouani, F.J. Oliveira, R.F. Silva, J. Achard, “Low-temperature deposition of nanocrystalline diamond films on silicon nitride substrates using distributed antenna array PECVD system”, Phys. Status Solidi A 213 (2016) 2575-2581.

D. Mukherjee, F.J. Oliveira, R.F. Silva, J.F. Carreira, L. Rino, M.R. Correia, S.Z. Rotter, L.N. Alves, J.C. Mendes, “Diamond-SAW devices: a reverse fabrication method”, Phys. Status Solidi C 13 (2016) 53–58.

M.A. Neto, G. Pato, N. Bundaleski, O.M.N.D. Teodoro, A.J.S. Fernandes, F.J. Oliveira, R.F. Silva, “Surface modifications on as-grown boron doped CVD diamond films induced by the B₂O₃-ethanol-Ar system”, Diam. Relat. Mater. 64 (2016) 89-96.

E.M. Gonçalves, M.A. Neto, F.J. Oliveira, M.H. Fernandes, R.F. Silva, M. Vallet-Regíc, M. Amaral, M. Vila, “Three-dimensional printed PCL-hydroxyapatite scaffolds filled with CNTs for bone cell growth stimulation”, J. Biomed. Res. B Applied Biomaterials 104 (2016) 1210-19.

A.F. Carvalho, T. Holz, N.F. Santos, M.C. Ferro, M.A. Martins, A.J.S. Fernandes, R.F. Silva, F.M. Costa, "Simultaneous CVD synthesis of graphene-diamond hybrid films", Carbon 98 (2016) 99-105.