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
Superferromagnetism in mechanically alloyed fcc Fe23Cu77 with bimodal cluster size distribution
Silva, NJO; Amaral, JS; Amaral, VS; Costa, BFO; Le Caer, G
2009, JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER, 21, 4,
CICECO Authorship
Electro-precipitation of Fe(3)O(4) nanoparticles in ethanol
Marques, RFC; Garcia, C; Lecante, P; Ribeiro, SJL; Noe, L; Silva, NJO; Amaral, VS; Millan, A; Verelst, M
2008, JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS, 320, 19, 2311-2315.
CICECO Authorship
Photopatternable di-ureasil-zirconium oxocluster organic-inorganic hybrids as cost effective integrated optical substrates
Oliveira, DC; Macedo, AG; Silva, NJO; Molina, C; Ferreira, RAS; Andre, PS; Dahmouche, K; Bermudez, VD; Messaddeq, Y; Ribeiro, SJL; Carlos, LD
2008, CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, 20, 11, 3696-3705.
CICECO Authorship
Polymer encapsulation effects on the magnetism of EuS nanocrystals
Pereira, AS; Rauwel, P; Reis, MS; Silva, NJO; Barros-Timmons, A; Trindade, T
2008, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY, 18, 38, 4572-4578.
CICECO Authorship
Comment on "Magnetization reversal in europium sulfide nanocrystals" [Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 222501 (2006)]
Silva, NJO; Amaral, VS
2008, APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 92, 2,
CICECO Authorship
Evidence of random magnetic anisotropy in ferrihydrite nanoparticles based on analysis of statistical distributions
Silva, NJO; Amaral, VS; Carlos, LD; Rodriguez-Gonzalez, B; Liz-Marzan, LM; Berquo, TS; Banerjee, SK; Bermudez, VD; Millan, A; Palacio, F
2008, PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 77, 13,
CICECO Authorship
A mean-field scaling method for first- and second-order phase transition ferromagnets and its application in magnetocaloric studies
Amaral, JS; Silva, NJO; Amaral, VS
2007, APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 91, 17,
CICECO Authorship
Nanoscopic photoluminescence memory as a fingerprint of complexity in self-assembled alkyl/siloxane hybrids
Carlos, LD; Bermudez, VD; Amaral, VS; Nunes, SC; Silva, NJO; Ferreira, RAS; Rocha, J; Santilli, CV; Ostrovskii, D
2007, ADVANCED MATERIALS, 19, 3, 341-+.
CICECO Authorship
Surface effects in maghemite nanoparticles
Millan, A; Urtizberea, A; Silva, NJO; Palacio, F; Amaral, VS; Snoeck, E; Serin, V
2007, JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS, 312, 1, L5-L9.
CICECO Authorship
Structural and magnetic studies in ferrihydrite nanoparticles formed within organic-inorganic hybrid matrices
Silva, NJO; Amaral, VS; Carlos, LD; Rodriguez-Gonzalez, B; Liz-Marzan, LM; Millan, A; Palacio, F; Bermudez, VDZ
2006, JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 100, 5,
CICECO Authorship
Iron oxide and oxide-hydroxide nanoparticles in organic-inorganic matrices
Silva, NJO; Millan, A; Amaral, VS; Palacio, F; Fu, LS; Carlos, LD; Bermudez, VDZ
2006, ADVANCED MATERIALS FORUM III, PTS 1 AND 2, 514-516, 142-146.
CICECO Authorship
Structure-photoluminescence relationship in Eu(III) beta-diketonate-based organic-inorganic hybrids. Influence of the synthesis method: carboxylic acid solvolysis versus conventional hydrolysis
Fu, LS; Ferreira, RAS; Silva, NJO; Fernandes, JA; Ribeiro-Claro, P; Goncalves, IS; Bermudez, VD; Carlos, LD
2005, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY, 15, 30, 3117-3125.
CICECO Authorship
Synthesis, characterisation and magnetic properties of cobalt (II) complexes with 3-hydroxypicolinic acid (HpicOH): [Co(picOH)2(H2O)(2)] and mer-[N(CH3)(4)][Co(picOH)(3)] center dot H2O
Girginova, PI; Paz, FAA; Nogueira, HIS; Silva, NJO; Amaral, VS; Klinowski, J; Trindade, T
2005, POLYHEDRON, 24, 4, 563-569.
CICECO Authorship
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.
CICECO Authorship
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.
CICECO Authorship

 
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