Our first paper of 2023 “Lévy flight for electrons in graphene: Superdiffusive-to-diffusive transport transition” has just appeared in Physical Review B. In this work we propose an electronic Lévy glass, analogous to a recent optical realization. To that end, we
Conference and Advanced School on Low-Dimensional Quantum Systems
From March 13 to 24 we are taking part on the Conference and Advanced School on Low-Dimensional Quantum Systems, an event promoted by the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP Trieste), which takes place in the Facultad de Ciencias Fisicas
New article in Physical Review E: Wave transmission in Lévy-disordered systems
Our latest publication of 2022 “Wave transmission and its universal fluctuations in one-dimensional systems with Lévy-like disorder: Schrödinger, Klein-Gordon, and Dirac equations” has just appeared in the Physical Review E. In this publication we investigate the propagation of electronic waves
Doctoral defense – José Roberto da Silva
Graduate student José Roberto da Silva, defended his Doctoral dissertation on Wednesday (29.06.2022) at 10:00 am, in a virtual auditorium via google meet. The thesis, entitled “Electronic transport in quasiperiodic nanostructures”, employed advances computational techniques such as efficient implementations of Green’s
New publication in Micro and Nanostructures
Our latest publication of 2022 “Localization effects in graphene nanoribbons with quasiperiodic hopping modulation” has just appeared in Micro and Nanostructures (formerly know as Superlattices and Microstructures). Graphene nanoribbons present remarkable electronic transport properties which can be tailored to specific applications. We
Recent Progress in Thermal Transport Theory and Experiments – ICTP
We are organizing a virtual event Recent Progress in Thermal Transport Theory and Experiments (smr 3711) which begins today at the Abdus Salam International Centre for theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste, Italy. Thermal management is becoming more relevant nowadays in ever decreasing-size
New paper in Journal of Applied Physics – Estimating electronic relaxation time
Our second publication of 2022 “A direct approach to calculate the temperature dependence of the electronic relaxation time in 2D semiconductors from Boltzmann transport theory” has just been published in the Journal of Applied Physics. In this publication we present
The 35th Annual Center for Simulational Physics Workshop
This week (February, 21-24) we are taking part in the 35th edition of the Center for Simulational Physics Workshop, which has the usual theme “Recent Developments in Computer Simulational Studies in Condensed Matter Physics“. For the second time in over three decades
New paper in the International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
Our first publication of 2022 “Thermal conductivity of Thue–Morse and double-period quasiperiodic graphene-hBN superlattices” has just been published in the International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. Nanostructured superlattices are promising materials for novel electronic devices due to their adjustable
XXXV Encontro de Física do Norte e Nordeste
Encontro de Física do Norte e Nordeste (North and northeast physics meeting) promoted by the Brazilian Physical Society is the second largest Physics meeting in Brazil, gathering more than 500 researchers from the north and northeast regions of Brazil. In