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PhD Experimental Physics (2007); Habilitation (Agregação) in Condensed Matter Physics (2020); Associate Professor with Habilitation, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra (2020- present); Member of the scientific muSR committee of the Paul Scherrer Institut (2016- present); Member of the scientific muSR committee of the ISIS Facility, United Kingdom (2022- present); Sub-dean of the Science Musem of the University of Coimbra (March-September/2021); Vice-President of the International Society for µSR Spectroscopy (2017 - 2020); Sub-dean of the Department of Physics of the University of Coimbra (2011-2013; 2019 - 2021; 2021-2023) Elected member of the scientific committee of the Physics Department of the University of Coimbra (2011-2013; 2013-2015; 2017-2019; 2019-2021; 2021-2023; 2023-present)
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Rui César do Espírito Santo Vilão

Citation names

  • Vilão, Rui César

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
2F10-D402-CD03
ORCID iD
0000-0003-2750-8923
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=aqGZ6nYAAAAJ&hl=pt-PT&oi=ao
Researcher Id
M-4187-2013
Scopus Author Id
6602493096

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Physical Sciences - Condensed Matter Physics

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
German Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
French Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Italian Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/07/20 - 2020/07/21
Concluded
 Física (Título de Agregado)
Major in Física da Matéria Condensada
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
"Lição: Muões positivos como sondas da física de semicondutores e isoladores Relatório de disciplina: Semicondutores e Nanoestruturas" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovado
2002 - 2007
Concluded
 Física (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
"Isolated hydrogen in II-VI zinc-chalcogenide widegap semiconductors modelled by the muon analogue" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovado com distinção e louvo
2002/03
Concluded
 Mestrado em Física (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Estudo das interacções do hidrogénio com defeitos estruturais em semicondutores do tipo calcopirite utilizando técnicas de muões" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Muito Bom
1994 - 1998
Concluded
 Física (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 18 valores
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/12/15 - Current Associate Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2007/06/21 - 2020/12/15 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2002/03/06 - 2007/06/20 Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
1999/09/01 - 2002/03/05 Trainee Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
1997/01/06 - 1999/08/31 Tutor (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/03/15 - 2021/09/01 Manager of Laboratory, Institute, Museum, Centre or Observatory Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Museu da Ciência, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/10 - Current Sub-director do Departamento de Física Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2016/10/01 - Current Member of the muSR Scientific Advisory Committee Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland
2017/06/01 - 2020/06/01 Vice-President (Europe, Africa and Middle East) International Society for Muon Spectroscopy, Switzerland
2011/10/01 - 2013/10/01 Sub-director Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2018/07/26 - 2021/07/25 Desenvolvimento de materiais dielétricos inovadores para passivação de interfaces em células solares baseadas em filmes finos
PTDC/FIS-MAC/29696/2017
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Centro de Física da Universidade de Coimbra
UID/FIS/04564/2019
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2016/05/01 - 2019/12/31 Novos materiais isoladores topológicos e supercondutores
PTDC/FIS-NAN/6099/2014
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2013/12/31 Projecto Estratégico - UI 261 - 2011-2012
PEst-OE/FIS/UI0261/2011
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Fisíca e Engenharia de Materiais Avançados, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2013/12/31 Projecto Estratégico - UI 36 - 2011-2012
PEst-C/FIS/UI0036/2011
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/05/02 - 2013/10/31 Estudo e desenvolvimento de novos magnetes moleculares
PTDC/FIS/102284/2008
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Física, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/05/01 - 2013/10/31 Hidrogénio intersticial e defeitos pontuais em óxidos de permitividade elevada
PTDC/FIS/102722/2008
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Física, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Rui César Vilão. Semicondutores e nanoestruturas: uma introdução. 2022.
    10.14195/978-989-26-2151-7
Conference paper
  1. Alberto, H.V.; Vilão, R.C.; Ribeiro, E.F.M.; Gil, J.M.; Curado, M.A.; Teixeira, J.P.; Fernandes, P.A.; et al. "Low energy muon study of the p-n interface in chalcopyrite solar cells". 2023.
    10.1088/1742-6596/2462/1/012047
  2. Ribeiro, E.F.M.; Vilão, R.C.; Alberto, H.V.; Gil, J.M.; Weidinger, A.. "Unfolding slow muon depth profiles with universal range distributions". 2023.
    10.1088/1742-6596/2462/1/012055
  3. Vilão, R.C.; Alberto, H.V.; Ribeiro, E.F.M.; Gil, J.M.; Weidinger, A.. "Muonium reaction in semiconductors and insulators: The role of the transition state". 2023.
    10.1088/1742-6596/2462/1/012056
  4. Cox, S.F.J.; Cottrell, S.P.; Lord, J.S.; Vilão, R.C.; Alberto, H.V.; Duarte, J.P.; Gil, J.M.; et al. "Hydrogen in oxides, modelled by muonium". 2005.
    10.1063/1.1994059
  5. Vilão, R. C.. "Muonium In ZnTe As A Model For Isolated Hydrogen". Paper presented in PHYSICS OF SEMICONDUCTORS: 27th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors - ICPS-27, Flagstaff, Arizona (USA), 2004.
    Published • 10.1063/1.1994047
  6. Cox, S.F.J.; Cottrell, S.P.; King, P.J.C.; Lord, J.S.; Alberto, H.V.; De Campos, N.A.; Gil, J.M.; et al. "Shallow donor states of hydrogen in II-VI oxide and chalcogenide semiconductors, modelled by muon spectroscopy". 2003.
  7. Weidinger, A.; Alberto, H.V.; Gil, J.M.; Vilão, R.C.; Piroto Duarte, J.; Ayres de Campos, N.. "Muon and hydrogen states in II-VI semiconductor compounds. A µSR study". 2003.
    10.1002/pssc.200300000
Conference poster
  1. M.A.Curado; H. V. Alberto; A. F. A. Simões; J. M. Gil; T. Prokscha; A. Suter; Z. Salman; et al. "Advanced Characterization of the effect of front passivation on Cu (In,Ga)Se2". Paper presented in Spring E-MRS, 2019.
Journal article
  1. R. Vilarinho; R. C. Vilão; H. V. Alberto; Apostolos Marinopoulos; J. M. Gil; H. Luetkens; Z. Guguchia; et al. "Understanding the magnetic dynamics and magnetostructural coupling in the paramagnetic phase of TbMnO3 by muon-spin spectroscopy". Physical Review B 108 (2023): 174401-174401. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.108.174401.
    10.1103/physrevb.108.174401
  2. Helena V. Alberto; Rui C. Vilão; Eduardo F. M. Ribeiro; João M. Gil; Marco A. Curado; Jennifer P. Teixeira; Paulo A. Fernandes; et al. "Characterization of the Interfacial Defect Layer in Chalcopyrite Solar Cells by Depth-Resolved Muon Spin Spectroscopy". Advanced Materials Interfaces (2022): 2200374-2200374. https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202200374.
    10.1002/admi.202200374
  3. Marinopoulos, A. G.; Vilão, R. C.; Alberto, H. V.; Ribeiro, E. F. M.; Gil, J. M.; Mengyan, P. W.; Goeks, M. R.; Kauk-Kuusik, M.; Lord, J. S.. "Hydrogen states in mixed-cation CuIn(1-x)GaxSe2 chalcopyrite alloys: a combined study by first-principles density-functional calculations and muon-spin spectroscopy". Philosophical Magazine 101 22 (2021): 2412-2434. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14786435.2021.1972178.
    Published • 10.1080/14786435.2021.1972178
  4. R. C. Vilão; A. G. Marinopoulos; H. V. Alberto; J. M. Gil; J. S. Lord; A. Weidinger. "Sapphire a-Al2O3 puzzle: Joint µSR and density functional theory study". Physical Review B (2021): https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.103.125202.
    10.1103/PhysRevB.103.125202
  5. J. S. Lord; K. Yokoyama; P. W. Mengyan; M. R. Goeks; R. L. Lichti; R. C. Vilao; H. V. Alberto. "Optical spectroscopy of muon/hydrogen defects in 6H-SiC". Journal of Applied Physics 127 9 (2020): 095702-095702. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5140733.
    10.1063/1.5140733
  6. R. C. Vilão; H. V. Alberto; R. B. L. Vieira; J. M. Gil; A. Weidinger. "Reply to “Comment on ‘Role of the transition state in muon implantation’ and ‘Thermal spike in muon implantation”’". Physical Review B (2020): https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.101.077202.
    10.1103/PhysRevB.101.077202
  7. A. F. A. Simões; H. V. Alberto; R. C. Vilão; J. M. Gil; J. M. V. Cunha; M. A. Curado; P. M. P. Salomé; et al. "Muon implantation experiments in films: Obtaining depth-resolved information". Review of Scientific Instruments (2020): https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5126529.
    10.1063/1.5126529
  8. Curado, Marco A.; Teixeira, Jennifer P.; Monteiro, Margarida; Ribeiro, E. F. M.; Vilão, Rui César; Alberto, Helena Vieira; Cunha, José M. V.; et al. "Front passivation of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells using Al2O3". (2020): http://hdl.handle.net/10362/113161.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmt.2020.100867
  9. R. C. Vilão; M. A. Curado; H. V. Alberto; J. M. Gil; J. A. Paixão; J. S. Lord; A. Weidinger. "Paramagnetic rare-earth oxide Nd2O3 investigated by muon spin spectroscopy". Physical Review B 100 20 (2019): https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.100.205203.
    10.1103/PhysRevB.100.205203
  10. Vilão, R.C.; Alberto, H.V.; Gil, J.M.; Weidinger, A.. "Thermal spike in muon implantation". Physical Review B 99 19 (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85067192036&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1103/PhysRevB.99.195206
  11. Marinopoulos, A. G.; Vilão, Rui; Alberto, Helena; Gil, João. "Electronic structure and migration of interstitial hydrogen in the rutile phase of TiO2". (2018): http://hdl.handle.net/10316/81775.
  12. Vilão, Rui; Alberto, Helena; Gil, João; Weidinger, A.; Lichti, R.; Mengyan, P.; Baker, B.; Lord, J.. "Barrier model in muon implantation and application to Lu2O3". (2018): http://hdl.handle.net/10316/81774.
    10.1103/PhysRevB.98.115201
  13. Marinopoulos, A.G.; Vilao, R.C.; Alberto, H.V.; Gil, J.M.. "Electronic structure and migration of interstitial hydrogen in the rutile phase of TiO2". Journal of Physics Condensed Matter 30 42 (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85054399796&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1088/1361-648X/aae0a2
  14. Alberto, H.V.; Vilão, R.C.; Vieira, R.B.L.; Gil, J.M.; Weidinger, A.; Sousa, M.G.; Teixeira, J.P.; et al. "Slow-muon study of quaternary solar-cell materials: Single layers and p-n junctions". Physical Review Materials 2 2 (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85053198220&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.025402
  15. Marinopoulos, A. G.; Vilão, R. C.; Vieira, R. B. L.; Alberto, H. V.; Gil, J. M.; Yakushev, M. V.; Scheuermann, R.; Goko, T.. "Defect levels and hyperfine constants of hydrogen in beryllium oxide from hybrid-functional calculations and muonium spectroscopy". Philosophical Magazine 97 24 (2017): 2108-2128.
    Published • 10.1080/14786435.2017.1328133
  16. Vilão, R. C.; Vieira, R. B. L.; Alberto, H. V.; Gil, J. M.; Weidinger, A.. "Role of the transition state in muon implantation". Physical Review B 96 19 (2017): 1-10.
    Published • 10.1103/PhysRevB.96.195205
  17. da Silva, E. Lora; Marinopoulos, A. G.; Vieira, R. B. L.; Vilão, R. C.; Alberto, H. V.; Gil, J. M.; Lichti, R. L.; Mengyan, P. W.; Baker, B. B.. "Electronic structure of interstitial hydrogen in lutetium oxide fromDFT+Ucalculations and comparison study withµSRspectroscopy". Physical Review B 94 1 (2016): 1-10.
    Published • 10.1103/PhysRevB.94.014104
  18. Vieira, R. B. L.; Vilão, R. C.; Marinopoulos, A. G.; Gordo, P. M.; Paixão, J. A.; Alberto, H. V.; Gil, J. M.; et al. "Isolated hydrogen configurations in zirconia as seen by muon spin spectroscopy andab initiocalculations". Physical Review B 94 11 (2016): 115207-10.
    Published • 10.1103/PhysRevB.94.115207
  19. Vilão, R. C.; Vieira, R. B. L.; Alberto, H. V.; Gil, J. M.; Weidinger, A.; Lichti, R. L.; Baker, B. B.; Mengyan, P. W.; Lord, J. S.. "Muonium donor in rutile TiO2 and comparison with hydrogen". Physical Review B 92 8 (2015): 1-10.
    Published • 10.1103/PhysRevB.92.081202
  20. Alberto, H.V.; Vilão, R.C.; Gil, J.M.; Duarte, J.P.; Vieira, R.B.L.; Weidinger, A.; Leitão, J.P.; et al. "Muonium states in Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cell material". Journal of Physics: Conference Series 551 1 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84919459748&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1088/1742-6596/551/1/012045
  21. Vieira, R.B.L.; Vilão, R.C.; Gordo, P.M.; Marinopoulos, A.G.; Alberto, H.V.; Duarte, J.P.; Gil, J.M.; Weidinger, A.; Lord, J.S.. "Muon-Spin-Rotation study of yttria-stabilized zirconia (ZrO2:Y): Evidence for muon and electron separate traps". Journal of Physics: Conference Series 551 1 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84919430222&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1088/1742-6596/551/1/012050
  22. Vieira, R.B.L.; Vilão, R.C.; Alberto, H.V.; Gil, J.M.; Weidinger, A.; Baker, B.B.; Mengyan, P.W.; Lichti, R.L.. "High-field study of muonium states in HfO2 and ZrO2". Journal of Physics: Conference Series 551 1 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84919459773&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1088/1742-6596/551/1/012048
  23. Vilão, Rui C.; Melo, Santino L. S.; Vilão, R.C.; Melo, S.L.S.. "Berimbau: A simple instrument for teaching basic concepts in the physics and psychoacoustics of music". American Journal of Physics 82 12 (2014): 1149-1156. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/43145.
    10.1119/1.4894750
  24. Cox, S.F.J.; Lichti, R.L.; Lord, J.S.; Davis, E.A.; Vilão, R.C.; Gil, J.M.; Veal, T.D.; Celebi, Y.G.. "The first 25 years of semiconductor muonics at ISIS, modelling the electrical activity of hydrogen in inorganic semiconductors and high-¿ dielectrics". Physica Scripta 88 6 (2013): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84890635055&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1088/0031-8949/88/06/068503
  25. Alberto, H. V.; Vilão, R. C.; Duarte, J. Piroto; Gil, J. M.; Weidinger, A.; Lord, J. S.; Cox, S. F. J.. "Electron polarization and formation probability of bound muonium in CdS and Si". Physical Review B 86 3 (2012): .-..
    Published • 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.035203
  26. Silva, E. L.; Marinopoulos, A. G.; Vilão, R. C.; Vieira, R. B. L.; Alberto, H. V.; Piroto Duarte, J.; Gil, J. M.. "Hydrogen impurity in yttria: Ab initio and µSR perspectives". Physical Review B 85 16 (2012): .-..
    Published • 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.165211
  27. Vilão, R.C.; Marinopoulos, A.G.; Vieira, R.B.L.; Weidinger, A.; Alberto, H.V.; Duarte, J.P.; Gil, J.M.; Lord, J.S.; Cox, S.F.J.. "Hydrogen impurity in paratellurite a-TeO2: Muon-spin rotation and ab initio studies". Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 84 4 (2011): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79961245191&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1103/PhysRevB.84.045201
  28. Alberto, H. V.; Weidinger, A.; Vilão, R. C.; Duarte, J. Piroto; Gil, J. M.; Lord, J. S.; Cox, S. F. J.. "Mechanisms of electron polarization of shallow muonium in CdTe and CdS". Physical Review B 81 24 (2010): .-..
    Published • 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.245205
  29. Duarte, João Piroto; Alberto, Helena Vieira; Vilão, Rui César; Gil, João M.; Weidinger, Alois; Campos, Nuno Ayres de. "Microscopic study of carrier transport in the organic semiconductor zinc-phthalocyanine". physica status solidi (c) . (2010): NA-NA.
    Published • 10.1002/pssc.200982834
  30. Vilao, R. C.; Gil, J. M.; Weidinger, A.; Alberto, H. V.; Duarte, J. Piroto; Costa, B. F. O.; de Campos, N. Ayres; et al. "Delayed electron capture and Mu(-) formation in ZnSe". Physica B-Condensed Matter 404 5-7 (2009): 888-891.
    Published • 10.1016/j.physb.2008.11.144
  31. Duarte, J. Piroto; Vilao, R. C.; Alberto, H. V.; Gil, J. M.; de Campos, N. Ayres. "Spin-exchange of axially symmetric Mu states in polycrystalline media". Physica B-Condensed Matter 404 5-7 (2009): 859-861.
    Published • 10.1016/j.physb.2008.11.152
  32. Duarte, J. Piroto; Vilao, R. C.; Alberto, H. V.; Gil, J. M.; Weidinger, A.; de Campos, N. Ayres. "Detailed hyperfine structure of muoniated radicals in planar phthalocyanines". Physica B-Condensed Matter 404 5-7 (2009): 933-935.
    Published • 10.1016/j.physb.2008.11.133
  33. Gil, J. M.; Duarte, J. Piroto; Vilao, R. C.; Alberto, H. V.; de Campos, N. Ayres; Cox, S. F. J.. "Spin exchange of muonium in CdS". Physica B-Condensed Matter 404 5-7 (2009): 834-836.
    Published • 10.1016/j.physb.2008.11.159
  34. Houtepen, A. J.; Gil, J. M.; Lord, J. S.; Liljeroth, P.; Vanmaekelbergh, D.; Alberto, H. V.; Vilao, R. C.; et al. "Muonium in nano-crystalline II-VI semiconductors". Physica B-Condensed Matter 404 5-7 (2009): 837-840.
    Published • 10.1016/j.physb.2008.11.158
  35. Alberto, H.V.; Piroto Duarte, J.; Weidinger, A.; Vilão, R.C.; Gil, J.M.; Ayres de Campos, N.; Fostiropoulos, K.; et al. "Low-energy muon [LEM] study of Zn-phthalocyanine and ZnO thin films". Physica B: Condensed Matter 404 5-7 (2009): 870-872.
    Published • 10.1016/j.physb.2008.11.149
  36. King, P.; Lichti, R.; Celebi, Y.; Gil, J.; Vilão, R.; Alberto, H.; Piroto Duarte, J.; et al. "Shallow donor state of hydrogen in In2O3 and SnO2: Implications for conductivity in transparent conducting oxides". Physical Review B 80 8 (2009): .-..
    Published • 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.081201
  37. Lichti, R.L.; Carroll, B.R.; Vernon, J.E.; Bani-Salameh, H.N.; Chow, K.H.; Fan, I.; Egilmez, M.; et al. "Possible donor and acceptor energies for Mu in ZnSe". Physica B: Condensed Matter 404 5-7 (2009): 827-830.
    Published • 10.1016/j.physb.2008.11.161
  38. Alberto, H.V.; Weidinger, A.; Vilão, R.; Piroto Duarte, J.; Gil, J.M.; Ayres de Campos, N.; Lord, J.S.; Cox, S.F.J.. "Muonium as a probe of electron spin polarisation in CdTe". Physica B: Condensed Matter 404 23-24 (2009): 5110-5112. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-74349110760&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.physb.2009.08.244
  39. Vilão, R.; Gil, J.; Weidinger, A.; Alberto, H.; Piroto Duarte, J.; Ayres de Campos, N.; Lichti, R.; et al. "Acceptor level of interstitial muonium in ZnSe and ZnS". Physical Review B 77 23 (2008): .-..
    Published • 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.235212
  40. Vilao, R. C.; Gil, J. M.; Weidinger, A.; Alberto, H. V.; Duarte, J. Piroto; de Campos, N. Ayres; Lichti, R. L.; Chow, K. H.; Cox, S. F. J.. "Information on hydrogen states in II-VI semiconductor compounds from a study of their muonium analogues". Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section a-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment 580 1 (2007): 438-441.
    Published • 10.1016/j.nima.2007.05.072
  41. Cox, S. F. J.; Gavartin, J. L.; Lord, J. S.; Cottrell, S. P.; Gil, J. M.; Alberto, H. V.; Duarte, J. P.; et al. "Oxide muonics: II. Modelling the electrical activity of hydrogen in wide-gap and high-permittivity dielectrics". Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter 18 3 (2006): 1079-1119.
    Published • 10.1088/0953-8984/18/3/022
  42. Cox, S. F. J.; Gavartin, J. L.; Gil, J. M.; Vilao, R. C.; Lord, J. S.; Davis, E. A.. "Oxide muonics and the 3-Delta model for deep and shallow hydrogen states in dielectric and semiconducting oxides". Physica B-Condensed Matter 376 . (2006): 385-388.
    Published • 10.1016/j.physb.2005.12.099
  43. Cox, S. F. J.; Lord, J. S.; Cottrell, S.; Gil, J. M.; Alberto, H. V.; Duarte, J. P.; Vilao, R. C.; et al. "Oxide muonics: A new compendium". Physica B-Condensed Matter 374 . (2006): 379-382.
    Published • 10.1016/j.physb.2005.11.106
  44. Duarte, J. P.; Vilao, R. C.; Alberto, H.V.; Gil, J. M.; Gil, Francisco; Weidinger, A.; de Campos, N. A.. "Dynamics of muoniated radical states in phthalocyanines". Physica B-Condensed Matter 374 . (2006): 426-429.
    Published • 10.1016/j.physb.2005.11.123
  45. Duarte, J. P.; Gil, J. M.; Alberto, H. V.; Vilao, R. C.; Weidinger, A.; de Campos, N. A.; Cox, S. F. J.; et al. "Muonium diffusion dynamics in mercury oxide". Physica B-Condensed Matter 374 . (2006): 423-425.
    Published • 10.1016/j.physb.2005.11.122
  46. Lichti, R.L.; Chow, K.H.; Gil, J.M.; Stripe, D. L.; Vilao, R. C.; Cox, S. F. J.. "Location of the H +/- level: Experimental limits for muonium". Physica B-Condensed Matter 376 . (2006): 587-590.
    Published • 10.1016/j.physb.2005.12.148
  47. Vilão, R.C.; Alberto, H.V.; Piroto Duarte, J.; Gil, J.M.; Ayres De Campos, N.; Weidinger, A.; Lichti, R.L.; et al. "Muonium states in II-VI zinc chalcogenide semiconductors". Physica B: Condensed Matter 374-375 (2006): 383-386. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33644670591&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.physb.2005.11.107
  48. Lord, J.S.; Keren, A.; Vilão, R.C.. "G-Sign determination with circularly polarised RF fields". Physica B: Condensed Matter 374-375 (2006): 475-479. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33644675784&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.physb.2005.11.134
  49. Cox, S. F. J.; Lord, J. S.; Cottrell, S. P.; Alberto, H. V.; Gil, J. M.; Piroto Duarte, J.; Vilão, R. C.; Keren, A.; Prabhakaran, D.. "Hyperfine Parameters for Muonium in Copper (I), Silver (I) and Cadmium Oxides". Hyperfine Interactions 158 1-4 (2005): 313-316.
    Published • 10.1007/s10751-005-9058-7
  50. Vilão, R.; Alberto, H.; Piroto Duarte, J.; Gil, J.; Weidinger, A.; Ayres de Campos, N.; Lichti, R.; Chow, K.; Cox, S.. "Muonium spectroscopy in ZnSe: Metastability and conversion". Physical Review B 72 23 (2005): .-..
    Published • 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.235203
  51. Cox, S. F. J.; Lord, J. S.; Cottrell, S. P.; Alberto, H. V.; Gil, J. M.; Duarte, J. P.; Vilao, R. C.; Keren, A.; Prabhakaran, D.. "Hyperfine parameters for muonium in copper(I), silver(I) and cadmium oxides". Hyperfine Interactions 158 1-4 (2004): 313-316.
    Published • 10.1007/s10751-005-9058-7
  52. Lord, J. S.; Cox, S. F. J.; Alberto, H. V.; Duarte, J. P.; Vilao, R. C.. "Double-resonance determination of election g-factors in muonium shallow-donor states". Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter 16 40 (2004): S4707-S4720.
    Published • 10.1088/0953-8984/16/40/015
  53. Duarte, J.P.; Vilão, R.C.; Gil, J.M.; Alberto, H.V.; De Campos, N.A.; Weidinger, A.; Piroto Duarte, J.; et al. "Muoniated radicals in the organic semiconductor zinc-phthalocyanine". Physica B: Condensed Matter 326 1-4 (2003): 94-96. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0037302883&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1016/S0921-4526(02)01586-7
  54. Vilão, R.C.; Gil, J.M.; Alberto, H.V.; Piroto Duarte, J.; Ayres de Campos, N.; Weidinger, A.; Yakushev, M.V.; Cox, S.F.J.. "Muon diffusion and trapping in chalcopyrite semiconductors". Physica B: Condensed Matter 326 1-4 (2003): 181-184. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0037301697&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/S0921-4526(02)01598-3
  55. Vilão, R.C.; Alberto, H.V.; Gil, J.M.; Piroto Duarte, J.P.; Ayres de Campos, N.; Weidinger, A.; Yakushev, M.V.. "Hydrogen states in CuInSe2 - A µSR study". Physica B: Condensed Matter 340-342 (2003): 965-968. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0347316524&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.physb.2003.09.199
  56. Weidinger, A.; Gil, J.M.; Alberto, H.V.; Vilão, R.C.; Piroto Duarte, J.; Ayres de Campos, N.; Cox, S.F.J.. "Shallow donor versus deep acceptor state in II-VI semiconductor compounds". Physica B: Condensed Matter 326 1-4 (2003): 124-127. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0037302548&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/S0921-4526(02)01594-6
  57. Cox, S. F. J.; Davis, E. A.; King, P. J. C.; Gil, J. M.; Alberto, H. V.; Vilao, R. C.; Duarte, J. P.; de Campos, N. A.; Lichti, R. L.. "Shallow versus deep hydrogen states in ZnO and HgO". Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter 13 40 (2001): 9001-9010.
    Published • 10.1088/0953-8984/13/40/316
  58. Gil, J. M.; Alberto, H. V.; Vilao, R. C.; Duarte, J. P.; de Campos, N. A.; Weidinger, A.; Davis, E. A.; Cox, S. F. J.. "Muonium states in HgO". Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter 13 27 (2001): L613-L618.
    Published • 10.1088/0953-8984/13/27/101
  59. Cox, S.; Davis, E.; Cottrell, S.; King, P.; Lord, J.; Gil, J.; Alberto, H.; et al. "Experimental Confirmation of the Predicted Shallow Donor Hydrogen State in Zinc Oxide". Physical Review Letters 86 12 (2001): 2601-2604.
    Published • 10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.2601
  60. Alberto, H.V.; Vilao, R. C.; Duarte, J. P.; Gil, J. M.; de Campos, N. A.; Lichti, R.L.; Davis, E. A.; Cottrell, S.P.; Cox, S. F. J.. "Powder pattern hyperfine spectroscopy of shallow-donor muonium centres". Hyperfine Interactions 136 . (2001): 471-477.
    Published
  61. Chumakov, A.; Rüffer, R.; Leupold, O.; Barla, A.; Thiess, H.; Gil, J.; Alberto, H.; et al. "Nuclear inelastic scattering with 161Dy". Physical Review B 63 17 (2001): .-..
    Published • 10.1103/PhysRevB.63.172301
  62. Gil, J.; Alberto, H.; Vilão, R.; Piroto Duarte, J.; Ayres de Campos, N.; Weidinger, A.; Krauser, J.; et al. "Shallow donor muonium states in II-VI semiconductor compounds". Physical Review B 64 7 (2001): .-..
    Published • 10.1103/PhysRevB.64.075205
  63. Lord, J.S.; Cottrell, S.P.; King, P.J.C.; Alberto, H.V.; Ayres De Campos, N.; Gil, J.M.; Duarte, J.P.; et al. "Probing the shallow-donor muonium wave function in ZnO and CdS via transferred hyperfine interactions". Physica B: Condensed Matter 308-310 (2001): 920-923. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-4243639895&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/S0921-4526(01)00847-X
  64. Gil, J. M.; Alberto, H. V.; Vilao, R. C.; Duarte, J. P.; Mendes, P. J.; de Campos, N. A.; Weidinger, A.. "Shallow-level muonium centre in CdS". Physica B-Condensed Matter 289 . (2000): 563-565.
    Published • 10.1016/S0921-4526(00)00257-X
  65. Gil, J.M.; Alberto, H.V.; Vilão, R.C.; Duarte, J.P.; Mendes, P.J.; Ayres De Campos, N.; Weidinger, A.; et al. "High-temperature trapping of muons in CuInSe2 and CuInS2". Physica B: Condensed Matter 289-290 (2000): 567-569. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0033716725&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/S0921-4526(00)00258-1
  66. Gil, J. M.; Mendes, P. J.; Ferreira, L. P.; Alberto, H. V.; Vilao, R. C.; de Campos, N. A.; Weidinger, A.; et al. "Modeling hydrogen in CuInSe2 and CuInS2 solar cell materials using implanted muons". Physical Review B 59 3 (1999): 1912-1916.
    Published • 10.1103/PhysRevB.59.1912
  67. Gil, J.; Alberto, H.; Vilão, R.; Piroto Duarte, J.; Mendes, P.; Ferreira, L.; Ayres de Campos, N.; et al. "Novel Muonium State in CdS". Physical Review Letters 83 25 (1999): 5294-5297.
    Published • 10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.5294
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Martins, Maria Inês Mendes. "Innovative dielectric materials for passivation of interfaces in solar cells: a muSR study". Master, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/92546.
  2. Queiroz, José Luís Bento Lago de. "STUDY OF VOXEL TEMPERATURE DURING 3D DIRECT LASER WRITING: in-situ local temperature measurement of pure and photoinitiator-doped SZ2080 photoresist using Upconverting Nanocrystals". Master, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/88113.
  3. Simões, André Filipe Almeida. "Depth-resolved information in muon implantation experiments in films". Master, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/90119.
  4. Vieira, Ricardo Borda Lopes. "Hydrogen in high-k permittivity oxides modelled by the muon analogue". PhD, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/43055.
  5. Guerreiro, João Bernardes. "Beryllium oxide for semiconductor technology". Master, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/86129.
  6. Alberto, Marco António Curado. "High dielectric constant oxides for CMOS technology". Master, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/82960.
  7. Vieira, Ricardo Borda Lopes. "Hydrogen impurity in paratellurite a-TeO2 using muon-spin rotation". Master, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/17604.
  8. Vilão, Rui César do Espirito Santo. "Isolated hydrogen in II-VI zinc-chalcogenide widegap semiconductors modelled by the muon analogue". PhD, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/2537.
  9. Vilão, Rui César do Espirito Santo. "Estudo das interacções do hidrogenio com defeitos estruturais em semicondutores do tipo calcopirite utilizando técnicas de muões". Master, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/2558.
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2019/01/02 - 2023/12/18 Interface passivation in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cells
Co-supervisor
 Doutoramento em Engenharia Física – Metrologia e Qualidade (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/09/01 - 2023/09/27 Muonium as a model for hydrogen in solar cell absorbers CIGS and CZTS
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado em Física - Física da Matéria Condensada (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/09/01 - 2023/09/27 Hydrothermal Deposition of Antimony Chalcogenide Thin Films for Planar Heterojunction Solar Cells
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado em Engenharia Física (Master)
2022/09/01 - 2023/06/06 Design of AMR Sensor Array Systems via Micromagnetic Simulations for the Reconstruction of the 3D Motion of a Permanent Magnet
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado em Engenharia Física (Master)
2020/09/01 - 2021/11/22 Development of nanolaminates for carrier selectivity
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado em Engenharia Física (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019/09 - 2020/09 Innovative dielectric materials for passivation of interfaces in solar cells: a muSR study
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Física (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019/09 - 2019/09 Depth-resolved information in muon implantation experiments in films
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Física (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2018/09 - 2019/09 STUDY OF VOXEL TEMPERATURE DURING 3D DIRECT LASER WRITING: in-situ local temperature measurement of pure and photoinitiator-doped SZ2080 photoresist using Upconverting Nanocrystals
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Física (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2017/09 - 2018/09 Beryllium oxide for semiconductor technology
Supervisor
 Engenharia Física (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2013/09 - 2018/01 Hidrogénio em óxidos de permitividade elétrica elevada modelado pelo muão positivo.
Supervisor
 Física (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2016/09 - 2017/09 High dielectric constant oxides for CMOS technology
Supervisor
 Engenharia Física (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023/07/18 Site Characterisation and Data Analysis for µ±SR Experiments
(Thesis) Arguer
 George Gill (PhD)
University of Oxford Mansfield College, United Kingdom

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2007/06 - Current Sociedade Portuguesa de Física
2007/06 - Current European Physical Society
2005/08 - Current International Society of Muon Spectroscopy

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2022/04/01 - Current Member of the Facility Access Panel (FAP) 6 - Muons - of the ISIS facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, United Kingdom
Evaluator
 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, United Kingdom
2016/10/01 - Current Member of the SMuS (Swiss Muon Source) Committee of the Paul Scherrer Institut, responsible for the scientific advice and evaluation of the proposals for the use of beamtim of the muon spectrometers. Member since October/2016.
Evaluator
 Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2008 - Current Physica B Elsevier
2018 - 2023 Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (1361-6455) Institute of Physics (UK)
2009 - 2023 Semiconductor Science and Technology (1361-6641) Institute of Physics (UK)
2008 - 2023 Journal of Physics Condensed Matter (1361-648X) Institute of Physics (UK)
2022 - 2022 Journal of Chemical Physics (1089-7690) American Institute of Physics (AIP) Publishing
2022 - 2022 Communications in Physics (2399-3650) Nature
2022 - 2022 Journal of Applied Physics (1089-7550) American Institute of Physics (AIP) Publishing
2021 - 2022 Physical Review Applied (2331-7019) American Physical Society
2020 - 2022 Physical Review Letters (1079-7114) American Physical Society
2021 - 2021 Physical Review Research American Physical Society
2020 - 2020 Physical Review Applied (2331-7019) American Physical Society
2020 - 2020 European Journal of Physics (1361-6404) Institute of Physics (UK)
2018 - 2019 Journal of Instrumentation (1748-0221) Institute of Physics (UK)
2016 - 2016 Materials Research Express (2053-1591) Institute of Physics (UK)
2016 - 2016 Journal of Nanomaterials (1687-4129) Hindawi
2014 - 2014 Journal of Physics Conference Series (1742-6596) Institute of Physics (UK)
Distinctions

Title

2023 IOP Trusted Reviewer
Institut of Physics, United Kingdom

Other distinction

1998 Bolsa de Estudo por Mérito
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
1998 Prémio Escolar 1997/98 G. Dalla Bella para o melhor aluno da Licenciatura em Física
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra / Caixa Geral de Depósitos, Portugal