Bruno Nunes

Graduate Student

PhD student (Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia grant)

Master Degree in Materials Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico,Lisbon, Portugal, 2008.

Telephone: 21 8418137, Ext: 2137 Room: 5.37 (3rd floor, Civil Engeering Building)

Scientific fields

Current research topics include:

Effect of ion implantation on tribomechanical and wettability properties at micro and nanoscales of Si
Silicon surface texturization by femtosecond Laser radiation

B. Nunes, A. P. Serro, V. Oliveira, M. F. Montemor, E. Alves, B. Saramago, R. Colaço, Ageing effects on the wettability behavior of laser textured silicon, Applied Surface Science, Vol. 257 (2011), Issue 7, 2604-2609.
V. Darakchieva, MY Xie, N. Franco, F. Giuliani, B. Nunes, E. Alves, C. L. Hsiao, L. C. Chen, T. Yamaguchi, Y. Takagi, K. Kawashima, Y. Nanishi, Structural anisotropy of nonpolar and semipolar InN epitaxial layers, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 108 (2010), Issue 7, Article Number: 073529
A. P. Carapeto, A. P. Serro, B. M. F. Nunes, M. C. L. Martins, S. Todorovic, M. T. Duarte, V. Andre, R. Colaço, B. Saramago, Characterization of two DLC coatings for joint prosthesis: The role of albumin on the tribological behavior, Surface & Coantings Technology, Vol. 204 (2010), Issue 21-22, 3451-3458.
M. A. Reis, L. C. Alves, N. P. Barradas, P. C. Chaves, B. Nunes, A. Taborda, K. P. Surendran, A. Wu, P. M. Vilarinho, E. Alves, High Resolution and Differential PIXE combined with RBS, EBS and AFM analysis of magnesium titanate (MgTiO3) multilayer structures, Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions With Materials And Atoms, Vol. 268 (2010), Issue 11-12, 1980-1985.
V. Oliveira, B. Nunes, R. Vilar, Wetting response of KrF laser ablated polyimide surfaces, Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions With Materials And Atoms, Vol. 268 (2010), Issue 10, 1626-1630.