Pedro M. Da Costa
Assistant Professor
Department of Material Science and Engineering
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Saudi Arabia
Biography
Prof. PEDRO M. DA COSTA Specializes in range of synthesis and characterization techniques for one- and two-dimensional materials, with particular focus on carbon nanostructures, semiconductor materials and electron microscopy. He is working as Assistant Professor in Department of Material Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia.
Research Interest
Professor Da Costa's research interests embrace a range of synthesis and characterization techniques for one- and two-dimensional materials, with particular focus on carbon nanostructures, semiconductor materials and electron microscopy. He is also engaged in the manipulation of discrete nanoscaled structures and the study of their response to externally applied stimuli. The aim of this work is to understand how novel materials behave at minute scales under near-operational conditions and use that information to optimize their design for specific technological applications.
Publications
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PMFJ Costa, UK Gautam, Y Bando, D Golberg, "Direct imaging of Joule heating dynamics and temperature profiling inside a carbon nanotube interconnect", Nature Communications, 2 (2011), 421.
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D Golberg, PMFJ Costa, MS Wang, XL Wei, DM Tang, Z Xu, Y Huang, UK Gautam, BD Liu, H Zeng, N Kawamoto, C Zhi, M Mitome, Y Bando, "Nanomaterials engineering and property studies in a transmission electron microscope", Advanced Materials, 24 (2012), 177.
