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Dr. Mariama Rebello de Sousa Dias

Associate Professor of Physics
Curriculum Vitae

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    • Grants and Fellowships

      2015 - 2017 Postdoctoral Fellowship from Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future

      2013 Visiting Researcher Scholarship from German Academic Exchange Service, Germany

      2012 Women in Physics Travel Grant Program from IUPAP

      2011 - 2012 Visiting Researcher Doctorate Scholarship from CNPq, Brazil

    • Presentations

      Invited Talks

      Alloyed metallic subwavelength structures for nanophotonics. University of Maryland, Department of Physics, Apr. 2017.

      Tuning the plasmonic optical properties through alloyed coinage metal nanostructures. The Federal University of Sao Carlos, Department of Physics, May 2016.

      Dresselhaus spinorbit eects on transport properties of polytypic nanowires and tunneling phase-time on twin-plane nanowires. Louisiana State University, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Oct. 2015.

      The study of optical and transport phenomena on semiconductor nanodevices: characterization and application. The Federal University of Lavras, Brazil, May 2015.

      Electronic and transport phenomena in semiconductor nanostructures. Sao Paulo University, Physics Department of Materials and Mechanics, Brazil, Aug. 2014.

      Semiconductor nanostructures: fundamental and applied research aiming an efficient technology. International sustainability Days "Euro-Ibsa", Wuerzburg, Germany, Jul. 2014.

      Transport phenomena in quasi-one-dimensional heterostructures. University of Wuerzburg, Lehrstuhl fur Technische Physik, Germany, Jul. 2014.

      Transport phenomena in quasi-one-dimensional heterostructures. University of Maryland, Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics, Mar. 2014.

      Conference Presentations

      M. Rebello Sousa Dias, C. Gong, G. C. Wessler, M. S. Leite. Alloyed Metallic Nanoparticles for Photovoltaics. Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, 2016.

      M. Rebello Sousa Dias, C. Gong, G. C. Wessler, M. S. Leite. Metal alloyed nanostructures with tunable optical properties. The American Physical Society March Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 2016.

      M. Rebello Sousa Dias, C. Gong, M. S. Leite. Optical properties of metal alloys through binary mixtures of nanostructures. U.S. Brazil Young Physicists Forum, Baltimore, MD, 2016.

      M. Rebello Sousa Dias, L. K. Castelano, L. Villegas-Lelovsky, V. Lopez-Richard, L. Diago-Cisneros, G. E. Marques. Dresselhaus spin orbit eects on transport properties of polytypic nanowires. 17 Brazilian Workshop on Semiconductor Physics, Uberlandia, Brazil, May. 2015.

      M. Rebello Sousa Dias, V. Lopez-Richard, G. E. Marques, S. E. Ulloa., Spin transport on parallel coupled nanowires with Rashba spin-orbit interaction. American Physical Society March Meeting, Denver, CO, 2014.

      H. Tsuzuki, D. F. Cesar, M. Rebello Sousa Dias, L. K. Castelano, V. Lopez-Richard, J. P. Rino, G. E. Marques., Electronic Transparency Tuning of Twin-Plane 1D Superlattices by Strain Fields. International Conference on Superlattices, Nanostructures and Nanodevices, Dresden, Germany, Jul. 2012.

      M. Rebello Sousa Dias, A. Picinin, V. Lopez-Richard, S. E. Ulloa, L. K. Castelano, J. P. Rino, G. E. Marques. Tuning the hole mobility in InP semiconductor nanowires. The American Physical Society March Meeting, Boston, MA, 2012.

  • Publications
    Journal Articles

    "Leveraging machine learning to harness non-parabolic effects in semiconductors heterostructures." G. Silva Macedo, M. Rebello Sousa Dias, A. T. Bezerra. Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, 146, 115513 (2023).

    "Refractory Metals and Oxides for High-Temperature Structural Color Filters." M. A. Duncan, L. Barney, M. Rebello Sousa Dias, and M. S. Leite. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 14, 55745−55752 (2022).

    "Transient Structural Colors with Magnesium-Based Reflective Filters" P. Lyu, T. Gong, M. Rebello Sousa Dias, and M. S. Leite. Adv. Optical Mater. 2200159 (2022).

    "Al–Au Thin Films for Thermally Stable and Highly Sensitive Plasmonic Sensors" M. K. Kreider, A. Q. Rehan, R. M. Kent, A. T. Bezerra, and M. Rebello Sousa Dias. J. Phys. Chem. C 126, 12, 5628–5639  (2022).

    "Machine Learning Roadmap for Perovskite Photovoltaics" M. Srivastava, J. M. Howard, T. Gong, M. Rebello Sousa Dias, and M. S. Leite. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 12, 32, 7866 (2021).

    "Optoelectronic characterization of Zn1-xCdxO thin films as an alternative to photonic crystals in organic solar cells" O. Aguilar, Suelen de Castro, M. P. F. Godoy, and M. Rebello Sousa Dias. Opt. Matter. Express. 9, 3638 (2019).

    "Alloying: a Platform for Metallic Materials with On-Demand Optical Response." M. Rebello Sousa Dias and M. S. Leite. Acc. Chem. Res. 52, 10, 2881-2891 (2019).

    Lithography-free, omnidirectional, CMOS-compatible AlCu alloys for thin film superabsorbers.” M. Rebello Sousa Dias, C. Gong, Z. A. Benson, M. S. Leite. Adv. Opt. Mater. 6, 1700830 (2018).

    "Temperature tuning from direct to inverted bistable electroluminescence in resonant tunneling diodes". F. Hartmann, A. Pfenning, M. Rebello Sousa Dias, F. Langer, S. Höfling, M. Kamp, L. Worschech, L. K. Castelano, G. E. Marques, and V. Lopez-Richard. J. App. Phys. 122, 154502 (2017).

    "Nanoscale Tipping Bucket Effect in a Quantum Dot Transistor-Based Counter" F. Hartmann, P. Maier, M. Rebello Sousa Dias, S. Göpfert, L. K. Castelano, M. Emmerling, C. Schneider, S. Höfling, M. Kamp, Y. Pershin, G. E. Marques, V. Lopez-Richard, L. Worschech. Nano Lett. 17, 2273 (2017).

    "Near-Field Optical Properties of Fully Alloyed Noble Metal Nanoparticles" C. Gong*, M. Rebello Sousa Dias*, G. Wessler, J. A. Taillon, L. G. Salamanca-Riba, M. S. Leite. Adv. Opt. Mater. 5, 1600568 (2017). (* equal contribution) Front Cover.

    "Mimicking of pulse shape-dependent learning rules with a quantum dot memristor" P. Maier, F. Hartmann, M. Rebello Sousa Dias, M. Emmerling, C. Schneider, L. K. Castelano, M. Kamp, S. Höfling, G. E. Marques, V. Lopez-Richard, L. Worschech. J. Appl. Phys. 120, 134503 (2016).

    "Light sensitive memristor with bi-directional and wavelength-dependent conductance control" P. Maier, F. Hartmann, M. Rebello Sousa Dias, M. Emmerling, C. Schneider, L. K. Castelano, M. Kamp, S. Höfling, G. E. Marques, V. Lopez-Richard, L. Worschech. Appl. Phys. Lett. 109, 023501 (2016).

    "Photocurrent-voltage relation of resonant tunneling diode photodetectors" A. Pfenning, F. Hartmann, M. Rebello Sousa Dias, V. Lopez-Richard, L. K. Castelano, F. Langer, S. Höfling, M. Kamp, G. E. Marques, L. Worschech. Appl. Phys. Lett. 107, 081104 (2015).

    "Nanothermometer Based on Resonant Tunneling Diodes: From Cryogenic to Room Temperatures" A. Pfenning, F. Hartmann, M. Rebello Sousa Dias, L. K. Castelano, C. Süßmeier, F. Langer, S. Höfling, M. Kamp, G. E. Marques, L. Worschech, V. Lopez-Richard. ACS Nano. 5, 6271 (2015).

    "Spin filtering in nanowire directional coupler" M. Rebello Sousa Dias, V. Lopez-Richard,G. E. Marques, S. E. Ulloa. Europhysics Lett. 106, 17002 (2014).

    "Electron transport in quantum dot chains: Dimensionality eects and hopping conductance" V. P. Kunets, M. Rebello Sousa Dias, T. Rembert, M. E. Ware, Y. I. Mazur, V. Lopez-Richard, H. A. Mantooth, G. E. Marques, G. J. Salamo. J. Appl. Phys. 113, 183709 (2013).

    "Tuning hole mobility in InP nanowires" M. Rebello Sousa Dias, A. Picinin, V. Lopez-Richard, S. E. Ulloa, L. K. Castelano, J. P. Rino, G. E. Marques. Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 182104 (2012).

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