J.Luis Silva

Einstein, stop telling God what to do with his dice!

1. Spectroscopic Fingerprints of H-bonded g-C3N4 building block structures - X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and NEXAFS using Density Functional Theory.

2. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of Ruthenium Complexes in aqueous Environment - Development of new tools to obtain X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy using a sequential approach to evaluate the sensitivity of Ruthenium complexes as catalysers during PCET reactions in water - Monte Carlo Simulations and Density Functional Theory.

3. Modeling and Design of more efficient metal-TMDs heterostructure devices as electrocatalysers for HER and OER. - Tracking potential descriptors to enhance HER and OER activity - Density Functional Theory.

4. Detection and Tracking of multiple objects for autonomous sytems using Artificial Intelligence. - Deep Reinforcement Learning and Markov Decision Processes for an efficient tracking.

Most recent Publications:

1. g-C3N4/WTe2 Hybrid Electrocatalyst for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Reaction - J. Luis Silva, Barbara Brena, Carlos Moyses Araujo - Published in JPCC (May 2020) - direct link or download

2. X-ray Photoelectron Fingerprints of High-Valent Ruthenium–Oxo Complexes Along the Oxidation Reaction Pathway in Aqueous Environment - Silva, Jose Luis; Unger, Isaak; Matias , Tiago ; Franco, Leandro ; Damas, Giane Benvinda; Costa, Luciano; Rocha, Tulio; de Brito, Arnaldo; Saak, Clara-Magdalena; Coutinho, Kaline; Araki, Koiti; Bjorneholm, Olle; Brena, Barbara; Araujo, Carlos Moyses - Published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (2019) - direct link or download

3. Unveiling the interfacial effects for enhanced hydrogen evolution reaction on the MoS2/WTe2 hybrid structures - Y. Zhou, J. V. Pondick, J. Luis Silva, J. M. Woods, D. J. Hynek, G. Matthews, X. Shen, Q. Feng, W. Liu, Z. Lu, Z. Liang, B. Brena, Z. Cai, M. Wu, L. Jiao, S. Hu, H. Wang, C. Moyses Araujo, J. J. Cha, Published in Small (2019) direct link or download

4. Revealing the contribution of individual factors to hydrogen evolution reaction catalytic activity - Y. Zhou, J. Luis Silva, J. M. Woods, J. V. Pondick, Q. Feng, Z. Liang, W. Liu, L. Lin, B. Deng, B. Brena, F. Xia, H. Peng, Z. Liu, H. Wang, C. Moyses Araujo, J. J. Cha, Published in Advanced Materials (2018) - direct link or download

5. Spectroscopic fingerprints of intermolecular H‐bonding interactions in carbon nitride model compounds - Valeria Lanzilotto, J. Luis Silva, Teng Zhang, Cesare Grazioli, Matuš Stredansky, Konstantin Simonov, Erika Giangrisostomi, Ruslan Ovsyannikov, Monica de Simone, Marcello Coreno, C. Moyses Araujo, Barbara Brena and Carla Puglia, Published in ChemEurJ (2018) - direct link or download

6. Hydrated Electron Generation by Excitation of Copper Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance - Mariia V. Pavliuk, Sol Gutiérrez Álvarez, Yocefu Hattori, Maria E. Messing, Joanna Czapla-Masztafiak, Jakub Szlachetko, J. Luis Silva, Carlos Moyses Araujo, Daniel L. A. Fernandes, Li Lu, Christopher J. Kiely, Mohamed Abdellah, Peter Nordlander, and Jacinto Sá - Published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (2019) - direct link or download