Publications

  1. Magnetic refrigeration enhanced by magnetically-activated thermal switch: An experimental proof-of-concept, V. M. Andrade, C. R. Fernandes, D. J. Silva, J. S. Teixeira, C. R. Pereira, R. Duarte, A. L. Pires, J. Ventura, J. Oliveira; Int. J. Refrig. 2024, 164, 210.
  2. Impact of different numerical approaches on the magnetocaloric effect modeling, C. R. Fernandes, J. O. Ventura, D. J. Silva; Helyion 2024, 10, e31826.
  3. Rotating magnetocaloric effect in polycrystals - harnessing the demagnetizing effect, R. Almeida, S. C. Freitas, C. R. Fernandes, R. Kiefe, J. P. Araújo, J. S. Amaral, J. O. Ventura, J. H. Belo, D. J. Silva; J. Phys. Energy 2024, 6, 015020.
  4. Complete thermodynamic characterization of second-order phase transition magnetocaloric materials exclusively through magnetometry, C. S. Pereira, R. Almeida, R. Kiefe, C. Amorim, D.J. Silva, J.S. Amaral, J.H. Belo; J. Alloys Compd. 2024, 976, 173290.
  5. High-performance magnetic thermal switch based on MnFe2O4/Ethylene Glycol:Water refrigerant dispersion, V. M. Andrade, C. R. Fernandes, J. S. Teixeira, C. Pereira, A. L. Pires, D. J. Silva, J. Ventura, J. Oliveira; Energy 2023, 283, 129123.
  6. Rod mangle rotation patterns for adjustable magnetic field generation, C.R. Fernandes, J.O. Ventura, D. J. Silva; J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 2023, 565, 170227.
  7. Modeling the Transient Response of Thermal Circuits, D. J. Silva; Appl. Sci. 2022, 12, 12555.
  8. Predicting the magnetic measurements of first- and second-order phase transition magnetocaloric materials with artificial neural networks, R.M.C. Pinto, J.H. Belo, J.P. Araújo, D.J. Silva ; J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 2022, 562, 169706.
  9. Numerical simulation and optimization of a solid state thermal diode based on shape-memory alloys, C.R. Fernandes, D.J. Silva, A.M. Pereira, J.O. Ventura; Energy 2022, 255, 124460.
  10. Hybridizing Triboelectric and Thermomagnetic Effects: A Novel Low-Grade Thermal Energy Harvesting Technology, C. Rodrigues, A. L. Pires, I. Gonçalves, D. J. Silva, J. C. R. E. Oliveira, A. M. Pereira, and J. O. Ventura; Adv. Funct. Mater. 2022, 32, 2110288.
  11. Caloric devices: A review on numerical modeling and optimization strategies, D. J. Silva, J. Ventura, J. P. Araújo; Int. J. Energy Res. 2021, 45, 18498.
  12. Thermal switching requirements for solid state magnetic refrigeration, D. J. Silva, A. M. Pereira, J. Ventura, J. P. Araújo, J. C. R. E. Oliveira; J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 2021, 533, 167979.
  13. Predicting the performance of magnetocaloric systems using machine learning regressors, D. J. Silva, J. Ventura, J. P. Araujo, Energy and AI 2020, 2, 100030.
  14. Broad Multi-Parameter Dimensioning of Magnetocaloric Systems Using Statistical Learning Classifiers, D. J. Silva, J. S. Amaral, V. S. Amaral, Frontiers in Energy Research 2020, 8, 121.
  15. Magnetic Refrigeration Materials at Micro-Scale, J. H. Belo, D. J. Silva, J. Ventura, J. P. Araujo, A. M. Pereira, A. L. Pires and J. C. R. E. Oliveira, Reference Module in Materials Science and Materials Engineering 2020 2020.
  16. Chapter: Associative Networks and Perceptron Based on Memristors: Fundamentals and Algorithmic Implementation, C. Dias, D. J. Silva, P. Aguiar and J. Ventura, Handbook of Memristor Networks 2019, Spinger, 729-765.
  17. A magnetically-activated thermal switch without moving parts, C. Rodrigues, M. M. Dias, L. Martins, D. J. Silva, J. P. Araújo, J. C. R. E. Oliveira, A. M. Pereira and J. Ventura, Energy Convers. Manag. 2019, 197, 111881.
  18. Temperature dependent thermal conductivity of magnetocaloric materials: Impact assessment on the performance of active magnetic regenerative refrigerators, D. J. Silva, A. Davarpanah, J. S. Amaral and V. S. Amaral, Int. J. Refrig. 2019, 106, 181.
  19. Modeling and computing magnetocaloric systems using the Python framework heatrapy, D. J. Silva, J. S. Amaral and V. S. Amaral, Int. J. Refrig. 2019, 106, 278.
  20. Lattice location study of low-fluence ion-implanted 124In in 3C-SiC, A. R. G. Costa, U. Wahl, J. G. Correia, E. David-Bosne, V. Augustyns, T. A. L. Lima, D. J. Silva, M. R. da Silva, K. Bharuth-Ram, and L. M. C. Pereira, J. Appl. Phys. 2019, 125, 215706.
  21. Cooling by sweeping: A new operation method to achieve ferroic refrigeration without fluids or thermally switchable components, D. J. Silva, J. S. Amaral, V. S. Amaral; Int. J. Refrig. 2019, 101, 98-105.
  22. Enhancing the temperature span of thermal switch‐based solid state magnetic refrigerators with field sweeping, D. J. Silva, J. Ventura, J. S. Amaral, V. S. Amaral; Int. J. Energy Res. 2019, 43, 742-748.
  23. Heatrapy: A flexible Python framework for computing dynamic heat transfer processes involving caloric effects in 1.5D systems, D. J. Silva, J. S. Amaral, V. S. Amaral; SoftwareX 2018, 7, 373-382.
  24. Lattice sites of ion-implanted Mn, Fe and Ni in 6H-SiC, A. R. G. Costa, U. Wahl, J. G. Correia, E. Bosne, L. M. Amorim, V. Augustyns, D. J. Silva, M. R. da Silva, L. M. C. Pereira; Semicond. Sci. Technol. 2018, 33, 015021.
  25. Lattice location of implanted transition metals in 3C–SiC, A. R. G. Costa, U. Wahl, J. G. Correia, E. Bosne, L. M. Amorim, V. Augustyns, D. J. Silva, M. R. da Silva; J. Phys. D Appl. Phys. 2017, 50, 215101.
  26. Lattice location of implanted Co in heavily doped n+- and p+-type silicon, D. J. Silva, U. Wahl, J. G. Correia, L. M. Amorim, M. R. da Silva, L. M. C. Pereira, J. P. Araújo; Appl. Phys. A Mater. Sci. 2017, 123, 286.
  27. Novel thermal switch based on magnetic nanofluids with remote activation, J. B. Puga, B. D. Bordalo, D. J. Silva, M. M. Dias, J. H. Belo, J. P. Araújo, J. C. R. E. Oliveira, A. M. Pereira, J. Ventura; Nano Energy 2017 31, 278.
  28. Direct observation of the lattice sites of implanted manganese in silicon, D. J. Silva, U. Wahl, J. G. Correia, L. M. Amorim, S. Decoster, M. R. da Silva, L. M. C. Pereira, and J. P. Araújo; Appl. Phys. A Mater. Sci. 2016 122, 241.
  29. Drawing the geometry of 3d transition metal-boron pairs in silicon from electron emission channeling experiment, D. J. Silva, U. Wahl, J. G. Correia, V. Augustyns, T. A. L. Lima, A. Costa, E. Bosne, M. R. da Silva, J. P. Araújo, and L. M. C. Pereira; Nucl. Instr. Meth. Phys. Res. Sect. B 2016, 371, 59.
  30. Optimization of the physical properties of magnetocaloric materials for solid state magnetic refrigeration, D. J. Silva, B. D. Bordalo, J. Puga, A. M. Pereira, J. Ventura, J. C. R. E Oliveira, and J. P. Araujo; Appl. Therm. Eng. 2016, 99, 1.
  31. Identification of the interstitial Mn site in ferromagnetic (Ga,Mn)As, T. A. L. Lima, U. Wahl, V. Augustyns, D. J. Silva, A. Costa, K. Houben, K. W. Edmonds, B. L. Gallagher, R. P. Campion, M. J. Van Bael, M. R. da Silva, J. G. Correia, J. P. Araújo, K. Temst, A. Vantomme, and L. M. C. Pereira; Appl. Phys. Lett. 2015 106, 012406.
  32. Maximizing the temperature span of a solid state active magnetic regenerative refrigerator, D. J. Silva, J. Ventura, J. P. Araújo, A. M. Pereira; Appl. Energ. 2014 114, 1149-1154.
  33. Lattice location and thermal stability of implanted nickel in silicon studied by on-line Emission Channeling, D. J. Silva, U. Wahl, J. G. Correia, L. M. C. Pereira, L. M. Amorim, E. Bosne, M. R. da Silva and J. P. Araújo; J. Appl. Phys. 2014 115, 023504.
  34. The effect of coolants on the performance of magnetic micro-refrigerators, D. J. Silva, B. D. Bordalo, A. M. Pereira, J. Ventura, J. C. R. E. Oliveira, J. P. Araújo; J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 2014 14, 4337-4340.
  35. Emission channeling studies on transition-metal doped GaN and ZnO: Cation versus anion substitution, L. M. C. Pereira, U. Wahl, J. G. Correia, L. M. Amorim, D. J. Silva, S. Decoster, M. R. da Silva, K. Temst, A. Vantomme; Nucl. Instr. Meth. Phys. Res. Sect. B 2014 332, 143-147.
  36. Influence of the doping on the lattice sites of Fe in Si, D. J. Silva, U. Wahl, J. G. Correia, J. P. Araújo; AIP Conf. Proc. 2014 1583, 24-27.
  37. Origin of the lattice sites occupied by implanted Co in Si, D. J. Silva, U. Wahl, J. G. Correia, L. M. C. Pereira, L. M. Amorim, M. R. da Silva and J. P. Araújo; Semicond. Sci. Technol. 2014 29, 125006.
  38. Emission Channeling with Short-Lived Isotopes (EC-SLI) at CERN’s ISOLDE facility, U. Wahl, J.G. Correia, A. Costa, E. David-Bosne, L. M. C. Pereira, L. M. Amorim, V. Augustyns, K. Temst, A. Vantomme, M. R. da Silva, D. J. Silva, J. P. Araújo, P. Miranda, K. Bharuth-Ram; Proceedings of the First International African Symposium on Exotic Nuclei (IASEN 2013) 2014, 563-573
  39. Influence of n+ - and p+ doping on the lattice sites of implanted Fe in silicon, D. J. Silva, U. Wahl, J. G. Correia, J. P. Araújo; J. Appl. Phys. 2013, 114, 103503.
  40. Minority anion substitution by Ni in ZnO, L. M. C. Pereira, U. Wahl, J. G. Correia, L. M. Amorim, D. J. Silva, E. Bosne, S. Decoster, M. R. da Silva, K. Temst, and A. Vantomme; Appl. Phys. Lett. 2013, 103, 091905.
  41. Precise lattice location of substitutional and interstitial Mg in AlN, L. M. Amorim, U. Wahl, L. Pereira, S. Decoster, D. J. Silva, M. R. da Silva, A. Gottberg, J. G. Correia, K. Temst, A. Vantomme; Appl. Phys. Lett. 2013, 103, 262102.
  42. Solid state magnetic refrigerator, D. J. Silva, B. D. Bordalo, A. M. Pereira, J. Ventura, J. P. Araújo; Appl. Energ. 2012, 93, 570–574.

Peer reviews

Peer reviewer of 49 manuscripts, for: Applied Physics A, International Journal of Refrigeration, Applied Thermal Engineering, Applied Energy, Journal of Advanced Research, Energies, Mathematical and Computational Applications, AIMS Energy and Scipy 2021