Eduardo De Oliveira Gomes

Eduardo started his scientific career in the Chemistry Laboratory for Functional Materials - LSQM at the Materials Engineering Department at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte – UFRN in Brazil. In 2018 he obtained a “master’s degree” in a Postgraduate Program in the field of Materials Science and Engineering, PPGCEM, at the same university. He first joined the Materials Modelling Group – ALGC, after a PhD internship in September 2021. He finished his PhD thesis at the Universitat Jaume I in Spain in December 2021 combining a multidisciplinary field by physics, chemistry, theoretical and computational chemistry, and materials science pushing the boundaries to find and understand the structure and properties, at the atomic level, of two types of materials: glasses and semiconductors. In October 2023, he joined the ALGC group as a postdoctoral researcher under the supervision of Prof. Frederik Tielens. Eduardo's research is focused on investigating the mechanisms underlying the biocidal activity exhibited by Ag nanoparticles/SiO2. This research is conducted using Density Functional Theory (DFT) in the (VASP) and (CP2K) codes. By leveraging these computational tools, Eduardo aims to gain a deeper understanding of the mechanisms underlying the biocidal activity, which could lead to the development of more efficient and effective antimicrobial agents.

Selected Publications

E. De Oliveira Gomes, G.S.L. Fabris, M.M. Ferrer, F.V. Motta, M.R.D. Bomio, J. Andres, E. Longo, J. R. Sambrano. Computational procedure to an accurate DFT simulation to solid-state systems., Computational Materials Science  2019, 170, 109176. doi: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2019.109176

S.C.S. Lemos, E. Nossol, J.L. Ferrari, E.de Oliveira Gomes, J. Andrés, L. Gracia, I. Sorribes, R. C. Lima, Joint theoretical and experimental study on the La doping process in In₂O₃: Phase transition and electrocatalytic activity, Inorganic Chemistry, 2019, 58, 17, 11738–11750. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b01728 

E. de Oliveira Gomes, L. Gracia, A.A.G. Santiago, R.L. Tranquilin, F.V. Motta, R.A.C. Amoresi, E. Longo, M.R.D. Bomio, J. Andrés., Structure, electronic properties, morphology evolution, and photocatalytic activity in PbMoO₄ and Pb_1−2xCa_xSr_xMoO₄ (x= 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4 and 0.5) solid solutions., Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2020, 22, 25876-25891. doi: 10.1039/D0CP04596A 

E. de Oliveira Gomes, B.J.A. Moulton, T.R. Cunha, L. Gracia, P.S. Pizani, J. Andres., Identifying and explaining vibrational modes of sanbornite (low-BaSi₂O₅) and Ba₅Si₈O₂₁: A joint experimental and theoretical study., Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 2021, 248, 119130. doi: 10.1016/j.saa.2020.119130 

B.J.A. Moulton, E. de Oliveira Gomes, T.R. Cunha, C. Doerenkamp, L. Gracia, H. Eckert, J. Andrés, P.S. Pizani., A theoretical and experimental investigation of hetero-versus homo connectivity in barium silicates., American Mineralogist, 2022. doi: 10.2138/am-2021-7910