Henry Pinto
Laboratory of Physics
Helsinki University of Technology
P.O. Box 1100
FIN-02015 TKK
Finland

Education:

Contact:

Telephone: +593-(0)9053 8125
E-Mail: pavlvs.pinto(at)gmail.com

Academic Experience:

  • 1998- Researcher, Centro de Investigacion en Fisica de la Materia Condensada, Corporacion de Fisica Fundamental y Aplicada, Quito, Ecuador.
  • 1999-2000 Researcher Associate, Laboratory of Physics, Helsinki University of Technology, Helsinki, Finland.
  • 2001 Visiting Scientist, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.
  • 2002-2006 Ph.D Student, Tyndall National Institute at University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
    (Ph.D dissertation date: 1-02-2007)
  • 2006-2009 Post-Doctoral Associate, Laboratory of Physics, Helsinki University of Technology, Helsinki, Finland.

Teaching:

No teaching for the moment @ HUT.

My CV is online here.

Research interests
Strongly correlated systems, Metal oxides surfaces and interfaces, Metal-insulator transitions,
scanning tunneling microscopy, point defects, spintronics.
Projects:
Projects @ Laboratory of Physics, Helsinki University of Technology
1) Manipulation of the electronic structure of individual molecules on insulating surfaces.
2) Realistic scanning tunneling microscopy simulations on TiO2 surfaces
3) Strong electron correlation on Fe3O4 surfaces
Publications:
TitleAuthorsPublication
Imaging the hydrogen subsurface site in rutile TiO2G. H. Enevoldsen, H. P. Pinto, A. S. Foster, M. C. R. Jensen, W. A. Hofer, B. Hammer, J. V. Lauritsen, F. BesenbacherPhys. Rev. Lett. (2009), accepted
Detailed scanning probe microscopy tip models determined from simultaneous atom-resolved AFM and STM studies of the TiO2(110) surfaceG. H. Enevoldsen, H. P. Pinto, A. S. Foster, M. C. R. Jensen, A. Kühnle, M. Reichling, W. A. Hofer, J. V. Lauritsen, F. BesenbacherPhys. Rev. B 78, 045416 (2008)
Electronic Structure, Chemical Bonding, and Geometry of Pure and Sr-Doped CaCO3A. Stashans, C. Chamba and H. P. PintoJ. Comput. Chem. 29, 343 (2007)
Mechanism of the Verwey transition in magnetite: Jahn-Teller distortion and charge ordering patternsH. P. Pinto and S. D. ElliottJ. Phys.: Condens. Matter 18, 10427-10436 (2006)
Modelling the deposition of high-k dielectric films by first principlesS. D. Elliott, H. P. PintoJ. Electroceram. 13, 117 (2004).
Ab initio study of gamma-Al2O3 surfacesH. P. Pinto, R. M. Nieminen and S. D. ElliottPhys. Rev. B 70, 125402 (2004).
Theoretical study of structural and optical properties of
F-centers in tetragonal BaTiO3
H. Pinto, S. Elliott and A. StashansProceedings of SPIE 5122, 303 (2003),
ed. A. Krumins et al.
First Principles modelling of high-k dielectric filmsS. D. Elliott, S. Monaghan, H. Pinto, J. C. GreerElectrochem. Soc. Proc. Vol., 2003-14, 231 (2003).
Ab-initio study on the gamma-Al2O3 surfaces and interfacesH. P. Pinto, S. D. ElliottMater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 786, E5.21-E5.28 (2003).
Superconductivity and JT polarons in titanatesA. Stashans, H. P. Pinto, P. SanchezJ. of Low Temp. Phys. 130, 415 (2003)
Density-functional study of impurity-related DX centers in CdF2H. P. Pinto, R. M. NieminenComput. Mat. Sci. 25, 404 (2002)
Computational study of self-trapped hole polarons in tetragonal BaTiO3H. P. Pinto, A. StashansPhys. Rev. B 65, 134304 (2002)
Theoretical study of oxygen-vacancy defects in ferroelectric BaTiO3H. P. Pinto, M. Yoshino, M. Morinaga, A. Stashans, R. M. NieminenBulletin of the Society for Discrete Variational X-a Japan 14, 114 (2001)
Analysis of radiation induced hole localisation in titanatesA. Stashans, H. P. PintoRad. Measurements 33/35, 553 (2001)
Hole polarons in pure BaTiO3 studied by computer modellingA. Stashans, H. P. PintoInt. J. Quant. Chem.79, 358 (2000)
Quantum-chemical simulation of Al- and Sc-bound hole polarons in BaTiO3 crystalH. P. Pinto, A. StashansComput. Mat. Sci.17, 73 (2000)
Theoretical studies of impurity doped and undoped BaTiO3 and SrTiO3 crystalsH. P. Pinto, A. Stashans, P. SanchezIn Defects and Surface-Induced Effects in Advanced Perovskites, NATO Science Series High Technology, Vol. 77, p. 67 (2000)
Presentations:
TitleAuthorsPresented at
Strong correlation, charge ordering and magnetic properties of Fe3O4(0 0 1) surfacesH. P. Pinto and S. D. ElliottLaboratory of Physics, Helsinki University of Technology, 19 Oct 2006
Atomic-scale modelling of magnetite for future spintronic devicesH. P. Pinto and S. D. ElliottIrish Association for High Performance Computing, Cork, Ireland, 8-9 Jun 2006.
Strongly correlated electrons in Fe3O4 - a DFT+U approachH. P. Pinto and S. D. Elliott10th Irish Atomistic Simulators Meeting, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, 19-20 Dec 2005
Strongly correlated electrons in Fe3O4 - a DFT+U approachH. P. Pinto and S. D. ElliottIRCSET Symposium, Dublin, Ireland, 4 Nov 2005.
Theoretical studies on strongly correlated systems: bulk and surfaces of magnetite Fe3O4H. Pinto and S. D. ElliottAPS March Meeting, Los Angeles CA, 23.03.2005
Charge and spin order in the surfaces of magnetite for spintronicsH. P. Pinto and S. D. Elliott57th Irish Universities Chemistry Research Colloquium, NUI Maynooth, Ireland, 22-24 Jun 2005
Charge and spin order in the bulk and surface of magnetiteS. D. Elliott and H. P. PintoSeagate Nanomagnetics Workshop, Derry, UK, 30 Jun - 01 Jul 2005
Modelling the deposition of high-k dielectric films by first principlesS. D. Elliott, H. P. PintoInternational Conference on Electroceramics, MIT, Cambridge MA, USA, 3-7 August 2003
DFT+U studies on the strongly correlated system magnetiteH. P. Pinto and S. D. Elliott9th Irish Atomistic Simulators Meeting, Cork, 16-17.12.2004
Computational studies on oxides: gamma-Al2O3 and Fe3O4H. P. Pinto and S. D. ElliottHelsinki Univeristy of Technology, Finland, Helsinki, 9th June 2004
Theoretical study of structural and optical properties of
F-centers in tetragonal BaTiO3
H. Pinto, S. Elliott and A. StashansSPIE (2003), `Advanced Organic and Inorganic Optical Materials'.
First Principles modelling of high-k dielectric filmsS. D. Elliott, S. Monaghan, H. Pinto, J. C. Greer203rd Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Paris, F, 27 Apr - 2 May 2003
Atomic Layer Deposition and phase segregationS. D. Elliott, H. P. Pinto, S. G. Monaghan, J. C. GreerESF workshop "Growth, structure and electrical properties of high-k gate dielectrics: atomistic modeling vs experiment", Rueschlikon, CH, 17-18 March 2003.
Ab-initio study on the gamma-Al2O3 surfaces and interfacesH. P. Pinto, S. D. ElliottMRS Fall Meeting, Boston MA, USA, 1-5 December 2003
Ab-initio study on the gamma-Al2O3 surfaces and interfacesH. P. Pinto, S. D. ElliottIRCSET Symposium, Ireland, 7 November 2003
First Principles study on the structure of the (001) surface of gamma-Al2O3H. P. Pinto, S. D. Elliott & J. C. Greer7th Irish Atomistic Simulators Meeting, Dublin, Ireland, 16-17 Dec 2002
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