Rui Costa's research focuses on the synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials and the fabrication of devices for energy storage and harvesting applications He is proficient in a variety of techniques, including deposition, lithography, and screen printing on diverse substrates, and has extensive experience characterizing nanostructured materials His current work explores the development of memristor based physical reservoir computing systems for neuromorphic applications.

Research Topics: Energy storage (Supercapacitors), Energy harvesting, Flexible devices Physical reservoir computing, Neuromorphic applications