Group photo
This photo was taken in front of the Department of Physics and features the group members (from left to right): Marcos (undergrad student), Luiz (undergrad), Leonardo (undergrad), Caio (PhD student), Elijah (Postdoc), Yurieh (undergrad), Gabriel (undergrad), Vinicius (undergrad), Anna (undergrad), and Prof. Motta.
Last Update: Oct 15th, 2024.
Current students
PhD Student (PPGCM/Unesp/Ilha Solteira)
Preparation and characterization of superconducting niobate nanowires produced by Solution Blow Spinning
PhD Student (PPGF/DF/UFSCar)
Electromigration In complex crystal structures: investigation of oxygen vacancy movement in YBCO, LSMO, and LNO microbridges
PhD Student (PPGF/DF/UFSCar)
Electromigration in superconducting YBCO nanostructures
Master's Student (PPGF/DF/UFSCar)
Effects of applying magnetic fields on superconducting resonators
Master's Student (PPGF/DF/UFSCar)
Controlled electromigration in tin microbridge devices
Juliana de Lima Simão da Silva
Master Student (PPGF/DF/UFSCar)
Development of a susceptometer for the Montana CA-50 cryostat and granularity analysis in superconducting thin films [Coadvisor]
Undergrad Student (Physics)
Controlled electromigration in lead microbridge devices
Undergrad Student (Physics)
Electromigration in aluminum microbridge devices with a central cavity under the influence of a magnetic field
Current Post-docs
Project: Electromigration technique for tailoring microstructural and electrical properties in metallic materials
Former students
Undergrad students:
Gabriel Lemes Molizane Almeida (2025);
Senior Undergraduate Thesis (in Portuguese): Investigation of granular superconducting systems using the T-A formulation.
Luiz G. A. Ferreira (2024-2025);
Project: Growth of Sn superconducting thin films with different thicknesses.
Yurieh L. Souza Rafael (2024);
Gabriel Lemes Molizane Almeida (2023-2024);
Project: Generating magnetic fields using flat coils with different geometries in conductive and superconducting devices.
Ivan Yuji Tamura (2023-2024);
Project: Electrical measurements of a single Y-Ba-Cu-O ceramic fiber produced by Solution Blow Spinning.
Caio César Quaglio Gomes (2021-2023):
Senior Undergraduate Thesis (in Portuguese): Crescimento e caracterização de filmes finos supercondutores de chumbo, 2023.
Maria Eduarda Medeiros Tempesta (2019-2020, 2023):
Senior Undergraduate Thesis (in Portuguese): Magnetos supercondutores aplicados em imageamento por ressonância magnética: geração de campo magnético e homogeneidade para diferentes configurações, 2023.
Maycon Vinícius Rodrigues Rocha (2021-2023):
Senior Undergraduate Thesis (in Portuguese): Influência da geometria de anéis para geração de campos magnéticos inomogêneos em dispositivos supercondutores, 2023.
Tiago Fabrício Gomes (2021-2022);
João Pedro Imbriani Astolfo (2020-2021);
Danilo Nascimento Guimarães (2019-2021);
Daniel Fagundes Oliveira (2019-2020);
Otávio Abreu Pedroso (2017-2019):
Senior Undergraduate Thesis (in Portuguese): Melhorias no sistema de controle de espessura de filmes finos metálicos supercondutores depositados por evaporação térmica convencional, 2018;
Bárbara de Abreu Francisco (2015-2016);
José Cláudio Corsalleti Filho (2015-2017).
Former Post-doc researcher:
Project: Electromigration and supercurrent modulation in high-temperature superconducting devices
Where are the former students?
Grad students:
Davi A. D. Chaves: hired as a researcher at CBPF (Brazilian Center for Physical Research);
Elijah Anertey Abbey: post-doc at GSM/DF/UFSCar;
Ítalo Moreira Araújo: PhD student at IFSC/USP;
Lincoln Brum Leite Gusmão: professor at IFSP (Federal Institute of São Paulo at São Carlos);
Alexsander Lourenço Pessoa: teacher at São Paulo State Technical School.
Undergrad students:
Gabriel Lemes Molizane Almeida: finishing Physics Engineering Bachelor's and hired at the Brazilian synchrotron ring (CNPEM);
Luiz G. A. Ferreira: completed his bachelor's in Physics and is currently working on obtaining a teaching certification in the same subject;
Yurieh L. Souza Rafael: finishing Physics Engineering Bachelor's;
Ivan Yuji Tamura (2023-2024): finishing Physics Engineering Bachelor's and a student at ParisTech Program;
Caio César Quaglio Gomes: PhD student at GSM/UFSCar;
Maria Eduarda Medeiros Tempesta: hired as an engineer at the Brazilian synchrotron ring (CNPEM);
Maycon Vinícius Rodrigues Rocha: hired as Data Scientist Jr in Tereos;
Tiago Fabrício Gomes (2021-2022);
João Pedro Imbriani Astolfo: hired at Brazilian synchrotron ring (CNPEM);
Danilo Nascimento Guimarães: master's student at Paris;
Daniel Fagundes Oliveira: undergrad student at São Paulo University and internship at Embraer;
Otávio Abreu Pedroso: PhD student in the Department of Materials Engineering at UFSCar;
Bárbara de Abreu Francisco: hired as an engineer at the Brazilian synchrotron ring (CNPEM);
José Cláudio Corsalleti Filho: former staff at the Brazilian synchrotron ring (CNPEM) and PhD student in International Max Planck Research School for Chemistry and Physics of Quantum Materials, Germany.