Publications
                Articles
 
                
                
                          -   Calculated electron affinity and stability of halogen-terminated diamond 
                          Amit K. Tiwari, J. P. Goss, P. R. Briddon, Nick G. Wright, Alton B. Horsfall, R. Jones, H. Pinto, M. J. Rayson 
                           Phys. Rev. B 84 (2011) 245305 
                          
                         -   Ab initio studies of fluorine passivation on the electronic structure of the NV− defect in nanodiamond 
 
                         H. Pinto, R. Jones, D. W. Palmer, J. P. Goss and P. R. Briddon, S. Oberg
                          Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, accepted 
                        -  Theory of the surface effects on the luminescence of the NV- defect in nanodiamond  
                                H. Pinto, R. Jones, D. W. Palmer, J. P. Goss and P. R. Briddon, S. Oberg
                                Phys. Status Solidi (a), 208 9 (2011) 2045 
                        -  Point and extended defects in chemical vapour deposited diamond  
                                H. Pinto, R. Jones, J. P. Goss and P. R. Briddon 
                                Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 281 (2011) 012023. 
 		        -  Unexpected change in the electronic properties of the Au-graphene interface caused by toluene  
                                H. Pinto, R. Jones, J. P. Goss and P. R. Briddon 
                                Phys. Rev. B, 82 (2010) 125407. 
         
         
                        -   Theory of doping graphene  
                         H. Pinto, R. Jones, J. P. Goss and P. R. Briddon 
                         Ibergrid (2010) 109. isbn:978-84-9745-549-7. 
         
                        -   Optically active point defects in high quality single crystal diamond  
                                J. P. Goss, P. R. Briddon, H. Pinto, and R. Jones 
                                Phys. Status Solidi A, 207 (2010) 2049.  
                        -   Mechanisms of doping graphene  
 
                                H. Pinto, R. Jones, J. P. Goss, and P. R. Briddon 
                                Phys. Status Solidi A, 207 (2010) 2131.   
                        -  p-type doping of graphene with F4-TCNQ 
                                H. Pinto, R. Jones, J. P. Goss and P. R. Briddon
                                J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 21 (2009) 402001 . 
                        -  First principles study of point defects in titanium oxycarbide 
                                L. Marques, H. M. Pinto, F. Vaz, M. M. D. Ramos
                                Materials Science and Engineering B 
                        -  Theory of the birefringence due to dislocations in single crystal CVD diamond 
                                H. Pinto and R. Jones 
                                J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 21 (2009) 364220. 
                        
                         -  Optical properties of titanium oxycarbibe thin films 
                                L. Marques, H. M. Pinto, A. C. Fernandes, O. Banakh, F. Vaz, M. M. D. Ramos 
                                Applied Surface Science, 255 (2009) 5615. 
                        -  Determination of the Optical Constants of VO2 and Nb-doped VO2 thin films 
                                H. M. Pinto, J. Correia, R. Binions, C. Piccirillo, I. P. Parkin and V. Teixeira 
                                Materials Science Forum, 587 (2008)  640 
                        -  Formation energy and migration barrier of a Ge vacancy from ab-initio studies  
                                H. M. Pinto, J. Coutinho, V. J. B. Torres, S. Oberg, and P. R. Briddon 
                                Mater. Sci. Semicond. Process., 9 (2006) 498  
                
		
               Talks
                
                        -  Broadening of the photoluminescence due to NV- defects in nanodiamonds 
                                The 61st diamond conference, Warwick, UK (2010) 
                        -  Mechanisms of doping graphene 
                                E-MRS 2010 Spring Meeting, Strasbourg, France (2010) 
                        -  p-type doping of graphene with F4-TCNQ 
                                AIMPRO conference 2010, Nottingham, UK (2010) 
                        -  Molecular p-type doping of graphene with F4-TCNQ and n-type co-doping with toluene/Au 
                                Physics Department, Univeristy of Minho, Braga, Portugal (2010) 
                        -  Quantum efficiency of CsI thin films fpr photocathode applications 
                                International Conference for Physics Students, Novi Sad, Serbia Montenegro (2004) 
                        -  Quantum efficiency of CsI thin films fpr photocathode applications 
                                Summer Student Lecture Programme, CERN Geneva, Switzerland (2003) 
                                
                        -  Deposition of doped SnO2 thin films for gas sensing applications 
                                12th General Conference of the European Physical Society, Budapest, Hungary (2002) 
                               
                
               Posters
                
                        -  Birefringence and dislocations in single crystal CVD diamond 
                                H. M. Pinto, R. Jones, P. M. Martineau, M. P. Gaukroger 
 
                                SBDD XIV-Hasselt Diamond Workshop 2009, Hasselt, Belgium (2009) 
                        -  First principles study of point defects in titanium oxycarbides 
                                H. M. Pinto, L. Marques and F. Vaz
                                5th International Conference on Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies (NN08), Thessaloniki, Greece (2008) 
                        -  First principles study of point defects in titanium oxycarbides 
                                H. M. Pinto, L. Marques and F. Vaz
                                7th Iberian Vacuum Meeting - IVM-7, Costa da Caparica, Portugal(2008) 
                        -  Optical properties of titanium oxycarbide thin films 
                                H. Pinto, L. Marques, M. M. D. Ramos, F. Vaz
                                E-MRS 2008 Spring meeting, Strasbourg, France (2008) 
                        -  Optical properties of TiCO from ab initio calculation 
                                H.M. Pinto, L. Marques, M. M. D. Ramos, F. Vaz
                                2nd Workshop on Low-Dimensional Structures: Properties and Applications, Aveiro, Portugal (2008)