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)