Rui Pinto
Research Engineer
Rui M. R. Pinto is a research engineer in the Integrated Micro and Nanotechnologies group at INL since 2021, where he has been involved in optimizing inkjet heads, printing processes, and gas sensing systems.
He received his Ph.D. degree in biotechnology and biosciences from Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, in 2020. His thesis was on the development of thin-film silicon MEMS for mass sensing and biosensing applications. His other interests include prototyping, micro and nanofabrication, micromechanical devices, electronic instrumentation, microscopy, surface functionalization, microfluidics, and biosensing.
Selected Publications
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A 3D-Printed Printhead: Custom Inkjet Dispenser for Medium Viscosity Fluids
ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS, 2024 -
Coupled Thin Film Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Microresonator Arrays
JOURNAL OF MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS, 2023 -
Inkjet-Printing of Carbon Nano Onions for Sensor Applications in Flexible Printed Electronics
2022 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FLEXIBLE AND PRINTABLE SENSORS AND SYSTEMS (IEEE FLEPS 2022), 2022 -
Piezoelectric aluminum nitride thin-films: A review of wet and dry etching techniques
MICROELECTRONIC ENGINEERING, 2022 -
CMOS-Integrated Aluminum Nitride MEMS: A Review
JOURNAL OF MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS, 2022