Nelson Rei Bernardino

Centro de Física Teórica e Computacional
Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar
Av. Prof. Gama Pinto, 2
P-1649-003 Lisboa
Portugal

Room: A3-03
Phone: +351 21 790 4971 (internal: 34371)
Fax: +351 21 795 4288
E-mail: nelsonrb[at]cii.fc.ul.pt

Publications
Publicações

Researcher ID: A-1952-2009.

• [14] Reentrant wetting of network fluids,
  N. R. Bernardino and M. M. Telo da Gama,
  Physical Review Letters, 109, 116103 (2012).

• [13] Complete wetting of elastically responsive substrates,
  N. R. Bernardino and S. Dietrich,
  Physical Review E, 85, 051603 (2012).

• [12] The order of filling transitions in acute wedges,
  N. R. Bernardino, A. O. Parry and J. M. Romero-Enrique,
  Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 24, 182202 (2012).

  • Highlighted in Lab Talk.
  • Selected for IOP Select.

• [11] Complex Fluids on Complex Substrates: Simply Complicated?,
  P. Patrício, J. M. Romero-Enrique, N. M. Silvestre, N. R. Bernardino and M. M. Telo da Gama,
  Molecular Physics, 109, 1067 (2011).

• [10] Scaling of Correlation Functions Near Capillary Condensation,
  A. O. Parry, N. R. Bernardino and C. Rascón,
  Molecular Physics, 109, 1015 (2011).

• [9] Wetting of Surfaces Covered by Elastic Hairs,
  N. R. Bernardino, V. Blickle and S. Dietrich,
  Langmuir, 26, 7233 (2010).

• [8] Comment on Biomimetic Ultrathin Whitening by Capillary-Force-Induced Random Clustering of Hydrogel Micropillar Arrays,
  N. R. Bernardino and S. Dietrich,
  ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2, 603 (2010).

• [7] Derivation of a Non-Local Interfacial Model for 3D Short-Ranged Wetting in an External Field,
  N. R. Bernardino, A. O. Parry, C. Rascón and J. M. Romero-Enrique,
  Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 21, 465105 (2009).

  • Selected for IOP Select.

• [6] The Influence of Non-Locality on Fluctuation Effects for 3D Short-Ranged Wetting,
  A. O. Parry, J. M. Romero-Enrique, N. R. Bernardino and C. Rascón,
  Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 20, 505102 (2008).

• [5] The Critical Wetting Saga: How to Draw the Correct Conclusion,
  A. O. Parry, C. Rascón, N. R. Bernardino and J. M. Romero-Enrique,
  Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 20, 494234 (2008).

• [4] 3D Short-Range Wetting and Nonlocality,
  A. O. Parry, C. Rascón, N. R. Bernardino and J. M. Romero-Enrique,
  Physical Review Letters, 100, 136105 (2008).
  See also a correction.

  In the media:

  • Imperial College Press
  • United Press
  • ScieceDaily.com
  • NanoTechWire.com
  • Softpedia.com

• [3] Derivation of a Non-Local Interfacial Hamiltonian for Short-Ranged Wetting: II. General Diagrammatic Structure,
  A. O. Parry, C. Rascón, N. R. Bernardino and J. M. Romero-Enrique,
  Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 19, 416105 (2007).

  • Included in the Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Top Papers of 2007.
  • Selected for IOP Select.

• [2] Derivation of a Non-Local Interfacial Hamiltonian for Short-Ranged Wetting: I. Double-Parabola Approximation,
  A. O. Parry, C. Rascón, N. R. Bernardino and J. M. Romero-Enrique,
  Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 18, 6433 (2006).

  • Included in the Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Top Papers of 2006.
  • Selected for IOP Select.
  • Viewpoint article by J. R. Henderson,
    An Elegant Advance in the Physics of Wetting,
    Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 18, V11 (2006).
  • Highlighted in Wetting or Not Wetting?,
    Europhysics News, 37, number 4 (2006).

• [1] Recurrent Epidemics in Small World Networks,
  J. Verdasca, M. M. Telo da Gama, A. Nunes, N. R. Bernardino, J. M. Pacheco and M. C. Gomes,
  Journal of Theoretical Biology, 233, 553 (2005).

PhD Thesis
Tese de Doutoramento

• The Nonlocal Model of Short-Range Wetting,
  N. R. Bernardino,
  PhD Thesis, Imperial College London (UK), 2008.