McGill UniversityDepartment of Physics
Matheus PessôaNanofluidics · Single-molecule biophysics

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Publications

Work spanning nanofluidics, single-molecule biophysics, instrumentation, acoustics, and physics education.

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2026

  1. DNA Dynamics in Dual-Nanopore Tug-of-War

    Z. Liu, W. Dong, T. St-Denis, M. A. S. Pessôa, et al.

    Macromolecules 59 (7), 4268–4278

  2. Electrokinetic active grooves for liposome capture, confinement, trajectory analysis and controlled release

    P. Ravikumar, M. A. S. Pessôa*, et al. (* co-first author)

    Accepted at Biomicrofluidics

  3. Programmable Confinement Landscapes for Single-Molecule Control in Nanofluidic Systems: From Static Nanotopographies to Reversible Electrokinetic Trapping

    M. A. S. Pessôa, Walter Reisner

    In preparation

  4. Non-equilibrium cyclic conformations of DNA under electrokinetic confinement

    M. A. S. Pessôa, Walter Reisner

    In preparation

2025

  1. FeaturedSingle-molecule capture, release, and dynamical manipulation via reversible electrokinetic confinement (RECON)

    M. A. S. Pessôa, P. Jakuc, C. Martins e Queiroz, N. Duggan, R. Liu, S. Kautz, et al.

    Science Advances 11 (38), eadv8863

  2. Proteoliposomes on 2D-MoS₂ plasmonic nanocavities for enhanced Raman spectroscopy with machine learning-based identification and classification

    S. Shiekh, Y. Zhou, et al., M. A. S. Pessôa, et al.

    npj 2D Materials and Applications 9

2024

  1. Assessing Students’ Understanding of Uncertainty in Undergraduate Physics Laboratory Courses at a Major Canadian University

    M. A. S. Pessôa, R. Brosseau, B. J. Dringoli, A. Yazdani, J. Sankey, T. Brunner, et al.

    arXiv:2412.15382

  2. Mapper of the IGM Spin Temperature: Instrument Overview

    R. A. Monsalve, C. Altamirano, V. Bidula, R. Bustos, C. H. Bye, H. C. Chiang, M. A. S. Pessôa, et al.

    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 530 (4), 4125–4147

  3. Experimental Validation of the Brachistochrone Curve

    M. A. S. Pessôa, J. Kljunak, E. Zhivaljevikj, M. Smilevska

    Physics Education 59 (3), 035008

  4. Tunable Nanofluidic Device for Digital Nucleic Acid Analysis

    I. I. Hosseini, S. V. Hamidi, X. Capaldi, Z. Liu, M. A. S. Pessôa, S. Mahshid, et al.

    Nanoscale 16 (19), 9583–9592

2022–2018

  1. 3-D Acoustic Trapping with Standing Waves

    M. A. S. Pessôa, A. A. R. Neves

    arXiv:2204.08093 (2022)

  2. The Physics of a Disinfector With UV–C Radiation

    M. A. S. Pessôa, F. M. Silva, M. P. Lima Jr, G. Galhardo, P. H. M. Olyntho, et al.

    Revista Brasileira de Ensino de Física 43, e20210217 (2021)

  3. Acoustic Scattering and Forces on an Arbitrarily Sized Fluid Sphere by a General Acoustic Field

    M. A. S. Pessôa, A. A. R. Neves

    Journal of Sound and Vibration 479, 115373 (2020)

  4. The Screaming Balloon: Predicting the Sound Produced by a Hex Nut Inside a Balloon

    H. Ferreira, M. Pessôa, R. R. Gitti, A. J. Ferreira-Martins, G. de Souza, et al.

    Emergent Scientist 3, 7 (2019)

  5. Method to Mix Tea With Honey and Use of Transient Light Attenuation as an Indicator of Homogeneity

    H. Ferreira, R. R. Gitti, A. J. Ferreira-Martins, M. Pessôa, P. R. Sardelich, et al.

    Emergent Scientist 2 (2) (2018)

Theses

Master's thesis

Development and testing of antenna and subsystems for MIST

A 21-cm global-signal experiment to study the Cosmic Dawn epoch of the Universe.

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Undergraduate thesis

Acoustic scattering and forces on an arbitrarily sized fluid sphere

A theoretical and experimental treatment of acoustic radiation forces.

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