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Carla Vilela, born in Aveiro (Portugal), graduated in Chemical Engineering in 2004 and obtained a MSc degree in Materials Science and Engineering (EMMS) in 2008 at the University of Aveiro (UAVR, Portugal). During her MSc studies, she was awarded with a merit grant from the Joint European Masters Programme in Materials Science (EMMS). In 2008, CVilela started working as a grant holder on a National project (034/7.1/ADI/NOR) with Association Network for Competence in Polymers (Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, FEUP, Portugal), which set the stage for the beginning of her PhD studies at UAVR (PhD grant SFRH/BD/44884/2008 awarded by the Portuguese Foundation from Science and Technology (FCT)) concerning the valorisation of vegetable oils as sources of novel macromolecular materials derived from renewable resources. After finishing her PhD in 2012, she participated as a grant holder in the National project PTDC/QUI-QUI/120982/2010 – Creating value from bio-wastes: suberin extraction and biotransformation in biocompatible ionic liquids aiming on novel biomaterials and compounds (University NOVA of Lisbon, Portugal). From June 2013 to December 2018, she was a post-doctoral researcher at CICECO – Aveiro Institute of Materials holding a postdoctoral fellowship (SFRH/BPD/84168/2012) awarded by FCT.
Currently, she is an Assistant Researcher (research contract awarded by FCT, CEECIND/00263/2018) and her main research interests include the engineering of eco-friendly NANOCELLULOSE-based nanostructured conductive membranes for polymer electrolyte fuel cells, and the development of macromolecular-based materials containing BIOPOLYMERS and bioactive molecules for diverse applications (e.g., drug delivery, wound healing and active packaging). She already supervised 8 BSc, 9 MSc and 4 PhD Erasmus students, and 1 post-doctoral researcher. Her current research team includes 1 research fellow, 3 BSc, 4 MSc and 4 PhD students.
CVilela is the author of 64 SCI papers (h-index: 22; citations: 1700+), 2 book, 5 book chapters, 2 datasets, 8 abstracts of papers of the American Chemical Society, 6 conference proceedings, and more than 90 communications in national and international conferences . She has acted as invited Guest Editor for Applied Science (2018), Materials (2019-2020) and Nanomaterials (2019-2020) journals (MDPI), and is an active reviewer for international journals (e.g. Carbohydr. Polym., Sci. Reports, Environ. Sci. Technol., ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., ACS Nano).
CVilela is an Editorial Board Member of the open access journals Cogent Chemistry (Taylor & Francis Group) and Polysaccharides (MDPI), Associate Editor of Chemisrty Africa (Springer Nature) and Topic Editor of Nanomaterials (MDPI). She was a participant of the COST Action FP1405 (ActInPak, 2015-2019), and is a member of the European Polysaccharide Network of Excellence (EPNOE) and the Portuguese Materials Society (SPM).
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Polymers and copolymers from fatty acid-based monomersVilela, C; Rua, R; Silvestre, AJD; Gandini, A
2010, INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS, 32, 2, 97-104.
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Synthesis and characterization of new CaCO3/cellulose nanocomposites prepared by controlled hydrolysis of dimethylcarbonateVilela, C; Freire, CSR; Marques, PAAP; Trindade, T; Neto, CP; Fardim, P
2010, CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS, 79, 4, 1150-1156.
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Impact of effective alkali and sulfide profiling on Eucalyptus globulus kraft pulping. Selectivity of the impregnation phase and its effect on final pulping resultsSantiago, AS; Pascoal, C; Vilela, C
2008, JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, 83, 3, 242-251.
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Active packagingCarvalho, João P.F.; Freire, Carmen S.R.; Vilela, Carla
In Galanakis, Charis (Eds.), Sustainable Food Processing and Engineering Challenges
2021, Academic Press.
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Modification of textiles for functional applicationsAna C. Q. Silva, Armando J. D. Silvestre, Carmen S. R. Freire, Carla Vilela
In Md. Ibrahim H. Mondal (Eds.), Fundamentals of Natural Fibres and Textiles
2021, Elsevier.
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Development and applications of cellulose nanofibres based polymer nanocompositesCarla Vilela, Ricardo J. B. Pinto, Ana R. P. Figueiredo, Carlos Pascoal Neto, Armando J. D. Silvestre, Carmen S. R. Freire
In Ehsan Bafekrpour (Eds.), Advanced Composite Materials: Properties and Applications
2017, 1-65. Warsaw/Berlin: De Gruyter Open.
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Polyethylene Terephthalate: Copolyesters, Composites, and Renewable AlternativesAndreia F. Sousa, Carla Vilela, Marina Matos, Carmen S.R. Freire, Armando J.D. Silvestre, Jorge F.J. Coelho
In P. M. Visakh Mong Liang (Eds.), Poly(ethylene Terephthalate) Based Blends, Composites and Nanocomposites.
2015, 111-139. Elsevier Science Ltd.
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2 Bacterial Cellulose-Based Nanocomposites: Roadmap for Innovative MaterialsA. R. P. Figueiredo, C. Vilela, C. Pascoal Neto, A.J.D. Silvestre and C.S.R. Freire
Nanocellulose Polymer Nanocomposites: Fundamentals and Applications
2014, Scrivener: Willey.
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Novel multilayered nanostructured drug delivery systems obtained by layer-by-layer assembly of cellulose nanocrystals Maia. M, Vilela. C, Pinto. R, Valente. B, Carvalho. T, Freire. C
2018,
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Biosorbent films based on nanocellulose and lysozyme nanofibers for efficient removal of mercury (II) from natural watersSilva, N; Figueira, P; Vilela, C; Pinto, R; Marrucho, I; Periera, M; Freire, C
2018, ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 255,
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Cellulose nanofibrils modified with latex nanoparticles as reinforcement for biodegradable poly(ε-caprolactone)-based compositesC. Vilela, J. Engström, B.F.A. Valente, M. Jawerth, A. Carlmark, C.S.R. Freire
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Biosorbent films based on nanocellulose and lysozyme nanofibers for efficient removal of mercury (II) from natural watersSilva, N; Figueira, P; Vilela, C; Pinto, R; Marrucho, I; Pereira, M; Freire, C
2018, ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 255,
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