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Tailoring 3D-Printed Inorganic Polymers for Enhanced Removal of Emerging Water Pollutants (PRIME)
PartnerFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Sources of clean, potable water are rapidly declining worldwide, posing a critical threat to human survival. Addressing this crisis is essential to ensuring a sustainable future for humankind. Emerging pollutants (EPs) from our daily activities such as pharmaceuticals, personal care products, per- and polyfluorinated substances, pesticides and d...Turning waste into a resource: Development of green fertilizers through nutrient's recovery from agri-food byproducts and livestock effluent (NUTREC4AGRI)
PartnerFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Multifunctional bAuXite Inorganic polyMers for acid mine drainage treatment from PortUguese Mines (MAXIMUM)
CoordinatorFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Mines Wastes Wastewater treatment Circular economyRecycled Waste Materials in Mortars. (RECLAIM)
PartnerIndustry National
The vision of RECLAIM is to demonstrate technologies and strategies to support a new paradigm for refurbishment and re-manufacturing of large industrial equipment in factories, paving the way to a circular economy. Its ultimate goal is to save valuable resources by reusing equipment instead of discarding them. RECLAIM will support legacy industr...Smart Geopolymers (SMART-G)
Local CoordinatorFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
The project aims at the development,production, and demonstration of light weight, fire resistantcomponentsfortheconstructionindustry.Industrialresidueswillbevalorised andviageopolymerizationturnedintofireresistantmaterials.Thewasteenvisionedis 'bauxite residue (or red mud)', bricks and tiles from construction and demolishing waste, and fly ash ...Publications
The impact of accelerated weathering exposure on the mechanical, thermal and chemical properties of natural insulators: natural cork, agglomerated cork and expanded cork
Sousa, GJA; Fernandes, FAO; Figueiredo, S; Caetano, APF; Novais, RM; de Sousa, RJA; Pereira, AB
2025, ARCHIVES OF CIVIL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, 25, 5-6.
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Waste-Derived Geopolymers for Artificial Coral Development by 3D Printing
Martins, JR; Novais, RM; Hotza, D; Labrincha, JA; Senff, L
2025, JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE METALLURGY, 11, 1, 114-125.
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Zeta potential in cementitious systems: A comprehensive overview of influencing factors and implications on material properties
Martins, JR; Rocha, JC; Novais, RM; Labrincha, JA; Hotza, D; Senff, L
2025, JOURNAL OF BUILDING ENGINEERING, 99.
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Impact of pyrolysis heating methods on biochars with enhanced CO2/N2 separation and their incorporation in 3D-printed composites
Correia, I; Ilkaeva, M; Castellino, M; Bocchini, S; Novais, RM; Mafra, L; Gonçalves, NPF; Lourenço, MAO
2024, JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, 12, 5.
ISBN:
2213-3437
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Simultaneous removal of multiple metal(loid)s and neutralization of acid mine drainage using 3D-printed bauxite-containing geopolymers
Gonçalves, NPF; da Silva, EF; Tarelho, LAC; Labrincha, JA; Novais, RM
2024, JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, 462.
ISBN:
1873-3336
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Shear thickening fluids in cork composites for impact mitigation: the role of fumed silica concentration
Oliveira, L; Serra, GF; Gürgen, S; Novais, RM; de Sousa, RJA; Fernandes, FAO
2024, ARCHIVES OF CIVIL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, 24, 2.
ISBN:
2083-3318
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Synthesis of geopolymer composites using bauxite residue-based spheres as aggregate: Novel and eco-friendly strategy to produce lightweight building materials
Alves, Z; Senff, L; Sakkas, K; Yakoumis, I; Novais, RM; Labrincha, JA
2024, CEMENT & CONCRETE COMPOSITES, 148.
ISBN:
1873-393X
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Effective acid mine drainage remediation in fixed bed column using porous red mud/fly ash-containing geopolymer spheres
Gonçalves, NPF; Almeida, MM; Labrincha, JA; Novais, RM
2024, SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 940.
ISBN:
1879-1026
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A comparison between the use of cork and synthetic aggregates in the production of geopolymer composites
Alves, Z; Carvalheira, J; Senff, L; Lacasta, AM; Cantalapiedra, IR; Labrincha, JA; Novais, RM
2024, CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS, 438.
ISBN:
1879-0526
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3D-printing bauxite residue/fly ash-containing geopolymers as promising metal sorbents for water treatment
Almeida, MM; Gonçalves, NPF; Gameiro, T; Alves, Z; Labrincha, JA; Novais, RM
2024, WASTE MANAGEMENT, 190, 35-44.
ISBN:
1879-2456
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Evaluation of the Reactivity of Red Mud-Based Slags for Geopolymers Production
Gameiro, T; Labrincha, J.; Novais, R.M.
2022.
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Reusing spent fluid catalytic cracking catalyst as adsorbent in wastewater treatment applications
Gameiro, T; Costa, C.; Labrincha, J.; Novais, R.M.
2022.
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Reactivity assessment of red mud-based slags towards geopolymers production
Tânia GAMEIRO, Elise FRANÇOIS, Lukas ARNOUT, Youen DIQUÉLOU, David TOBALDI, Catarina NOVO, Silviana ONISEI, João LABRINCHA, Rui NOVAIS
2022.
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pH control in anaerobic bioreactors using fly-ash based geopolymers as buffer material
T. Gameiro, C. Correia, R. Novais, P. Seabra, J. Labrincha, I. Capela
2019.
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