Dinis O. Abranches

Assistant Researcher

Summary

Dinis O. Abranches is an Assistant Researcher in Chemical Engineering at the University of Aveiro, Portugal. His research focuses on leveraging artificial intelligence, thermodynamics, and computational simulations to predict physicochemical phenomena, understand non-covalent interactions, and design novel sustainable materials. He has a particular interest in green solvents, including deep eutectic solvents, hydrotropes, and ionic liquids.

Dinis earned his MSc (2023, GPA 4.0/4.0) and PhD (2024, GPA 4.0/4.0) in Chemical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame, USA, where he received multiple awards for outstanding academic achievement. Prior to this, he completed his BSc (2018, GPA 19/20) and MSc (2020, GPA 19/20) in Chemical Engineering at the University of Aveiro, Portugal.

Ongoing Supervisions

Publications

Everything You Wanted to Know about Deep Eutectic Solvents but Were Afraid to Be Told

Abranches, DO; Coutinho, JAP
2023, ANNUAL REVIEW OF CHEMICAL AND BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING, 14, 141-163.

Tetraalkylammonium Chlorides as Melting Point Depressants of Ionic Liquids

Martins, MAR; Abranches, DO; Pinho, SP; Coutinho, JAP
2023, Journal of Solution Chemistry, 53, 538–551.

Activity coefficient acquisition with thermodynamics-informed active learning for phase diagram construction

Abranches, DO; Maginn, EJ; Colón, YJ
2023, AICHE JOURNAL, 69, 8.

Boosting Graph Neural Networks with Molecular Mechanics: A Case Study of Sigma Profile Prediction

Abranches, DO; Maginn, EJ; Colón, YJ
2023, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 19, 24.

Extensive characterization of choline chloride and its solid-liquid equilibrium with water

Ferreira, AIMCL; Vilas-Boas, SM; Silva, RMA; Martins, MAR; Abranches, DO; Soares-Santos, PCR; Paz, FAA; Ferreira, O; Pinho, SP; Santos, LMNBF; Coutinho, JAP
2022, PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 24, 24, 14886-14897.

Insights into the Chloride versus Bromide Effect on the Formation of Urea-Quaternary Ammonium Eutectic Solvents

Martins, MAR; Abranches, DO; Silva, LP; Pinho, SP; Coutinho, JAP
2022, INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, 61, 32, 11988-11995.

Liquefying Flavonoids with Terpenoids through Deep Eutectic Solvent Formation

Teixeira, G; Abranches, DO; Silva, LP; Vilas-Boas, SM; Pinho, SP; Ferreira, AIMCL; Santos, LMNBF; Ferreira, O; Coutinho, JAP
2022, MOLECULES, 27, 9.

Selection of hydrotropes for enhancing the solubility of artemisinin in aqueous solutions

Sales, I; Abranches, DO; Sintra, TE; Mattedi, S; Freire, MG; Coutinho, JAP; Pinho, SP
2022, FLUID PHASE EQUILIBRIA, 562.

The impact of size and shape in the performance of hydrotropes: a case-study of alkanediols

Abranches, DO; Soares, BP; Ferreira, AM; Shimizu, S; Pinho, SP; Coutinho, JAP
2022, PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 24, 13, 7624-7634.

Type V deep eutectic solvents: Design and applications

Abranches, DO; Coutinho, JAP
2022, CURRENT OPINION IN GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY, 35.

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