Ana Luísa Costa

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From October 2018 to present: Researcher on SASCOT project - Stimuli-Activated Systems for Carbon Monoxide Therapy, CICECO, University of Aveiro

February to August 2018 : Post-Doc Fellowship, CICECO, University of Aveiro

April 2013 to December 2017: PhD in Photochemistry, University of Coimbra (in collaboration with CICECO, University of Aveiro)

October 2008 to December 2010: Master Degree in Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minho, Braga

September 2004 to July 2008: Graduation in Chemistry, University of Minho, Braga

Selected publications

Synthesis and photophysical studies of new host-guest organic-inorganic hybrid systems (PhD)

- A.L. Costa, A.C. Gomes, R. C. Pereira, M. Pillinger, I.S. Gonçalves, J.S. Seixas de Melo, "Interactions and Supramolecular Organization of Sulfonated Indigo and Thioindigo Dyes in Layered Hydroxide Hosts", Langmuir 2018, 34, 453-464. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b03735.

- A.L. Costa, A.C. Gomes, M. Pillinger, I.S. Gonçalves, J. Pina, J.S. Seixas de Melo, "Insights into the Photophysics and Supramolecular Organisation of Congo Red in solution and the solid state", Chem. Phys. Chem. 2017, 18, 564-575. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201601236.

- V.M. Pereira, A.L. Costa, J. Feldl, T.M.R. Maria, J.S. Seixas de Melo, P. Martín-Ramos, J. Martín-Gil, M.R. Silva, "Synthesis, structure and physical properties of luminescent Pr(III) B-diketonate complexes", Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2017, 172, 25-33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2016.06.025.

- P. Martín-Ramos, A.L. Costa, M.R. Silva, L.C.J. Pereira, P.S. Pereira da Silva, J.S. Seixas de Melo, J. Martín-Gil, "Luminescent Properties of [UO2(TFA)2(DMSO)3], a Promising Material for Sensing and Monitoring the Uranyl Ion", Materials Research, 2016, 19(2), 328-332. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1980-5373-MR-2015-0448.

- A.L. Costa, A.C. Gomes, M. Pillinger, I.S. Gonçalves, J.S. Seixas de Melo, "An Indigo Carmine-Based Hybrid Nanocomposite with Supramolecular Control of Dye Aggregation and Photobehavior", Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 12069-12078. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.201501344

- A.L. Costa, A.C. Gomes, M. Pillinger, I.S. Gonçalves, J.S. Seixas de Melo, "Controlling the Fluorescence Behavior of 1-Pyrenesulfonate by Cointercalation with a Surfactant in a Layered Double Hydroxide", Langmuir 2015, 31, 4769-4778. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b00063

 

Synthesis of benzo[a]phenoxazines and photophysical properties (Master Degree)

- B.R. Raju, A.M.F. Garcia, A.L.S. Costa, P.J.G. Coutinho, M.S.T. Gonçalves, "Synthesis of new benzo[a]phenoxazinium probes possessing carboxylic ester, hydroxyl and amino functional groups: Photophysical studies in dry ethanol and conjugation with CdTe quantum dots", Dyes and Pigments 2014, 110, 203-213. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2014.04.006

- B. R. Raju, A. D. G. Firmino, A. L. S. Costa, P. J. G. Coutinho, M. S. T. Gonçalves, "Synthesis and photophysical properties of side chain chlorinated benzo[a]phenoxazinium chlorides”, Tetrahedron 2013, 69(11), 2451-2461. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2013.01.035

 

Synthesis of imidazoles derivatives (Graduation)

- N. Senhorães, A. L. Costa, D. I. Silva, M. F. Proença, A. M. Dias, "N1- and C6-substituted adenines: a regioselective and efficient synthesis", Tetrahedron 2013, 69(47), 10014-10021.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2013.09.063

- A.M. Dias, A.S. Vila-Chã, A.L. Costa, D.P. Cunha, N. Senhorães, M.F. Proença, “Versatile Synthesis of 5-Aminoimidazole-4-carboxylic Acid Derivatives”, Synlett 2011 (18), 2675-2680. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0031-1289528

Publications

Enhanced thermal and photo-stability of a para-substituted dicumyl ketone intercalated in a layered double hydroxide

Costa, AL; Monteiro, RP; Barradas, PDN; Ferreira, SCR; Cunha, C; Gomes, AC; Goncalves, IS; de Melo, JSS; Pillinger, M
2022, FRONTIERS IN CHEMISTRY, 10.

Tuning the Behavior of a Hydrotalcite-Supported Sulfonated Bithiophene from Aggregation-Caused Quenching to Efficient Monomer Luminescence

Delgado-Pinar, E; Costa, AL; Goncalves, IS; Pineiro, M; Pillinger, M; de Melo, JSS
2021, JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C, 125, 15, 8294-8303.
ISBN: 1932-7455

Evaluation of the supramolecular interaction of Congo red with cucurbiturils using mass spectrometry and spectroscopic methods

Costa, AL; Gomes, AC; Lopes, AD; Da Silva, JP; Pillinger, M; Goncalves, IS; de Melo, JSS
2020, NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY, 44, 6, 2587-2596.
ISBN: 1369-9261

Interactions and Supramolecular Organization of Sulfonated Indigo and Thioindigo Dyes in Layered Hydroxide Hosts

Costa, AL; Gomes, AC; Pereira, RC; Pillinger, M; Goncalves, IS; Pineiro, M; de Melo, JSS
2018, LANGMUIR, 34, 1, 453-464.

Insights into the Photophysics and Supramolecular Organization of Congo Red in Solution and the Solid State

Costa, AL; Gomes, AC; Pillinger, M; Goncalves, IS; Pina, J; de Melo, JSS
2017, CHEMPHYSCHEM, 18, 5, 564-575.

An Indigo Carmine-Based Hybrid Nanocomposite with Supramolecular Control of Dye Aggregation and Photobehavior

Costa, AL; Gomes, AC; Pillinger, M; Goncalves, IS; de Melo, JSS
2015, CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, 21, 34, 12069-12078.

Controlling the Fluorescence Behavior of 1-Pyrenesulfonate by Cointercalation with a Surfactant in a Layered Double Hydroxide

Costa, AL; Gomes, AC; Pillinger, M; Goncalves, IS; de Melo, JSS
2015, LANGMUIR, 31, 16, 4769-4778.

Synthesis and photophysical properties of side-chain chlorinated benzo[a]phenoxazinium chlorides

B. Rama Raju, A. Daniela G. Firmino, A. Luísa S. Costa, Paulo J. G. Coutinho, M. Sameiro T. Gonçalves
2013, 69, 2451-2461.

N1- and C6-substituted adenines: a regioselective and efficient synthesis

Nádia Senhorães, A. Luísa Costa, Deolinda I. Silva, M. Fernanda Proença, Alice M. Dias
2013, 69, 10014-10021.

Versatile Synthesis of 5-Aminoimidazole-4-carboxylic Acid Derivatives

Alice M. Dias, A. Sofia Vila-Chã, A. Luísa Costa, Daniela P. Cunha, Nádia Senhorães, M. Fernanda Proença
2011, 18, 2675-2680.

Synthesis and photophysical studies of new host-guest hybrid organic-inorganic systems

Ana Luísa Silva Da Costa
2017, supervised by Sérgio Seixas De Melo, Universidade De Coimbra, Isabel Maria De Sousa Gonçalves .

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