Helena Alves

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Helena Alves joined CICECO, in Aveiro University, in July 2014. She received her PhD in Chemistry in 2004, from Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon. After two years as a post-doc at the same University, she moved to Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands for two years as a guest researcher. In November 2008, she joined INESC-MN in Lisbon as a principal researcher. Her’ interests lie in the area of material chemistry and solid state physics, nanotechnology and advanced applications (flexible, transparent and wearable) in particular organic semiconductors and molecular electronics. She has a background on chemistry and materials science, with a good and solid insight of correlating solid-state materials structure and design with electronic, magnetic and optical properties. This broad knowledge on material properties and potential applications, allowed her to achieve the actual position at CICECO, and as a guest scientist in one of the reference institutes in nanotechnology in Portugal. The international experience and roles in different scientific institutions has enabled her to establish a broad scientific network. She has presently 35 published papers in high quality international journals such as Nature Materials, Nature Communications, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Functional Materials, Scientific Reports, or Journal of Material Chemistry. She has participated and co-coordinated several research national and international projects. She actively promotes science within a young public, through several outreach activities such as visits to schools and a blog with science experiments for children.

            FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

2015 – 2020    IF/ CICECO / University of Aveiro/ FCT/ Portugal

2008 – 2013    Ciência 2007/ INESC-MN, Nanoscience Institute (IN)/ FCT/ Portugal

2006 – 2008    Post-doc Fellowship/ Kavli Institute of Nanoscience/ TUDelft/ FCT/ Netherlands

2004 – 2006    Post-doc Fellowship/ Telecommunications Institute/ FCT/ Portugal

2000 – 2004    PhD Fellowship/Chemistry Department/ITN/ FCT/ Portugal

1998 – 1999    Junior researcher grant (BI)/Chemistry Department/ITN/ FCT/ Portugal

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Human and ambient monitoring integrated sensors in firefighter workwear for increase safety (SafeFire)

CoordinatorFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
In SafeFire we focus on firefighters' health and performance conditions by proposing innovative approaches integrating physiological and environmental data monitoring, intelligent data analysis, and effective communication mechanisms. The main objectives are to improve firefighters’ health status, prevent hazardous situations, and...

Redox-active Metal-Organic Frameworks as Electrode Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries (RedoxMOFs)

PartnerFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
One of the main concerns of modern society is reducing its dependence on fossil fuels. Due to their low cost and low environmental impact, electrical energy storage devices are among the most promising alternatives to conventional fossil fuels, as the electricity generated from renewable sources may be efficiently stored. In particular, lithium-...

Inovadores Adesivos Texteis Condutores (CONDAD)

Local CoordinatorIndustry National
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Materiais Neutros Solúveis para a Electrónica Molecular (NEUTRABILITY)

Local CoordinatorFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

OPELT - On-Chip Organic Crystal Photosensor with Enclosed Light Trapping (OPELT)

Local CoordinatorFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Monocristais orgânicos; Cavidades ópticas; Sensores; Nanotecnologia

Sensores de temperatura, gases e humidade baseados em grafeno para a eletronica têxtil (Graphsense)

PartnerFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Single Crsytal Solar Cell (IF/01088/2014)

CoordinatorFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Publications

Acceptor-donor-acceptor π-extended systems based on α-dithiophenetetrathiafulvalene (α-DT-TTF): Facile synthesis and photoconductivity studies

Velho, MFG; Paracana, A; Sarra, J; Alcacer, L; Avo, J; Almeida, M; Belo, D; Alves, H; Charas, A
2022, DYES AND PIGMENTS, 204.

Harvesting circuits for triboelectric nanogenerators for wearable applications

Macario, D; Domingos, I; Carvalho, N; Pinho, P; Alves, H
2022, ISCIENCE, 25, 4.

Wettability-Assisted Process to Shape Organic Crystalline Printed Films

Sequeira, S; Martins, V; Vilarinho, R; Cardoso, S; Moreira, JA; Alves, H; Leitao, DC
2022, ADVANCED MATERIALS INTERFACES, 9, 28.

Graphene Based Triboelectric Nanogenerators Using Water Based Solution Process

Domingos, I; Neves, AIS; Craciun, MF; Alves, H
2021, FRONTIERS IN PHYSICS, 9.

Organic Single Crystal Patterning Method for Micrometric Photosensors

Serra, J; Sequeira, S; Domingos, I; Paracana, A; Macoas, E; Melo, LV; Pires, BJ; Cardoso, S; Leitao, DC; Alves, H
2021, ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, 31, 47.
ISBN: 1616-3028

Low Operating Voltage Carbon-Graphene Hybrid E-textile for Temperature Sensing

Rajan, G; Morgan, JJ; Murphy, C; Alonso, ET; Wade, J; Ott, AK; Russo, S; Alves, H; Craciun, MF; Neves, AIS
2020, ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, 12, 26, 29861-29867.
ISBN: 1944-8252

Graphene electronic fibres with touch-sensing and light-emitting functionalities for smart textiles

E. T. Alonso, D. P. Rodrigues, M. Khetani, D.-W. Shin, A. De Sanctis, H. Joulie, I. de Schrijver, A. Baldycheva, H. Alves, A. I. S. Neves , S. Russo, M. F. Craciun
2018, NPJ FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS, 2, 25.

Towards conductive textiles: coating polymeric fibres with graphene

Neves, AIS; Rodrigues, DP; De Sanctis, A; Alonso, ET; Pereira, MS; Amaral, VS; Melo, LV; Russo, S; de Schrijver, I; Alves, H; Craciun, MF
2017, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 7.

Highly Efficient Rubrene-Graphene Charge-Transfer Interfaces as Phototransistors in the Visible Regime

Jones, GF; Pinto, RM; De Sanctis, A; Nagareddy, VK; Wright, CD; Alves, H; Craciun, MF; Russo, S
2017, ADVANCED MATERIALS, 29, 41.

Transparent conductive graphene textile fibers

Neves, AIS; Bointon, TH; Melo, LV; Russo, S; de Schrijver, I; Craciun, MF; Alves, H
2015, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 5.

Materiais Moleculares com Base em Ditiolatos de Metais de Transição

H. Alves
2004, supervised by M. Almeida and R. T. Henriques.

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