Ana Cristina Estrada

Junior Researcher

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  • Chemistry
  • 15.3.29

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Current position

Ana Cristina Estrada is Researcher at CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (Group 1 – Porous Materials and Nanosystems), Chemistry Department, University of Aveiro, Portugal.

 

Background and Education

Ana Cristina Estrada is graduated in Chemistry, with specialization in polymers, from the University of Minho (2002) and holds an MSc in Chemistry of Natural Products from the University of Aveiro (2005). She earned a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Aveiro in 2010. From 2013 to 2018, she was postdoctoral researcher at the University of Aveiro, with a focus on developing semiconductor-based nanocomposites and carbon-based materials for photocatalytic applications envisaging water remediation.

 

Current Research Activities

Her research has been focused on developing nanostructured materials for various applications and areas, including agriculture, biomedical, and water remediation. Her primary interests lie in innovative strategies for the synthesis and surface modification of diverse materials towards developing sustainable nanosorbents/ nanophotocatalysts, and the valorization of biomass as a source of raw material for the development of (nano)materials for biomedical applications. Recently, she has expanded her research to explore novel functional materials for sustainable energy applications.

Scientific Interests

  • Functional nanomaterials
  • Hybrid nanostructures/ Nanocomposites
  • Hydrogels
  • Surface functionalization/modification
  • Food Waste Recycling
  • Water Remediation | Hydrogen production
  • Biomedical nanotechnology










Scientific supervision

Scientific supervision

PhD Students

1. Joana Lúcia Marto dos Santos Lopes, «Magnetic carbon nanostructures for the photodegradation of emergent pollutants in water»; SFRH/BD/126241/2016; PhD in Chemistry; Supervisors: Tito Trindade and Ana C. Estrada (2022).

 

MSc Students

4. Beatriz Correia, Sustainable carbon dots and their integration with metal-organic Frameworks for theranostics applications in chronic diseases; Master in Biomedical Engineering; Supervisors: Ana C. Estrada and Bárbara Ferreira (Ongoing).

3. Gonçalo Cabral, Natural biomaterials as adsorbents of metals from contaminated water; Master in Biochemistry; Supervisors: Patrícia Santos (CESAM) and Ana C. Estrada (2023).

2. Eduardo Rodrigues, Synthesis of BiVO4 heterostructures for hydrogen photoelectrochemical production; Master in Chemistry; Supervisors: Tito Trindade and Ana C. Estrada (2023).

1. António Pedro Magalhães, Development and assessment of alginate microparticles for the controlled release of bioactive compounds to plants; Master in Biochemistry; Supervisors: Sónia Silva (LAQV-REQUIMTE) and Ana C. Estrada (2022).

 

BSc Students

9. Bernardo Norte, Development of mica-based decorative pigments; Degree in Chemistry; Supervisors: Tito Trindade and Ana C. Estrada (2024).

8. Beatriz Rebelo, Evaluation of the photocatalytic activity of magnetic heterostructures of bismuth vanadate (BiVO4) in the degradation of 4-nitrophenol; Degree in Biochemistry; Supervisors: Ana C. Estrada and Cláudia Lopes (2024).

7. Febiana Cardoso, TiO2 hybrid structures for removing organic pollutants from water; Degree in Chemistry; Supervisors: Ana C. Estrada and Cláudia Lopes (2024).

6. Licínio Tavares, Synthesis and characterization of graphite-based nanocomposites and their adsorption of 4-Nitrophenol in water; Degree in Biotecnologia; Supervisors: Cláudia Lopes and Ana C. Estrada (2024).

5. Leonor Matias, Development of sustainable nanocarriers for controlled delivery of minerals to agricultural crops; Degree in Biochemistry; Supervisors: Ana C. Estrada and Sónia Silva (LAQV-REQUIMTE) (2023).

4. Ana Correia, Development and implementation of bionanocarriers for fertilization of agricultural crops; Degree in Biochemistry; Supervisors: Sónia Silva (LAQV-REQUIMTE) and Ana C. Estrada (2023).

3. Beatriz Correia, Carbon-based nanosystems for transport and release of anticancer drugs; Degree in Biomedical Engineering; Supervisors: Bárbara Ferreira and Ana C. Estrada (2022).

2. Filipa Arouca, Synthesis and characterization of BiVO4 nanoparticles for water treatment; Degree in Biochemistry; Supervisors: Ana C. Estrada and Cláudia Lopes (2022).

1. Chelsia Roberto, Application of nanotechnology in agriculture; Degree in Biochemistry; Supervisors: Sónia Silva (LAQV-REQUIMTE) and Ana C. Estrada (2021).

Ongoing Supervisions

Bernardo Alexandre Valério Norte

BSc Student

Projects

FOTOCATGRAF - Graphene-based semiconductor photocatalysis for a safe and sustainable water supply: an advanced technology for emerging pollutants removal (UTAP-ICDT/CTM-NAN/0025/2014)

PartnerFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
semiconductors graphene nanocomposites nanophotocatalysis Semiconductor band gap tuning emerging pollutants

Integrated Lab on Chip Platforms for Medical Diagnostics (Luso-Spain Network) (NANO/NMED-SD/0140/2007)

PartnerFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
LAB-ON-CHIP BIOSENSORS MAGNETORESISTIVE SENSORS MEMS / NEMS

Perturbed Angular Correlations and Electron Channeling Experiments at ISOLDE - applied materials research with nuclear techniques, training and development (CERN/FP/123585/2011)

PartnerFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
New Materials & New Properties Nanoscopic Materials Characterization Emission Channeling & Perturbed Ang. Correlations Nuclear Solid State Physics infrastructure

Products and technologies for the Eucalyptus globulus sector (PROTEUS)

PartnerIndustry National
The PROTEUS project aims at the development of new products, alternative raw materials and technologies associated with the valorization of by-products arising from the pulp production activity and the perspective of circular economy. The byproducts considered in PROTEUS are dregs, grits, fly ash and sludge (biological and lime), as well as spec...

Providing solutions for water treatment and recovering of technological critical elements: from ‘the wonder material’ to new chemobrionics systems (GraphChem)

PartnerFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Problem: Water is a vital resource for life, but according with the United Nations, in 2017, an estimated 3 billion people worldwide lacked the ability to safely wash their hands at home – one of the cheapest, easiest, and most effective ways to prevent the spread of diseases like the coronavirus, and despite progress 2.2 billion of people throug...

Publications

Removal of Zn(II), Cu(II) and Pb(II) from Rainwater by White Bean Peel: Optimization by Response Surface Methodology

Cabral, GH; Estrada, AC; Santos, PSM
2025, APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL, 15, 2.

Chromium (VI) remediation via biochar@polyaniline composite: advancing water treatment using biogas residue digestate

Chaoui, A; Imgharn, A; Estrada, AC; Ben Hamou, A; Farsad, S; Nouj, N; Ez-zahery, M; Trindade, T; Albourine, A; El Alem, N
2025, ADVANCED COMPOSITES AND HYBRID MATERIALS, 8, 4.

Mechanistic analysis of photocatalytic transformation of naphthalene using a nano-O-doped-g-C3N4-CuO n-p heterojunction

Khalaj, M; Kamali, M; Estrada, AC; Rasekh, S; Trindade, T; Aminabhavi, TM; Sobolev, NA; Costa, MEV; Dewil, R; Capela, I
2025, PROCESS SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, 195.

One-step synthesis of few-layer MoS2/Au nanostructures mediated by colloidal gold exfoliation with potential for surface-enhanced Raman scattering applications

de Sousa, BP; Estrada, AC; Trindade, T; Fateixa, S
2025, APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, 689.

Visible-light activation of carbon-supported BiVO4 photocatalysts

Lopes, JL; Estrada, AC; Fateixa, S; Sobolev, NA; Daniel-da-Silva, AL; Trindade, T
2024, JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY A-CHEMISTRY, 447.
ISBN: 1873-2666

Hybrid nanocomposites of Fe 3 O 4 /SiO 2-EDTA: Holistic comparison of one-step and two-step modification methods

Santos, GTAD; Estrada, AC; Amorim, CO; Amaral, JS; Deuermeier, J; Duarte, AC; Santos, PSM
2024, POWDER TECHNOLOGY, 444.
ISBN: 1873-328X

Multifunctional Copper Sulfide Urchin-Like Nanostructures for Adsorption and Photocatalysis of Water Contaminants

Lopes J.L.; Estrada A.C.; Trindade T.
2024, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry.

Functional properties of transparent ZnO thin films synthetized by using spray pyrolysis for environmental and biomedical applications

Cuadra, JG; Estrada, AC; Oliveira, C; Abderrahim, LA; Porcar, S; Fraga, D; Trindade, T; Seabra, MP; Carda, JB
2023, CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL, 49, 20, 32779-32788.

BiVO4-Based Magnetic Heterostructures as Photocatalysts for Degradation of Antibiotics in Water

Ana C. Estrada, Filipa Pinto, Cláudia B. Lopes, Tito Trindade
2023, Materials Proceedings, 14, 49..

Design and photo-Fenton performance of Graphene/CuS/Fe3O4 tertiary nanocomposites for Rhodamine B degradation

Matos, R; Kuzniarska-Biernacka, I; Rocha, M; Belo, JH; Araújo, JP; Estrada, AC; Lopes, JL; Shah, T; Korgel, BA; Pereira, C; Trindade, T; Freire, C
2023, CATALYSIS TODAY, 418.

Nanomaterials of Carbon and Metal Sulfides in Photocatalysis

Photocatalysts - New Perspectives
Ana Cristina Estrada, Joana Lúcia Lopes, Tito Trindade
2023.
ISBN: 978-1-83968-974-1

Magnetic MoS2 Based Nanocomposites for the Removal of Pesticides

Leonardo O. Amaral; J. Nogueira; A. Estrada; T. Trindade; Ana Luísa Daniel-da-Silva
2022.

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