Supervisões em Curso
Feriel Abid
Estudante de doutoramento
Julia Karolina Kapałka
Estudante de doutoramento
Mariana I. S. Aguiar
Estudante de doutoramento
Simão Vidinha Pandeirada
Estudante de doutoramento
Vinícius de Paula
Estudante de doutoramentoProjectos
Better Biobased Polymer Network (B3PO)
Coordenador LocalEuropean Comission
The chemical industry faces increasing pressure to reduce emissions and adopt sustainable alternatives. Replacing petroleum-based reactions with new, bio-based pathways will pave the way towards a circular industry. Supported by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the B3PO project aims to develop new methods for the synthesis of polyme...GREEN-X: Advancing Sustainable Polymer Innovation through Circular Feedstocks, Greener Materials, and Industrial Collaboration (GREEN-X)
CoordenadorEuropean Comission
Plastics and coatings rely on fossil-based resources. At the same time, industries are under pressure to cut waste and recycle more effectively. Supported by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the GREEN-X project brings together top universities and companies to create greener pathways in polymer chemistry. Their aim is to convert alt...ABSolEU: closing the loop on ABS plastics recycling (ABSolEU)
Coordenador LocalEuropean Comission
At least 85% of end-of-life ABS plastic, found in durable products ranging from toys to automotive components and daily-use items such as shavers, ends up in landfills or being incinerated. The ABSolEU project aims to develop and mature a technology for the physical recycling of ABS, providing a clean and safe recyclate that is free of additives...Desenho racional de uma esterase termoestável para a produção de bioplásticos de alto valor para aplicações biomédicas (ThermoEst)
Coordenador LocalFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
This project is focused on the design of customized thermostable enzymes to produce highvaluebiopolymers for biomedicalapplications.We are living a new industrial production paradigm era, where biocatalysis is becoming increasingly competitive and replacingtraditional chemical synthesis. Nowadays, ...European network of FURan based chemicals and materials FOR a Sustainable development (FUR4Sustain)
CoordenadorEuropean Comission
Modern society relies on a huge quantity of polymeric materials. However, today, these materials are still almost exclusively based on fossil-resources and evolution to a more sustainable model of development is required. In this perspective, biomass and, in particular carbohydrates from, for example, low value biomass wa...ILLIANCE (ILLIANCE (WP4 - OLI Health))
ParticipanteIndustry National
A Agenda ILLIANCE consubstancia-se num ecossistema complexo de projetos integrados que visam endereçar o objetivo de neutralidade carbónica associada ao sector dos edifícios, que representam 40% das emissões globais de CO2. A abordagem adotada assenta no desenvolvimento de tecnologias compleme...Promovendo a sustentabilidade na reciclagem de plásticos: Utilização de eco-solventes para remover aditivos e melhorar adespolimerização enzimática (GreenPATH)
ParticipanteFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
O GreenPATH tem como objetivo desenvolver um processo de pré-tratamento sustentável que combine extração sólido-líquido de alta pressão (HP-SLE) com solventes renováveis de baixo custo, nomeadamente biosolventes e ...Publicações
Breaking the cycle: A novel eco-friendly strategy for poly(hexamethylene 2,5-furandicarboxylate) synthesis and recycling
Feriel Abid, Paula S.S. Lacerda, Vinícius de Paula, Catarina F. Araújo, Fabio Aricò, Armando J.D. Silvestre, Andreia F. Sousa
2026, Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, 50.
Closing the Loop: Greener and Efficient Hydrolytic Depolymerization for the Recycling of Polyesters Using Biobased Eutectic Solvents
de Paula, V; Pandeirada, SV; Ribeiro-Claro, PJA; Silvestre, AJD; Sousa, AF
2025, ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING, 13, 9, 3577-3587.
Optimized closed-loop recycling of bio-based poly(trimethylene 2,5-furan-dicarboxylate) using eutectic solvents
Agostinho, B; Irska, I; Kwiatkowska, M; Szymczyk, A; Silvestre, AJD; Sousa, AF
2025, SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES, 45.
Reactivity of Pseudozyma antarctica lipase B towards the synthesis of end-capped polycaprolactone for drug delivery
Figueiredo, PR; Silvestre, AJD; Sousa, AF; Carvalho, ATP
2025, MATERIALS TODAY CHEMISTRY, 44.
Crystallization behavior of biobased poly(butylene furandicarboxylate) (PBF): Influence of amorphous chain mobility, diffusion and nucleation on thermodynamic and kinetic control
Sbirrazzuoli, N; Lahfaidh, FEN; Sousa, AF; Molinari, G; Righetti, MC
2025, POLYMER, 335.
Heating-induced dimensional changes in crystal lattice and lamellar thickness of isothermally crystallized poly(butylene 2,5-furandicarboxylate) (PBF)
Righetti, MC; Matxinandiarena, E; Sousa, AF; Müller, AJ
2025, POLYMER, 335.
Synthesis of semi-rigid-biobased polyesters from renewable furanic cyclobutane diacid
Grilo, LM; Faoro, S; Agostinho, B; Sousa, AF; Guigo, N; Loos, K; Maniar, D; Lacerda, TM
2025, POLYMER CHEMISTRY, 16, 34.
Unveiling the uncommon crystallization features of 3,4-PEF, a thermal and DFT study
Pandeirada, SV; Araujo, CF; Nolasco, MM; Vaz, PD; Rudic, S; Silvestre, AJD; Guigo, N; Ribeiro-Claro, P; Sousa, AF
2025, POLYMER, 320.
A Greener Approach to 2,5-Furandicarboxylate Macrocycles and their Entropically Driven Ring Opening Polymerization
Sadraoui, C; Trapasso, G; Abid, F; Lacerda, PSS; Sousa, AF; Aricò, F
2025, EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 28, 45.
Leveraging molybdenum sulfur compounds as catalysts for the synthesis of biobased poly(ethylene 2,5-furandicarboxylate) and recycling
Razinkov, D; Agostinho, B; Suman, SG; Sousa, AF
2025, RSC SUSTAINABILITY, 3, 1.
