Selected Publications
We have a large number of publications in each of the outlined R&D focus areas, including numerous highly-cited review articles.
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B Agostinho, AJD Silvestre, JAP Coutinho, AF Sousa,* Synthetic (bio)degradable polymers - when does recycling fail?, Green Chem., 2023, 25, 13-31 (DOI: 10.1039/d2gc02726g) 2022 HOT Article for Green Chemistry |
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K Rihab, A Bougarech; S Zaidi, I. O. Althobaiti, M Abid, AJD Silvestre; AF Sousa,* S Abid, ACS Sustain Chem Eng, 2023, 11, 28, 10344–10351 (DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c01301) |
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B Agostinho, AJD Silvestre, AF Sousa,* From PEF to rPEF: disclosing the potential of deep eutectic solvents in continuous de-/re-polymerization recycling of biobased polyesters, Green Chem, 2022, 24, 3115-3119 (DOI: 10.1039/d2gc00074a) 2022 HOT Article for Green Chemistry |
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AF Sousa,* R Patrício, Z Terzopoulou, DN Bikiaris, T Stern, J Wenger, K Loos, N Lotti, V Siracusa, A Szymczyk, S Paszkiewicz, KS Triantafyllidis, A Zamboulis, MS Nikolic, P Spasojevic, S Thiyagarajan, DS Van Es, N Guigo, Recommendations for replacing PET on packaging, fiber, and film materials with biobased counterparts, Green Chem, 2021, 23 (22), 8795- 8820, (DOI: 10.1039/d1gc02082j) |
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AF Sousa,* AC Fonseca,* AC Serra, CSR Freire, AJD Silvestre and JFJ Coelho, New unsaturated copolyesters based on 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid and their crosslinked derivatives, Polym Chem, 2016, 7, 1049-1058 (DOI: 10.1039/c5py01702e) |
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AF Sousa,* C Vilela, AC Fonseca, M Matos, CSR Freire, G-JM Gruter, JFJ Coelho and AJD Silvestre, Biobased polyesters and other polymers from 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid: a tribute to furan excellency, Polym Chem, 2015, 6, 5961-5983 (DOI:10.1039/C5PY00686D) Highly cited paper |
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Ongoing Supervisions
Feriel Abid
PhD Student
Mariana I. S. Aguiar
PhD Student
Paula Sofia Sarrico Lacerda
Researcher
Simão Vidinha Pandeirada
PhD Student
Tânia Teixeira Gonçalves Dinis
Science and Technology Manager
Vinícius de Paula
PhD StudentProjects
ABSolEU: closing the loop on ABS plastics recycling (ABSolEU)
Local CoordinatorEuropean 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 matur...Green Plastic recycling: Additives removal THrough renewable solvents to enhancing the enzymatic depolymerization (GreenPATH)
PartnerFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
GreenPATH aims to develop a sustainable pretreatment process that combines high-pressure solid-liquid extraction (HP-SLE) with low-cost, renewable solvents, namely biosolvents and deep eutectic solvents (DES), to extract the additives in a key step prior to enzymatic depolymerization. The focus of thi...ILLIANCE (ILLIANCE (WP4 - OLI Health))
PartnerIndustry National
ILLIANCE Agenda embodies a complex ecosystem of integrated projects which aims at addressing the goal of carbon neutrality of the buildings sector, which represents 40% of global CO2 emissions. The adopted approach adopted is based on the development of complementary technologies associated with 3 core pillars, i.e.: health, comfort and...European network of FURan based chemicals and materials FOR a Sustainable development (FUR4Sustain)
CoordinatorEuropean 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 b...Rational design of a thermostable esterase for the production of highvalue bioplastics for biomedical applications (ThermoEst)
Local CoordinatorFundação 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, ...Publications
Closing the Loop: Greener and Efficient Hydrolytic Depolymerization for the Recycling of Polyesters Using Biobased Eutectic Solvents
Vinícius de Paula, Simão V. Pandeirada, Paulo J. A. Ribeiro-Claro, Armando J. D. Silvestre, Andreia F. Sousa
2025, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.
Enhancing plastic waste recycling: Evaluating the impact of additives on the enzymatic polymer degradation
Aguiar, MIS; Sousa, AF; Teixeira, G; Tavares, APM; Ferreira, AM; Coutinho, JAP
2024, CATALYSIS TODAY, 429.
ISBN:
1873-4308
Unraveling The Impact of Isomerism on Enzymatic Polymerization of Furanic Polyesters
Silvianti, F; Maniar, D; Agostinho, B; de Leeuw, TC; Pelras, T; Dijkstra, L; Woortman, AJJ; van Dijken, J; Thiyagarajan, S; Sousa, AF; Loos, K
2024, ADVANCED SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS, 8, 5.
Enzymatic Synthesis of Copolyesters with the Heteroaromatic Diol 3,4-Bis(hydroxymethyl)furan and Isomeric Dimethyl Furandicarboxylate Substitutions
Silvianti, F; Maniar, D; Agostinho, B; de Leeuw, TC; Woortman, AJJ; van Dijken, J; Thiyagarajan, S; Sousa, AF; Loos, K
2024, BIOMACROMOLECULES, 25, 5, 2792-2802.
ISBN:
1526-4602
Beyond 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid: status quo, environmental assessment, and blind spots of furanic monomers for bio-based polymers
Annatelli, M; Sánchez-Velandia, JE; Mazzi, G; Pandeirada, SV; Giannakoudakis, D; Rautiainen, S; Esposito, A; Thiyagarajan, S; Richel, A; Triantafyllidis, KS; Robert, T; Guigo, N; Sousa, AF; García-Verdugo, E; Aricò, F
2024, GREEN CHEMISTRY, 26, 16.
ISBN:
1463-9270
Enzymatic synthesis of biobased aliphatic-hetero-aromatic furanic copolyesters: Influence of furan dimethyl ester isomerism
Silvianti, F; Maniar, D; Agostinho, B; Leeuw, TCD; Lan, XH; Woortman, AJJ; van Dijken, J; Thiyagarajan, S; Sousa, AF; Loos, K
2024, POLYMER, 309.
ISBN:
1873-2291
Crystal structure of poly(trimethylene 2,5-furandicarboxylate) redux - a new model supported by computational spectroscopy
Araújo, CF; Pandeirada, SV; Oliveira, IM; Rosa, GB; Agostinho, B; Silvestre, AJD; Sousa, AF; Rudic, S; Vaz, PD; Nolasco, MM; Ribeiro-Claro, P
2024, POLYMER CHEMISTRY, 15, 42, 4349-4363.
ISBN:
1759-9962
The key role of pretreatment for the one-step and multi-step conversions of European lignocellulosic materials into furan compounds
Kammoun, M; Margellou, A; Toteva, VB; Aladjadjiyan, A; Sousa, AF; Luis, SV; Garcia-Verdugo, E; Triantafyllidis, KS; Richel, A
2023, RSC ADVANCES, 13, 31, 21395-21420.
Highly Flexible Poly(1,12-dodecylene 5,5' -isopropylidene-bis(ethyl 2-furoate)): A Promising Biobased Polyester Derived from a Renewable Cost-Effective Bisfuranic Precursor and a Long-Chain Aliphatic Spacer
Zaidi, S; Bougarech, A; Abid, M; Abid, S; Silvestre, AJD; Sousa, AF
2023, MOLECULES, 28, 10.
Biobased Semi-Crystalline Polyesteramides from 2,5-Furandicarboxylic Acid and 5,5′-Isopropylidene Bis(2-furfurylamine): Synthesis toward Crystallinity and Chemical Stability
Rihab, K; Bougarech, A; Zaidi, S; Althobaiti, IO; Abid, M; Silvestre, AJD; Sousa, AF; Abid, S
2023, ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING, 11, 28, 10344-10351.
