Belinda Soares

	Belinda Soares
	PhD Student

	extension: 24942/34704
	e-mail: belindasoares@ua.pt
	department: Chemistry

	group: 4 - biorefineries, biobased materials and recycling
	line: 3 - sustainability

	research group: PATh

Short CV

Belinda Isabel Gomes Soares. He completed his Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering in 2011 from the University of Aveiro and a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering in 2005 from the University of Aveiro. He attends a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Aveiro and The Navigator Company. Published 7 articles in specialized magazines. In his professional activities he interacted with 24 collaborators in co-authorship of scientific works.

Scientific Interests
Biorefineery Green solvents Biomass Fractionation Lignin Valorizatio

Present Research Group
I work currently in the group 7: Macromolecular Materials and Biorefineries at the University of Aveiro. Please find details at http://path.web.ua.pt or follow our activities at http://www.facebook.com/PATh.group

Selected Publications

Belinda Soares, Daniel J.P. Tavares, José L. Amaral, Armando J.D. Silvestre, Carmen S.R. Freire and João A.P. Coutinho. Enhanced solubility of lignin monomeric model compounds and technical lignins in aqueous solutions of deep eutectic solvents. ACS Sustain Chem Eng, 5(5), (2017), pp. 4056-4065. DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b00053.

Belinda Soares, Helena Passos, Carmen S.R. Freire, João A.P. Coutinho, Armando J.D. Silvestre and Mara G. Freire. Ionic liquids in chromatographic and electrophoretic techniques: toward additional improvements on the separation of natural compounds. Green Chem, 18 (2016), pp. 4582 – 4604. DOI: 10.1039/c6gc01778a.

Mendes, C.V.T., Carvalho, M.G.V.S. , Baptista, C.M.S.G. Rocha, J.M.S., Soares, B. I. G., Sousa, G.D.A - "Valorisation of hardwood hemicelluloses in the kraft pulping process by using an integrated biorefinery concept". Food and Bioproducts Processing 87 (2009), pp. 197-207.

publications

Papers (12)

Wood delignification with aqueous solutions of deep eutectic solvents
Soares, B; Lopes, AMD; Silvestre, AJD; Pinto, PCR; Freire, CSR; Coutinho, JAP
2021, INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS, 160,

Top 10% category normalized journal impact factor

Metabolic Effects of a Eucalyptus Bark Lipophilic Extract on Triple Negative Breast Cancer and Nontumor Breast Epithelial Cells
Guerra, AR; Soares, BIG; Freire, CSR; Silvestre, AJD; Duarte, MF; Duarte, IF
2021, JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH, 20, 1, 565-575.

Effect of unrefined crude glycerol composition on the properties of polyurethane foams
Gama, NV; Soares, B; Freire, CSR; Silva, R; Ferreira, A; Barros-Timmons, A
2018, JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PLASTICS, 54, 3, 633-649.

Inelastic neutron scattering study of reline: shedding light on the hydrogen bonding network of deep eutectic solvents
Araujo, CF; Coutinho, JAP; Nolasco, MM; Parker, SF; Ribeiro-Claro, PJA; Rudic, S; Soares, BIG; Vaz, PD
2017, PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 19, 27, 17998-18009.

Enhanced Solubility of Lignin Monomeric Model Compounds and Technical Lignins in Aqueous Solutions of Deep Eutectic Solvents
Soares, B; Tavares, DJP; Amaral, JL; Silvestre, AJD; Freire, CSR; Coutinho, JAP
2017, ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING, 5, 5, 4056-4065.

Eucalyptus spp. outer bark extracts inhibit Helicobacter pylori growth: in vitro studies
Parreira, P; Soares, BIG; Freire, CSR; Silvestre, AJD; Reis, CA; Martins, MCL; Duarte, MF
2017, INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS, 105, 207-214.

Ionic liquids in chromatographic and electrophoretic techniques: toward additional improvements in the separation of natural compounds
Soares, B; Passos, H; Freire, CSR; Coutinho, JAP; Silvestre, AJD; Freire, MG
2016, GREEN CHEMISTRY, 18, 17, 4582-4604.

Rigid polyurethane foams derived from cork liquefied at atmospheric pressure
Gama, NV; Soares, B; Freire, CSR; Silva, R; Brandao, I; Neto, CP; Barros-Timmons, A; Ferreira, A
2015, POLYMER INTERNATIONAL, 64, 2, 250-257.

Bio-based polyurethane foams toward applications beyond thermal insulation
Gama, NV; Soares, B; Freire, CSR; Silva, R; Neto, CP; Barros-Timmons, A; Ferreira, A
2015, MATERIALS & DESIGN, 76, 77-85.

Spent coffee grounds as a renewable source for ecopolyols production
Soares, B; Gama, N; Freire, CSR; Barros-Timmons, A; Brandao, I; Silva, R; Neto, CP; Ferreira, A
2015, JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, 90, 8, 1480-1488.

Anti-tumoral activity of lipophilic Eucalyptus bark extracts, enriched on triterpenic acids, against breast cancer cells
Guerra, A; Soares, B; Guerreiro, O; Ramos, P; Oliveira, H; Silvestre, A; Freire, C; Duarte, MF
2014, PLANTA MEDICA, 80, 16, 1368-1368.

Ecopolyol Production from Industrial Cork Powder via Acid Liquefaction Using Polyhydric Alcohols
Soares, B; Gama, N; Freire, C; Barros-Timmons, A; Brandao, I; Silva, R; Neto, CP; Ferreira, A
2014, ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING, 2, 4, 846-854.

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