João Manuel Costa Araújo Pereira Coutinho
  Director  
   
  phone: 234 401 507  
  extension: 33531  
  e-mail: jcoutinho@ua.pt  
  department: Chemistry  
  office: 29.1.30  
   
  group: 4 - biorefineries, biobased materials and recycling
 		 
  line: 3 - sustainability
 		 
  direct url: https://www.ciceco.ua.pt/JoaoCoutinho  
  research group: Path  
   
Short CV

João A. P. Coutinho is Full Professor at the Chemistry Department of University of Aveiro, Portugal and director of CICECO since 1 January 2022. He leads a multidisciplinary research team that focuses on the development of green solvents and novel separation processes for biorefinery and circular economy. Currently he strives to apply biobased solvents, DES and ionic liquids to these processes and attempts to better understand their physical-chemical behavior. He supervised over 50 MSc, 35 PhD thesis and 25 Post Doctoral Fellows, authored over 600-refereed papers (h-factor 81, > 25000 citations) and 12 patents.
Scientific Interests

His research interests range from the exploration and fossil fuel transport, to the production and formulation of biofuels, the characterization of non-conventional solvents (fluorinated chemicals and ionic liquids) for the development of new products and chemical processes, the characterization of biodegradable polymers and biotechnology. On this last domain he was one of the responsible people for the creation of the BSc and MSc in Biotechnology at the University of Aveiro. He is currently adressing most of its research time to the characterization and development of new applications ofr ionic liquids.
Present Research Group
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Main present collaborators
Please check an updated list at http://path.web.ua.pt/people.asp
Teaching Activity
Selected Publications
The group publications can be found at http://path.web.ua.pt/publications.asp. The most relevant from 2010-11 are:

Electrospun nanosized cellulose fibers using ionic liquids at room temperature
Mara G. Freire, Ana Rita R. Teles, Rute A. S. Ferreira, Luís D. Carlos, José A. Lopes-da-Silva and João A. P. Coutinho
Green Chemistry (2011) 10.1039/C1GC15930E
 
The polarity effect upon the methane solubility in ionic liquids: a contribution for the design of ionic liquids for enhanced CO2/CH4 and H2S/CH4 selectivities
Pedro J. Carvalho and João A. P. Coutinho
Energy & Environmental Science (2011) 10.1039/c1ee01599k
 
High-Accuracy Vapor Pressure Data of the Extended [CnC1im][NTf2] Ionic Liquid Series: Trend Changes and Structural Shifts
Marisa A. A. Rocha, Carlos F. R. A. C. Lima, Lígia R. Gomes, Bernd Schröder, João A. P. Coutinho, Isabel M. Marrucho, José M. S. S. Esperança, Luís P. N. Rebelo, Karina Shimizu, José N. Canongia Lopes and Luís M. N. B. F. Santos
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 115 (2011) 10919-10926 10.1021/jp2049316
 
Surface Tension of Ionic Liquids and Ionic Liquid Solutions
Mohammad Tariq, Mara G. Freire, Benilde Saramago, João A. P. Coutinho, José N. Canongia Lopes and Luís Paulo N. Rebelo
Chemical Society Reviews (2011) 10.1039/c1cs15146k
 
Aqueous Biphasic Systems Composed of a Water-stable Ionic Liquid + Carbohydrates and their Applications
Mara G. Freire, Cláudia L. S. Louros, Luís Paulo N. Rebelo and João A. P. Coutinho
Green Chemistry 13 (2011) 1536-1545 10.1039/C1GC15110J
 
Separation of Ethanol-Water Mixtures by Liquid-Liquid Extraction using Phosphonium-based Ionic Liquids
Catarina M.S.S. Neves, José F.O. Granjo, Mara G. Freire, Al Robertson, Nuno M. C. Oliveira and João A. P. Coutinho
Green Chemistry 13 (2011) 1517-1526 10.1039/C1GC15079K
 
Solubility of CO2 in 1-Butyl-3-methyl-imidazolium-trifluoro Acetate Ionic Liquid Studied by Raman Spectroscopy and DFT Investigations
M. Isabel Cabaco, M. Besnard, Y. Danten and J. A. P. Coutinho
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 115 (2011) 3538-3550 10.1021/jp111453a
 
Modeling Phase Equilibria Relevant to Biodiesel Production: A Comparison of gE Models, Cubic EoS, EoS-gE and Association EoS
Mariana B. Oliveira, Vítor Ribeiro, António Jos Queimada and João A. P. Coutinho
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 50 (2011) 2348-2359 10.1021/ie1013585
 
Supported ionic liquid silica nanoparticles (SILnPs) as an efficient and recyclable heterogeneous catalyst for the dehydration of fructose to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural
Kalpesh B. Sidhpuria, Ana L. Daniel-da-Silva, Tito Trindade and João A. P. Coutinho
Green Chemistry 13 (2011) 340-349 10.1039/c0gc00690d
 
Non-ideality of Solutions of NH3, SO2, and H2S in Ionic Liquids and the Prediction of their Solubilities using the Flory-Huggins Model
Pedro J. Carvalho and João A. P. Coutinho
Energy & Fuels 24 (2010) 6662-6666 10.1021/ef100988z
 
High-performance Extraction of Alkaloids using Aqueous Two-phase Systems with Ionic Liquids
Mara G. Freire, Catarina M. S. S. Neves, Isabel M. Marrucho, José N. Canongia Lopes, Luís Paulo N. Rebelo and João A. P. Coutinho
Green Chemistry 12 (2010) 1715-1718 10.1039/c0gc00179a
 
Measurement and Modeling of Biodiesel Cold-Flow Properties
 
João A. P. Coutinho, M. Goncalves, M. J. Pratas, M. L. S. Batista, V. F. S. Fernandes, J. Pauly and J. L. Daridon
Energy & Fuels 24 (2010) 2667-2674 10.1021/ef901427g
 
On the Nonideality of CO2 Solutions in Ionic Liquids and Other Low Volatile Solvents
Pedro J. Carvalho and João A. P. Coutinho
Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 1 (2010) 774-780 10.1021/jz100009c
 
1H NMR and Molecular Dynamics Evidence for an Unexpected Interaction on the Origin of Salting-In/Salting-Out Phenomena
Mara G. Freire, Catarina M. S. S. Neves, Artur M. S. Silva, Luís M. N. B. F. Santos, Isabel M. Marrucho, Luís P. N. Rebelo, Jindal K. Shah, Edward J. Maginn and João A. P. Coutinho
Journal of Physical Chemistry B 114 (2010) 2004-2014 10.1021/jp9095634
 
Hydrolysis of Tetrafluoroborate and Hexafluorophosphate Counter Ions in Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids
Mara G. Freire, Catarina M. S. S. Neves, Isabel M. Marrucho, João A. P. Coutinho and Ana M. Fernandes
Journal of Physical Chemistry A 114 (2010) 3744-3749 10.1021/jp903292n
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ongoing scientific supervisions


Projects
Group5 Icon Group4 Icon Group2 Icon Group1 Icon Associated Laboratory CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials (LA/P/0006/2020)
Group4 Icon Group2 Icon Group1 Icon CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (UIDP/50011/2020)
Group4 Icon Group2 Icon Group1 Icon CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (UIDB/50011/2020)
Group4 Icon Green chemicals and technologies for the wood-to-textile value chain. (GRETE)
Group6 Icon Group5 Icon Group4 Icon Group3 Icon Group1 Icon Innovative Products and Technologies from Eucalyptus Project (InPacTus)
Group5 Icon Group4 Icon Integration of human fluids pretreatment and detection of cancer biomarkers using ionic-liquid-based aqueous biphasic systems in microfluidic devices (ILSurvive)
Group4 Icon MEDIATED BIPHASIC BATTERY (MeBattery)
Group5 Icon Group4 Icon Group0 Icon Aeration of multiphase biological reactors (POCTI/EQU/44427/2002)
Group5 Icon Group4 Icon Group0 Icon Anchoring Basic Parameters for fundamental predictive models in Liquid Salt Systems (PTDC/QUI/72903/2006)
Group4 Icon Battery Recycling – Achieving Rare Earth Separation (BATRES)
Group4 Icon BIIPP - Biorefinaria Integrada na Indústria da Pasta e Papel (BIIPP)
Group4 Icon Group2 Icon Group1 Icon CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (UID/CTM/50011/2019)
Group4 Icon Group2 Icon Group1 Icon CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (UID/CTM/50011/2013)
Group4 Icon Desarrollo de una estrategia transfronteriza para la valorización ecosostenible de biomasas residuales del sector vinícola y vitivinícola en biorrefinerías Integrales paea la producción de biocombustibles y bioproductos (BIOVINO)
Group5 Icon Group4 Icon Group1 Icon Group0 Icon Desenvolvimento de nanomateriais sustentáveis para a purificação de fármacos anti-leucémicos (NanoPurAsp)
Group4 Icon Group0 Icon Development of a new phase change material composite for energy storage and thermal insulation (POCI/CTM/60288/2004)
Group5 Icon Group4 Icon Group0 Icon Development of a sustainable technology for the extraction and purification of chlorophylls from biomass (EXPL/QEQ-PRS/0224/2013 )
Group5 Icon Group4 Icon Development of Ionic-Liquid-based Devices for the Removal of Cytostatic Drugs From Urine Excreted by Cancer Patients (IonCytDevice)
Group5 Icon Group4 Icon Equilibrium and Interfacial Properties of Water + Oil Systems (POCI/EQU/58239/2004)
Group5 Icon Group4 Icon EXIL - Exchange on Ionic Liquids (EXIL)
Group4 Icon Group0 Icon Improving the yield of Eucalyptus globulus Kraft Pulp Production: Strategies, Mecanisms and Impact on Pulp Economy (POCTI/EQU/46124/2002)
Group5 Icon Group4 Icon Ionic Liquids as Promoters of Aqueous Biphasic Systems: The Role of van der Waals and Coulomb Interactions (PTDC/QUI-QUI/121520/2010)
Group4 Icon Modified electrodes: from versatile models to functional devices for studying dynamic speciation in the environment (POCI/AMB/55939/2004)
Group5 Icon Group4 Icon MultiBiorefinery - Multi-purpose strategies for broadband agro-forest and fisheries by-products valorization: a step forward for a truly integrated biorefinery (SAICTPAC/0040/2015)
Group5 Icon Group4 Icon Optimization and Scale-up of Novel Ionic-Liquid- based Purification Processes for Recombinant Green Fluorescent Protein produced by Escherichia coli (FAPESP/19793/2014)
Group4 Icon Prediction of wax precipitation in flow assurance: Identification of limitations of current models and their improvement (Acção Integrada Luso-Espanhola E-85/09)
Group4 Icon Screening of ionic liquids for gas separation (POCI/EQU/58152/2004)
Group4 Icon Separação de fármacos quirais por cromatografia de partição centrífuga usando sistemas aquosos bifásicos enantioseletivos. (ChiResus)
Group6 Icon Group5 Icon Group4 Icon Group3 Icon Group2 Icon Group1 Icon SGH : Smart Green Homes (Smart Green Homes)
Group6 Icon Group4 Icon Group3 Icon Group1 Icon SusPhotoSolutions - Soluções Fotovoltaicas Sustentáveis (SUSPHOTOSOLUTIONS)
Group4 Icon Group0 Icon Sweetening of natural gas using ionic liquids (PTDC/EQU-FTT/102166/2008)
Group4 Icon Synthesis, characterization and catalytic applications of ionic liquids supported on nanocrystalline metal oxides (Transnational cooperation Portugal-India (441.00))
Group4 Icon Group0 Icon Terpenes and Terpenoids: Physicochemical Property Data for Fate Predictions of Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds in the Environment (PTDC/AAC-AMB/121161/2010)
Group5 Icon Group4 Icon Towards the improvement of recombinant proteins bioprocessing using ionic liquids (IL2BioPro)
Group4 Icon Using natural deep eutectic solvents for the extraction of bioactive compounds from plant material (ALLNAT)
Group5 Icon Group4 Icon Group0 Icon Vapour Liquid Equilibrium of Pure Ionic Liquids and their Mixtures with Organic Solvents (PTDC/EQU-FTT/65252/2006)
Group4 Icon [ILTOX] Ecotoxicological evaluation and treatment of aqueous effluents contaminated with ionic liquids (PTDC/AAC-AMB/119172/2010)


publications
Improved coarse-grain model to unravel the phase behavior of 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium-based ionic liquids through molecular dynamics simulations
Crespo, EA; Schaeffer, N; Coutinho, JAP; Perez-Sanchez, G
2020, JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE, 574, 324-336.
CICECO Authorship
Insights on the Extraction Performance of Alkanediols and Glycerol: Using Juglans regia L. Leaves as a Source of Bioactive Compounds
Vieira, V; Calhelha, RC; Barros, L; Coutinho, JAP; Ferreira, ICFR; Ferreira, O
2020, MOLECULES, 25, 11,
CICECO Authorship
Liquefying Compounds by Forming Deep Eutectic Solvents: A Case Study for Organic Acids and Alcohols
Abranches, DO; Martins, RO; Silva, LP; Martins, MAR; Pinho, SP; Coutinho, JAP
2020, JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B, 124, 20, 4174-4184.
CICECO Authorship
Modeling asphaltene precipitation in Algerian oilfields with the CPA EoS
Behnous, D; Palma, A; Zeraibi, N; Coutinho, JAP
2020, JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, 190,
CICECO Authorship
Non-ionic hydrophobic eutectics - versatile solvents for tailored metal separation and valorisation
Schaeffer, N; Conceicao, JHF; Martins, MAR; Neves, MC; Perez-Sanchez, G; Gomes, JRB; Papaiconomou, N; Coutinho, JAP
2020, GREEN CHEMISTRY, 22, 9, 2810-2820.
CICECO Authorship
Novel insights into biomass delignification with acidic deep eutectic solvents: a mechanistic study of beta-O-4 ether bond cleavage and the role of the halide counterion in the catalytic performance
Lopes, AMD; Gomes, JRB; Coutinho, JAP; Silvestre, AJD
2020, GREEN CHEMISTRY, 22, 8, 2474-2487.
CICECO Authorship
Separation of benzene from methylcycloalkanes by extractive distillation with cyano-based ionic liquids: Experimental and CPA EoS modelling
Ayuso, M; Navarro, P; Palma, AM; Larriba, M; Delgado-Mellado, N; Garcia, J; Rodriguez, F; Coutinho, JAP; Carvalho, PJ
2020, SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY, 234,
CICECO Authorship
Study of fame production from waste cooking oil: Operation in batch and continuous regime with regeneration of enzyme catalyst
Sorte, S; Ribeiro, JP; Coutinho, JAP; Nunes, MI
2020, ENERGY REPORTS, 6, 751-756.
CICECO Authorship
Uncovering the potentialities of protic ionic liquids based on alkanolammonium and carboxylate ions and their aqueous solutions as non-derivatizing solvents of Kraft lignin
Dias, RM; Lopes, AMD; Silvestre, AJD; Coutinho, JAP; da Costa, MC
2020, INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS, 143,
CICECO Authorship
Understanding the role of the hydrogen bond donor of the deep eutectic solvents in the formation of the aqueous biphasic systems
Farias, FO; Pereira, JFB; Coutinho, JAP; Igarashi-Mafra, L; Mafra, MR
2020, FLUID PHASE EQUILIBRIA, 503,
CICECO Authorship
Understanding the thermal behaviour of blends of biodiesel and diesel: Phase behaviour of binary mixtures of alkanes and FAMEs
Branco, NFM; Ferreira, AIMCL; Ribeiro, JC; Santos, LMNBF; Coutinho, JAP
2020, FUEL, 262,
CICECO Authorship
Unravelling the interactions between biomedical thermoresponsive polymer and biocompatible ionic liquids
Umapathi, R; Khan, I; Coutinho, JAP; Venkatesu, P
2020, JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS, 300,
CICECO Authorship
Unveiling the mechanism of hydrotropy: evidence for water-mediated aggregation of hydrotropes around the solute
Abranches, DO; Benfica, J; Soares, BP; Leal-Duaso, A; Sintra, TE; Pires, E; Pinho, SP; Shimizu, S; Coutinho, JAP
2020, CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS, 56, 52, 7143-7146.
CICECO Authorship
Theoretically consistent calculation of viscous activation parameters through the Eyring equation and their interpretation
dos Santos, LJ; Espinoza-Velasquez, LA; Coutinho, JAP; Monteiro, S
2020, FLUID PHASE EQUILIBRIA, 522,
CICECO Authorship
Unravelling the Interactions between Surface-Active Ionic Liquids and Triblock Copolymers for the Design of Thermal Responsive Systems
Perez-Sanchez, G; Vicente, FA; Schaeffer, N; Cardoso, IS; Ventura, SPM; Jorge, M; Coutinho, JAP
2020, JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B, 124, 32, 7046-7058.
CICECO Authorship
Aqueous biphasic systems formed by cholinium-based ionic liquids and mixtures of polymers
Teresa B.V Dinis, Catarina M.S.S. Neves, Luís Barbosa, João A.P. Coutinho, Mara G. Freire
In Rasmus Fehrmann, Catherine Santini (Eds.), Ionic Liquids: Synthesis, Properties, Technologies and Applications
2019, 29-54. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter GmbH.
CICECO Authorship
Application of Ionic Liquids in Separation and Fractionation Processes
Emanuel V. Capela, João A.P. Coutinho, Mara G. Freire
In Buxing Han and Tianbin Wu (Eds.), Green Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
2019, 637-665. New York, NY: Springer.
CICECO Authorship
Aquatic Toxicology of Ionic Liquids (ILs)
Francisca A. e Silva, João A. P. Coutinho, Sónia P. M. Ventura
In Suojiang Zhang (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Ionic Liquids
2019, 1-18. Singapore: Springer.
CICECO Authorship
Aqueous Two-Phase Systems
Pereira, J.F.B., Coutinho, J.A.P.
In Colin F. Poole (Eds.), Liquid-Phase Extraction
2019, 157-182. Elsevier.
CICECO Authorship
Immobilization of Ionic Liquids, Types of Materials, and Applications
Augusto Q. Pedro, João A. P. Coutinho, Mara G. Freire
In Zhang S. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Ionic Liquids
2019, Springer.
CICECO Authorship
Toward the Recovery and Reuse of the ABS Phase-Forming Components
Sónia P.M. Ventura, João A.P. Coutinho
In Mara G. Freire (Eds.), Ionic-Liquid-Based Aqueous Biphasic Systems
2016, Springer.
CICECO Authorship
Lipase Production and Purification from Fermentation Broth Using Ionic Liquids
Sónia P.M. Ventura, João A.P. Coutinho
In Xuebing Xu, Zheng Guo, Ling-Zhi Cheong (Eds.), Ionic Liquids in Lipid Processing and Analysis
2016, 59-97. Academic Press and AOCS Press .
CICECO Authorship
CHAPTER 8:Ionic Liquids as Efficient Tools for the Purification of Biomolecules and Bioproducts from Natural Sources
Matheus M. Pereira, João A. P. Coutinho and Mara G. Freire
In Rafal Bogel-Lukasik (Eds.), Ionic Liquids in the Biorefinery Concept : Challenges and Perspectives
2016, 227-257. Royal Society of Chemistry.
CICECO Authorship
Predicting the Thermodynamic Behavior of Water & Ionic Liquids Systems Using COSMO-RS
Freire MG, Santos LMNBF, Marrucho IM, Coutinho JAP
In Gaune-Escard M, Seddon K R (Eds.), Molten Salts and Ionic Liquids: Never the Twain?
2010, John Wiley & Sons, Inc..
CICECO Authorship
Optical properties
Gonçalves, CMB, Coutinho, JAP, Marrucho, IM,
In R Auras, LT Lim, SEM Selke and H Tsuji (Eds.), Poly(lactic acid): Synthesis, structures, properties, processing and applications
2010, 97-112. Wiley.
CICECO Authorship
Biosurfactants from yeasts: Characteristics, production and application
Amaral PFF, Coelho MAZ, Marrucho IM, Coutinho JAP
In Ramkrishna Sen (Eds.), Biosurfactants
2010, 672, 236-249. New York: Springer Verlag.
CICECO Authorship
Mass spectrometry studies in ionic liquid aggregates
Silva RL, Coutinho JAP, Marrucho IM, Fernandes AM
In MG Escard and KR Seddon (Eds.), Molten Salts and Ionic Liquids: Never the Twain?
2010, 49-62. Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., .
CICECO Authorship
Predictive Group Contribution Models for the Thermophysical Properties of Ionic Liquids
Coutinho JAP, Gardas RL
In Plechkova NV, Rogers RD, Seddon KR (Eds.), Ionic Liquids: From Knowledge to Application
2009, 1030, 385-401. ACS Symp Series 1030.
CICECO Authorship
Modelling Phase Equilibria In Systems With Organic Solid Solutions
Coutinho JAP, Pauly J, Daridon JL
In Gani R, Kontogeorgis GM (Eds.), Computer Aided Property Estimation for Process and Product Design
2004, 229-250. Elsevier.
CICECO Authorship

 
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