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Projects
2Glam - Desenvolvimento de Laminados de Segunda Geração (2Glam)
PartnerIndustry National
A Sonae Indústria é líder mundial na produção de derivados de madeira e papel e utiliza um recurso renovável que é a madeira para a produção de aglomerado de partículas e fibras e HPL (termolaminados decorativos de alta pressão). O HPL, produzido pela SONAE Indústria Revestimentos SA, é um produto indicado para superfícies horizontais de mobiliá...Desenvolvimento de rolhas de cortiça produzidas por processos mais verdes e sustentáveis (GCORK)
PartnerIndustry National
"O Projeto GCORK tem por objetivo capacitar a Amorim Cork a ser a primeira empresa a lançar no mercado uma gama de rolhas de cortiça aglomerada com colas e tratamentos de superfície Bio, produzidas por processos mais verdes e mais sustentáveis. Este produto será extremamente inovador po...Enabling the Next Generation of Smarter Transformers (NEXTRA)
PartnerIndustry National
Innovative Products and Technologies from Eucalyptus Project (InPacTus)
PartnerIndustry National
Inpactus, to be developed by the Consortium, aims to develop new solutions, such as cellulosic pulps with innovative features, new paper products with different specificities and functions, tissue paper with innovative properties, new bioproducts, biofuels and other materials obtained from the deconstruction and conversion of forest biomass and ...NanoBarrier - Extended shelf-life biopolymers for sustainable and multifunctional food packaging solutions (NanoBarrier)
PartnerEuropean Comission
The overall concept of NanoBarrier is to develop a new nanotechnology platform based on inorganic-organic hybrid polymers, microfibrillated cellulose, nanocapsules with controlled permeability and additive technology and combine this with resource-efficient processing technologies to realize safe and extended shelf-life and multifunctional biopo...PADIS - Papéis de Alto Desempenho à Impressão (PADIS)
PartnerIndustry National
O objectivo do projecto vai centrar-se no desenvolvimento de novos papéis não revestidos, com um desempenho funcional superior nos processos de impressão digital (inkjet e laser) e offset. Os novos papéis terão de responder a requisitos especiais no sentido de garantirem maiores velocidades de impressão e em simultâneo melhoria da qualidade da i...Processo contínuo inovador de produção de Negro de Fumo Recuperado Reforçante para uma economia circular; (I9RCB)
PartnerIndustry National
Processo contínuo inovador de produção de Negro de Fumo Recuperado Reforçante para uma economia circular, visa o estudo e desenvolvimento de um novo processo de produção, em estado estacionário, de Negro de Fumo Recuperado (rCB) com propriedades Reforçantes (...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...RENOVA PAPTIS - Desenvolvimento de papéis tissue de nova geração (PAPTIS-RENOVA)
PartnerIndustry National
Os prod. de papel tissue têm vindo a adquirir 1 importância crescente nas sociedades modernas. Assim, as empresas produtoras de papel tissue para se manterem no mercado e crescerem apostam no desenvolvimento e optimização de processos para dar origem a produtos inovadores, q se diferenciem e q ofereçam ao consumidor, características valorizáveis...SGH : Smart Green Homes (Smart Green Homes)
PartnerIndustry National
The Smart Green Homes (SGH) Project aims to develop integrated product and technology solutions for the households, raising standards of comfort, safety and user satisfaction to a new level and, at the same time, to respond to the problems of sustainability of the Planet, increasing the energy efficiency and reducing the emission of gaseous poll...Publications
Aqueous phase reactions of pentoses in the presence of nanocrystalline zeolite beta: Identification of by-products and kinetic modelling
Ferreira, LR; Lima, S; Neves, P; Antunes, MM; Rocha, SM; Pillinger, M; Portugal, I; Valente, AA
2013, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, 215, 772-783.
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Biomass-Based Polyols through Oxypropylation Reaction
Aniceto, JPS; Portugal, I; Silva, CM
2012, CHEMSUSCHEM, 5, 8, 1358-1368.
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New polyoxometalate-functionalized cellulosic fibre/silica hybrids for environmental applications
Gamelas, JAF; Evtyugina, MG; Portugal, I; Evtuguin, DV
2012, RSC ADVANCES, 2, 3, 831-839.
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Kinetics of Ethyl Acetate Synthesis Catalyzed by Acidic Resins
Antunes, BM; Cardoso, SP; Silva, CM; Portugal, I
2011, JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION, 88, 8, 1178-1181.
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Immobilised yeast grape must deacidification in a recycle fixed bed reactor
Portugal, I; Ribeiro, SC; Xavier, AMRB; Centeno, F; Strehaiano, P
2011, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 46, 2, 284-289.
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Hydration of Cellulose/Silica Hybrids Assessed by Sorption Isotherms
Portugal, I; Dias, VM; Duarte, RF; Evtuguin, DV
2010, JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B, 114, 11, 4047-4055.
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Preparation and Properties of Cellulose/Silica Hybrid Composites
Sequeira, S; Evtuguin, DV; Portugal, I
2009, POLYMER COMPOSITES, 30, 9, 1275-1282.
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Synthesis and characterisation of cellulose/silica hybrids obtained by heteropoly acid catalysed sol-gel process
Sequeira, S; Evtuguin, DV; Portugal, I; Esculcas, AP
2007, MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING C-BIOMIMETIC AND SUPRAMOLECULAR SYSTEMS, 27, 1, 172-179.
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Dynamic and equilibrium adsorption experiments
Fernandes, DLA; Ana, AMRB; Portugal, I; Da Silva, FA; Silva, CM
2005, JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION, 82, 6, 919-923.
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NMR Spectroscopy in Bitumen Characterization

In A. K. Shukla (Eds.), Analytical Characterization Methods for Crude Oiland Related Products
Varanda, C. , Portugal, I. , Ribeiro, J. , Silva, C. M. and Silva, A. M.
2018, 141-161, Wiley‐VCH Verlag.
ISBN:
978-1-119-28631-8
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Emerging technologies for the recovery of valuable compounds from coffee processing by-products

In Charis M. Galanakis (Eds.), Handbook of Coffee Processing By-Products - Sustainable Applications
Melo M.M., Silvestre A.J.D., Portugal I., Silva C.M.
2017, 141-169, Academic Press.
ISBN:
978-0-12-811290-8
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Environmentally Benign Supercritical Fluid Extraction

In Francisco Pena-Pereira and Marek Tobiszewski (Eds.), The Application of Green Solvents in Separation Processes
de Melo, M.M.R,, Portugal, I., Silvestre, A.J.D., Silva, C.M.
2017, 325-348, Elsevier.
ISBN:
978-0-12-805297-6
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Nanoscale Structure of Cellulosic Materials: Challenges and Opportunities for AFM

In Mendez-Vilas A, Dias J (Eds.), Modern Research and Educational Topics in Microscopy
Paiva AT , Sequeira SM, Evtuguin DV, Kholkin AL, Portugal I
2007, 1, 726-733, Formatex.
ISBN:
978-84-611-9419-3
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