Ongoing Supervisions
Andreia Filipa Ferreira Dias
Research Fellowship
Bruno André Catarino Silva Monteiro
Research Fellowship
Carolina S. Martins
PhD Student
Catarina de Brito Paixão
Research Fellowship
Clara Margarida Carvalho Silva
PhD Student
Cátia Afonso
Research Fellowship
Julián Fuentes
Research Fellowship
Luanna Maia
Research Fellowship
Maria Luísa Gomes Durão
Research Fellowship
Miguel Ângelo de Jesus Teixeira
PhD Student
Sebastião Costa
PhD Student
Tiago Vieites Branco Fonseca
PhD Student
William Quintela Pimentel Rios
Research FellowshipProjects
Enabling the Next Generation of Smarter Transformers (NEXTRA)
PartnerIndustry National
GREENCORK (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 in...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 Refor&ccedi...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...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 bio...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...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
Tb/Eu-AV-9: A lanthanide silicate for the sensing and removal of cesium ions from aqueous solutions
Figueiredo, BR; Ananias, D; Portugal, I; Rocha, J; Silva, CM
2016, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, 286, 679-688.
Catalytic oxidation of formaldehyde by ruthenium multisubstituted tungstosilicic polyoxometalate supported on cellulose/silica hybrid
Gamelas, JAF; Oliveira, F; Evtyugina, MG; Portugal, I; Evtuguin, DV
2016, APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL, 509, 8-16.
Cs+ removal and optical detection by microporous lanthanide silicate Eu-AV-20 in a fixed-bed column
Figueiredo, BR; de Melo, MMR; Portugal, I; Ananias, D; Rocha, J; Silva, CM
2016, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, 286, 48-58.
Experimental measurement and modeling of ion exchange equilibrium and kinetics of cadmium(II) solutions over microporous stannosilicate AV-6
Cardoso, SP; Azenha, IS; Lin, Z; Portugal, I; Rodrigues, AE; Silva, CM
2016, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, 295, 139-151.
Fixed-bed removal of Cs+ from aqueous solutions by microporous silicate ETS-4: Measurement and modeling of loading-regeneration cycles
Figueiredo, BR; Portugal, I; Rocha, J; Silva, CM
2016, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, 301, 276-284.
Fluorinated polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane nanoparticles to boost the dirt repellence of high pressure laminates
Magina, S; Ferra, J; Cruz, P; Nogueira, HIS; Portugal, I; Evtuguin, DV
2016, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, 301, 362-370.
High Pressure Laminates with Antimicrobial Properties
Magina, S; Santos, MD; Ferra, J; Cruz, P; Portugal, I; Evtuguin, D
2016, MATERIALS, 9, 2.
Influence of Polyphosphoric Acid on the Consistency and Composition of Formulated Bitumen: Standard Characterization and NMR Insights
Varanda, C; Portugal, I; Ribeiro, J; Silva, AMS; Silva, CM
2016, JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL METHODS IN CHEMISTRY.
Alkenes oligomerization with resin catalysts
Antunes, BM; Rodrigues, AE; Lin, Z; Portugal, I; Silva, CM
2015, FUEL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY, 138, 86-99.
Silica-Based Nanocoating Doped by Layered Double Hydroxides to Enchance the Paperboard Barrier Properties
Vänia M. Dias, Alena Kuznetsova, JoÜo Tedim, Aleksey A. Yaremchenko, Mikhail L. Zheludkevich, Ins Portugal, Dmitry V. Evtuguin
2015, World Journal of Nano Science and Engineering, 5.
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
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
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
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