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Stimuli-responsive gyroid Scaffolds
Silva, Rafael R.A.; Barbosa, Frederico; Ferreira, Guilherme; Ureña, Carlos; Backes, Eduardo H.; Inácio, José M.; Belo, José A.; Igreja, RuiWe acknowledge the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - Brasil (CAPES) - Finance Code 001, the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) (grants no. 304753/2022-0, 200337/2022-0, 402511/2022-0, and 406925/2022-4), the S˜ao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) (grant no. 2021/12071-6), FINEP (MATENERGIA, grant no. 01.22.0177), and the Graduate Program i...
Parylene C as a Multipurpose Material for Electronics and Microfluidics
Coelho, Beatriz J.; Pinto, Joana V.; Martins, Jorge; Rovisco, Ana; Barquinha, Pedro; Fortunato, Elvira; Baptista, Pedro V.; Martins, RodrigoPublisher Copyright: © 2023 by the authors.; Poly(p-xylylene) derivatives, widely known as Parylenes, have been considerably adopted by the scientific community for several applications, ranging from simple passive coatings to active device components. Here, we explore the thermal, structural, and electrical properties of Parylene C, and further present a variety of electronic devices featuring this polymer: tr...
Hybrid Digital-Droplet Microfluidic Chip for Applications in Droplet Digital Nu...
Coelho, Beatriz J.; Neto, Joana P.; Sieira, Bárbara; Moura, André T.; Fortunato, Elvira; Martins, Rodrigo; Baptista, Pedro V.; Igreja, Rui; Águas, HugoPublisher Copyright: © 2023 by the authors.; Microfluidic-based platforms have become a hallmark for chemical and biological assays, empowering micro- and nano-reaction vessels. The fusion of microfluidic technologies (digital microfluidics, continuous-flow microfluidics, and droplet microfluidics, just to name a few) presents great potential for overcoming the inherent limitations of each approach, while also ...
Truly form-factor–free industrially scalable system integration for electronic ...
Lee, Sanghyo; Choi, Hyung Woo; Figueiredo, Cátia Lopes; Shin, Dong Wook; Moncunill, Francesc Mañosa; Ullrich, Kay; Sinopoli, Stefano; Jovančić, PetarFunding Information: J.M.K. and L.G.O. acknowledge the support from the U.K. Research and Innovation (EPSRC, EP/P027628/1). We thank Y. Bernstein and J. Faulkner for helping with grammar check. Funding Information: Acknowledgments Funding:ThisworkwassupportedbytheEuropeanCommission(H2020,1D-NEON,grant agreementID:685758).J.M.K.andL.G.O.acknowledgethesupportfromtheU.K.Researchand Innovation(EPSRC,EP/P027628/1).W...
Open-source tool for real-time and automated analysis of droplet-based microflu...
Neto, Joana P.; Mota, Ana; Lopes, Gonçalo; Coelho, Beatriz J.; Frazão, João; Moura, André T.; Oliveira, Beatriz; Sieira, Bárbara; Fernandes, JoséPublisher Copyright: © 2023 The Royal Society of Chemistry.; Droplet-based microfluidic technology is a powerful tool for generating large numbers of monodispersed nanoliter-sized droplets for ultra-high throughput screening of molecules or single cells. Yet further progress in the development of methods for the real-time detection and measurement of passing droplets is needed for achieving fully automated syst...
Smart textile lighting/display system with multifunctional fibre devices for la...
Choi, Hyung Woo; Shin, Dong Wook; Yang, Jiajie; Lee, Sanghyo; Figueiredo, Cátia; Sinopoli, Stefano; Ullrich, Kay; Jovančić, Petar; Marrani, AlessioFunding Information: J.M.K. and L.G.O. acknowledge support from the UK Research and Innovation (EPSRC, EP/P027628/1). M.C. acknowledges Leverhulme Trust Grant (RPG-2019-227), UK Research and Innovation grant (EPSRC EP/T001038/1), and Royal Society Wolfson Merit Award. H.W.C. thanks to Dr. In Taek Han for fruitful advice on system integration strategy for presenting final smart textile architecture. Publisher Co...
Digital Microfluidics-Powered Real-Time Monitoring of Isothermal DNA Amplificat...
Coelho, Beatriz Jorge; Veigas, Bruno; Bettencourt, Luís; Águas, Hugo; Fortunato, Elvira; Martins, Rodrigo; Baptista, Pedro V.; Igreja, RuiLA/P/0140/2020 of the Associate Laboratory Institute for Health and Bioeconomy?i4HB. Additional funding was received from FCT under the scope of the project reference LA/P/0037/2020, Beatriz J. Coelho and grant COVID/BD/152453/2022. Publisher Copyright: © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.; We introduce a digital microfluidics (DMF) platform specifically designed to perform a loop-mediated ...
Optimization of zno nanorods concentration in a micro-structured polymeric comp...
Dos Santos, Andreia; Sabino, Filipe; Rovisco, Ana; Barquinha, Pedro; Águas, Hugo; Fortunato, Elvira; Martins, Rodrigo; Igreja, RuiThe growing use of wearable devices has been stimulating research efforts in the de-velopment of energy harvesters as more portable and practical energy sources alternatives. The field of piezoelectric nanogenerators (PENGs) and triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs), especially employing zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowires (NWs), has greatly flourished in recent years. Despite its modest piezoelectric coefficient, ZnO is...
Porous ZnO Nanostructures Synthesized by Microwave Hydrothermal Method for Ener...
Ferreira, Sofia Henriques; Rovisco, Ana; Santos, Andreia dos; Aguas, Hugo; Igreja, Rui; Barquinha, Pedro Miguel Cândido; Fortunato, ElviraUIDB/50025/2020-2022; The ever-growing global market for smart wearable technologies and Internet of Things (IoT) has increased the demand for sustainable and multifunctional nanomaterials synthesized by low-cost and energy-efficient processing technologies. Zinc oxide (ZnO) is a key material for this purpose due to the variety of facile methods that exist to produced ZnO nanostructures with tailored sizes, mor...
Transduction mechanisms, micro-structuring techniques, and applications of elec...
Santos, Andreia Dos; Fortunato, Elvira; Martins, Rodrigo; Águas, Hugo; Igreja, RuiPD/BD/105876/2014; Electronic skin (e-skin), which is an electronic surrogate of human skin, aims to recreate the multifunctionality of skin by using sensing units to detect multiple stimuli, while keeping key features of skin such as low thickness, stretchability, flexibility, and conformability. One of the most important stimuli to be detected is pressure due to its relevance in a plethora of applications, fr...