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Functionalized 3D polyurethane foams with microwave-synthesized TiO2 nanostruct...
Matias, Maria Leonor; Pimentel, Ana; Reis Machado, Ana S.; Rodrigues, Joana; Fernandes, Auguste; Monteiro, Teresa; Almeida Carvalho, PatríciaPublisher Copyright: © 2025 RSC.; Pharmaceutical substances present in soils and water supplies pose a significant risk to the ecosystem. Solar light-driven photocatalysis with titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanophotocatalysts has been widely explored for the degradation of these substances in aquatic resources. However, the lack of reported sustainable methods to produce TiO2 nanophotocatalysts and the challenges ass...
Self-cleaning stone Façades using TiO2 Microwave-Synthesised Coatings
Bento, David Henriques; Matias, Maria Leonor; Magalhães, Maria; Quitério, Catarina; Pimentel, Ana; Sousa, Dora; Amaral, Pedro; Galhano, CarlosFunding Information: This work received support from National Funds from FCT − Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., through the project UIDB/50025/2020–2023, UIDP/50025/2020–2023, LA/0037/2020 of the Associate Laboratory Institute of Nanostructures, Nanomodelling, and Nanofabrication-i3N. M.L. Matias would like to express gratitude to FCT for the Ph.D. scholarship UI/BD/151292/2021. Acknowledgments are...
Towards Rapid and Low-Cost Stroke Detection Using SERS and Machine Learning
Freitas, Cristina; Eleutério, João; Soares, Gabriela; Enea, Maria; Nunes, Daniela; Fortunato, Elvira; Martins, Rodrigo; Águas, Hugo; Pereira, EuláliaFunding Information: This research was funded by Portuguese funds from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., in the scope of projects UIDB/04111/2020 of COPELABS; UIDP/04378/2020, and UIDB/04378/2020 of UCIBIO, UIDB/50006/2020 and UIDP/50006/2020 of LAQV and LA/P/0140/2020 of the Associate Laboratory Institute for Health and Bioeconomy- i4HB and LA/P/0037/2020, UIDP/50025/2020 and UIDB/50025/2020 of the...
Integrated iontophoresis and sweat sensing via paper-derived laser-induced grap...
Pinheiro, Tomás; de Almeida, Henrique Vazão; Nunes, Daniela; Martins, Rodrigo; Fortunato, ElviraFunding Information: We also thank Hiroaki Matsumoto and Akinari Hanawa from Hitachi Hightech Japan for the TEM analysis. Publisher Copyright: © 2025 The Royal Society of Chemistry.; The development of mechanically compliant, functional materials toward skin-integrated electronic systems has been a rapidly evolving field, aiming at flexible and even stretchable architectures that can be mounted into curved skin...
One-step production of laser-induced graphene via CO2 laser on agarose-lignin m...
Machado, Beatriz S.; Morais, Maria; Pinheiro, Tomás; Deuermeier, Jonas; Teixeira, Vasco; Nunes, Daniela; Martins, Rodrigo; Inácio, José M.Funding Information: FEDER funds partially financed this work through the COMPETE 2020 Programme and National funds from FCT—Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, IP, in the scope of Projects LA/P/0037/2020, UIDP/50025/2020 and UIDB/50025/2020 of the Associate Laboratory Institute of Nanostructures, Nanomodeling and Nanofabrication—i3N and Project LIGHEART (2022.08597.PTDC), Scientific Employment Stimulus to ...
Combination of gold nanoparticles with near-infrared light as an alternative ap...
Lopes, Joana; Rodrigues, Carla M; Godinho-Santos, Ana; Coelho, João M. P.; Cabaço, Luís C.; Barral, Duarte C.; Faísca, Pedro; Catarino, JoséCopyright © 2024. Published by Elsevier B.V.; Melanoma is the most aggressive type of skin cancer and recently approved drugs are often associated with resistance and significant adverse effects. Therefore, the design of more effective and safe options remains imperative. Photothermal therapy (PTT) using gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) presents a promising and innovative approach. In this work, the efficacy of combi...
Gold nanoparticles for photothermal therapy – Influence of experimental conditi...
Amaral, Mariana Neves; Nunes, Daniela; Fortunato, Elvira; Martins, Rodrigo; Rodrigues, Carla; Faísca, Pedro; Ferreira, Hugo Alexandre; Coelho, João M.P.SFRH/BD/05377/2021. Publisher Copyright: © 2024; Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs)-mediated Photothermal Therapy (PTT) is a minimally-invasive therapeutic approach that uses AuNPs to convert light into heat, leading to the thermal ablation of tumors. Thus, the efficacy of this strategy strongly relies on the photothermal conversion potential of AuNPs. The ability to convert light into heat can be enhanced by tuning th...
Microwave Synthesis of Visible-Light-Activated g-C3N4/TiO2 Photocatalysts
Matias, Maria Leonor; Reis-Machado, Ana S.; Rodrigues, Joana; Calmeiro, Tomás; Deuermeier, Jonas; Pimentel, Ana; Fortunato, Elvira; Martins, RodrigoFunding Information: Acknowledgments are also given to the EC project SYNERGY H2020-WIDESPREAD-2020-5, CSA, proposal nº 952169, EMERGE-2020-INFRAIA-2020-1, proposal nº 101008701. Publisher Copyright: © 2023 by the authors.; The preparation of visible-light-driven photocatalysts has become highly appealing for environmental remediation through simple, fast and green chemical methods. The current study reports th...
Optically-Boosted Planar IBC Solar Cells with Electrically-Harmless Photonic Na...
Santos, Ivan M.; Alexandre, Miguel; Mihailetchi, Valentin D.; Silva, José A.; Mateus, Tiago; Mouquinho, Ana; Boane, Jenny; Vicente, António T.Funding Information: This work received funding from the FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, I.P.) under the projects TACIT (PTDC/NAN‐OPT/28837/2017) and FlexSolar (PTDC/CTM‐REF/1008/2020). The authors also acknowledge the support of the H2020 Solar‐ERANET program, which funded the development of the IBC cells within the framework of the BOBTANDEM project. M.A. and J.B. acknowledge funding by FCT‐MCTES t...
A Comparison between Solution-Based Synthesis Methods of ZrO2 Nanomaterials for...
Matias, Maria Leonor; Carlos, Emanuel; Branquinho, Rita; do Valle, Hadassa; Marcelino, João; Morais, Maria; Pimentel, Ana; Rodrigues, JoanaFunding Information: The work was also partially funded by the Nanomark collaborative project between INCM (Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda) and CENIMAT/i3N. Publisher Copyright: © 2022 by the authors.; The present study is focused on the synthesis of zirconium dioxide (ZrO2) nanomaterials using the hydrothermal method assisted by microwave irradiation and solution combustion synthesis. Both synthesis technique...