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Members

foto Ana Maria Pissarra Coelho Gil

Ana Maria Pissarra Coelho Gil

Associate Professor with Aggregation
foto Ana Paula Mora Tavares

Ana Paula Mora Tavares

Auxiliary Researcher
foto Ana Sofia Matias da Silva

Ana Sofia Matias da Silva

Researcher
foto Augusto Pedro

Augusto Pedro

Researcher
foto Brian James Goodfellow

Brian James Goodfellow

Assistant Professor
foto Catarina de Almeida Custódio

Catarina de Almeida Custódio

Auxiliary Researcher
foto Iola Melissa Fernandes Duarte

Iola Melissa Fernandes Duarte

Principal Researcher
foto João Borges

João Borges

Auxiliary Researcher
foto João Rodrigues

João Rodrigues

Researcher
foto José Maria da Fonte Ferreira

José Maria da Fonte Ferreira

Associate Professor with Aggregation
foto Mara Guadalupe Freire Martins

Mara Guadalupe Freire Martins

Research Coordinator
foto Maria de Lourdes Gomes Pereira

Maria de Lourdes Gomes Pereira

Associate Professor with Aggregation
foto Maria Helena Figueira Vaz Fernandes

Maria Helena Figueira Vaz Fernandes

Associate Professor
foto Maria Margarida Tavares Lopes Almeida

Maria Margarida Tavares Lopes Almeida

Emeritus Professor
foto Sónia Gonçalves Patrício

Sónia Gonçalves Patrício

Auxiliary Researcher
foto Vítor Gaspar

Vítor Gaspar

Researcher

Projects

A bioactivated nano-layered hydrogel for dermal regeneration in hard-to-heal ulcers (BioNaNor)

Other InternationalPartner
Several strategies have been developed to restore dermal function. These include collagen membranes, decellularized dermis from donors or synthetic graft alternatives. So far, these approaches have been unreliable at best and auto-grafts and transplants (that both create their own problems with donor site morbidity, risk for disease transfer and...

A Metabolomics-guided Bioreactor for Improved Engineered Bone Implants (BioImplant)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaCoordinator

A Nuclear Magnetic Resonance(NMR)- based metabonomic study of health disorders of fetus and mother during pregnancy: towards biochemical characterisation and early diagnostics (PTDC/QUI/66523/2006)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaCoordinator
biofluids metabonomics NMR spectroscopy pregnancy

Additive manufacturing meets mechanobiology – design and fabrication of osteogenic-stimulating implants (ADD2MECHBIO)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaPartner
Over the years, the number of patients undergoing total hip and knee arthroplasties has been increasing. Due to the lengthened life expectancy and aging population this trend is expected to continue and the number of patients that will outlive their first prosthesis will also rise (patients that will need revision surgeries). These impl...

ADOPTIC - Additive Optimisation for Improved Ceramics (ADOPTIC)

European ComissionPartner
Ceramics manufacturing is a major industrial sector in Europe, it records total sales of around 25.6 billions Euros and employs 240.000 people. While the EU single market has stimulated further concentration in the industry, small and medium-sized companies tend to predominate this sector: 90% of the European Ceramics companies are SMEs and the ...

Advancing the Regenerative and Translational Potential of Cellular Fibers (CellFi)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaCoordinator
Mesenchymal Stem Cells Scaffold-free Cellular Fibers Regeneration

Aeration of multiphase biological reactors (POCTI/EQU/44427/2002)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaCoordinator
Biological reactors Aeration Multiphase Perfluorocarbons

Age-related macular degeneration - can metabolomic profile distinguish progressors? (HMSP-ICJ/0006/2013)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaPartner
age-related macular degeneration disease progression metabolomics Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Anchoring Basic Parameters for fundamental predictive models in Liquid Salt Systems (PTDC/QUI/72903/2006)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaCoordinator
Ionic Liquids Vapor Pressure Enthalpy of vaporization Vapor Liquid Equilibrium

Aplicação de SAB constituídos por líquidos iónicos no desenvolvimento de diagnósticos de câncer do sistema adrenalina (MCT/CNPq 14/2010 Universal)

Other InternationalPartner

ASTHMA: Future asthma management helped by non-evasive sampling: contributes for the definition of a rapid and non-evasive diagnostic tool (PTDC/QUI-QUI/117803/2010)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaPartner
Asthma Non-invasive sampling Chromatographic and 1H NMR-based methodologies Metabolomic patterns

Biochemical characterization of stomach, endometrial and lung tumor tissues by high resolution magic angle spinning (HRMAS) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy (CIMAGO 14/06)

Other NationalCoordinator

Biochemical Impact of Platinum and Palladium-based Anticancer Agents (BIOIMPACT)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaPartner
anticancer Pt(II) and Pd(II) agents;spectral cyto- and histopathology;metabolomics;cellular biodistribution

Bioengineered autonomous cell-biomaterials devices for generating humanised micro- tissues for regenerative medicine (ATLAS)

European ComissionCoordinator
New generations of devices for tissue engineering (TE) should rationalize better the physical and biochemical cues operating in tandem during native regeneration, in particular at the scale/organizational-level of the stem cell niche. The understanding and the deconstruction of these factors (e.g. multiple cell types exchanging both paracrine an...

Bioinspired tile-matching to create ultrastructured bone microtissues in a close-to-native fashion (TETRISSUE)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaCoordinator
endochondral ossification modular tissue engineering mechanobiology 3D co-cultures

BIOLEARN - Learning from Nature How to Design Biomimetic Routes for Producing Calcium-Phosphate Coatings on Polymeric Biomaterials (POCTI/CTM/38803/2001)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaPartner
biomaterials calcium phosphates natural polymers biomimetic materials

Biomaterials for Regenerative Medicine (CENTRO-07-0924-FEDER-002030)

Other NationalCoordinator

BioMEMs Avançados para Engenharia de Tecidos: Aplicações em Tecidos Duros (BioMEMs)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaCoordinator

Biorrefinaria de microalgas Coccolithophore: uma abordagem para biomateriais sustentaveis (Coccolitho4BioMat)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaCoordinator

BlueGlue: Bioinspired medical adhesives from marine macroalgae derived biopolymers (BLUEGLUE)

Other NationalCoordinator
BLUEGLUE project aims to value and promote the sustainable and controlled production of macroalgae, a way that they can be certified and used into the development of products with high added value (biomedical products). The project is aligned with the structures of the circular and biological economy and aims to provide a boost to the emerging i...

Cápsulas esféricas multicompartimentalizadas de alto rendimento para a transplantação de co-culturas multimodais de células estaminais derivadas do tecido adiposo e ilhotas pancreáticas. (TranSphera)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaCoordinator

Caracterização e reciclagem de lamas derivadas do corte de rochas naturais e ornamentais (PRAI - Caracterização e reciclagem de lamas)

Industry NationalCoordinator
O projecto “Caracterização e reciclagem de lamas derivadas do corte de rochas naturais e ornamentais” tem como objectivo central o estudo de soluções alternativas de escoamento das lamas resultantes do corte de rochas que permitam a sua incorporação como matéria-prima de outras indústrias. Os objectivos específicos do projecto consistem em:

Cellular oxide catalysts for emission lean combustion in porous media (LEANCOMB)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaCoordinator
cellular ceramics, combustion, catalysts, functionalization

Cellulose: surface properties, interaction with binding domains and enzymatic modification (POCTI/QUI/44368/2002)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaPartner
surface energy cellulose transesterification CBD

Ceramic floors with high wear resistance (CERU4)

Industry NationalPartner
This project aims to develop decorated porcelainized ceramic floor tiles, with high wear resistance, consistent with the maximum level U4 advocated in Mazaud test under the UPEC classification. At the same time, aesthetic and visual changes of the material must be minimized, so that solutions can cover very broad chromatic and aesthetic range. I...

Ceramics and films of incipients ferroelectrics for tunable capacitors applications (POCTI/CTM/35542/1999)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaCoordinator
Ferroelectrics Ceramics Films Tunability

CIBIMAR - CAD/CAM Development of Individualized Bioactive Prosthesis for Mandibulectomy Rehabilitation (CIBIMAR)

European ComissionPartner
The main objective of the present project is to develop an individualised breakthrough approach for flexible, rapid and accurate manufacturing of tailored-made bioactive prostheses for left bone rehabilitation after surgery fitted to the needs of each patient suffering from severe bone loss or fracture. For this purpose, advanced imaging techniq...

Colonizacao 3D de celulas em hidrogeis de origem marinha atraves de padronizacao por microcanais para regeneracao ossea (PROMENADE)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaCoordinator

Combustion synthesis of one dimension elongated a-sialon crystal to be used as reinforcing agents for CMC processed by colloidal techniques (POCTI/CTM/39419/2001)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaCoordinator
Combustion synthesis Rod-like a-sialon cristals Colloidal processing CMC, hardness, toughness

Controlling the length scale through "Chimie Douce": from inorganic functional materials to organic-inorganic hybrids (POCTI/CTM/46780/2002)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaCoordinator
Functional Inorganic Materials Chimie Douce Organic-Inorganic Hybrids Luminescence

CRIANDO VÍNCULOS E ABORDAGENS INOVADORAS PARA PROMOVER O ENSINO E A APRENDIZAGEM DOS MATERIAIS (LINKINMAT)

Other NationalCoordinator
The proposal also aims in creation of stimulating and interdisciplinary R&D and training partnership, with actors from the academia and private sector, promoting the exchange of ideas, methods, techniques as well as enabling an accelerated technology transfer from science to industrial scale and of course a continuous collaborations between the ...

DecorGlass : Decoration Techniques for the Glass (DecorGlass)

Industry NationalPartner
O projeto DecorGlass visa a criação de uma nova gama de peças de vidro decoradas, com matérias-primas e técnicas inovadoras. A decoração assenta na coloração homogénea da massa vítrea e na decoração da superfície do vidro, quer por aplicação de películas decorativas, quer pela gravação por feixe laser. Para além disso, pretende-se desenvolver no...

DeepBiorefinery - Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents: A platform to Boost Eucalyptus globulus and Quercus suber cork integrated Biorefinerie (DeepBiorefinery )

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaCoordinator
natural deep eutetic solvents, biorefinery, green separation processes

Desenvolvimento de biomateriais não sinterizáveis à base de fosfatos de cálcio com bi-funcionalidade: regeneração e tratamento de cancro ósseo (2BBone)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaCoordinator

Desenvolvimento de garrafas de vidro branco e transparente capazes de preservar a qualidade da cerveja (CLEVER)

Industry NationalPartner

Desenvolvimento de hidrogeis de inspiracao marinha multifuncionais e de elevado desempenho para regeneracao de cartilagem, reticulados com ligacoes nao-covalentes e bio-instrutivas deslizantes. (MARGEL)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaCoordinator

Desenvolvimento de Linha de Vidro Cristal Sustentável (Cristal Eco Premium)

Industry NationalPartner
Promovido por um consórcio composto pela Vista Alegre Atlantis, S.A. (Promotor líder), pela Universidade de Aveiro e pela Universidade do Porto, o projeto Cristal Eco Premium tem como objetivo geral: desenvolver uma nova linha de produtos em vidro cristal sustentável com elevado valor acrescentado, para ...

Desenvolvimento de microdispositivos flexiveis a base de microagulhas de biocimento composito para administracao transdermica de fármacos; (FlexMicroDerm)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaCoordinator

Desenvolvimento de nanomateriais sustentáveis para a purificação de fármacos anti-leucémicos (NanoPurAsp)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaCoordinator

Desenvolvimento de novas peças em grés com maior valor acrescentado através de processos mais sustentáveis (M2GRES2)

Industry NationalPartner

DESENVOLVIMENTO DE SUPORTES POROSOS PARA APLICAÇÕES (Acção Integrada Luso Alemã A-14/07)

Other NationalCoordinator

Desenvolvimento de uma membrana periodontal multicamada composta por blocos inovativos a base de polimeros de origem marinha e enzima para regeneracao guiada de osso que possui mineralizacao enzimatica controlada. (MIMETIc)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaCoordinator

Development of 4D wireless thermometry to target tumor ablation (PTDC/NAN-MAT/3901/2020)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaCoordinator
Thermography Magnetic Nanoparticles Induced Hyperthermia Bioprinting

Development of a Decision Support Tool for Additive Manufacturing of Alumina-Zirconia 3D structures (Tamaz3D)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaPartner

Development of a sustainable technology for the extraction and purification of chlorophylls from biomass (EXPL/QEQ-PRS/0224/2013 )

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaCoordinator
chlorophyll extraction bioresources ionic liquids

Development of BIONANOmaterials for anti-microbial coating of metal and stone-based outdoor SCULPtures (BIONANOSCULPT)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaPartner
Cultural heritage; biodegradation; preventative preservation; chitosan

Development of Composites Made of Cement Binders and Lignocellulosic Materials of Portuguese Origin (POCTI/AGR/35480/1999)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaCoordinator
Wood Cork Cement binders Composites

Development of Ionic-Liquid-based Devices for the Removal of Cytostatic Drugs From Urine Excreted by Cancer Patients (IonCytDevice)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaCoordinator

Development of microelectromechanical systems by gelcasting - GELMEMS (PTDC/CTM/099489/2008)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaPartner
microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) gel casting piezoelectric submicron particles dispersion

Development of New Oxygen Therapeutics using Fluorinated Ionic Liquids (PTDC/EQU-FTT/118800/2010)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaPartner
Fluorinated Ionic Liquids Perfluoroalkanes Phase Equilibria Oxygen Solubility

Dispositivos Supramoleculares Auto-Regulados baseados na Complementaridade dos Pares de Base do ADN: Uma Tecnologia Biomimética e com Reconheciemnto Molecular para Isolar Células Específicas para Aplicações Biomédicas (SUPRASORT)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaCoordinator

Effect of Magnesium on the Structure and Surface Reactivity of Silica-Based Glasses for Biomedical Applications (POCTI/CTM/46251/2002)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaCoordinator
Magnesium Glass Structure Surface Reactivity Biomedical Applications

Effects of environmental hazards of the Estarreja region on pregnancy metabolism (CERN (France)-OHMI Estarreja (Portugal))

Other InternationalCoordinator

Enabling precision chemical methodologies applied to natural -based systems for the development of multifunctional biomedical devices (CHEM2NATURE)

European ComissionPartner
CHEM2NATURE addresses current limitations of UMINHO in the Chemistry field regarding its scientific know-how and partnerships with world-leading institutions. UMINHO seeks to improve the multifunctionality of natural-origin polymers, often with limited bioactivity and stimuli-responsiveness, and increase the performance of cell-based therapies. ...

Equilibrium and Interfacial Properties of Water + Oil Systems (POCI/EQU/58239/2004)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaCoordinator
Phase Equilibria Interfacial Tension Aqueous Systems Modeling

Eucalyptus triterpenic biological activity (PTDC/AGR-FOR/3187/2012)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaPartner
Eucalyptus spp Ionic Liquids Antitumoral Activity Metabolomics

European Network of Bioadhesion Expertise: Fundamental Knowledge to Inspire Advanced Bonding Technologies (COST Action CA15216)

European ComissionPartner
Many organisms, ranging from bacteria and fungi to those much larger animals and plants use chemical and mechanical means to attach permanently or temporarily to surfaces. Some bioadhesives have advantages over synthetic counterparts in terms of their ability to function over a wide temperature range, in wet or dry environments, and to form stab...

EXIL - Exchange on Ionic Liquids (EXIL)

European ComissionPartner
The objective of this Action is to coordinate European research activities and knowledge exchange on ionic liquids (ILs, low melting salts, many of them liquid at room temperature and below) and to explore their full potential in the context of fundamental and applied chemistry, materials science and engineering. The COST Action will provide a c...

Extracellular matrix derived products from human placenta to engineer bone microtissues for in vitro disease models (AMNIOGEL)

European ComissionCoordinator

Extraction and Purification of Biomolecules (FAPITEC/FUNTEC/CNPq n. 10/2011)

Other InternationalPartner

FABIMED - Fabrication and Functionalization of BioMedical Microdevices (FaBiMed)

European ComissionPartner
The aim of FaBiMed proposal is to improve and develop new manufacturing techniques, based on micromoulding, specific for biomedical microdevices. The project will be to reducing the cost of mass production of diagnosis and therapeutic micro devices which have a common problematic: medium sized batches, customization needs, micron-scale geometric...

Ferrofluidic Extensional Rheological Response for Ocean CLEAN-up (FERRO-CLEAN)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaPartner

Full human-based multi-scale constructs with jammed regenerative pockets for bone engineering (REBORN)

European ComissionCoordinator
Engineered bone tissue has been viewed as a potential alternative to the traditional use of bone grafts, due to their limitless supply and no disease transmission. However, bone tissue engineering practices have not proceeded to clinical practice as it was not yet possible to fully recreate the right conditions to produce relevant large vascular...

Hidrogéis de Lisados de Plaquetas para Regeneração do Miocárdio (BEAT)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaCoordinator

HOTsPOT - Novel upconversion nanoparticles for multimodal therapy of melanoma: pHOtothermal Therapy, PhOtodynamic therapy and chemoTherapy (HOTsPOT)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaPartner
MOTIVATION: Melanoma is the most aggressive form of skin cancer and one of the most challenging malignancies to treat with a steeply rising incidence and a poor prognosis in advanced stages. Conventional clinical treatment of melanoma often fails in tumor complete eradication, due to the low response rates to single therapies, chemotherapy side ...

Human Platelet Lysates-based Scaffolds for Interfacial Multi-tissue Repair (INTERLYNK)

European ComissionCoordinator
InterLynk aims to develop multi-tissue 3D patient-specific scaffolds by providing a portfolio of highly compatible and biofunctional composite inks and biomaterials, and streamlining their co-processing using an upgraded AM equipment. Unprecedented biofunctionality in the synthetic reconstruction of complex interfacial tissues is expected to be ...

Hybrid materials for biomedical applications (PTDC/CTM/101115/2008)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaCoordinator
bioactive materials hybrids gamma irradiation sol-gel

Hybrid Materials Prepared by Irradiation (POCTI/CTM/44150/2002)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaPartner
hybrids irradiation organic-inorganic materials

Hydralazine: Testing an off-label effect in Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (HyTherCaP)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaPartner
Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most commonly diagnosed malignancies worldwide and a leading cause of cancer-related deaths among men. In Portugal, it is the most incident cancer and the 3rd cause of death (1, 2). Although most of PCa are clinically indolent, a variable proportion of patients develop castration-resistant PCa (CRPC), an aggre...

Igy Technology: A Purication Platform using Ionic-Liquid-Based Aqueous Biphasic Systems (IGYPURTECH)

European ComissionCoordinator
With the emergence of antibiotic-resistant pathogens the development of antigen-specific antibodies for use in passive immunotherapy is, nowadays, a major concern in human society. Despite the most focused mammal antibodies, antibodies obtained from egg yolk of immunized hens, immunoglobulin Y (IgY), are an alternative option that can be obtaine...

Impact of silk-based nanomedicines on the cellular metabolome (12101 DD1720 RDF - Grant 1715)

Other InternationalPartner

Implantable scaffolds for local osteo-sarcoma chemotherapy (PTDC/SAU-BEB/66896/2006)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaCoordinator
Osteosarcoma Implantable drug scaffolds Cyclodextrin-templated silicates Molecular capsules

Innovative Biotechnology solutions FOR black stains removal and preventive conservation of historical and culturally important MURAL paintings (BIO4MURAL)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaPartner
Several mural paintings (15th/16th centuries) located in churches in the North region of the country being subject to environmental fluctuations where no measures of preventive conservation took place, disclose a chromatic alteration in the form of dark stains. The removal of the pigmentation hasn’t been successful or much tested so far. To char...

Innovative Gres Porcellanato Tiles Processing (NOVELGRES)

European ComissionPartner
The project aims to produce coated Gres Porcellanato tiles (GPt). GPt are very dense products and, for this reason, they are very robust and almost completely waterproof. However, GPt are quite expensive products because of the relative high amount of raw materials required, their fairly high price, the high temperature required for firing and t...

Innovative Products and Technologies from Eucalyptus Project (ImPacTus)

Industry NationalPartner
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 ...

Integration of human fluids pretreatment and detection of cancer biomarkers using ionic-liquid-based aqueous biphasic systems in microfluidic devices (ILSurvive)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaCoordinator
Cancer biomarkers Detection Ionic liquids Microfluidic devices

Interactive Calcium-Phosphate Based Materials Prepared by Post-Hybridization and in Situ Hybridization (POCTI/CTM/35516/1999)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaPartner
Biomaterials Bone regeneration Hybrid materials Drug release system

Ionic liquid-based supports for pre-miRNAs purification targeting Alzheimer's disease (PUREmiRSILs)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaPartner

Ionic Liquids as Promoters of Aqueous Biphasic Systems: The Role of van der Waals and Coulomb Interactions (PTDC/QUI-QUI/121520/2010)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaPartner
Aqueous Biphasic System Ionic Liquid Inorganic Salt Polymer

Long Lasting reinforced Concrete for Energy Infrastructure under Severe Operating (LORCENIS)

European ComissionPartner
The main goal of the LORCENIS project is to develop long reinforced concrete for energy infrastructures with lifetime extended up to a 100% under extreme operating conditions. The concept is based on an optimal combinationof novel technologies involving customized methodologies for cost-efficient operation. 4 scenarios of severe oper...

Luminescent Lanthanide Silicate Synthesis Using Lanthanide Complexes as Structure Directing Agents (POCI/CTM/58863/2004)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaCoordinator
Functional Inorganic Materials Luminescence Microporous Silicates Lanthanide Complexes

M2GRÉS - Grés utilitário de elevado desempenhoao nivel do metal-marking, a custo reduzido e em monocozedura (M2GRÉS)

Industry NationalPartner
O projeto M2Grés - Grés utilitário de elevado desempenho ao nível do metal-marking, a custo reduzido e em monocozedura?, promovido pelo consórcio constituído pela empresa Ria Stone e pelo Centro de Investigação em Materiais Cerâmicos e Compósitos da Universidade de Aveiro (CICECO) tem como objetivo o desenvolvimento de uma nova linha de peças em...

Magnetos moleculares: fundamentos e aplicações (Transnational cooperation - Convénio FCT/CAPES 2011-2010)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaCoordinator

Manufatura aditiva de compósitos de base cerâmica para componentes mecânicos (3DCompCer)

Industry NationalPartner
Promovidoporum consórciocompostopelaPALBIT,S.A.(promotorlíder),pelasUniversidadesde Aveiro e de Coimbra, o projeto 3D_CompCer visa o desenvolvimento de ferramentas de maquinação complexasatravésdetécnicasinovadorasdemanufaturaaditiva,nomeadamentefresas,com sistemasderefrigeraçãointerna,alargando ocampo deaplicaçãodestasfresas emcondiçõesmais agr...

Marine Origin Biopolymers as Innovative Building Blocks from the Sea for the Development of Bioresorbable Multilayered Membranes for guided bone regeneration (BLUETEETH)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaCoordinator
Natural origin polymers from algae and arthropods can be obtained in large scale, and a great effort has been paid to find applications for such high-added value materials. Periodontal disease is frequent in humans and constitutes, together with dental caries, the principal cause of tooth loss in adults. Currently, one of the available treatment...

Metabolic profiling and biochemical differentiation of human lung tumours by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) methods (PTDC/QUI/68017/2006)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaCoordinator
Lung cancer Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Metabolic profiling Multivariate analysis (MVA)

Metabolic profiling: a novel tool for evaluation of the toxicological and biological effects of nanomaterials (PTDC/SAU-TOX/120953/2010)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaCoordinator
metabolic profiling and metabonomics silver nanoparticles toxicological and biological effects nanotoxicology

Metabolomic study of lung cancer: metabolic signatures in tissues and biofluids (CIMAGO 04/12)

Other NationalCoordinator

Metodologias eficientes para a conjugação de polissacarídeos naturais com péptidos para obtenção de membranas multifuncionais para regeneração periodontal. (COP2P)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaCoordinator

Mould proteome regulation by substrate bioavailability: depolymerising enzymes likely to alter biopolymer nanostructure (POCI/QUI/56229/2004)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaPartner
Mould proteome biopolymers nanostructure depolymerising enzymes cork

MultiBiorefinery - Multi-purpose strategies for broadband agro-forest and fisheries by-products valorization: a step forward for a truly integrated biorefinery (SAICTPAC/0040/2015)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaCoordinator

Multifunctional and bio-inspired implant to improve bone integration (MulBioimplant)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaPartner

Nanochemistry of magnetic/luminescent composites for in vitro medical diagnosis applications (PTDC/QUI/67712/2006)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaCoordinator
Nanoparticles Nanocomposites Magnetism/Luminescence Antibodies bioconjugation

Nanostructured ZnO and ZnO/nanocarbon composites for biosensing applications (NANOBIOSENSE)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaPartner
The expanding interest regarding biosensing and early diseases’ diagnosis has led to an exponential growth of R&D efforts in order to find the most suitable materials and sensing mechanisms to achieve high sensitivity and selectivity at low production cost. In this framework, the present project envisages the development of ZnO-based nanostructu...

New phosphate based bioactive thin films for biomaterials (POCTI/CTM/35478/1999)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaPartner
COATINGS BIOMATERIALS SPUTTERING LASER ABLATION

New Strategies Applied to Neuropathological Disorders (CENTRO - 07-ST24 FEDER 002034)

Other NationalPartner

NEWGEN - New Generation Biomimetic and Customized Implants for Bone Engineering (NEWGEN)

European ComissionPartner
This COST Action, NEWGEN, aims at creating the seed for the European research and industry collaboration, combining basic knowledge from academic laboratories, R&D centres, medical units from hospitals, and a significant number of companies.With a predicted ageing population and increasing expectations regarding quality o...

NobleDec - Nobly Decorated Crystal (NOBLEDEC)

Industry NationalPartner
O projeto NobleDec teve como objetivo último o desenvolvimento de uma nova linha de produtos de cristal de elevado valor acrescentado, decorados com metais nobres (com destaque para o ouro), através da pesquisa/desenvolvimento de novos materiais (e.g., tintas decorativas baseadas em suspensões coloidais de nanopartículas de ouro; tintas decorati...

Novas estruturas metalo-orgânicas multi-funcionais inteligentes com metais de transição e terras raras (TROFs), com propriedades magnéticas e luminescentes sintonizáveis (PTDC/CTM-NAN/119994/2010)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaCoordinator
transition metal-rare earth-organic frameworks Crystal Engineering multi-functionality physical property

Novel 3D platforms to engineer bone microtissues for in vitro disease models (Microbone)

European ComissionCoordinator
Osteosarcoma is a rare but devastating bone tumour that mainly affects children, adolescents and elderly. This type of tumour is very resistant to therapy, being thus urgent to find new effective treatments. In vitro tumour models can recapitulate many aspects of the natural tumour environment, and could be used to improve the predictive value o...

Novel Aurivillus oxides for microelectronic applications (PTDC/CTM/71643/2006)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaCoordinator
Aurivillius oxides filmes finos sol-gel RF sputtering

Novel BST dielectric films for ultra high density DRAMs (POCTI/CTM/47285/2002)

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sol-gel dynamic random access memory dielectric thin film BST

Novel low temperature sinterable glasses and glass/nanoceramic particles composites (PTDC/CTM/102141/2008)

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borosilicate glasses glass-ceramic composites sintering crystallization

Optimization and Scale-up of Novel Ionic-Liquid- based Purification Processes for Recombinant Green Fluorescent Protein produced by Escherichia coli (FAPESP/19793/2014)

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biopharmaceuticals, fluorescent proteins, purification, aqueous biphasic systems

Periodic mesoporous organic-inorganic hybrids (POCI/CTM/55648/2004)

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Periodic mesoporous materials Organic-Inorganic Hybrids Surfactant-templated mesoporous thin films Heterogeneous catalysts

Photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide into valuable hydrocarbon products (PTDC/QUI/72584/2006)

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Photocatalysis Carbon dioxide Photoreduction Electroreduction

Phytochemical-based metabolic immunomodulation to prevent/attenuate particulate matter-mediated atherosclerosis (ATHEROFIT)

Other InternationalCoordinator
Exposure to airborne fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is a risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases. ATHEROFIT aims at preventing and/or attenuating air pollution-mediated atherosclerosis via phytochemical-based metabolic immunomodulation. Samples of PM2.5 will be collected at Estarreja air quality station using reference ...

Piezoelectricity and living structures engineering by scanning probe microscopy (FLAD 91-09/10)

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PreciousMet Performance - Porcelana decorada com metais preciosos e com propriedades de superficíe de elevado desempenhopara o mercado HORECA (PRECIOUSMET PERFORMANCE)

Industry NationalPartner
O projeto PreciousMet Performance - Porcelana decorada com metais preciosos e com propriedades de superfície de elevado desempenho para o mercado HORECA? promovido pelo consórcio constituído pela empresa Vista Alegre Atlantis, S.A. e pelo Centro de Investigação em Materiais Cerâmicos e Compósitos da Universidade de Aveiro (CICECO) tem como objet...

Processing and High Temperature Mechanical Characterisation of Cordierite-Based Ceramic Foams (POCTI/CTM/35470/1999)

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Ceramic foams Thermal shock Processing Cordierite

Produção de Plataformas Microcapsulares 3D+ para Avaliação Laboratorial em Larga Escala de Novas Terapias Combinatórias para o Cancro do Pâncreas (PANGEIA)

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Projeto de Investigação Exploratória: Ana Paula Tavares (IF Ana Paula Tavares)

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Projeto de Investigação Exploratória: Susana Olhero (IF/00951/2014)

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Recycling of Coal Ashes by Glass Ceramic Technology (RECASH) (POCTI/CTM/35482/1999)

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Recycling Fly Ashes Glass-Ceramics Vitrification

Regeneração Óssea Orquestrada pela Interação de Células do Sistema Imunitário com Microlaboratórios de Células e Microplataformas Padronizadas (CIRCUS)

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Role of the intestine in promoting the lipogenic effects of fructose (PTDC/SAU-MET/111398/2009)

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ApoB48 steatosis endotoxin lipogenesis

Search for new markers of therapy response in lung cancer (CIMAGO 03/12)

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Self healing glass-ceramic seals for solid oxide fuel cells: A multi-layered approach (PTDC/CTM-CER/114209/2009)

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glass-ceramic solid oxide fuel cell self-healing sealants crystallization

SGH : Smart Green Homes (Smart Green Homes)

Industry NationalPartner
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...

SHOEMAT - Materiais Inovadores para Calçado - Wasterval -Valorização de Lamas e Re síduos de Curtumes (SHOEMAT)

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O projecto ShoeMat está centrado no desenvolvimento de novos materiais e componentes que irão suportar ainovação e a diferenciação da fileira do calçado, nomeadamente:-Novos produtos e processos para acabamento de peles (amostras e pequenas séries pintadas na própria fábricade calçado);-Materiais (...

Simultaneous precipitation and in situ stabilisation of calcium phosphate powders for biomedical applications in bone and controlled drug delivery systems (POCI/CTM/60207/2004)

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In situ stabilization of suspensions Drug delivery systems Calcium phosphates Plasma Spraying Deposition

Síntese por combustão de nitretos de alumínio (AIN) e processamento de substratos de AIN, por tape casting em meio aquoso (PRAI - Síntese por combustão de nitreto alumínio)

Industry NationalCoordinator
O projecto “Síntese por combustão de Nitreto de Alumínio, AIN, e processamento de substratos de AIN por Tape Casting em meio aquoso” encerra uma abordagem inovadora a nível mundial à produção de substratos cerâmicos com base em processos de sintetização de AIN.Os principais objectivos do projecto são:? síntese por combust...

Solar thermochemical production of hydrogen based on cork Ecoceramics (H2CORK)

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Goal: H2CORK will develop novel CeO2-based Ecoceramics, exploiting the regular, highly porous microstructure of sustainable cork templates, for the innovative renewable production of hydrogen via direct solar thermochemical fuel production (TCFP). Sustainable alternatives to fossil fuels, such as H2, are urgently nee...

Stainless steel coating of WC particles by sputtering (POCTI/CTM/35460/1999)

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powder coating composites sputtering tungsten carbide

Structural and functional studies of the soul/hbp family of heme-binding proteins (PTDC/QUI/64203/2006)

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heme binding NMR SOUL/HBP family structure and function

Surface reactivity of TiO2-containing glasses in simulated physiological solutions (POCI/CTM/60761/2004)

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Biomaterials Surface reactivity TiO2 glasses Glass structure

Synthesis and characterization of new microporous niobium silicate and titanosilicate membranes and their application to the separation of hydrogen-containing mixtures (PTDC/EQU-EQU/100476/2008)

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Hydrogen Separation Membranes Titanosilicates Niobium silicates

Tailored Elastin-like Recombinamers as Advanced Systems for Cell Therapies in Diabetes Mellitus:a Synthetic Biology Approach towards a Bioeffective and Immunoisolated Biosimilar Islet/Cell Niche (ELASTISLET)

European ComissionPartner
ELASTISLET aims to create a breakthrough development in encapsulation technology and its use in cell and tissue therapies for the treatment of type 1 and 2 diabetes. ELASTISLET will combine leading technologies in biomaterial design, production and processing, cross-linking/grafting technology and cell therapy, to synergistically integrate them ...

The best of two worlds: Ionic liquids as Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (PTDC/EQU-EPR/104554/2008)

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Ionic Liquids Fluoroquinolones Bioavailability Solubility related properties

TISSUE REACTOR - Development of a Bioreactor-Based Connective Tissue Production Line (TISSUE REACTOR)

European ComissionPartner
It is the aim of this project to engineer connective tissue in vitro and to demonstrate its applicability as a tissue substitute in vivo. To achieve this goal a continuous cultivation process based on a perfused fixed-bed bioreactor system and its components will be developed which allows the production of large quantities of three-dimensional (...

Titanate nanotubes photosensitization by narrow bandgap semicondutor nanoparticles (PTDC/CTM-NAN/113021/2009)

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photosensitization titanium oxide nanostrucutres narrow band gap semiconductors titanate nanotubes

Towards the improvement of recombinant proteins bioprocessing using ionic liquids (IL2BioPro)

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Towards the use of IgY antibodies as alternative therapeutics (PureIgY)

European ComissionCoordinator
Immunoglobulins (or antibodies) are molecules produced by our white blood cells; the immunoglobins recognise 'invaders' and aid in their destruction. Humans make five different classes, one of which is similar in function to IgY, an unusual antibody made by chickens. The circulating IgY accumulates in the yolk of chicken eggs. This is convenient...

Transport properties and electrochemical applications of ceria-based nanomaterials (POCTI/CTM/39381/2001)

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Nanomaterials anodes ceria condução mista

Upgrade and Expansion of the NMR Facility at the University of Aveiro (REEQ/934/QUI/2005)

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This project entailed the upgrade/expansion of the 3 existing Nuclear Magnetic Resonance-NMR spectrometers (300 to 500MHz, solids and liquids) at the University of Aveiro (UA). In 2000, the UA supported an initial upgrade of this equipment; however, many items which would enable the full use of the existing facilities in areas like solid-state N...

Using biorefinery to value cyanobacteria pigments (REFINECYANO)

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Vapour Liquid Equilibrium of Pure Ionic Liquids and their Mixtures with Organic Solvents (PTDC/EQU-FTT/65252/2006)

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Ionic Liquids Vapour pressure Molar enthalpies and entropies of vaporization Vapour Liquid equilibrium

Patents

A dry active electrode for bio-potential monitoring

Devices National

Barbosa, Mário; Sá, Joaquim; Fonseca, José; Ferreira, Victor; Salvado, Isabel; Martins, Rui; Cunha, João; Silva, António

The present invention relates to a novel dry active type electrode to capture bio-potentials when placed in contact with the skin. The device is specially prepared for the capture of electroencephalographic signals, although it can also be used to capture other bio-electrical signals, including electrocardiographic signals (EKG) or elec...

AlN Passivation method relatively to hydrolysis, of AlN based ceramics colloidal processing in aqueous medium, and granulation of powders from those suspensions

Processes National

Ferreira, José; Olhero, Susana; Oliveira, Marta

The present invention relates to methods of passivating the surface of aluminium nitride (AlN) particles against hydrolysis reactions that occur spontaneously when this material is placed in contact with water in the vapour state and, especially in liquid state, as well as to a method of preparation stable and highly concentrated AlN ba...

Aqueous processing of cordierite-based glass-ceramics substrates with low dielectric constant

Processes National

Ferreira, José; Sen, Mei

The present  invention relates to a method of manufacturing substrates for high packaging circuitry in microelectronics, consisting of cordierite-based glass-ceramic materials, characterized by having low values of dielectric constant and dielectric loss factor, from mixtures of cordierite powder and a borosilicate glass disper...

Bioactive glass compositions, their aplications and respective prepration methods

Materials InternationalNational

Ferreira, José; Goel, Ashutosh;

The present invention relates to development of set of bioactive glasses and glass- ceramics compositions that are able to promote a fast deposition layer of carbonated hydroxyapatite upon immersion in simulated body fluid (SBF) for time periods as short as one hour. Such compositions might include fluorides, and a variety of oxides (or...

Encapsulation Process of Luminescent beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium or barium doped cerium (III) aluminate encapsulated with TiO2 and its usages

Processes National

Ferreira, José; Zurba, Nadia

The present invention relates to luminescent beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium or barium doped cerium (III) aluminates encapsulated with TiO2, which inorganic nanomaterials have new multifunctional properties, namely with antimicrobial, antibacterial and water resistance photocatalytic activity. These aluminates encapsulation pro...

Feasibility method for the production of stoneware ceramics by slip casting from clayey shales based on smectites paligorskites and sepiolites

Processes National

Ferreira, José

The present invention relates to a method for enabling the manufacture of stoneware ceramics by slip casting from clay rich sedimentary rocks comprising very fine kaolinite-based particles and other minerals from the group of smectites (bentonite, illite, montmorillonite) and the group of paligorskites and sepiolites. The pr...

Luminescent antibacterial toothpaste

Products National

Ferreira, José; Zurba, Nadia

The present invention relates to the formulation of a luminescent antibacterial toothpaste, with application in the hygiene field, oral hygiene and dentistry. This toothpaste is characterized by being chemically comprised of beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium or barium doped cerium (III) aluminates encapsulated with TiO2, or a com...

Materials customization method by diagnosis of biofunctionality of retinal photoreceptor cells and biomedical equipment

Processes National

Fernandes, Maria; Zurba, Nadia; Leite, Eugénio; Fredel, Márcio; Nogueira, António

The present invention relates to a new biomedical equipment and materials customization method based on the diagnosis of biofunctionality of photoreceptor cells, by performing ophthalmic tests of users chromatic vision, in an interactive and non-invasive way, in the “Integrated Cabin for Vision Clinical Analysis” equ...

Method of producing macroporous ceramics based on foaming agents action and starch gelling properties

Processes National

Ferreira, José; Lemos, Isabel

The present invention relates to a new process for manufacturing macroporous ceramics with average pore sizes greater than 100 microns and porous structures suitable for a variety of applications as bone grafts, filtration, thermal insulation, gas burners, catalyst supports, etc.The process relies on the addition of surfacta...

Photoluminescent ceramic pavement for risk and emergency areas for disabled persons and its production process

Products National

Fernandes, Maria; Zurba, Nadia; Leite, Eugénio; Fredel, Márcio

The present invention relates to photoluminescent ceramic floors, which comprise a photoluminescent layer (1) (3) (5) (7) in Figure 1 and produce the contrast with surfaces (2), (4), (6) and (8) of the non-luminescent substrates (inert). Such floors are obtained as ceramic plates, by pressing in moulds, with photoluminescent layer, fire...

Porous materials for bone regeneration, processing and uses

Materials National

Fernandes, Maria; Senos, Ana; Davim, Erika

The present invention refers to a type of porous support (or scaffold) made from a biocompatible glass exhibiting in vitro bioactivity that contains calcium phosphate, silica and network modifiers, such as MgO, K2O, Na2O, or B2O

Preparation method of polymer-based composite porous structures for tissue engineering application

Processes National

Fernandes, Maria; Vilarinho, Paula; Silva, Ana; Barroca, Natália

The present invention relates to a method for preparing composite porous structures, of polymeric matrix and inorganic filler, biocompatible and biodegradable for tissue engineering applications. In particular, the present invention describes the use of inorganic bioactive compounds of different solubility to induce and control the poro...

Reuse of aluminous sludges in the manufacture of mullite-based ceramic bodies

Processes National

Batista, João; Ferreira, José; Ribeiro, Manuel

The present invention relates to the obtainment of refractory ceramic bodies through different conformation processes, from aluminous sludge from waste water treatment plants (WWTP) of surface treatment, anodizing and lacquering aluminum industries.The sludge, as it exits the WWTP, can be used as raw material in the formulat...

Silicon-phosphorus-calcium glass with high magnesium content for biomedical applications

Materials National

Fernandes, Maria; Correia, Rui; Oliveira, José

The present invention relates to the process for obtaining a silicon-phosphorus-calcium glass with high magnesium content for biomedical applications, which is a two-phase glass with composition (wt%) 30,00% SiO2: 30,00% CaO: 22,75% P2O5: 17,25% MgO. This material has potential applications in dentistry and as a bone substitute for fill...

Ultrasonic method of manufacturing nanowires, nanostrings, nano rods and / or nano sticks of luminescent aluminates and nanostructured composites and its usage

Processes National

Ferreira, José; Zurba, Nadia

The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing new luminescent nanowires, nanostrings, nanorods and/or nanosticks of beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium or barium doped cerium (III) aluminates, which uses mechanical ultrasonic energy vibrations (ultrasonication), in addition to milling of precursor particles and re-firi...

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