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virginiaferreir@gmail.com |
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| Virgínia |
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Surname: |
Ferreira |
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Institution: |
Centro de Química Estrutural |
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Type of Institution: |
Research Center |
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ORCID number: |
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4648-3461
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Google Scholar: |
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=bd-R8TkAAAAJ&hl=pt-PT
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Research Gate: |
I-3612-2016
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Country: |
Portugal
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Working groups of interest |
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| Keywords |
| - | | Environment | | - | | Oxides | | - | | Smart Functional Surfaces | | - | | Technology |
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| Materials/technologies |
| - | | Inorganic Porous Materials (Porous Alumina, TiO2, ZnO) |
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Scientific expertise |
Synthesis, characterisation and application of thin conducting polymer films and of metal and semiconductor nanoparticles; Study of nanostructured materials, composites and hybrid materials; Fibres modification with nanoparticles and/or conducting polymers; Photo(electro)catalysis; Pollutants removal from water. |
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Capabilities |
Access to hydro/solvothermal reactors for nanomaterials synthesis; access to UV and visible light photoreactors; access to equipment, including for spectrophotometry, diffractometry and microscopy analysis, within the Research Centre. |
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Relevant publications
(6 max.) |
| I.V. Ferreira, N.R. Neng, O.C. Monteiro, V.C. Ferreira, “Immobilisation of ZnO nanoparticles on carbon and on glass fibres for visible light photocatalytic applications”, Journal of Photochemistry & Photobiology A: Chemistry 453 (2024) 115653. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2024.115653 |
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| V.C. Ferreira, W.R. Wise, O.C. Monteiro, “Comparative study of powder and cotton-supported BiOCl particles on the photocatalytic degradation of industrial pollutants” Ceramics International 46 (2020) 27508–27516. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2020.07.240 |
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| V.C. Ferreira, A.J. Goddard, O.C. Monteiro, “Cotton supported bismuthoxychloride and titanium dioxide: synthesis, characterisation and photocatalytic performance towards naphthol blue black dye degradation” Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry 357 (2018) 201-212. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2018.02.032 |
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| V.C. Ferreira, M.C. Neves, A.R. Hillman, O. C. Monteiro, “Novel one-pot synthesis and sensitisation of new BiOCl-Bi2S3 nanostructures from DES medium displaying high photocatalytic activity”, RSC Advances, 6 (2016) 77329-77339. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6ra14474h |
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| R.M. Sapstead, R.M. Dalgliesh, V.C. Ferreira, C. Beebee, E. Watkins, A.R. Hillman, K.S. Ryder, E.L. Smith, N.-J. Steinke, Time-Resolved Spatial Distributions of Individual Components of Electroactive Films During Potentiodynamic Electrodeposition, ACS Physical Chemistry Au 4 (2024) 615. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphyschemau.4c00055 |
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| C. Beebee, E. Watkins, R.M. Sapstead, V.C. Ferreira, K.S. Ryder, E.L. Smith, A.R. Hillman, “Effect of electrochemical control function on the internal structure and composition of electrodeposited polypyrrole films: a neutron reflectometry study” Electrochimica Acta 295 (2019) 978-988. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2018.10.064 |
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