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Albano Augusto Cavaleiro Rodrigues de Carvalho Full Professor University of Coimbra http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8251-5099 Email: albano.cavaleiro@dem.uc.pt Phone: (+351) 239790745 Main Research Areas Materials and Surface Engineering, Deposition and characterization of thin films, Tribology, Nanocrystalline/nanocomposite materials Hard coatings, Mechanical characterization of thin films (depth sensing indentation), Corrosion and oxidation behaviour of thin coatings, Self-lubricating coatings |
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Paulo Ferreira
Head of Department of Advanced Electron Microscopy, Imaging and Spectroscopy INL – International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory Email: paulo.ferreira.at@inl.int Phone: (+351) 253 140 112 Main Research Areas Nanomaterials, Nanotechnology and Electron Microscopy applied to Alternative Energy Technologies |
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Tomas Polcar
Professor of Materials Science and Tribology University of Southampton Email: T.Polcar@soton.ac.uk Phone: (+023) 8059 8615 Main Research Areas His research covers large area of surface engineering, particularly design, deposition and characterisation of thin films, radiation damage, nanoscale mechanical properties and interface phenomena. He pioneers novel self-lubricant coatings with self-adaptive nanostructure and high temperature tribology of thin films. |
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Mariana Henriques
Assistant Professor University of Minho Email: mcrh@deb.uminho.pt Phone: (+351) 253604401 Main Research Areas Health Biotechnology and Bioengineering |
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Senentxu Lanceros-Mendez
BCMaterials, Basque center for materials, applications & nanostructures, Spain Physics Center, University of Minho, Portugal Email: senentxu.lanceros@bcmaterials.net; lanceros@fisica.uminho.pt Phone: (+351) 253604073 Main Research Areas His work is focused in the area of polymer based smart materials for sensors and actuators, energy and biomedical applications. |
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Maria Helena Fernandes
Facultade de Medicina Dentaria University of Porto Email: mhfernandes@fmd.up.pt Phone: (+351) 220901100 Main Research Areas - Bone metabolism and regeneration - Regeneration of soft and hard oral tissues - Cytotoxicity and biocompatibility studies - following in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo characterisation |
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Juan Carlos Sánchez López
Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Sevilla Email: jcslopez@icmse.csic.es Phone: (+34) 954489579 Main Research Areas - Preparation of hard and self-lubricant coatings by magnetron sputtering techniques. - Study of mechanical and tribological properties of modified surfaces, coatings and lubricant additives. - Microstructural and chemical characterization of nanostructured materials (nanoparticles, nanocomposites, thin films) by spectroscopic and microscopic techniques. |
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Sebastian Calderon Velasco
Research Fellow Carnegie Mellon University – Department of Materials Science and Engineering Email: scaldero@andrew.cmu.edu Main Research Areas He received his Ph.D. in Materials Engineering, from the University of Minho – Portugal in 2016, with a special European Mention due to the development of part of his thesis at the University of Groningen – Netherlands. His work is focused on material science and state solid physics, with emphasis in development of multifunctional nanomaterials by physical vapor deposition methods and advance characterization using electron microscopy including HR-TEM/STEM imaging and spectroscopy techniques. |
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Sandra Maria Alves da Cruz
Research Fellow IPN – Instituto Pedro Nunes Email: sandracruz@ipn.pt Phone: (+351) 239700976 Main Research Areas The purpose of her work is to contribute to a cleaner and decarbonization world, into the circular economy perspective, through: - Preparation of C-based thin films for several applications (from low friction to biomedical field) - Polymer-based composites |
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Filipe Daniel Fernandes
Assistant Professor ISEP—School of Engineering, Polytechnic of Porto Email: fdffernandes@gmail.com Phone: (+351) 239790745 Main Research Areas Surface engineering, Protective thin and thick coatings, Machining, Welding technologies, thermal spraying technologies, Tribology, Oxidation and thermal stability of Materials, Self-lubricant coatings, Interaction between surfaces. |
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Fábio Emanuel de Sousa Ferreira
Researcher & Invited Professor University of Coimbra Email: fabio.ferreira@dem.uc.pt Phone: (+351) 239790745 Main Research Areas Surface engineering, Protective thin and thick coatings, Tribology, Oxidation and thermal stability of Materials, Self-lubricant coatings, Interaction between surfaces, antibacterial coatings, development of environmental friendly technologies. |
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Ana Paula Sampaio
Assistant Professor University of Minho Email: psampaio@bio.uminho.pt Phone: (+351) 253601546 Main Research Areas Molecular and Environmental Biology. |
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Filipe Samuel Silva
Full Professor University of Minho Email: fsamuel@dem.uminho.pt Phone: (+351) 253510254 Main Research Areas Mechanical engineering. |
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Mariana Marques
CeNTI-Centre for Nanotechnology and Smart Materials Email: mariana.marques@fisica.uminho.pt Phone: (+351) 252 104 152 Main Research Areas - Coatings and films - Materials Engineering - Nanotechnology |
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Cristiana Alves
INL-International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory Email: cristiana.alves@física.uminho.pt, alves.cristiana89@gmail.com Phone: (+351) Main Research Areas - (nano)materials and thin films/coatings - Advanced electron microscopy |
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Luisa Fialho
i3S-Institute for Research and Innovation in Health Email: lfialho@i3s.up.pt Phone: (+351) 226 074 900 Main Research Areas - Biomaterials, Materials Science and Surface Engineering. - Biofunctionalization of medical adhesives and technology transfer. |