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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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Ramón Escobar Galindo
University of Cadiz

Email: ramon.escobar@uca.es
Phone: 


Main Research Areas
Additive manufacture.

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Juan Carlos Sánchez Lápez
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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Carlos Tavares
Assistant Professor
University of Minho

Email: ctavares@fisica.uminho.pt
Phone: (+351) 253510474

Main Research Areas
Synthesis of nanostructured thin films by magnetron deposition (Physical vapor deposition – PVD) technologies. Study of photocatalytic thin films, either with semiconductor and electrical properties. Controlled release of insecticides/repellents from solar activated surfaces. Synthesis of transparent conductive oxide thin films for photovoltaic applications. Deposition techniques for PdAg alloys for hydrogen-selective ceramic membranes.

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João Pedro Mendonça
Assistant Professor
University of Minho

Email: jpmas@dem.uminho.pt

Phone: (+351) 253510220

Main Research Areas
Realm of computer-aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM), next generation modeling and design methods, information modeling and knowledge management, and open standards-based PLM frameworks


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Sebastian Calderon Velasco
Research Fellow
INL – International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory

Email: sebastian.velasco@inl.int
Phone: (+351) 253140112

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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Cristiana Alves
Research Fellow
INL – International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory

Email: cristiana.alves@inl.int
Phone: (+351) 253140112

Main Research Areas
She was awarded the Marie Curie COFUND action (NanoTRAINforgrowth II) and is working in the Atomic Structure-Composition of Materials group at the Advanced Electron Microscopy, Imaging and Spectroscopy Department. Her research activity focuses on determining the phase and chemical composition distribution in micrometric NMC polycrystalline particles, to understand the Li mobility during charge/discharge and consequently the performance of these Li-ion battery materials.
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