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Simone Pereira Rodrigues 

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PhD student, University of Coimbra - University of Minho

MSc, Biomedical Engineering, University of Coimbra

Email: 
simonerodrigues@student.dem.uc.pt

 Author name: S. P. Rodrigues

Current Work


Several researchers concentrated their studies on the development of super oleophobic and super hydrophobic materials with potential applications such as self cleaning, corrosion resistance, anti-fogging, biomedical devices and many other fields. Two main approaches isolated or in synergy can give rise to optimized behavior: i) surface structuring/texturing and/or ii) modification of the chemical surface by coatings deposition. Super hydrophilic materials have been the main focus in most of the studies but achievement of super oleophobic materials, with hydrophobic or hydrophilic properties, is the great challenge of the project. Surface structuring by anodization and etching plasma technologies, respectively, before and after TMD (transition metal dichalcogenides) based coatings deposition, will be performed in order to create in a first step omniphobic surfaces and, in a second step, oleophobic/hydrophilic surfaces.

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Publications (click here for more information)

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

1. WATER AND OIL WETTABILITY OF ANODIZED 6016 ALUMINUM ALLOY SURFACE
S. P. Rodrigues, C. F. Almeida Alves, A. Cavaleiro and S. Carvalho
Applied Surface Science 422:430-442, 2017.
 
2. THE HIGH PERFORMANCE OF NANOCRYSTALLINE CVD DIAMOND COATED HIP JOINTS IN WEAR SIMULATOR TEST
M. M. Maru, M. Amaral, S. P. Rodrigues, R. Santos, C. P. Gouvea, B. S. Archanjo, R. M. Trommer, F. J. Oliveira, R. F. Silva, C. A. Achete,
Journal of the Mechanical Behaviour of Biomedical Materials 49:175-185, 2015
 
3. EXTREMELY LOW WEAR RATES IN HIP JOINT BEARINGS COATED WITH NANOCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND
M. Amaral, M. M. Maru, S. P. Rodrigues, C. P. Gouvêa, R. M. Trommer, F. J. Oliveira, C. A. Achete, R. F. Silva
Tribology International 89:72-77, 2015
 
4. ARTIFACT LEVEL PRODUCED BY DIFFERENT FEMORAL HEAD PROSTHESES IN CT IMAGING: DIAMOND COATED SILICON NITRIDE AS TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT MATERIAL
Simone P Rodrigues, José M. Paiva, Silvia De Francesco, Margarida I. Amaral, Filipe J. Oliveira, Rui F. Silva.
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine 24:231-239, 2013
 
5. SPONTANEOUS CHONDROCYTE MATURATION ON 3D-CHITOSAN SCAFFOLDS
Serafim M. Oliveira, Gloria Turner, Simone P. Rodrigues, Mário A. Barbosa, Mani Alikhani and Cristina C. Teixeira
Journal of Tissue Science and Engineering 4(1), 2013
 
BOOK CHAPTERS

1. NANOCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND COATINGS ON SILICON NITRIDE BIOCERAMIC BEARINGS
M. Amaral, S. P. Rodrigues, F. J. Oliveira, R. F. Silva
Book title: Materials for Joint Arthroplasty - Biotribology of Potential Bearings
Editors: R. Sonntag and J. P. Kretzer, Publ. Imperial College Press, Chapter 14, pp. 413-430, 2016.

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