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  1. From Body Heat to Boosted Charge: Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube-Based Screen-Printed Textiles for Flexible Energy Harvesting and Storage

    Article • ACS Applied Electronic Materials, May 2026, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Clara Pereira

  2. Boosting the performance of EDLC-type supercapacitors using glucose-derived carbon/MWCNT hybrid electrode material and different electrolytes

    Article • Chemical Engineering Journal Advances, March 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Clara Pereira

  3. Modified MWCNT Dispersed in Polymeric Matrices as High-Performance Inks for Functional Fabrics with EMI-Shielding Properties

    Article • Processes, February 2026, MDPI AG

    Dr Clara Pereira, Professor M. Fernando R Pereira

  4. Architectural designs for efficient EMI-shielding textiles: from numerical simulations to screen-printing implementation

    Article • Materials & Design, September 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Clara Pereira

  5. Advanced energy storage systems as power sources for biosensing technologies

    Article • January 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Clara Pereira

  6. Voltammetric immunosensor based on oxidized carbon nanotubes/MnFe2O4 hybrid nanoplatform for amplified detection of celery (Apium graveolens)

    Article • Food Chemistry, December 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Clara Pereira

  7. Assessment of a crustacean allergen in fishery products using a nanomodified label-free voltammetric immunosensing approach

    Article • Microchemical Journal, November 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Clara Pereira

  8. Magnetic refrigeration enhanced by magnetically-activated thermal switch: An experimental proof-of-concept

    Article • International Journal of Refrigeration, August 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Clara Pereira

  9. Fabrication of CNT-N@Manganese Oxide Hybrid Nanomaterials through a Versatile One-Pot Eco-Friendly Route toward Engineered Textile Supercapacitors

    Article • ACS Applied Engineering Materials, March 2024, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Clara Pereira

  10. Hybrid Carbon‐Metal Oxide Catalysts for Electrocatalysis, Biomass Valorization and Wastewater Treatment

    Article • February 2024, Wiley

    Dr Clara Pereira

  11. Flexible Magnetocaloric Fiber Mats for Room-Temperature Energy Applications

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, February 2024, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Michael Belsley, Dr Clara Pereira

  12. Functionalized Carbon Nanostructures for Smart Electronic Textiles

    Article • January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Clara Pereira

  13. Corrigendum to “Smart dual-functional energy storage/fluorescent textile device based on a new redox-active Mn-doped ZnS solid-gel electrolyte” [Chem. Eng. J. 426 (2021) 131274]

    Article • Chemical Engineering Journal, January 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Clara Pereira

  14. Functionalized Carbon Nanostructures for Smart Electronic Textiles

    Article • January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Clara Pereira

  15. Multifunctional energy harvesting and storage textile technology based on thermionic effect

    Article • Journal of Power Sources, December 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Clara Pereira

  16. Multifunctional Nanoparticles with Superparamagnetic Mn(II) Ferrite and Luminescent Gold Nanoclusters for Multimodal Imaging

    Article • Polymers, November 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Clara Pereira

  17. High-performance magnetic thermal switch based on MnFe2O

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Energy, November 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Clara Pereira

  18. Tuning the Photochromic Properties of WO3-Based Materials toward High-Performance Light-Responsive Textiles

    Article • ACS Applied Optical Materials, July 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Clara Pereira

  19. Design and photo-Fenton performance of Graphene/CuS/Fe3O4 tertiary nanocomposites for Rhodamine B degradation

    Article • Catalysis Today, June 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Clara Pereira

  20. Fe3O4@Au Core–Shell Magnetic Nanoparticles for the Rapid Analysis of E. coli O157:H7 in an Electrochemical Immunoassay

    Article • Biosensors, May 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Clara Pereira

  21. Scalable Flexible Electromagnetic Interference Shielding Textiles Based on MWCNTs and PEDOT:PSS

    Article • Solid State Phenomena, June 2022, Trans Tech Publications

    Dr Clara Pereira, Professor M. Fernando R Pereira

  22. Design of Electromagnetic Shielding Textiles Based on Industrial‐Grade Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene Nanoplatelets by Dip‐Pad‐Dry Process

    Article • phys stat sol (a), January 2022, Wiley

    Dr Clara Pereira, Professor M. Fernando R Pereira

  23. Smart dual-functional energy storage/fluorescent textile device based on a new redox-active Mn-doped ZnS solid-gel electrolyte

    Article • Chemical Engineering Journal, December 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Clara Pereira

  24. Solar Light-Induced Methylene Blue Removal over TiO2/AC Composites and Photocatalytic Regeneration

    Article • Nanomaterials, November 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Ana Sofia Mestre, Dr Clara Pereira, Professor M. Fernando R Pereira

  25. Unveiling the role of oxidative treatments on the electrochemical performance of carbon nanotube-based cotton textile supercapacitors

    Article • Carbon Trends, October 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Clara Pereira, Professor M. Fernando R Pereira

  26. Au/Ag nanoparticles-decorated TiO2 with enhanced catalytic activity for nitroarenes reduction

    Article • Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, July 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Clara Pereira

  27. Effect of Ti doping on the structural, morphological and magnetic properties of La0.7Ga0.3Fe1-xTixO3

    Article • Results in Physics, July 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Clara Pereira

  28. CNT-based Materials as Electrodes for Flexible Supercapacitors

    Article • U Porto Journal of Engineering, April 2021, Faculdade de Engenharia - Universidade do Port

    Dr Clara Pereira, Professor M. Fernando R Pereira

  29. An Interdigital Planar Energy Harvesting/Storage Device Based On an Ionic Solid–Gel Polymer

    Article • ACS Applied Electronic Materials, January 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Clara Pereira

  30. Hybrid dual-function thermal energy harvesting and storage technologies: towards self-chargeable flexible/wearable devices

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2021, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Clara Pereira

  31. Recent Advances in Functional Thermoelectric Materials for Printed Electronics

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Clara Pereira

  32. Supported Vanadium Catalysts: Heterogeneous Molecular Complexes, Electrocatalysis and Biomass Transformation

    Article • November 2020, Royal Society of Chemistry

    M. Natalia D. S. Cordeiro, Dr Clara Pereira, Filipe Teixeira

  33. Fabrication of all-solid-state textile supercapacitors based on industrial-grade multi-walled carbon nanotubes for enhanced energy storage

    Article • Journal of Materials Science, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Clara Pereira

  34. Hydrothermal Carbon/Carbon Nanotube Composites as Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

    Article • Journal of Composites Science, February 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Clara Pereira, Professor M. Fernando R Pereira

  35. Fe3O4@Au nanoparticles-based magnetoplatform for the HMGA maize endogenous gene electrochemical genosensing

    Article • Talanta, January 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Clara Pereira

  36. Nanoengineered textiles: from advanced functional nanomaterials to groundbreaking high-performance clothing

    Article • January 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Clara Pereira

  37. Metallo(salen) complexes as versatile building blocks for the fabrication of molecular materials and devices with tuned properties

    Article • Coordination Chemistry Reviews, September 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Clara Pereira

  38. Light driven PVDF fibers based on photochromic nanosilica@naphthopyran fabricated by wet spinning

    Article • Applied Surface Science, March 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Clara Pereira

  39. Printed Flexible μ-Thermoelectric Device Based on Hybrid Bi2Te3/PVA Composites

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, February 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Clara Pereira

  40. Correction: Multifunctional mixed valence N-doped CNT@MFe2O4 hybrid nanomaterials: from engineered one-pot coprecipitation to application in energy storage paper supercapacitors

    Article • Nanoscale, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Clara Pereira

  41. CHRONOAMPEROMETRIC MAGNETOGENOSENSING FOR SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION OF TWO ROUNDUP READY™ SOYBEAN LINES: GTS 40-3-2 AND MON89788

    Article • Sensors and Actuators B Chemical, December 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Clara Pereira

  42. Photochromic polypropylene fibers based on UV-responsive silica@phosphomolybdate nanoparticles through melt spinning technology

    Article • Chemical Engineering Journal, May 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Clara Pereira, Professor Cristina Freire

  43. l-serine-functionalized montmorillonite decorated with Au nanoparticles: A new highly efficient catalyst for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol

    Article • Journal of Catalysis, May 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Clara Pereira

  44. Electrochemical genoassays on gold-coated magnetic nanoparticles to quantify genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food and feed as GMO percentage

    Article • Biosensors and Bioelectronics, March 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Clara Pereira

  45. Multifunctional mixed valence N-doped CNT@MFe2O4 hybrid nanomaterials: from engineered one-pot coprecipitation to application in energy storage paper supercapacitors

    Article • Nanoscale, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Clara Pereira, Professor Cristina Freire

  46. Multifunctional Ferrite Nanoparticles: From Current Trends Toward the Future

    Article • January 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Clara Pereira

  47. Highly Active Ruthenium Supported on Magnetically Recyclable Chitosan-Based Nanocatalyst for Nitroarenes Reduction

    Article • ChemCatChem, September 2017, Wiley

    Dr Clara Pereira, Professor Cristina Freire

  48. A novel generation of hybrid photochromic vinylidene-naphthofuran silica nanoparticles through fine-tuning of surface chemistry

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Clara Pereira, Professor Cristina Freire

  49. Screen-Printed Photochromic Textiles through New Inks Based on SiO2@naphthopyran Nanoparticles

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, October 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Clara Pereira, Professor Cristina Freire, Professor M. Fernando R Pereira

  50. Highly Monodisperse Fe 3 O 4 @Au Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles as Reproducible Platform for Genosensing Genetically Modified Organisms

    Article • ACS Sensors, August 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Clara Pereira

  51. Naphthopyran-Based Silica Nanoparticles as New High-Performance Photoresponsive Materials

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, March 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Clara Pereira, Professor M. Fernando R Pereira, Professor Cristina Freire

  52. Magnetically recyclable mesoporous iron oxide–silica materials for the degradation of acetaminophen in water under mild conditions

    Article • Polyhedron, February 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Clara Pereira, Joao Pires, Professor Cristina Freire

  53. Physicochemical characterization of organosilylated halloysite clay nanotubes

    Article • Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, January 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Clara Pereira, Professor Cristina Freire, Joao Pires

  54. l-Serine functionalized clays: Preparation and characterization

    Article • Polyhedron, December 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Cristina Freire, Dr Clara Pereira

  55. MnFe2O4@CNT-N as novel electrochemical nanosensor for determination of caffeine, acetaminophen and ascorbic acid

    Article • Sensors and Actuators B Chemical, October 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Clara Pereira, Professor Cristina Freire

  56. Automatized and desktop AC-susceptometer for the in situ and real time monitoring of magnetic nanoparticles’ synthesis by coprecipitation

    Article • Review of Scientific Instruments, April 2015, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Clara Pereira, Professor Cristina Freire

  57. Gold-supported magnetically recyclable nanocatalysts: a sustainable solution for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol in water

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Cristina Freire, Professor M. Fernando R Pereira, Dr Clara Pereira

  58. Lanthano phosphomolybdate-decorated silica nanoparticles: novel hybrid materials with photochromic properties

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Ginesa Blanco Montilla, Dr Clara Pereira, Professor M. Fernando R Pereira, Professor Cristina Freire

  59. Architectured design of superparamagnetic Fe3O4nanoparticles for application as MRI contrast agents: mastering size and magnetism for enhanced relaxivity

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry B, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Clara Pereira, Professor Cristina Freire

  60. Chapter 11. Sustainable Catalysis by Manganese Compounds: From Heterogeneous Molecular Complexes to Manganese-based (Nano)Materials

    Article • January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Clara Pereira

  61. Efficient immobilization of montmorillonite onto cotton textiles through their functionalization with organosilanes

    Article • Applied Clay Science, November 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Cristina Freire, Professor M. Fernando R Pereira, Dr Clara Pereira

  62. Novel electrochemical sensor based on N-doped carbon nanotubes and Fe3O4 nanoparticles: Simultaneous voltammetric determination of ascorbic acid, dopamine and uric acid

    Article • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, October 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Cristina Freire, Dr Clara Pereira

  63. Gold nanoparticles decorated on Bingel–thiol functionalized multiwall carbon nanotubes as an efficient and robust catalyst

    Article • Applied Catalysis A General, September 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Clara Pereira, Professor Cristina Freire

  64. Influence of ceria distribution on the redox behaviour of nanoparticulated CeO2-SiO2systems with application in catalysis

    Article • Surface and Interface Analysis, May 2014, Wiley

    Professor Cristina Freire, Dr Ginesa Blanco Montilla, Dr Clara Pereira

  65. Tailored design of CoxMn1−xFe2O4 nanoferrites: a new route for dual control of size and magnetic properties

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Cristina Freire, Dr Clara Pereira

  66. Electrical conductivity of LTA-zeolite in the presence of poly(vinyl alcohol) and poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) polymers

    Article • Polymer International, June 2013, Wiley

    Professor Cristina Freire, Dr Clara Pereira

  67. Photocatalytic degradation of Reactive Black 5 with TiO2-coated magnetic nanoparticles

    Article • Catalysis Today, June 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Cristina Freire, Dr Clara Pereira, Prof. Joaquim Luís Faria

  68. Silica nanoparticles functionalized with a thermochromic dye for textile applications

    Article • Journal of Materials Science, March 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Cristina Freire, Professor M. Fernando R Pereira, Dr Clara Pereira

  69. Alkene epoxidation by manganese(III) complexes immobilized onto nanostructured carbon CMK-3

    Article • Catalysis Today, March 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Cristina Freire, Ana Paula Carvalho, Dr Clara Pereira, Joao Pires

  70. Hybrid layer-by-layer films based on lanthanide-bridged silicotungstates and poly(ethylenimine)

    Article • Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, December 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Cristina Freire, Dr Duarte Ananias, Dr Clara Pereira

  71. Oxidovanadium(IV) acetylacetonate immobilized onto CMK-3 for heterogeneous epoxidation of geraniol

    Article • Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, September 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Cristina Freire, Ana Paula Carvalho, Dr Clara Pereira, Joao Pires

  72. Superparamagnetic MFe2O4(M = Fe, Co, Mn) Nanoparticles: Tuning the Particle Size and Magnetic Properties through a Novel One-Step Coprecipitation Route

    Article • Chemistry of Materials, April 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Cristina Freire, Dr Clara Pereira

  73. Functionalization of textiles with multi-walled carbon nanotubes by a novel dyeing-like process

    Article • Journal of Materials Science, March 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Cristina Freire, Professor M. Fernando R Pereira, Dr Clara Pereira

  74. Green oxidation catalysis with metal complexes: from bulk to nano recyclable hybrid catalysts

    Article • February 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Cristina Freire, Dr Clara Pereira

  75. Understanding the silylation reaction of multi-walled carbon nanotubes

    Article • Carbon, September 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Cristina Freire, Professor M. Fernando R Pereira, Dr Clara Pereira

  76. Epoxidation of olefins catalyzed by manganese(III) salen complexes grafted to porous heterostructured clays

    Article • Applied Clay Science, August 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Cristina Freire, Ana Paula Carvalho, Dr Clara Pereira, Joao Pires

  77. Designing Novel Hybrid Materials by One-Pot Co-condensation: From Hydrophobic Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles to Superamphiphobic Cotton Textiles

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, July 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Cristina Freire, Ana Paula Carvalho, Professor M. Fernando R Pereira, Dr Clara Pereira, Joao Pires

  78. Unravelling the effect of interparticle interactions and surface spin canting in γ-Fe2O3@SiO2 superparamagnetic nanoparticles

    Article • Journal of Applied Physics, June 2011, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Cristina Freire, Dr Clara Pereira

  79. [VO(acac)2] hybrid catalyst: from complex immobilization onto silica nanoparticles to catalytic application in the epoxidation of geraniol

    Article • Catalysis Science & Technology, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Cristina Freire, Dr Ginesa Blanco Montilla, Dr Clara Pereira

  80. Oxidovanadium(IV) Complexes of 3-Hydroxy-4-pyrone and 3-Hydroxy-4-pyridinone Ligands: A New Generation of Homogeneous Catalysts for the Epoxidation of Geraniol

    Article • Catalysis Letters, February 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Cristina Freire, Dr Clara Pereira

  81. Superparamagnetic γ-Fe2O3@SiO2 nanoparticles: a novel support for the immobilization of [VO(acac)2]

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Cristina Freire, Dr Clara Pereira

  82. Designing heterogeneous oxovanadium and copper acetylacetonate catalysts: Effect of covalent immobilisation in epoxidation and aziridination reactions

    Article • Journal of Molecular Catalysis A Chemical, October 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Cristina Freire, Ana Paula Carvalho, Dr Clara Pereira, Joao Pires

  83. Grafting of vanadyl acetylacetonate onto organo-hexagonal mesoporous silica and catalytic activity in the allylic epoxidation of geraniol

    Article • Polyhedron, April 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Cristina Freire, Ana Paula Carvalho, Dr Clara Pereira, Joao Pires

  84. Vanadyl acetylacetonate anchored onto amine-functionalised clays and catalytic activity in the epoxidation of geraniol

    Article • Journal of Molecular Catalysis A Chemical, March 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Cristina Freire, Ana Paula Carvalho, Dr Clara Pereira, Joao Pires

  85. Copper acetylacetonate anchored onto amine-functionalised clays

    Article • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, December 2007, Elsevier

    Ana Paula Carvalho, Dr Clara Pereira, Professor Cristina Freire, Joao Pires