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  1. Marine-Derived Actinomycetes: Biodegradation of Plastics and Formation of PHA Bioplastics—A Circular Bioeconomy Approach

    Article • Marine Drugs, December 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  2. Water Molecular Dynamics in the Porous Structures of Ultrafiltration/Nanofiltration Asymmetric Cellulose Acetate–Silica Membranes

    Article • Membranes, November 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  3. Crosslinked Bacterial Cellulose Hydrogels For Biomedical Applications

    Article • February 2022, Research Square

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  4. Tuning the 1H NMR Paramagnetic Relaxation Enhancement and Local Order of [Aliquat]+-Based Systems Mixed with DMSO

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, January 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  5. Marine Environmental Plastic Pollution: Mitigation by Microorganism Degradation and Recycling Valorization

    Article • Frontiers in Marine Science, December 2020, Frontiers

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  6. Designing silica xerogels containing RTIL for CO2 capture and CO2/CH4 separation: Influence of ILs anion, cation and cation side alkyl chain length and ramification

    Article • Journal of Environmental Management, August 2020, Elsevier

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  7. Polyoxometalate@Periodic mesoporous organosilicas as active materials for oxidative desulfurization of diesels

    Article • Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, August 2020, Elsevier

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida, Joao Pires

  8. Enhancement of CO2/N2 selectivity and CO2 uptake by tuning concentration and chemical structure of imidazolium-based ILs immobilized in mesoporous silica

    Article • Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, June 2020, Elsevier

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  9. Antibiotic Activity Screened by the Rheology of S. aureus Cultures

    Article • Fluids, May 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  10. Large-pore silica spheres as support for samarium-coordinated undecamolybdophosphate: Oxidative desulfurization of diesels

    Article • Fuel, January 2020, Elsevier

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  11. Understanding the influence of carbon nanotubes on the flow behavior of liquid crystalline hydroxypropylcellulose: A Rheo-NMR study

    Article • Polymer, October 2019, Elsevier

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  12. Effective Zinc-Substituted Keggin Composite To Catalyze the Removal of Sulfur from Real Diesels under a Solvent-Free System

    Article • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, September 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida, Dr. Jose M. Campos-Martin, Joao Pires

  13. Influence of chain length of prepolymers in permanent memory effect of PDLC assessed by solid-state NMR

    Article • Liquid Crystals, September 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  14. Oxidative desulfurization strategies using Keggin-type polyoxometalate catalysts: Biphasic versus solvent-free systems

    Article • Catalysis Today, August 2019, Elsevier

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida, Dr. Jose M. Campos-Martin, Joao Pires

  15. Cholesteric-type cellulosic structures: from plants to applications

    Article • Liquid Crystals, July 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Maria Helena Godinho, Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  16. Spotting plants’ microfilament morphologies and nanostructures

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, June 2019, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  17. On the influence of imidazolium ionic liquids on cellulose derived polymers

    Article • European Polymer Journal, May 2019, Elsevier

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  18. Novel coating containing molybdenum oxide nanoparticles to reduce Staphylococcus aureus contamination on inanimate surfaces

    Article • PLoS ONE, March 2019, PLOS

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida, Marta Aires-de-Sousa

  19. Bacterial cellulose: a versatile biopolymer for wound dressing applications

    Article • Microbial Biotechnology, March 2019, Wiley

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  20. Motility and cell shape roles in the rheology of growing bacteria cultures

    Article • The European Physical Journal E, March 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  21. Mesoporous nanosilica-supported polyoxomolybdate as catalysts for sustainable desulfurization

    Article • Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, February 2019, Elsevier

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  22. Rheology of living cells

    Article • February 2019, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  23. Reversible water driven chirality inversion in cellulose-based helices isolated fromErodiumawns

    Article • Soft Matter, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  24. Impedance spectroscopy and electro-optic switching times of a liquid crystal hydroxypropyl cellulose network composite

    Article • December 2018, SPIE

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  25. Molecular order and dynamics of water in hybrid cellulose acetate–silica asymmetric membranes

    Article • Molecular Physics, October 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Pedro Cosme, Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  26. Bactericidal efficacy of molybdenum oxide nanoparticles against antimicrobial-resistant pathogens

    Article • Journal of Medical Microbiology, August 2018, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  27. Filling in the voids of electrospun hydroxypropyl cellulose network: Dielectric investigations

    Article • The European Physical Journal Plus, April 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  28. Extraction of Cellulose Nanocrystals with Structure I and II and Their Applications for Reduction of Graphene Oxide and Nanocomposite Elaboration

    Article • Waste and Biomass Valorization, January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  29. Cellulose-Based Biomimetics and Their Applications

    Article • Advanced Materials, January 2018, Wiley

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  30. Electrical properties of a liquid crystal dispersed in an electrospun cellulose acetate network

    Article • Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, January 2018, Beilstein Institut

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  31. 1H NMR Relaxometry and Diffusometry Study of Magnetic and Nonmagnetic Ionic Liquid-Based Solutions: Cosolvent and Temperature Effects

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, December 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  32. Waterborne polyurethane/Fe3O4-synthetic talc composites: synthesis, characterization, and magnetic properties

    Article • Polymer Bulletin, July 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  33. Desulfurization process conciliating heterogeneous oxidation and liquid extraction: Organic solvent or centrifugation/water?

    Article • Applied Catalysis A General, July 2017, Elsevier

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  34. Two negative minima of the first normal stress difference in a cellulose-based cholesteric liquid crystal: Helix uncoiling

    Article • Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Physics, March 2017, Wiley

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  35. Rotational tumbling of Escherichia coli aggregates under shear

    Article • December 2016, American Physical Society (APS)

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  36. Mind the Microgap in Iridescent Cellulose Nanocrystal Films

    Article • Advanced Materials, November 2016, Wiley

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  37. A novel red emitting material based on polyoxometalate@periodic mesoporous organosilica

    Article • Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, November 2016, Elsevier

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  38. Effect of cellulose nanocrystals in a cellulosic liquid crystal behaviour under low shear (regime I): Structure and molecular dynamics

    Article • European Polymer Journal, November 2016, Elsevier

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  39. Sensing and tuning microfiber chirality with nematic chirogyral effect

    Article • March 2016, American Physical Society (APS)

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  40. Sensing surface morphology of biofibers by decorating spider silk and cellulosic filaments with nematic microdroplets

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, January 2016, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  41. A cellulosic liquid crystal pool for cellulose nanocrystals: Structure and molecular dynamics at high shear rates

    Article • European Polymer Journal, November 2015, Elsevier

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  42. Carbon Nanotubes as Reinforcement of Cellulose Liquid Crystalline Responsive Networks

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, September 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  43. Rheo-NMR study of water-based cellulose liquid crystal system at high shear rates

    Article • Polymer, May 2015, Elsevier

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  44. Liquid Crystals: From Modified Phases to Applications 2014

    Article • December 2014, MDPI AG

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  45. InOx thin films deposited by plasma assisted evaporation: Application in light shutters

    Article • Vacuum, September 2014, Elsevier

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  46. Living bacteria rheology: Population growth, aggregation patterns, and collective behavior under different shear flows

    Article • Physical Review E, August 2014, American Physical Society (APS)

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  47. From Cellulosic Based Liquid Crystalline Sheared Solutions to 1D and 2D Soft Materials

    Article • Materials, June 2014, MDPI AG

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  48. Molecular mobility, composition and structure analysis in glycerol plasticised chitosan films

    Article • Food Chemistry, February 2014, Elsevier

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  49. Micro- and nanofibers and liquid crystals for light-scattering shutters: Simulation of electro-optical properties

    Article • Physical Review E, January 2014, American Physical Society (APS)

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  50. Erratum: CORRIGENDUM: A cellulose liquid crystal motor: a steam engine of the second kind

    Article • Scientific Reports, July 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  51. Water-Based Cellulose Liquid Crystal System Investigated by Rheo-NMR

    Article • Macromolecules, May 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  52. Light shutters from nanocrystalline cellulose rods in a nematic liquid crystal

    Article • Liquid Crystals, March 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Maria Helena Godinho, Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  53. Real-time rheology of actively growing bacteria

    Article • Physical Review E, March 2013, American Physical Society (APS)

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  54. A cellulose liquid crystal motor: a steam engine of the second kind

    Article • Scientific Reports, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  55. High ionicity ionic liquids (HIILs): comparing the effect of ethylsulfonate and ethylsulfate anions

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    José Nuno Canongia Lopes, Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  56. Liquid crystal necklaces: cholesteric drops threaded by thin cellulose fibres

    Article • Soft Matter, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  57. Structural Color and Iridescence in Transparent Sheared Cellulosic Films

    Article • Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, November 2012, Wiley

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  58. Liquid crystal beads constrained on thin cellulosic fibers: electric field induced microrotors and N–I transition

    Article • Soft Matter, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  59. Perspectives on the electrically induced properties of electrospun cellulose/liquid crystal devices

    Article • Journal of Electrostatics, December 2011, Elsevier

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  60. Deuterium NMR Study of Orientational Order in Cellulosic Network Microfibers

    Article • Macromolecules, June 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  61. Electro-optical light scattering shutter using electrospun cellulose-based nano- and microfibers

    Article • Applied Physics Letters, July 2009, American Institute of Physics

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  62. Deformation of isotropic and anisotropic liquid droplets dispersed in a cellulose liquid crystalline derivative

    Article • Cellulose, January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  63. Electro‐optical cells using a cellulose derivative and cholesteric liquid crystals

    Article • Liquid Crystals, December 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  64. Mechanically activated cholesteric polymer dispersed liquid crystals

    Article • Liquid Crystals, November 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  65. Tunable topographical cellulose matrices for electro-optical liquid crystal cells

    Article • Opto-Electronics Review, January 2006, Elsevier

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  66. Electro-optical Properties of Cellulose Derivative Composites

    Article • November 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  67. Thermally Stimulated Depolarization Currents and Optical Transmissionon Liquid Crystal/Cellulose Derivative Composite Devices

    Article • Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, January 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  68. Cross-linked hydroxypropylcellulose films: mechanical behaviour and electro-optical properties of PDLC type cells

    Article • Optical Materials, September 2002, Elsevier

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  69. Composite systems for flexible display applications from cellulose derivatives

    Article • Synthetic Metals, March 2002, Elsevier

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  70. Dielectric studies of the nematic mixture E7 on a hydroxypropylcellulose substrate

    Article • Liquid Crystals, March 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  71. Flexible cellulose derivative PDLC type cells

    Article • Liquid Crystals, March 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  72. Transparent, conductive ZnO:Al thin film deposited on polymer substrates by RF magnetron sputtering

    Article • Surface and Coatings Technology, March 2002, Elsevier

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  73. Light Scattering Studies in Cellulose Derivative Based PDLC Type Cells

    Article • Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, April 2001, Taylor & Francis

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  74. Preliminary Results on UV and High Temperature Exposure Effects on the Electro-Optical Properties of Cellulose Derivatives Based PDLC Type Cells

    Article • Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, November 2000, Taylor & Francis

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida

  75. The ferroelectric properties of piezoelectric ceramic/polymer composites for acoustic emission sensors

    Article • Polymer Engineering & Science, March 1999, Wiley

    Professor with habilitation Pedro Marques de Almeida