Joana Lopes, Junior Researcher at LSRE-LCM/ALiCE, received the Best Paper Award at the Applications of Chemistry in Nanosciences and Biomaterials Engineering – NanoBioMat 2025 conference, held from June 25 to 27, 2025. The event brought together leading researchers and professionals to explore the latest advances at the intersection of nanotechnology, biotechnology, and materials science.Joana

Joana Lopes' award-winning paper, titled “Efficient Photocatalytic HMF Oxidation Using Perovskites”, was co-authored with LSRE-LCM researchers Joaquim Faria and Cláudia Silva. The work focused on the sustainable route for biomass valorization to key chemical building blocks using visible-light photocatalysis, a step toward greener chemical processes.

The paper, titled “Radiation Models for Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations of Photocatalytic Reactors”, by Isabel S. O. Barbosa, Ricardo J. Santos, Madalena M. Dias, Joaquim L. Faria, and Cláudia G. Silva has been distinguished by Chemical Engineering & Technology as a Top Viewed Article in 2023.

The work was part of the PhD project of Isabel Barbosa and carried out under the scope of the FCT-funded SuN2Fuel project and highlights important advancements in modeling radiation for improved photocatalytic reactor design—an essential component in optimizing environmental and chemical processes.

Chemical Engineering & Technology enjoys large dissemination in the important German chemical industry, being supported by the DECHEMA, GDCh – German Chemical Society, and VDI – The Association of German Engineers.

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