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Joana Lopes recieves Best Paper Award at NanoBioMat2025

July 4, 2025

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.

Study on Radiation Modeling in the Top 10% Most-Viewed Paper in Chemical Engineering & Technology

July 2, 2025

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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Carneiro M.A., Silva T.A., Teixeira P.J.S., Boaventura R.A.R., Botelho C.M.S., Pintor A.M.A.. New insights on antimony removal and recovery from water and wastewater using iron-coated cork granulates: Desorption on batch and fixed-bed column systems. Chemical Engineering Science, 296, 120207, 2024
Domingues P.S., Sousa H.P., Oliveira N.S., Ribeiro A.M., Ferreira A.. Determination of the biochemical methane potential of swine hydrolyzate. Renewable Energy, 235, 121287, 2024
Matos J., Santos R.J., Dias M.M., Lopes J.C.B.. Chaos and mixing in NETmix. AIChE Journal, 70, e18461, 2024
Batool S., Schubert J.S., Ayala P., Saito H., Sampaio M.J., Da Silva E.S., Silva C.G., Faria J.L., Eder D., Cherevan A.. A thiomolybdate cluster for visible-light-driven hydrogen evolution: comparison of homogeneous and heterogeneous approaches. Sustainable Energy and Fuels, 8, 1225 - 1235, 2024
Restivo J., Orge C.A., Soares O.S.G.P., Pereira M.F.R.. A review of current and prospective catalytic routes for the management of PFAs contamination in water. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 12, 112859, 2024

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SWMOF - Water capture from atmospheric humidity using ecological MOFs and integration with intelligent water distribution systems. Reference: Water4All/0003/2022. Funded by: FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Water4All - Water4All Partnership (co-funded by Horizon Europe). Starting Date: 2024/04/01. Duration: 36 months.
ReWateR - Recovery of Wastewater Resources in Agriculture. Reference: 82343. Funded by: “La Caixa” Foundation, INCF - Incoming Fellowship 2023. Starting Date: 2024/04/01. Duration: 36 months.
ERA-ARE - A new ERA for Environmental Risk Assessment: Chirality as a tool towards environmentally safe pharmaceuticals. Reference: ERC - 101039270. Funded by: European Comission, Horizon Europe | ERC | STARTING GRANTS. Starting Date: 2023/12/31. Duration: 60 months.
NEWater - Unconventional, natural and low-energy solutions for managing water sources. Reference: Water4All/0002/2022. Funded by: FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Water4All - Water4All Partnership (co-funded by Horizon Europe). Starting Date: 2023/12/01. Duration: 36 months.
RESURGENCE - Industrial Water Circularity: Reuse, resource recovery and energy efficiency for greener digitised EU process. Reference: 101138097. Funded by: European Comission, Horizonte Europa | Cluster 4: Digital, Industry and Space. Starting Date: 2023/12/01. Duration: 48 months.

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Supercritical CO2 extraction and continuous production of Moringa oleifera microcapsules: A scalable approach for natural-based cosmetic formulations
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Green Hydrogen Recovery from Natural Gas Grids by Adsorption Processes
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Natural-Based Solid Dispersions as Technological Solutions for Innovative Food Applications
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Hydrosols as antimicrobial agents for sustainable applications
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Selective reduction of nitric oxide (NOx) over carbon-based catalysts