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Mónica Loureiro did her PhD in Materials Engineering on the topic “Isocyanate microcapsules as new cross-linkers for safer and high performance adhesives”. Her main scientific research area is synthesis and characterization of polymeric materials. Throughout her career she developed polymeric microcapsules with several compositions, to act as storage vesicles, self-healing materials or crosslinkers for polymeric materials (adhesives, PU foams, paints and anti-corrosion films). In the last two years of research, she focused on the development of biodegradable polymeric microcapsules, of several compositions, as well as on the synthesis of bio-based and biodegradable polyesters. Her main contributions include 19 scientific articles, 2 patents, and several communications in scientific conferences.
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Identificação

Identificação pessoal

Nome completo
Mónica de Jesus Veiga Loureiro

Nomes de citação

  • Loureiro, Mónica V.

Identificadores de autor

Ciência ID
E710-921F-317C
ORCID iD
0000-0003-3521-9566
Scopus Author Id
57192388174

Endereços de correio eletrónico

  • monica.loureiro@tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Profissional)

Moradas

  • CERENA, DEQ, Instituto Superior Técnico. Av. Rovisco Pais, nº1, Lisboa, 1049-001 L, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Profissional)

Domínios de atuação

  • Ciências da Engenharia e Tecnologias - Engenharia dos Materiais
  • Ciências da Engenharia e Tecnologias - Engenharia Química
  • Ciências Exatas - Química - Ciência de Polímeros

Idiomas

Idioma Conversação Leitura Escrita Compreensão Peer-review
Português (Idioma materno)
Inglês Utilizador independente (B2) Utilizador independente (B2) Utilizador independente (B2) Utilizador independente (B2) Utilizador independente (B2)
Formação
Grau Classificação
2018/11 - 2023/12/14
Concluído
 PhD Program in Materials Engineering (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Isocyanate microcapsules as new cross-linkers for safer and high performance adhesives" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
 Pass with Distinction
2016
Concluído
 Technological chemistry (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Test and Development of Microcapsules for Rigid Polyurethane Foams" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
 17
2013
Concluído
 Biochemistry (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"n/a" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
 13
Percurso profissional

Ciência

Categoria Profissional
Instituição de acolhimento 		Empregador
2023/02/01 - Atual Investigador (Investigação) Sovena Portugal - Consumer Goods, S. A., Portugal
2016/12/23 - 2018/10 Investigador (Investigação) CIPADE - Industria e Investigação de Produtos Adesivos, S.A., Portugal, Portugal
2015/10/15 - 2016/07/14 Investigador (Investigação) Greenseal Research, Lda, Portugal

Outros

Categoria Profissional
Instituição de acolhimento 		Empregador
2017/03 - Atual Affiliation to the CERENA (Centro de Recursos Naturais e Ambiente) research center Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Recursos Naturais e Ambiente, Portugal
2018/11 - 2023/01 PhD Fellow, FCT Grant (SFRH/BD/140700/2018) Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2014/11/01 - 2015/07/01 Master thesis internship at Greenseal Research, Lda. "Test and Development of Microcapsules for Rigid Polyurethane Foams" Greenseal Research, Lda, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Projetos

Bolsa

Designação Financiadores
2023/02/01 - Atual NEWPACK- A New Generation of Packaging Materials
WP7|A7.6.
Bolseiro de Investigação
Em curso
2018/11 - 2023 "Microencapsulação de Isocianato para adesivos monocomponente, auto-reativos e eco-inovadores" - "Isocyanate microencapsulation for one-component, self-reactive and eco-innovative adhesives"
SFRH/BD/140700/2018
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2016/12 - 2018/10 ECOBOND - Development of new self-reactive and ecological mono-component adhesives
17930
Bolseiro de Investigação
Concluído

Outro

Designação Financiadores
2023/03/01 - Atual BioCFiber - Bio-derived carbon fibers
2022.08091.PTDC
Member 20% commitment
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Recursos Naturais e Ambiente, Portugal
Em curso
2021/05 - 2023/06 BEYOND ECOBOND - Desenvolvimento de novos adesivos monocomponente autorreativos e ecológicos através de técnicas de microencapsulação
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-046991
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Concluído
2016/06 - 2017/07 Nanopoli - Flame resistant nanocomposite
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-010228
Investigador
Produções

Publicações

Artigo em revista
  1. Ostapiuk, Monika; Bienias, Jaroslaw; Loureiro, Mónica V.; Marques, Ana C.. "The Effect of Self-healing on the Corrosion Resistance of a Mg Alloy Promoted by Isocyanate Microcapsules of Polyurethane/Polyurea Shell". Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance (2025): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-025-11760-y.
    10.1007/s11665-025-11760-y
  2. Monika Ostapiuk; Jaroslaw Bienias; Mónica V. Loureiro; Ana C. Marques. "The Effect of Self-Healing Microcapsules in Corrosion Testing on Magnesium AZ31 Alloy and Fibre Metal Laminates". Coatings (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings14060653.
    10.3390/coatings14060653
  3. Loureiro, Mónica V.; Aguiar, António; Santos, Rui G. dos; Bordado, João C.; Pinho, Isabel; Marques, Ana C.. "Design of Experiment for Optimizing Microencapsulation by the Solvent Evaporation Technique". Polymers 16 1 (2023): 111. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym16010111.
    Publicado • 10.3390/polym16010111
  4. Aguiar, António; Loureiro, Mónica V.; Pinho, Isabel; Marques, Ana C.. "Efficient encapsulation of isocyanates in PCL/PLA biodegradable microcapsules for adhesives". Journal of Materials Science 58 5 (2023): 2249-2267. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10853-023-08160-9.
    Publicado • 10.1007/s10853-023-08160-9
  5. Mónica V. Loureiro; António Mariquito; Mário Vale; João C. Bordado; Isabel Pinho; Ana C. Marques. "Emulsion Stabilization Strategies for Tailored Isocyanate Microcapsules". Polymers (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15020403.
    10.3390/polym15020403
  6. Oliveira, Andreia S.; Silva, João C.; Loureiro, Mónica V.; Marques, Ana C.; Kotov, Nicholas A.; Colaço, Rogério; Serro, Ana P.. "Super-Strong Hydrogel Composites Reinforced with PBO Nanofibers for Cartilage Replacement". Macromolecular Bioscience 23 2 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mabi.202200240.
    Publicado • 10.1002/mabi.202200240
  7. Silva, Diana; Rocha, Rita; Silva, Carla Joana; Barroso, Helena; Botelho, João; Machado, Vanessa; Mendes, José João; et al. "Gamma radiation for sterilization of textile based materials for personal protective equipment". Polymer Degradation and Stability 194 (2021): 109750. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2021.109750.
    10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2021.109750
  8. Delgado, Beatriz; Carrêlo, Henrique; Loureiro, Mónica V.; Marques, Ana C.; Borges, João Paulo; Cidade, Maria Teresa. "Injectable hydrogels with two different rates of drug release based on pluronic/water system filled with poly(e-caprolactone) microcapsules". Journal of Materials Science 56 23 (2021): 13416-13428. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10853-021-06156-x.
    10.1007/s10853-021-06156-x
  9. Costa, Mariana; Pinho, Isabel; Loureiro, Mónica V.; Marques, Ana C.; Simões, Carla L.; Simoes, Ricardo. "Optimization of a microfluidic process to encapsulate isocyanate for autoreactive and ecological adhesives". Polymer Bulletin (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00289-021-03690-1.
    10.1007/s00289-021-03690-1
  10. "Microencapsulation of Isocyanate in Biodegradable Poly(e-caprolactone) Capsules and Application in Monocomponent Green Adhesives". ACS Applied Polymer Materials (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.0c00535.
    10.1021/acsapm.0c00535
  11. "Interlaminar shear strength study of Mg and carbon fibre-based hybrid laminates with self-healing microcapsules". Composite Structures (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2020.113042.
    10.1016/j.compstruct.2020.113042
  12. Loureiro, Mónica. "The role played by different active hydrogen sources in the microencapsulation of a commercial oligomeric diisocyanate". Journal of Materials Science (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10853-019-04301-1.
    10.1007/s10853-019-04301-1
  13. Loureiro, Mónica. "Silica-based microspheres with interconnected macroporosity by phase separation". Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10971-020-05257-4.
    10.1007/s10971-020-05257-4
  14. Loureiro, Mónica. "Polycaprolactone microcapsules containing citric acid and naringin for plant growth and sustainable agriculture: physico-chemical properties and release behavior". Science of The Total Environment (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135548.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135548
  15. Loureiro, Mónica V.. "Development of a Microfluidic Device to Encapsulate Isocyanate for Autoreactive and Ecological Adhesives". IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1757-899x/520/1/012007.
    10.1088/1757-899x/520/1/012007
  16. Loureiro, Mónica. "Isophorone Diisocyanate (IPDI) Microencapsulation for Mono-Component Adhesives: Effect of the Active H and NCO Sources". Polymers (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym10080825.
    10.3390/polym10080825
  17. Loureiro, Mónica. "Hybrid custom-tailored sol-gel derived microscaffold for biocides immobilization". Microporous and Mesoporous Materials (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2017.10.056.
    10.1016/j.micromeso.2017.10.056
  18. Loureiro, Mónica V.. "Amino surface functionalized microcapsules as curing agents for polyurethane foams". Materials and Manufacturing Processes (2017):
    DOI /10.1080/10426914.2017.1291950
  19. Loureiro, Mónica. "Amino-silica microcapsules as effective curing agents for polyurethane foams". Journal of Materials Science (2017):
    DOI 10.1007/s10853-017-0782-6
  20. Loureiro, M.V.; Ciriminna, R.; Lourenço, M.J.; Santos, L.F.; De Schrijver, A.; Bordado, J.C.; Pagliaro, M.; Marques, A.C.. "Organically-modified silica based microspheres for self-curing polyurethane one component foams". Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 244 (2017): 244-250. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85028269212&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.micromeso.2016.10.039
Poster em conferência
  1. Marques, Ana C.; Rui Galhano dos Santos; Loureiro, Mónica V.. "Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Biobased Polyesters for Sustainable Applications". Trabalho apresentado em Cell Symposia, Chemical solutions for a sustainable plastic future, 2025.
  2. Serro, A.P.; Loureiro, Mónica V.. "Solvent-free recovery of functional caseins from dairy side-streams for circular one-health". Trabalho apresentado em 7th International Congress of CiiEM - Empowering One Health to Reduce Social Vulnerabilities, 2025.
  3. Maulvault, Ana Luísa; Loureiro, Mónica V.; Bordado, João; Rui Galhano dos Santos; Marques, Ana C.. "NEWPACK -A New Generation of Packaging Materials". Trabalho apresentado em Climate Smart & Safe Aquaculture Conference 2025, 2025.
  4. Sofia Lourenço; Ana Luísa Maulvault; António Marques; Rita Gomes; Daniel Bolotas; Joana Ramos; João C. Bordado; et al. "NEWPACK - A New Generation of Packaging Materials". Trabalho apresentado em Dare2Change, Innovation-Driven Agrifood Business, 2025.
  5. Rui Cereja; Ana Maulvault; António Marques; Ana Catarina Silva; Joana Raimundo; Clara Lopes; Sofia Lourenço; et al. "Innovative strategies to reduce plastic waste and associated ecological impacts in coastal and aquaculture realms". Trabalho apresentado em Aquaculture Europe 2023, 2023.
  6. António Aguiar; Sofia Orišková; Loureiro, Mónica V.; Isabel Pinho; Ana C. Marques. "Biodegradable Microcapsules Loaded with Isocyanates for Adhesives". Trabalho apresentado em 7th International Conference on Multifunctional, Hybrid and Nanomaterials, 2022.
  7. Loureiro, Mónica V.; António Aguiar; Isabel Pinho; João C. Bordado; Ana C. Marques. "Isocyanate microencapsulation for one-component, self-reactive and eco-innovative adhesives". Trabalho apresentado em Encontro Ciência 2022, 2022.
  8. Ana C. Marques; Mário Vale; Mónica V. Loureiro; Elisabete Silva; João C. Bordado; Elena Tervoort; Murielle Schreck; Markus Niederberger. "Porous Microspheres for Chemical Immobilization". Trabalho apresentado em 20th International Sol-Gel Conference, 2019.
  9. Mahboobeh Attaei; Mónica V. Loureiro; Mário Vale; João C. Bordado; Isabel Pinho; Ana C. Marques. "Isocyanate Microencapsulation: New Crosslinking Strategy for One Component, Self-Reactive and Eco-Innovative Adhesives". Trabalho apresentado em Polymers: Design, Function and Application, 2018.
  10. Mónica V. Loureiro; João C. Bordado; Mário Vale; Ana C. Marques. "Coustom-Tailored Matrices for Chemical Immobilization". Trabalho apresentado em 1st International Symposium on Microencapsulation, 2017.
  11. Marques, Ana C.; Bordado, João; Luís F. Santos. "Hybrid microspheres containing a sustainable curing agent for polyurethane one component foam". Trabalho apresentado em 4th International Conference on Multifunctional, Hybrid and Nanomaterials, 2015.
Resumo em conferência
  1. Bolotas, Daniel; Gomes, Rita V. C.; Ramos, Joana; Loureiro, Mónica V.; Pereira, Alda; Bordado, João; Santana, Pedro; Marques, António; Maulvault, Ana Luísa. "Development of an in vitro gastrointestinal model for gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) to assess the effects of microplastics co-ingestion on feed digestibility". Trabalho apresentado em Climate Smart & Safe Aquaculture Conference, Lisbon, 2025.

Propriedade Intelectual

Patente
  1. Loureiro, Mónica. 2019. "Microencapsulation of highly reactive isocyanate species".
    Pendente
  2. Loureiro, Mónica. 2018. "Custom-tailored sol-gel derived matrices for chemical immobilization".
    Retirada
Atividades

Apresentação oral de trabalho

Título da apresentação Nome do evento
Anfitrião (Local do evento)
2024/04/16 Biodegradable Polymers: A bet on the future? Open Laboratories 2023
Department of Chemical Engineering (DEQ), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) (Lisboa, Portugal)
2023/05 Polyurethane/Polyurea microcapsules as new crosslinkers for safer and high-performance adhesives (Ecobond) Workshop TPMI2023
Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon (Lisboa, Portugal)
2023/05 Fundamentals on microencapsulation by interfacial polymerization Workshop TPMI2023
Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon (Lisboa, Portugal)
2023/05 Microcapsules for sustainable agriculture Workshop TPMI2023
Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon (Lisboa, Portugal)
2022/10 Advances in isocyanate microencapsulation for new ecological and mono-component adhesives 2nd CERTBOND Training School - Sustainable Composite Bonded Joints, from the COST Action CA18120 - Reliable roadmap for certification of bonded primary structures
Universidade do Minho (Guimarães, Portugal)
2022/07 Advances in isocyanate microencapsulation for new ecological and mono-component adhesives Junior Euromat 2022
Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2021 Isocyanate Microcapsules For Composite One-Component Adhesives COST Action CA18120-CERTBOND-Reliable roadmap - Virtual Meeting for certification of bonded primary structures -
2020/02/17 Encapsulation of isocyanate by a biodegradable polymer for eco-innovative adhesives CERENA Seminar – Sustainable Innovation
CERENA- Centro de Recursos Naturais e Ambiente (Lisboa, Portugal)
2020/02 Encapsulation of isocyanate by a biodegradable polymer for eco-innovative adhesives CERENA Seminars
CERENA, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2019/07/14 Isocyanate Microcapsules For Composite One-Component Adhesives Twenty-Seventh Annual International Conference on Composites/Nano Engineering
(Granada, Espanha)
2019/04/14 Microencapsulation of highly reactive isocyanates for new ecological and mono-component adhesives MATERIAIS 2019 - XIX Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Materiais and X International Symposium on Materials
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2016/09/21 Custom-tailored sol-gel derived matrices for chemical immobilization 24th International Conference on Bioencapsulation
(Lisboa, Portugal)

Orientação

Título / Tema
Papel desempenhado 		Curso (Tipo)
Instituição / Organização
2024/12 - Atual Development of bio-polyesters with a view to the circular economy
Coorientador de Inês Reis Nunes Veiga Pires
 Master of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2023/04 - 2025/09 Microwave-assisted polycondensation of bio-basedpolyesters: focus on BHMF
Coorientador de Nicolas Lointier
 Chemistry (Mestrado)
Université de Bordeaux, França

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2024/03 - 2025 Preparation and characterization of biopolyester blends
Coorientador de Alda Maria Sousa Pereira
 Master of Science Degree in Materials Engineering (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Organização de evento

Nome do evento
Tipo de evento (Tipo de participação) 		Instituição / Organização
2023/05/08 - 2023/05/12 Member of the organizing committee of the Workshop TPMI2023 (2023/05/08 - 2023/05/12)
Oficina (workshop)
 Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Participação em evento

Descrição da atividade
Tipo de evento 		Nome do evento
Instituição / Organização
2025/04/05 - Atual Demonstration: "Bioplastics - techniques for sustainability" at Science Fair at IST Open Day, through the Centro de Recursos Naturais e do Ambiente, CERENA, and Instituto Superior Técnico
Outro
 IST Open Day
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2024/11/04 - 2024/11/05 Demonstration: “VIAFOOD: Platform for Valorization, Industrialization and Agrifood Innovation”, at Tecnico Innovation Summit, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2024/10/04 - 2024/10/04 Demonstration: "Bioplastics - techniques for sustainability" at Science Fair at IST Open Day, through the Centro de Recursos Naturais e do Ambiente, CERENA, and Instituto Superior Técnico
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2024/09/27 - 2024/09/27 Demonstration: “Biopolymers and Microencapsulation: Sustainable Solutions”, at European Researchers' Night through the Centro de Recursos Naturais e do Ambiente, CERENA, and Instituto Superior Técnico
2021/02 - 2021/02 Workshop: "Teaching Assistants: Teaching STEM Students"
Oficina (workshop)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2020/03/06 - 2020/03/06 Workshop "Clear Science Communication" by Cristina Nobre Soares
Oficina (workshop)
 Comunicar Ciência Clara
2017/09/27 - 2017/09/29 Conference poster: Coustom-Tailored Matrices for Chemical Immobilization.
Conferência
 21st International Symposium on Microencapsulation
2017/07/03 - 2017/07/05 Participation as a demonstrator of the"Technological Platform for Microencapsulation and Immobilization"at the Ciência 2017 meeting, representing CERENA and the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST)
Encontro
 Ciência 2017

Júri de grau académico

Tema
Tipo de participação 		Nome do candidato (Tipo de grau)
Instituição / Organização
2024 Biodegradable microcapsules for sustainable agriculture
Arguente principal
 Vicente Manuel Santos Venturinha (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Revisão ad hoc de artigos em revista

Nome da revista (ISSN) Editora
2025 - Atual Materials (1996-1944) MDPI
2024/03 - 2024/03 Molecules (1420-3049) MDPI

Tutoria

Tópico Nome do aluno
2023 - 2024 Support in the following master's thesis orientation: "Design and synthesis of new polyesters from sustainable monomers". Thesis supervised by Professor Ana C. Marques (IST) and Prof. Rui Galhano dos Santos (IST). Beatriz Filipa Henriques
2021 - 2021/11/26 Support in the following master's thesis orientation: "Microencapsulation of Drugs for Biodegradable Coatings". Thesis supervised by Professor Ana C. Marques (IST) and Prof. João André da Costa Tedim (Universidade de Aveiro) Inês Quinta Queimada de Jesus Rosa
2020/02/01 - 2021/01/20 Support in the following master's thesis orientation: "Fragrance encapsulation with biodegradable polymers assisted by supercritical fluids". Thesis supervised by Professor Ana Clara Marques, IST. Maria Terrucha
2018/02/01 - 2019/04/23 Support in the following master's thesis orientation: "Microencapsulation of isocyanate compounds assisted by supercritical fluids". Thesis supervised by Professor Ana Clara Marques and Professor Miguel Rodrigues, IST. Sara Raquel Fernandes Saraiva
2018/04/01 - 2018/11/23 Support in the following master's thesis orientation: "Preparation and characterization of Pluronic F127 / water / poly (e-caprolactone) composite systems". Thesis supervised by Professor Ana C. Marques (IST) and Professor Maria T. V. Cidade (FCT / UNL) Beatriz Domingos Delgado
2017/03 - 2017/11 Support in the following master's thesis orientation: "Microencapsulation of isocyanate compounds for autoreactive, monocomponent adhesive". Thesis supervised by Professor Ana Clara Marques, IST. Mahboobeh Attaei
Distinções

Prémio

2022 Winner of the Best R&D Proposal Award
COST Action CA18120 “Reliable roadmap for certification of bonded primary structures”, Bélgica
2016 Best Student Contribution
24th International Conference on Bioencapsulation, Portugal