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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Catarina Fernandes Araújo

Citation names

  • Araújo, Catarina F.
  • Araújo, Catarina Fernandes
  • Araújo, Catarina

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
1111-501A-255C
ORCID iD
0000-0002-2753-2651
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=itQJufUAAAAJ&hl=pt-PT
Researcher Id
D-2526-2017
Scopus Author Id
57194530145

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2024/12/17
Concluded
 PROGRAMA DOUTORAL EM ENGENHARIA QUÍMICA (3º CICLO) (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Explorar as características estruturais de materiais desordenados por métodos espectroscópicos e computacionais" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 APROVADO
2024/12/17
Concluded
 Engenharia Química (Doutoramento)
Major in Especialidade: Engenharia de Materiais e Produtos Macromoleculares
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Explorar as características estruturais de materiais desordenados por métodos espectroscópicos e computacionais" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2012
Concluded
 Mestrado em Química (Mestrado)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Modelação de interacções intermoleculares em hidratos de ácidos (19/20)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
2010
Concluded
 Licenciatura em Química (EuroBachelor) (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Desenvolvimento de novos materiais por modificação de polissacarídeos (18/20)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16
2006
Concluded
 Curso Científico-Natural (Ensino secundário)
Escola Secundária Padre Benjamim Salgado, Portugal
"N/A" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 19
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2025/03/24 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2015/10/01 - 2017/10/01 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2017/10/01 - 2022/12/31 Exploring the Structural Landscape of Deep Eutectics - a computational and spectroscopic approach
SFRH/BD/129040/2017
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2016/01 - 2018/12 Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents: A platform to Boost Eucalyptus globulus and Quercus suber cork integrated Biorefineries
grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 139816
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2015/01 - 2017/12 CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials
grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 147332
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Contract

Designation Funders
2025/03/24 - 2026/05/31 ABSolEU - Paving the way for an ABS recycling revOLution in the EU
101058636
Post-doc
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Ribeiro-Claro, P.; Nolasco, M.M.; Araújo, C.. Characterization of Microplastics by Raman Spectroscopy. 2017.
    10.1016/bs.coac.2016.10.001
  2. Araújo, Catarina F.; Ribeiro-Claro. A Química das Coisas. Aveiro, Portugal: Editora UA. 2014.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Abid, Feriel; Lacerda, Paula S. S.; de Paula, Vinicius; Araujo, Catarina F.; Arico, Fabio; Silvestre, Armando J. D.; Sousa, Andreia F.. "Breaking the cycle: A novel eco-friendly strategy for poly(hexamethylene 2,5-furandicarboxylate) synthesis and recycling". Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy (2026): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/81150355/.
    10.1016/J.SCP.2026.102334
  2. Serrano, Rafael A. F.; Araujo, Catarina F.; Ribeiro-Claro, Paulo; Vaz, Pedro D.; Rudic, Svemir; Coutinho, Joao A. P.; Nolasco, Mariela M.. "Decoding disorder: unravelling entropy effects in deep eutectic systems with neutron spectroscopy". Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (2025): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/75384427/.
    10.1039/D5CP01144B
  3. Nolasco, Mariela M.; Vaz, Pedro D.; Serrano, Rafael A. F.; Martins, Joao T.; Araujo, Catarina F.; Ribeiro-Claro, Paulo. "Computational spectroscopy for crystalline materials: from structure to properties". CrystEngComm (2025): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/75475766/.
    10.1039/D5CE00342C
  4. Pandeirada, Simao, V; Araujo, Catarina F.; Nolasco, Mariela M.; Vaz, Pedro D.; Rudic, Svemir; Silvestre, Armando J. D.; Guigo, Nathanael; Ribeiro-Claro, Paulo; Sousa, Andreia F.. "Unveiling the uncommon crystallization features of 3,4-PEF, a thermal and DFT study". Polymer (2025): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/72471242/.
    10.1016/J.POLYMER.2025.128065
  5. Araújo, Catarina F.; Ribeiro-Claro, Paulo; Vaz, Pedro D.; Rudic, Svemir; Serrano, Rafael A. F.; Silva, Liliana P.; Coutinho, J. A. P.; Nolasco, Mariela M.. "Exploring asymmetry induced entropy in tetraalkylammonium–urea DES systems: what can be learned from inelastic neutron scattering?". Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 26 7 (2024): 5969-5977. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3cp04961b.
    10.1039/d3cp04961b
  6. Araújo, C.F.; Pandeirada, S.V.; Oliveira, I.M.; Rosa, G.B.; Agostinho, B.; Silvestre, A.J.D.; Sousa, A.F.; et al. "Crystal structure of poly(trimethylene 2,5-furandicarboxylate) redux - a new model supported by computational spectroscopy". Polymer Chemistry (2024): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85206553443&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/d4py00779d
  7. Araújo, C.F.; Abranches, D.O.; Coutinho, J.A.P.; Vaz, P.D.; Ribeiro-Claro, P.; Nolasco, M.M.. "Good vibrations: understanding deep eutectic solvents through the lens of vibrational spectroscopy". Applied Spectroscopy Reviews (2024): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85201538382&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/05704928.2024.2390962
  8. Mariela M. Nolasco; Leonor C. Rodrigues; Catarina F. Araújo; Mariana M. Coimbra; Paulo Ribeiro-Claro; Pedro D. Vaz; Svemir Rudic; et al. "From PEF to PBF: What difference does the longer alkyl chain make a computational spectroscopy study of poly(butylene 2,5-furandicarboxylate)". Frontiers in Chemistry 10 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2022.1056286.
    10.3389/fchem.2022.1056286
  9. Carla Vilela; Carmen S. R. Freire; Catarina Araújo; Svemir Rudic; Armando Silvestre; Pedro D. Vaz; Ribeiro-Claro; Nolasco M. "Understanding the Structure and Dynamics of Nanocellulose-Based Composites with Neutral and Ionic Poly(methacrylate) Derivatives Using Inelastic Neutron Scattering and DFT Calculations". Molecules 25 7 (2020): 1689-1689. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules25071689.
    10.3390/molecules25071689
  10. Nolasco M; Catarina F. Araujo; Pedro D. Vaz; Ana Margarida Amado; Ribeiro-Claro. "Vibrational Dynamics of Crystalline 4-Phenylbenzaldehyde from INS Spectra and Periodic DFT Calculations". Molecules 25 6 (2020): 1374-1374. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules25061374.
    10.3390/molecules25061374
  11. Nolasco M; C. F. Araujo; Shanmugam Thiyagarajan; Svemir Rudic; Pedro D. Vaz; Armando Silvestre; Ribeiro-Claro; Andreia F. Sousa. "Asymmetric Monomer, Amorphous Polymer? Structure–Property Relationships in 2,4-FDCA and 2,4-PEF". Macromolecules 53 4 (2020): 1380-1387. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.9b02449.
    10.1021/acs.macromol.9b02449
  12. Liliana P. Silva; C. F. Araujo; Dinis O. Abranches; Manuel Melle-Franco; Mónia A. R. Martins; Nolasco M; Ribeiro-Claro; Simão P. Pinho; João A.P. Coutinho. "What a difference a methyl group makes – probing choline–urea molecular interactions through urea structure modification". Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 21 33 (2019): 18278-18289. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9cp03552d.
    10.1039/c9cp03552d
  13. Ribeiro-Claro, Paulo J.A.; Vaz, Pedro D.; Nolasco, Mariela M.; Araujo, Catarina F.; Gil, F.P.S.C.; Amado, Ana M.. "Vibrational dynamics of 4-fluorobenzaldehyde from periodic DFT calculations". Chemical Physics Letters 737 (2019): 100006. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpletx.2019.100006.
    10.1016/j.cpletx.2019.100006
  14. Catarina F. Araujo; Mariela M. Nolasco; Paulo J. A. Ribeiro-Claro; Svemir Rudic; Armando J. D. Silvestre; Pedro D. Vaz; Andreia F. Sousa. "Inside PEF: Chain Conformation and Dynamics in Crystalline and Amorphous Domains". Macromolecules (2018): https://doi.org/10.1021%2Facs.macromol.8b00192.
    10.1021/acs.macromol.8b00192
  15. C. Araujo; C. S. R. Freire; M. M. Nolasco; P. J. A. Ribeiro-Claro; S. Rudic; A. J. D. Silvestre; P. D. Vaz. "Hydrogen Bond Dynamics of Cellulose through Inelastic Neutron Scattering Spectroscopy". Biomacromolecules 19 4 (2018): 1305-1313. https://doi.org/10.1021%2Facs.biomac.8b00110.
    10.1021/acs.biomac.8b00110
  16. Araujo, C.F.; Nolasco, M.M.; Ribeiro, A.M.P.; Ribeiro-Claro, P.J.A.. "Identification of microplastics using Raman spectroscopy: Latest developments and future prospects". Water Research 142 (2018): 426-440. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85049329519&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.watres.2018.05.060
  17. Araújo, Catarina. "Eutéctico". Revista de Ciência Elementar 5 1 (2017): https://doi.org/10.24927/rce2017.003.
    Open access • Published • 10.24927/rce2017.003
  18. Araujo, C.F.; Coutinho, J.A.P.; Nolasco, M.M.; Parker, S.F.; Ribeiro-Claro, P.J.A.; Rudic, S.; Soares, B.I.G.; Vaz, P.D.. "Inelastic neutron scattering study of reline: Shedding light on the hydrogen bonding network of deep eutectic solvents". Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 19 27 (2017): 17998-18009. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85024844435&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/c7cp01286a
Newsletter article
  1. Araújo, Catarina F.. "Exposed Identity: Microplastics Under The Raman Microscope", Science Trends, 2018, https://sciencetrends.com/exposed-identity-microplastics-under-the-raman-microscope/.
Report
  1. Araújo, Catarina F.. 2019. “Neutron spectroscopy as a sensitive probe of cation···anion interactions in a deep eutectic solvent” SCARF annual report 2017-2018. RAL Technical Reports RAL-TR-2019-006. https://www.scarf.rl.ac.uk/_static/docs/RAL-TR-2019-006.pdf.
  2. Araújo, Catarina F.. 2019. Exploring the hydrogen bond network of cellulose with Inelastic Neutron Scattering, SCARF annual report 2017-2018. RAL Technical Reports RAL-TR-2019-006. https://www.scarf.rl.ac.uk/_static/docs/RAL-TR-2019-006.pdf.
  3. Araújo, Catarina F.. 2019. “INS sheds light upon PEF’s superior barrier properties – a comparison with PET”, SCARF annual report 2017-2018. RAL Technical Reports RAL-TR-2019-006. STFC. https://www.scarf.rl.ac.uk/_static/docs/RAL-TR-2019-006.pdf.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Araújo, Ana Catarina Fernandes. "Molecular modeling of intermolecular interactions in acid hydrates". Master, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/10947.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/11/20 Crystal Clear: A Bottom-Up Strategy for Polymer Structure Determination Using Vibrational Spectroscopy 3rd International Online Conference on Polymer Science (IOCPS)
Polymers (MDPI)
2025/03 Enthalpy and Entropy in Deep Eutectic Solvents: Insights from INS and isotopic substitution How to write a successful Neutron Beamtime Proposal online workshop
Computational Spectroscopy Lab+, CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2024/09 Exploring asymmetry induced entropy in tetraalkylammonium–urea DES systems: what can be learned from inelastic neutron scattering? CMD31-General Conference of the Condensed Matter Division of the European Physical Society
Sociedade Portuguesa de Física (Braga, Portugal)
2024/07 Just FUR Fun! A ride through poly(alkylene furanoate) conformations on the computational spectroscopy wagon) Biobased Polymers for Sustainability Workshop
Andreia Sousa's Research Group, CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2018/07 Vibrational portrait of a deep eutectic solvent: shape and hydrogen bonds X Iberian Spectroscopy Conference (X CIE) and the XXVI National Spectroscopy Meeting
Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2012/04/25 - 2012/04/28 Presentation of a theatrical chemistry show, under the "Student-centred activities promoting European scientific citizenship" working package of the European Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Education Network (EC2E2N) Annual Meeting and ECTNA General Assembly
Meeting
 European Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Education Network, EC2E2N, Annual Meeting, Milan
European Chemistry Thematic Network Association, Belgium

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2025/07/09 Development of more sustainable plastics
(Thesis) Arguer
 Paulo Afonso R. B. Fernandes (Other)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2018 - Current NeMPo - Neutrons&Muons in Portugal Member

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2018 - 2019 Member of the Polish National Science Centre (Narodowe Centrum Nauki) grant evaluation panel ST4 (Chemistry), having performed as an “external assessor” in the examination of 4 project proposals: OPUS (2018/29/B/ST4/00335); MAESTRO (2018/30/A/ST4/00498); PRELUDIUM (2018/31/N/ST4/01802); OPUS (2019/33/B/ST4/01961)
Specialist
 Narodowe Centrum Nauki, Poland Narodowe Centrum Nauki

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024 - Current Reactive and Functional Polymers
2022 - Current Journal of Raman Spectroscopy
2019 - Current Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
2018 - Current Macromolecules
2018 - Current Water Research
Distinctions

Award

2025 IOCPS 2025 Best Oral Award
MDPI AG, Switzerland
2018 Best Oral Presentation Award
Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Portugal