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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Maria de Matos Charas

Citation names

  • Charas, Ana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
2511-08B1-A99A
ORCID iD
0000-0001-6717-6826

Email addresses

  • ana.charas@lx.it.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • 218418094 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Instituto de Telecomunicações, Instituto Superior Técnico, Torre Norte, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences
  • Engineering and Technology - Materials Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
French Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Spanish; Castilian Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Education
Degree Classification
2004/02/01 - 2004/09/01
Concluded
 Post-doc (Pós-doutoramento)
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
 N.A.
1999/01 - 2002/06
Concluded
 Engenharia Química (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Copolímeros derivados do poli[2,7-(9,9-bis(2'-etil-hexil)fluoreno)]: síntese, propriedades e aplicações em díodos emissores de luz" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
1999
Concluded
 Engenharia de Materiais (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Synthesis and Characterization of Soluble Conjugated Polymers for Applications in Electronic Devices" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
1994
Concluded
 Engenharia Química - Química Aplicada (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"N/A" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2013 - Current Principal Investigator (Research) Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
2002/01/01 - 2015/11/30 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/11 - 2024/07/31 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2015 - 2016 Invited Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal
2013 - 2014 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Católica Portuguesa Campus Sintra, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2016 - 2020 Member of the Executive Council Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2024/06/01 - Current On-Demand Bioresorbable OptoElectronic System for In-Vivo and In-Situ Monitoring of Chemotherapeutic Drugs
101046946
Research Fellow
Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
 European Commission
Ongoing
2024/03/01 - Current COST 22123: European Materials Acceleration Center for Energy (EU-MACE)
CA22123
Science and Technology Management Fellow
Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
 European Commission
Ongoing
2022/09/12 - Current Bioelectronic devices to measure astrocyte-neuron communication (AstroneuroCircuit )
2022.06979.PTDC
Instituto de Telecomunicações Coimbra, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2025/03/01 - 2029/02/28 POEMS - PORTUGUESE COMPETENCE CENTRE IN SEMICONDUCTORS
101217646 — POEMS — DIGITAL-Chips-2024-SG-CCC-1
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
Ongoing
2025/12/01 - 2028/11/30 UV-Resilient and Self-Healed Polymer Solar Cells
2023.17889.ICDT
10.54499/2023.17889.ICDT
Instituto de Telecomunicações Lisboa, Portugal

Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2024/10 - 2027/09/01 Innovation in Sensors and Communications to the Society
LISBOA2030-FEDER-01318700
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
Instituto de Telecomunicações Lisboa, Portugal
Ongoing
2023/02/01 - 2024/07/31 Bioelectronic devices to measure astrocyte-neuron communication
2022.06979.PTDC
10.54499/2022.06979.PTDC
Instituto de Telecomunicações Lisboa, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal

INESC Microsistemas e Nanotecnologias, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2023/01/01 - 2024/06/30 Impact of the electrical double layer modulation in organic (bio)electronics
2022.06045.PTDC
10.54499/2022.06045.PTDC
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

Instituto de Telecomunicações Lisboa, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/12/01 - 2023/05/31 BioMaterARISES: Biomaterials for the assemblage of regenerative-inspired scaffolds for the electrical stimulation of spinal cord
EXPL/CTM-CTM/0995/2021
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Instituto de Telecomunicações Lisboa, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018/10/01 - 2021/09/30 Desenvolvimento racional de redes auto-organizadas para aplicações de elétrodos transparentes
PTDC/CTM-REF/28108/2017
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Instituto de Telecomunicações Lisboa, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/10 - 2021/09 Rational design of Self-Assembling networks for Transparent electrode Applications (SATRAP)
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-028108
Researcher
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
Concluded
2018/10 - 2021/09 Electrically conductive platforms for neural stem cell culture and differentiation (NEURON)
PTDC/CTM-CTM/30237/2017
Research Fellow
Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal

Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Ongoing
2018/07 - 2021/06 Supramolecular assemblies for efficient, stable, and sustainable organic solar cells (SUPRASOL)
PTDC/QUI-QOR/28365/2017
Principal investigator
Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal

Associação para o Desenvolvimento do Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2016/12 - 2018/12 Batteryless energy supply system based on flexible organic photovoltaic cells
UID/EEA/50008/2013
Research Fellow
Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
Concluded
2014/03 - 2018/03 COST Action: Stable Next-Generation Photovoltaics: Unraveling degradation mechanisms of Organic and Perovskite Solar Cells by complementary characterization techniques (StableNextSol)
MP1307
Research Fellow
Research Executive Agency
Concluded
2016 - 2018 Materials for green processing and their integration in low cost organic photovoltaic cells
UID/EEA/50008/2013
Principal investigator
Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2013/05/01 - 2015/04/30 Cristais Líquidos como Aceitadores de Electrões para Células Fotovoltaicas de Orgânicos Eficientes
PTDC/CTM-NAN/1471/2012
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Instituto de Telecomunicações Lisboa, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2013/05/01 - 2015/04 Towards very efficient organic photovoltaic cells through utilizing liquid crystal phases as electron-acceptors (LIQ-OPVs)
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/3599-PPCDT/126590/PT
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2013/01/01 - 2015/03/31 Projecto Estratégico - LA 8 - 2013-2014
PEst-OE/EEI/LA0008/2013
Instituto de Telecomunicações Lisboa, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2012/01/01 - 2015 Non volatile polymer memories for flexible electronics (NOVO)
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/3599-PPCDT/116931/PT
Research Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2014/12 Micro- and Nanopatterning of cross-linkable electro-active polymers by spin-coating (NANOPEPS)
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/3599-PPCDT/111263/PT
Principal investigator
Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2013/12/31 Micro- e Nano-estruturação de polímeros electro-activos e reticuláveis por «spin coating»
PTDC/CTM-NAN/111263/2009
Instituto de Telecomunicações Lisboa, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2008/01/01 - 2011 Specially Designed Materials and Architectures for Organic Photovoltaic Cells
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/3599-PPCDT/64127/PT
Principal investigator
Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2007/07/01 - 2010/06 UNIME - Unimolecular Electronics
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/3599-PPCDT/72831/PT
Research Fellow
Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2005/07/01 - 2008/06/30 Células Fotovoltaicas baseadas em polímeros condutores e antocianinas.
POCI/CTM/58767/2004
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Instituto de Telecomunicações Lisboa, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química Estrutural, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2005/07/01 - 2008 Photovoltaic cells based on conducting polymers and anthocyanins.
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/POCI/58767/PT
Research Fellow
Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2003/07/01 - 2006 ENERGY TRANSFER FROM ELECTROLUMINESCENT POLYMERS TO PHOSPHORESCENT DOPANTS
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/POCI/40063/PT
Researcher
Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2000/10/02 - 2003 Field effect transistor array for monitoring electrical activity from single cells in culture.
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/POCI/34668/PT
Researcher
Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
1997 - 2000 p-n Junctions in Thin Polymer Films
PRAXIS/PCEX/C/QUI/82/96
Researcher
Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Charas, Ana. "Plásticos Luminosos e Painéis Solares". In Laboratórios Abertos 2017. Portugal: ISBN: 978-989-99508-4-9, 2017.
    Published
  2. Charas, Ana. "Síntese e caracterização óptica e electroquímica de polifluorenos". In Química de Polímeros. Portugal: Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, 2004.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Fábio F. F. Garrudo; Vieira Ferreira, Luís Filipe; Ferraria, Ana Maria; Ana M Botelho do Rego; Charas, Ana; Ana Clara Marques; André, Vânia; et al. Corresponding author: Fábio F. F. Garrudo. "Fine-tuning of polyaniline:camphorsulfonic acid (PANI:CSA) electrical and structural properties through pseudo-doping for soft electronic applications". Paper presented in ACS Fall 2023, San Francisco, 2023.
    Under revision
  2. Fábio F. F. Garrudo; João Carlos Silva; Charas, Ana; Gross, Richard; Morgado, Jorge; Frederico Castelo Ferreira. Corresponding author: Fábio F. F. Garrudo. "Development of biodegradable electrocomposites using PEDOT:PSS for additive manufacturing-based tissue engineering applications". Paper presented in ACS Fall 2023, San Francisco, 2023.
    Under revision
  3. Fábio F. F. Garrudo; Mikael, Paiyz E.; Charas, Ana; Vieira Ferreira, Luís Filipe; Ferraria, Ana Maria; Ana M Botelho do Rego; Joaquim M.S. Cabral; et al. Corresponding author: Fábio F. F. Garrudo. "Harnessing the pseudo-doping Effect of HFP/TFE solvente system ¿ physico-chemical and biological studies". Paper presented in Polymer Connect 2022, Roma, 2022.
    Accepted
  4. Marques da Costa, Pedro M.; Di Paolo, Roberto E.; Silva, P.F.; Dias, Sandra I. G.; Charas, Ana. "Photophysical characterization of new materials for OPVs". Paper presented in 4as Jornadas Ibéricas de Fotoquímica, Lisbon, 2014.
    Published
  5. D. Suresh; P. S. Lopes; Cláudia A. Figueira; Clara S. B. Gomes; Pedro T. Gomes; B. Ferreira; R. E. Di Paolo; et al. "Synthesis and characterisation of mononuclear iminopyrrolyl boron complexes with luminescent properties". Paper presented in 10th Inorganic Chemistry Conference da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Caparica, 2014.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. GARRUDO, F F F; Rodrigues, Carlos A.V.; Silva, Carlos J; Nogueira, Diogo; Marcelino, Pedro; Gomes, M. R.; Barbosa, Frederico; et al. "Electroconductive platforms for the electrical stimulation of stem cells - An approach to the design of artificial human tissue microenvironment". Paper presented in Polymers 2022 - New trends in Polymer Science: Health of the Planet, Health of the People, 2022.
  2. Diez Pascual, Ana Maria; Luceño-Sanchez, Jose Antonio; Charas, Ana. "Assessment of the potential of polymer/HDI-GO nanocomposites for use in organic solar-cells". Paper presented in MDPI The International Online-Conference on Nanomaterials (IOCN), 2020.
    Published • 10.3390/iocn2020-07842
  3. Farinhas, J.; Oliveira, R.; Morgado, J.; Charas, A.. "Improved stability of organic solar cells by cross-linking of the electron-donor polymer". 2016.
    10.1109/PRIME.2016.7519464
  4. Farinhas, J.; Ferreira, Q.; Charas, A.; Morgado, J.. "Organic photovoltaic cells with structured interfaces: Columnar-grain active layers made of cross-linked semiconducting polymers". 2011.
    10.1109/EUROCON.2011.5929226
  5. Mendonça, A.L.; Charas, A.; Clark, J.; Bazzana, L.; Nocivelli, A.; Lanzani, G.; Morgado, J.. "Plastic optical fibres dopants to obtain gain enlargement and ultrafast optical switching". 2011.
    10.1117/12.892207
  6. Morgado, J.; Mendonça, A.L.; Charas, A.; Clark, J.; Lanzani, G.; Bazzana, L.; Nocivelli, A.. "Polyfluorene-PMMA copolymers for plastic optical fibers with gain". 2008.
    10.1117/12.781574
  7. Morgado, J.; Charas, A.; Alves, H.; Alcácer, L.; Cacialli, F.. "Optical properties of cross-linkable fluorene copolymers". 2006.
    10.1117/12.663123
  8. Morgado, J.; Charas, A.; Barbagallo, N.; Alcácer, L.; Matos, M.; Cacialli, F.. "Effect of a dipolar self-assembly monolayer formation on indium-tin oxide on the performance of single-layer polymer-based light-emitting diodes". 2004.
    10.1002/masy.200450846
  9. Morgado, J.; Charas, A.; Barbagallo, N.; Alcácer, L.. "Polymer light-emitting diodes based on a soluble poly(p-phenylene vinylene) with interfaces modified by self-assembly". 2003.
    10.1109/ESSDERC.2003.1256839
Conference poster
  1. Succi, Guilherme; Ekoh, Elisabeth; Serro, Ana Paula; Morgado, Jorge; Charas, Ana. Corresponding author: Succi, Guilherme. "Oxetanes as Additives for Flexible PEDOT:PSS-based Electrodes". Paper presented in ICOE 2025 – 17th International Conference on Organic Electronics, 2025.
  2. Bárbara L. Oliveira; Morgado, Jorge; Charas, Ana. "Barbiturate-end capped non-fullerene acceptors for Organic Photovoltaics". Paper presented in 17th International Symposium on Flexible Organic Electronics (ISFOE24), 2024.
  3. Fábio F. F. Garrudo; Paiyz E Mikael; Charas, Ana; Vieira Ferreira, Luís Filipe; Ferraria, Ana Maria; Ana M Botelho do Rego; Joaquim M.S. Cabral; et al. Corresponding author: Fábio F. F. Garrudo. "Modulation of the pseudo-doping effect in polyaniline-based electrospun fibers". Paper presented in Termis European Chapter 2023, 2023.
  4. Fábio Filipe Ferreira Garrudo; João Carlos Silva; Rodrigues, Carlos A.V.; Nogueira, Diogo E.S.; Marcelino, Pedro; Gomes, Mariana R.; Barbosa, Frederico; et al. "Design of an artificial vertebrae - electroconductive platforms for the electrical stimulation of stem cells". Paper presented in 2nd iBB Workshop, 2022.
  5. Bárbara L. Oliveira; Morgado, Jorge; Charas, Ana. "Barbiturate derivatives for self-assembly in photovoltaic-effective organic layers". Paper presented in EuChemS2022, 2022.
  6. Velho, Mariana F. G.; Silva, Rafaela; Brotas, Graça; Lopes, EB; Santos, I.C.; Charas, Ana; D. Belo; Almeida, Manuel. "Conducting Neutral Bis(dithiolene) Gold Complex with an Unprecedented Crystal Structure". Paper presented in Encontro Ciência‘21 - Encontro com a Ciência e Tecnologia em Portugal, 2021.
  7. Velho, Mariana F. G.; Silva, Rafaela; Brotas, Graça; Lopes, EB; Santos, I.C.; Charas, Ana; D. Belo; Almeida, Manuel. "[Au(dspdt)2]: a conducting neutral bis(1,2-dithiolene) gold complex with a unique crystal structure". Paper presented in 17th International Conference on Molecule-based Magnets (ICMM 2021), 2021.
  8. Costa, Cristiana; Brotas, Graca; Dias, Sandra I. G.; Charas, Ana. "Synthesis and characterization of new crosslinkable organic materials for photovoltaic applications". Paper presented in The Energy & Materials Research Conference EMRC15, 2015.
  9. D. Suresh; P. S. Lopes; Cláudia A. Figueira; Gomes, C. S. B.; Pedro T. Gomes; B. Ferreira; R. E. Di Paolo; et al. "Synthesis and Characterization of Mononuclear Iminopyrrolyl Boron Complexes with Luminescent Properties". Paper presented in 10th Inorganic Chemistry Conference of SPQ, 2014.
  10. D. Suresh; P. S. Lopes; Cláudia A. Figueira; Gomes, C. S. B.; Pedro T. Gomes; B. Ferreira; R. E. Di Paolo; et al. "Tunable Fluorophores Based on 2-Iminopyrrolyl Chelates of Diphenylboron: Synthesis, Characterization and Their Applications in OLEDS". Paper presented in ICOMC - XXV International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, 2012.
  11. Brotas, Graça; Farinhas, Joana; Martins, I L; Ferreira, Quirina; Morgado, Jorge; Charas, Ana. "New Cross-linkable poly (3-hexylthiophene)s: Synthesis and properties". Paper presented in XXII Encontro Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa da Química, 2011.
Journal article
  1. Sara M. Jorge; Luís F. Santos; Maria João Ferreira; Carolina Marto-Costa; Ana Paula Serro; Adelino M. Galvão; Jorge Morgado; Ana Charas. "Free-Standing, Water-Resistant, and Conductivity-Enhanced PEDOT:PSS Films from In Situ Polymerization of 3-Hydroxymethyl-3-Methyl-Oxetane". Polymers (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/polym16162292.
    10.3390/polym16162292
  2. Rachel C. Kilbride; Emma L. K. Spooner; Stephanie L. Burg; Bárbara L. Oliveira; Ana Charas; Gabriel Bernardo; Robert Dalgliesh; et al. "The Nanoscale Structure and Stability of Organic Photovoltaic Blends Processed with Solvent Additives". Small (2024): https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202311109.
    10.1002/smll.202311109
  3. Cátia Príncipe; Sara M. Jorge; Manuel Matos; Luís Santos; Jorge Morgado; Ana Charas. "3-oxetanylmethanol as additive to PEDOT:PSS for improved conductivity and water-resistance and applications in ink-jet printed electrochemical transistors". Organic Electronics (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2023.106987.
    10.1016/j.orgel.2023.106987
  4. Fábio Garrudo; Luís Filipe Vieira Ferrerira; Ana M. Ferraria; Ana M Botelho do Rego; Ana Charas; Vânia André; Maria Teresa Duarte; et al. "Pseudo-doping effect on structural and electrical properties of polyaniline-camphorsulfonic acid". Synthetic Metals 301 117523 (2024): 117523-117523. http://www.it.pt/Publications/PaperJournal/33981.
    10.1016/j.synthmet.2023.117523
  5. Sara M. Jorge; António Ablú; Fábio Garrudo; Adelino Galvão; Luís F. Santos; Jorge Morgado; Ana Charas. "Oxetanes as polymerizable additives to PEDOT:PSS for water-resistant and transparent electrodes". Polymer (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2023.126196.
    10.1016/j.polymer.2023.126196
  6. Mariana F.G. Velho; Ana Paracana; João Serra; Luís Alcácer; João Avó; Manuel Almeida; Dulce Belo; Helena Alves; Ana Charas. "Acceptor-donor-acceptor p-extended systems based on a-dithiophenetetrathiafulvalene (a-DT-TTF): Facile synthesis and photoconductivity studies". Dyes and Pigments 204 (2022): 110475-110475. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2022.110475.
    10.1016/j.dyepig.2022.110475
  7. P. Mendonça dos Santos; António J. Serralheiro; Beatriz Borges; João Paulo N. Torres; Ana Charas. "An Experimental Study on Step-Up DC–DC Converters for Organic Photovoltaic Cells". Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications (2022): https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9268/12/2/20.
    10.3390/jlpea12020020
  8. Sara M. Jorge; Luís F. Santos; Adelino Galvão; Jorge Morgado; Ana Charas. "Concurrent Enhancement of Conductivity and Stability in Water of Poly(3,4-Ethylenedioxythiophene):Poly(Styrenesulfonate) Films Using an Oxetane Additive". Advanced Materials Interfaces (2021): https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202100517.
    10.1002/admi.202100517
  9. José A. Luceño-Sánchez; Ana Charas; Ana M. Díez-Pascual. "Effect of HDI-Modified GO on the Thermoelectric Performance of Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):Poly(Styrenesulfonate) Nanocomposite Films". Polymers 13 9 (2021): 1503-1503. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13091503.
    10.3390/polym13091503
  10. Joana Farinhas; Sandra Correia; Lianshe Fu; Alexandre M. P. Botas; PS André; Maria Rute Ferreira André; Ana Charas. "Ultraviolet-Filtering Luminescent Transparent Coatings for High-Performance PTB7-Th:ITIC–Based Organic Solar Cells". frontiers in nanotechnology 3 635929 (2021): 1-10. http://www.it.pt/Publications/PaperJournal/30529.
    10.3389/fnano.2021.635929
  11. José Antonio Luceño Sánchez; Ana Charas; Ana Maria Diez Pascual. "Assessment of the Potential of Polymer/HDI-GO Nanocomposites for Use in Organic Solar-Cells". materials proceedings 4 11 (2021): 1-8. http://www.it.pt/Publications/PaperJournal/30527.
    10.3390/IOCN2020-07842
  12. Krishnamoorthy Paramasivam; Carina B. Fialho; Tiago F. C. Cruz; Ana I. Rodrigues; Bruno Ferreira; Clara S. B. Gomes; Diogo Vila-Viçosa; et al. "New luminescent tetracoordinate boron complexes: an in-depth experimental and theoretical characterisation and their application in OLEDs". Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers (2021): https://doi.org/10.1039/D1QI00403D.
    10.1039/D1QI00403D
  13. Mariana Filipa Gaspar Velho; Rafaela A.L. Silva; Maria da Graça Laranjo Mendes Brotas; Elsa B. Lopes; Isabel C. Santos; Ana Charas; Dulce Belo; Manuel Almeida. "Conducting neutral gold bisdithiolene complex [Au(dspdt)2]¿". Dalton Transactions 49 39 (2020): 13737-13743. http://www.it.pt/Publications/PaperJournal/30191.
    10.1039/D0DT02931A
  14. Pedro Miguel Cavaco Carrilho dos Santos Inácio; M.C.R. Medeiros; Tiago Carvalho; Rute C. Félix; Ana Luísa Garcias Mestre; Peter C. Hubbard; Quirina Ferreira; et al. "Ultra-low noise PEDOT:PSS electrodes on bacterial cellulose: A sensor to access bioelectrical signals in non-electrogenic cells". Organic Electronics: physics, materials, applications 85 85 (2020): 105882-105882. http://www.it.pt/Publications/PaperJournal/30130.
    10.1016/j.orgel.2020.105882
  15. Rita F. Pires; Ana Charas; Jorge Morgado; Teresa Casimiro; Vasco D. B. Bonifácio. "Photodiode-like behavior of jelly dye-sensitized donor-acceptor dendrimers". Journal of Applied Polymer Science (2020): 48635-48635. https://doi.org/10.1002/app.48635.
    10.1002/app.48635
  16. Cristiana Costa; Joana Farinhas; Adelino M. Galvão; Ana Charas. "On the effect of pattern substitution and oligo(ethylene oxide) side-chain modification on thiophene-quinoxaline copolymers and their applications in photovoltaic cells". Organic Electronics 78 (2020): 105612-105612. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2019.105612.
    10.1016/j.orgel.2019.105612
  17. Cristiana Isabel Violante da Costa; Joana Farinhas; Mariana Velho; João Avó; Manuel José de Matos; Adelino Galvão; Ana Charas; et al. "Band-gap tunable thiadiazolo[3,4-g]quinoxaline derivatives as non-fullerene acceptors in organic photovoltaic cells processed from low toxic ethanol/anisole mixtures". New Journal of Chemistry 43 36 (2019): 14246-14256. http://www.it.pt/Publications/PaperJournal/29466.
    10.1039/c9nj02419k
  18. Duarte Vivas Batista; Luis Bica Oliveira; Nuno Paulino; Carlos Manuel Ferreira Carvalho; João Pedro Oliveira; Joana Farinhas; Ana Charas; P. Mendonça dos Santos. "Combined Organic Photovoltaic Cells and Ultra Low Power CMOS Circuit for Indoor Light Energy Harvesting". Sensors 19 1803 (2019): 1-20. http://www.it.pt/Publications/PaperJournal/28320.
    10.3390/s19081803
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  76. Jorge Manuel Ferreira Morgado; Nunzio Barbagalho; Ana Charas; Manuel José de Matos; Luis Alcacer; Franco Cacialli; Morgado, J.; et al. "Self-assembly surface modified indium-tin oxide anodes for single-layer light-emitting diodes". Journal of Physics D: Appl. Physics 36 (2003): 434-438. http://www.it.pt/Publications/PaperJournal/668.
    10.1088/0022-3727/36/5/304
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    10.1063/1.1539278
  78. Charas, A.; Morgado, J.; Martinho, J.M.G.; Alcácer, L.; Lim, S.F.; Friend, R.H.; Cacialli, F.. "Synthesis and luminescence properties of three novel polyfluorene copolymers". Polymer 44 6 (2003): 1843-1850. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0037370583&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/S0032-3861(03)00028-4
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    10.1016/S0379-6779(02)00627-6
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    10.1039/B206040J
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Journal issue
  1. Charas, Ana. "Conducting Polymers for Advanced Applications". Polymers (2020): https://www.mdpi.com/journal/polymers/special_issues/conducting_polymer_advanced_applications.
    Under revision • Invited editor
  2. Charas, Ana. "From Macromolecules to Materials for Optoelectronic Devices". Materials 12 (2018): https://www.mdpi.com/journal/materials/special_issues/macromolecules_materials_optoelectronic.
    Published • Invited editor
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/07/07 Oxetanes as a new class of additives for PEDOT:PSS: providing high conductivity and water-resistance to thin films International Symposium on Flexible Organic Electronics ISFOE, Thessaloniki, Greece, July, 2024,
Aristotle Univesrity of Thssaloniki (Thssaloniki, Greece)
2023/11/06 Secondary doping of PEDOT:PSS using oxetanes – an effective approach for applications as water-resistant all-organic electrodes 1ST C2TN Meeting on Advanced Materials
Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares (Lisbon, Portugal)
2023/07/03 Oxetanes as a new class of dopants for PEDOT:PSS and applications as water-resistant transparent electrodes 16th International Conference on Organic Electronics (ICOE)
Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
2022/03/22 Conductivity enhancement and improved water resistance of PEDOT:PSS films via cross-linking with oxetanes Conductivity enhancement and improved water resistance of PEDOT:PSS films via cross-linking with oxetanes
Innovinc International Conferences (Budapest, Hungary)
2021/07/05 A Eu-doped organic-inorganic hybrid as a luminescent downshifting coat on organic solar cells for improved performance 14th International Symposium on Flexible Organic Electronics (ISFOE21)
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, (Greece)
2019/07/26 Oligo(ethylene-oxide)-substituted Conjugated Polymers and Small Molecules for Organic Photovoltaic Cells Processed from Green Solvents Geet19- International Conference on Green Energy and Environmetal Technology
SciKnowlede (Paris, France)
2019 Materials for “greener” organic solar cells 12th European School on Molecular Nanoscience
Universidad Miguel Hernández (Elche, Spain)
2018/11/29 Strategies and Challenges for Efficient and Truly Sustainable Organic Photovoltaics Research Summit
Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2018/02/02 Materials and Strategies for Efficient and Sustainable Photovoltaics Wokshop on "Towards Solar Energy Storage"
Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2016/04/19 Improving organic solar cells through using ternary systems Conference on New trends in Solar Cells
(Bratislave, Slovakia)
2015/05/15 Effect of Phenanthroline Cathode Interlayers on the Performance of Polymer Solar Cells EMRS-2015
(Lille)
2015/01/12 Highly Efficient BHJ Organic Photovoltaic Cells Through Integrating Cathode Interlayers EMN- Meeting on Photovoltaics
(Orlando, United States)
2014/06/03 Organic Photovoltaic Energy: From Materials Design to Device Fabrication Seminars of Centro de Química Estrutural
Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisboa, Portugal)
2013/06/26 Nanostructured Surfaces of Conducting Polymers and Applications in Organic Photovoltaic Cells 5th Iberian Meeting on Colloids and Interfaces
(San Sebastian, Spain)
2013/05/08 Organic Photovoltaic Cells 9th Conference on Telecomunications
(Castelo Branco, Portugal)
2012/07 Photoactive Nanostructured Layers of Cross-linkable Polymers: Applications in Organic Photovoltaic Cells XXIVth IUPAC Symposium on Photochemistry
Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2011/11 Organic Photovoltaic Cells with Nanostructured Polymer Layers XXII Encontro Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química - XXIIENSPQ
(Braga, Portugal)
2010/07/08 Control of Cross-linked Conjugated Polymers Patterns Through Tailoring Phase Separation in Spin Cast Blends International Conf. on Science and Technology of Syntethic Metals – ICSM
(Kyoto, Japan)
2009/03/27 Spin cast patterned films of electroluminescent polymers 7th Workshop on Luminescent Conjugated Polymers
Universidade do Algarve (Faro, Portugal)
2008/07/06 Functionalised Spirobifluorenes for Photonic Applications International Conf. on Science and Technology of Syntethic Metals - ICSM
(Porto de Galinhas, Brazil)
2008/05/19 New copolymers for plastic optical fibers with gain and switching 6th Workshop on Luminescent Conjugated Polymers
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2007/06/21 Development of Crosslinkable Polyfluorenes for Organic Electronics 8º Encontro Nacional de Química Física
(Luso, Portugal)
2007/05/23 A New Material for n-type Organic Field-Effect Transistor ConfTele2007
(Peniche, Portugal)
2005/04/15 New fluorene-based copolymers with regulated solubility 3rd Workshop on Luminescent Conjugated Polymers
(Portugal)
2005/04/07 Approaches to Fabricate Micro- and Nanostructure of Electroluminescent Polymers 6th Conference on Telecomunications
(Tomar, Portugal)
2004/02/27 Polyfluorene Derivatives for LEDs applications Workshop on Molecular Materials; 30 Years of Research in Portugal
(Bobadela, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2025/12/02 - 2026/12 Síntese de tintas condutoras a partir de compostos polifenólicos extraídos por tecnologia de membranas do efluente da cortiça
Co-supervisor
 Eng. Química (Master)
Instituto de Telecomunicações Lisboa, Portugal
2025/11 - 2026/11 Development of Flexible and Lightweight Composite Materials for Ionizing Radiation Protection in Emerging Environments
Co-supervisor
 Ciências e Engenharia de Materiais (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2022/09/01 - 2026/05/31 Supramolecular Composites for Efficient Organic Solar Cells
Supervisor
 Química (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2025/01 - 2026/05 Polymer-based composites for radiological protection
Co-supervisor
 Ciências e Engenharia de Materiais (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2021/02/01 - 2025/12/05 Poly (3,4 ethylene dioxythiophene poly styrenesulfonate ) (PEDOT: based materials for transparent electrodes and flexible electronics
Supervisor
 Química (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2024/11/01 - 2025/12 Oxetane Additives for Polymer Flexible Electrodes
Supervisor
 Engeneering of Materials (Master)
Instituto de Telecomunicações Lisboa, Portugal
2024/11 - 2025/12 PEDOT:PSS-based films for electrically stimulated drug delivery
Supervisor
 Bioengenharia e Nanossistemas (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2024/11 - 2025/12 Interfaces based on TTF and conducting polymers
Co-supervisor
 Ciências de Engenharia - Engenharia Química (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2025/02/28 Crystalline Organic Photovoltaics
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Física (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2020/02 - 2024/01 Materials for environmentally friendly and stable organic photovoltaics
Supervisor of Sara Margarida Jorge da Silva
Química (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
2022/11/01 - 2023/12/15 Desenvolvimento de elétrodos transparentes com base em condutores orgânicos para aplicações em dispositivos fotovoltaicos orgânicos
Supervisor
 Engenharia Química (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal
2022/01/02 - 2022/12/06 Desenvolvimento de novas formulações de tintas condutoras para aplicações em bioeletrónica
Supervisor
 Engenharia Química (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal
2017/09 - 2021/08 Thiophene-based building blocks for functional materials in electronic devices
Co-supervisor of Mariana Filipa Gaspar Velho
 Química (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
2018 - 2019/12 Estudo das Propriedades Protectoras de Barreiras Microbianas de Pensos Electricamante Activos para Queimados
Co-supervisor of Catarina da Costa Marques
 Engenharia Biomédica (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal

Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
2015 - 2019 Electron-accepting materials for environmentally friendly solution-processed organic photovoltaic devices
Supervisor
 Química (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
2015 - 2017 Filmes nanoestruturados de grafeno para a libertação controlada de fármacos oculares
Co-supervisor of Helena Isabel Costa Morais
 Engenharia Biomédica (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Área Departamental de Engenharia Química, Portugal

Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
2012 - 2016 High efficiency polymer-based photovoltaics through morphology control
Co-supervisor of Joana Tavares Farinhas
 Engenharia de Materiais (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2011 - 2015 New materials for organic solar concentrators and photovoltaic cells
Co-supervisor of Graça Laranjo Brotas
 Engenharia de Materiais (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
2012 - 2014/12 Novos Compostos Orgânicos Reticuláveis para Aplicações em Células Fotovoltaicas
Supervisor of Cristiana Isabel Violante da Costa
 Engenharia Química e Biológica (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Portugal

Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
2012 - 2013/02 New Cross-linkable Donor Polymers for Nanostructured OPV cells
Supervisor of Soraia Cristina Figueiredo Lourenço
 Engenharia Química e Biológica (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal

Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
2009 - 2010 Aplicações de compostos orgânicos como camada activa em células fotovoltaicas
Supervisor of Joana Tavares Farinhas
 Engenharia Química e Biológica (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal

Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2025/07/07 - 2025/07/07 ICOE 25 - International Conference on Organic Electronics. The ICOE conference series is dedicated to the state-of-the-art research in organic electronics and has become one of the major conferences in the field during past years, providing an interdisciplinary forum for researchers from academia and industry to discuss fundamental aspects and innovation of organic semiconductors, demonstrate their position on the road-map for organic electronics and exchange ideas on new materials, technologies, and future applications (2025/07/07 - 2025/07/10)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Instituto de Telecomunicações Lisboa, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2021/09/01 Thesis: Flexible Organic Light-emitting Diodes
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Thaís Pereira (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2021/02/19 Lanthanide-doped inorganic materials and organicinorganic hybrids for solid-state lighting
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ming Fang (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Engenharia de Materiais e Cerâmica, Portugal
2020/07 Graphene-Based Textile Sensor for Cardiac Monitoring
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Daniela Filipa Rodrigues Santos (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2020/07 Impact of novel fullerene acceptors and chemical additives on the morphology and efficiency of organic solar cells
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Hugo Gaspar, (PhD)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Química, Portugal
2019/12 Fabrico de sensores UV em membranas de parileno-C para aplicações de pele eletrónica
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Frederico Fonseca (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019/12 Advanced dendrimers for capture and storage of sustainable energy
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Rita Pires (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019/07 Advanced optical spectroscpy of new materials for luminescent solar concentrators
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Carlota Pereira de Almeida Carlos (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/07 Sensor Eléctrico e Térmico baseado em Grafeno
(Thesis) Main arguer
 João Luís Dinis Silva (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Física, Portugal
2019 New Boron-Dypyrromethane (BODIPY) Molecules as Suitable Electron-Donrs for Organic Photovoltaic Cells
(Thesis) Main arguer
 António Aguiar (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Química de Coimbra, Portugal
2018/10 Green Photonics: photonic intergrated circuits for optical communications and sensisng based on organic-inorganic hybrids
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Rita Bastos (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Física, Portugal
2018/07 Desenvolvimento de heterojunções híbridas nanoestruturadas para aplicação em células solares
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Viatcheslav Molchanov (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2018/06 Otimização de Concentradores Solares Luminescentes com recurso ao método de Monte-Carlo
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Luís manuel da Gama Minas (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018 Eletrónica Têxtil baseada em grafeno
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Joana da Silva Tavares (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2017/06 Perylenediimidas: reactividad y aplicaciones como sensores de explosivos y en dispositivos láser
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Nathalie Zink Lorre (PhD)
Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche Facultad de Ciencias Experimentales, Spain
2016/11 Green Emitting Diodes for Solid State Lighting
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ricardo Fernandes (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Física, Portugal
2016/10 Desenvolvimento de heterojunções híbridas nanoestruturadas para aplicação em células solares
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Pedro Infante Custódio (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2016/06 Photovoltaic Cells based on lead- and tin-perovskites
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ricardo Jorge Torres Marcelino de Oliveira Carvalho (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2016 Síntese e caracterização de Novos Compostos Moleculares com Unidades Tiofénicas
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Rodrigo Pereira Santos (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2016 Desenvolvimento de diversos biosensores para determinaçao de acrilamida baseados em células inteiras e Pseudomonas aeruginosa: um estudo comparativo
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Nelson Alberto Frade da Silva (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2012/09 Solution processed p-i-n solar cells based on P3HT:PCBM bulk heterojunctions
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Stefano Virgilio (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
1994 - Current Sociedade Portuguesa de Química Member

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2019 - Current Member of the Division of Chemistry and Energy of European Chemical Society
Member
 European Chemical Society, Belgium
2015 - 2020 Member of the Management Committee of the FCT PhD Program Chemistry of Materials (ChemMat) (2015-2020).
Member

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2024/07/29 - 2024/07/31 International Conference on Green Energy and Environmental Technology Geet, Lisbon, Portugal Sciknowledge
2024/07/27 - 2024/07/31 International Conference on Materials and Nanomaterials MNs-24, Lisbon, Portugal Sciknowledge
2022/07/27 - 2022/07/29 SciKnowledge International Conference on Green Energy and Environmental Technology GEET-22 SciKnowledge, European Education Scientific Conferences
2022/07/25 - 2022/07/27 SciKnowledge International Conference on Materials and Nanomaterials MNs-2022 SciKnowledge, European Education Scientific Conferences
2019/06/26 - 2019/06/28 11th Conference on Telecommunications - ConfTele 2019 Instituto de Telecomunicações
2017/04/06 - 2017/04/07 Industry Day on Printed Electronics and Solar Cells Instituto de Telecomunicações
2016/09/01 - 2016/09/03 Conference on Computational Intelligence Methods for Bioinformatics and Biostatistics CIBB Stirling University

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2020/12/16 - Current Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2020/05 - Current Conhecer a Luz para uma Cidadania Ativa Formação (Outros) Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Portugal
2019/03 - 2020/02 A Tabela Periódica como Ícone da Centralidade da Química (Outros) Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Portugal
2019/12 - 2019/12 Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) (Doktor (PhD)) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2017 - 2019 Organic Materials for OLEDs and Photovoltaic devices Ciências e Engenharia de Materiais (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2015 - 2016 Nanotechnology Engenharia Biomédica (Mestrado integrado) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal
2013 - 2015 Nanotechnology and Biosensors (Mestrado) Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal
2014/10 - 2014/10 Synthetic Routes for Conjugated Polymers - Autumn School (Doktor (PhD))

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2021/11/01 - 2024/02 External evaluator of Horizon Europe - Research and innovation programme European Union
Evaluator
 Agence Europe SA
2015 - 2020 Expert participating in the evaluation of H2020 projects. Research Executive Agency
2018 - 2018 External evaluator for Czech Science Foundation
Evaluator
 Grantová agentura Ceské republiky
2014 - 2018 Expert participation in Agência Nacional de Inovação (ANI) Agência Nacional de Inovação SA

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2018/11 - Current Researcher in Project "SUPRASOL" Bárbara Luís de Oliveira
2020/01/03 - 2020/03/31 Application of graphene-oxide composites in organic photovoltaic devices José Antonio Luceño Sánchez
2017 - 2018 Post-Doc Joana Tavares Farinhas
2017/01 - 2017/11 Researcher in Project "SATRAP" José Francisco Rodrigues Malta
2016/11 - 2017/09 Researcher in Project "GreenSOL" Mariana Velho
2016/04 - 2016/07 Researcher in Project "GreenSOL" Filipa Alexandra Geraldes Teixeira
2015/01 - 2015/04 Researcher in Project "LiQ-PVs" João Martins
2013 - 2015/03 Post-Doc Sandra Isabel Godinho Dias
2012/01 - 2013/12 Post-Doc Rui Miguel Martins de Azevedo Meira
2013/03 - 2013/10 Researcher in Project "LiQ-PVs" João P. Bastos
2011/06 - 2011/12 Researcher in Project "LiQ-PVs" Inês L. Martins

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2002 - Current Regular referee in the jornals: - "Solar Energy”, "Polymer", "Synthetic Metals", “Organic Electronics”, “Dyes and Pigments”, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells” (Elsevier). - “Macromolecules” , “Journal of Physical Chemistry A”, ACS Applied Energy Interfaces” (American Chemical Society). - “Journal of Materials Chemistry”, “Chemical Communications”, “RSC Advances”, “Polymer Chemistry”, “New Journal of Chemistry” (RSC Publishing). - “Polymers”, “Nanomaterials” (MDPI Pub.).
Distinctions

Award

2004 Post-Doc Fellowship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal

Other distinction

2019 “Mulheres na Ciência”
Ciência Viva, Portugal
1999 PhD Research Fellowship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
1998 Master´s Research Fellowship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal