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Graduated in Micro and Nanotechnologies engineering from NOVA School of Sciences and Technologies in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 he took a PhD in Materials Engineering at Minho University under the supervision of Prof. Senentxu and Dr. Asal Kiazadeh in the field of printed electronics. Additionally, during his PhD, he collaborated with BCMaterials, namely on the European project ICT-02-2018: Flexible and Wearable Electronics. Since 2017, he has been working on environmentally friendly ink formulations tuned for specific printing techniques, with a focus on sustainable materials for use on electronic devices and printing techniques.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Miguel Alexandre Martins Franco
Date of birth
1993/07/01
Gender
Male

Citation names

  • Franco, Miguel

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
4714-6138-FE41
ORCID iD
0000-0001-8084-3056

Email addresses

  • ma.franco.1993@gmail.com (Professional)

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • (+351) 913537883 (Personal)

Addresses

  • Estrada da Chapuceira nº1 , 2565-773, Freixofeira, Torres Vedras, Portugal (Personal)

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Nano-technology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/01/01 - 2024/06/07
Concluded
 Engenheira de Materiais (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Minho Centro de Física, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Materiais, Portugal
"Development of conductive inks and memristive active materials for printed electronic applications" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2011 - 2016
Concluded
 Engenharia de Micro e Nanotecnologias (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Microeléctronica e nanotecnologias
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Resistance Switching Memory Devices based on Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles on Paper Substrates" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/12/01 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) UNINOVA Instituto de Desenvolvimento de Novas Tecnologias, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Materiais, Portugal
2019/03/11 - 2019/12/10 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho Departamento de Física, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Física, Portugal
2017/04/17 - 2018/04/17 Contracted Researcher (Research) International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019/03/11 - 2019/12/10 GNESIS - Graphenest's New Engineered System and its Implementation Solutions
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-033566
Research Fellow
Ongoing
2017/04/17 - 2018/04/17 Large-scale printing of novel photovoltaics based on Cu(In,Ga)Se2 chalcopyrite
PTDC/CTM-ENE/5387/2014
Research Fellow
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Miguel Franco; Asal Kiazadeh; Jonas Deuermeier; senentxu lanceros-mendez; Rodrigo Martins; Emanuel Carlos. "Inkjet printed IGZO memristors with volatile and non-volatile switching". Scientific Reports (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-58228-y.
    10.1038/s41598-024-58228-y
  2. Miguel Franco; Azadeh Motealleh; C. M. Costa; Nikola Perinka; Ribeiro, C.; Carmen Rial Tubio; Sónia Alexandra Correia Carabineiro; Pedro Costa; Senentxu Lanceros-Méndez. "Environmentally Friendlier Printable Conductive and Piezoresistive Sensing Materials Compatible with Conformable Electronics". ACS Applied Polymer Materials (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.3c01151.
    10.1021/acsapm.3c01151
  3. Franco, Miguel; Motealleh, Azadeh; Costa, Carlos M.; Hilliou, Loic; Perinka, Nikola; Ribeiro, Clarisse; Viana, Júlio César; Costa, Pedro; Lanceros-Mendez, Senentxu. "Environmentally Friendly Conductive Screen-Printable Inks Based on N-Doped Graphene and Polyvinylpyrrolidone". Advanced Engineering Materials (2021): 2101258. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adem.202101258.
    10.1002/adem.202101258
  4. Franco, Miguel. "Environmentally Friendly Graphene-Based Conductive Inks for Multitouch Capacitive Sensing Surfaces". Advanced Materials Interfaces (2021): 2100578-2100578. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/admi.202100578.
    10.1002/admi.202100578
  5. Franco, Miguel. "Water-Based Graphene Inks for All-Printed Temperature and Deformation Sensors". ACS Applied Electronic Materials 2 9 (2020): 2857-2867. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.0c00508.
    10.1021/acsaelm.0c00508
  6. Liliana P.L. Gonçalves; Jianguang Wang; Simone Vinati; Emanuele Barborini; Xian-Kui Wei; Marc Heggen; Miguel Franco; et al. "Combined experimental and theoretical study of acetylene semi-hydrogenation over Pd/Al2O3". International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 45 2 (2020): 1283-1296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2019.04.086.
    10.1016/j.ijhydene.2019.04.086
  7. Sousa, Viviana; Gonçalves, Bruna F.; Franco, Miguel; Ziouani, Yasmine; González-Ballesteros, Noelia; Fátima Cerqueira, M.; Yannello, Vincent; et al. "Superstructural Ordering in Hexagonal CuInSe2 Nanoparticles". Chemistry of Materials 31 1 (2018): 260-267. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b04368.
    10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b04368
  8. Marek Piotrowski; Miguel Franco; Viviana Sousa; José Rodrigues; Francis Leonard Deepak; Yohei Kakefuda; Naoyuki Kawamoto; et al. "Probing of Thermal Transport in 50 nm Thick PbTe Nanocrystal Films by Time-Domain Thermoreflectance". The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2018): https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b04104.
    10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b04104
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Franco, Miguel. "Resistance Switching Memory Devices based on Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles on Paper Substrates". Master, 2016.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/09/18 Environmentally friendly and biocompatible graphene-based inks for printed electronics E-MRS Fall Meeting
European Materials Research Society (Varsóvia, Poland)
2017/10 Syntesis and evaluation of transport mechanisms of thermoelectric lead telluride (PbTe) nanocrystal ensembles. International Conference on Functional Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology (ICFNN 2017)
(Nepal)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/01/23 - 2023/01/25 Poster contribution: "Fully Printed IGZO memristors towards edge computation devices".
Conference
 NeuMatDeCaS
2018/02/06 - 2018/02/08 Poster - Development of screen printing ink with metal oxides nanoparticles Viviana Sousa, Miguel Franco, Yury V. Kolen'ko
Conference
 Israel Materials Engineering Conference (IMEC 2018)
2017/09 - 2017/09 Poster - Bottom-up fabrication of thermoelectric nanocrystal superlattices composed of 10 nm - PbTe and 5 nm - Au particles Marek Piotrowski, Miguel Franco, Jéróme Borme, José Rodrigues, Yury V. Kolen'ko
Conference
 International conference on micro and nanoengineering - MNE 2017