Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the Institute of Chemistry of the São Paulo State University (UNESP) in Araraquara-SP, Brazil. Chemist (UNESP-1982), MsC in Inorganic Chemistry (UNESP- 1987) and PhD in Inorganic Chemistry (UNESP-UFPE-1992). Pos-Doc at École Centrale Paris (1994) and CNET-France Telecom (1995) working with transparent glass-ceramics and lasers. Main interests are in Inorganic Chemistry and its implications in Materials Science, Spectroscopy and Education in Chemistry. On-going research projects deal with natural polymers (bacterial cellulose and fibroin), organic-inorganic hybrids, waveguides (optical fibers and thin films), porous materials and luminescent markers for Medicine. Supervisor of 22 PhD thesis, 28 MsC and 25 pos-docs. Associate Editor of the journal "Frontiers in Chemistry- Inorganic chemistry" and member of the international board of the Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology and Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. Works as referee for the main Brazilian Agencies and also NSF (Estados Unidos), CNR (Italia) and various scientific Journals. Member of the Chemistry Advisory Committee of FAPESP. On Feb 2019 presents 401 published papers with 8195 citations (h=46) and 17 patents. Worked as invited researcher at NIRIM - National Institute for Research in Inorganic Materials - Tsukuba, Japão. Worked as visiting Professor at the Univeristy of Trento in Italy, Universities oif Angers, Bordeaux and Toulouse in France, University of Aveiro in Portugal and Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz De Fora-MG, Brazil. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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This project aims to develop a new composite with antimicrobial properties, based on the use of hybrid materials of upconversion NPs (UCNPs) and ZnO NPs. The highlight of this material is the possibility of overcoming bacterial resistance through the application of near-infrared (NIR) lasers. UCNPs absorb photons in the near infrared region and emit a higher energy photon in the ultraviol…
The aim of the Technical Reserve Portion Application Plan is to conserve and maintain the current research infrastructure. The funds will be allocated to The money will be allocated to the building adaptation of the LACAQUE. (AU)
This proposal aims to develop new micro and nanostructured luminescent materials based on ra-earth ions (TR:Sc, Y, La-Lu) with applications in the energy area, health, telecommunication, radiation detection, and safety. Different strategies will be undertaken to develop new luminescent materials focused on the energy converter area, such as i) Molecular light-converting devices through th…
The aim of the Technical Reserve Portion Application Plan is to conserve and maintain the current research infrastructure. The funds will be allocated to: 1.Consumables: Acquisition of Special gases; 2. Services: Disposal of Chemical;Waste; Maintenance of EMU equipments and accessories and Labs maintenance (AU)
The aim of the Technical Reserve Portion Application Plan is to conserve and maintain the current research infrastructure. The funds will be allocated to: 1.Consumables: Acquisition of Liquid Nitrogen, Helium and othergases; 2. Services: Disposal of Chemical;Waste; Repair of Exhaust Systems Infrastructure; Maintenance of air-conditioner units (AU)
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This project aims to develop a new composite with antimicrobial properties, based on the use of hybrid materials of upconversion NPs (UCNPs) and ZnO NPs. The great highlight of this material is the possibility of overcoming bacterial resistance through the application of low-energy lasers (near-infrared NIR). UCNPs absorb photons in the near infrared region and emit a higher energy photon…
Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) are porous materials, usually crystalline, constructed by coordination bonds between metal ions or clusters and multitopic organic ligands. This class of materials has shown great promise in various areas such as gas storage and separation, heterogeneous catalysis, drug delivery systems, photonics, among others. Although crystalline MOFs have exceptional pr…
Multifunctional nanoparticles have great potential for optimizing anticancer treatment. In particular, MOFs (metal-organic frameworks) are among the most innovative platforms as drug carriers for controlled release, possessing crystallinity, high porosity and an easily modified structure. Among the materials used for bioimaging, upconversion nanoparticles (UCNP) stand out because they are…
The present project aims to use the silk proteins, fibroin and sericin, in the development of flexible substrates that are efficient in the generation, detection or manipulation of light. For this, initially, fibroin will be used, together with nanoparticles and laser dye, in the preparation of diffraction gratings to study the phenomena of DFB and random laser emission. In the case of se…
In this short term activities research the main goal is to prepare and characterize carbon quantum dots (CD) following the methodology developed in Araraquara and to evaluate the effects on the photoluminescence properties of the preparation of composites with polymers (PEG/PVA) and clays (Laponite). (AU)
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Photonics rapidly evolved after the first laser development in the early 60s. Since then, this research field has been using photons to perform electronics functions, such as telecommunications and information processing. Parallel to the photonics development, optical devices have been obtained from materials with chemical and physical properties that can be adjusted, resulting in specifi…
Foodborne illnesses caused by pathogenic bacteria are a major public health concern. Escherichia coli (E. coli) is one of the most common foodborne pathogens that can cause severe infections in humans. Existing detection methods, such as standard colony counting and culture methods, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and polymerase chain reaction (PCR), have several limitations, i…
The alignment of nanocellulose could allow the hydrogel materials to mimic other biologic materials, changing their structure and properties. During the BEPE internship, we will design and characterize biopolymer-based hydrogel based on Fibroin/Bacterial cellulose nanocrystals/Gelan. We will prepare inks with varied bacterial cellulose nanocrystal contents and we will use the direct ink w…
Lanthanide (Ln3+)-based upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) and persistent luminescent particles (PLPs) have unique optical properties that make them attractive for a wide variety of biomedicine applications. On the one hand, UCNPs stand out for their ability to convert low energy NIR photons into higher energy UV-visible photons that allows them to have great advantages over other types o…
Micro and nanomotors have emerged as new environmental remediation platforms, having as the main advantages: movement control in aqueous solution, high efficiency in the degradation of polluting substances and the possibility of reuse. The present project aims at developing micromotors based on nanostructured biomaterials fabricated according to the targets of interest. The micromotors de…
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