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Marco Pires Sampaio Martins Rodrigues has a Degree in Physics and Chemistry since 2003, in 2007 he became specialized in Medical Physics and in 2008, he joined the U.Minho Medical School and progressed up to the 3rd year. However, in 2014 he decided to join a Master in Applied Physics that he concluded in 2016. In 2021 he graduated from the MAP-Fis Joint Doctoral Programme in Physics, from the Universities of Minho, Porto and Aveiro, and in 2022 he was awarded with the Best 2021 PhD Thesis from the School of Sciences of the University of Minho. Regarding his professional career, from 2002 to 2014 he was a Physics and Chemistry Teacher, and since 2014 he has been a researcher in the Centre of Physics from the University of Minho and Porto, Portugal. This research led to 42 accepted papers in international peer-reviewed journals, one book cover and to the participation in several national and international conferences, where he won the third place in a poster competition (Materiais 2017, Aveiro) and was a finalist of the Graduate Student Award (EMRS Spring Meeting 2019, Nice). His main research topic is related to thin films produced by Reactive Magnetron Sputtering with glancing angle deposition (GLAD) for sensing applications. He is also a proficient user in scanning/transmission electron microscopy (SEM/TEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM), a specialist in data/(bio)signal/image processing and a skilled experimentalist. During his research activity, he participated in 1 European project, 7 national projects and 2 bilateral projects, he was a member of the Local Organizing Committee of the 78th IUVSTA Workshop, and he is now a member of the Organizing Committee of the 95th IUVSTA Workshop. He likes to define himself as a curious and persistent person. Keywords: Thin Films; Physical vapour deposition (PVD); Magnetron Sputtering; Glancing/Oblique Angle deposition (GLAD/OAD); Gold/Silver Nanoparticles; Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance (LSPR); Metallic Oxides/Nitrides; Materials Characterization; Electron Microscopy (SEM/TEM); Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM); Low-Pressure Plasma; Image/(Bio)Signal/Data Processing; Electromyography (EMG); Teaching
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Marco Pires Sampaio Martins Rodrigues

Citation names

  • Rodrigues, Marco S.
  • Marco Pires
  • Marco Rodrigues

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
3015-60BC-5BDC
ORCID iD
0000-0003-3291-0925
Google Scholar ID
Dr6jyL_Ak2QC&hl
Scopus Author Id
56452257800

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Materials Engineering
  • Engineering and Technology - Nano-technology
  • Exact Sciences - Physical Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
German Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
French Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Education
Degree Classification
2021/11/25 - 2021/11/26
Concluded
 STEM/EDX JEOL 2100 200kV Training (Outros)
Major in Electron Microscopy
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
2021/07/27 - 2021/07/28
Concluded
 AFM Nano-Observer Training (Outros)
Major in Atomic Force Microscopy
Concept Scientific Instruments, France
2016/09/01 - 2021/07/19
Concluded
 PhD in Physics (Interuniversity Doctoral Program) (Doutoramento)
Major in Physics
Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
"Gas sensing with Nano-designed LSPR thin films using GLAD in reactive magnetron sputtering" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2019/03/22 - 2019/04/08
Concluded
 SEM - FEI QUANTA 650 FEG Training (Outros)
Major in Electron Microscopy
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
2019/03/06 - 2019/03/08
Concluded
 TEM - JEOL 2100 200 kV Training (Outros)
Major in Electron Microscopy
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
2017/03/20 - 2017/03/24
Concluded
 Transmission and Scanning Electron Microscopy Course (Outros)
Major in Electron Microscopy
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
2016/03
Concluded
 MSc in Applied Physics (Mestrado)
Major in Physics
Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
"Thin films of gold nanoparticles embedded in a TiO2 dielectric matrix exhibiting Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
2011
Attended
 Frequency in Medicine (Outros)
Major in Medicine
Universidade do Minho Escola de Medicina, Portugal
 12
2007
Concluded
 Post-Graduation in Medical Physics (Pós-Graduação)
Major in Medical Physics
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 14
2003/06
Concluded
 Physics and Chemistry (Teacher) (Licenciatura)
Major in Physics, Chemistry, Educational Sciences
Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/12/02 - Current Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
2014/01/01 - 2021/11/30 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017/04/01 - 2021/05/31 PhD Candidate Grant FCT (SFRH/BD/118684/2016) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2016/04/15 - 2017/03/30 Research Grant, ANI funded Project: “PlasCoat” - Metalização inovadora e ecológica de plásticos por PVD e CVD assistido por plasma -POCI-01-0247-FEDER-003493 Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2014/07/01 - 2016/03/31 Research Grant European Project Nano4Color/FP7-315286 Produção de filmes finos nanoplasmónicos no Centro de Física da Universidade do Minho Produção e caracterização de filmes finos no instituto Pedr Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento em Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal
2002/09/01 - 2014/06/30 Physics and Chemistry teacher to youngsters (13 to 19 years old) and adults Ministério da Educação, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2016/04 - 2017/03 Plascoat
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-003493
Research Fellow
Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
Concluded
2014/07/01 - 2016/03/31 Nano4color
FP7-SME-2012-315286
Research Fellow
Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento em Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal
 European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/12 - Current Nano4Bio
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-032299
PTDC/FIS-MAC/32299/2017
Post-doc
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing

Other

Designation Funders
2022/01 - Current CO2PLASMON
EXPL/CTM-REF/0750/2021
Post-doc
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021 - Current NanoID
NORTE-01-0247-FEDER-046985
Post-doc
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
 Agência Nacional de Inovação SA

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020/06 - Current Nanostim
04/SI/2019 - 45908
Researcher
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
Ongoing
2019 - 2022 Nanoplasmonic thin films for detection of toxins
nº 5109
Post-doc
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Ongoing
2018/01 - 2021/11 Nano4Bio
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-032299
PTDC/FIS-MAC/32299/2017
Researcher
Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
Ongoing
2016/04 - 2019/12 Nanosensing
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016902
PTDC/FISNAN/1154/2014
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016902
Researcher
Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
Concluded
2016/01 - 2017/12 SUNShiNE - Sensing and stimUlatioN System using Nano-engineered Electrodes for biomedical muscle feedback applications
Sunshine - Project Bilaterals FCT/DAAD
Researcher
Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
Concluded
2016 - 2017 WHITECOAT
ANI-Vale PORC 12/SI/2015
Researcher
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Testes? Estou Preparado! Matemática 6º Ano. Porto, Portugal: Porto Editora. 2017.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Marco S. Rodrigues; Joel Borges; Filipe Vaz. "Plasmonic Strain Sensors Based on Au-TiO2 Thin Films on Flexible Substrates". Sensors 22 4 (2022): 1375-1375. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22041375.
    10.3390/s22041375
  2. Cláudia Lopes; Patrique Fiedler; Marco Sampaio Rodrigues; Joel Borges; Maurizio Bertollo; Eduardo Alves; Nuno Pessoa Barradas; et al. "Me-Doped Ti-Me Intermetallic Thin Films Used for Dry Biopotential Electrodes: A Comparative Case Study". Sensors (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/s21238143.
    10.3390/s21238143
  3. Diogo Costa; Marco S. Rodrigues; Lucian Roiban; Mimoun Aouine; Thierry Epicier; Philippe Steyer; Eduardo Alves; et al. "In-situ annealing transmission electron microscopy of plasmonic thin films composed of bimetallic Au–Ag nanoparticles dispersed in a TiO2 matrix". Vacuum 193 (2021): 110511-110511. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vacuum.2021.110511.
    10.1016/j.vacuum.2021.110511
  4. Marco S. Rodrigues; Joel Borges; Cláudia Lopes; Rui M. S. Pereira; Mikhail I. Vasilevskiy; Filipe Vaz. "Gas Sensors Based on Localized Surface Plasmon Resonances: Synthesis of Oxide Films with Embedded Metal Nanoparticles, Theory and Simulation, and Sensitivity Enhancement Strategies". Applied Sciences 11 12 (2021): 5388-5388. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11125388.
    10.3390/app11125388
  5. Rodrigues, Marco S.; Pereira, Rui M.S.; Vasilevskiy, Mikhail I.; Borges, Joel; Vaz, Filipe. "NANOPTICS: In-depth analysis of NANomaterials for OPTICal localized surface plasmon resonance Sensing". SoftwareX 12 (2020): 100522. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2020.100522.
    10.1016/j.softx.2020.100522
  6. Rodrigues, Marco S.; Patrique Fiedler; Nora Küchler; Rui P. Domingues; Cláudia Lopes; Joel Nuno Pinto Borges; Jens Haueisen; José Filipe Vilela Vaz. "Dry Electrodes for Surface Electromyography based on Architectured Titanium Thin Films". Materials (MDPI) 13 9 (2020): https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/13/9/2135/pdf.
    Published • 10.3390/ma13092135
  7. Marco S. Rodrigues; Diana I. Meira; Cláudia Lopes; Joel Borges; Filipe Vaz. "Preparation of Plasmonic Au-TiO2 Thin Films on a Transparent Polymer Substrate". Coatings 10 3 (2020): 227-227. https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings10030227.
    10.3390/coatings10030227
  8. Rodrigues, Marco S.. "Nanocomposite Au-ZnO thin films: Influence of gold concentration and thermal annealing on the microstructure and plasmonic response". Surface and Coatings Technology (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2020.125379.
    10.1016/j.surfcoat.2020.125379
  9. Manuela Proença; Marco Sampaio Rodrigues; Joel Borges; Filipe Vaz. "Optimization of Au:CuO Nanocomposite Thin Films for Gas Sensing with High-Resolution Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Spectroscopy". Analytical Chemistry (2020): https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.9b05153.
    10.1021/acs.analchem.9b05153
  10. Marco S. Rodrigues; Joel Borges; Filipe Vaz. "Enhancing the Sensitivity of Nanoplasmonic Thin Films for Ethanol Vapor Detection". Materials 13 4 (2020): 870-870. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13040870.
    10.3390/ma13040870
  11. Diana I. Meira; Rui P. Domingues; Marco S. Rodrigues; Eduardo Alves; Nuno P. Barradas; Joel Borges; Filipe Vaz. "Thin films of Au-Al2O3 for plasmonic sensing". Applied Surface Science 500 (2020): 144035-144035. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.144035.
    10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.144035
  12. C. Lopes; C. Gabor; D. Cristea; R. Costa; R.P. Domingues; M.S. Rodrigues; J. Borges; et al. "Evolution of the mechanical properties of Ti-based intermetallic thin films doped with different metals to be used as biomedical devices". Applied Surface Science (2019): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.144617.
    10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.144617
  13. Marco S Rodrigues; Joel Borges; Manuela Proença; Paulo Pedrosa; Nicolas Martin; Konstantin Romanyuk; Andrei L Kholkin; Filipe Vaz. "Nanoplasmonic response of porous Au-TiO2 thin films prepared by oblique angle deposition". Nanotechnology (2019): https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/ab068e.
    10.1088/1361-6528/ab068e
  14. Manuela Proença; Marco S. Rodrigues; Joel Borges; Filipe Vaz. "Gas Sensing with Nanoplasmonic Thin Films Composed of Nanoparticles (Au, Ag) Dispersed in a CuO Matrix". Coatings 9 5 (2019): 337-337. https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings9050337.
    10.3390/coatings9050337
  15. Pereira-Silva, Patrícia; Costa-Barbosa, Augusto; Costa, Diogo Emanuel Carvalho; Rodrigues, Marco S.; Carvalho, P.; Borges, Joel Nuno Pinto; Vaz, F.; Sampaio, Paula. "Antifungal activity of ZnO thin films prepared by glancing angle deposition". (2019): http://hdl.handle.net/1822/62970.
    10.1016/j.tsf.2019.137461
  16. Domingues, R. P.; Rodrigues, Marco S.; Lopes, Cláudia Jesus Ribeiro; Pedrosa, Paulo Eduardo Teixeira Baptista; Alves, Eduardo; Barradas, Nuno P.; Borges, Joel Nuno Pinto; Vaz, F.. "Thin films composed of metal nanoparticles (Au, Ag, Cu) dispersed in AlN: the influence of composition and thermal annealing on the structure and plasmonic response". (2019): http://hdl.handle.net/1822/60705.
    10.1016/j.tsf.2019.02.047
  17. Proença, Maria Manuela Carvalho; Borges, Joel Nuno Pinto; Rodrigues, Marco S.; Meira, Diana Isabela Faria; Sampaio, Paula; Dias, João P.; Pedrosa, Paulo Eduardo Teixeira Baptista; et al. "Nanocomposite thin films based on Au-Ag nanoparticles embedded in a CuO matrix for localized surface plasmon resonance sensing". (2019): http://hdl.handle.net/1822/60702.
    10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.04.085
  18. Costa, Diogo Emanuel Carvalho; Oliveira, João; Rodrigues, Marco S.; Borges, Joel Nuno Pinto; Moura, C.; Sampaio, Paula; Vaz, F.. "Development of biocompatible plasmonic thin films composed of noble metal nanoparticles embedded in a dielectric matrix to enhance Raman signals". (2019): http://hdl.handle.net/1822/63019.
    10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.143701
  19. Costa, Diogo Emanuel Carvalho; Borges, Joel Nuno Pinto; Mota, Maria F.; Rodrigues, Marco S.; Pereira-Silva, Patrícia; Ferreira, Armando José Barros; Pereira, Cátia S.; Sampaio, Paula; Vaz, F.. "Effect of microstructural changes in the biological behavior of magnetron sputtered ZnO thin films". (2019): http://hdl.handle.net/1822/58408.
    10.1116/1.5048785
  20. Barbosa, Ana Isabel Ferreira; Borges, Joel Nuno Pinto; Meira, Diana Isabela Faria; Costa, Diogo Emanuel Carvalho; Rodrigues, Marco S.; Rebelo, Rita Daniela Nogueira; Correlo, V. M.; Vaz, F.; Reis, R. L.. "Development of label-free plasmonic Au-TiO2 thin film immunosensor devices". (2019): http://hdl.handle.net/1822/60703.
    10.1016/j.msec.2019.03.029
  21. Correia, Daniela Maria Silva; Nunes-Pereira, João; Alikin, Denis; Kholkin, Andrei L.; Carabineiro, Sónia A .C.; Rebouta, L.; Rodrigues, Marco S.; et al. "Surface wettability modification of poly(vinylidene fluoride) and copolymer films and membranes by plasma treatment". (2019): http://hdl.handle.net/1822/60706.
    10.1016/j.polymer.2019.02.042
  22. Proença, M.; Rodrigues, M.S.; Borges, J.; Vaz, F.. "Gas sensing with nanoplasmonic thin films composed of nanoparticles (Au, Ag) dispersed in a CuO matrix". Coatings 9 5 (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85069797091&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3390/COATINGS9050337
  23. Siddardha Koneti; Joel Borges; Lucian Roiban; Marco S. Rodrigues; Nicolas Martin; Thierry Epicier; Filipe Vaz; Philippe Steyer. "Electron Tomography of Plasmonic Au Nanoparticles Dispersed in a TiO2 Dielectric Matrix". ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2018): https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b16436.
    10.1021/acsami.8b16436
  24. Rui P. Domingues; Marco S. Rodrigues; Manuela Proença; Diogo Costa; Eduardo Alves; Nuno P. Barradas; Filipe J. Oliveira; et al. "Thin films composed of Au nanoparticles embedded in AlN: Influence of metal concentration and thermal annealing on the LSPR band". Vacuum 157 (2018): 414-421. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vacuum.2018.09.013.
    10.1016/j.vacuum.2018.09.013
  25. da Silva Oliveira, C.I.; Martinez-Martinez, D.; Cunha, L.; Rodrigues, M.S.; Borges, J.; Lopes, C.; Alves, E.; Barradas, N.P.; Apreutesei, M.. "Zr-O-N coatings for decorative purposes: Study of the system stability by exploration of the deposition parameter space". Surface and Coatings Technology (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85039807739&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.surfcoat.2017.11.056
  26. Borges, Joel Nuno Pinto; Ferreira, Catarina Gonçalves; Fernandes, João P. C.; Rodrigues, Marco S.; Proença, Maria Manuela Carvalho; Apreutesei, Mihai; Alves, Eduardo; et al. "Thin films of Ag–Au nanoparticles dispersed in TiO2: influence of composition and microstructure on the LSPR and SERS responses". (2018): http://hdl.handle.net/1822/55860.
    10.1088/1361-6463/aabc49
  27. Pedrosa, Paulo Eduardo Teixeira Baptista; Rodrigues, Marco S.; Neto, Miguel A.; Oliveira, Filipe J.; Silva, Rui F.; Borges, Joel Nuno Pinto; Amaral, Margarida; et al. "Properties of CrN thin films deposited in plasma-activated ABS by reactive magnetron sputtering". (2018): http://hdl.handle.net/1822/55849.
    10.1016/j.surfcoat.2018.06.072
  28. Ferreira, A.; Borges, J.; Lopes, C.; Rodrigues, M.S.; Lanceros-Mendez, S.; Vaz, F.. "Relationship between nano-architectured Ti1-xCux thin film and electrical resistivity for resistance temperature detectors". Journal of Materials Science 52 9 (2017): 4878-4885. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85007448711&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10853-016-0722-x
  29. Proença, M.; Borges, J.; Rodrigues, M.S.; Domingues, R.P.; Dias, J.P.; Trigueiro, J.; Bundaleski, N.; Teodoro, O.M.N.D.; Vaz, F.. "Development of Au/CuO nanoplasmonic thin films for sensing applications". Surface and Coatings Technology (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85028351405&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.surfcoat.2017.08.033
  30. Rodrigues, M.S.; Costa, D.; Domingues, R.P.; Apreutesei, M.; Pedrosa, P.; Martin, N.; Correlo, V.M.; et al. "Optimization of nanocomposite Au/TiO2 thin films towards LSPR optical-sensing". Applied Surface Science (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85029816693&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.09.162
  31. Borges, J.; Rodrigues, M. S.; Lopes, C.; Costa, D.; Ferreira, A.; Pereira, R. M. S.; Costa, M. F.; Vasilevskiy, M. I.; Vaz, F.. "Back Cover: Ag fractals formed on top of a porous TiO2 thin film (Phys. Status Solidi RRL 7/2016)". physica status solidi (RRL) – Rapid Research Letters 10 7 (2016): n/a-n/a. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssr.201670743.
    10.1002/pssr.201670743
  32. Joel Borges; Rui Miguel M. S. Pereira; Marco Sampaio S. Rodrigues; Tomas Kubart; Sharath Kumar Manjeshwar Sathyanath; Klaus Leifer; Albano Cavaleiro; et al. "Broadband Optical Absorption caused by Plasmonic Response of Coalesced Au Nanoparticles Embedded in a TiO2 Matrix". The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 0 ja (2016): null-null. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b03684.
    10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b03684
  33. Rodrigues, M.S.; Borges, J.; Gabor, C.; Munteanu, D.; Apreutesei, M.; Steyer, P.; Lopes, C.; et al. "Functional behaviour of TiO2 films doped with noble metals". Surface Engineering 32 8 (2016): 554-561. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84975468065&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1179/1743294415Y.0000000085
  34. Borges, J.; Rodrigues, M.S.; Lopes, C.; Costa, D.; Ferreira, A.; Pereira, R.M.S.; Costa, M.F.; Vasilevskiy, M.I.; Vaz, F.. "Ag fractals formed on top of a porous TiO2 thin film". Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters 10 7 (2016): 530-534. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84991409733&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/pssr.201600131
  35. Pedrosa, P.; Machado, D.; Borges, J.; Rodrigues, M.S.; Alves, E.; Barradas, N.P.; Martin, N.; et al. "Ag y:TiN x thin films for dry biopotential electrodes: the effect of composition and structural changes on the electrical and mechanical behaviours". Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing 119 1 (2015): 169-178. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84925487450&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00339-014-8943-9
  36. Borges, J.; Kubart, T.; Kumar, S.; Leifer, K.; Rodrigues, M.S.; Duarte, N.; Martins, B.; et al. "Microstructural evolution of Au/TiO2 nanocomposite films: The influence of Au concentration and thermal annealing". Thin Solid Films 580 (2015): 77-88. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84926138563&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.tsf.2015.03.024
  37. Lopes, C.; Gonçalves, C.; Borges, J.; Polcar, T.; Rodrigues, M.S.; Barradas, N.P.; Alves, E.; et al. "Evolution of the functional properties of titanium-silver thin films for biomedical applications: Influence of in-vacuum annealing". Surface and Coatings Technology 261 (2015): 262-271. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84920749730&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.surfcoat.2014.11.020
  38. Carvalho, P.; Borges, J.; Rodrigues, M.S.; Barradas, N.P.; Alves, E.; Espinós, J.P.; González-Elipe, A.R.; et al. "Optical properties of zirconium oxynitride films: The effect of composition, electronic and crystalline structures". Applied Surface Science 358 (2015): 660-669. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84950335710&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.apsusc.2015.09.129
  39. Borges, J.; Rodrigues, M.S.; Kubart, T.; Kumar, S.; Leifer, K.; Evaristo, M.; Cavaleiro, A.; et al. "Thin films composed of gold nanoparticles dispersed in a dielectric matrix: The influence of the host matrix on the optical and mechanical responses". Thin Solid Films 596 (2015): 8-17. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84991402655&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.tsf.2015.08.058
  40. Borges, J.; Macedo, F.; Couto, F.M.; Rodrigues, M.S.; Lopes, C.; Pedrosa, P.; Polcar, T.; Marques, L.; Vaz, F.. "The influence of nitrogen and oxygen additions on the thermal characteristics of aluminium-based thin films". Materials Chemistry and Physics 163 (2015): 569-580. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84940460526&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.matchemphys.2015.08.015
  41. Borges, J.; Costa, D.; Antunes, E.; Lopes, C.; Rodrigues, M.S.; Apreutesei, M.; Alves, E.; et al. "Biological behaviour of thin films consisting of Au nanoparticles dispersed in a TiO2 dielectric matrix". Vacuum 122 (2015): 360-368. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84945494129&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.vacuum.2015.03.036
  42. Borges, J.; Rodrigues, M.S.; Lopes, C.; Costa, D.; Couto, F.M.; Kubart, T.; Martins, B.; et al. "Thin films composed of Ag nanoclusters dispersed in TiO2: Influence of composition and thermal annealing on the microstructure and physical responses". Applied Surface Science 358 (2015): 595-604. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84940990636&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.apsusc.2015.08.148
  43. Lopes, C.; Vieira, M.; Borges, J.; Fernandes, J.; Rodrigues, M.S.; Alves, E.; Barradas, N.P.; et al. "Multifunctional Ti-Me (Me = Al, Cu) thin film systems for biomedical sensing devices". Vacuum 122 (2015): 353-359. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84945439009&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.vacuum.2015.05.015

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Other output
  1. Optical Spectroscopy with thin film-based resistive heating. Thin film-based resistive heating system for in-situ monitoring of the optical transmittance during thermal treatments of films containing nanoparticles. This heating system was developed to be coupled to the vacuum chamber with controlled atmosphere and includes a thermocouple for temperature monitoring and an acquisition software made in LabView.. 2019.
  2. Thin film strain system. Tensile and compression testing machine adapted to thin film analysis, with micrometric movement electronically controlled by a stepper motor coupled to a reducer with helical and worm gear.. 2018.
  3. Surface porosity analysis algorithm. Thin films’ surface porosity analysis using SEM images, and advanced image processing and statistical analysis functions. This MATLAB algorithm allows the correlation of the porosity with other important properties.. 2018.
  4. GLAD (GLancing Agle Deposition) sample holders. • Electromechanical (thin films in zigzag, helices, inclined and other porous architectures) and Mechanical (inclined thin films with high porosity) GLAD systems for two high vacuum chambers with reactive magnetron sputtering (rectangular, 10cm×20cm, and circular, 7.6 cm targets). The movement of the Electromechanical GLAD is controlled electronically by 2 stepper motors.. 2017.
  5. Optical gas sensing. Vacuum chamber with controlled atmosphere, fibre optic system, tungsten lamp and modular spectrometer (with diffraction grating) for rapid measurement of transmittance spectra while testing optical gas sensors. 2017.
  6. Impedance spectroscopy system. Spectroscopy systems for measuring the electrochemical impedance and electrode-skin impedance of conductive thin films deposited on several conductive and non-conductive substrates (electrodes), consisting of an electronic system and acquisition/protection software developed in LabVIEW. 2017.
  7. Nanoparticle analysis algorithm. Nanoparticles distribution analysis in plasmonic thin films from SEM and TEM images. This MATLAB algorithm allows a systematic analysis of hundreds of nanoparticles (size, aspect ratio, nearest neighbour and statistical treatment), using advanced image processing. 2017.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2020/11/23 Nanocomposite Thin Films for Gas Sensing with High-Resolution Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Spectroscopy ICTF-JVC 2020 - 18th International Conference on Thin Films & 18th Joint Vacuum Conference
(Budapeste, Hungary)
2019/12/13 Development of a High-Resolution Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Bio- and Gas-Sensing System using Nano-Designed Thin Films of Au-TiO2 Jornadas CF-UM-UP 2019
Centro de Física das Universidades do Minho e do Porto (CF-UM-UP), Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2019/12/13 Influence of a plasma treatment on the microstructure and plasmonic behaviour of Au-Al2O3 thin films (Poster) Jornadas do CF-UM-UP 2019, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 13 de dezembro 2019
Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2019/12/13 Influence of nanoparticle size and composition on the plasmonic response of Au-TiO2 and Au/Ag-TiO2 thin films (Poster) Jornadas do CF-UM-UP 2019, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 13 de dezembro 2019
Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2019/12/13 Au:CuO Nanocomposite Thin Films for Gas Sensing with High-Resolution Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Spectroscopy (Poster) Jornadas do CF-UM-UP 2019, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 13 de dezembro 2019
Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2019/12/13 Antifungal action of ZnO thin films prepared by glancing angle deposition (Poster) Jornadas do CF-UM-UP 2019, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 13 de dezembro 2019
Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2019/05/31 Nanostructured thin films with Au nanoparticles for plasmonic sensing EMRS 2019 Spring Meeting
European Materials Research Society (Nice, France)
2019/05/31 Development of thin films composed of plasmonic nanoparticles (Au, Ag) dispersed in a CuO oxide matrix for optical (gas) sensing (Poster) IV International Conference on Applications in Optics and Photonics (AOP 2019), Lisbon, Portugal 2019.
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2019/05/27 Development of plasmonic sensors based on thin films composed by Au(-Ag) nanoparticles embedded in dielectric matrixes EMRS Spring Meeting 2019, Nice, France, 201
European materials research Society (Nice, France)
2019/05/27 Biological Response of Ti-Based Intermetallic Thin Films To Be Used As Biopotential Electrodes (Poster) EMRS Spring Meeting 2019, Nice, France, 2019
European Materials Research Society (Nice, France)
2019/05/19 Tailoring the Microstructure of ZnO Thin Films for Antimicrobial Applications 46th International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films (ICMCTF), San Diego, 2019
(San Diego, United States)
2019/03/13 Development of plasmonic thin films composed of noble metal nanoparticles embedded in a dielectric matrix to enhance Raman signals of biomolecules BRAMAT 2019 11th International Conference on Materials Science & Engineering. Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania, 2019
(Brasov, Romania)
2019/03/13 Thin films of Au-Al2O3 for plasmonic sensing BRAMAT 2019 11th International Conference on Materials Science & Engineering. Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania, 2019.
(Brasov, Romania)
2019/02/26 Gas Sensing with Nano-Designed LSPR Thin Films Using GLAD In Reactive Magnetron Sputtering VÁCUO 2019 Workshop
CeFITeC, Centro de Física e Investigação Tecnológica; Sociedade Portuguesa de Vácuo - SOPORVAC (Caparica, Portugal)
2019/01/16 Development of Ti-Based Intermetallic Thin Films for EMG Signal Acquisition Ant Neuro Meeting, France 2019
Ant Neuro (Beaune, France)
2019 Evolution of the Mechanical Properties of Ti-Based Intermetallic Thin Films Doped With Different Metals to be used as Biomedical Devices (Poster) BRAMAT 2019 11th International Conference on Materials Science & Engineering. Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania, 2019
(Brasov, Romania)
2018/10/25 Sensitive Detection of Protein Biomarkers using Au/TiO2 and Au/CuO Thin Films Biosensor Technology (Poster) CHEM2NATURE. Guimarães, Portugal, 2018
(Guimarães, Portugal)
2018/07/02 Development of porous nanoplasmonic thin films for LSPR gas sensing applications (Poster) Encontro Ciência 2018. Lisboa, Portugal, 2018
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2018/07/01 Au-TiO2 Thin Films Exhibiting Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Effects and Advantage of an Electron Nano-Tomography Study (Poster) 16th International Conference on Plasma Surface Engineering (PSE 2018). Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 2018
(Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany)
2018/07/01 Post-Annealing Structural Rearrangement of M/CuOx (M=Ag, Au) Nanocomposite Thin Films Showing Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance (Poster) 16th International Conference on Plasma Surface Engineering (PSE 2018). Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 2018
(Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany)
2018/07 Development of Thin Films Composed of Plasmonic Nanoparticles (Au, Ag) Dispersed in an Oxide Matrix, for LSPR (Gas) Sensing Twenty-Sixth Annual International Conference on Composites/Nano Engineering (ICCE-26). Paris, July 2018.
(Paris, France)
2018/04/23 Properties of CrNx Thin Films Deposited in Plasma Activated Polymers by Reactive Magnetron Sputtering (Poster) Hard Coatings and Vapor Deposition Technologies. International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films (ICMCTF 2018). San Diego, USA, 2018.
(San Diego, United States)
2017/05/22 Production and optimization of Au/CuO nanoplasmonic thin films for LSPR gas sensing applications (Poster) E-MRS Spring Meeting. France, 2017
(Strasbourg, France)
2017/05/08 Optical properties of Au/CuO nanoplasmonic thin films III International Conference on Applications in Optics and Photonics (AOP 2017), Portugal, 2017
(Faro, Portugal)
2017/04/09 Plasmonic behaviour of noble nanoparticles (Au, Ag) dispersed in AlN (Poster - awarded 3rd place) Materiais 2017. Portugal, 2017
Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2017/04/09 Deposition and characterization of CrNx thin films obtained using the PVD (Physical Vapour Deposition) technique (Poster) Materiais 2017. Portugal, 2017
Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2017/04/09 Evaluating the surface interaction of nanoplasmonic thin films with Candida albicans (Poster) Materiais 2017. Portugal, 2017
Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2017/03/11 Optimization of Au/TiO2 thin films towards optical (bio)sensing BRAMAT 2017 - 10TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING. Romania, 2017
(Brasov, Romania)
2017/03/11 Thin films composed of metallic nanoparticles (Au, Ag) dispersed in AlN matrix: Influence of metal concentration and thermal annealing on the plasmonic absorption band (Poster) BRAMAT 2017- 10th International conference on materials science & engineering. Romania, 2017
(Brasov, Romania)
2016/09/12 Decorative Zirconium oxynitride coatings deposited by magnetron sputtering: an attempt to break the chemical and color restrictions (Poster) 15thInternational Conference on Plasma Surface Engineering,Garmisch-Partenkirchen
(Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany)
2016/09/12 Study of the electromechanical behaviour of Ti-Ag coated polymers for biomedical applications (Poster) 15thInternational Conference on Plasma Surface Engineering,Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany,2016
(Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany)
2016/09/12 Preparation and bio-functionalization of Au:TiO2 nanoplasmonic thin films for LSPR-biosensors (Poster) 15thInternational Conference on Plasma Surface Engineering,Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany,2016
(Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany)
2016/08/28 In situ study of the electromechanical behaviour of Ti-Ag coated polymers for bio-sensing applications (Poster) 16th European Microscopy Congress, Lyon, France, 2016
(Lyon, France)
2016/04/25 Thin films for biomedical applications: from sensors to electrodes International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films (ICMCTF 2016),San Diego, CA, USA
(San Diego, United States)
2015/05/11 Nanocomposite thin films resulting from Au nanoclusters dispersed in a dielectric matrix: evolution of the localized surface plasmon resonance with annealing temperature E-MRS Spring Meeting, 2015, Lille, France
(Lille, France)
2015/03/05 Mechanical properties of (Au,Ag):TiO2 films prepared by magnetron sputtering (Poster) BRAMAT 2015 - 9th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING - 5 – 7 March 2015, BRASOV, ROMANIA
(Brasov, Romania)
2015/03/05 Thin films composed of noble metal clusters dispersed in a dielectric matrix: influence of composition and thermal annealing on the microstructure and physical response BRAMAT 2015 9th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING ,Brasov,2015
(Brasov, Romania)
2007/11/08 Efeitos da diminuição da corrente da ampôla na correcção de atenuação durante um exame de PET/CT – limites para o compromisso entre a qualidade de imagem de transmissão e a dose recebida pelo doente (Poster) XI Congresso Nacional de Medicina Nuclear, Porto, 8 a 10 de Novembro de 2007
(Porto, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2022/02 - Current Biosensors for environmental applications with thin films designed at the nanoscale
Supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia de Materiais (Degree)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2016/09 - 2017/07 Investigation of Glancing Angle Deposited thin films on Electrodes for Electromyography signal acquisition
Co-supervisor
 Biomedical Engineering (B.Sc.) (Degree)
Technical University Ilmenau, Germany
2016/02 - 2016/07 Preparação de testes de avaliação de revestimentos decorativos em peças poliméricas (Projeto Individual)
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia de Materiais (Degree)
Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
2016/02 - 2016/07 Estudo das variações de cor em filmes finos de oxinitretos (Projeto Individual)
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia de Materiais (Master)
Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal
2015/09 - 2016/01 Produção e caracterização de filmes finos para aplicações decorativas (Trabalho Final de Laboratórios Integrados 6)
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia de Materiais (Other)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2015/09 - 2016/01 Produção e caracterização de filmes finos para aplicações decorativas (Trabalho final de Laboratórios Integrados 6)
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia de Materiais (Other)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2020/07 - Current 95th IUVSTA Workshop-Plasmonic Thin Films: Theory, Synthesis and Application- will be focused on the latest advances and most exciting results in the area of Plasmonic Thin Films (including nanoparticles, nanostructures, nanocomposites and 2D materials) i.e. materials that manifest collective oscillations of free electrons, used to: enhance several light-matter interaction processes; to accurately detect different kinds of molecules and biomolecules using label-free sensing platforms; or even to perform biological imaging and photothermal therapies. (2021/10/04 - 2022/06/23)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
2015/10/05 - 2015/10/09 The 78th IUVSTA workshop on “New horizons in oxynitride thinfilms: from synthesis to applications”, was focused on the design, synthesis, properties, including the defect structure and applications, of several different types of oxynitride protective and functional thin films and coatings. Multifunctional stable and metastable oxynitride coatings are an important filed within thin films and coatings since they are expected to fill a gap between common properties of nitride and oxide based coatings. (2015/10/05 - 2015/10/09)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2009 - 2014 Astronomy Observation "Nights" (2009)
Other (Co-organisor)

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2022/01/26 - Current ACS Applied Nano Materials (2574-0970) ACS Publications
2021/12 - Current Optical Materials (2590-1478) Elsevier
2021/04 - Current Nanomaterials (2079-4991) MDPI
2020/11 - Current Nanotechnology (1361-6528) IOP
2020/04 - Current Catalysts (2073-4344) MDPI AG
2020/02 - Current Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter (1361-648X) IOP Science
2020/01 - Current Applied Sciences (2076-3417) MDPI
2019/08 - Current Ceramics International (0272-8842) Elsevier
2019/01 - Current Coatings (2079-6412) MDPI AG
2018/02 - Current Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Physics (0975-1041) NOPR
2017/07 - Current Surface and Coatings Technology (0257-8972) Elsevier

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2019/03/04 - 2019/05/25 SEM characterization and GLAD thin film optimization and deposition at FEMTO-ST, France FEMTO-ST, Micro Nano Sciences and Systems Department, France
2018/04/14 - 2018/04/21 Advanced materials’ characterization: TEM, STEM and 3D electron tomography (JEOL 2010F and FEI TITAN ETEM), and post-acquisition image analysis. Matériaux Ingénierie et Science, France

Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon, France
2018/03/18 - 2018/03/23 Gas-sensing experiments - Optical LSPR sensing prototype optimization Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2017/09/19 - 2017/09/30 Image and signal processing advanced training; Electrode-skin impedance spectroscopy prototype testing Technical University Ilmenau, Germany
2016/09/11 - 2016/09/24 Image and signal processing training. EMG experiments eemagine, Germany

Technical University Ilmenau, Germany
2008/08/03 - 2008/08/31 International exchange program for Medical Students, Gastroenterology Service, Clinical Hospital Centre , Rijeka , Croatia Klinicki bolnicki centar Rijeka, Croatia
Distinctions

Award

2022 Best 2021 PhD Thesis
Universidade do Minho Escola de Ciências, Portugal
2017 3rd place in Poster Competition - International Conference Materiais 2017
Sociedade Portuguesa de Materiais, Portugal
2006 1st place for coordinating students with the project "Reaction Time", under the National Contest "Young Scientists and Researchers"concurso "
Fundação da Juventude, Portugal
2002 University merit award for the obtained grades
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2001 University merit award for the obtained grades
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2000 University merit award for the obtained grades
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
1999 University merit award for the obtained grades
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Other distinction

2019 Finalist - Graduate Student Award - EMRS 2019 Spring Meeting
European Materials Research Society, France