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Researcher at CeNTI - Centre for Nanotechnology and Smart Materials. PhD researcher in the project CIQUP - UIDP/00081/2020, member of the group "Surfactants, Colloids and Soft Nanomaterials", with PI Eduardo Marques, in the RG3/CIQUP R&D center, at UPorto (2021-2022). BSc in Chemistry (2013), MSc in Chemistry (2015) and PhD in Sustainable Chemistry (2021). Research in nanomaterials, colloidal systems and nanocomposites, with focus on the non-covalent functionalization of carbon nanotubes, graphene and inorganic graphene analogues using surfactants, polymers and polymer/surfactant systems. Building and characterization of nanocomposites and study of their applicability as electrocatalysts. 7 oral presentations and 14 posters in workshops, national and international conferences. Cosupervisor of 1 MSc Thesis and 2 Extracurricular Projects. Collaboration in 2 MSc Thesis supervisions and 5 BSc Project supervisions between 2017-2021 (FCUP). Collaboration in classes of the courses: 'Interfaces, Colloids and Self-Assembly', and 'Laboratory of Materials and Surface Analysis', between 2016-2021 (FCUP). Participation in the projects "PhotoSAN - Photoresponsive Self-Assembled Nanomaterials for Drug and Gene Delivery" (GRANT_NUMBER: POCI-01-0145-FEDER-032351) and "Sustainable Advanced Materials" (GRANT_NUMBER: Norte-01-0145-FEDER-000028). Participation in science dissemination activities: Open Days at FCUP and "Mostra UPorto".
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Bárbara Abreu Teixeira Brito e Faro

Citation names

  • Abreu, Bárbara
  • Abreu, B.
  • Bárbara Teixeira
  • Bárbara Abreu Brito e Faro

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
A213-C7D9-FA47
ORCID iD
0000-0003-1771-0896
Scopus Author Id
56901009300

Email addresses

  • barbara.abreu@fc.up.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Ciências, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica. Rua do Campo Alegre s/n, 4169-007, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Colloid Chemistry
  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Physical Chemistry
  • Engineering and Technology - Nano-technology - Nano-materials
  • Engineering and Technology - Nano-technology - Nano-processes
  • Engineering and Technology - Materials Engineering - Composites
  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Electrochemistry

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2016 - 2021
Concluded
 Doutoramento em Química Sustentável (Doutoramento)
Major in Química de materiais
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"1D and 2D nanomaterials as building blocks for 3D composites: surfactant-mediated assembly, characterization and electrocatalytic studies " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2015
Concluded
 Química (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Avaliação do grau de cura de formulações poliméricas por análise térmica e métodos complementares" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16/20
2013
Concluded
 Química (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Dispersão de nanotubos de carbono por moléculas anfifílicas" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 14/20
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/10 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/01/01 - 2021/09/30 Projeto Nanomateriais Auto- Organizados Para Entrega Fotocontrolada de Fármacos e Genes
PTDC/QUI-COL/32351/2017
Master Student Fellow
Ongoing
2015 - 2016 Centro de Investigação em Química da Universidade do Porto
QUI/00081
Master Student Fellow
CIQ-UP; Centro de Investigação em Química da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2020 - Current Centro de Investigação em Química da Universidade do Porto
UID/QUI/0081/2020
CIQ-UP; Centro de Investigação em Química da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/08 - 2019/07 PhotoSAN - Photoresponsive Self-Assembled Nanomaterials for Drug and Gene Delivery
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-032351
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2016/06 - 2019/05 Sustainable Advanced Materials
Norte-01-0145-FEDER-000028
 CCRN - Comissão de Coordenação da Região Norte
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Abreu, Bárbara. "Polymer/surfactant mixtures as dispersants for multiwalled carbon nanotubes: synergism, antagonism and molecular insight". Paper presented in 35th Conference of the European Colloid & Interface Society (ECIS), 2021.
  2. Abreu, Bárbara; Freire, Cristina; Marques, Eduardo F.. "Building doped graphene/carbon nanotube hierarchical assemblies via surfactant-mediated interactions for advanced applications". Paper presented in ChemMat 4th Workshop, 2019.
  3. Abreu, Bárbara; Pires, Ana Sofia; Guimarães, Andreia; Fernandes, Ricardo M.F.; Marques, Eduardo F.. "Non-covalent functionalization of carbon nanotubes: synergistic effects using polymer/surfactant systems as dispersants". Paper presented in XXVI Encontro Nacional da SPQ, 2019.
  4. Abreu, Bárbara; Rocha, Jessica ; Fernandes, Ricardo M.F.; Regev, Oren; Furó, István; Marques, Eduardo F.. "Gemini surfactants as efficient dispersants of multiwalled carbon nanotubes". Paper presented in MultiComp Aveiro Spring Meeting 2019, 2019.
  5. Abreu, Bárbara; Montero, Jorge; Buzaglo, Matat; Regev, Oren; Marques, Eduardo F.. "Comparing the dispersibility of carbon nanotubes and graphene using amphiphilic molecules: similarities, differences and trends". Paper presented in MultiComp Aveiro Spring Meeting 2019, 2019.
  6. Abreu, Bárbara; Freire, Cristina; Marques, Eduardo F.. "Building doped graphene/carbon nanotube hierarchical assemblies via surfactant-mediated interactions for advanced applications". Paper presented in ChemMat 3rd Workshop, 2018.
  7. Abreu, Bárbara; Freire, Cristina; Marques, Eduardo F.. "Building doped graphene/carbon nanotube hierarchical assemblies via surfactant-mediated interactions for advanced applications". Paper presented in ChemMat 2nd Workshop, 2017.
  8. Abreu, Bárbara; Montero, Jorge; Buzaglo, Matat; Regev, Oren; Marques, Eduardo F.. "Surfactant-assisted exfoliation of graphite into graphene: dispersibility studies and structural characterization". Paper presented in 7th Iberian Meeting of Colloids and Interfaces, 2017.
  9. Abreu, Bárbara; Fernandes, Ricardo M.F.; Buzaglo, Matat; Regev, Oren; Furó, István; Marques, Eduardo F.. "Optimizing surfactant-assisted dispersions of carbon nanotubes: Metrics and trends". Paper presented in I Carbon Group Meeting, 2017.
  10. Abreu, Bárbara; Freire, Cristina; Marques, Eduardo F.. "Building doped graphene/carbon nanotube hierarchical assemblies via surfactant-mediated interactions for advanced applications". Paper presented in ChemMat 1st Workshop, 2016.
  11. Fernandes, Ricardo M.F.; Abreu, Bárbara; Claro, Bárbara; Buzaglo, Matat; Regev, Oren; Furó, István; Marques, Eduardo F.. "Dispersion efficiency of carbon nanotubes in water by surfactants: from high precision data towards molecular understanding". Paper presented in 20th International Symposium on Surfactants in Solution, 2014.
  12. Fernandes, Ricardo M.F.; Abreu, Bárbara; Claro, Bárbara; Buzaglo, Matat; Regev, Oren; Furó, István; Marques, Eduardo F.. "Comparisons on the dispersing efficiency of various surfactants for single and multi-walled carbon nanotubes". Paper presented in 4PYCHEM - 4th Portuguese Young Chemists Meeting, 2014.
  13. Fernandes, Ricardo M.F.; Abreu, Bárbara; Claro, Bárbara; Buzaglo, Matat; Regev, Oren; Furó, István; Marques, Eduardo F.. "Surfactant dispersion of carbon nanotubes: A systematic experimental approach". Paper presented in ChemOnTubes, 2014.
Journal article
  1. Abreu, Bárbara; Almeida, Bernardo; Ferreira, Pedro; M. F. Fernandes, Ricardo; Fernandes, Diana M.; Marques, Eduardo F.. "A critical assessment of the role of ionic surfactants in the exfoliation and stabilization of 2D nanosheets: the case of the transition metal dichalcogenides MoS2, WS2 and MoSe2". Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2022.06.097.
    10.1016/j.jcis.2022.06.097
  2. Alves, Zélia; Abreu, Bárbara; Ferreira, N.M.; Marques, Eduardo F.; Nunes, Cláudia; Ferreira, Paula. "Enhancing the dispersibility of multiwalled carbon nanotubes within starch-based films by the use of ionic surfactants". Carbohydrate Polymers 273 (2021): 118531-118531. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2021.118531.
    10.1016/j.carbpol.2021.118531
  3. Abreu, Bárbara; Sofia Pires, Ana; Guimarães, Andreia; Fernandes, Ricardo M.F.; Oliveira, Isabel S.; Marques, Eduardo F.. Corresponding author: Abreu, Bárbara. "Polymer/surfactant mixtures as dispersants and non-covalent functionalization agents of multiwalled carbon nanotubes: synergism, morphological characterization and molecular picture". Journal of Molecular Liquids (2021): 118338. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2021.118338.
    10.1016/j.molliq.2021.118338
  4. Abreu, Bárbara; Rocha, Marcos; Nunes, Marta; Freire, Cristina; Marques, Eduardo F.. "Carbon nanotube/graphene nanocomposites built via surfactant-mediated colloid assembly as metal-free catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction". Journal of Materials Science (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10853-021-06463-3.
    10.1007/s10853-021-06463-3
  5. Abreu, Bárbara; Montero, Jorge; Buzaglo, Matat; Regev, Oren; Marques, Eduardo F.. "Comparative trends and molecular analysis on the surfactant-assisted dispersibility of 1D and 2D carbon materials: Multiwalled nanotubes vs graphene nanoplatelets". Journal of Molecular Liquids 333 (2021): 116002-116002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2021.116002.
    10.1016/j.molliq.2021.116002
  6. Ferreira, Pedro; Abreu, Bárbara; Freire, Cristina; Fernandes, Diana M.; Marques, Eduardo F.. "Nanocomposites prepared from carbon nanotubes and the transition metal dichalcogenides WS2 and MoS2 via surfactant-assisted dispersions as electrocatalysts for oxygen reactions". Materials 14 4 (2021): 896-896.
    Published • 10.3390/ma14040896
  7. Abreu, Bárbara; Rocha, Jessica ; Fernandes, Ricardo M.F.; Regev, Oren; Furó, István; Marques, Eduardo F.. "Gemini surfactants as efficient dispersants of multiwalled carbon nanotubes: interplay of molecular parameters on nanotube dispersibility and debundling". Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2019):
    Published • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2019.03.082
  8. Fernandes, Ricardo M.F.; Abreu, Bárbara; Claro, Bárbara; Buzaglo, Matat; Regev, Oren; Furó, István; Marques, Eduardo F.. "Dispersing carbon nanotubes with ionic surfactants under controlled conditions: Comparisons and insight". Langmuir 31 40 (2015): 10955-10965.
    Published • 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b02050
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Abreu, Bárbara. "1D and 2D nanomaterials as building blocks for 3D composites: surfactant-mediated assembly, characterization and electrocatalytic studies". PhD, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, 2021.

Other

Other output
  1. Manual de Trabalhos Práticos de Interfaces e Colóides. 2022. Abreu, Bárbara; Oliveira, Isabel; Marques, Eduardo F..
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2021/03/29 Carbon nanotube/Transition metal dichalcogenide composites via surfactant-assisted dispersions as electrocatalysts for oxygen reactions 14º Encontro Nacional de Química Física
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2019/11/11 Building doped graphene/carbon nanotube hierarchical assemblies via surfactant-mediated interactions for advanced applications ChemMat 4th Workshop
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2019/07/17 Surfactant/polymer mixtures for non-covalent functionalization of carbon nanotubes 8th Iberian Meeting on Colloids and Interfaces
(Aveiro, Portugal)
2018/11/19 Building doped graphene/carbon nanotube hierarchical assemblies via surfactant-mediated interactions for advanced applications ChemMat 3rd Workshop
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2017/11/20 Building doped graphene/carbon nanotube hierarchical assemblies via surfactant-mediated interactions for advanced applications ChemMat 2nd Workshop
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2017/07/06 Molecular Trends in Surfactant-Assisted Dispersions of Carbon Nanotubes 7th Iberian Meeting of Colloids and Interfaces
(Madrid, Spain)
2016/11/11 Building doped graphene/carbon nanotube hierarchical assemblies via surfactant-mediated interactions for advanced applications ChemMat 1st Workshop
(Lisboa, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2021/10/01 - 2022/09/30 Novos materiais híbridos funcionais baseados em cristais líquidos e nanomateriais inorgânicos 2D
Co-supervisor
 Química (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2022/03/02 - 2022/07/22 Caracterização de misturas polímero/tensioativo para funcionalização de nanomateriais
Supervisor
 Química (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018/02 - 2018/07 Exfoliação de nanomateriais de carbono por polielectrólitos e surfactantes
Co-supervisor
 Programa de Estágios ExtraCurricular (PEEC) (Scientific initiation)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2018/07/08 - 2018/07/21 School on Science Management for Scientists and Engineers
Other
 SoSMSE
Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2022/03/02 - 2022/06/09 Laboratório de Análise de Materiais e Superfícies Química (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2022/03/02 - 2022/06/06 Interfaces, Colóides e Auto-Agregação Química (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal