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Pedro Lopes. Completed the Mestrado integrado in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2008 by Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico and Doutoramento in PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2022/11/09 by Universidade de Coimbra. Is Postdoc in Universidade de Coimbra and Invited Assistant in Universidade de Coimbra. Published 29 articles in journals. Has 4 patent(s) registered. Co-supervised 2 MSc dissertation(s). Has received 3 awards and/or honors. Participates and/or participated as Post-doc Fellow in 1 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Engineering and Technology. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: Stretchable electronics; Bio-signals acquisition; Signal processing and classification; Embedded systems; Instrumentation; EGaIn; Silver inks; Hydroprinted electronics; Smart textiles; Hydrogels; Electrical Impedance Tomography; Electrical Stimulation; Skin interfaces; Stretchable Electronics and Epidermal Electronics; Wearable Biomonitoring; Wearable Human Machine Interfaces; Stretchable and Printed Electronics; Computational design; Electrónica e Robótica Impressa; Additive Manufacturing; Soft Robotics; .
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Pedro Lopes

Citation names

  • Alhais, Pedro

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
E713-1D8E-936E
ORCID iD
0000-0002-5764-2974

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2017/10/01 - 2022/11/09
Concluded
 PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 Distinction and praise
2008
Concluded
 Electrical and Computer Engineering (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Sensor system for a competition car integrated in Formula Student" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/01/01 - Current Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018/01/01 - 2022/12/31 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
2016/03/01 - 2017/12/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
2014/07/01 - 2014/12/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/09/06 - Current Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2015/01/01 - 2016/03/01 Electrical Engineer - R&D team leader BullRay, Portugal
2009/02/01 - 2014/07/01 Electrical Engineer - Product R&D UAVision, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/01/01 - Current Liquid 3D:3D PrintedSoft-Matter Electronics based on Liquid Metal Composites: Nature Inspired. Nature Friendly, Resilient, Recycable, and Repairable project “Liquid3D” (reference: 101045072)
ERC-2021- COG
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 Universidade de Coimbra
Ongoing

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/04/01 - 2023/06/30 Human-AI Codesign of Robotic and Personalized Compliant Exoskins for Physical Exercises, Prosthesis and Rehabilitation
CMU/TIC/0045/2021
10.54499/CMU/TIC/0045/2021
Carnegie Mellon University, United States

Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018/05/02 - 2022/05/01 Electronic Skin over Epidermis for wearable bio-monitoring
PTDC/EEI-ROB/31784/2017
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Tavakoli, Mahmoud; Malakooti, Mohammad H.; Paisana, Hugo; Ohm, Yunsik; Marques, Daniel Green; Lopes, Pedro Alhais; Piedade, Ana P.; de Almeida, Anibal T.; Majidi, Carmel. "Fabrication of Soft and Stretchable Electronics Through Integration of Printed Silver Nanoparticles and Liquid Metal Alloy". 2018.
    10.1115/smasis2018-8007
Journal article
  1. Freitas, Marta Calisto; Sanati, Afsaneh L.; Lopes, Pedro Alhais; Silva, André F.; Tavakoli, Mahmoud. "3D Printed Gallium Battery with Outstanding Energy Storage: Toward Fully Printed Battery-on-the-Board Soft Electronics". Small 20 20 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202304716.
    10.1002/smll.202304716
  2. Sanati, Afsaneh L.; Alhais Lopes, Pedro; Chambel, Alexandre; Silva, André F.; Oliveira, Diogo M.; Majidi, Carmel; de Almeida, Anibal T.; Tavakoli, Mahmoud. "Recyclable liquid metal – Graphene supercapacitor". Chemical Engineering Journal 479 (2024): 147894. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.147894.
    10.1016/j.cej.2023.147894
  3. Hajalilou, A.; Parvini, E.; Morgado, T.A.; Alhais Lopes, P.; Melo Jorge, M.E.; Freitas, M.; Tavakoli, M.. "Replacing the Gallium Oxide Shell with Conductive Ag: Toward a Printable and Recyclable Composite for Highly Stretchable Electronics, Electromagnetic Shielding, and Thermal Interfaces". ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 16 44 (2024): 61157-61168. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85207563156&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/acsami.4c17151
  4. Parvini, E.; Hajalilou, A.; Gonçalves Vilarinho, J.P.; Alhais Lopes, P.; Maranha, M.; Tavakoli, M.. "Gallium-Carbon: A Universal Composite for Sustainable 3D Printing of Integrated Sensor-Heater-Battery Systems in Wearable and Recyclable Electronics". ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 16 25 (2024): 32812-32823. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85196409636&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/acsami.4c02706
  5. Parvini, Elahe; Hajalilou, Abdollah; Lopes, Pedro Alhais; Silva, André F.; Tiago, Miguel Soares Maranha; Fernandes, Pedro Miguel Patrício; de Almeida, Anibal T.; Tavakoli, Mahmoud. "3R Batteries: Resilient, Repairable, and Recyclable Based on Liquid Gallium Electrode". Advanced Materials Technologies (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/admt.202301189.
    10.1002/admt.202301189
  6. Hajalilou, Abdollah; Parvini, Elahe; Pereira, João Pedro Marques; Lopes, Pedro Alhais; Silva, André F.; De Almeida, Anibal; Tavakoli, Mahmoud. "Digitally Printable Magnetic Liquid Metal Composite for Recyclable Soft-Matter Electronics". Advanced Materials Technologies 8 10 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/admt.202201621.
    10.1002/admt.202201621
  7. Maranha, Miguel; Silva, André F.; Lopes, Pedro Alhais; de Almeida, Aníbal T.; Tavakoli, Mahmoud. "Digitally Printed Liquid Metal Composite Antenna for Energy Harvesting: Toward Energy-Autonomous Battery-Free Wearable Bioelectronics". Advanced Sensor Research 2 2 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adsr.202200025.
    10.1002/adsr.202200025
  8. Tavakoli, Mahmoud; Alhais Lopes, Pedro; Hajalilou, Abdollah; Silva, André F.; Reis Carneiro, Manuel; Carvalheiro, José; Marques Pereira, João; de Almeida, Aníbal T.. "3R Electronics: Scalable Fabrication of Resilient, Repairable, and Recyclable Soft-Matter Electronics". Advanced Materials 34 31 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202203266.
    10.1002/adma.202203266
  9. Costa, Guilherme; Lopes, Pedro Alhais; Sanati, Afsaneh L.; Silva, André F.; Freitas, Marta Calisto; de Almeida, Anibal T.; Tavakoli, Mahmoud. "3D Printed Stretchable Liquid Gallium Battery". Advanced Functional Materials 32 27 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202113232.
    10.1002/adfm.202113232
  10. Sanati, Afsaneh L.; Chambel, Alexandre; Lopes, Pedro Alhais; Nikitin, Timur; Fausto, Rui; Tavakoli, Mahmoud. "Laser-Assisted Rapid Fabrication of Large-Scale Graphene Oxide Transparent Conductors". Advanced Materials Interfaces 9 17 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/admi.202102343.
    10.1002/admi.202102343
  11. Chambel, Alexandre; Sanati, Afsaneh L.; Lopes, Pedro Alhais; Nikitin, Timur; Fausto, Rui; de Almeida, Aníbal T.; Tavakoli, Mahmoud. "Laser Writing of Eutectic Gallium–Indium Alloy Graphene-Oxide Electrodes and Semitransparent Conductors (Adv. Mater. Technol. 5/2022)". Advanced Materials Technologies 7 5 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/admt.202270021.
    10.1002/admt.202270021
  12. Hajalilou, Abdollah; Silva, André F.; Lopes, Pedro Alhais; Parvini, Elahe; Majidi, Carmel; Tavakoli, Mahmoud. "Biphasic Liquid Metal Composites for Sinter-Free Printed Stretchable Electronics". Advanced Materials Interfaces 9 5 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/admi.202101913.
    10.1002/admi.202101913
  13. Parvini, Elahe; Hajalilou, Abdollah; Lopes, Pedro Alhais; Tiago, Miguel Soares Maranha; de Almeida, Anibal T.; Tavakoli, Mahmoud. "Triple crosslinking conductive hydrogels with digitally printable and outstanding mechanical stability for high-resolution conformable bioelectronics". Soft Matter 18 44 (2022): 8486-8503. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d2sm01103d.
    10.1039/d2sm01103d
  14. Lopes, Pedro Alhais; Santos, Bruno C.; de Almeida, Anibal T.; Tavakoli, Mahmoud. "Reversible polymer-gel transition for ultra-stretchable chip-integrated circuits through self-soldering and self-coating and self-healing". Nature Communications 12 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25008-5.
    Published • 10.1038/s41467-021-25008-5
  15. Alhais, Pedro; Santos, Bruno; Almeida, Aníbal; Mahmoud Tavakoli. "Reversible Polymer-Gel transition for Ultra-Stretchable Chip-Integrated Circuits: Self-(Soldering, Coating, and Healing)". Nature Communications (2021):
    Under revision
  16. Lopes, Pedro Alhais; Fernandes, Daniel Félix; Silva, André F.; Marques, Daniel Green; de Almeida, Aníbal T.; Majidi, Carmel; Tavakoli, Mahmoud. "Bi-Phasic Ag-In-Ga-Embedded Elastomer Inks for Digitally Printed, Ultra-Stretchable, Multi-layer Electronics". ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 13 12 (2021): 14552-14561. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c22206.
    Published • 10.1021/acsami.0c22206
  17. Carvalho, Francisca M.; Lopes, Pedro; Carneiro, Manuel; Serra, Arménio; Coelho, Jorge; de Almeida, Aníbal T.; Tavakoli, Mahmoud. "Nondrying, Sticky Hydrogels for the Next Generation of High-Resolution Conformable Bioelectronics". ACS Applied Electronic Materials 2 10 (2020): 3390-3401. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.0c00653.
    Published • 10.1021/acsaelm.0c00653
  18. Alberto, José; Leal, Cristina; Fernandes, Cláudio; Lopes, Pedro A.; Paisana, Hugo; de Almeida, Aníbal T.; Tavakoli, Mahmoud. "Fully Untethered Battery-free Biomonitoring Electronic Tattoo with Wireless Energy Harvesting". Scientific Reports 10 1 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-62097-6.
    10.1038/s41598-020-62097-6
  19. Leal, Cristina; Lopes, Pedro Alhais; Serra, Arménio; Coelho, Jorge F. J.; de Almeida, Aníbal T.; Tavakoli, Mahmoud. "Untethered Disposable Health Monitoring Electronic Patches with an Integrated Ag2O–Zn Battery, a AgInGa Current Collector, and Hydrogel Electrodes". ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 12 3 (2019): 3407-3414. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b18462.
    Published • 10.1021/acsami.9b18462
  20. Lopes, Pedro Alhais; Vaz Gomes, Davide; Green Marques, Daniel; Faia, Pedro; Góis, Joana; Patrício, Tatiana F.; Coelho, Jorge; et al. "Soft Bioelectronic Stickers: Selection and Evaluation of Skin-Interfacing Electrodes". Advanced Healthcare Materials 8 15 (2019): 1900234. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adhm.201900234.
    Published • 10.1002/adhm.201900234
  21. Green Marques, Daniel; Alhais Lopes, Pedro; T. de Almeida, Anibal; Majidi, Carmel; Tavakoli, Mahmoud. "Reliable interfaces for EGaIn multi-layer stretchable circuits and microelectronics". Lab on a Chip 19 5 (2019): 897-906. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c8lc01093e.
    10.1039/c8lc01093e
  22. Lopes, Pedro Alhais; Paisana, Hugo; De Almeida, Anibal T.; Majidi, Carmel; Tavakoli, Mahmoud. "Hydroprinted Electronics: Ultrathin Stretchable Ag–In–Ga E-Skin for Bioelectronics and Human–Machine Interaction". ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 10 45 (2018): 38760-38768. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b13257.
    Published • 10.1021/acsami.8b13257
  23. Tavakoli, Mahmoud; Benussi, Carlo; Alhais Lopes, Pedro; Osorio, Luis Bica; de Almeida, Anibal T.. "Robust hand gesture recognition with a double channel surface EMG wearable armband and SVM classifier". Biomedical Signal Processing and Control 46 (2018): 121-130. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bspc.2018.07.010.
    Published • 10.1016/j.bspc.2018.07.010
  24. Tavakoli, Mahmoud; Malakooti, Mohammad H.; Paisana, Hugo; Ohm, Yunsik; Green Marques, Daniel; Alhais Lopes, Pedro; Piedade, Ana P.; de Almeida, Anibal T.; Majidi, Carmel. "Stretchable Electronics: EGaIn-Assisted Room-Temperature Sintering of Silver Nanoparticles for Stretchable, Inkjet-Printed, Thin-Film Electronics (Adv. Mater. 29/2018)". Advanced Materials 30 29 (2018): 1870215. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.201870215.
    10.1002/adma.201870215
  25. Rocha, Rui Pedro; Lopes, Pedro Alhais; de Almeida, Anibal T; Tavakoli, Mahmoud; Majidi, Carmel. "Fabrication and characterization of bending and pressure sensors for a soft prosthetic hand". Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 28 3 (2018): 034001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6439/aaa1d8.
    Published • 10.1088/1361-6439/aaa1d8
  26. Tavakoli, M.; Malakooti, M.H.; Paisana, H.; Ohm, Y.; Green Marques, D.; Alhais Lopes, P.; Piedade, A.P.; de Almeida, A.T.; Majidi, C.. "EGaIn-Assisted Room-Temperature Sintering of Silver Nanoparticles for Stretchable, Inkjet-Printed, Thin-Film Electronics". Advanced Materials 30 29 (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85047798417&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/adma.201801852
  27. Viegas, Carlos; Tavakoli, Mahmoud; Lopes, Pedro; Dessi, Ricardo; de Almeida, Anibal T.. "SCALA—A Scalable Rail-based Multirobot System for Large Space Automation: Design and Development". IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics 22 5 (2017): 2208-2217. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tmech.2017.2740723.
    10.1109/tmech.2017.2740723
  28. Tavakoli, Mahmoud; Lopes, Pedro; Lourenco, Joao; Rocha, Rui Pedro; Giliberto, Luana; de Almeida, Anibal T.; Majidi, Carmel. "Autonomous Selection of Closing Posture of a Robotic Hand Through Embodied Soft Matter Capacitive Sensors". IEEE Sensors Journal 17 17 (2017): 5669-5677. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/jsen.2017.2726348.
    10.1109/jsen.2017.2726348
  29. Tavakoli, Mahmoud; Lopes, Pedro; Sgrigna, Lucio; Viegas, Carlos. "Motion control of an omnidirectional climbing robot based on dead reckoning method". Mechatronics 30 (2015): 94-106. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mechatronics.2015.06.003.
    10.1016/j.mechatronics.2015.06.003

Intellectual property

Patent
  1. Alhais, Pedro. 2024. "Method to obtain a skin electrode patch and respective skin electrode patch".
    Granted/Issued
  2. Alhais, Pedro. 2023. "A composite electrode, a stretchable battery and method thereof".
    Granted/Issued
  3. Alhais, Pedro. 2023. "Suspension, colloid or network comprising liquid metal droplets bound with graphene-based particles, respective ink, transparent stretchable conductor and obtention process thereof".
  4. Alhais, Pedro. 2021. "Flexible Printed Circuit, Ink and Method for Obtaining Circuit thereof".
    Pending
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/09/01 - 2024/09/01 SENSORIZED GLOVE FOR TRACKING HUMAN GESTURES FOR VIRTUAL REALITY, GAMES, AND REHABILITATION
Co-supervisor
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/09/01 - 2024/09/01 INTERFACING SILICON CHIPS WITH SOFT-MATTER ELECTRONICS: TOWARD ADVANCED ELECTRONIC SKINS
Co-supervisor
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2024 Prémio de Inovação J. Norberto Pires
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Other distinction

2019 Finalist in EIT Health competition
EIT Health, Germany
2016 InRes 2017 Incubation and training at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh USA (2 months)
Carnegie Mellon University, United States