LAQV REQUIMTE

(Chemical) Bonding is what makes life possible

Bárbara Abreu

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PhD Student in the programme"ChemMat", Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto.
Member of the groups "Surfactants, Colloids and Soft Nanomaterials", with PI Eduardo Marques, in the RG3/CIQUP R&D center, and REQUIMTE-LAQV, at UPorto, with Prof. Cristina Freire.

BSc in Chemistry, University of Porto, 2013.
MSc in Chemistry, University of Porto, 2015.
Internship in the Centre of Nanotechnology and Smart Materials (CeNTI), Famalicão, 2014-2015.
Research scholarship in CIQUP, 2015-2016.
6 oral presentations and 9 posters in workshops, national and international conferences.
Participation in science dissemination activities: Open Days at FCUP and "Mostra UPorto".

Representative Publications

Gemini surfactants as efficient dispersants of multiwalled carbon nanotubes: interplay of molecular parameters on nanotube dispersibility and debundling
10.1016/j.jcis.2019.03.082
Dispersing Carbon Nanotubes with Ionic Surfactants under Controlled Conditions: Comparisons and Insight
10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b02050