Idalina Gonçalves has a PhD degree in Chemical and Biological Engineering (University of Minho, 2014) and is a Junior Researcher at CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, working in Materials and Ceramic Engineering Department of University of Aveiro. She works in the development of bioplastic materials with photosensitizing, antioxidant, antimicrobial, and/or antifungal activity at laboratory and pilot scale, using processing technologies frequently found in plastic industry, namely, solvent casting, melt-mixing, extrusion, blown extrusion, injection molding, hot-pressing, thermoforming, and 3D printing.
Representative Publications
CotA laccase-ABTS/hydrogen peroxide system: An efficient approach to produce active and decolorized chitosan-genipin films
10.1016/j.carbpol.2017.08.029
Tailoring the surface properties and flexibility of starch-based films using oil and waxes recovered from potato chips byproducts
Feasibility of chitosan crosslinked with genipin as biocoating for cellulose-based materials
Coffee silverskin and starch-rich potato washing slurries as raw materials for elastic, antioxidant, and UV-protective biobased films
10.1016/j.foodres.2020.109733
