LAQV REQUIMTE
My LAQV

(Chemical) Bonding is what makes life possible

José M. S. S. Esperança

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jmesp@fct.unl.pt
+351212949682

Research group
Bio(chemical) Process Engineering

Position
Researcher

ORCID0000-0001-9615-8678
Researcher IDB-5116-2008
Ciência ID2D12-9CA4-D60E
I received my PhD degree in Chemical Engineering from FCT NOVA in 2004.
I have a MBA from FCEE/UCP (2005).
In 2007 I worked in project finance at BANCO BPI (2007).
I was Assistant Researcher (2008-2013) and Principal Researcher (2013-2016) at ITQB. I moved to NOVA FCT and started working in LAQV/REQUIMTE since 2016.
I have published 151 papers with over 10 000 citations, a number of self-citations < 6%, an h-index of 46 and a k-index of 219. (SCOPUS data 23-07-2024).
I have been PI/co-PI of 6 projects and member of the team in another 19 in a total financing for the group of more than 2 M€. I am/was supervisor/co-supervisor of six PhD students.
I am currently a member of the Executive Comission of LAQV/REQUIMTE @ Caparica (since 2018) and a member of the Chemistry Department Council (since 2022).
I was appointed by SPQ-Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, as Chemistry Mentor of the portuguese team that represented the country in the EOES – European Olympiad of Experimental Science 2024 that was held in Luxemburg. The two portuguese teams won gold and silver medals.

Representative Publications

Imidazolium-based ionic liquid type dependence of the bending response of polymer actuators
10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2016.10.052
Fluorination effects on the thermodynamic, thermophysical and surface properties of ionic liquids
10.1016/j.jct.2016.02.013
Development of poly(vinylidene fluoride)/ionic liquid electrospun fibers for tissue engineering applications
10.1007/s10853-016-9756-3
Protonic Ammonium Nitrate Ionic Liquids and Their Mixtures: Insights into Their Thermophysical Behavior
10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b11900
Ionic Liquids for the Electroreductive Radical Cyclization of Unsaturated Bromo Derivatives Catalyzed by Nickel(II) Complexes
10.1149/2.0691603jes
Polymer electrolytes for electrochromic devices through solvent casting and sol-gel routes
10.1016/j.solmat.2017.04.047
A luminescent europium ionic liquid to improve the performance of chitosan polymer electrolytes
10.1016/j.electacta.2017.04.042
Effect of storage time on the ionic conductivity of chitosan-solid polymer electrolytes incorporating cyano-based ionic liquids
10.1016/j.electacta.2017.02.053
Playing with ionic liquids to uncover novel polymer electrolytes
10.1016/j.ssi.2016.11.018
Infrared light-induced protein crystallization. Structuring of protein interfacial water and periodic self-assembly
10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2016.01.003
Structural, morphological, ionic conductivity, and thermal properties of pectin-based polymer electrolytes
10.1080/15421406.2016.1263111
Odd-even effect on the formation of aqueous biphasic systems formed by 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ionic liquids and salts
10.1063/1.5012020
Molecular dynamics studies on the structure and interactions of ionic liquids containing amino-acid anions
10.1039/C8CP03831G
The distillation and volatility of ionic liquids
10.1038/nature04451
Volatility of aprotic ionic liquids- A review
10.1021/je900458w
Pyridinium salts: from synthesis to reactivity and applications
10.1039/C7QO00836H
Enhanced photoconversion of 1,2-bis(2-methyl-1-benzothiophene-3-yl)perfluorocyclopentene in ionic liquid solutions
10.1016/j.jphotochem.2018.03.002
ILs through the looking glass: electrostatics and structure probed using charge-inverted ionic liquid pairs
10.1039/C7FD00139H
Ionic Liquids in Wonderland: From Electrostatics to Coordination Chemistry
10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b00987
Catalytic Cyclization of Propargyl Bromoethers via Electrogenerated Nickel(I) Tetramethylcyclam in Ionic Liquids: Water Effects
10.1149/2.1171904jes
Enhancement of water solubility of poorly water-soluble drugs by new biocompatible N-acetyl amino acid N-alkyl cholinium-based ionic liquids
10.1016/j.ejpb.2019.03.004
Simultaneous Separation of Antioxidants and Carbohydrates From Food Wastes Using Aqueous Biphasic Systems Formed by Cholinium-Derived Ionic Liquids
10.3389/fchem.2019.00459
Ionic-Liquid-Based Printable Materials for Thermochromic and Thermoresistive Applications
10.1021/acsami.9b00645
Biopolymer Electrolyte Membranes (BioPEMs) for Sustainable Primary Redox Batteries
10.1002/adsu.201900110
Magnetic ionic liquid/polymer composites: Tailoring physico-chemical properties by ionic liquid content and solvent evaporation temperature
10.1016/j.compositesb.2019.107516
Evidences for a Null Molar Volume Contribution by Hydroxyl Groups in Ammonium Bistriflimide-Based Ionic Liquids
10.1021/acs.jced.9b00442
Ionic Liquid-Impregnated Metal-Organic Frameworks for CO2/CH4 Separation
10.1021/acsanm.9b01936
Design of Ionic-Liquid-Based Hybrid Polymer Materials with a Magnetoactive and Electroactive Multifunctional Response
10.1021/acsami.0c10746
QSPR Modeling of Liquid-liquid Equilibria in Two-phase Systems of Water and Ionic Liquid
10.1002/minf.202000001
Paramagnetic Ionic Liquid/Metal Organic Framework Composites for CO2/CH4 and CO2/N2 Separations
10.3389/fchem.2020.590191
New luminescent tetracoordinate boron complexes: an in-depth experimental and theoretical characterisation and their application in OLEDs
10.1039/d1qi00403d
Photocurable temperature activated humidity hybrid sensing materials for multifunctional coatings
10.1016/j.polymer.2021.123635
SelinfDB: A Database of Selectivity at Infinite Dilution for Liquid- Liquid Extraction
10.1021/acs.iecr.1c00326
Viscosity of [C(4)mim][(CF3SO2)(2)N], [C(4)mim][N(CN)(2)], [C(2)mim][C2H5SO4] and [Aliquat][N(CN)(2)] in a wide temperature range. Measurement, correlation, and interpretation
10.1016/j.molliq.2021.116482
New Non-Toxic N-alkyl Cholinium-Based Ionic Liquids as Excipients to Improve the Solubility of Poorly Water-Soluble Drugs
10.3390/sym13112053
Insights into CO2 hydrates formation and dissociation at isochoric conditions using a rocking cell apparatus
10.1016/j.ces.2021.117319
Environmentally friendly carrageenan-based ionic-liquid driven soft actuators
10.1039/d1ma00887k
Unveiling the Temperature Influence on the Sorptive Behaviour of ZIF-8 Composite Materials Impregnated with [CnMIM][B(CN)4] Ionic Liquids
10.3390/pr10020247
Effect of Thiouronium-Based Ionic Liquids on the Formation and Growth of CO2 (sI) and THF (sII) Hydrates
10.3390/ijms23063292
New non-toxic biocompatible dianionic ionic liquids that enhance the solubility of oral drugs from BCS class II
10.1016/j.jil.2021.100003
Structural organization of ionic liquids embedded in fluorinated polymers
10.1016/j.molliq.2022.119385
Ionic Liquids as Biocompatible Antibacterial Agents: A Case Study on Structure-Related Bioactivity on Escherichia coli
10.1021/acsabm.2c00615
Prediction of the Phase Composition Profile of Three‐Compound Mixtures in Liquid‐Liquid Equilibrium: A Chemoinformatics Approach
10.1002/cphc.202200300
Biocompatible ammonium-based ionic liquids/ZIF-8 composites for CO2/CH4 and CO2/N2 separations
10.1016/j.susmat.2022.e00558
Diarylethene-Based Ionic Liquids: Synthesis and Photo-Driven Solution Properties
10.3390/ijms24043533
Valorisation of red beet waste: one-step extraction and separation of betalains and chlorophylls using thermoreversible aqueous biphasic systems
10.1039/d2gc04480c
Carbon Materials Derived from Cyano-Based IL@ZIF-8 Composites for CO2 Sorption Separation Systems
10.1016/j.mtsust.2023.100353
Multifunctional Magnetoelectric Sensing and Bending Actuator Response of Polymer-Based Hybrid Materials with Magnetic Ionic Liquids
10.3390/nano13152186
CO2 hydrates phase behaviour and onset nucleation temperatures in mixtures of H2O and D2O: Isotopic effects
10.1016/j.molliq.2023.123232
Using dicationic ionic liquids to upgrade the cytotoxicity and solubility of poorly water-soluble drugs
10.1016/j.jil.2023.100052
Probing the effect of amino acid-based ionic liquids on the CO2 (sI) and THF (sII) hydrate formation
10.1016/j.molliq.2023.123744
Exploring the compositional space of a metal-organic framework with ionic liquids to develop porous ionic conductors for enhanced signal and selectivity in VOC capacitive sensors
10.1039/d4ta00959b
Thermochromic poly(L-lactic acid) based materials and their printability on different substrates
10.1016/j.cej.2024.152956