Research group
Materials for Sustainability and Wellness
Position
Academic Staff
Clara Rodrigues Pereira (CRP), PhD in Chemistry, is Assistant Professor at the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto (DQB-FCUP) since September 2024. Previously, she was Auxiliary Researcher at LAQV-REQUIMTE DQB-FCUP (2013-Aug 2024) and Invited Assistant Professor at DQB-FCUP (2015-Jul 2024). She published 72 articles in international journals, 4 articles in national journals, 10 book chapters, 8 proceedings and >270 communications in international and national conferences, with h-index of 32, and received 18 awards/honors. CRP is team member of 30 R&TD projects, PI of 6 and local PI of 4.
CRP is member of the Scientific Committee of the BSc. Degree in Chemistry and Coordinator of the Work Group Energy Storage Systems and Energy Security of RED CRUSOE (Conference of Rectors of Southwestern European Universities). She is/was supervisor/cosupervisor of 4 Junior Researchers, 1 Post-doc, 11 PhD, 11 MSc, 10 BSc, 4 MSc fellows, 1 BSc Fellow and 36 students of PEEC (Extra-curricular training programs of FCUP).
Main scientific/technological interests:
Advanced Hybrid Nanomaterials
Multifunctional & Smart Textiles
Energy Storage & Harvesting Technologies
Radiation Protection
Photo-/Thermochromism
Eco-sustainable Catalysis
Sustainable Manufacturing Processes
Representative Publications
Designing novel hybrid materials by one-pot co-condensation: From hydrophobic mesoporous silica nanoparticles to superamphiphobic cotton textiles
10.1021/am200220x
Architectured design of superparamagnetic Fe3O4 nanoparticles for application as MRI contrast agents: mastering size and magnetism for enhanced relaxivity
10.1039/c5tb00789e
Superparamagnetic MFe2O4 (M = Fe, Co, Mn) Nanoparticles: Tuning the Particle Size and Magnetic Properties through a Novel One-Step Coprecipitation Route
10.1021/cm300301c
Screen-Printed Photochromic Textiles through New Inks Based on SiO2@naphthopyran Nanoparticles
10.1021/acsami.6b06686
Photochromic polypropylene fibers based on UV-responsive silica@phosphomolybdate nanoparticles through melt spinning technology
10.1016/j.cej.2018.05.155
Metallo(salen) complexes as versatile building blocks for the fabrication of molecular materials and devices with tuned properties
10.1016/j.ccr.2019.05.014
Smart dual-functional energy storage/fluorescent textile device based on a new redox-active Mn-doped ZnS solid-gel electrolyte
10.1016/j.cej.2021.131274
Hybrid dual-function thermal energy harvesting and storage technologies: towards self-chargeable flexible/wearable devices
10.1039/d1dt01568k
Tuning the Photochromic Properties of WO3-Based Materials toward High-Performance Light-Responsive Textiles
10.1021/acsaom.3c00188
Fabrication of CNT-N@Manganese Oxide Hybrid Nanomaterials through a Versatile One-Pot Eco-Friendly Route toward Engineered Textile Supercapacitors
10.1021/acsaenm.4c00164
