Research group
Molecular Synthesis
Position
Researcher
Nuno M.M. Moura, PhD in Chemistry, is Research at LAQV, Chemistry Dept., University of Aveiro. He is the author of 76 original research and review papers in high-ranked international peer-reviewed journals, 7 of them highlighted as the front cover picture and 1 selected for “Editor´s Choice” collection, with +1340 citations (excluding self-citations) and an h-index of 22 (Source: Scopus, 07/2024). Additionally, he published 2 book chapters, 8 conference proceedings, 80 oral and 79 poster communications. In Jan. 2020, he was awarded by the Portuguese Chemical Society (SPQ) with the “Portuguese Award for Best Young Organic Chemist 2019”, and in 2021, was selected by the Lisbon Academy of Sciences to join the Young Scientists Seminar (SJC).
His research is focused on the synthesis/modification of N-heterocycles, namely porphyrinoids; development of compounds/materials for chemosensing and remediation; preparation of photoactive compounds for photodynamic and photocatalytic processes.
Representative Publications
An efficient hybrid adsorbent based on silica-supported amino penta-carboxylic acid for water purification
10.1039/C8TA02560F
Novel hybrids of graphitic carbon nitride sensitized with free-base meso-tetrakis(carboxyphenyl) porphyrins for efficient visible light photocatalytic hydrogen production
10.1016/j.apcatb.2017.08.079
New hybrid adsorbent based on porphyrin functionalized silica for heavy metals removal: Synthesis, characterization, isotherms, kinetics and thermodynamics studies
10.1016/j.jhazmat.2017.10.058
Novel β-functionalized mono-charged porphyrinic derivatives: Synthesis and photoinactivation of Escherichia coli
10.1016/j.dyepig.2018.06.048
β-Cyclodextrin as a Precursor to Holey C-Doped g-C3N4 Nanosheets for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation
10.1002/cssc.201801003
