Personal profile
Research interests
Main Scientific Interests
Selective synthesis from renewable feed-stocks: Application of synthetic methodologies for the production ofmaterials and bio-active compounds from non-petroleum derived bulk organic compounds. Approaches tosustainable chemistry. Chemical transformation of low-molecular weight carbohydrates into valuable materials.Selective synthesis of ligands for bioremediation. Organocatalysis: Asymmetric homogeneous catalysis. Nanoparticles for drug delivery.
Education/Academic qualification
Doctorat D'État (PhD), Doctorate, Title of the Thesis: “Utilisation des Réactifs Organiques du Bismuth Pentavalent en Chimie Organique”., Université Paris-Sud (Paris XI)
15 Mar 1978 → 10 Sept 1981
Award Date: 10 Sept 1981
Visiting Scholar, Organometallic Chemistry Synthesis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
1986 → 1987
Post-doc with Professor Andrew Streitwieser, Synthesis of uranocene compounds, University of California
1986 → 1987
External positions
Researcher
1990 → 1996
Assistant Professor, Universidade de Coimbra
1982 → 1988
Assistant Professor, Universidade de Évora
1981 → 1982
Teacher Assistant, Universidade de Évora
1976 → 1981
Teacher Assistant, Universidade de Lourenço Marques
1973 → 1975
Keywords
- QD Chemistry
- Approaches to sustainable chemistry
- Renewable resources
- Organic chemistry
- Organo catalysis
- Macro and nanoparticles
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Pre-Polymer Chain Length: Influence on Permanent Memory Effect of PDLC Devices
Mouquinho, A., Barros, M. T. & Sotomayor, J., 2 Mar 2024, In: Crystals. 14, 3, 31 p., 249.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sweet as sucrose
Crucho, C. I. C. & Barros, M. T., Jan 2023, In: Nature Chemistry. 15, 1, p. 154 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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Human lectins, their carbohydrate affinities and where to find them
Raposo, C. D., Canelas, A. B. & Barros, M. T., 29 Jan 2021, In: Biomolecules. 11, 2, 27 p., 188.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Nanoparticles based on novel carbohydrate-functionalized polymers
Raposo, C. D., Conceição, C. A. & Barros, M. T., 10 Apr 2020, In: Molecules. 25, 7, molecules25071744.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Calcareous soil interactions of the iron(III) chelates of DPH and Azotochelin and its application on amending iron chlorosis in soybean (Glycine max)
Ferreira, C. M. H., Sousa, C. A., Sanchis-Pérez, I., López-Rayo, S., Barros, M. T., Soares, H. M. V. M. & Lucena, J. J., 10 Jan 2019, In: Science of the Total Environment. 647, p. 1586-1593 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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