member of OLIVPOL - Espumas de poliuretano e compósitos termoplásticos baseados em caroço de azeitona oxipropilado
selected publications conference paper Bioactivity evaluation of four technical lignins: Alcell, Indulin-AT, Sarkanda and Curan 27-11P. 89-91. 2014 Comprehensive insights into lignin oxypropylation reaction 2013 Lignin-based polyurethane elastomers. 325-326. 2011 An integrated process to produce high value-added phenolic compounds from kraft lignin. 362. 2010 Polyurethanes as a viable route to valorise lignin. 169. 2010 Valorisation of kraft lignin by using vanillin and lignin-based polyurethanes: Use of the biorefinery concept. 178-185. 2009 Lignin-based polyurethane materials 2008 Rigid composite materials from olive brush seed and unsaturated polyester resin. 585-588. 2008 Rigid polyurethane foams from lignin based-polyols. AIP Conference Proceedings. 243-245. 2008 Size exclusion chromatography of lignin in N-N-dimethylformamide/lithium bromide 2008 Oxypropylation of lignins and characterization of the ensuing polyols. 115-118. 2007 FTIR and NMR studies on lignin acetylation 2006 Obtención de un material compuesto termorrígido utilizando broza de semilla de aceituna. 97-100. 2006 Bio-based composite materials from olive stone. 1759-1762. 2005 Lignin characterization by acetylation procedures. 60-61. 2005 Monitoring of lignin-based polyurethane synthesis by FTIR-ATR. 43-46. 2005 Study of the formation of lignin-based polyurethanes. 287-287. 2004 Biodegradation study of I lignin-based rigid polyrethane foams 2001 journal article Lignin-based rigid polyurethane foams with improved biodegradation. Journal of Cellular Plastics. 81-95. 2014 Fungal degradation of lignin-based rigid polyurethane foams. Polymer Degradation and Stability. 2069-2076. 2012 Kinetic study of the formation of lignin-based polyurethanes in bulk. Reactive and Functional Polymers. 863-869. 2011 An integrated process to produce vanillin and lignin-based polyurethanes from Kraft lignin. Chemical Engineering Research and Design. 1276-1292. 2009 Optimization study of lignin oxypropylation in view of the preparation of polyurethane rigid foams. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res.. 2583-2589. 2009 Lignins as macromonomers for polyurethane synthesis: A comparative study on hydroxyl group determination. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 3008-3017. 2008 Monitoring of lignin-based polyurethane synthesis by FTIR-ATR. Food Research International. 168-174. 2008
co-principal investigator on OLIVPOL - Polyurethane foams and thermoplastic composites from oxypropylated olive-stones awarded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia 2009 - 2012
