Advanced materials: fundamental and applied studies

The main aim of this research project is the strengthening of international collaborations related to nanoscience and nanotechnology. As an interdisciplinary area, research will be carried out involving synthesis, characterization of physical/chemical properties and computational simulation of several materials with strong scientific and technological interest.
The materials to be studied – both at the nanometric and bulk scale – will be perovskites; biocomposites; topological insulators; super/semiconductor, thermoelectric and magnetic materials; self-assembled biomimetic compounds; mono-, poly- and nanocrystalline compounds and alloys; nanocomposites; ceramic, glassy and polymeric materials. We highlight the interest in the so-called “smart materials”, which present electrical properties such as conductivity, electromagnetic shielding, electromechanical actuation, besides the typical properties of polymeric materials, such as flexibility and low density.
The project covers a broad spectrum of technological applications related to clean energy, spintronics, storage and display of information, pharmaceuticals, electronic devices, solar and photoelectrochemical cells, biosensors, hydrogen storage, among others. The synthesized materials will be studied with experimental and theoretical tools such as X-ray techniques, vibrational spectroscopy, ultrafast spectroscopy, electron microscopy, magnetization, photonics, electrical and thermal transport; and classical and quantum computational simulation methods of materials.
Intrinsically, this project will stimulate interaction between students and advisors of the groups involved through exchanges with international institutions. The issue of synthesis, characterization, and simulation of materials is interdisciplinary and acts at the interfaces between physics, chemistry, and biology. The groups with which researchers interact abroad are leaders in the proposed techniques.
The specific proposals are connected to the projects approved by FAPESP and CNPq for the research productivity grants of all project members. Using local and international interactions, we will contribute to the formation of highly qualified human resources (masters and doctors), and the advancement of scientific knowledge and technological innovation.

Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Fabio Furlan Ferreira
E-mail: fabio.furlan@ufabc.edu.br

Coordinator’s Curriculum Lattes (research projects, publications and academic info)

Coordinator’s research grants, scholarships and main publications (FAPESP)

Advanced materials: fundamental and applied studies

The main aim of this research project is the strengthening of international collaborations related to nanoscience and nanotechnology. As an interdisciplinary area, research will be carried out involving synthesis, characterization of physical/chemical properties and computational simulation of several materials with strong scientific and technological interest.
The materials to be studied – both at the nanometric and bulk scale – will be perovskites; biocomposites; topological insulators; super/semiconductor, thermoelectric and magnetic materials; self-assembled biomimetic compounds; mono-, poly- and nanocrystalline compounds and alloys; nanocomposites; ceramic, glassy and polymeric materials. We highlight the interest in the so-called “smart materials”, which present electrical properties such as conductivity, electromagnetic shielding, electromechanical actuation, besides the typical properties of polymeric materials, such as flexibility and low density.
The project covers a broad spectrum of technological applications related to clean energy, spintronics, storage and display of information, pharmaceuticals, electronic devices, solar and photoelectrochemical cells, biosensors, hydrogen storage, among others. The synthesized materials will be studied with experimental and theoretical tools such as X-ray techniques, vibrational spectroscopy, ultrafast spectroscopy, electron microscopy, magnetization, photonics, electrical and thermal transport; and classical and quantum computational simulation methods of materials.
Intrinsically, this project will stimulate interaction between students and advisors of the groups involved through exchanges with international institutions. The issue of synthesis, characterization, and simulation of materials is interdisciplinary and acts at the interfaces between physics, chemistry, and biology. The groups with which researchers interact abroad are leaders in the proposed techniques.
The specific proposals are connected to the projects approved by FAPESP and CNPq for the research productivity grants of all project members. Using local and international interactions, we will contribute to the formation of highly qualified human resources (masters and doctors), and the advancement of scientific knowledge and technological innovation.

Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Fabio Furlan Ferreira
E-mail: fabio.furlan@ufabc.edu.br

Coordinator’s Curriculum Lattes (research projects, publications and academic info)

Coordinator’s research grants, scholarships and main publications (FAPESP)