Materials Science and Technology

This research involves the synthesis and/or characterization of diverse materials for sustainable technological applications, quality control and composition. The main topics investigated are:

1) food (pasty, oleaginous and fruits);
2) catalysts (for petroleum refining, biometrics and remediation);
3) ceramics (archaeological and civil construction);
4) fertilizers (urea-zeolite compounds, biocarbons and compost products);
5) thin films;
6) magnetic materials (ceramics, thin films, nanoparticles, magnetocalorics and metal alloys);
7) materials for photonics (special optical glasses, luminescent matches and nanoparticulate);
8) oil reservoir rocks.

9) Metabolomics

The laboratories have a diversified infrastructure for research, with several techniques of synthesis and characterization of the investigated materials, as listed below.

1. Thermal analysis (DTA / DSC / TG);
2. X-ray diffraction and X-ray absorption;
3. Spectrophotometry (ultraviolet, visible and infrared);
4. Luminescence spectroscopy;
5. Photothermal (photoacoustic, thermal lens and photopiroelectric);
6. Electronic Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR);
7. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR);
8. Synthesis by melting (high temperature and / or controlled atmosphere furnaces);
9. Synthesis by solid state reaction, sol-gel and combustion.

ADVISORS IN MATERIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH LINE

Associate Professor – LCQUI/CCT/UENF
Accreditation CAPES: Collaborator
Lines of Research: Environmental Science/Materials Science and Technology
Doctorate in Applied Natural Sciences (1996)
Université Catholique de Louvain, U.C.L., Belgium

Marcelo Gomes da Silva  –   mgs@uenf.br

Full Professor – LCFIS/CCT/UENF
Accreditation CAPES: Permanent
Lines of Research: Environmental Science/Materials Science and Technology
Postdoctorate: Universitaet Heidelberg (Ruprecht-Karls), Germany (2004)
Doctorate in Physiscs (1996)
Universitaet Wuerzburg, Germany
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 Marcelo Silva Sthel – sthel@uenf.br

Pablo Leite Bernardo – pablolb@uenf.br

Associate Professor – LCFIS/CCT/UENF
Accreditation CAPES: Collaborator
Lines of Research: Materials Science and Technology
Doctorate in Physics  (2013)
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ/RJ
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Roberto da Trindade Faria Júnior  – rtfaria@uenf.br

Associate Professor – LCFIS/CCT/UENF
Accreditation CAPES: Permanent
Lines of Research: Materials Science and Technology/Science Education
Postdoctorate: Universidade do Minho, Portugal (2009-2010)
Doctorate in Science (Physics) (1999)
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, UNICAMP/SP
(Sandwish Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Germany)
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Roberto Weider de Assis Franco – franco@uenf.br

Associate Professor – LCFIS/CCT/UENF
Accreditation CAPES: Permanent
Lines of Research: Environmental Science/Materials Science and Technology/Science Education
Postdoctorate: Universidade de São Paulo, USP – São Carlos
Postdoctorate: Embrapa Instrumentação Agropecuária;
Doctorate in Sceince (Appied Physics) 1999
Universidade de São Paulo, USP – São Carlos/SP
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Sergio Luis Cardoso – cardoso@uenf.br

Associate Professor – LCQUI/CCT/UENF
Accreditation CAPES: Permanent
Lines of Research: Environmental Science/Materials Science and Technology/Science Education
Doctorate in Science (Chemistry) (1995)
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ/RJ
(Sandwish at Arizona State University – USA)
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