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Armando J. L. Pombeiro

Armando J. L. Pombeiro

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Chemistry
Portugal
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
98
Citations
40071
World Ranking
1377
National Ranking
8

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Portugal Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Portugal Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Portugal Leader Award
  • 2019 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences
  • Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa)
  • Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa)
  • Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa)
  • Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa)

Overview

Armando J. L. Pombeiro is affiliated with Instituto Superior Técnico in Portugal and has a significant body of research in chemistry and materials science, with a focus on materials chemistry. Their work spans various subfields, including organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

The research topics covered by Pombeiro include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Metal complexes synthesis and properties
  • Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions
  • Magnetism in coordination complexes
  • Chemical Synthesis and Reactions

Recent notable publications include:

  • Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) based luminescent and electrochemical sensors for food contaminant detection, 2023, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Pnictogen bonding in coordination chemistry, 2020, Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • Chalcogen bonding in coordination chemistry, 2022, Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) materials for pesticides, heavy metals, and drugs removal: Environmental safety, 2023, Separation and Purification Technology
  • Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) and metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as electrochemical sensors for the efficient detection of pharmaceutical residues, 2023, Environment International

Pombeiro has frequently collaborated with several co-authors, including:

  • M. Fátima C. Guedes da Silva
  • Kamran T. Mahmudov
  • Atash V. Gurbanov
  • Anup Paul
  • Anirban Karmakar

Their research has been published in a variety of venues, with the most frequent being:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Catalysts
  • Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • Dalton Transactions
  • Molecules

In addition to articles, Pombeiro has contributed to book publications, notably under the World Scientific publishing house. The titles include Synthesis and Applications in Chemistry and Materials, published multiple times between 2022 and 2023.

Armando J. L. Pombeiro's work intersects key domains of chemistry and materials science, offering insights into the synthesis, structural analysis, and applications of metal-organic frameworks and coordination compounds.

The scientist has received recognition in the form of awards such as:

  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences (2019)
  • Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa)

Best Publications

  • Additions to Metal-Activated Organonitriles†

    Vadim Yu. Kukushkin;Armando J. L. Pombeiro

  • Metal-mediated and metal-catalyzed hydrolysis of nitriles

    Vadim Yu. Kukushkin;Armando J.L. Pombeiro

  • Chalcogen bonding in synthesis, catalysis and design of materials

    Kamran T. Mahmudov;Kamran T. Mahmudov;Maximilian N. Kopylovich;M. Fátima C. Guedes da Silva;Armando J. L. Pombeiro

  • Non-covalent interactions in the synthesis of coordination compounds: Recent advances

    Kamran T. Mahmudov;Kamran T. Mahmudov;Maximilian N. Kopylovich;M. Fátima C. Guedes da Silva;Armando J.L. Pombeiro

  • Oxime and oximate metal complexes: unconventional synthesis and reactivity

    Vadim Yu. Kukushkin;Armando J.L. Pombeiro

  • Oxovanadium complexes in catalytic oxidations

    José A.L. da Silva;João J.R. Fraústo da Silva;Armando J.L. Pombeiro

  • Multinuclear Copper Triethanolamine Complexes as Selective Catalysts for the Peroxidative Oxidation of Alkanes under Mild Conditions

    Alexander M. Kirillov;Maximilian N. Kopylovich;Marina V. Kirillova;Matti Haukka

  • Electron-transfer activated metal-based anticancer drugs

    Erwin Reisner;Erwin Reisner;Vladimir B. Arion;Bernhard K. Keppler;Armando J.L. Pombeiro

  • Vanadium complexes: Recent progress in oxidation catalysis

    Manas Sutradhar;Luísa M.D.R.S. Martins;M. Fátima C. Guedes da Silva;Armando J.L. Pombeiro

  • Aminocarbene complexes derived from nucleophilic addition to isocyanide ligands

    Rino A. Michelin;Armando J.L. Pombeiro;M.Fátima C. Guedes da Silva

  • METAL-ION ASSISTED REACTIONS OF OXIMES AND REACTIVITY OF OXIME-CONTAINING METAL COMPLEXES

    Vadim Yu. Kukushkin;David Tudela;Armando J.L. Pombeiro

  • Differentially Selective Chemosensor with Fluorescence Off–On Responses on Cu2+ and Zn2+ Ions in Aqueous Media and Applications in Pyrophosphate Sensing, Live Cell Imaging, and Cytotoxicity

    Sellamuthu Anbu;Rajendran Ravishankaran;M. Fátima C. Guedes da Silva;Anjali A. Karande

  • Tuning of redox potentials for the design of ruthenium anticancer drugs: an Electrochemical study of [trans-RuCl4L(DMSO)]- and [trans-RuCl4L2]- complexes, where L = imidazole, 1,2,4-triazole, indazole

    Erwin Reisner;Vladimir B Arion;M Fátima C Guedes da Silva;Roman Lichtenecker

  • Multicopper complexes and coordination polymers for mild oxidative functionalization of alkanes

    Alexander M. Kirillov;Marina V. Kirillova;Armando J.L. Pombeiro

  • Mechanism of oxidations with H2O2 catalyzed by vanadate anion or oxovanadium(V) triethanolaminate (vanadatrane) in combination with pyrazine-2-carboxylic acid (PCA): Kinetic and DFT studies

    Marina V. Kirillova;Maxim L. Kuznetsov;Vladimir B. Romakh;Lidia S. Shul’pina

  • Barbituric acids as a useful tool for the construction of coordination and supramolecular compounds

    Kamran T. Mahmudov;Kamran T. Mahmudov;Maximilian N. Kopylovich;Abel M. Maharramov;Malahat M. Kurbanova

  • Catalytic Oxidation of Alcohols: Recent Advances

    Maximilian N. Kopylovich;Ana P.C. Ribeiro;Elisabete Clara Bastos do Amaral Alegria;Nuno M. R. Martins

  • Mild peroxidative oxidation of cyclohexane catalyzed by Mono-, Di-, Tri-, Tetra- and polynuclear copper triethanolamine complexes

    Alexander M. Kirillov;Maximilian N. Kopylovich;Marina V. Kirillova;Evgeny Yu. Karabach

  • Supramolecular assemblies of trinuclear triangular copper(II) secondary building units through hydrogen bonds. Generation of different metal-organic frameworks, valuable catalysts for peroxidative oxidation of alkanes.

    Corrado Di Nicola;Yauhen Yu. Karabach;Alexander M. Kirillov;Magda Monari

  • Direct and Remarkably Efficient Conversion of Methane into Acetic Acid Catalyzed by Amavadine and Related Vanadium Complexes. A Synthetic and a Theoretical DFT Mechanistic Study

    Marina V. Kirillova;Maxim L. Kuznetsov;Patricia M. Reis;José A. L. Da Silva

  • Non-covalent Interactions in the Synthesis and Design of New Compounds: Maharramov/Non-covalent Interactions in the Synthesis and Design of New Compounds

    Abel M. Maharramov;Kamran T. Mahmudov;Maximilian N. Kopylovich;Armando J. L. Pombeiro

Frequent Co-Authors

M. Fátima C. Guedes da Silva
M. Fátima C. Guedes da Silva Instituto Superior Técnico
Kamran T. Mahmudov
Kamran T. Mahmudov Instituto Superior Técnico
Luísa M. D. R. S. Martins
Luísa M. D. R. S. Martins Instituto Superior Técnico
Maximilian N. Kopylovich
Maximilian N. Kopylovich Instituto Superior Técnico
Vadim Yu. Kukushkin
Vadim Yu. Kukushkin Saint Petersburg State University
Matti Haukka
Matti Haukka University of Jyväskylä
João J. R. Fraústo da Silva
João J. R. Fraústo da Silva Instituto Superior Técnico
Alexander M. Kirillov
Alexander M. Kirillov Instituto Superior Técnico
Marina V. Kirillova
Marina V. Kirillova Instituto Superior Técnico
Georgiy B. Shul'pin
Georgiy B. Shul'pin Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

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