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Overview

Arminda Alves is affiliated with the University of Porto in Portugal and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science. Their research encompasses a range of subfields including Pollution, Occupational Therapy, Water Science and Technology, Process Chemistry and Technology, and Analytical Chemistry.

The scientist has published numerous articles focusing on key topics such as Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Safe Handling of Antineoplastic Drugs, Odor and Emission Control Technologies, Advanced Oxidation Water Treatment, Environmental Chemistry and Analysis, Analytical Chemistry Methods Development, and Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Arminda Alves include Mónica S.F. Santos, Adrián M.T. Silva, Teresa I.A. Gouveia, Nuno Ratola, and Vera Homem.

Publication venues where their work frequently appears include The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Molecules, Journal of Water Process Engineering, and Brazilian Journal of Implantology and Health Sciences.

Selected recent papers authored by Arminda Alves are:

  • A review of potentially harmful chemicals in crumb rubber used in synthetic football pitches, 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • New trends in coffee diterpenes research from technological to health aspects, 2020, Food Research International
  • Impurities in biogas: Analytical strategies, occurrence, effects and removal technologies, 2020, Biomass and Bioenergy
  • Liquid-liquid extraction as a simple tool to quickly quantify fourteen cytostatics in urban wastewaters and access their impact in aquatic biota, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Oxidation processes for cytostatic drugs elimination in aqueous phase: A critical review, 2020, Journal of environmental chemical engineering

Best Publications

  • Microencapsulation with chitosan by spray drying for industry applications – A review

    Berta Nogueiro Estevinho;Fernando Rocha;Lúcia Santos;Arminda Alves

  • Occurrence of organic microcontaminants in the wastewater treatment process. A mini review.

    Nuno Ratola;Alessandra Cincinelli;Alessandra Cincinelli;Arminda Alves;Athanasios Katsoyiannis;Athanasios Katsoyiannis

  • Advances in analytical methods and occurrence of organic UV-filters in the environment — A review

    Sara Ramos;Vera Homem;Arminda Alves;Lúcia Santos

  • A review of organic UV-filters in wastewater treatment plants.

    Sara Ramos;Vera Homem;Arminda Alves;Lúcia Santos

  • Direct determination of chlorophenols in landfill leachates by solid-phase micro-extraction-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.

    A Ribeiro;M.H Neves;M.F Almeida;A Alves

  • Paraquat removal from water by oxidation with Fenton's reagent

    Mónica S.F. Santos;A. Alves;Luis M. Madeira

  • Amoxicillin degradation at ppb levels by Fenton's oxidation using design of experiments

    Vera Homem;Arminda Alves;Lúcia Santos

  • Applications of molecularly imprinted polymers to the analysis and removal of personal care products: A review.

    L. Figueiredo;G.L. Erny;L. Santos;A. Alves

  • Free amino acids and biogenic amines in wines and musts from the Alentejo region. Evolution of amines during alcoholic fermentation and relationship with variety, sub-region and vintage

    Paulo Herbert;Maria J. Cabrita;Nuno Ratola;Olga Laureano

  • Analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in pine needles by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry: comparison of different extraction and clean-up procedures.

    Nuno Ratola;Sílvia Lacorte;Arminda Alves;Damià Barceló

  • Validation and global uncertainty of a liquid chromatographic with diode array detection method for the screening of azoxystrobin, kresoxim-methyl, trifloxystrobin, famoxadone, pyraclostrobin and fenamidone in grapes and wine.

    Susana de Melo Abreu;Pierluigi Caboni;Paolo Cabras;Vincenzo Luigi Garau

  • Chemical and photochemical degradation of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in liquid systems - A review.

    Mónica S.F. Santos;Arminda Alves;Luis M. Madeira

  • Long lasting perfume--a review of synthetic musks in WWTPs.

    Vera Homem;José Avelino Silva;Nuno Ratola;Lúcia Santos

  • Multi-residue methodology for pesticide screening in wines.

    Manuela Correia;Cristina Delerue-Matos;Arminda Alves

  • HPLC Determination of Amino Acids in Musts and Port Wine Using OPA/FMOC Derivatives

    P. Herbert;P. Barros;N. Ratola;A. Alves

  • From the shop to the drain - Volatile methylsiloxanes in cosmetics and personal care products.

    Daniela Capela;Arminda Alves;Vera Homem;Lúcia Silveira Santos

  • Removal of 2,4-dichlorophenol and pentachlorophenol from waters by sorption using coal fly ash from a Portuguese thermal power plant.

    Berta N. Estevinho;Isabel Martins;Nuno Ratola;Arminda Alves

  • Microwave-assisted extraction and ultrasonic extraction to determine polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in needles and bark of Pinus pinaster Ait. and Pinus pinea L. by GC–MS

    Nuno Ratola;Sílvia Lacorte;Damià Barceló;Arminda Alves

  • Microwave-assisted Fenton's oxidation of amoxicillin

    Vera Homem;Arminda Alves;Lúcia Santos

  • New HPLC Method to Determine Ethyl Carbamate in Alcoholic Beverages Using Fluorescence Detection

    P. Herbert;L. Santos;M. Bastos;P. Barros

Frequent Co-Authors

Lúcia Santos
Lúcia Santos University of Porto
Luis M. Madeira
Luis M. Madeira University of Porto
Silvia Lacorte
Silvia Lacorte Spanish National Research Council
Cristina Delerue-Matos
Cristina Delerue-Matos Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto
Alessandra Cincinelli
Alessandra Cincinelli University of Florence
Damià Barceló
Damià Barceló University of Almería
Pedro Jiménez-Guerrero
Pedro Jiménez-Guerrero University of Murcia
Fernando Rocha
Fernando Rocha University of Porto
Simone Morais
Simone Morais Polytechnic Institute of Porto
Elefteria Psillakis
Elefteria Psillakis Technical University of Crete

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