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Luís M. N. B. F. Santos

Luís M. N. B. F. Santos

University of Porto
Portugal

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
50
Citations
10810
World Ranking
14268
National Ranking
120

Luís M. N. B. F. Santos publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Luís M. N. B. F. Santos sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 208 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Luís M. N. B. F. Santos D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Luís M. N. B. F. Santos sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Luís M. N. B. F. Santos is affiliated with the University of Porto in Portugal. Their research spans several fields within chemistry and engineering, with a focus that integrates multiple specialties and topical interests.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Chemistry
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Materials Science

Within these disciplines, they concentrate on the following subfields:

  • Catalysis
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

The primary topics of their work cover:

  • Ionic liquids properties and applications
  • Chemical Thermodynamics and Molecular Structure
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics
  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions

They have published extensively in several venues, including:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Journal of Molecular Liquids
  • Chemistry - Methods
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Luís M. N. B. F. Santos include:

  • Extensive characterization of choline chloride and its solid-liquid equilibrium with water, 2022, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • On the Aromatic Stabilization of Fused Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • The impact of the cation alkyl chain length on the wettability of alkylimidazolium-based ionic liquids at the nanoscale, 2022, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Liquefying Flavonoids with Terpenoids through Deep Eutectic Solvent Formation, 2022, Molecules
  • The impact of phenyl-phenyl linkage on the thermodynamic, optical and morphological behavior of carbazol derivatives, 2020, RSC Advances

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • José C. S. Costa
  • Ana I.M.C. Lobo Ferreira
  • Carlos F. R. A. C. Lima
  • Rodrigo M.A. Silva
  • Margarida Bastos

Best Publications

  • Optical band gaps of organic semiconductor materials

    José C.S. Costa;Ricardo J.S. Taveira;Carlos F.R.A.C. Lima;Carlos F.R.A.C. Lima;Adélio Mendes

  • Mutual solubilities of water and hydrophobic ionic liquids

    Mara G. Freire;Catarina M. S. S. Neves;Pedro J. Carvalho;Ramesh L. Gardas

  • Volatility of Aprotic Ionic Liquids — A Review

    José M. S. S. Esperança;José N. Canongia Lopes;Mohd Tariq;Luís M. N. B. F. Santos

  • An overview of the mutual solubilities of water-imidazolium-based ionic liquids systems

    Mara G. Freire;Luís M.N.B.F. Santos;Ana M. Fernandes;João A.P. Coutinho

  • Mutual Solubilities of Water and the [Cnmim][Tf2N] Hydrophobic Ionic Liquids

    Mara G. Freire;Pedro J. Carvalho;Ramesh L. Gardas;Isabel M. Marrucho

  • Thermophysical Characterization of Ionic Liquids Able To Dissolve Biomass

    Mara G. Freire;Ana Rita R. Teles;Marisa A. A. Rocha;Bernd Schröder

  • Ionic liquids: first direct determination of their cohesive energy.

    Luís M. N. B. F. Santos;José N. Canongia Lopes;João A. P. Coutinho;José M. S. S. Esperança

  • The design, construction, and testing of a new Knudsen effusion apparatus

    Manuel A.V. Ribeiro da Silva;Manuel J.S. Monte;Luís M.N.B.F. Santos

  • Measurement of enthalpies of sublimation by drop method in a Calvet type calorimeter: design and test of a new system

    Luis M.N.B.F. Santos;Bernd Schröder;Oscar O.P. Fernandes;Manuel A.V. Ribeiro da Silva

  • Evaluation of cation-anion interaction strength in ionic liquids.

    Ana M. Fernandes;Marisa A. A. Rocha;Mara G. Freire;Isabel M. Marrucho

  • Effect of Water on the Viscosities and Densities of 1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium Dicyanamide and 1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium Tricyanomethane at Atmospheric Pressure†

    Pedro J. Carvalho;Teresa Regueira;Luis M. N. B. F. Santos;Josefa Fernandez

  • Alkylimidazolium Based Ionic Liquids: Impact of Cation Symmetry on Their Nanoscale Structural Organization

    Marisa A. A. Rocha;Catarina M. S. S. Neves;Mara G. Freire;Olga Russina

  • Specific Solvation Interactions of CO2 on Acetate and Trifluoroacetate Imidazolium Based Ionic Liquids at High Pressures

    Pedro J. Carvalho;Víctor H. Álvarez;Bernd Schröder;Ana M. Gil

  • High-accuracy vapor pressure data of the extended [CnC1im][Ntf2] ionic liquid series : trend changes and structural shifts

    Marisa A. A. Rocha;Carlos F. R. A. C. Lima;Lígia R. Gomes;Bernd Schröder

  • Ion specific effects on the mutual solubilities of water and hydrophobic ionic liquids.

    Mara G. Freire;Pedro J. Carvalho;Artur M. S. Silva;Luís M. N. B. F. Santos

  • New Static Apparatus and Vapor Pressure of Reference Materials: Naphthalene, Benzoic Acid, Benzophenone, and Ferrocene

    Manuel J. S. Monte;Luís M. N. B. F. Santos;Michal Fulem;and José M. S. Fonseca

  • Evaluation of COSMO-RS for the prediction of LLE and VLE of water and ionic liquids binary systems

    Mara G. Freire;Sónia P.M. Ventura;Luís M.N.B.F. Santos;Isabel M. Marrucho

  • Evaluation of COSMO-RS for the prediction of LLE and VLE of alcohols + ionic liquids

    Mara G. Freire;Luís M.N.B.F. Santos;Isabel M. Marrucho;João A.P. Coutinho

  • Solubility of Water in Tetradecyltrihexylphosphonium-Based Ionic Liquids

    Mara G. Freire;Pedro J. Carvalho;Ramesh L. Gardas;Luís M. N. B. F. Santos

  • Prediction of aqueous solubilities of solid carboxylic acids with COSMO-RS

    Bernd Schröder;Luís M.N.B.F. Santos;Isabel M. Marrucho;João A.P. Coutinho

Frequent Co-Authors

João A. P. Coutinho
João A. P. Coutinho University of Aveiro
Mara G. Freire
Mara G. Freire University of Aveiro
Isabel M. Marrucho
Isabel M. Marrucho Instituto Superior Técnico
Artur M. S. Silva
Artur M. S. Silva University of Aveiro
Pedro J. Carvalho
Pedro J. Carvalho University of Aveiro
José N. Canongia Lopes
José N. Canongia Lopes Instituto Superior Técnico
Adélio Mendes
Adélio Mendes University of Porto
Luís Paulo N. Rebelo
Luís Paulo N. Rebelo Universidade Nova de Lisboa
William E. Acree
William E. Acree University of North Texas
Simão P. Pinho
Simão P. Pinho Polytechnic Institute of Bragança

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