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M. Manuela M. Raposo

M. Manuela M. Raposo

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Chemistry

D-Index
49
Citations
7994
World Ranking
14893
National Ranking
125

Overview

M. Manuela M. Raposo is affiliated with the University of Minho in Portugal and has a research focus primarily in the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, with specific contributions to subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Bioengineering, Spectroscopy, Polymers and Plastics, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their research encompasses a variety of main topics, including:

  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Analytical Chemistry and Sensors
  • Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection
  • Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry
  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry

Raposo has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

  • "An insight into the synthesis of cationic porphyrin-imidazole derivatives and their photodynamic inactivation efficiency against Escherichia coli" (2020), Dyes and Pigments
  • "Optical Fiber Sensors for Biocide Monitoring: Examples, Transduction Materials, and Prospects" (2020), ACS Sensors
  • "Anisotropic PCL nanofibers embedded with nonlinear nanocrystals as strong generators of polarized second harmonic light and piezoelectric currents" (2020), Nanoscale Advances
  • "A comprehensive spectroscopic, solvatochromic and photochemical analysis of 5-hydroxyquinoline and 8-hydroxyquinoline mono-azo dyes" (2020), Journal of Molecular Structure
  • "Bioimaging of Lysosomes with a BODIPY pH-Dependent Fluorescent Probe" (2022), Molecules

The researcher frequently publishes in a select group of venues, including:

  • Molecules
  • Dyes and Pigments
  • Journal of Molecular Structure
  • Nanomaterials
  • ACS Sensors

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Raposo's work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Susana P. G. Costa
  • Rita B. Figueira
  • Rui Sousa
  • Raquel C. R. Gonçalves
  • Efres Belmonte-Reche

The scope of their work spans both fundamental and applied research, particularly in the development and characterization of materials with optical, chemical, and electronic functionalities. Their publications indicate activity in sensor technologies, fluorescence and luminescence materials, as well as nanostructured systems relevant to medical and industrial applications.

Best Publications

  • Water VUV electronic state spectroscopy by synchrotron radiation

    R. Mota;R. Parafita;A. Giuliani;A. Giuliani;M.-J. Hubin-Franskin

  • A Guide for Atomic Force Microscopy Analysis of Soft- Condensed Matter

    M. Raposo;Q. Ferreira

  • Kinetics of Adsorption of Poly(o-methoxyaniline) Self-Assembled Films

    M. Raposo;R. S. Pontes;L. H. C. Mattoso;O. N. Oliveira

  • Synthesis and ion sensing properties of new colorimetric and fluorimetric chemosensors based on bithienyl-imidazo-anthraquinone chromophores.

    Rosa Maria Ferreira Batista;Elisabete Oliveira;Susana P. G. Costa;Carlos Lodeiro

  • Synthesis and characterization of novel diazenes bearing pyrrole, thiophene and thiazole heterocycles as efficient photochromic and nonlinear optical (NLO) materials

    M. Manuela M. Raposo;A. Maurício C. Fonseca;M. Cidália R. Castro;M. Belsley

  • Thienylpyrrole azo dyes : Synthesis, solvatochromic and electrochemical properties

    M. Manuela M. Raposo;Ana M.R.C. Sousa;A. Maurício C. Fonseca;G. Kirsch

  • In situ thickness measurements of ultra-thin multilayer polymer films by atomic force microscopy

    R F M Lobo;M A Pereira-da-Silva;M Raposo;R M Faria

  • Synthesis and characterization of dicyanovinyl-substituted thienylpyrroles as new nonlinear optical chromophores

    M. Manuela M. Raposo;Ana M. R. C. Sousa;G. Kirsch;P. Cardoso

  • Synthesis of donor–acceptor substituted oligothiophenes by Stille coupling

    M.Manuela M Raposo;A.Maurı́cio C Fonseca;G Kirsch

  • Synthesis of new fluorescent 2-(2′,2″-bithienyl)-1,3-benzothiazoles

    Rosa Maria Ferreira Batista;Susana P. G. Costa;M. Manuela M. Raposo

  • Design, synthesis, and characterization of the electrochemical, nonlinear optical properties, and theoretical studies of novel thienylpyrrole azo dyes bearing benzothiazole acceptor groups

    M. Manuela M. Raposo;M. Cidália R. Castro;A. Maurício C. Fonseca;Peter Michael Schellenberg

  • Synthesis and characterization of new thienylpyrrolyl-benzothiazoles as efficient and thermally stable nonlinear optical chromophores

    Rosa Maria Ferreira Batista;Susana P. G. Costa;Elisabeth L. Malheiro;M. Belsley

  • Synthesis and characterization of novel (oligo)thienyl-imidazo-phenanthrolines as versatile π-conjugated systems for several optical applications

    Rosa Maria Ferreira Batista;Susana P. G. Costa;M. Belsley;Carlos Lodeiro

  • Push–pull bithiophene azo-chromophores bearing thiazole and benzothiazole acceptor moieties: Synthesis and evaluation of their redox and nonlinear optical properties

    M. Manuela M. Raposo;M. Cidália R. Castro;M. Belsley;A. Maurício C. Fonseca

  • Synthesis and second-order nonlinear optical properties of new chromophores containing benzimidazole, thiophene, and pyrrole heterocycles

    Rosa Maria Ferreira Batista;Susana P. G. Costa;M. Belsley;M. Manuela M. Raposo

  • Structure-property relationships in push-pull amino/cyanovinyl end-capped oligothiophenes: quantum chemical and experimental studies.

    María Moreno Oliva;Juan Casado;M. Manuela M. Raposo;A. Maurício C. Fonseca

  • Counterions in poly(allylamine hydrochloride) and poly(styrene sulfonate) layer-by-layer films.

    João M. C. Lourenço;Paulo António Ribeiro;Ana Maria Botelho do Rego;Francisco M. Braz Fernandes

  • Psoralen analogues: synthesis, inhibitory activity of growth of human tumor cell lines and computational studies.

    A.M.A.G. Oliveira;M. Manuela M. Raposo;A.M.F. Oliveira-Campos;A.E.H. Machado

  • 2-arylthienyl-substituted 1,3-benzothiazoles as new nonlinear optical chromophores

    Susana P. G. Costa;Rosa Maria Ferreira Batista;Paulo Cardoso;M. Belsley

  • The morphology of layer-by-layer films of polymer/polyelectrolyte studied by atomic force microscopy

    R F M Lobo;M A Pereira-da-Silva;M Raposo;R M Faria

  • Adsorption mechanisms in layer-by-layer films

    Maria Raposo;Maria Raposo;Osvaldo N. Oliveira Jr

Frequent Co-Authors

Gilbert Kirsch
Gilbert Kirsch University of Lorraine
Osvaldo N. Oliveira
Osvaldo N. Oliveira Universidade de São Paulo
Carlos Lodeiro
Carlos Lodeiro Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Ramón Martínez-Máñez
Ramón Martínez-Máñez Universitat Politècnica de València
Félix Sancenón
Félix Sancenón Universitat Politècnica de València
J. Sérgio Seixas de Melo
J. Sérgio Seixas de Melo University of Coimbra
Adélio Mendes
Adélio Mendes University of Porto
Hugh D. Burrows
Hugh D. Burrows University of Coimbra
José Luis Capelo
José Luis Capelo Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Orlando Frazão
Orlando Frazão Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering of Porto

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