Doctoral Themes - Proposals

Innovative green-synthesis of nanometal oxide-combinations for environmental remediation (EnvNanoOx)

Supervisors

Marta M. Alves, martamalves@tecnico.ulisboa.pt

Ana Paula Ribeiro, apribeiro@tecnico.ulisboa.pt

Registration Institution

Instituto Superior Técnico (Universidade de Lisboa)

Project description

The increasingly awareness of environmental organic pollutants requires advanced solution to meet this demand. The unique properties of nanoparticles, produced from natural sources that rely on control over both their size and shape, and made them essential components in industrial applications as well as pharmaceutical applications, represent now a promising alternative for this quest. The shaped nanoparticles, which can be porous, thereby significantly enhancing their surface areas, open-up a huge number of possibilities for host-guest applications to selectively mitigate organic-derived pollution. The aim of this PhD proposal is to (i) produce porous nanomaterials from abundant and low-cost natural sources, by green methods, (ii) characterize them through advanced techniques, and (iii) tested them as novel, cheap and more efficient nanocatalysts for environmental remediation processes.

Keywords

pollutants; nanocatalyst; nanoparticles; green synthesis

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