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Palmira F. Silva (Professor auxiliar)	Departamento de Engenharia Química e Biológica (DEQB) Instituto Superior Técnico Universidade Técnica de Lisboa Av. Rovisco Pais - 1049-001 Lisboa Portugal telefone: (+351) 21 8419606/21 8419193 email: palmira@ist.utl.pt
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Current research work Breve História da Energia Solar Ph.D. Thesis on Thermochemistry of Organometallic Compounds under the orientation of Professor Alberto R. Dias e J. A. Martinho Simões in Centro de Química Estrutural (1996). Since 2002, my research interests lie in the fields of photochemistry and photophysics. This work encompasses a wide range of related topics, including the determination of fundamental photophysical and kinetic parameters pertaining multiequilibria of anthocyanins in ground and excited states. It is only by having a detailed understanding of all these factors that we can design systems in which we have control over the direction and outcome of photo-induced reactions, such as energy transfer or electron transfer. These processes are studied towards the development of commercially important materials, mainly electroluminescent materials and materials suitable for photovoltaic apllications.	Rodrigues, R.; Vautier-Giongo, C.; Silva, P. F.; Fernandes, A. C.; Cruz, R.; Maçanita, A. L.; Quina, F. H.; "Geminate Proton Recombination at the Surface of SDS and CTAC Micelles probed with a Micelle-Anchored Anthocyanin", Langmuir, 22, 933-940, 2006. Paulo, L.; Freitas, A. A.; Silva, P. F.; Shimizu, K.; Quina F. H.; Maçanita, A. L.; "Novel Ground and Excited State Prototropic Reactivity of a Hydroxycarboxyflavylium Salt", J. Phys. Chem. A, 110, 2089-2096, 2006. Quina, F. H.; Freitas, A. A.; Maçanita, A. L.; Silva, P. F.; Lima, J. C.; "The (Photo)Chemistry of Anthocyanins", The Spectrum 19, 12-17, 2006. Silva, P. F.; Lima, J. C.; Freitas, A. A.; Shimizu, K.; Quina, F. H.; Maçanita, A. L.; "Charge-Transfer Complexation as a General Phenomenon in the Copigmentation of Anthocyanins", J. Phys. Chem. A, 109, 7329-7338, 2005. Silva, P. F.; Lima J. C.; Quina, F. H.; Maçanita, A. L., "Excited-State Electron Transfer in Anthocyanins and Related Flavylium Salts", J. Phys. Chem. A, 108, 10133, 2004. Fernandes, A. C. ; Romão, C. C.; Rosa, C. P. ; Vieira, V. P.; Lopes, A. ; Silva, P. F.; Maçanita, A. L.; "One-Step Synthesis of Novel Flavylium Salts Containing Alkyl Side Chains in Their 3-, 4-, 5- or 6-Positions and Their Photophysical Properties in Micellar Media", Eur. J. Org. Chem., 23, 4877-4883, 2004.	Licenciatura/ Mestrado Integrado Química para Engenharia Biomédica e Física Tecnológica. Página da disciplina (Química) Divulgação de Ciência e-escola Ars Scientia De Rerum Natura

Palmira F. Silva

(Professor auxiliar)

Departamento de Engenharia Química e Biológica (DEQB)
Instituto Superior Técnico
Universidade Técnica de Lisboa
Av. Rovisco Pais - 1049-001
Lisboa
Portugal

telefone: (+351) 21 8419606/21 8419193
email: palmira@ist.utl.pt

Actividade Científica

Publicações Recentes

Actividade Pedagógica

Current research work
Breve História da Energia Solar

Ph.D. Thesis on Thermochemistry of Organometallic Compounds under the orientation of Professor Alberto R. Dias e J. A. Martinho Simões in Centro de Química Estrutural (1996).

Since 2002, my research interests lie in the fields of photochemistry and photophysics. This work encompasses a wide range of related topics, including the determination of fundamental photophysical and kinetic parameters pertaining multiequilibria of anthocyanins in ground and excited states. It is only by having a detailed understanding of all these factors that we can design systems in which we have control over the direction and outcome of photo-induced reactions, such as energy transfer or electron transfer. These processes are studied towards the development of commercially important materials, mainly electroluminescent materials and materials suitable for photovoltaic apllications.

Rodrigues, R.; Vautier-Giongo, C.; Silva, P. F.; Fernandes, A. C.; Cruz, R.; Maçanita, A. L.; Quina, F. H.; "Geminate Proton Recombination at the Surface of SDS and CTAC Micelles probed with a Micelle-Anchored Anthocyanin", Langmuir, 22, 933-940, 2006.

Paulo, L.; Freitas, A. A.; Silva, P. F.; Shimizu, K.; Quina F. H.; Maçanita, A. L.; "Novel Ground and Excited State Prototropic Reactivity of a Hydroxycarboxyflavylium Salt", J. Phys. Chem. A, 110, 2089-2096, 2006.

Quina, F. H.; Freitas, A. A.; Maçanita, A. L.; Silva, P. F.; Lima, J. C.; "The (Photo)Chemistry of Anthocyanins", The Spectrum 19, 12-17, 2006.

Silva, P. F.; Lima, J. C.; Freitas, A. A.; Shimizu, K.; Quina, F. H.; Maçanita, A. L.; "Charge-Transfer Complexation as a General Phenomenon in the Copigmentation of Anthocyanins", J. Phys. Chem. A, 109, 7329-7338, 2005.

Silva, P. F.; Lima J. C.; Quina, F. H.; Maçanita, A. L., "Excited-State Electron Transfer in Anthocyanins and Related Flavylium Salts", J. Phys. Chem. A, 108, 10133, 2004.

Fernandes, A. C. ; Romão, C. C.; Rosa, C. P. ; Vieira, V. P.; Lopes, A. ; Silva, P. F.; Maçanita, A. L.; "One-Step Synthesis of Novel Flavylium Salts Containing Alkyl Side Chains in Their 3-, 4-, 5- or 6-Positions and Their Photophysical Properties in Micellar Media", Eur. J. Org. Chem., 23, 4877-4883, 2004.

Licenciatura/ Mestrado Integrado
Química para Engenharia Biomédica e Física Tecnológica.
Página da disciplina (Química)

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e-escola
Ars Scientia
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