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  1. Effect of the Synthesis Parameters on the Physicochemical Properties of NaY Zeolite with Faujasite Structure

    Article • Journal of Chemical Education, February 2026, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  2. New TiO₂-Ag/BEA composites with dual Ag-functionalization for specific adsorption and catalytic sites. Synergism between phases in the ethylene removal for climateric fruit conservation

    Article • Separation and Purification Technology, February 2026, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  3. Preparation and characterization of Santa Barbara Amorphous-15 particles functionalized with mercaptopropyl groups and of their composites with poly(lactic acid)

    Article • Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, January 2025, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  4. On the characterization and performance of highly dispersed TiO2 nanoparticles onto BEA zeolite in the continuous gas-phase photooxidation of ethylene

    Article • RSC Applied Interfaces, January 2025, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  5. The Potential of Chitosan-Based Composites for Adsorption of Diarrheic Shellfish Toxins

    Article • Toxins, April 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  6. Ethylene removal by Ag-based ZSM-5 adsorbents for the preservation of climacteric fruits

    Article • Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, April 2024, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  7. Printed Circuit Boards Leaching Followed by Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticle Clusters Using Plant Extracts

    Article • Waste and Biomass Valorization, September 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  8. The Role of Undecenoic Acid on the Preparation of Decorated MCM-41/Polyethylene Hybrids by In Situ Polymerization: Catalytic Aspects and Properties of the Resultant Materials

    Article • Catalysts, August 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  9. β-Cyclodextrin inclusion complexes of combined Moroccan Rosmarinus officinalis, Lavandula angustifolia and Citrus aurantium volatile oil: production optimization and release kinetics in food models

    Article • Journal of Essential Oil Research, March 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  10. A novel approach for preparation of nanocomposites with an excellent rigidity/deformability balance based on reinforced HDPE with halloysite

    Article • European Polymer Journal, February 2023, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  11. Microencapsulation of selenium by spray-drying as a tool to improve bioaccessibility in food matrix

    Article • Food Chemistry, February 2023, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  12. Correction to: A New Application of Solvent Extraction to Separate Copper from Extreme Acid Mine Drainage Producing Solutions for Electrochemical and Biological Recovery Processes

    Article • Mine Water and the Environment, April 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  13. A New Application of Solvent Extraction to Separate Copper from Extreme Acid Mine Drainage Producing Solutions for Electrochemical and Biological Recovery Processes

    Article • Mine Water and the Environment, March 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  14. Conversion of glycerol over vanadium supported beta zeolite: Role of acidity and alkali cations

    Article • Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, January 2022, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  15. Unique stiffness-deformability features of dendrimeric silica reinforced HDPE nanocomposites obtained by an innovative route

    Article • Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, January 2022, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  16. Dielectric Properties and Spectral Characteristics of Photocatalytic Constant of TiO2 Nanoparticles Doped with Cobalt

    Article • Nanomaterials, September 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  17. Encapsulation of Rosmarinus officinalis essential oil in β‐cyclodextrins

    Article • Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, August 2021, Wiley

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  18. Innovative route for the preparation of high-performance polyolefin materials based on unique dendrimeric silica particles

    Article • Polymer Chemistry, January 2021, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  19. Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles and Essential Oils: A New Tool for Biological Applications

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, September 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  20. Structural and magnetic properties of P25 TiO2 nanoparticles doped by Co

    Article • Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, May 2020, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  21. Photodegradation of chloramphenicol and paracetamol using PbS/TiO2 nanocomposites produced by green synthesis

    Article • Journal of the Iranian Chemical Society, March 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  22. Gas-phase conversion of glycerol to allyl alcohol over vanadium-supported zeolite beta

    Article • Catalysis Communications, July 2019, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  23. Magnetite nanoparticles functionalized with propolis against methicillin resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, June 2019, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  24. Extraordinary mechanical performance in disentangled UHMWPE films processed by compression molding

    Article • Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, February 2019, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  25. Aluminum Containing Dendrimeric Silica Nanoparticles as Promising Metallocene Catalyst Supports for Ethylene Polymerization

    Article • ChemCatChem, July 2018, Wiley

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  26. Spray-dried fucoidan microparticles for pulmonary delivery of antitubercular drugs

    Article • Journal of Microencapsulation, May 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  27. Synthesis and characterization of Locust Bean Gum derivatives and their application in the production of nanoparticles

    Article • Carbohydrate Polymers, February 2018, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  28. Gas-phase dehydration of glycerol over hierarchical silicoaluminophosphate SAPO-40

    Article • Catalysis Communications, May 2017, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  29. UHMWPE/HDPE in-reactor blends, prepared by in situ polymerization: Synthetic aspects and characterization

    Article • eXPRESS Polymer Letters, January 2017, Department of Polymer Engineering, Scientific Society of Mechanical Engineering

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  30. Hafnocene catalyst for polyethylene and its nanocomposites with SBA-15 by in situ polymerization: Immobilization approaches, catalytic behavior and properties evaluation

    Article • European Polymer Journal, December 2016, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  31. Impact of Biohybrid Magnetite Nanoparticles and Moroccan Propolis on Adherence of Methicillin Resistant Strains of Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • Molecules, September 2016, MDPI AG

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  32. Hybrid materials based on polyethylene and MCM-41 microparticles functionalized with silanes: Catalytic aspects of in situ polymerization, crystalline features and mechanical properties

    Article • Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, September 2016, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  33. UHMWPE/SBA-15 nanocomposites synthesized by in situ polymerization

    Article • Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, September 2016, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  34. Inhalable Antitubercular Therapy Mediated by Locust Bean Gum Microparticles

    Article • Molecules, May 2016, MDPI AG

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  35. Charged pullulan derivatives for the development of nanocarriers by polyelectrolyte complexation

    Article • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, May 2016, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  36. Corrigendum to “Start-up, adjustment and long-term performance of a two-stage bioremediation process, treating real acid mine drainage, coupled with biosynthesis of ZnS nanoparticles and ZnS/TiO2 nanocomposites” [Miner. Eng. 75 (2015) 85–93]

    Article • Minerals Engineering, April 2016, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  37. Preparation of polypropylene-based nanocomposites using nanosized MCM-41 as support andin situpolymerization

    Article • Polymer International, January 2016, Wiley

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  38. A New Post-Metallocene-Ti Catalyst with Maltolate Bidentade Ligand: an Investigation in Heterogeneous Polymerization Reactions in Different Mesoporous Supports

    Article • Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society, January 2016, Sociedade Brasileira de Quimica (SBQ)

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  39. Recovery of gold(0) nanoparticles from aqueous solutions using effluents from a bioremediation process

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  40. Synthesis of ZnS nanoparticles by a bioremediation process

    Article • Minerals Engineering, May 2015, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  41. A hydrothermally stable catalyst for glycerol dehydration

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  42. Dichlorodioxomolybdenum(vi) complexes bearing oxygen-donor ligands as olefin epoxidation catalysts

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço, Dr André Duarte Lopes

  43. Green synthesis of covellite nanocrystals using biologically generated sulfide: Potential for bioremediation systems

    Article • Journal of Environmental Management, October 2013, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  44. Decorated MCM-41/polyethylene hybrids: Crystalline details and viscoelastic behavior

    Article • Polymer, May 2013, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  45. Bis(pyrazolyl)methanetetracarbonyl-molybdenum(0) as precursor to a molybdenum(VI) catalyst for olefin epoxidation

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, January 2013, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  46. Nanostructured silica materials in olefin polymerisation: From catalytic behaviour to polymer characteristics

    Article • Progress in Polymer Science, December 2012, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  47. Functionalization of Mesoporous MCM-41 (Nano)particles: Preparation Methodologies, Role on Catalytic Features, and Dispersion Within Polyethylene Nanocomposites

    Article • ChemCatChem, November 2012, Wiley

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  48. Gas permeability properties of decorated MCM-41/polyethylene hybrids prepared by in-situ polymerization

    Article • Journal of Membrane Science, October 2012, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  49. Synthesis of nanocrystalline ZnS using biologically generated sulfide

    Article • Hydrometallurgy, April 2012, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  50. Acid catalyst for the glycerol dehydration

    Article • Catalysis Communications, March 2012, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  51. Hybrid HDPE/MCM-41 nanocomposites: Crystalline structure and viscoelastic behaviour

    Article • Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, May 2010, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  52. Cycloaddition reactions of nitrosoalkenes, azoalkenes and nitrile oxides mediated by hydrotalcite

    Article • ARKIVOC, January 2010, University of Michigan Library

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  53. Mesoporous Ga-MCM-41 as support for metallocene catalysts: Acidity–activity relationship

    Article • Journal of Molecular Catalysis A Chemical, September 2009, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  54. Self-Reinforced Hybrid Polyethylene/MCM-41 Nanocomposites: In-Situ Polymerisation and Effect of MCM-41 Content on Rigidity

    Article • Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, June 2009, American Scientific Publishers

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  55. Mild liquid-phase Friedel-Crafts acylation of heteroaromatic compounds over zeolite Beta

    Article • Journal of Molecular Catalysis A Chemical, June 2009, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  56. Hydrotalcite catalysed [4+2] cycloaddition reactions of nitroso- and azo-alkenes

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, March 2009, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  57. Comparison of liquid-phase olefin epoxidation catalysed by dichlorobis-(dimethylformamide)dioxomolybdenum(VI) in homogeneous phase and grafted onto MCM-41

    Article • Journal of Molecular Catalysis A Chemical, January 2009, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  58. Mesoporous Ga-MCM-41: A very efficient support for the heterogenisation of metallocene catalysts

    Article • Catalysis Communications, October 2008, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  59. The Infrared Spectrum of Solid l -Alanine: Influence of pH-Induced Structural Changes

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, September 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  60. An elegant way to increase acidity in SAPOs: use of methylamine as co-template during synthesis

    Article • January 2008, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  61. Ethylene polymerisation with zirconocene supported in Al-modified MCM-41: Catalytic behaviour and polymer properties

    Article • Journal of Molecular Catalysis A Chemical, November 2007, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  62. Unusual framework stabilization of Cu(II) and Cu(I) ions in a novel copper-substituted aluminophosphate with AEN topology prepared by one pot synthesis

    Article • January 2007, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  63. Methylamine as true template and TEAOH as purifying agent: unexpected roles of current organic additives in the hydrothermal synthesis of microporous aluminophosphates

    Article • January 2007, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  64. Al-containing MCM-41 type materials prepared by different synthesis methods: Hydrothermal stability and catalytic properties

    Article • Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, September 2006, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  65. Two new aluminophosphates, IST-1 and IST-2: First examples of a dual templating role of water and methylamine in generating microporous structures

    Article • Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, March 2006, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  66. Photochemistry of benzophenone on Ti-MCM-41 surfaces

    Article • Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, February 2006, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  67. Photochemistry of benzophenone adsorbed on MCM-41 surface

    Article • Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, September 2005, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  68. Copolymerization of ethylene and non-conjugated diene with metallocene/methylaluminoxane system supported on MCM-41 mesoporous material

    Article • European Polymer Journal, November 2004, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  69. Structural State and Redox Behavior of Framework Co(II) in CoIST-2:  A Novel Cobalt-Substituted Aluminophosphate with AEN Topology

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry, June 2004, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  70. Evidence of a solvent screen effect affecting the redox properties of Co(II) ions in CoAPO-37, CoAPO-40 and CoIST-2 (AEN), by cyclic voltammetry

    Article • January 2004, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  71. Structure analysis of the novel microporous aluminophosphate IST-1 using synchrotron powder diffraction data and HETCOR MAS NMR

    Article • Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, October 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Lynne B McCusker, Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  72. Synthesis and characterization of new CoAPSO-40 and ZnAPSO-40 molecular sieves. Influence of the composition on the thermal and hydrothermal stability of AlPO4-40-based materials

    Article • Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, August 2000, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  73. Spectroscopic Characterization of the Hydroxyl Groups in SAPO-40. 2. Interaction with CO and N 2

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry, November 1997, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  74. Multiple-quantum 27Al MAS n.m.r. spectroscopy of microporous AlPO-40 and SAPO-40

    Article • Zeolites, August 1997, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  75. Synthesis, characterization, and catalytic properties of AlPO4-40, CoAPO-40, and ZnAPO-40

    Article • Zeolites, May 1997, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  76. Generation of acid sites by incorporation of cobalt in the AFR structure

    Article • January 1997, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  77. Characterization of stability and porosity of SAPO-40 using m-xylene as model reaction

    Article • Applied Catalysis A General, December 1996, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  78. Disproportionation of ethylbenzene over SAPO-40

    Article • Reaction Kinetics and Catalysis Letters, November 1996, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  79. Spectroscopic Characterization of Hydroxyl Groups in SAPO-40. 1. Study of the Template-Free Samples and Their Interaction with Ammonia

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry, January 1996, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  80. Thermal and hydrothermal stability of the silicoaluminophosphate SAPO-40

    Article • Microporous Materials, September 1995, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  81. Solid-state NMR and powder XRD studies of the structure of SAPO-40 upon hydration–dehydration cycles

    Article • Journal of the Chemical Society Faraday Transactions, January 1995, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço

  82. Study of Catalytic Properties of SAPO-40

    Article • January 1994, Elsevier

    Dr João Paulo Lourenço