Publications & presentations

Presentations in conferences

Polymers recycling: using the past to build now a better future - Online presentation - Interplas 2021 Conference, 28th –30th September 2021

Rotational-moulded building blocks for the Circular Economy – Online oral presentation - 2nd International Conference on Materials Science & Engineering (Mat Science 2020), November 05-07, 2020.

Specific knowledge x transversality applied to plastic sustainability (Conhecimento específico x transversalidade aplicados à sustentabilidade do plástico) – Online opening lecture, XIV Jornada de Ciência & Tecnologia da UEZO Conference, 6th – 7th October 2021.

Patent

BR10201602066 (Material compósito polimérico contendo borra de café), I.N.d.P.I. INPI, Editor, 2016: Brazil.

Scientific papers

2021

Use of virgin/recycled polyethylene blends in rotational moulding. Journal of Polymer Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1515/polyeng-2021-0065.

Rotational-Moulded Building Blocks for the Circular Economy. Materials Science Forum. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/msf.1042.17.

2019

Study of the Interaction Between Oligomerised Recycled Poly(ethylene terephthalate) and Concrete Waste. Journal of Polymers and the Environment. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-019-01569-x.

Poly(ethylene terephthalate)/titanium phosphate nanocomposites: Effect of fillers on thermal, crystallographic diffraction, molecular mobility, and UV-Vis absorption. Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials. https://doi.org/10.1177/0892705719886926.

Intercalation of α-titanium phosphate with long-chain amine aided by short-chain amine. Applied Nanoscience. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13204-019-01176-1.

Oxidised-sulfonated multi-walled carbon nanotube/hydroxyapatite hybrid particles: synthesis and characterisation. Journal of Solid State Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2019.120924.

Zirconium phosphate changing hygroscopicity of polyamide-6 in nanocomposites PA-6/ZrP. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-019-08396-1.

2018

Sustainable hybrid composites of recycled polypropylene and construction debris. Journal of Composite Materials. DOI: 10.1177/0021998318758367.

2017

Advanced properties of composites of recycled high-density polyethylene and microfibers of sugarcane bagasse. Journal of Composite Materials. https://doi.org/10.1177/0021998317716268.

Polymer blends of polyamide-6/Spandex fabric scraps and recycled poly(ethylene terephthalate). Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-017-6298-0.

Nanocomposites of Recycled Polycarbonate/Nano-Zinc Oxide (rPC/nZnO): Effect of Nanofiller and Gamma-Radiation on the Properties and as Barrier Against Ultraviolet Light. Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2017.12642.

2016

Upcycling Polymers and Natural Fibers Waste - Properties of a Potential Building Material. Recycling. https://doi.org/10.3390/recycling1010205.

nZnO as Barrier to Ultraviolet Radiation on rPET/PC Nanocomposites. Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology. https://doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2016.12080.

2015

Organically modified concrete waste with oleic acid. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-014-4358-2.

Effect of Weathering and Accelerated Photoaging on PET/PC (80/20 wt/wt%) Melt Extruded Blend. Materials Research Ibero-american Journal of Materials. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1516-1439.010115.

2014

Crystallisation kinetics of recycled high density polyethylene and coffee dregs composites. Polymers and Polymers Composites. https://doi.org/10.1177/096739111402200606.

Solid state polymerisation of PET/PC extruded blend: effect of reaction temperature on thermal, morphological and viscosity properties. Polímeros. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0104-1428.1518.

2013

Properties of recycled high density polyethylene and coffee dregs composites. Polímeros. http://dx.doi.org/10.4322/polimeros.2014.011.

Thermal properties and morphology of high-density polyethylene filled with coffee dregs. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-013-3121-4.

2011

Printability of HDPE/Natural Fiber Composites with High Content of Cellulosic Industrial Waste. Materials Sciences and Applications. https://doi.org/10.4236/msa.2011.29181.

Book chapters

(2021). Sustainable routes and green synthesis for nanomaterials and nanocomposites production. In Handbook of Greener Synthesis of Nanomaterials and Compounds (p. 637-650). Elsevier, https://doi.org/10.1016/C2019-0-04948-5.

(2020). Ecofriendly composite/nanocomposite from discarded addition and condensation polymers. In Handbook of Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites for Energy and Environmental Applications (p. 1-23). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11155-7_143-1.

(2019). Recycling processes and issues in natural fiber-reinforced polymer composites. In Green Composites for Automotive Applications (p. 285-299). Woodhead Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-102177-4.00012-4.

(2017). Natural and synthetic fillers for reaching high performance and sustainable hybrid polymer composites. In: Vijay Kumar Thakur; Manju Kumari Thakur; Raju Kumar Gupta. (Org.). Hybrid Polymer Composite Materials. 1ed.Duxford: Woodhead Publishing, 2017, p. 157-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-100789-1.00007-1.

(2017) Virgin and Recycled Polymers Applied to Advanced Nanocomposites. In Handbook of Composites from Renewable Materials, Nanocomposites: Advanced Applications, V.K. Thakur, Editor, 2017, John Wiley & Sons: New Jersey. p. 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119441632.ch148.

(2015) Recycled Polymers: Overview of their Reuse in Blends, Composites and Nanocomposites. In Recycled Polymers: Properties and Applications, V.K. Thakur, Editor 2015, Smithers Rapra: Shropshire, UK.