Welcome to the Nanotechnology Research Division (NRD), University of Aveiro, Portugal. Nanotechnology Research at NRD currently includes the fields of Bio-medicine, Energy, Electronics and Magnetism. The NRD team is comprised of dedicated researchers with different science and engineering disciplines. NRD benefits from a high interdisciplinary team, with ambitions goals and a technology- and product-oriented research.

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(Chem. Mater. 2008, 20, 1725-1732).
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News & Events

             

Prof. José Grácio, the Director of NRD, talks about its mission and accomplishments in the national Portuguese TV channel. (see from 12m08s to 18m20s)

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NRD is organizing the International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials - ANM2010.

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President of Portugal visited the NRD.

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Project of TEMA-NRD Nanotechnology for Next Generation Biomedical Implants.

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FCT - Foundation of Science and Technology

NRD had 7 R&D Projects funded by the Portuguese Foundation of Science and Technology.

Atomic-Scale Observations of Rotational Misorientation in Suspended Graphene Sheets published in Nanoscale.

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NRD number one in Top-Nanotechnology news.

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NRD Researchers developed: (i) a novel hybrid material (a-SiO2 / NCD); (ii) templates of NCD fibers for field emission applications; and (iii) a novel nanocomposite of CNT reinforced PMMA modified HA for the new generation of biomedical bone cement and implant coatings. The results were published in Chemistry of Materials 2008, Applied Physic Letters 2008 e Advanced Functional Materials 2008.

 

 

Contacts:

TEMA - Center for Mechanical Technology and Automation

Mechanical Engineering Department
3810-193 Aveiro
Portugal

 phone: +351 234 370 830
fax:     +351 234 370 953







 last updated: December 13rd 2009