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Sousa, Hermínio C. de
 
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Sousa, Herminio C. de
 
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de Sousa, H.C.
Sousa, H.C. de
Sousa, Hermínio José Cipriano de
 
 
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hsousa@eq.uc.pt
 
 
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Biography
Hermínio C. de Sousa (HC de Sousa) graduated in Chemical Engineering (5-years Lic. Chem Eng, 1992) from the New University of Lisbon, Portugal. He completed his PhD in 1997, in Chemistry - Physical Chemistry, also at the New University of Lisbon. At the same year he got a Teaching Assistant position at the Chemical Engineering Department, University of Coimbra, Portugal (DEQ-FCTUC), where he currently holds a Tenured Associate Professor position since 2019. He is a Senior Member of the Portuguese Association of Engineers (Portugal) and of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), USA. HC de Sousa has more than 20 years of academic experience in teaching theoretical, theoretical-practical, laboratorial and tutorial/supervision classes at the BSc, MSc and PhD levels. He was also a Visiting Professor/Researcher at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, USA (2007, 2014), Federal University of Pará, Brazil (2009), UNICAMP, Brazil (2011, 2012), Federal University of Bahia, Brazil (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019), and National University of Colombia, Colombia (2013, 2014, 2017). HC de Sousa is the team leader of the Green and Sustainable Processes Laboratory (GSP), at the Chemical Process Engineering and Forest Products Research Centre of the Chemical Engineering Department of the University of Coimbra (CIEPQPF/DEQ-FCTUC). GSP research strategies and activities are mainly focused on the use of “greener”, sustainable, safer, biomimetic and environmentally-friendly innovative processes for the development of value-added products and materials/nanomaterials which are predominantly envisaged for pharmaceutical/drug delivery and biomedical/tissue engineering applications. However, food, agricultural, nutraceutical, cosmetic, antimicrobial, water treatment, oil & gas, electronics, and low VOC-emission materials/applications are/were also covered. Employed “greener” and sustainable approaches comprise the use of supercritical fluids (e.g., high-pressure, subcritical and supercritical carbon dioxide); of aqueous/ethanolic-based solvent systems; of natural-origin biopolymers and phytochemicals obtained from renewable resources (e.g., from vegetable raw materials and agro-industrial residues/wastes); of ionic liquids (namely of safer/biodegradable ionic liquids), and of “greener”, biomimetic and self-assembly-based synthesis/processing strategies. Several advantageous combinations of these five approaches were/are also implemented. Specific examples of application of the GSP research activities include the development of: nano/microparticles for drug delivery; implants, hydrogels and contact/intraocular lenses for ophthalmic drug delivery; medicated natural-origin wound dressings (namely for diabetic foot ulceration treatment); pre-formed and in-situ forming polymeric implants for prolonged drug/protein release; natural-origin adhesives and bioadhesives; bioactive natural products and their pharmaceutical/biomedical, food, nutraceutical, agricultural and cosmetic formulations/delivery systems; natural-origin flocculants for water treatment; plasticized low-VOC emission PVC/PU materials; and macro-, meso- and microporous silica-based biomaterials (e.g., biomimetic/bioactive biopolymer/silica composite/hybrid biomaterials - drug delivery/hard-tissue applications). More recent research topics include the development of: 1) multifunctional stimuli-responsive and electroactive biomaterials; 2) novel and more efficient materials and nanomaterials for oxygen/CO2/gas capture, storage, delivery and separation; 3) enhanced oil recovery and CO2/water-induced asphaltene precipitation in crude oil reservoirs; 4) improved and eco-friendly agricultural pesticide delivery, biomanagement and pest control (namely for insects/nematodes control); 5) supercritical CO2 as a sterilizing and biocidal agent.
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1Sep-2010Effects of drug solubility, state and loading on controlled release in bicomponent electrospun fibersNatu, Mădălina V. ; Sousa, Hermínio C. de ; Gil, M. H. articleopenAccess
22011Electrospun Drug-Eluting Fibers for Biomedical ApplicationsNatu, Mădălina V. ; Sousa, Hermínio C. de ; Gil, Maria H. bookPartopenAccess
311-May-2006Experimental Determination and Correlation of Artemisinin's Solubility in Supercritical Carbon DioxideCoimbra, Patrícia ; Blanco, Miguel R. ; Silva, Hélio S. R. Costa ; Gil, Maria H. ; Sousa, Hermínio C. de articleopenAccess
4Aug-2014Improving cell adhesion: development of a biosensor for cell behaviour monitoring by surface grafting of sulfonic groups onto a thermoplastic polyurethaneAlves, P ; Pinto, S. ; Ferreira, P. ; Kaiser, Jean-Pierre ; Bruinink, Arie ; Sousa, Hermínio C. de ; Gil, M. H. articleopenAccess
5Jul-2011In vitro and in vivo evaluation of an intraocular implant for glaucoma treatmentNatu, Mădălina V. ; Gaspar, Manuel N. ; Ribeiro, Carlos A. Fontes ; Cabrita, António M. ; Sousa, Hermínio C. de ; Gil, M. H. articleopenAccess
6Jan-2013Influence of polymer processing technique on long term degradation of poly(ε-caprolactone) constructsNatu, Mădălina V. ; Sousa, Hermínio C. de ; Gil, M. H. articleopenAccess
72011A poly(ε-caprolactone) device for sustained release of an anti-glaucoma drugNatu, Mădălina V. ; Gaspar, Manuel N. ; Ribeiro, Carlos A. Fontes ; Correia, Ilídio J. ; Silva, Daniela ; Sousa, Hermínio C. de ; Gil, M. H. articleclosedAccess
82008Preparation and characterization of flurbiprofen-loaded poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) microspheresCoimbra, Patrícia A. ; Sousa, Hermínio C. de ; Gil, Maria H. articleopenAccess
92006Solubility of dense CO2 in two biocompatible acrylate copolymersDuarte, A. R. C.; Sousa, A. R. Sampaio de; Sousa, H. C. de ; Gil, M. H. M. ; Jespersen, H. T.; Duarte, C. M. M.articleopenAccess
1014-Aug-2008Solubility of Diflunisal in Supercritical Carbon DioxideCoimbra, Patrícia ; Fernandes, Daniel ; Gil, Maria H. ; Sousa, Hermínio C. de articleopenAccess
112008Solubility of Irgacure® 2959 photoinitiator in supercritical carbon dioxide: Experimental determination and correlationCoimbra, Patrícia ; Fernandes, Daniel ; Ferreira, Paula ; Gil, Maria H. ; Sousa, Hermínio C. de articleopenAccess
122006Sorption and diffusion of dense carbon dioxide in a biocompatible polymerDuarte, Ana Rita C. ; Martins, Carlos ; Coimbra, Patrícia ; Gil, Maria H. M. ; Sousa, Hermínio C. de ; Duarte, Catarina M. M. articleopenAccess
132007Supercritical fluid impregnation of a biocompatible polymer for ophthalmic drug deliveryDuarte, Ana Rita C. ; Simplicio, Ana Luísa ; Vega-González, Arlette ; Subra-Paternault, Pascale ; Coimbra, Patrícia ; Gil, M. H. ; Sousa, Hermínio C. de ; Duarte, Catarina M. M. articleopenAccess
142008Supercritical solvent impregnation of ophthalmic drugs on chitosan derivativesBraga, Mara E. M. ; Pato, Maria T. Vaz ; Silva, Hélio S. R. Costa ; Ferreira, Elisabeth I. ; Gil, Maria H. ; Duarte, Catarina M. M. ; Sousa, Hermínio C. de articleopenAccess
15Nov-2008Supercritical solvent impregnation of poly(ɛ-caprolactone)/poly(oxyethylene-b-oxypropylene-b-oxyethylene) and poly(ɛ-caprolactone)/poly(ethylene-vinyl acetate) blends for controlled release applicationsNatu, Mădălina V. ; Gil, M. H. ; Sousa, Hermínio C. de articleopenAccess
1615-Oct-2013Surface grafting of carboxylic groups onto thermoplastic polyurethanes to reduce cell adhesionAlves, P. ; Ferreira, P. ; Kaiser, Jean-Pierre ; Salk, Natalie ; Bruinink, Arie ; Sousa, Hermínio C. de ; Gil, M. H. articleopenAccess