Luís Joaquim Alcácer

Luís Alcácer

Academic position:	Professor Emeritus
Joining date:	01-03-1993
Roles in IT:	Senior Researcher
Scientific Area:	Basic Sciences and Enabling Technologies
Group:	Organic Electronics – Lx

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Address: IT – Lisboa
Instituto Superior Técnico - Torre Norte - Piso 10
Av. Rovisco Pais, 1
1049 - 001 Lisboa
Tel: +351 21 841 84 54
Fax: +351 21 841 84 72

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https://www.orcid.org/0000-0002-8358-4958

SCOPUS

Scientific Achievements

Degrees

Agregação, Instituto Superior Técnico, 01-01-1975
PhD, University of Calfornia, 10-12-1970
Licenciatura, Instituto Superior Técnico, 25-07-1963

Affiliations

Instituto Superior Técnico, 01-01-2007, Emeritus Pofessor
Instituto Superior Técnico, 12-09-1975, Professor

Academic Activities

2Lecture courses

Química Quântica, , Lic Química

Química-Física, , Licenciatura em Engenharia Biológica

Supervision of theses

4PhD Student

Copolymers derived from Poly[2,7-(9,9-bis(2´-ethyl-hexyl)fluorene)]. Synthesis, Properties and Applications in Light Emitting Diodes, PhD Student, Ana Maria de Matos Charas, Defended 06-2002
Solid Solutions of (Per)2[Au1-xPtx(mnt)2], PhD Student, Manuel José de Matos, Defended 07-2001
Synthesis and Characterization of Organic Molecular Conductors, PhD Student, Jorge Manuel Ferreira Morgado, Defended 07-1995
Study of a family of organic conductors based on perylene, PhD Student, Rui Teives Henriques, Defended 05-1987

Publications

3Books

L. Alcácer, Electronic Structure of Organic Semiconductors, Morgan & Claypool Publishers, San Rafael, 2018,
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L. Alcácer, INTRODUÇÃO À MECÂNICA QUÂNTICA COM APLICAÇÕES À QUÍMICA COMPUTACIONAL MODERNA, IST Press, LISBOA, 2014,
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L. Alcácer, Introdução à Química Quântica Computacional, IST Press, Lisboa, 2007,
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5Books Chapters

L. Alcácer, M. Almeida, Interacting Electrons in One Dimension: The Two Chain Perylene-Metal Dithiolate Series, Chapter in, Logic and Computation: Essays in Honour of Amilcar Sernadas, College Publications, London, 2017
J. Morgado, A. Charas, L. Alcácer, Síntese e caracterização óptica e electroquímica de polifluorenos, Chapter in, Química de Polímeros, J. Sérgio Seixas de Melo, Maria João Moreno, Hugh D. Burrows, Maria Helena Gil, Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, 2004
J. Morgado, L. Alcácer, Polímeros Condutores, Chapter in, Materiais Dois Mil, M. Amaral Fortes & P.J. Ferreira, IST Press, Lisbon, 2003
L. Alcácer, Magnetic, ESR and NMR Properties, Chapter in, Organic Conductors. Properties and Applications, J.P.Farges, Marcel Dekker, New York, 1994
L. Alcácer, Linear Chain Compounds, Chapter in, Linear Chain Dithiolate Complexes, Joel Miller, Prentice Hall, New York, 1983

42Papers in Journals

A. Aguiar, J. Farinhas, W. Silva, M. Susano, M. Silva, L. Alcácer, S. Kumar, C. Brett, J. Morgado, A. Sobral, Simple BODIPY dyes as suitable electron-donors for organic bulk heterojunction photovoltaic cells, Dyes and Pigments, Vol. 172, No. -, pp. 107842 - 107842, January, 2020,
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J. Farinhas, D. Molina, A. Olcina, C. Costa, L. Alcácer, F. Fernadez-Lázaro, Á. Sastre-Santos, A. Charas, Oligo(ethylene oxide) chains in fluorene bridge units of perylenediimide dimers as an efficient strategy for improving the photovoltaic performance in organic solar cells, Dyes and Pigments, Vol. 161, No. -, pp. 188 - 196, February, 2019,
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Q. Ferreira, C. Delfino, J. Morgado, L. Alcácer, Bottom-Up Self-Assembled Supramolecular Structures Built by STM at the Solid/Liquid Interface, Materials, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 382 - 403, January, 2019,
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A. Sernadas, J. Rasga, C. Sernadas, L. Alcácer, A. B. Henriques, Probabilistic logic of quantum observations, Logic Journal of the IGPL, Vol. -, No. -, pp. - - -, October, 2018,
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J. Oliveira, A. M. Bragança Bragança, L. Alcácer, J. Morgado, M. A. T. Figueiredo, J. Bioucas-Dias, Q. Ferreira, Sparse-coding denoising applied to reversible conformational switching of a porphyrin self-assembled monolayer induced by scanning tunnelling microscopy, Journal of Microscopy, Vol. 271, No. 1, pp. 98 - 108, April, 2018,
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M. Afonso, J. Morgado, L. Alcácer, Inkjet printed organic electrochemical transistors with highly conducting polymer electrolytes, Journal Applied Physics, Vol. 120, No. 165502, pp. 1 - 6, October, 2016,
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R. Meira, P. Costa Costa, R. Paolo, J. Morgado, L. Alcácer, J. B. Bastos, D. C. Cheyns, A. Charas, Synthesis and optical properties of a new triphenylamine-p-phenylenevinylene-small molecule with applications in high open-circuit voltage organic solar cells, New Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 39, No. -, pp. 7389 - 7396, July, 2015,
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G. Brotas, C. Costa, S.I.G. Dias, P. M. M. Costa Costa, R. Paolo, J. Farinhas, L. Alcácer, J. Morgado, M. Matos, A. Charas, Solution-Processable Donor-Acceptor-Donor Oligomers with Cross-Linkable Functionality, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 216, No. 5, pp. 519 - 529, March, 2015,
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Q. Ferreira, A. Bragança, L. Alcácer, J. Morgado, Conductance of Well-Deﬁned Porphyrin Self-Assembled Molecular Wires up to 14 nm in Length, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 118, No. 3, pp. 7229 - 7234, March, 2014,
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J. Morgado, A. T. P. Pereira, A. Bragança, Q. Ferreira, S. C. M. Fernandes, C. S. R. F. Ferreira, A. J. D. Silvestre Silvestre, C. Pascoal Neto, L. Alcácer, Self-standing chitosan films as dielectrics in organic thin-film transistors Author(s), Express Polymer Letters, Vol. 7, No. 12, pp. 960 - 965, December, 2013 | BibTex
Q. Ferreira, A. Bragança, O. N. O. Oliveira, N.M.M. Moura Moura, M.A.F.Faustino Faustino, L. Alcácer, J. Morgado, Dynamics of porphyrin adsorption on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite monitored by scanning tunnelling microscopy at the liquid/solid interface, Applied Surface Science, Vol. 273, No. n.a., pp. 220 - 225, May, 2013,
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Q. Ferreira, L. Alcácer, J. Morgado, Stepwise preparation and characterization of molecular wires made of zinc octaethylporphyrin complexes bridged by 4,4-bipyridine on HOPG, Nanotechnology, Vol. 22, No. 43, pp. 435604 - 435610, October, 2011,
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J. Farinhas, Q. Ferreira, R. Paolo, L. Alcácer, J. Morgado, A. Charas, Nanostructured donor/acceptor interfaces in photovoltaic cells using columnar-grain films of a cross-linked poly(fluorene-alt-bithiophene), Journal of Materials Chemistry, Vol. 21, No. 33, pp. 12511 - 12519, September, 2011,
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Q. Ferreira, G. Bernardo, A. Charas, L. Alcácer, J. Morgado, Polymer Light-Emitting Diode Interlayers’ Formation Studied by Current-Sensing Atomic Force Microscopy and Scaling Laws, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 114, No. 1, pp. 572 - 579, January, 2010,
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A. Charas, Q. Ferreira, J. Farinhas, M. Matos, L. Alcácer, J. Morgado, Insoluble Patterns of Cross-Linkable Conjugated Polymers from Blend Demixing in Spin Cast Films, Macromolecules, Vol. 42, No., pp. 7903 - 7912, October, 2009,
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L. Alcácer, J. Morgado, Polymer light-emitting diodes efficiency dependence on bipolar charge traps concentration, Research Letters in Materials Science, Vol. 2009, No. 503042, pp. 1 - 4, July, 2009,
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A. Charas, H. Alves, J. Martinho, L. Alcácer, O. Fenwick, F. Cacialli, J. Morgado, Photoacid cross-linkable polyfluorenes for optoelectronics applications, Synthetic Metals, Vol. 158, No., pp. 643 - 653, September, 2008,
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A. Charas, L. Alcácer, A. P. Pimentel, J. P. C. Conde, J. Morgado, Observation of field-effect in a cross-linked polyfluorene semiconductor, Chemical Physics Letters, Vol. 455, No. 4-6, pp. 189 - 191, April, 2008,
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G. Bernardo, A. Charas, L. Alcácer, J. Morgado, Spin cast thin polymer interlayers in polymer light-emitting diodes: Thickness control through use of cross-linkable polymers, Journal of Appl. Physics, Vol. 103, No. 8, pp. 084510 - 7 pages, April, 2008,
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J. Morgado, M. Fernandes, A. Charas, V. Bermudez, L. Alcácer, Role of energy transfer and charge trapping on the luminescence properties of europium complexes/luminescent polymers composites, Journal Materials Science, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. S271 - S275, October, 2007 | BibTex
G. Bernardo, A. Charas, L. Alcácer, J. Morgado, Improving polymer light-emitting diodes efficiency using interlayers based on cross-linkable polymers, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 91, No. 6, pp. 063509-1 - 063509-3, August, 2007 | BibTex
J. Morgado, L. Alcácer, M.A. Esteves, B.G. Gigante, New stylbene-based arylamines with dehydroabietic acid methyl ester moieties for organic light-emitting diodes, Thin Solid Films, Vol. 515, No. 19, pp. 7697 - 7700, July, 2007 | BibTex
J. Morgado, L. Alcácer, A. Charas, Poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene)-based light-emitting diodes with pure b-phase emission, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 90, No. 20, pp. 201110-1 - 201110-3, May, 2007 | BibTex
A. Charas, H. Alves, L. Alcácer, J. Morgado, Use of cross-linkable polyfluorene in the fabrication of multilayer polyfluorene-based light-emitting diodes with improved efficiency, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 89, No. 14, pp. 143519 - 143521, October, 2006 | BibTex
S. M. Fonseca, L. Arnaut, J. Melo, H. Burrows, N. Chattopadhyay, L. Alcácer, A. Charas, J. Morgado, A. P. Monkman, Triplet-state and singlet oxygen formation in fluorene-based alternating copolymers, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol. 110, No. 16, pp. 8278 - 8283, September, 2006 | BibTex
J. Morgado, A. Charas, J. A. Fernandes, I. S. Gonçalves, L. D. Carlos, L. Alcácer, Luminescence properties of composites made of a europium(III) complex and electroluminescent polymers with different energy gaps, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Vol. 39, No. 16, pp. 3582 - 3587, August, 2006 | BibTex
J. Morgado, A. Charas, J. Martinho, L. Alcácer, Photophysical study of two alternating polyfluorene copolymers exhibiting dual fluoresecence, Synthetic Metals, Vol. 154, No., pp. 81 - 84, November, 2005 | BibTex
J. Morgado, N. Barbagalho, V. Bodrozic, A. Teixeira, A. Fernandes, R. Guntner, U. Scherf, F. Cacialli, L. Alcácer, Indium-tin oxide anodes modified by self-assembly for light-emitting diodes based on blue-emitting polyfluorenes, Synthetic Metals, Vol. 154, No. 1, pp. 153 - 156, October, 2005 | BibTex
H. Burrows, L. Arnaut, J. Melo, N. Chattopadhyay, L. Alcácer, A. Charas, J. Morgado, Characterisation of the triplet state of a fluorene-terthiophene alternating copolymer, Chemical Physics Letters, Vol. 402, No. 1-3, pp. 197 - 201, March, 2005 | BibTex
A. Charas, J. Morgado, L. Alcácer, P. Brogueira, F. Cacialli, Synthesis and luminescence properties of a new polyfluorene copolymer with regulated solubility, Synthetic Metals, Vol. 147, No. 1-3, pp. 275 - 279, December, 2004 | BibTex
J. Morgado, A. Charas, N. Barbagalho, L. Alcácer, M. Matos, F. Cacialli, Effect of a dipolar self-assembly monolayer formation onto Indium-tin oxide on the performance of single-layer polymer-based light-emitting diodes, Macromolecular Symposia, Vol. 212, No. 1, pp. 381 - 386, April, 2004 | BibTex
J. Morgado, N. Barbagalho, A. Charas, L. Alcácer, Self-assembled ionic multilayers on the surface of a nonionic, soluble, poly(p-phenylene vinylene) and its influence on the performance of light-emitting diodes, Synthetic Metals, Vol. 141, No. 3, pp. 221 - 225, March, 2004 | BibTex
A. Charas, J. Morgado, L. Alcácer, J. Martinho, F. Cacialli, Steady state and time-resolved photoluminescence properties of alternating polyfluorene copolymers, Synthetic Metals, Vol. 135, No. 1-3, pp. 387 - 388, April, 2003 | BibTex
A. Charas, J. Morgado, L. Alcácer, J. Martinho, F. Cacialli, Luminescence properties of polyfluorenes blends, Synthetic Metals, Vol. 137, No. 1-3, pp. 1039 - 1040, April, 2003 | BibTex
A. Charas, J. Morgado, J. Martinho, L. Alcácer, S. F. Lim, R. H. Friend, F. Cacialli, Synthesis and Luminescence Properties of Three Novel Polyfluorene Copolymers, Polymer, Vol. 44, No. 6, pp. 1843 - 1850, March, 2003 | BibTex
J. Morgado, N. Barbagalho, A. Charas, M. Matos, L. Alcácer, F. Cacialli, Self-assembly surface modified indium-tin oxide anodes for single-layer light-emitting diodes, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Vol. 36, No., pp. 434 - 438, February, 2003 | BibTex
A. Charas, J. Morgado, J. Martinho, A. Fedorov, L. Alcácer, F. Cacialli, Excitation Energy transfer and Spatial Exciton Confinement in Polyfluorenes Blends for applications in Light Emitting Diodes, Journal of Materials Chemistry, Vol. 12, No. 12, pp. 3523 - 3527, June, 2002 | BibTex
A. Charas, J. Morgado, J. M. G. Martinho, L. Alcácer, F. Cacialli, Tuning the Optoelectronic Properties of Polyfluorenes by Copolymerisation with Thiophene Moieties, Synthetic Metals, Vol. 127, No., pp. 251 - 254, June, 2002 | BibTex
A. Charas, N. Barbagalho, J. Morgado, L. Alcácer, Electrochemical and luminescent properties of poly(fluorene)-based alternating copolymers, Chemical Communications, Vol. 13, No., pp. 1216 - 1217, June, 2001 | BibTex
A. Charas, N. Barbagalho, J. Morgado, L. Alcácer, Synthesis and optical properties of poly(fluorene)-based alternating copolymers, Synthetic Metals, Vol. 122, No. 1, pp. 23 - 25, May, 2001 | BibTex
L. Alcácer, J. Morgado, R. T. Henriques, Modified Perylene Molecular Conductors, Synthetic Metals, Vol. 70, No. 1-3, pp. 1093 - 1096, March, 1995 | BibTex
L. Alcácer, Metal-Insulator Transitions in the Perylene-Dithiolate Family, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, Vol. 120, No. 1-4, pp. 221 - 228, March, 1985 | BibTex

36Papers in Conferences

L. Alcácer, M. Afonso, F. Pires, J. Morgado, The Emergence of Organic Bioelectronics, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. NA, pp. NA - NA, September, 2015,
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J. Oliveira, P.C. Cardoso, L. Alcácer, J. Morgado, Q. Ferreira, Detecting unitary cells in STM images, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. --, pp. -- - --, September, 2015,
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M. C. R. Medeiros, L. Alcácer, H.L. Gomes, Ink-jet printed polymer electrodes to record extracellular calcium waves produced by neuronal cell populations in vitro, European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) - Spring Meeting - E-MRS, Lille, France, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 15, May, 2015 | BibTex
Q. Ferreira, A. Bragança, A. M. Ferraria Ferraria, A. Rego, L. Alcácer, J. Morgado, Biocompatible and nanostructured monolayers on graphite for drug delivery applications, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology International Conf. - nanoPT, Porto, Portugal, Vol. na, pp. na - na, February, 2015,
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Q. Ferreira, A. Bragança, J. Oliveira, J. Bioucas-Dias, M. A. T. Figueiredo, L. Alcácer, J. Morgado, Nanostructured coatings for intraocular devices with drug delivery function, International Conf. on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - BIODEVICES, Lisboa, Portugal, Vol. na, pp. na - na, January, 2015,
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Q. Ferreira, A. Bragança, L. Alcácer, J. Morgado, Stepwise method to fabricate conductive molecular wires characterized by scanning tunneling microscopy, Trends in Nanotechnology, Sevilha, Spain, Vol. na, pp. na - na, September, 2013,
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L. Alcácer, A. T. P. Pereira, J. Morgado, H. F. Ferreira, João Martins Martins, Applications of Inkjet Printing for Organic Electronics: Organic Thin-Film Transistors and Electrodes for Electromyography, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Castelo Branco, Portugal, Vol., pp. 249 - 250, May, 2013,
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L. Alcácer, J. Morgado, Joule Heating effect in the simulation of unipolar single layer organic devices, International Conf. on Computational and Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering - CMMSE 2010, La Manga del Mar Menor, Murcia, Spain, Vol. 3, pp. 888 - 891, July, 2012 | BibTex
Q. Ferreira, A. Bragança, L. Alcácer, J. Morgado, Self-assembly of a zinc-porphyrin on HOPG studied by STM at the liquid-solid interface and stepwise growth of molecular wires, International Conf. on NANO-Structures SElf-Assembly - NANOSEA, S. Margherita di Pula, Italy, Vol. n.a, pp. n.a - n.a, June, 2012,
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A. T. P. Pereira, Q. Ferreira, C. S. R. F. Ferreira, S. C. M. F. Fernandes, E. Trovatti, C. P. N. Neto, A. J. D. Silvestre Silvestre, J. Morgado, L. Alcácer, Bacterial cellulose as substrate for inkjet printing of organic thin film transistors, International Conf. on Organic Electronics - ICOE2012, Tarragona, Spain, Vol. n.a, pp. n.a. - n.a., June, 2012,
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J. Morgado, A. T. P. Pereira, Q. Ferreira, E. Pecoraro, C. P. N. Neto, A. J. D. Silvestre Silvestre, C. S. R. F. Ferreira, E. Trovatti, S. C. M. F. Fernandes, L. Alcácer, Biocellulose, chitosan and their composites in organic field-effect transistors (abstract only), International Thin-Film Transistor Conf. - ITC, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. na, pp. na - na, January, 2012,
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A. T. P. Pereira, Q. Ferreira, A. J. D. Silvestre Silvestre, E. Pecoraro, C. S. R. F. Ferreira, S. C. M. F. Fernandes, C. P. N. Neto, J. Morgado, L. Alcácer, Inkjet-printed organic field-effect transistors using bacterial cellulose materials, International Symp. on Flexible Organic Electronics - IS-FOE, Thessaloniki, Greece, Vol., pp. -, July, 2011,
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Q. Ferreira, L. Alcácer, J. Morgado, Fabrico de fios moleculares por self-assembly controlado por STM, Encontro Nacional da SPQ, Braga, Portugal, Vol. na, pp. na - na, July, 2011,
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Q. Ferreira, L. Alcácer, J. Morgado, Zinc-octaethylporphyrin/bipyridine molecular wires on HOPG, International Conf. on Materials for Advanced Technologies - ICMAT, Singapore, Singapore, Vol. nd, pp. nd - nd, June, 2011,
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Q. Ferreira, L. Alcácer, J. Morgado, Molecular wires of zinc octaethylporphyrins and bipyridines prepared at the tetradecane/HOPG interface, International SPM usermeeting, Les Ulis, France, Vol. nd, pp. nd - nd, May, 2011,
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L. Alcácer, J. Morgado, Q. Ferreira, E. Pecoraro, Biocellulose Based Materials for Organic Field Effect Transistors, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. na, pp. na - na, April, 2011,
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J. Morgado, J. Farinhas, A. Charas, O. Fenwick, F. Cacialli, L. Alcácer, Conjugated luminescent polymers bearing cross-linkable oxetane side groups as versatile materials for organic optoelectronics (abstract only), Prague Meeting on Macromolecules, Prague, Czech Republic, Vol. na, pp. na - na, July, 2010,
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J. Morgado, J. Farinhas, Q. Ferreira, A. Charas, L. Alcácer, Oxetane-Functionalised Conjugated Polymers for (Opto)electronics, International Conf. on Science and Technology of Syntethic Metals - ICSM, Kyoto, Japan, Vol. nd, pp. 27 - 27, July, 2010,
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L. Alcácer, J. Morgado, Biocellulose and Derivatives as Substrates and Dielectrics for Organic Field-Effect Transistors, International Conf. on Science and Technology of Syntethic Metals - ICSM, Quioto, Japan, Vol. n.a., pp. n.a. - n.a., July, 2010,
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J. Morgado, A. Charas, G. Bernardo, Q. Ferreira, L. Alcácer, ROLE OF INTERFACES IN POLYMER-BASED ELECTRONIC DEVICES(abstract only), III Reunión Ibérica de Coloides e Interfases - RICI, Granada, Spain, Vol. nd, pp. nd - nd, July, 2009,
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A. Charas, J. Farinhas, Q. Ferreira, M. Matos, L. Alcácer, J. Morgado, Patterned films of semiconducting polymers made by spin coating, International Symp. on Flexible Organic Electronics - IS-FOE, Halkidiki, Greece, Vol., pp. 54 - 54, July, 2009,
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J. Farinhas, Q. Ferreira, S. Fonseca, H. Burrows, M. Matos, L. Alcácer, J. Morgado, A. Charas, Columnar-grain Films of Conjugated Polymers, International Symp. on Flexible Organic Electronics - IS-FOE, Halkidiki, Greece, Vol. 1, pp. 90 - 90, July, 2009,
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J. Morgado, G. Bernardo, Q. Ferreira, A. Charas, L. Alcácer, Characterization of Polymer Light-Emitting Diodes Interlayers using AFM and CS-AFM (abstract), International Conf. on Materials for Advanced Technologies - ICMAT, Singapore, Singapore, Vol. nd, pp. nd - nd, June, 2009,
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Q. Ferreira, L. Alcácer, J. Morgado, Characterization of self-assembled monolayers of thiols on gold using scanning tunneling microscopy, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 149 - 152, May, 2009,
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J. Morgado, A. Charas, L. Alcácer, Environmental ageing of polymer-based thin film transistors: influence of the semiconducting polymer chemical structure, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal, Vol. Conftele2009, pp. 153 - 156, May, 2009,
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Q. Ferreira, L. Alcácer, J. Morgado, Molecular order of alkyl and aryl thiols self-assembled on Au using STM, Workshop Nanoscale Self-organizing Structures for Plastic Electronics, Faro, Portugal, Vol. 0, pp. 0 - 0, March, 2009,
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L. Alcácer, A. Charas, Q. Ferreira, J. Morgado, Field-Effect Transistors based on a Cross-linked Polyfluorene, International Conf. on Science and Technology of Syntethic Metals - ICSM, Porto de Galinhas, Brazil, Vol. NA, pp. NA - NA, July, 2008,
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A. Charas, A. Mendonça, L. Alcácer, J. Morgado, Functionalised Spirobifluorenes for Photonic Applications, International Conf. on Science and Technology of Syntethic Metals - ICSM, Porto de Galinhas, Brazil, Vol. Oral Presentation, pp. -, July, 2008,
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A. Charas, J. Morgado, C. L. Lucas, P. Brogueira, L. Alcácer, A New Material for n-type Organic Field-Effect Transistors, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Peniche, Portugal, Vol., pp. 271 - 274, May, 2007 | BibTex
J. Morgado, A. Charas, H. Alves, L. Alcácer, F. Cacialli, Optical properties of cross-linkable fluorene copolymers, SPIE, Strasbourg, France, Vol. 6192, pp. 387 - 393, April, 2006 | BibTex
A. Charas, J. Morgado, L. Alcácer, J. Martinho, P. Brogueira, A. Downes, F. Cacialli, Approaches to fabricate Micro- and nanostructures of Electroluminescent Polymers, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Tomar, Portugal, Vol., pp. 1108 -, April, 2005 | BibTex
J. Morgado, A. Charas, N. Barbagalho, L. Alcácer, Polymer Light-Emitting Diodes Based on a Soluble Poly(p-phenylene vinylene) with Interfaces Modified by Self-Assembly, European Solid-State Device Research Conf., Lisbon (Estoril), Portugal, Vol. 33, pp. 175 - 178, September, 2003 | BibTex
J. Morgado, A. Charas, N. Barbagalho, L. Alcácer, Towards “plastic” electronics and optoelectronics, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. IV, pp. 39 - 41, June, 2003 | BibTex
J. Morgado, A. Charas, N. Barbagalho, L. Alcácer, M. Matos, F. Cacialli, Effect of a Dipolar Self-Assembly Monolayer Formation on Indium-Tin Oxide up the Performance of Single-Layer Polymer-Based Light-Emitting Diodes (Abstract), Prague, Czech Republic, Vol., pp. P39 - P39, July, 2002 | BibTex
A. Charas, J. Morgado, L. Alcácer, J. Martinho, F. Cacialli, Luminescence Properties of Polyfluorene Blends (Abstract), International Conf. on Science and Technology of Syntethic Metals - ICSM, Shanghai, China, Vol., pp. 141 - 141, June, 2002 | BibTex
A. Charas, J. Morgado, L. Alcácer, J. Martinho, F. Cacialli, Steady State and Time-Resolved Photoluminescence Properties of Alternating Polyfluorene Copolymers (Abstract), International Conf. on Science and Technology of Syntethic Metals - ICSM, Shaghai, China, Vol., pp. 176 - 176, June, 2002 | BibTex

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Closed Projects11

Acronym	Name	Funding Agency	Start date	Ending date
BC	BIOCELLULOSE FOR PRINTED ORGANIC ELECTRONICS	FCT/PTDC	01-03-2010	01-08-2013
BIOFET	Field Effect Transistor Array for Monitoring Electrical Activity From Single Cells in Culture	FCT/POCTI	01-01-2001	31-12-2004
Gels	Gels with innovative optical, magnetic and electrochemical properties	FCT/POSI	01-01-2001	31-07-2004
GreenSOL	Materials for green processing and their integration in low cost organic photovoltaic cells		01-04-2016	01-03-2018
HeartBIT	Novel pervasive technologies for the prevention and monitoring of cardiovascular diseases	IT/LA	01-01-2014	01-12-2015
INNOVATE	IMPLANTABLE ORGANIC DEVICES FOR ADVANCED THERAPIES	FCT	01-07-2016	01-06-2019
MOLDELIV	Drug Delivery Control at the Molecular Level	FCT	01-05-2013	01-04-2014
OFETs	Materials For Organic Electronics	FCT/POCTI	01-02-2003	31-07-2006
PLASTIC	Fully Patterned all Plastic Integrated Circuits	IT/LA	01-07-2005	01-09-2007
POLYCOM	Plastic Optical Fibers with Embedded Active Polymers for Data Communications	EU	01-05-2006	30-04-2009
UNIME	UNIME-Unimolecular Electronics	FCT/PTDC	01-07-2007	01-12-2010

Other Scientific Achievements

3Awards

M. C. R. Medeiros, H.L. Gomes, L. Alcácer, Elsevier/Sensing & Bio-Sensing Research Award 2015, For research entitled ‘Ink-jet printed polymer electrodes to record extracellular calcium waves produced by neural cell populations in vitro’ presented on 13th May at the E-MRS symposium Materials and Biosensor Systems for in-vitro diagnostic applications, 01-05-2016
Q. Ferreira, L. Alcácer, J. Morgado, Electrical transport in molecular wires of zinc octaethylporphyrins linked by bipyridines, Conference Participation Grant - 11th European Conference on Molecular Electronics, Barcelona, 01-09-2011
A. T. P. Pereira, Q. Ferreira, E. Pecoraro, C. S. R. F. Ferreira, J. Morgado, L. Alcácer, Inkjet printing of organic field-effect transistors using biocellulose derivative materials, Best poster in the XXII Encontro Nacional da SPQ, 01-07-2011

2Miscellaneous

L. Alcácer, Conducting Polymers, Special Applications, Editor of Conference Proceedings, , 06-10-1987
L. Alcácer, The Physics and Chemistry of Low Dimensional Solids, Editor of Conference Proceedings, , 30-10-1980

Other Contributions

4Conference Committees

International Conf. on Science and Technology of Synthetic Metals - ICSM, Scientific Committee, 2010
International Conf. on Science and Technology of Syntethic Metals - ICSM, Scientific Committee, 2008
International Conf. on Science and Technology of Syntethic Metals - ICSM, Scientific Committee, 2006
International Conference on Science and Technology of Synthetic Metals, Scientific Committee, 2004

IT Member Profile

Luís Alcácer

Scientific Achievements

Supervision of theses

Currently running projects1

Closed Projects11