Water Quality

Water Quality

Nanotechnology for a Safe and Sustainable use of Water Resources

We work on overcoming some of the most challenging issues in the water environment making responsible use of the great opportunities that nanotechnology offers.

Research Lines:

  • Nanotech-based sensors for water quality monitoring: we fully develop portable and/or remote biosensors for water biological and chemical contaminants.
  • Nanotechnology for cleaner water: we design, fabricate and test nanomaterials for the selective capture of water contaminants and biotoxins; and micro/nanostructured surfaces to control bacterial adhesion and biofilm formation.
  • Environmental risk assessment of nanomaterials: we develop and carry out tests to evaluate nanomaterials’ modification, fate, bioaccumulation and ecotoxicity. We make special emphasis on implementing the safety-by-design concept to the in house produced nanomaterials and from collaborators.

Team

Projects

LEARN

DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL ASSESSMENTS FOR INDOOR AIR QUALITY MONITORING AND IMPACT ON CHILDREN'S HEALTH

D4RUNOFF

Data driven implementation of adaptive hybrid solutions for preventing and managing diffuse pollution from urban water runoff

FRONTSH1P

A FRONTrunner approacTransition to a circular & resilient future: deployment of systemic solutions with the support of local clusters and the development of regional community-based innovation schemes

LABPLAS

Land-Based Solutions for Plastics in the Sea

SbD4Nano

Computing infrastructure for the definition, performance testing and implementation of safe-by-design approaches in nanotechnology supply chains

DIGIRAS

Optimizing land-based fish production in next generation digital recirculating aquaculture systems

SbDToolBox

SbDtoolBox - Nanotechnology-based tools and tests for Safer-by- Design nanomaterials

NGQC IoRT

NGQC IoRT - Next-Gen Quality Control IoRT System

pBio4.0

pBio4.0 - Prevenir o Biofouling em Sistemas de membranas

NBFS

Nanotechnology based functional solutions

Publications