Sara Silvestre

Post-Doctoral Researcher

si.silvestre@campus.fct.unl.pt

Short Biography

Sara Silvestre. Completed the Mestrado integrado in Micro and Nanotechnology Engineering in 2018/06/11 by Universidade Nova
de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia and Doutoramento in Nanotecnologias e Nanociências in 2024/03/01 by Universidade
Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia. Is Researcher in Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em
Materiais. Published 12 articles in journals. Organized 2 event(s). Participated in 8 event(s). Participates and/or participated
as Master Student Fellow in 1 project(s), PhD Student Fellow in 1 project(s) and Research Fellow in 2 project(s). Works in
the area(s) of Engineering and Technology with emphasis on Nano-technology. In their professional activities interacted with
70 collaborator(s) co-authorship of scientific papers. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context
of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: Microneedles; Biopolymer; Drug delivery; Micromolding; PLA;
P(HB-co-HV); Flexible electronics; Laser induced graphene; Laser processing technology; Biomedical devices; .

Education

Grau Classificação

2020/03/01 – 2024/11/28 Concluído Nanotechnologies and Nanosciences (Doutoramento) Especialização em Nanotechnologies and Nanosciences Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal "Sustainable materials applied to flexible electronics using a laser induced modular platform" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO) Unanimously Approved

2012/09/07 – 2018/06/11 Concluído Micro and Nanotechnology Engineering (Mestrado integrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal "Biopolymer based microneedles patch by laser technology for biomedical applications" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO) 16

Publications

Gama, F. M.; Fortunato, Elvira; Sousa, Aureliana; Marques, Carolina; Leal, Ana Salomé Barbosa; Silvestre, Sara; Cristelo, Cecília Silva. "Bacterial cellulose-based microfluidic device for 3D skin modelling (skin-on-chip)". Trabalho apresentado em MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit, 2019.

Paiva, Tiago G.; Klem, Maykel; Silvestre, Sara L.; Coelho, João; Alves, Neri; Fortunato, Elvira; Cabrita, Eurico J.; Corvo, Marta C.. "Poly(Ionic) Liquid-Enhanced Ion Dynamics in Cellulose-Derived Gel Polymer Electrolytes". ChemSusChem (2024): https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202401710. 10.1002/cssc.202401710

🔗 https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202401710

Pinheiro, Tomás; Morais, Maria; Silvestre, Sara; Carlos, Emanuel; Coelho, João; Almeida, Henrique V.; Barquinha, Pedro; Fortunato, Elvira; Martins, Rodrigo. "Direct Laser Writing: From Materials Synthesis and Conversion to Electronic Device Processing.". Advanced Materials (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202402014. Publicado • 10.1002/adma.202402014

🔗 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202402014

Silvestre, Sara; Sara L. Silvestre; Maria Morais; Raquel R. A. Soares; Zachary T. Johnson; Eric Benson; Elisabeth Ainsley; et al. Autor correspondente: Silvestre, Sara. "Green fabrication of stackable laser-induced graphene micro-supercapacitors under ambient conditions: Towards the design of truly sustainable technological platforms". Advanced Materials Technologies (2024): https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202400261. Publicado • 10.1002/admt.202400261

🔗 https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202400261

Coelho, João; Correia, Ricardo F.; Silvestre, Sara; Pinheiro, Tomás; Marques, Ana C.; Correia, M. Rosário P.; Pinto, Joana Vaz; Fortunato, Elvira; Martins, Rodrigo. "Paper-based laser-induced graphene for sustainable and flexible microsupercapacitor applications". Microchimica Acta 190 1 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00604-022-05610-0. Publicado • 10.1007/s00604-022-05610-0

🔗 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00604-022-05610-0

C. Claro, Pedro I.; Pinheiro, Tomás; Silvestre, Sara L.; Marques, Ana C.; Coelho, João; Marconcini, José M.; Fortunato, Elvira; C. Mattoso, Luiz H.; Martins, Rodrigo. "Sustainable carbon sources for green laser-induced graphene: A perspective on fundamental principles, applications, and challenges". Applied Physics Reviews 9 4 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0100785. Publicado • 10.1063/5.0100785

🔗 http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0100785

Silvestre, Sara; Pinheiro, Tomás; Marques, Ana C; Deuermeier, Jonas; Coelho, João; Martins, Rodrigo; Pereira, Luís; Fortunato, Elvira. Autor correspondente: Silvestre, Sara. "Cork derived laser-induced graphene for sustainable green electronics". Flexible and Printed Electronics 7 3 (2022): 035021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2058-8585/ac8e7b. Publicado • 10.1088/2058-8585/ac8e7b

🔗 http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2058-8585/ac8e7b

Esmail, Asiyah; Rebocho, Ana T.; Marques, Ana C.; Silvestre, Sara; Gonçalves, Alexandra; Fortunato, Elvira; Torres, Cristiana A. V.; Reis, Maria A. M.; Freitas, Filomena. "Bioconversion of Terephthalic Acid and Ethylene Glycol Into Bacterial Cellulose by Komagataeibacter xylinus DSM 2004 and DSM 46604". Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 10 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2022.853322. 10.3389/fbioe.2022.853322

🔗 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2022.853322

Pinheiro, Tomás; Silvestre, Sara; Coelho, João; Marques, Ana C.; Martins, Rodrigo; Sales, M. Goreti F.; Fortunato, Elvira. "Laser-Induced Graphene on Paper toward Efficient Fabrication of Flexible, Planar Electrodes for Electrochemical Sensing". Advanced Materials Interfaces 8 22 (2021): 2101502. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/admi.202101502. Publicado • 10.1002/admi.202101502

🔗 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/admi.202101502

Esmail, Asiyah; Pereira, João R.; Zoio, Patrícia; Silvestre, Sara; Menda, Ugur Deneb; Sevrin, Chantal; Grandfils, Christian; et al. "Oxygen Plasma Treated-Electrospun Polyhydroxyalkanoate Scaffolds for Hydrophilicity Improvement and Cell Adhesion". Polymers 13 7 (2021): 1056. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym13071056. Publicado • 10.3390/polym13071056

🔗 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym13071056

Kulyk, Bohdan; Silva, Beatriz F. R.; Carvalho, Alexandre F.; Silvestre, Sara; Fernandes, António J. S.; Martins, Rodrigo; Fortunato, Elvira; Costa, Florinda M.. "Laser-Induced Graphene from Paper for Mechanical Sensing". ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c20270. Publicado • 10.1021/acsami.0c20270

🔗 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c20270

Silvestre, Sara L.; Araújo, Diana; Marques, Ana C.; Pires, Carolina; Matos, Mariana; Alves, Vítor; Martins, Rodrigo; et al. "Microneedle Arrays of Polyhydroxyalkanoate by Laser-Based Micromolding Technique". ACS Applied Bio Materials 3 9 (2020): 5856-5864. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.0c00570. Publicado • 10.1021/acsabm.0c00570

🔗 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.0c00570

Salomé Leal; Cecília Cristelo; Silvestre, Sara; Fortunato, Elvira; Aureliana Sousa; Anabela Alves; Daniela Correia; et al. "Hydrophobic modification of bacterial cellulose using oxygen plasma treatment and chemical vapor deposition". Cellulose 27 18 (2020): 10733-10746. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85078329376&partnerID=MN8TOARS. Aceite para publicação • 10.1007/s10570-020-03005-z

🔗 http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85078329376&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Teixeira, Samiris Cocco; Batista, Lais Fernanda; de Oliveira, Arthur Abreu; Souza, Maria Isabella Petra; Silvestre, Sara Isabel Laiginha; Ferreira, Danielle Cristine Mota; da Costa Ilhéu Fontan, Rafael; de Oliveira, Taila Veloso. "Nanotechnology in Food Safety: Advanced Detection of Targets". In Nanotechnology in Food Safety and Sustainability, 157-179. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2026. Publicado • 10.1007/978-3-032-09287-8_6

Silvestre, S. L.; Moreira, Pedro; Carvalho, David; Martins, Rodrigo; Coelho, João; Fortunato, Elvira; Carlos, Emanuel; J.V. Pinto. "MXene Supercapacitors for Sustainable Printed IoT". Trabalho apresentado em Materiais 2025, 2025.

Silvestre, Sara; Pinheiro, Tomás; A. C. Marques; Fortunato, Elvira; Martins, Rodrigo; Pereira, Luis; Coelho, João. "Laser-Induced Graphene-Based Structures Derived from Cellulosic Materials for Flexible and Green Electronics Applications". Trabalho apresentado em MRS Spring Meeting, 2023.

Silvestre, Sara. "Cork derived laser-induced graphene microsupercapacitors for sustainable energy storage applications". Trabalho apresentado em Summer School – Materials for Energy Transition, 2022.

Araújo, Diana; Rodrigues, Thomas; Silvestre, Sara; Marques, Ana Carolina; Alves, Vitor D; Freitas, Filomena; Reis, M A M; Elvira Fortunato. "Transdermal delivery systems based on natural polymeric biomaterials". Trabalho apresentado em Encontro Ciência, 2022.

Silvestre, Sara; Marques, Ana C.; Cristelo, Cecília Silva; Gama, Francisco M.; Martins, Rodrigo; Fortunato, Elvira. "Surface modification of bacterial cellulose membranes for microfluidic applications". Trabalho apresentado em 4th International Symposium on Bacterial Nano-Cellulose (ISBNC), 2019.

Silvestre, Sara; Araújo, Diana; Marques, Ana C.; Pires, Carolina; Matos, Mariana; Alves, Vitor D; Martins, Rodrigo; et al. "Biopolymer-based microneedles by laser technology for biomedical applications". Trabalho apresentado em Materials, 2019.

"Sustainable Materials Applied To Flexible Electronics Using A Laser-Induced Modular Platform". Doutoramento, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, 2024. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/177820.

🔗 http://hdl.handle.net/10362/177820

Silvestre, Sara. "Biopolymer based microneedles patch by laser technology for biomedical applications". Mestrado, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Materiais, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/50168.

🔗 http://hdl.handle.net/10362/50168

Projects

Designação Financiadores

2020/03 – 2024/04 Sustainable materials applied to flexible electronics using a laser induced modular platform SFRH/BD/149751/2019 Bolseiro de Doutoramento Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluído

🔗 SFRH/BD/149751/2019

2023/01 – 2023/07 Fulbright Grant Scholarship SFRH/BD/149751/2019 Bolseiro de Doutoramento Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Estados Unidos Fulbright PortugalFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluído

🔗 SFRH/BD/149751/2019

Designação Financiadores

2026/02 – Atual POEMS – Portuguese Competence Centre in Semiconductors 101217646 Investigador Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaEuropean Union Em curso

🔗 101217646

2024/11 – 2025/12 SUPERIoT – Truly Sustainable Printed Electronics-based IoT Combining Optical and Radio. Wireless Technologies 101096021 Investigador Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, PortugalUniversidade Nova de Lisboa Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Future and Emerging Technologies Concluído

🔗 101096021

Designação Financiadores

2019 – 2023 DIGISMART 787410 Bolseiro de Investigação Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal European Research Council Concluído

🔗 787410

2018 – 2019 SkinChip – Disruptive cellulose-based microfluidic device for 3D skin modelling PTDC/BBB-BIO/1889/2014 Bolseiro de Investigação Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, PortugalUniversidade do Minho, PortugalUNINOVA Instituto de Desenvolvimento de Novas Tecnologias, PortugalInstituto Nacional de Engenharia Biomédica, Portugal Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluído

🔗 PTDC/BBB-BIO/1889/2014