Ana Trindade Researcher email: acrt@fct.unl.pt Ciencia Vitae Scopus
Research Interests: Liquid Crystals, Wrinkling, Stuctural Color, Cellulose, Clays

Short Bio

Ana Catarina Rodrigues Trindade is currently an auxiliar professor at Atlântica - Instituto Universitário, a collaborative member of Soft and Complex Matter group at NTNU and a full member of Soft and Biofunctional Group at Cenimat-i3N.

She completed her Bachelor in Química Industrial in 1998 and her Master in Chemistry in 2000, both at Universidade da Beira Interior; and completed her doctorate in Materials Engineering in 2006 at Faculty of Sciences and Technology - Universidade Nova de Lisboa , within sub-area of Materials Engineering - Polymeric and Mesomorphic Materials. 

Current research is focused on several aspects of the molecular, mesoscopic (nano and micro scale) and macroscopic properties and behavior of soft materials and complex fluids, mainly liquid crystals (LCs) and cellulose-based systems (CBS) and interested Organic synthesis of liquid crystals and cellulose derivatives. Preparation of micro and nano- membranes/wires/structures from liquid crystalline solutions, to originate high-added value materials. Mostly interested in the modification, preparation and characterization of cellulose micro/nano rods and much involved in the study of self-assembling, defects and photonic properties of LCs as well as CBS and cellulose nano rods.

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