c.viola@campus.fct.unl.pt

• ORCID  – 0000-0002-2753-2168
• Ciência ID – 5D17-559A-2A18

Catarina Viola holds a Bachelor’s degree in applied chemistry and a Master’s degree in bioorganic chemistry, specializing in the synthesis and characterization of luminescent zeolites. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Chemistry with the subject: “Chalcogen-doped zeolites for near-infrared applications”, integrating VICARTE and LAQV-REQUIMTE research groups in NOVA FCT. 
Her expertise includes material synthesis as well as structural and optical characterization of materials, using techniques such as XRD, XRF, and steady-state and time-resolved absorption and emission spectroscopies.

Representativa works:

Article on Sulfur-doped emitting zeolites with long-lived NIR emission
Materials Today Chemistry, 2023, 30, 101514, DOI: 10.1016/j.mtchem.2023.101514

Article on White-emitting silver-sulfur-zeolites for phosphor-converted LEDs
Methods and Applications in Fluorescence, 2020, 8, 024004, DOI: 10.1088/2050-6120/ab7169

Articles on Multifunctional β-Diketonate and β-Diketone Materials for Luminescent and Magnetic Applications
New Journal of Chemistry, 2022, 46, 9858-9870, DOI: 10.1039/D2NJ01415G

Oral presentations on Long-Lived NIR Emission in Sulfur-Doped Zeolites
The work developed on long-lived NIR emission in sulfur-doped zeolites was presented at: the 28th PhotoIUPAC (Amsterdam, 2022) and the 1st Iberian Symposium of Young Photochemists (Virtual, 2021). 

Organization of International conferences: the 15th International Meeting on Electrochromism (Caparica, 2024), and the 8th Jornadas Ibéricas de Fotoquímica and 1st Franco-Iberian Conference on Photochemistry (Lisbon, 2024).