2005 Scientific Output

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Book Chapters

1. CARNEIRO, O.S., NÓBREGA, J.M. – CAE aplicado ao projecto de cabeças de extrusão. In COVAS, J.A., BERNARDO, C.A. (Eds.). softEXTRUSION 2004: Modelação da Extrusão de Polímeros. Luso-American Foundation, 73-98 (2005).

2. COSTA, H.J., NEIVA, J.M., CUNHA, E.M., SIMÕES, J.F., CARNEIRO, O. S., COVAS, J.A. – linha de extrusão laboratorial para a produção de filme tubular biorientado. In COVAS, J.A., BERNARDO, C.A. (Eds.). softEXTRUSION 2004: Modelação da Extrusão de Polímeros. Luso-American Foundation, 135-143 (2005).

3. COVAS, J.A., GASPAR-CUNHA, A. - Projecto assistido por computador de parafusos para extrusoras. In COVAS, J.A., BERNARDO, C.A. (Eds.). softEXTRUSION 2004 - Modelação da Extrusão de Polímeros, Luso-American Foundation, 1-26 (2005).

4. DOMINGUES, N., GASPAR-CUNHA, A., COVAS, J.A. - Modelação da misturas de polímeros em extrusoras monofuso. In COVAS, J.A., BERNARDO, C.A. (Eds.) - softEXTRUSION 2004- Modelação da Extrusão de Polímeros, Luso-American Foundation, 47-72 (2005).

5. FERREIRA, J.C., MARQUES, J., BÁRTOLO, P.J., ALVES, N.F. - Rapid product development of die-casting parts through virtual and rapid prototyping. In BÁRTOLO, P. J., KAI CHUA, C. (Eds.). Virtual modeling and rapid manufacturing - Advanced research in virtual and rapid prototyping, Taylor & Francis, London, UK (2005).

6. GASPAR-CUNHA, A., COVAS, J.A. - The use of Evolutionary Algorithms to Solve Practical Problems in Polymer Extrusion. In COELLO, C.A., LAMONT, G.B. (Eds.), Applications of Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms, World Scientific (2005)

7. GASPAR-CUNHA, A., COVAS, J.A., MACHADO, B. - Extrusoras de laboratório para actividades de I&D. In COVAS, J.A., BERNARDO, C.A. (Eds.). softEXTRUSION 2004- Modelação da Extrusão de Polímeros, Luso-American Foundation, 19-134 (2005).

8. GASPAR-CUNHA, A., COVAS, J.A., PEREIRA, J., CERQUEIRA, M., MARREIROS, F., PEREIRA, P. - e-xtruder.net-Concepção e desenvolvimento de um sistema automático de modelação e optimização de extrusoras. In COVAS, J.A., BERNARDO, C.A. (Eds.). softEXTRUSION 2004 - Modelação da Extrusão de Polímeros. Luso-American Foundation, 27-46 (2005).

9. MARTINHO, P., BÁRTOLO, P.J., QUEIRÓS, M.P., PONTES, A.J., POUZADA, A.S. -Hybrid moulds: the use of combined techniques for the rapid manufacturing of injection moulds. In BÁRTOLO, P. J., KAI CHUA, C. (Eds.). Virtual modeling and rapid manufacturing - Advanced research in virtual and rapid prototyping, Taylor & Francis, London, UK (2005).

10. NÓBREGA, J.M., CARNEIRO, O.S., COVAS, J.A. – CAE aplicado ao projecto de sistemas de calibração/arrefecimento para perfis. In COVAS, J.A., BERNARDO, C.A. (Eds.). softEXTRUSION 2004 - Modelação da Extrusão de Polímeros. Luso-American Foundation, 99-117 (2005).

11. NUNES, J.P., VAN HATTUM, F.W.J., BERNARDO, C.A, BRITO, A.M., POUZADA, A.S., SILVA, J.F., MARQUES, A.T. - Production of Thermoplastic Towpregs and Towpreg-based Composites. In FRIEDRICH, K., FAKYROV, S., ZHANG, Z. (Eds.). Polymer Composites: from Nano- to Macro-scale. Dordrecht: Springer, 189-213 (2005).

12. ROCHA, A., MARQUES, S., MATEUS, A.J., BÁRTOLO, P.J. - Rapid prototyping by reactive extrusion: mixing process. In BÁRTOLO, P. J., KAI CHUA, C. (Eds.). Virtual modeling and rapid manufacturing - Advanced research in virtual and rapid prototyping, Taylor & Francis, London, UK (2005).

13. VAN HATTUM, F.W.J., LEER, C., GASPAR-CUNHA, A., BERNARDO, C.A. - Aplicação de uma metodologia de optimização na extrusão de compósitos termoplásticos com manofibras de carbono. In COVAS, J.A., BERNARDO, C.A. (Eds). softEXTRUSION 2004- Modelação da Extrusão de Polímeros. Luso American Foundation, 145-158 (2005).

14. VASCO, J., ANDRÉ, N., BÁRTOLO, P.J. - Microfabrication: state of the art. In BÁRTOLO, P.J., KAI CHUA, C. (Eds.). Virtual modeling and rapid manufacturing - Advanced research in virtual and rapid prototyping, Taylor & Francis, London, UK (2005).

International Publications in Peer-reviewed Journals

2. APOSTOLOV, A.A., SAMOKOVLIJSKI, O., FAKIROV, S., STRIBECK, N., DENCHEV, Z., EVSTATIEV, M., FRIEDRICH, K., FUNARI, S.S. - Trans-crystallisation with reorientation of polypropylene in drawn PET/PP and PA66/PP blends. Part 1, Study with WAXS of synchrotron radiation, Progr. Colloid Polym. Sci. Vol. 130, 2005, 158-165.

3. ARAÚJO, M.A., FERREIRA, E.C., CUNHA, A.M., MOTA, M. – Determination of diffusion coefficients of glycerol and glucose from starch based thermoplastic compounds on simulated physiological solution. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine. Vol. 16, 2005, p. 239-246.

4. BARROSO, V. C., MAIA, J. M. - Influence of long-chain branching on the viscoelastic and failure behavior of LLDPE in uniaxial extensional flows. Polym. Eng. Sci., Vol. 45: nº 7, 2005, pp. 984-997

5. BARROSO, V.C., MAIA, J.M. - Time dependent effects on the rupture of molten linear polymers in extension. J. non-Newtonian Fluid Mech., Vol. 126, 2005, pp. 93-104.

6. CARNEIRO, O.S., NÓBREGA, J.M. – Recent developments in automatic die design for profile extrusion. Plastics, Rubber and Composites: Macromol. Enginneering Vol 33 (2004), p.400-408. (published June 2005)

7. COVAS, J.A., CARNEIRO O.S., MAIA J.M., VAN HATTUM, F.W.J., BERNARDO, C.A., BIRÓ, L.P., HORVÁTH, Z.E., KIRICSI, I., KÓNYA, Z., NIESZ K. - Continous production and characterisation of polycarbonate-carbon nanotube composites, Journal of Polymer Engineering, 25 (1), 2005, 39-58.

8. COVAS, J.A., MACHADO, A.V. - Monitoring reactive processes along the extruder, Int. Polym. Proc., 91, 2005, 2711-2720.

9. DENCHEVA, N., NUNES, T., OLIVEIRA, M.J., DENCHEV, Z. - Crystalline Structure of Polyamide 12 as Revealed by Solid-State ¹³C NMR and Synchrotron WAXS and SAXS, J. Polym. Sci. Part B: Polym Phys. 43, 2005, 3720–3733.

10. DENCHEVA, N., NUNES, T., OLIVEIRA, M.J., DENCHEV, Z. - Microfibrillar Composites Based on Polyamide/Polyethylene Blends, 1. Structure Investigations in Oriented and Isotropic Polyamide 6, Polymer 46, 2005, 887-901.

11. DUARTE, F.M., BARROSO, V.C., MAIA, J.M. AND COVAS, J.A. - A study on the influence of the rheological behavior of polystyrene and its blends on their thermoforming ability. J. Polym. Eng., Vol. 25: nº2, 2005, 115-148.

12. DUARTE, F.M., BOTELHO, G., MACHADO, A.V. - Photo-degradability of ketone modified PS/HIPS blends, Polym. Testing, 24, 2005, 1-7.

13. DUIN, M., MACHADO, A.V. - EPDM/PE-based thermoplastic vulcanites: Crosslinking chemistry and dynamic vulcanisation along the extruder, Polym. Deg. Stab., 90, 2005, 340-345.

14. ESTEVES, A.C., BARROS-TIMMONS, A.M., MARTINS, J.A., ZHANG, W.¸ CRUZ‑PINTO, J. C., TRINDADE, T. - Crystallization behaviour of poly(tetramethyleneterephthalamide) nanocomposites containing SiO₂ fillers with distinct morphologies, Composites Part B, 36, 2005, 51-59.

15. FERNANDES, C.S., DIAS, R., AFONSO, I.M., MELO, L.F., NÓBREGA, J.M., MAIA, J.M. - Simulation of stirred yoghurt processing in plate heat exchangers. Journal of Food Engineering, Vol 69, 2005, 281-290.

16. FILIPE, S., MAIA, J.M., DUARTE, A., LEAL, C.R., CIDADE, M.T. - Influence of type of compatibilizer on the rheological and mechanical behaviour of LCP/TP blends under different stationary and non-stationary shear conditions, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., Vol. 98, 2005, 694-703.

17. FILIPE, S., MAIA, J.M., LEAL, C.R., CIDADE, M.T. - A study of Rodrun LC3000/PP blends under different stationary and non-stationary shear conditions: the influence of LCP content and processing temperature. J. Polym. Eng., Vol. 25: nº 6, 2005, 527-552.

18. GASPAR-CUNHA, A., VIANA, J.C. - Using Multi-Objective Evolutionary algorithms to optimize mechanical properties of injection moulded parts, Intern. Polym. Proc., vol. XX, 3, 2005, 274-285.

19. KLEIN, J., MAIA, J.M., VICENTE, A.A., TEIXEIRA, J.A., DOMINGUES, L., JURASCIK, M. - Relationships between hydrodynamics and rheology of flocculating yeast suspensions in a high cell density airlift bioreactor. Biotech. & Bioeng., Vol. 89: nº 4, 2005, 393-399.

20. LANDOLT, J.H. , MAGALHAES, P.H., NOVOA, P.R., VIANA, J.C. , MARQUES, A.T. - Low velocity impact of thermosetting composite systems modified with rubber and cork powders, Sci. Eng. Comp. Mat., 12, 1-2, 2005, 103-107.

21. MACHADO, A.V., DUIN, M. - Dynamic vulcanisation of EPDM/PE-based thermoplastic vulcanisates studied along the extruder, Polymer, 46, 2005, 6575-6586.

22. MARTINS, C.I., CAKMAK, M. - Large deformation mechano optical and dynamical phase behavior in uniaxially stretched poly(ethylenenaphthalate), Macromolecules, 38, , 2005, 4260-4273.

23. MARTINS, J.A. , ZHANG, W., BRITO, A.M., INFANTE, U., ROMERO, M., SOARES, F.O. - Isothermal and nonisothermal crystallization of polymers: Analysis with a shear differential thermal analyzer, Review of scientific instruments, 76 (10), 105105, 2005, 1-6.

24. MONTES-MORAN, M.A., VAN HATTUM, F.W.J., NUNES, J.P., MARTINEZ-ALONSO, A., TASCON, J.M. D., BERNARDO, C. A. - A Study of The Effect of Plasma Treatment on The Interfacial Properties of Carbon Fibre-Thermoplastic Composites, Carbon, Vol. 43, nº 8, 2005, 1795-1799.

25. PAIVA, M.C., MANO, J.F. - Interfacial studies of carbon fibre/polycarbonate composites using dynamic mechanical analysis. e-Polymers, nº 014: 2005

26. PAIVA, M.C., ZHOU, B., FERNANDO, K.A.S., LIN, Y., LOPES, P.E., PENNINGTON, W.T., KENNEDY, J.M. and SUN, Y.-P. - Physical and mechanical characterization of functionalized with the matrix polymer. Composite Interfaces, Vol. 12 (8-9), 2005, 757-768.

27. PONTES, A.J., PANTANI, R., TITOMANLIO, G., POUZADA, A. S. – Ejection force in tubular injection moldings. Part II: A prediction model. Polym. Eng. Sci., Vol. 45, 2005, pp. 325-332.

28. SILVA, C. A., VIANA, J. C., DIAS, G. R., CUNHA, A. M. – Mold for the manipulation of microstructure development. International polymer processing. Vol. XX, nº 1, 2005, 27-34.

29. VAN HATTUM, F.W.J., NUNES J.P., BERNARDO C.A. - A theoretical and experimental study of new towpreg-based long fibre thermoplastic composites, Composites Part A:Applied Science and Manufacturing, 36, 25, 2005, 25-32.

30. VAZ, C.M., DOEVEREN, P.F.N.M., YILMAZ, G., DE GRAAF, L.A., REIS, R.L., CUNHA, A.M. – Processing and characterization of biodegradable soy thermoplastics: effects of crosslinking with glyoxal and thermal treatment. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol 97, nº 2, 2005, 604-610.

31. BROSTOW, W., SIMÕES, R. – Tribological and mechanical behavior of polymers simulated by molecular dynamics. Journal of Materials Education, Vol. 27, 2005, pp. 19-28

Other Publications

1. BERNARDO, C.A. and NÓBREGA, J.M. - Evaluation of Research Units 2002-2004 - Overall Report, Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, 2005.