Papers in Scientific Journals (44)
Piaia L., Silva S. S., Fernandes E. M., Gomes J. M., Franco A. R., Leonor I. B., Fredel M. C., Salmoria G. V., Hotza D., and Reis R. L.,
"Chitosan-Based Hierarchical Scaffolds Crosslinked with Genipin",
Journal of Composites Science , vol. 8, issue 3, pp. 85, doi:
https://doi.org/10.3390/jcs8030085, 2024.
Oliveira A., Rodrigues, L.C., Soares da Costa D., Fernandes E. M., Reis R. L., Neves N. M., Leão P., and Martins A.,
"COX-2 inhibitor delivery system aiming intestinal inflammatory disorders",
Biomaterials Advances, vol. 156, pp. 213712, doi:
10.1016/j.bioadv.2023.213712, 2024.
Ribeiro S., Pugliese E., Korntner S. H., Fernandes E. M., Gomes M. E., Reis R. L., O'Riordan A., Kearns S., Kelly J. L., Biggs M., Bayon Y., and Zeugolis D. I.,
"Grooved poly(lactide-co-trimethylene carbonate) substrates in tenogenic media maintain human tendon derived cell phenotype in culture – A preliminary report",
Biomedical Engineering Advances, vol. 6, pp. 100098, doi:
10.1016/j.bea.2023.100098, 2023.
Silva S. S., Rodrigues, L.C., Fernandes E. M., Soares da Costa D., Villalva D. G., Loh W., and Reis R. L.,
"Chitosan/Virgin-Coconut-Oil-Based System Enriched with Cubosomes: A 3D Drug-Delivery Approach",
Marine Drugs, vol. 21, issue 7, pp. 394, doi:
https://doi.org/10.3390/md21070394, 2023.
Silva C. S., Kundu B., Gomes J. M., Fernandes E. M., Reis R. L., Kundu S. C., Martins A., and Neves N. M.,
"Development of bilayered porous silk scaffolds for thymus bioengineering",
Biomaterials Advances, vol. 147, pp. 213320, doi:
10.1016/j.bioadv.2023.213320, 2023.
Carvalho D. N., Lobo F. C. M., Rodrigues L. C., Fernandes E. M., Williams D. S., Mearns Spragg A., Sotelo C. G., Perez-Martin R. I., Reis R. L., Gelinsky M., and Silva T. H.,
"Advanced Polymeric Membranes as Biomaterials Based on Marine Sources Envisaging the Regeneration of Human Tissues",
Gels, vol. 9, issue 3, pp. 247, doi:
https://doi.org/10.3390/gels9030247, 2023.
Almeida M. A., Fernandes E. M., Marques C. F., Lobo F. C. M., Sousa R. O., Reis R. L., and Silva T. H.,
"Structure and Composition of the Cuticle of the Goose Barnacle Pollicipes pollicipes: A Flexible Composite Biomaterial",
Marine Drugs, vol. 21, issue 2, pp. 96, doi:
10.3390/md21020096, 2023.
Fernandes E. M., Lobo F. C. M., Faria S. I., Gomes L. C., Silva T. H., Mergulhão F. J. M., and Reis R. L.,
"Development of Cork Biocomposites Enriched with Chitosan Targeting Antibacterial and Antifouling Properties",
Molecules, vol. 28, issue 3, pp. 990, doi:
10.3390/molecules28030990, 2023.
Alves A. L., Carvalho A. C., Machado I., Diogo G. S., Fernandes E. M., Castro V. I. B., Pires R. A., Vázquez J. A., Perez-Martin R. I., Alaminos M., Reis R. L., and Silva T. H.,
"Cell-Laden Marine Gelatin Methacryloyl Hydrogels Enriched with Ascorbic Acid for Corneal Stroma Regeneration",
Bioengineering, vol. 10, issue 1, pp. 62, doi:
https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering10010062, 2023.
Ribeiro S., Pugliese E., Korntner S. H., Fernandes E. M., Gomes M. E., Reis R. L., O’Riordan A., Bayon Y., and Zeugolis D. I.,
"Assessing the combined effect of surface topography and substrate rigidity in human bone marrow stem cell cultures",
Engineering In Life Sciences, vol. 22, issue 10, pp. 619-633, doi:
10.1002/elsc.202200029, 2022.
Franco A. R., Pirraco R. P., Fernandes E. M., Rodrigues F., Leonor I. B., Kaplan D. L., and Reis R. L.,
"Untangling the biological and inflammatory behavior of silk-like sutures In vivo",
Biomaterials, vol. 290, pp. 121829, doi:
10.1016/j.biomaterials.2022.121829, 2022.
Yamanaka J. S., Oliveira A. C., Bastos A. R., Fernandes E. M., Reis R. L., Correlo V. M., and Shimano A. C.,
"Collagen membrane from bovine pericardium for treatment of long bone defect",
Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials, vol. 11, issue 2, pp. 261-270, doi:
10.1002/jbm.b.35148, 2022.
Kydonaki, E.K., Freitas L., Reguengo, H., Raposo Simón C., Bastos A. R., Fernandes E. M., Canadas, R.F., Oliveira J. M., Correlo V. M., Reis R. L., Vliora M., Gkiata P., Koutedakis Y., Ntina G., Pinto R., Carrillo A. E., Marques F., and Amorim T.,
"Pharmacological and non-pharmacological agents versus bovine colostrum supplementation for the management of bone health using an osteoporosis-induced rat model",
Nutrients, 14, vol. 14, pp. 2837, doi:
10.3390/nu14142837, 2022.
Silva S. S., Rodrigues, L.C., Fernandes E. M., Lobo F. C. M., Gomes J. M., and Reis R. L.,
"Tailoring Natural-Based Oleogels Combining Ethylcellulose and Virgin Coconut Oil",
Polymers , vol. 14, pp. 2473-2481, doi:
10.3390/polym14122473, 2022.
Gomes J. M., Silva S. S., Fernandes E. M., Lobo F. C. M., Martín-Pastor M., Taboada P., and Reis R. L.,
"Silk fibroin/cholinium gallate-based architectures as therapeutic tools",
Acta Biomaterialia, pp. 1742-7061, doi:
10.1016/j.actbio.2022.05.020, 2022.
Piaia L., Silva S. S., Gomes J. M., Franco A. R., Fernandes E. M., Lobo F. C. M., Rodrigues L. C., Leonor I. B., Fredel M. C., Salmoria G. V., Hotza D., and Reis R. L.,
"Chitosan/β-TCP composites scaffolds coated with silk fibroin: a bone tissue engineering approach",
Biomedical Materials, vol. 17, issue 1, pp. 015003, doi:
10.1088/1748-605X/ac355a, 2021.
Kydonaki, E.K., Freitas, L., Fonseca, B.M., Reguengo, H., Raposo, Simón C., Bastos A. R., Fernandes E. M., Canadas, R.F., Oliveira J. M., Correlo V. M., Reis R. L., Vliora, M., Gkiata, P, Koutedakis, Y., Ntina, G., Pinto, R., Carrilo, A. E., Marques, F., and Amorim T.,
"Bovine Colostrum Supplementation Improves Bone Metabolism in an Osteoporosis-Induced Animal Model",
Nutrients, 9, vol. 13, issue 2981, pp. 1-14, doi:
10.3390/nu13092981, 2021.
Ribeiro S., Pugliese E., Korntner S. H., Fernandes E. M., Gomes M. E., Reis R. L., Bayon Y., and Zeugolis D. I.,
"Modulation of stem cell response using biodegradable polyester films with different stiffness",
Biomedical Engineering Advances, vol. 2, pp. 100007, doi:
10.1016/j.bea.2021.100007, 2021.
Rodrigues, L.C., Fernandes E. M., Ribeiro A. R., Ribeiro A. P., Silva S. S., and Reis R. L.,
"Physicochemical features assessment of acemannan-based ternary blended films for biomedical purposes",
Carbohydrate Polymers, vol. 257, pp. 117601, doi:
10.1016/j.carbpol.2020.117601, 2021.
Backes E. H., Fernandes E. M., Diogo G. S., Marques C. F., Silva T. H., Costa L. C., Passador F. R., Reis R. L., and Pessan L. A.,
"Engineering 3D printed bioactive composite scaffolds based on the combination of aliphatic polyester and calcium phosphates for bone tissue regeneration",
Materials Science & Engineering C, vol. 122, pp. 111928, doi:
10.1016/j.msec.2021.111928, 2021.
Ribeiro S., Carvalho A. M., Fernandes E. M., Gomes M. E., Reis R. L., Bayon Y., and Zeugolis D. I.,
"Development and characterisation of cytocompatible polyester substrates with tunable mechanical properties and degradation rate",
Acta Biomaterialia, vol. 121, pp. 303-315, doi:
10.1016/j.actbio.2020.11.026, 2021.
Silva S. S., Rodrigues, L.C., Fernandes E. M., Gomes J. M., Vilas-Boas A., Pirraco R. P., and Reis R. L.,
"Approach on chitosan/virgin coconut oil-based emulsion matrices as a platform to design superabsorbent materials",
Carbohydrate polymers , vol. 249, pp. 116839, doi:
10.1016/j.carbpol.2020.116839, 2020.
Fernández-Álvarez M., Velasco F., Bautista A., Lobo F. C. M., Fernandes E. M., and Reis R. L.,
"Manufacturing and Characterization of Coatings from Polyamide Powders Functionalized with Nanosilica",
Polymers, vol. 12, issue 10, pp. 2298, doi:
10.3390/polym12102298, 2020.
Casanova M. R., Oliveira C., Fernandes E. M., Reis R. L., Silva T. H., Martins A., and Neves N. M.,
"Spatial immobilization of endogenous growth factors to control vascularization in bone tissue engineering",
Biomaterials Science, vol. 8, issue 9, pp. 2577-2589, doi:
10.1039/D0BM00087F, 2020.
Franco A. R., Fernandes E. M., Rodrigues M. T., Rodrigues F. J., Gomes M. E., Leonor I. B., Kaplan D. L., and Reis R. L.,
"Antimicrobial coating of spider silk to prevent bacterial attachment on silk surgical sutures",
Acta Biomaterialia, vol. 99, pp. 236-246, doi:
10.1016/j.actbio.2019.09.004, 2019.
Matias R. S., Gregory S., Ceia F. R., Baeta A., Seco J., Rocha M. S., Fernandes E. M., Reis R. L., Silva T. H., Pereira E., Piatkowski U., Ramos J. A., and Xavier J. C.,
"Show your beaks and we tell you what you eat: Different ecology in sympatric Antarctic benthic octopods under a climate change context",
Marine Environmental Research, vol. 150, pp. 104757, doi:
10.1016/j.marenvres.2019.104757, 2019.
Diogo G. S., Senra E. L., Pirraco R. P., Canadas R. F., Fernandes E. M., Serra J., Pérez-Martín R. I., Sotelo C. G., Marques A. P., González P., Moreira-Silva J., Silva T. H., and Reis R. L.,
"Marine collagen/apatite composite scaffolds envisaging hard tissue applications",
Marine Drugs, vol. 16, issue 8, pp. 269, doi:
10.3390/md16080269, 2018.
Vieira S. F., Franco A. R., Fernandes E. M., Amorim S., Ferreira H., Pires R. A., Reis R. L., Martins A., and Neves N. M.,
"Fish sarcoplasmic proteins as a high value marine material for wound dressing applications",
Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, vol. 167, pp. 310-317, doi:
10.1016/j.colsurfb.2018.04.002, 2018.
Ribeiro J. F. M., Oliveira S. M., Alves J. L., Pedro A. J., Reis R. L., Fernandes E. M., and Mano J. F.,
"Structural monitoring and modeling of the mechanical deformation of three-dimensional printed poly(ε-caprolactone) scaffolds",
Biofabrication, vol. 9, issue 2, doi:
10.1088/1758-5090/aa698e, 2017.
Fernandes E. M., Correlo V. M., Mano J. F., and Reis R. L.,
"Cork–polymer biocomposites: Mechanical, structural and thermal properties",
Materials & Design, vol. 82, pp. 282-289, doi:
10.1016/j.matdes.2015.05.040, 2015.
Fernandes E. M., Aroso I. M., Mano J. F., Covas J. A., and Reis R. L.,
"Functionalized cork-polymer composites (CPC) by reactive extrusion using suberin and lignin from cork as coupling agents",
Composites Part B: Engineering, vol. 67, pp. 371–380, doi:
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2014.07.028, 2014.
Mestre A. S., Pires R. A., Aroso I. M., Fernandes E. M., Pinto M. L., Reis R. L., Andrade M. A., Pires J., Silva S. P., and Carvalho A. P.,
"Activated carbons prepared from industrial pre-treated cork: Sustainable adsorbents for pharmaceutical compounds removal",
Chemical Engineering Journal, vol. 253, pp. 408-417, doi:
10.1016/j.cej.2014.05.051, 2014.
Almeida L. R., Martins A. R., Fernandes E. M., Oliveira M. B., Mano J. F., Correlo V. M., Pashkuleva I., Marques A. P., Ribeiro A. S., Durães N. F., Silva C. J., Bonifácio G., Sousa R. A., Oliveira A. L., and Reis R. L.,
"Erratum: New biotextiles for tissue engineering: Development, characterization and in vitro cellular viability",
Acta Biomaterialia, vol. 9, issue 11, pp. 9241, doi:
10.1016/j.actbio.2013.08.028, 2013.
Almeida L. R., Martins A. R., Fernandes E. M., Oliveira M. B., Mano J. F., Correlo V. M., Pashkuleva I., Marques A. P., Ribeiro A. S., Durães N. F., Silva C. J., Bonifácio G., Sousa R. A., Oliveira A. L., and Reis R. L.,
"New biotextiles for tissue engineering: Development, characterization and in vitro cellular viability",
Acta Biomaterialia, vol. 9, issue 9, pp. 8167–8181, doi:
10.1016/j.actbio.2013.05.019, 2013.
Yan L. P., Silva-Correia J., Correia C., Caridade S. G., Fernandes E. M., Sousa R. A., Mano J. F., Oliveira J. M., Oliveira A. L., and Reis R. L.,
"Bioactive Macro/micro Porous Silk Fibroin/Nano-sized Calcium Phosphate Scaffolds with potential for Bone Tissue Engineering Applications",
Nanomedicine, Nanomedicine, vol. 8, issue 3, pp. 359-378, doi:
10.2217/nnm.12.118, 2012.
Martins A. M., Kretlow J. D., Costa-Pinto A. R., Malafaya P. B., Fernandes E. M., Neves N. M., Alves C. M., Mikos A. G., Kasper F. K., and Reis R. L.,
"Gradual pore formation in natural origin scaffolds throughout subcutaneous implantation",
Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part A, vol. 100, issue 3, pp. 599-612, doi:
10.1002/jbm.a.33261, 2012.
Silva S. P., Sabino M. A., Fernandes E. M., Correlo V. M., Boesel L. F., and Reis R. L.,
"Cork: properties, capabilities and applications",
International Materials Reviews, vol. 50, issue 6, pp. 345-365, 2005.
Review Paper (3)
Lobo F. C. M., Franco A. R., Fernandes E. M., and Reis R. L.,
"An overview of the antimicrobial properties of lignocellulosic materials",
Molecules, vol. 26, issue 6, pp. 1749, doi:
10.3390/molecules26061749, 2021.
Fernandes E. M., Pires R. A., Mano J. F., and Reis R. L.,
"Bionanocomposites from lignocellulosic resources: Properties, applications and future trends for their use in the biomedical field",
Progress in Polymer Science, vol. 38, issue 10-11, pp. 1415-1441, doi:
10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2013.05.013, 2013.
Silva S. P., Sabino M. A., Fernandes E. M., Correlo V. M., Boesel L. F., and Reis R. L.,
"Cork: properties, capabilities and applications",
International Materials Reviews, vol. 6, pp. 345, 2005.
Book Chapter (6)
Silva S. S., Fernandes E. M., Rodrigues, L.C., and Reis R. L.,
"Antimicrobial Marine-Derived Materials",
Handbook of the Extracellular Matrix,
Eds. Maia F. R., Oliveira J. M., and Reis R. L.,
Springer Nature Switzerland AG, pp. 1-36, doi:
10.1007/978-3-030-92090-6_56-1, 2023.
Silva S. S., Rodrigues, L.C., Fernandes E. M., and Reis R. L.,
"Biopolymer membranes in tissue engineering",
Biopolymer Membranes and Films: Health, Food, Environment, and Energy Applications,
Eds. de Moraes M. A., da Silva C. F., and Vieira R. S.,
Elsevier, pp. 141-163, doi:
10.1016/B978-0-12-818134-8.00006-7, 2020.
Silva S. S., Rodrigues L. C., Fernandes E. M., and Reis R. L.,
"Fundamentals on biopolymers and global demand",
Biopolymer Membranes and Films,
Eds. de Moraes M. A., da Silva C. F., and Vieira R. S.,
Elsevier , 1, pp. 3-34, doi:
10.1016/B978-0-12-818134-8.00001-8, 2020.
Fernandes E. M., Pires R. A., and Reis R. L.,
"Cork biomass biocomposites: Lightweight and sustainable materials",
Lignocellulosic Fibre and Biomass-Based Composite Materials: Processing, Properties and Applications,
Eds. Jawaid M., Tahir P., and Saba N.,
Woodhead Publishing, pp. 365-385, 2017.
Silva S. S., Fernandes E. M., Pina S., Silva-Correia J., Vieira S., Oliveira J. M., and Reis R. L.,
"Natural-Origin Materials for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine",
Comprehensive Biomaterials II,
Eds. Ducheyne P., Healy K. E., Hutmacher D. E., Grainger D. W., and Kirkpatrick C. J.,
Elsevier, 2, pp. 228-252, doi:
10.1016/B978-0-12-803581-8.10134-1, 2017.
Fernandes E. M., Mano J. F., and Reis R. L.,
"Polyethylene Composites with Lignocellulosic Material",
Polyethylene-Based Blends, Composites and Nanocomposites,
Eds. Visakh P. M., and Morlanes M. J. M.,
John Wiley & Sons, pp. 117–162, 2015.
Invited Lecture (3)
Conference Abstract -ISI Web of Science Indexed (2)
Ribeiro S., Novacek V., Fernandes E. M., Gomes M. E., Reis R. L., Bayon Y., and Zeugolis D. I.,
"Design and Characterization of Synthetic Biodegradable Films for Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering",
Orthopaedic Proceedings, vol. 100-B, issue 15, pp. 26-26, 2018.
Yan L. P., Correia C., Silva-Correia J., Caridade S. G., Fernandes E. M., Mano J. F., Sousa R. A., Oliveira J. M., Oliveira A. L., and Reis R. L.,
"Preparation and characterization of macro/micro porous silk fibroin /nano-sized calcium phosphate scaffolds for bone tissue engineering",
Journal of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, vol. 6, issue Suppl.1, pp. 181, doi:
10.1002/term.1586, 2012.
Conference Paper -ISI Web of Science Indexed (1)
Jaitrong S., Srisuk P., Fernandes E. M., Correlo V. M., and Reis R. L.,
"Characterisation of eumelanin-chitosan films",
Acta Horticulturae, vol. 1213, pp. 219-224, doi:
10.17660/ActaHortic.2018.1213.29, 2018.
Comunications - Poster (8)
Yan L. P., Silva-Correia J., Caridade S. G., Fernandes E. M., Mano J. F., Sousa R. A., Oliveira J. M., Oliveira A. L., and Reis R. L.,
"Preparation and characterization of macro/micro porous silk fibroin /nano-sized calcium phosphate scaffolds for bone tissue engineering",
3rd TERMIS World Congress 2012, Vienna, Austria, September 5-8, 2012.
Comunication - Oral (7)
Casanova M. R., Fernandes E. M., Reis R. L., Martins A., and Neves N. M.,
"Parallel binding of autologous BMP-2 and VEGF envisioning a vascularized bone tissue engineering approach",
XLV ESAO Congress, vol. 41, issue 9, pp. 561-562, doi:
doi.org/10.1177/0391398818785526, 2018.
Fernandes E. M., Aroso I. M., Pires R. A., Correlo V. M., Pitkänen P., Koskimies S., Mano J. F., and Reis R. L.,
"Improvement of the Mechanical Properties of Cork Composites using Suberin as Coupling Agent through a Reactive Extrusion Process",
ANTEC 2011, Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Plastics Engineeres (SPE) , 2011.
Patent (4)