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Robotic Tentacles with Three-Dimensional Mobility Based on Flexible Elastomers by Martinez, Ramses V., Branch, Jamie L., Fish, Carina R., Jin, Lihua, Shepherd, Robert F., Nunes, Rui M. D., Suo, Zhigang, Whitesides, George M.

“…Soft robotic tentacles that move in three dimensions upon pressurization are fabricated by composing flexible elastomers with different tensile strengths using…”
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Soft Machines That are Resistant to Puncture and That Self Seal by Shepherd, Robert F., Stokes, Adam A., Nunes, Rui M. D., Whitesides, George M.

“…A soft machine composed of a composite of elastomer and fibers resists puncture from sharp objects, and continues to operate even if punctured…”
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Photoacid for Extremely Long-Lived and Reversible pH-Jumps by Nunes, Rui M. D, Pineiro, Marta, Arnaut, Luis G

“…The ability to change the acidity of an aqueous solution within the time of a short laser pulse and use the resulting low pH to drive acid-catalyzed reactions…”
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Dynamics of Radical Ion Pairs following Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Solvents with Low and Intermediate Polarities by Mentel, Kamila K, Nunes, Rui M. D, Serpa, Carlos, Arnaut, Luis G

“…Fluorescence quenching of p-xylene, naphthalene, or pyrene by fumaronitrile in apolar solvents and in solvents of intermediate polarities leads to weakly…”
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Excited-State Proton Transfer in Gas-Expanded Liquids:  The Roles of Pressure and Composition in Supercritical CO2/Methanol Mixtures by Nunes, Rui M. D, Arnaut, Luis G, Solntsev, Kyril M, Tolbert, Laren M, Formosinho, Sebastião J

“…Excited-state proton transfer from 5,8-dicyano-2-naphthol to methanol takes place in CO2/methanol mixtures, in the pressure and temperature ranges of…”
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Exothermic Rate Restrictions in Long-Range Photoinduced Charge Separations in Rigid Media by Gomes, Paulo J. S, Serpa, Carlos, Nunes, Rui M. D, Arnaut, Luis G, Formosinho, Sebastião J

“…Glycerol/methanol (9:1) mixtures at 255 K behave as rigid media for photoinduced electron transfers that take place within a few hundred nanoseconds. This…”
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Reply to “Comment on 'Exothermic Rate Restrictions in Long-Range Photoinduced Charge Separations in Rigid Media'” by Serpa, Carlos, Nunes, Rui M. D, Arnaut, Luis G, Formosinho, Sebastião J

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Spectroscopic properties and photodynamic effects of new lipophilic porphyrin derivatives: Efficacy, localisation and cell death pathways by Kramer-Marek, Gabriela, Serpa, Carlos, Szurko, Agnieszka, Widel, Maria, Sochanik, Aleksander, Snietura, Miroslaw, Kus, Piotr, Nunes, Rui M.D., Arnaut, Luis G., Ratuszna, Alicja

“…Photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photodynamic diagnostics (PDD) of cancer are based on the use of non-toxic dyes (photosensitisers) in combination with harmless…”
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Platinum supported on TiO2 as a new selective catalyst on heterogeneous hydrogenation of α,β-unsaturated oxosteroids by NUNES, Rui M. D, MACHADO, Bruno F, PEREIRA, Mariette M, MORENO, Maria José S. M, FARIA, Joaquim L

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Exothermic Rate Restrictions in Long-Range Photoinduced Charge Separations by Gomes, Paulo J. S, Serpa, Carlos, Nunes, Rui M. D, Arnaut, Luis G, Formosinho, Sebastião J

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Recyclable immobilized rhodium catalysts in the diastereoselective hydrogenation of unsaturated steroids by Nunes, Rui M.D., Fernandes, Tânia F., Carvalho, Glenda A., dos Santos, Eduardo N., Moreno, Maria José S.M., Piedade, A.P., Pereira, Mariette M.

“…A comparative study of the hydrogenation of unsaturated oxosteroids using immobilized rhodium catalysts onto ion exchange resins is described. These new…”
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Composite Materials: Robotic Tentacles with Three-Dimensional Mobility Based on Flexible Elastomers (Adv. Mater. 2/2013) by Martinez, Ramses V., Branch, Jamie L., Fish, Carina R., Jin, Lihua, Shepherd, Robert F., Nunes, Rui M. D., Suo, Zhigang, Whitesides, George M.

“…The front cover image illustrates a soft robotic tentacle with a textured surface fabricated by composing flexible elastomers using soft lithographic molding…”
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Omniphobic “R F Paper” Produced by Silanization of Paper with Fluoroalkyltrichlorosilanes by Glavan, Ana C., Martinez, Ramses V., Subramaniam, Anand Bala, Yoon, Hyo Jae, Nunes, Rui M. D., Lange, Heiko, Thuo, Martin M., Whitesides, George M.

“…The fabrication and properties of “fluoroalkylated paper” (“R F paper”) by vapor‐phase silanization of paper with fluoroalkyl trichlorosilanes is reported. R F…”
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Rapid fabrication of pressure-driven open-channel microfluidic devices in omniphobic R(F) paper by Glavan, Ana C, Martinez, Ramses V, Maxwell, E Jane, Subramaniam, Anand Bala, Nunes, Rui M D, Soh, Siowling, Whitesides, George M

“…This paper describes the fabrication of pressure-driven, open-channel microfluidic systems with lateral dimensions of 45-300 microns carved in omniphobic paper…”
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Omniphobic "RF Paper" Produced by Silanization of Paper with Fluoroalkyltrichlorosilanes by Glavan, Ana C., Martinez, Ramses V., Subramaniam, Anand Bala, Yoon, Hyo Jae, Nunes, Rui M. D., Lange, Heiko, Thuo, Martin M., Whitesides, George M.

“…The fabrication and properties of “fluoroalkylated paper” (“RF paper”) by vapor‐phase silanization of paper with fluoroalkyl trichlorosilanes is reported. RF…”
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Omniphobic "R super(F) Paper" Produced by Silanization of Paper with Fluoroalkyltrichlorosilanes by Glavan, Ana C, Martinez, Ramses V, Subramaniam, Anand Bala, Yoon, Hyo Jae, Nunes, Rui MD, Lange, Heiko, Thuo, Martin M, Whitesides, George M

“…The fabrication and properties of "fluoroalkylated paper" ("R super(F) paper") by vapor-phase silanization of paper with fluoroalkyl trichlorosilanes is…”
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Argilas como catalisadores verdes na esterificação do colesterol: caracterização espectroscópica e identificação de polimorfos por métodos de análise térmica. Uma proposta laboratorial interdisciplinar para o 1º ciclo universitário Clays as green catalysts in the cholesterol esterification: spectroscopic characterization and polymorphs identification by thermal analysis methods. An interdisciplinary laboratorial proposal for the undergraduate level by Teresa M. R. Maria, Rui M. D. Nunes, Mariette M. Pereira, M. Ermelinda S. Eusébio

“…A laboratory experiment that enables the professor to introduce the problematic of sustainable development in pharmaceutical chemistry to undergraduate…”
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Excited-State Proton Transfer in Gas-Expanded Liquids:  The Roles of Pressure and Composition in Supercritical CO 2 /Methanol Mixtures by Nunes, Rui M. D., Arnaut, Luis G., Solntsev, Kyril M., Tolbert, Laren M., Formosinho, Sebastião J.

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Spectroscopic properties and photodynamic effects of new lipophilic porphyrin derivatives: Efficacy, localisation and cell death pathways [Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology 84 (2006) 1–14] by Kramer-Marek, Gabriela, Serpa, Carlos, Szurko, Agnieszka, Widel, Maria, Sochanik, Aleksander, Snietura, Miroslaw, Kus, Piotr, Nunes, Rui M.D., Arnaut, Luis G., Ratuszna, Alicja

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Selective hydrogenation of α,β-unsaturated oxosteroids with homogeneous rhodium catalysts by Nunes, Rui M.D., Peixoto, Andreia F., Axet, M. Rosa, Pereira, Mariette M., Moreno, Maria José, Kollár, László, Claver, Carmen, Castillón, Sergio

“…A comparative study of the ligand ( 5– 10) effect on the rhodium catalytic activity and selectivity in the homogeneous hydrogenation of α,β-unsaturated…”
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