Patricia Mendonca
Visiting Researcher
- MI-812
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Carnegie Mellon University
4400 Fifth Avenue
Mellon Institute
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy, Chemical Engineering Department, University of Coimbra, Portugal (2010-2015)
- Master of Science in Industrial Application of Polymers, University of Coimbra, Portugal (2008-2010)
- Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, University of Coimbra, Portugal (2002-2007)
Publications
Research articles:
29. Patrícia V. Mendonça, Andreia S. R. Oliveira, Jessica P. M. Ribeiro, Ana Castilho, Arménio C. Serra and Jorge F. J. Coelho, “Pushing the limits of robust and eco-friendly ATRP processes: untreated water as the solvent”, Polymer Chemistry, 2019, Advance Article.
28. Madson R.E. Santos, Patrícia V. Mendonça, Mariana C. Almeida, Rita Branco, Armenio C. Serra, Paula V. Morais and Jorge F J Coelho, “Increasing the antimicrobial activity of amphiphilic cationic copolymers by the facile synthesis of high molecular weight stars by SARA ATRP”, Biomacromolecules, 2018, Article ASAP.
27. Morais ES, Mendonça PV, Coelho JFJ, Freire MG, Freire CSR, Coutinho JAP, Silvestre AJD, “Deep Eutectic Solvent Aqueous Solutions as Efficient Media for the Solubilization of Hardwood Xylans”, ChemSusChem, 2018, 11, (4), 753-762.
26. F. Sousa, N. Guigo, M. Pożycka, M. Delgado, J. Soares, P. V. Mendonça, J. F. J. Coelho, N. Sbirrazzuolic and A. J. D. Silvestre, “Tailored design of renewable copolymers based on poly(1,4-butylene 2,5-furandicarboxylate) and poly(ethylene glycol) with refined thermal properties“, Polymer Chemistry, 2018, 9, 722-731.
25. Patrícia V. Mendonça, Mafalda S. Lima, Tamaz Guliashvili, Arménio C. Serra and Jorge F. J. Coelho, “Deep eutectic solvents (DES): Excellent green solvents for rapid SARA ATRP of biorelevant hydrophilic monomers at ambient temperature”, Polymer, 2017, 32, 6, 114-121.
24. Mendonça PV, Matos A, Sousa AF, Serra AC, Simões S, Coelho JFJ, “Increasing the Bile Acid Sequestration Performance of Cationic Hydrogels by Using an Advanced/Controlled Polymerization Technique”, Pharmaceutical Research, 2017, 34, (9), 1934-1943.
23. Pawel Krys, Marco Fantin, Patrícia V. Mendonça, Carlos M. R. Abreu, Tamaz Guliashvili, Jaquelino Rosa, Lino O. Santos, Arménio C. Serra, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski and Jorge F. J. Coelho, “Mechanism of supplemental activator and reducing agent atom transfer radical polymerization mediated by inorganic sulfites: experimental measurements and kinetic simulations”, Polymer Chemistry, 2017, 8, 6506-6519.
22. Santos MRE, Fonseca AC, Mendonça PV, Branco R, Serra AC, Morais PV, Coelho JFJ, “Recent Developments in Antimicrobial Polymers: A Review”, Materials, 2016, 9, (7), 599.
21. Patrícia V. Mendonça, Maria João Moreno, Arménio C. Serra, Sérgio Simões and Jorge J. F. Coelho, “Synthesis of tailor-made bile acid sequestrants by supplemental activator and reducing agent atom transfer radical polymerization”, RSC Advances, 2016, 6, 52143-52153.
20. Pedro Maximiano, Patrícia V. Mendonça, João R.C. Costa, Naomi L. Haworth, Arménio C. Serra, Tamaz Guliashvili, Michelle L. Coote and Jorge F. J. Coelho, “Ambient temperature transition metal-free dissociative electron transfer reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization (DET-RAFT) of methacrylates, acrylates and styrene”, Macromolecules, 2016, 49 (5), pp 1597–1604.
19. Carlos M. R. Abreu, Patrícia V. Mendonça, Arménio C. Serra, Benjamin B. Noble, Tamaz Guliashvili, Julien Nicolas, Michelle L. Coote, and Jorge F. J. Coelho, “Nitroxide-Mediated Polymerization of Vinyl Chloride at Low Temperature: Kinetic and Computational Studies”, Macromolecules, 2016, 49 (2), 490–498.
18. Joana P. Mendes, Patrícia V. Mendonça, Pedro Maximiano, Carlos M. R. Abreu, Tamaz Guliashvili, Arménio C. Serra and Jorge F. J. Coelho, “Getting faster: low temperature copper-mediated SARA ATRP of methacrylates, acrylates, styrene and vinyl chloride in polar media using sulfolane/water mixtures, RSC Advances, 2016, 6, 9598-9603.
17. João R. C. Costa, Patrícia V. Mendonça, Pedro Maximiano, Arménio C. Serra, Tamaz Guliashvili and Jorge F. J. Coelho, “Ambient Temperature “Flash” SARA ATRP of Methyl Acrylate in Water/Ionic Liquid/Glycol Mixtures”, Macromolecules, 2015, 48 (19), 6810–6815.
16. Pedro Maximiano, Joana P. Mendes, Patrícia V. Mendonça, Carlos M. R. Abreu, Tamaz Guliashvili, Arménio C. Serra, Jorge F. J. Coelho, “Cyclopentyl methyl ether: A new green co-solvent for supplemental activator and reducing agent atom transfer radical polymerization”, Polymer Chemistry, 2015, 53 (23), 2722–2729.
15. Dominik Konkolewicz, Pawel Krys, Joana R. Góis, Patrícia V. Mendonça, Mingjiang Zhong, Yu Wang, Armando Gennaro, Abdirisak A. Isse, Marco Fantin, and Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, “Aqueous RDRP in the Presence of Cu0: The Exceptional Activity of CuI Confirms the SARA ATRP Mechanism”, Macromolecules, 2014, 47 (2), 560–570.
14. Patrícia V. Mendonça, Saadyah E. Averick, Dominik Konkolewicz, Arménio C. Serra, Anatoliy V. Popov, Tamaz Guliashvili, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski and Jorge F. J. Coelho, “Straightforward ARGET ATRP for the Synthesis of Primary Amine Polymethacrylate with Improved Chain-End Functionality under Mild Reaction Conditions”, Macromolecules, 2014, 47 (14), 4615–4621.
13. Patrícia V. Mendonça, Dominik Konkolewicz, Saadyah E. Averick, Arménio C. Serra , Anatoliy V. Popov, Tamaz Guliashvili, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski and Jorge F. J. Coelho, “Synthesis of cationic poly((3-acrylamidopropyl) trimethylammonium chloride) by SARA ATRP in ecofriendly solvent mixtures”, Polymer Chemistry, 2014, 5, 5829-5836.
12. Joana P. Mendes, Fabio Branco, Carlos M. R. Abreu, Patrícia V. Mendonça, Arménio C. Serra, Anatoliy V. Popov, Tamaz Guliashvili, and Jorge F. J. Coelho, “Sulfolane: an Efficient and Universal Solvent for Copper-Mediated Atom Transfer Radical (co)Polymerization of Acrylates, Methacrylates, Styrene, and Vinyl Chloride”, ACS Macro Letters, 2014, 3 (9), 858–861.
11. Patrícia V. Mendonça, Arménio C. Serra, Anatoliy V. Popov, Tamaz Guliashvili and Jorge F.J. Coelho, “Efficient RAFT polymerization of N-(3-aminopropyl)methacrylamide hydrochloride using unprotected “clickable” chain transfer agents”, Reactive and Functional Polymers, 2014, 81, 1-7.
10. Patrícia V. Mendonça, Arménio C. Serra, Cláudia L. Silva, Sérgio Simões, and Jorge F.J. Coelho, “Polymeric bile acid sequestrants—Synthesis using conventional methods and new approaches based on “controlled”/living radical polymerization”, Progress in Polymer Science 38, 2013, 445– 461.
9. Nuno Rocha, Patrícia V. Mendonça, Joana P. Mendes, Pedro N. Simões, Anatoliy V. Popov, Tamaz Guliashvili, Arménio C. Serra, and Jorge F. J. Coelho, ”Facile synthesis of well-defined telechelic alkyne-terminated polystyrene in polar media using ATRP with mixed Fe/Cu transition metal catalyst”, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 2013, 214, 76−84.
8. Carlos M. R. Abreu, Patrícia V. Mendonça, Arménio C. Serra, Anatoliy V. Popov, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Tamaz Guliashvili, and Jorge F. J. Coelho, “Inorganic Sulfites: Efficient Reducing Agents and Supplemental Activators for Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization”, ACS Macro Letters, 2012, 1, 1308–1311.
7. Carlos M. R. Abreu, Patrícia V. Mendonça, Arménio C. Serra, Jorge F. J. Coelho, Anatoliy V. Popov, and Tamaz Guliashvil, “Accelerated Ambient-Temperature ATRP of Methyl Acrylate in Alcohol–Water Solutions with a Mixed Transition-Metal Catalyst System”, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 2012, Volume 213, Issue 16, 1677–1687.
6. Carlos M. R. Abreu, Patrícia V. Mendonça, Arménio C. Serra, Jorge F. J. Coelho, Anatoliy V. Popov, Ganna Gryn’ova, Michelle L. Coote, and Tamaz Guliashvili, “Reversible Addition–Fragmentation Chain Transfer Polymerization of Vinyl Chloride”, Macromolecules, 2012, 45 (5), 2200–2208.
5. Guliashvili T, Mendonça PV, Serra AC, Popov AV, Coelho JFJ, “Copper Mediated Living Radical Polymerization in Polar Solvents: Insight into Some Relevant Mechanistic Aspects”, Chemistry – A European Journal, 2012, 18, (15), 4607-4612.
4. Mendonça, P. V., A. C. Serra, J. F. J. Coelho, A. V. Popov, T. Guliashvili “Ambient temperature rapid ATRP of methyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate and styrene in polar solvents with mixed transition metal catalyst system”, European Polymer Journal, 2011, 47, 7, 1460-1466.
3. A.S. Carreira, F.A.M.M. Gonçalves, P.V. Mendonça, M.H. Gil and J.F.J. Coelho “Temperature and pH responsive polymers based on chitosan: Applications and new graft copolymerization strategies based on living radical polymerization”, Carbohydrate Polymers, 2010, 80, 618-630.
2. Coelho JFJ, Mendonça PV, Percec V, Popov AV, Gonçalves PMOF, Gil MH “Synthesis of High Glass Transition Temperature Copolymers based on Poly(Vinyl Chloride) via Single Electron Transfer – Degenerative Chain Transfer Mediated Living Radical Polymerization (SET-DTLRP) of Vinyl Chloride in Water”, Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 2009, 47, 24, 7021-7031.
1. Coelho JFJ, Simões PN, Mendonça PV, Gil MH “Thermal characterization of Poly(vinyl chloride) samples prepared by Living Radical Polymerization. Comparison with Poly(vinyl chloride) prepared by Free Radical Polymerization”, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2008, 109, 2729-2736.
Book chapters (contributor):
1. Nuno Rocha, Patrícia Mendonça, Joana Góis, Rosemeyre Cordeiro, Ana Fonseca, Tamaz Guliashvili, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Arménio Serra and Jorge Coelho, “The Importance of Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization Techniques in the Design of Tailor Made Nanoparticles for DSS” , in “Advances in Predictive, Preventive and Personalised Medicine”, Volume 4, pp 315-357, Springer, 2013.
2. Fonseca AC, Ferreira P, Cordeiro RA, Mendonça PV, Góis JR, Gil MH, Coelho JFJ, “Drug delivery systems for predictive medicine: polymers as tools for advanced applications”, in “New Strategies to Advance Pre/Diabetes Care: Integrative Approach by PPPM”, Advances in Predictive, Preventive and Personalised Medicine, Vol. 3, Springer. 2013.
Affiliations
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CEMMPRE - Centre for Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Processes, University of Coimbra