The study Revisiting CN⁻ Formation Mechanisms in Electron Collisions with Benzonitrile has been selected for the front cover of ChemPhysChem. The research work was first authored by Rodrigo Rodrigues, PhD student in the RaBBiT program at CEFITEC, and co-authored by the CEFITEC researchers Mónica Mendes, João Ameixa, and Filipe Ferreira da Silva.
On January 21, 2026, at 2:30 PM, Dr. Elisa Sani, Senior Researcher at National Institute of Optics, National Research Council of Italy (INO-CNR), will present a seminar entitled "Novel materials for sunlight absorption and energy transfer". The event will take place in Manuel Laranjeira Room, Physics Department (Building I). More information here.
On January 20 at 2 PM, our PhD student Hugo Costa will defend his PhD thesis entitled "Advances In Multirod Solar-Pumped Laser Technology". The defense will take place in the Academic Acts Room, Building IV.
On January 19, 2026, at 2:30 PM, Professor Juna Sathian, Associate Professor and Deputy Lead of the Photonics Technology Group at Northumbria University, will present a seminar entitled "Advances in Room-Temperature Solid-State Masers: From Fundamental Physics to Practical Quantum Technologies." The event will take place in Ágora Room, NOVA FCT Library. More information here.
The recent research “Key Spectroscopic Features of Pyrazine Lowest-Lying ¹B₁u and ¹B₂u States”, published in Chemical Physics Letters and authored by Professor Paulo Limão-Vieira together with co-workers from Brazil and Denmark, earned Editor’s Choice recognition as volume front page, reserved to articles of exceptional scientific impact.