News

 

Due to his contributions in the field of solar lasers and related phenomena, Professor Dawei Liang has been appointed as Editor of the Physical Science & Biophysics Journal in December 2024.

12-12-2024

 

Professor Filipe Ferreira da Silva shared his opinion in Jornal Público regarding the recent confirmation of the theory proposed by Linus Pauling nearly 100 years ago, which paves the way for a new chemical reality.

04-12-2024

 

Professor Dawei Liang, lead researcher of the Solar Laser Laboratory, has been appointed as a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Telecommunications.

02-12-2024

 

Artigo de opinião do Público "Nobel: a física na base de machine learning" da autoria do Professor Filipe Ferreira da Silva, investigador do CEFITEC. 

10-10-2024

 

Professor Filipe Ferreira da Silva, leader of the Atomic and Molecular Collisions group, and the student Pedro Guerra were awarded with the best poster at the 4th DEA Club Meeting and LE2AP+LEELIS conference, with the works “Dissociative electron attachment to 2-chlorobenzonitril” and “Electron-induced chemistry in EUVL photoresist materials: study on perfluorophenyl trifluoromethanesulfonate”.

10-10-2024

 

Professor Dawei Liang, leader of the Laser Technology group of CEFITEC, was included in the “World’s Top 2% Scientists list” by Stanford University in 2023.

01-10-2024

 

Researcher Mónica Mendes, from the Atomic and Molecular Collisions group of CEFITEC, had her project approved for funding in the FCT Contest for Exploratory Projects in All Scientific Domains 2023.

23-09-2024

The research article “Stable Emissions from a Four-Rod Nd:YAG Solar Laser with ±0.5° Tracking Error Compensation Capacity.” published by the Laser Technology Group of CEFITEC in collaboration with PROMES-CNRS (Authors: M. Catela, D. Liang, J. Almeida, H. Costa, D. Garcia, B. D. Tibúrcio, E. Guillot, C. R. Vistas) was selected as “Title Story” Excellent Article by Photonics journal.

01-08-2024

 

On June 26th at 10 am, our PhD student Miguel Catela will defend his PhD thesis entitled “Advancements in Nd:YAG Solar Laser Stability Under Solar Tracking Error Conditions”. The defense will take place in the Academic Acts Room, Building IV.

24-06-2024

 

The lowest threshold solar-pumped Ce:Nd:YAG laser with the highest solar-to-TEM00 mode laser conversion efficiency of 2.06% was reported by the Laser Technology group of CEFITEC, being 2.6 times larger than the previous record. This work is now published in the prestigious journal Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells (IF 6.9, CS 12.7)

 

20-03-2024