Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Renato Vitalino Gonçalves
Secretariat office:
Erica Regina de Favari Signini – secretarianaca
ifsc.usp.br
Phone: +55 16 3373-9828
Site: www.ifsc.usp.br/naca
The Nanomaterials and Advanced Ceramics Research Group (NaCA) focuses on the synthesis, processing, and investigation of the physicochemical properties of monocrystalline, polycrystalline, and amorphous semiconductor materials. Our research focuses mostly on nano (10-9 m) and micro (10-6 m) scale of transition metal oxide semiconductor materials, whose physical characteristics can be controlled by the presence of crystallographic, doping and chemical defects. Ferroelectric materials, dielectrics, B2O3-based glasses, gas sensors, renewable energy (H2 generation and CO2 photoconversion by artificial photosynthesis), photocatalysis, heterostructures for use in dentistry, and biocompatible implants are among the topics addressed by NaCA’s research group. Figure depicts the principal research areas, materials, characterization and applications:
| IFSC Building CFBio Area 2 |
| Faculty Staff | Phone |
| Antonio Carlos Hernandes | +55 16 33739796 |
| Jean Claude M`Peko | +55 16 33736759 |
| José Pedro Andreeta | +55 16 33736758 |
| Renato Vitalino Gonçalves | +55 16 33736761 |
| Valmor Roberto Mastelaro | +55 16 33739755 |
| Research and Administrative Staff | Phone |
| Elderson Cássio Domenicucci | +55 16 33739791 |
| Erica Regina de Favari Signini | +55 16 33739828 |
| Geraldo José Mangerona Frigo | +55 16 33739809 |
| Luís Carlos Caraschi | +55 16 33739793 |
| Maria Inês Basso Bernardi | +55 16 33736768 |
