PhD in Physical Chemistry
General Information
I was born in 1976 in Natal (Brazil) and presently live in Germany, doing the post-doctorate in physical chemistry. The subject of study is the development of luminescent devices using supramolecular systems with semiconducting polymers intercalated into inorganic hosts.
Basic information about my academic education, scientific interests, and publications are listed below.
E-mail: [email protected]
Address: Universitaetstr 30, NWII, office 5.3 01 27
95440 Bayreuth / Germany
Education / Academic Experience
- Post-doctorate in physical chemistry (February 2009 up to now)
Local: Physikalisches Institute (NWII), Universitaet Bayreuth / Germany
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Anna Koehler
- Post-doctorate in physical chemistry (Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, May/2007-October/2008)
Local: Physikalisches Institut, Westfaelisches Wilhelms-Universitaet Muenster / Germany
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Luisa de Cola
- Post-Doctorate in physical chemistry (October/2004 - April/2007)
Local: Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, University of Bern, Bern / Switzerland.
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Gion Calzaferri
- Ph.D in physical chemistry (July/2000 to July/2004).
Local: Chemistry Department, University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil.
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Oscar L. Malta.
- Master Degree in physical chemistry (March/1998 to March/2000)
Local: Chemistry Department, University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil.
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Oscar L. Malta.
- Undergraduation (1994-1997)
Local: Chemistry Department, University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil.
Teaching Experience
- Assistant professor in the Chemistry Department of the "Universidade Federal de Pernambuco", Recife/ Brazil, in the period of march/2001 to march/2003.
Scientific Interests
- Supramolecular Photonic Materials
- Ligand Field Models and Lanthanide Spectroscopy
- Optical / Molecular Switches
Selected Publications
1. "Proton activity inside the channels of zeolite L", R.Q. Albuquerque, G. Calzaferri, Chem. Eur. J. 13 (2007) 8939. (COVER PAGE)
2. "Luminescence quenching by O2 of a Ru(II) complex with a tail penetrating into a channel of zeolite L", R.Q. Albuquerque, Z. Popovic, L. De Cola, G. Calzaferri, ChemPhysChem 7 (2006) 1050.
3. "On the use of combinatory chemistry to the design of new luminescent Eu3+ complexes", R.O. Freire, R.Q. Albuquerque, S.A. Junior, G.B. Rocha, M.E. de Mesquita, Chem. Phys. Lett. 405 (2005) 123.
4. "On the use of ligand field parameters in the study of coordinated water molecules in Eu(III) complexes", R.Q. Albuquerque, R.O. Freire and O.L. Malta, J. Phys. Chem. A 109 (2005) 4607.
5. "Highly Eu3+ luminescent complexes with naphtoiltrifluoroacetone and dimethylsulfoxide", L.D. Carlos, C. De Mello Donega, R.Q. Albuquerque, S. Alves, Jr., J.F.S. Menezes and O.L. Malta, Mol. Phys. 101 (2003) 1037.
6. "Overlap Polarizability and Covalency in Diatomic Molecules and Europium (III) Complexes", R.Q. Albuquerque and O.L. Malta In: NATO SCIENCE SERIES II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, vol 126, 2003, p. 163 (eds. J.-C. Krupa and N.A. Kulagin), Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. ISBN 1-4020-1675-1.
7. "On the Charge Factors of The Simple Overlap Model", R.Q. Albuquerque, G.B. Rocha, P. Porcher, O.L. Malta, Chem. Phys. Lett. 331 (2000) 519.
Patent
1. "The manufacture and products thereof of photosensitizing nanomaterials and their use in photodynamic treatment", C. Strassert, R.Q. Albuquerque, Y. Vida, L. De Cola, Reference 0819978.8 GB.
References
1-) Prof. Dr. Gion Calzaferri, Chemistry Department, University of Bern, Switzerland.
E-mail: [email protected]
homepage: http://dcbwww.unibe.ch/dcbneu/frames/research/04gc.html
2-) Prof. Dr. Oscar L. Malta, Departamento de Quimica Fundamental, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife
Brazil. E-mail: [email protected]
Coordinator of RENAMI (Molecular and Interfaces Nanotechnology Research Network, www.renami.com.br)
3-) Prof. Dr. Anna Koehler, Physics Institute, University of Bayreuth, Germany.
E-mail: [email protected]
Homepage: http://ep2.uni-bayreuth.de/koehler/
Spoken Languages
- Portuguese (native language)
- English (Scored 277/300 in the TOEFL test)
- German (Scored 92/120 in the ZMP test (C1 level) - Goethe Institute)
- French
- Notions of Spanish and Italien
Experimental Abilities
- Assembly of supramolecular systems with dye-loaded zeolite L crystals
- Notions of organic synthesis
- Operation of the following equipments:
Nd: YAG laser, Quantel Brilliant (time resolved emission spectra)
UV-VIS-NIR lambda 900 spectrometer (absorption spectra)
Luminescence spectrometer LS-50B, Perkin Elmer (luminescence spectra)
Confocal microscope Olympus Fluoview
Fluorolog 2 and 3 (Horiba Jobin Yvon)
Theoretical Abilities
- Optimization of geometries and calculation of properties of molecules using the packages:
GAUSSIAN, AMPAC, QChem, MOPAC, HYPERCHEM
- Developments of programs in the MATLAB package.
My Hobbies Are
- Music (playing the piano and the guitar)
- Sport (tennis, swimming, capoeira)