Diana Silva
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PhD student (Doctoral program ADvamTech)
PhD student with a dissertation on: "Development of new drug delivery systems based on ophthalmic lenses"
Master Degree in Bioengineering and Nanosystems, Instituto Superior Tècnico,Lisbon, Portugal, 2014.
Telephone: 21 841 9223, Ext: 3223
Room: 0.2.6.6 (-2rd floor, Chemistry Tower)
Email-adress: dianacristinasilva@tecnico.ulisboa.pt
Scientific fields
Current research topics include:
Characterization and production of antifoulding and antibacterial hydrogels for soft contact lenses;
Coated Hydrogels as drug delivery systems.
Scientific publications in international journals
- D. Silva, A.C. Fernandes, T. G. Nunes, R. Colaço, A.P. Serro. "The effect of albumin and cholesterol on the biotribological behaviour of hydrogels for contact lenses.". Acta Biomaterilia 26 (2015) 184-194
- D. Silva, M. Guedes, J. Jeremias, D. Nunes, J. B. Correia, K. Hanada, R. Colaço, P. A. Carvalho. "Tribological behaviour of copper-carbon nanocomposites" (In preparation)
- D. Silva, L. Pinto, D. Buzokova, L. Santos, A. P. Serro, B. Saramago. "Polyelectrolyte multilayers based on chitosan and alginate to control drug release from ophthalmic lens" (In preparation)
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