Ana Rovisco earned her Ph.D. in Nanotechnologies and Nanosciences from the NOVA School of Science and Technology (FCT-NOVA), in 2019. She also completed an Integrated Master's degree in Physics Engineering at the same university in 2012. She currently serves as an assistant researcher at CENIMAT, FCT-NOVA, where she leads the research and services related to scanning electron microscopy at the center. She has been a researcher at CENIMAT since 2013, and since 2014, she has also been a lab assistant for various courses focused on nanofabrication and materials characterization at the same university (e.g. Nanofabrication and Characterization of Nanostructures).
Since 2013, Ana has been engaged in diverse research related to the fabrication, characterization, and application of multifunctional oxide materials for devices and circuits. She initially worked with thin-film oxides and later shifted her focus to oxide nanostructures, particularly during her Ph.D. thesis, which centered on the hydrothermal synthesis, characterization, and various applications of zinc-tin oxide nanostructures. Her research has contributed to advancements in electronics, including transistors, memories, and sensors, as well as energy harvesting through nanogenerators, and applications in the fields of health and environmental science, such as photocatalysis. She has authored more than 20 publications in these areas. Currently, Ana is a member of the Topical Advisory Panel on Chemosensors at MDPI and Electronic Materials at MDPI. She also serves as a Guest Editor for a Topical collection of Chemosensors, and a shared Special Issue between Materials and Electronic Materials.
Nanofabrication and nanocharacterization based on scanning electron microscopy (SEM, EDS, EBL, EBIC) and application (eg: FETs, energy harvesters, sensing and photocatalysis) of solution based oxide nanostructures.
Multicomponent oxides; nanostructures; nanofabrication; nano-lithography (EBL); nanodevices; flexible and transparent technology; oxide thin film transistors; energy harvesting; photocatalysis; multifunctionality; sustainability.
A. Rovisco, R. Branquinho, J. Martins, M. J. Oliveira, D. Gomes, E. Fortunato, R. Martins and P. Barquinha, Seed-layer free zinc tin oxide tailored nanostructures for nanoelectronic applications: effect of chemical parameters, ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 1, 3986–97, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.8b00743.
P.G. Bahubalindruni, A. Kiazadeh, A. Sacchetti, J. Martins, A. Rovisco, V.G. Tavares, R. Martins, E. Fortunato, P. Barquinha, Influence of Channel Length Scaling on InGaZnO TFTs Characteristics: Unity Current-Gain Cutoff Frequency, Intrinsic Voltage-Gain, and On-Resistance., J. Disp. Technol. 12, 515–518, 2016, https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7447659?arnumber=7447659.
A. Kiazadeh, H. L. Gomes, P. Barquinha, J. Martins, A. Rovisco, J. V. Pinto, R. Martins and E. Fortunato, Improving positive and negative bias illumination stress stability in parylene passivated IGZO transistors, Appl. Phys. Lett. 109, 051606, 2016, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4960200.