On April 15, 2026, between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM, the 18th edition of EXPO FCT will take place, organized by the NOVA School of Science and Technology (NOVA FCT) at the Caparica Campus.
This election strengthens NOVA FCT's and CEFITEC's role in promoting research and development in vacuum technologies at the national level.
Professors and researchers from the Department of Physics produced 104 publications in 2025.
The Center of Physics and Technological Research (CEFITEC) is an experimentally oriented research unit devoted to exploring specific areas of Applied Physics and related activities, merging topics of Physics, Chemistry, Materials Science and Engineering. Our research ranges from basic principles to proof of concept, system prototype and, in some cases, deployment in operational environment.
LIBPhys is formed by researchers from three Universities: NOVA of Lisbon, Coimbra, and Lisbon. The R&D activities of LIBPhys are developed in the areas of atomic, molecular and nuclear physics and electronic & industrial automation instrumentation with applications to analytical methods, radiation detection, and biomedical engineering.
The Physics Department (DF), formally created in 1986, was a pioneer in Portugal in teaching Physics Engineering. Presently, the DF carries out its teaching activities (1st, 2nd and 3rd cycles), fundamental and applied research and technological development in the fields of Physics, Physical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. It is also dedicated to providing services and to scientific dissemination in these fields.
The department's scientific activity is essentially carried out in two research units, LIBPhys-UNL and CEFITEC. Research covers several areas, such as atomic and molecular physics, nuclear and plasma physics, surface and interface physics, laser and vacuum physics, instrumentation, analytical techniques applied to health and cultural heritage, medical instrumentation, medical imaging, machine learning, biosignals and tissue engineering.
