João Duarte Neves Cruz

Academic Degrees

Bachelor of Engineering Physics (5 years degree) (1995, FCT NOVA).

Master (2 years) of Physics, speciality High Energy Physics (1999, IST UL).

Post-graduation (1 year) in Sanitary Engineering (FCT NOVA).

PhD in Physics, specialty Nuclear Physics (2007, FCT NOVA).

Research Interests

- Nuclear Physics;

- Particle accelerators; 

-IBA (Ion Beam Analysis) techniques applied to materials research;

- IBA techniques applied to cultural heritage;

 - Nuclear astrophysics;

- Engineering Physics;

- Biomedical Engineering.

Research Projects

Responsible Researcher: “Resíduos na Linha”, advanced sensing of waste containers for implementation of the PAYT (Pay As You Throw) system – funded from the SPV (Sociedade Ponto Verde) – Active.

Researcher: Closing the upcoming EU gypsum gap with phosphogypsum. ERA-MIN3 action, funded from the European Union under the Horizon 2020 Program [European Commission Grant Agreement No. 101003575] – Active.

Responsible Researcher: “MO-TORAZOR”. Funded from the European Research Infrastructure for Heritage Science – 2020-2022

Representative Publications

1. A. Compagnucci; A. Formicola; M. Campostrini; J. Cruz et al. ; Jorge Machado; Sofia Pessanha. "Towards a comprehensive study of the 14N(p,g)15O astrophysical key reaction: Description of the experimental technique including novel target preparation” Eur. Phys. J. A 61, 191 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-025-01658-7

2. João Silva; Ricardo Castelhano; Fernanda Silva; José Paulo Santos; Ana Félix; João Cruz; Jorge Machado; Sofia Pessanha. "The impact of formalin fixation in the elemental content of tissues: Parametrization up to 48 h". Microchemical Journal (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2024.110281.

3. Adela Consuela Scafes; Carlos Miranda Vítor; Dan Pantelica; Ana Pantelica; Nicoleta Florea; Decebal Iancu; Marian Boromiza; et al. "Excitation function measurements of the elastic and inelastic scattering of protons in the 1600 to 5300 keV energy range for Li and F". The European Physical Journal A 59 3 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-023-00962-4.

4. C M Vítor; E Alves; R C da Silva; R Mateus; J Cruz; N Catarino. "Measurement of 9Be(3He,p i )11B (i = 0, 1, ..., 9) nuclear reaction cross sections in the 1.0 MeV to 2.5 MeV energy range". Physica Scripta (2023): https://doi.org/10.1088/1402-4896/acbb5d.

5. R. Mateus; M. Fonseca; J. Cruz; V. Manteigas; C. Santos; H. Luís; H. Silva; Adelaide Pedro de Jesus. "Gamma-ray cross-sections of the 27Al(p,p`¿)27Al reaction in the proton energy range 1490–3000 keV". European Physical Journal A 58 10 (2022):https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/ae0ae011-10a9-4ccc-bb45-bc797b6d414f.

6. J. Cruz; M. Fonseca; R. Mateus; V. Manteigas; H. Luís; A. P. Jesus. "Cross-sections of the gamma-producing 25Mg(p,p¿1-0)25Mg nuclear reaction at Elab = 870–4020 keV". The European Physical Journal A (2022): https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-022-00780-0.

7. "Closing the upcoming EU gypsum gap with phosphogypsum". Resources, Conservation and Recycling 182 (2022): 106328-106328.http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106328.

8. Joana P. Costa; Teresa Pinheiro; Maria S. Martins; M. Fernanda N. N. Carvalho; Joana Feliciano; Jorge H. Leitão; R. A. L. Silva; et al. "Tuning the Biological Activity of Camphorimine Complexes through Metal Selection". Antibiotics (2022):https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/11/8/1010.

9. V. Manteigas; L. Martins; J. Cruz; M. Fonseca; A.P. Jesus. "ERYA-Bulk and ERYA-Profiling: An application for quantitative PIGE analysis". Computer Physics Communications(2022): 108307-108307. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2022.108307.

10. João Cruz; Victoria Corregidor; Bruno Nunes; Luís Alves; Rogério Colaço; Eduardo Alves. "Surface Characterization and Performance Evaluation of Nitrogen Implanted Coinage Dies". Processes 10 3 (2022): 479-479. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr10030479.

11. Vasco Manteigas; J. Cruz; M. Fonseca; Adelaide Pedro de Jesus. "ERYA–Profiling: A code for quantitative PIGE analysis of in-depth heterogeneous samples". Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms 502 (2021): 142-149. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/e30d78f2-bbf9-44c8-a7b5-f54d7b256797.

12. J. Cruz; M. Fonseca; D. Galaviz; A. Henriques; H. Luís; Jorge Machado; P. Teubig; et al. "Fluorine depth profiling based on the 19F(p,p’¿)19F excitation function". European Physical Journal Plus 136 9 (2021): https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/960f2f8d-48ff-4696-ba3b-1f715684904d.

13. E. Alves; Katharina Lorenz; N. Catarino; Marco Peres; M. Dias; R. Mateus; L. C. Alves; et al. "An insider view of the Portuguese ion beam laboratory". European Physical Journal Plus 136 6 (2021): https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/e5bd7342-30a4-4a96-95d7-1ebea23b0579.