Interfaces, supramolecular structures, self-assembled films, membranes, molecular electronics, molecular magnetism, soft condensed matter, polymers, conducting polymers, colloids and interfaces, photonics and nonlinear optics, optical properties of surfaces and interfaces, nanotechnology.
1999 - PhD in Materials Science and Engineering at the Institute of Physics of São Carlos, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil 1994 - Pedagogic and Scientific Exam in Physics Engineering, Faculty of Science and technology, New University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal 1989 – Graduation in Physics and Materials Engineering at the Faculty of Science and Technology of New University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal