Micaela Machado Querido

Ms. Micaela Machado Querido

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Academic Career Length

10Years (2017-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 June 2019 in Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces
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MQMicaela Machado Querido
Micaela Machado Querido
LALívia Aguiar
Lívia Aguiar
PNPaula Neves
Paula Neves
Cristiana Costa PereiraCristiana Costa Pereira
Cristiana Costa Pereira
João Paulo TeixeiraJoão Paulo Teixeira
João Paulo Teixeira

6 February 2017 in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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Helena P. FelgueirasHelena P. Felgueiras
Helena P. Felgueiras
LWL.M. Wang
L.M. Wang
KRK.F. Ren
K.F. Ren
MQMicaela Machado Querido
Micaela Machado Querido
QJQ. Jin
Q. Jin
MMMaria Cristina Martins
Maria Cristina Martins

5 July 2018 in Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health
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Joana MadureiraJoana Madureira
Joana Madureira
LALívia Aguiar
Lívia Aguiar
Cristiana Costa PereiraCristiana Costa Pereira
Cristiana Costa Pereira
AMAna Mendes
Ana Mendes
MQMicaela Machado Querido
Micaela Machado Querido
João Paulo TeixeiraJoão Paulo Teixeira
João Paulo Teixeira


5 November 2021 in Antibiotics
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MQMicaela Machado Querido
Micaela Machado Querido
IPIvo Paulo
Ivo Paulo
SHSriram Hariharakrishnan
Sriram Hariharakrishnan
DRDaniel Rocha
Daniel Rocha
NBNuno Barbosa
Nuno Barbosa
Cristiana Costa PereiraCristiana Costa Pereira
Cristiana Costa Pereira
The risk of infection arising from indirect sources—namely, contaminated surfaces—has been proved, particularly in healthcare facilities. In the attempt to minimize this problem, innumerable research projects involving the development of surfaces with self-disinfecting properties are being conducted. In this work, wall-paints with self-disinfecting properties were developed with the scope of being applied in environments prone to contamination, such as those at healthcare settings. Our approach was to develop new paint formulations containing two natural plant-based products with known antimicrobial activity—colophony (CLF) and curcumin (CUR). The natural substances were separately incorporated on a commercial paint and their antibacterial activity was evaluated with several bacterial species following ISO 22196. To assess the paints’ safety, cytotoxicity tests were performed on HaCaT and A549 cell lines, using tests on extracts and direct contact tests, as suggested by the standardized protocol ISO 10993. In general, both paints containing CLF and CUR were able to reduce the bacterial growth after 24 h, compared with the control, the commercial unmodified paint. Colophony was even able to reduce the number of culturable bacteria by over 2 log for Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, and Bacillus cereus. Regarding the cytotoxicity tests performed (WST-1, NRU, and LDH), both formulations revealed promising results regardless of the methodology used.

29 October 2018 in Advanced Materials Interfaces
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Micaela Machado Querido
Helena P. FelgueirasHelena P. Felgueiras
Helena P. Felgueiras
ARAkhilesh Rai
Akhilesh Rai
FCFabíola Costa
Fabíola Costa
Cláudia MonteiroCláudia Monteiro
Cláudia Monteiro
MMMaria Cristina Martins
Maria Cristina Martins