Maria Castro Freitas

Maria Castro Freitas


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Academic Career Length

18Years (2009-Present)

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

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1 November 2018 in Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical
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João PachecoJoão Pacheco
João Pacheco
PRPatrícia Rebelo
Patrícia Rebelo
MFMaria Castro Freitas
Maria Castro Freitas
HNHendrikus Nouws
Hendrikus Nouws
Cristina Delerue-MatosCristina Delerue-Matos
Cristina Delerue-Matos

1 March 2018 in Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical
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João PachecoJoão Pacheco
João Pacheco
MSMarta S.V. Silva
Marta S.V. Silva
MFMaria Castro Freitas
Maria Castro Freitas
HNHendrikus Nouws
Hendrikus Nouws
Cristina Delerue-MatosCristina Delerue-Matos
Cristina Delerue-Matos

1 September 2018 in Journal of Chromatography A
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Virgínia Cruz FernandesVirgínia Cruz Fernandes
Virgínia Cruz Fernandes
MFMaria Castro Freitas
Maria Castro Freitas
João PachecoJoão Pacheco
João Pacheco
JOJosé Maria Oliveira
José Maria Oliveira
VDValentina Fernandes Domingues
Valentina Fernandes Domingues
Cristina Delerue-MatosCristina Delerue-Matos
Cristina Delerue-Matos
Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) with different sizes and characteristics were synthesized to be used as a QuEChERS sorbents for the determination of seven organophosphorus pesticides (OPPs) in strawberries by gas chromatography analysis with flame photometric and mass spectrometry detection. To achieve the optimum conditions of modified QuEChERS procedure several parameters affecting the cleanup efficiency including the amount of the sorbents and cleanup time were investigated. The results were compared with classical QuEChERS methodologies and the modified QuEChERS procedure using MNPs showed the better performance. Under the optimum conditions of the new methodology, three spiking levels (25, 50 and 100 μg kg-1) were evaluated in a strawberry sample. The results showed that the average recovery was 93% and the relative standard deviation was less than 12%. The enrichment factor ranged from 111 to 145%. The good linearity with coefficients of determination of 0.9904-0.9991 was obtained over the range of 25-250 μg kg-1 for 7 OPPs. It was determined that the MNPs have an excellent function as sorbent when purified even using less amount of sorbents and the magnetic properties allowed non-use of the centrifugation in cleanup step. The new methodology was applied in strawberry samples from conventional and organic farming. The new sorbents were successfully applied for extraction and determination of OPPs in strawberries.

1 February 2020 in Talanta
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MFMaria Castro Freitas
Maria Castro Freitas
MNMarta M.P.S. Neves
Marta M.P.S. Neves
HNHendrikus Nouws
Hendrikus Nouws
CDCristina Delerue-Matos
Cristina Delerue-Matos

1 January 2014 in Biosensors and Bioelectronics
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MFMaria Castro Freitas
Maria Castro Freitas
SVS. Viswanathan
S. Viswanathan
HNHendrikus Nouws
Hendrikus Nouws
MOM.B.P.P. Oliveira
M.B.P.P. Oliveira
Cristina Delerue-MatosCristina Delerue-Matos
Cristina Delerue-Matos

27 November 2018 in Electroanalysis
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MFMaria Castro Freitas
Maria Castro Freitas
HNHendrikus Nouws
Hendrikus Nouws
Cristina Delerue-MatosCristina Delerue-Matos
Cristina Delerue-Matos