Elvira Fortunato
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Born | 22 July 1964 |
Nationality | Portuguese |
Organization | NOVA School of Science and Technology |
Known for | Inventor of the paper transistor |
Awards | Blaise Pascal Medal (2016)
Czochralski Medal (2017) Pessoa Prize (2020) |
Elvira Fortunato GOIH (born 22 July 1964) is a Portuguese scientist. She is a professor in the Materials Science Department at the NOVA University of Lisbon (FCT-UNL). Fortunato is an innovator in the field of paper electronics, including transistors, memories, sensors, batteries, displays, antennas, and solar cells.[1][2][3]
Early life[]
Fortunato was born in Almada, and received her a degree in Materials Science and Physics in 1987 from the FCT-UNL and continued her graduate studies at the same university. In 1991 Fortunato received her Master's degree in Semiconductor Materials and in 1995 her Ph.D. in Microelectronics and Optoelectronics. In 2005 she obtained her habilitation in the same field.[4]
Career[]
Fortunato joined the faculty at the FCT-UNL in 1995, and became director of the Institute of Nanostructures, Nanomodeling, and Nanofabrication in 1998. She led a research team achieved acclaim for inventing the paper transistor in 2008.[5]
Fortunato is an elected member of Academy of Engineering, European Academy of Sciences, Lisbon Academy of Sciences, and Academia Europaea.[6] She is Associate Editor of Rapid Research Letters Physica Status Solidi, Co-Editor of Europhysics Letters, and an Editorial Advisory Board Member of ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.[4][7]
Research[]
Fortunato's research focuses on exploring new electronic active materials that are environmentally friendly and compatible with flexible electronics. This led to the invention of the first paper transistor in 2008, which used paper, a low-cost and flexible biopolymer, as the insulator layer (gate dielectric) of a thin-film transistor, replacing the commonly used silicon.[8][9] She pioneered European research on transparent electronics, namely thin-film transistors based on oxide semiconductors, demonstrating that oxide materials can be used as true semiconductors.[10] [11]
Fortunato's paper electronics technology has applications that include biosensors, radiofrequency identification (RFID) tags in shipping, and product inventory management [9][12]
Honors and awards[]
Fortunato has received national and international awards for her work.[13] In 2005 she received the prize for Scientific Excellence from the Portuguese Science Foundation (FCT-MCTES). In 2009, she was cited by the Portuguese Parliament for her research. In 2010, she was awarded membership in the Order of Prince Henry by then-Portuguese President Aníbal Cavaco Silva.[14] In 2015, she was President of Portugal Day.[15] In 2016 she was awarded the Blaise Pascal Medal in materials science by the European Academy of Sciences[16] and in 2017, the Czochralski award in recognition of her research work in the area of Advanced Materials Science. In 2018, she received a European Research Council grant worth € 3.5 million, the largest grant ever awarded to a Portuguese researcher at the time of the award.[17] She was the recipient of the 2020 Pessoa Prize, recognized as the most important award of the Portuguese culture.
References[]
- ^ "Short CV Elvira Fortunato" (PDF). European Commission. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
- ^ Das, Narottam, ed. (February 22, 2017). Nanostructured Solar Cells. InTech. doi:10.5772/62516. ISBN 978-953-51-2935-6.
- ^ "Elvira MC Fortunato's Publons profile". publons.com. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Elvira Fortunato | CENIMAT". www.cenimat.fct.unl.pt. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
- ^ "Microchips made of paper: Elvira Fortunato and Rodrigo Martins named European Inventor Award 2016 finalists". Advanced Science News. May 13, 2016. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
- ^ "Elvira Fortunato". Academia Europaea. Archived from the original on May 21, 2020.
- ^ ORCID. "Elvira Fortunato (0000-0002-4202-7047)". orcid.org. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
- ^ "Full Page Reload". IEEE Spectrum: Technology, Engineering, and Science News. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Martins, Rodrigo; Barquinha, Pedro; Pereira, Luís; Correia, Nuno; Gonçalves, Gonçalo; Ferreira, Isabel; Fortunato, Elvira (November 17, 2008). "Write-erase and read paper memory transistor". Applied Physics Letters. 93 (20): 203501. Bibcode:2008ApPhL..93t3501M. doi:10.1063/1.3030873. hdl:10362/3962. ISSN 0003-6951.
- ^ "Research | CENIMAT". www.cenimat.fct.unl.pt. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
- ^ "Research activities | Elvira Fortunato". docentes.fct.unl.pt. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
- ^ News, Advanced Science (May 13, 2016). "Microchips made of paper: Elvira Fortunato and Rodrigo Martins named European Inventor Award 2016 finalists". Advanced Science News. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
- ^ "Recent Awards | Elvira Fortunato". docentes.fct.unl.pt. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
- ^ "Ordens Nacionais - Pagina Oficial das Ordens Honorificas Portuguesas". Orden Honorificas Portuguesas. Archived from the original on September 1, 2020. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
- ^ "Professor Elvira Fortunato presides 10th June Celebrations". Universidade Nova de Lisboa. fct.unl.pt. Archived from the original on September 1, 2020. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
- ^ "EURASC Awardees". European Academy of Sciences. www.eurasc.org. Archived from the original on August 7, 2020. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
- ^ "Professor Elvira Fortunato, Vice-Rector of NOVA, Receives Maximum Amount ERC Advanced Grant for the First Time Awarded to Portugal". Universidade Nova de Lisboa. www.unl.pt. Archived from the original on April 24, 2018. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
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- 1964 births
- Living people
- Members of Academia Europaea
- People from Almada
- Portuguese physicists
- Portuguese scientists
- Portuguese women scientists
- NOVA University Lisbon alumni
- NOVA University Lisbon faculty
- Materials scientists and engineers
- Portuguese inventors