Papers and Books

Papers in Peer-Reviewed Journals

2022


Ana Sofia Fernandes, Tomé Azevedo, Filipe Rocha, Eugénia Nunes, Vera Homem,, Plant uptake potential and soil persistence of volatile methylsiloxanes in sewage sludge amended soils. Chemosphere 308 (Part 1), 136314
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136314

2022


Filipe Rocha, Arminda Alves, Vera Homem, Exploring the Potential of Sewage Sludge as Agricultural Fertilizer: Determination of Heavy Metals and Nutrients by Microwave-Assisted Digestion Followed by ICP-OES Analysis. Journal of Chemical Education 99, 3218-3226
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00044

2022


Ana Sofia Fernandes, Tomé Azevedo, Filipe Rocha, Eugénia Nunes, Vera Homem, Uptake and translocation of synthetic musk fragrances by pea plant grown in sewage sludge-amended soils. Environmental Pollution 310, 119908
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119908

2022


Fábio Bernardo, Nuno Ratola, Arminda Alves, Vera Homem, Analysis of volatile methylsiloxanes in water using a small-scale liquid-liquid extraction method followed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (LLE-GC-MS). U. Porto Journal of Engineering 8, 2-12
https://doi.org/10.24840/2183-6493_008.004

2022


Fábio Bernardo, Arminda Alves, Vera Homem, A review of bioaccumulation of volatile methylsiloxanes in aquatic systems, Science of the Total Environment 824, 153821
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153821

2021


Sara Ramos, Vera Homem, Lúcia Santos, Modified dispersive solid-phase extraction and cleanup followed by GC-MS/MS analysis to quantify ultraviolet filters and synthetic musk compounds in soil samples, Journal of Separation Science 44, 3107-3116
https://doi.org/10.1002/jssc.202100281

2021


Sara Ramos, Vera Homem, Lúcia Santos, Uptake and translocation of UV-filters and synthetic musk compounds into edible parts of tomato grown in amended soils, Science of the Total Environment 792, 148482
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148482

2021


Fábio Bernardo, Providencia González-Hernández, Nuno Ratola, Verónica Pino, Arminda Alves, Vera Homem, Using Design of Experiments to Optimize a Screening Analytical Methodology Based on Solid-Phase Microextraction/Gas Chromatography for the Determination of Volatile Methylsiloxanes in Water, Molecules 26, 3429
https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26113429

2021


Providencia González-Hernández, Idaira Pacheco-Fernández, Fábio Bernardo, Vera Homem, Jorge Pasánc, Juan H. Ayala, Nuno Ratola, Verónica Pino, Headspace solid-phase microextraction based on the metal-organic framework CIM-80(Al) coating to determine volatile methylsiloxanes and musk fragrances in water samples using gas chromatography and mass spectrometry, Talanta 232, 122440
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2021.122440

2021


Joana Silva, Fábio Bernardo, Mónica Jesus, Tiago Faria, Arminda Alves, Nuno Ratola, Vera Homem, Levels of volatile methylsiloxanes in urban wastewater sludges at various steps of treatment, Environmental Chemistry Letters
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10311-021-01191-1

2020


Sara Ramos, Vera Homem, Lúcia Santos, Analytical methodology to screen UV-filters and synthetic musk compounds in market tomatoes, Chemosphere 238 (2020) 124605
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.124605

2019


  • Maria Celeiro, J. Pablo Lamas, Marlene Vila, Carmen Garcia-Jares, Vera Homem, Nuno Ratola, Thierry Dagnac, Maria Llompart, Determination of multiclass personal care products in continental waters by solid-phase microextraction followed by gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry, Journal of Chromatography A, 1607 (2019) 460398

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2019.460398

Books

2020


Book Edition
  • Vera Homem, Nuno Ratola (Eds.), Volatile Methylsiloxanes in the Environment, The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Vol. 89, 2020, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg (ISBN: 978-3-030-50134-1)

Book Chapters
  • Vera Homem, Nuno Ratola (2020). Analytical Methods for Volatile Methylsiloxanes Quantification: Current Trends and Challenges. In: Vera Homem, Nuno Ratola (Eds), Volatile Methylsiloxanes in the Environment, The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg (https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2020_469).

  • Vera Homem, Nuno Ratola (2020). Concluding Remarks and Future Perspectives. In: Vera Homem, Nuno Ratola (Eds), Volatile Methylsiloxanes in the Environment, The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg (https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2020_469).