Natália Braz Barroca

Fundings

• Exploiting flexoelectricity to design osteoinductive electromechanical transducers

• A Step Forward To Spinal Cord Injury Repair Using Innovative Stimulated Nanoengineered Scaffolds - NeuroStimSpinal

  03/31/2023
  829060

  https://www.neurostimspinal.eu/home

• FLEXOBONEGRAFT - Flexoelectric scaffolds for bone tissue engineering

  10/02/2019
  info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/753186/EU

• BoneIntegra: Engineering Bone Tissue Constructs through Integrated Hydrostatic Pressure

Publications

• 3D nanofibrous frameworks with on-demand engineered gray and white matters for reconstructing the injured spinal cord

  Barroca, Nathalie; Completo, António; Girão, André F.; Hernández-Martín, Yasmina; Marques, Paula A.A.P.; Serrano, María C.
  Biomaterials Advances | 2025

  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioadv.2025.214200

• The hidden power of glycine: A small amino acid with huge potential for piezoelectric and piezo-triboelectric nanogenerators

  Barroca, Nathalie; Melo, Priscila; Nascimento, Luís; Richardson, Gavin
  Chemical Engineering Journal | 2025

  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.161514

• Recapitulating the Mechanical Anisotropy of the Spinal Cord via 3D Printing and Sinusoidal Scaffold Design

  João M. G. Fitas; Nathalie Barroca; Paula A. A. P. Marques
  2025

  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-95218-0_3

• Enabling 3D electrical stimulation of adipose-derived decellularized extracellular matrix and reduced graphene oxide scaffolds in vitro using graphene electrodes

  Bárbara M. de Sousa; et al; Guilherme Gil; Laura Casarrubios; Mónica Cicuéndez; Nathalie Barroca; Patrícia Alexandra Martins; Sandra I. Vieira
  RSC Advances | 2025

  https://doi.org/10.1039/D5RA02570B

• Application of Adipose Extracellular Matrix and Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanocomposites for Spinal Cord Injury Repair

  Barroca, Nathalie; Bieler, Lara; Bronkhorst, Ewald M.; Couillard-Després, Sébastien; Klymov, Alexey; Leeuwenburgh, Sander C.G.; Marques, Paula A.A.P.; Verstappen, Kest; Walboomers, X. Frank
  Advanced Healthcare Materials | 2024

  https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202402775

• Biocompatible adipose extracellular matrix and reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite for tissue engineering applications

  Alexey Klymov; Daniela M. da Silva; et al; Francisco-Javier Fernández-San-Argimiro; Iratxe Madarieta; Kest Verstappen; Mónica Cicuéndez; Nathalie Barroca
  Materials Today Bio | 2024

  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtbio.2024.101059

• Decellularized extracellular matrix-based 3D nanofibrous scaffolds functionalized with polydopamine-reduced graphene oxide for neural tissue engineering

  Barroca, Nathalie; de Sousa, Bárbara M.; et al; Martins, Patrícia A.D.; Nero, Luís; Pinto, Susana C.; Semitela, Ângela; Silva, Daniela M. da
  Chemical Engineering Journal | 2023

  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.144980

• Customizing Three-Dimensional Structures of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes to Direct Neural Stem Cell Differentiation

  Ângela Semitela; Bárbara M. de Sousa; Cristiana Fernandes; et al; Luís Nascimento; Paula A. A. P. Marques; Ricardo. M. Silva; Sandra I. Vieira
  Advanced Healthcare Materials | 2023

  https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202300828

• Interfacing reduced graphene oxide with an adipose-derived extracellular matrix as a regulating milieu for neural tissue engineering

  Barroca, Nathalie; da Silva, Daniela M.; et al; Fernández-San-Argimiro, Francisco-Javier; Klymov, Alexey; Pinto, Susana C.; Sousa, Joana P.M.; Verstappen, Kest
  Biomaterials Advances | 2023

  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bioadv.2023.213351

• Nanofibrous hybrid scaffolds based on PCL-borosilicate system by a green sol-gel process

  Almeida, J.C.; Barroca, Nathalie; Coelho, S.A.R.; Fernandes, M.H.V.; Kniep, J.
  Materials Today Chemistry | 2023

  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mtchem.2023.101396

• Effects of graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide nanomaterials on porcine endothelial progenitor cells

  Barroca, Nathalie; Casarrubios, Laura; Cicuéndez, Mónica; da Silva, Daniela; Diez-Orejas, Rosalía; et al; Feito, María José; Polo-Montalvo, Alberto
  Nanoscale | 2023

  http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3nr03145d

• Effects of Graphene Oxide and Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanostructures on CD4+ Th2 Lymphocytes

  Barroca, Nathalie; Casarrubios, Laura; Cicuéndez, Mónica; Diez-Orejas, Rosalía; Fateixa, Sara; Feito, María José; Marques, Paula A. A. P.; Portolés, María Teresa; Silva, Daniela
  International Journal of Molecular Sciences | 2022

  http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms231810625

• Circuit Modeling of rGO-doped Scaffolds for Spinal Cord Regeneration Based on Transient and xAC Analyses

  Al-Maghrabi, Latifah; Barroca, Nathalie; et al; Gil, Guilherme; Martins, Patricia; Murua, Olatz; Olalde, Beatriz; Silva, Daniela
  2022

• Mechanical writing of electrical polarization in poly (L-lactic) acid

  Barroca, Nathalie; Collins, Liam; Fernandes, M.Helena V.; Rodriguez, Brian J.; Vilarinho, Paula M.
  Acta Biomaterialia | 2022

  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2021.05.057

• Benefits in the Macrophage Response Due to Graphene Oxide Reduction by Thermal Treatment

  Barroca, Nathalie; Casarrubios, Laura; Cicuéndez, Mónica; Diez-Orejas, Rosalía; Feito, María José; Marques, Paula A. A. P.; Portolés, María Teresa; Silva, Daniela
  International Journal of Molecular Sciences | 2021

  http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms22136701

• Investigation of The Cellular Response to Bone Fractures: Evidence for Flexoelectricity

  Barroca, Nathalie; Catalan, Gustau; Núñez-Toldrà, Raquel; Vasquez-Sancho, Fabian
  Scientific Reports | 2020

  http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-57121-3

• Freestanding and flexible composites of magnetocaloric Gd5(Si,Ge)4 microparticles embedded in thermoplastic poly(methyl methacrylate) matrix

  Andrade, Vivian M.; Araújo, João P.; Barroca, Nathalie B.; Belo, João H.; Pereira, André M.; Pires, Ana L.; Pirota, Kleber R.
  Materials & Design | 2020

  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2019.108354

• Multicaloric effect in a multiferroic composite of Gd5(Si,Ge)4 microparticles embedded into a ferroelectric PVDF matrix

  Amirov, A.; Andrade, V. M.; Barroca, N.; Belo, J. H.; et al; Pimentel, B.; Pires, A. L.; Yusupov, D.
  Scientific Reports | 2019

  http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-54635-8

• Optical Fiber Humidity Sensor Based on Polyvinylidene Fluoride Fabry–Perot

  Barroca, Nathalie; Frazao, Orlando; Pereira, Andre; Ribeiro, Miguel; Vaz, Antonio
  IEEE Photonics Technology Letters | 2019

  http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/lpt.2019.2901571

• Functionalized-ferroelectric-coating-driven enhanced biomineralization and protein-conformation on metallic implants

  Barroca, Nathalie; Fernandes, Maria Helena V.; Hortigüela, Maria J.; Maltez-da Costa, Marisa; Singh, Manoj Kumar; Vilarinho, Paula Maria; Zlotnik, Sebastian
  Journal of Materials Chemistry B | 2019

  http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c8tb02777c

• Electrically polarized PLLA nanofibers as neural tissue engineering scaffolds with improved neuritogenesis

  Almeida, Abílio; Barroca, Nathalie; da Cruz e Silva, Odete A.B.; Fernandes, Maria H.V.; Marote, Ana; Vieira, Sandra I.; Vilarinho, Paula M.
  Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces | 2018

  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfb.2018.03.050

• Application of Chitosan Based Materials for Drug Delivery

  Barroca, Nathalie; Daniel-da-Silva, Ana Luisa; Ferreira, Bárbara J.M. Leite; Lopes, Poliana P.
  Frontiers in Biomaterials | 2017

  http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/9781681084855117030011

• A proteomic analysis of the interactions between poly(L-lactic acid) nanofibers and SH-SY5Y neuronal-like cells

  A.B. da Cruz e Silva, Odete; Barroca, Nathalie; H.V. Fernandes, Maria; I. Vieira, Sandra; M. Silva, Raquel; M. Vilarinho, Paula; Marote, Ana; Vitorino, Rui
  AIMS Molecular Science | 2016

  http://dx.doi.org/10.3934/molsci.2016.4.661

• Are lithium niobate (LiNbO3) and lithium tantalate (LiTaO3) ferroelectrics bioactive?

  Barroca, Nathalie; Félix, Pedro; Fernandes, Maria Helena; Vilarinho, Paula Maria; Zlotnik, Sebastian
  Materials Science and Engineering: C | 2014

  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2014.03.026

• Properties of novel PMMA-co-EHA bone cements filled with hydroxyapatite

  Barroca, Natalia B.; Correia, Rui N.; Daniel-da-Silva, Ana L.; Fernandes, V.; Ferreira, Bárbara J.M. Leite; Helena, Maria; Lopes, Poliana P.
  Polymer Composites | 2013

  http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pc.22719

• Stability of electrically induced-polarization in poly (L-lactic) acid for bone regeneration

  Barroca, N.; Fernandes, M.H.V.; Gruverman, A.; Sharma, P.; Vilarinho, P.M.
  Applied Physics Letters | 2012

  http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84863975375&partnerID=MN8TOARS

• Suitability of PLLA as piezoelectric substrates for tissue engineering evidenced by microscopy techniques

  Barroca, N.B.; Daniel-da-Silva, A.L.; Fernandes, M.H.R.; Fernandes, M.H.V.; Gomes, P.S.; Gruverman, A.; Lanceros-Mendez, S.; M.vilarinho, P.; Sharma, P.
  Microscopy and Microanalysis | 2012

  http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84894665575&partnerID=MN8TOARS

• Bone cells activity on piezoelectric PLLA biosubstrates

  Barroca, N.; Fernandes, M.; Gomes, P.; Gruverman, A.; Lanceros-Mendez, S.; Vilarinho, P.
  24th European Conference on Biomaterials - Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials ESB 2011 | 2011

• Protein adsorption on piezoelectric poly(L-lactic) acid thin films by scanning probe microscopy

  Barroca, N.; Daniel-da-Silva, A.L.; Fernandes, M.H.; Gruverman, A.; Vilarinho, P.M.; Wu, A.
  Applied Physics Letters | 2011

  http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79953732152&partnerID=MN8TOARS

• Tailoring the morphology of high molecular weight PLLA scaffolds through bioglass addition

  Barroca, N.; Daniel-da-Silva, A.L.; Fernandes, M.H.V.; Vilarinho, P.M.
  Acta Biomaterialia | 2010

  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2010.03.032

• Porogen effect of bioactive glass on poly(L-lactide) scaffolds: Evidences by electron microscopy

  Barroca, N.B.; Daniel-da-Silva, A.L.; Fernandes, M.H.V.; Vilarinho, P.M.
  Microscopy and Microanalysis | 2008

  http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-53349175624&partnerID=MN8TOARS