Publications

(10) Amir Nobahar, Helena Passos, Nicolas Schaeffer, Filipe H.B. Sosa, and João A.P. Coutinho, "Engineered Biopolymer Architectures for Selective Metal Ions Extraction" Advanced Sustainable Systems, 10 (2026) e70457. DOI: 10.1002/adsu.70457.

(9) Amir Nobahar, Flavia N. Braga, Filipe H.B. Sosa, Nicolas Schaeffer, João A.P. Coutinho, and Helena Passos "Waste–to–waste valorization: Sustainable palladium recovery from real spent catalytic converter leachates using chicken feathers" Waste Management, 212 (2026) 115349. DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2026.115349.

(8) André Nogueira, Filipe H.B. Sosa, Ana C. Dias, João A.P. Coutinho and Nicolas Schaeffer "An applied machine learning framework for waste lithium-ion battery leaching with integrated preliminary environmental and economic assessment" Green Chemistry, 28 (2026) 277-294. DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04752H. The code for this project is archived on Zenodo at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16096943.

(7) Baptiste Bernicot, Guilhem Arrachart, Sandrine Dourdain, Nicolas Schaeffer, Ana Dias and Stéphane Pellet-Rostaing "Improved rare earth elements recycling using a sustainable diglycolamide-based hydrophobic eutectic solvent" Green Chemistry, 27 (2025) 10851-10864. DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01707F

(6) Flavia N. Braga, António Coelho, Ana R.F. Carreira, Filipe H.B. Sosa, Nicolas Schaeffer, Helena Passos and João A.P. Coutinho "Recovery of platinum from spent automotive catalytic converters by leaching with aluminium-based salts solutions" Separation and Purification Technology 376 (2025) 134003. DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2025.134003

(5) Nicolas Schaeffer and  João A.P. Coutinho "Biobased Eutectic Solvents: A Natural Catch 22" ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 13 (2025) 5481–5482. DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5c02302

(4) Nicolas Schaeffer, Inês Vaz, Maísa S. Pinheiro, Felipe Olea Chandía, Takafumi Hanada, Sandrine Dourdain and João A.P. Coutinho   "Examining the Potential of Type V DES for Metal Solvent Extraction" Green Chemistry 27 (2025), 4438-4463. DOI: 10.1039/D5GC00489F. Included as part of the 2025 Green Chemistry Review collection and highlighted as part of a selection of articles on green solvents in Green Chemistry.

(3) Baptiste Bernicot, Guilhem Arrachart, Sandrine Dourdain, Nicolas Schaeffer, Gabriel Teixeira, Stéphane Pellet-Rostaing, "Design and characterization of novel hydrophobic eutectic solvents based on metal-extracting ligands" Journal of Molecular Liquids, 427 (2025) 127332. DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2025.127332

(2) André Nogueira, Camila Vallejos-Michea, Sara Fateixa, Yecid P. Jimenez, João A.P. Coutinho, and Nicolas Schaeffer, "Separation of metals using in situ formation of DES-DES biphasic systems" Chemical Communications, 61 (2025) 358-361. DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05384B. This article is part of the themed collection: Chemistry for a Sustainable World – Celebrating Our Community Tackling Global Challenges.

(1) Takafumi Hanada, Nicolas Schaeffer, Masahiro Katoh, Joao A. P. Coutinho and Masahiro Goto, "Improved separation of rare earth elements using hydrophobic deep eutectic solvents: liquid–liquid extraction to selective dissolution" Green Chemistry, 26 (2024) 9671-9675. DOI: 10.1039/D4GC01089B