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Elvira Fortunato, the Glossary

Elvira Maria Correia Fortunato (born 22 July 1964) is a Portuguese scientist and minister of science and technology.^[1]

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Academic staff of NOVA University Lisbon
Grand Officers of the Order of Prince Henry
Members of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences
NOVA University Lisbon alumni
People from Almada
Portuguese inventors
Portuguese physicists
Portuguese women scientists
Women government ministers of Portugal

Academia Europaea

The Academia Europaea is a pan-European Academy of Humanities, Letters, Law, and Sciences.

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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that was established in 2009 by the American Chemical Society.

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Almada

Almada is a city and a municipality in Portugal, located on the southern margin of the Tagus River, on the opposite side of the river from Lisbon.

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Aníbal António Cavaco Silva (born 15 July 1939) is a Portuguese economist and politician who served as the 19th president of Portugal, from 9 March 2006 to 9 March 2016, and as prime minister of Portugal, from 6 November 1985 to 25 October 1995.

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António Costa

António Luís Santos da Costa (born 17 July 1961) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician who served as the 118th prime minister of Portugal from 2015 to 2024, presiding over the XXI (2015–2019), XXII (2019–2022) and XXIII Constitutional Governments (2022–2024).

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Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)

The Assembly of the Republic (Portuguese: Assembleia da República), commonly referred to as simply Parliament (Portuguese: Parlamento), is the unicameral parliament of Portugal.

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Biopolymer

Biopolymers are natural polymers produced by the cells of living organisms.

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Biosensor

A biosensor is an analytical device, used for the detection of a chemical substance, that combines a biological component with a physicochemical detector.

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Display device

A display device is an output device for presentation of information in visual or tactile form (the latter used for example in tactile electronic displays for blind people).

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Electronics

Electronics is a scientific and engineering discipline that studies and applies the principles of physics to design, create, and operate devices that manipulate electrons and other electrically charged particles.

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Environmentally friendly

Environment friendly processes, or environmental-friendly processes (also referred to as eco-friendly, nature-friendly, and green), are sustainability and marketing terms referring to goods and services, laws, guidelines and policies that claim reduced, minimal, or no harm upon ecosystems or the environment.

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EPL (journal)

EPL is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by EDP Sciences, IOP Publishing and the Italian Physical Society on behalf of the European Physical Society and 17 other European physical societies.

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European Research Council

The European Research Council (ERC) is a public body for funding of scientific and technological research conducted within the European Union (EU).

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Fernando Alexandre (politician)

Fernando Manuel de Almeida Alexandre (born 1972) is a Portuguese professor and politician.

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Flexible electronics

Flexible electronics, also known as flex circuits, is a technology for assembling electronic circuits by mounting electronic devices on flexible plastic substrates, such as polyimide, PEEK or transparent conductive polyester film.

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Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia

The Foundation for Science and Technology (Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia; FCT) is an organization within the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education in Portugal which evaluates and funds scientific research activities, in particular in the areas of natural sciences, exact sciences, social sciences and humanities.

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Independent politician

An independent, non-partisan politician or non-affiliated politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or bureaucratic association.

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Jornal de Notícias

Jornal de Notícias (shortened to JN) is a Portuguese daily national newspaper, one of the oldest in Portugal.

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Lisbon Academy of Sciences

The Academy of Sciences of Lisbon (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa) is Portugal's national academy dedicated to the advancement of sciences and learning, with the goal of promoting academic progress and prosperity in Portugal.

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Manuel Heitor

Manuel Frederico Tojal de Valsassina Heitor (born 1958) is a Portuguese politician who served as Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education in the government of Prime Minister António Costa until 30 March 2022 when he was succeeded by Elvira Fortunato.

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Materials science

Materials science is an interdisciplinary field of researching and discovering materials.

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Microelectronics

Microelectronics is a subfield of electronics.

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Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education

The Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education (Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior or MCTES) was a Portuguese government ministry dedicated to the design, development, execution and assessment of the science, technology and higher education national policy.

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NOVA School of Science and Technology

The NOVA School of Science and Technology (NOVA FCT) is a Portuguese faculty of the NOVA University Lisbon located at the Caparica Campus, near Lisbon.

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NOVA University Lisbon

NOVA University Lisbon (Universidade NOVA de Lisboa), or just NOVA, is a Portuguese public university whose rectorate is located in Campolide, Lisbon.

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Optoelectronics

Optoelectronics (or optronics) is the study and application of electronic devices and systems that find, detect and control light, usually considered a sub-field of photonics.

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Order of Prince Henry

The Order of Prince Henry (Ordem do Infante Dom Henrique) is a Portuguese order of knighthood created on 2 June 1960, to commemorate the quincentenary of the death of the Portuguese infante Prince Henry the Navigator, one of the main initiators of the Age of Discovery.

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Oxide

An oxide is a chemical compound containing at least one oxygen atom and one other element in its chemical formula.

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Pessoa Prize

The Pessoa Prize (Prémio Pessoa), named after Fernando Pessoa, is recognized as the most important award in the area of Portuguese culture.

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Physics

Physics is the natural science of matter, involving the study of matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force.

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Portugal

Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe, whose territory also includes the Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira.

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Portugal Day

Portugal Day, officially Day of Portugal, Camões, and the Portuguese Communities (Dia de Portugal, de Camões e das Comunidades Portuguesas), is the national day of Portugal celebrated annually on 10 June.

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Radio-frequency identification

Radio-frequency identification (RFID) uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to objects.

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Semiconductor

A semiconductor is a material that has an electrical conductivity value falling between that of a conductor, such as copper, and an insulator, such as glass.

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Sensor

A sensor is a device that produces an output signal for the purpose of detecting a physical phenomenon.

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Solar cell

A solar cell or photovoltaic cell (PV cell) is an electronic device that converts the energy of light directly into electricity by means of the photovoltaic effect.

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Thin-film transistor

A thin-film transistor (TFT) is a special type of field-effect transistor (FET) where the transistor is made by thin film deposition.

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Transistor

A transistor is a semiconductor device used to amplify or switch electrical signals and power.

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XXIII Constitutional Government of Portugal

The XXIII Constitutional Government of Portugal (XXIII Governo Constitucional de Portugal) was the 23rd government of the Third Portuguese Republic under the current Constitution, and had António Costa as the Prime Minister, in his third consecutive term.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvira_Fortunato

Elvira Fortunato, the Glossary

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See also

Academic staff of NOVA University Lisbon

Grand Officers of the Order of Prince Henry

Members of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences

NOVA University Lisbon alumni

People from Almada

Portuguese inventors

Portuguese physicists

Portuguese women scientists

Women government ministers of Portugal

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