Rui JC Gusmão, Ph.D.

Junior Group Leader

Contact: rui.gusmao@vscht.cz 

Research Interests

• Materials Chemistry, Electrochemical Techniques, Electrocatalysis, Material Characterization, Liquid phase exfoliation, Top-down methods, Energy Conversion, Water Splitting, HER, OER, ORR, NRR, Energy Storage, Transition Metal Dichalcogenide, Transition Metal Nitrides, Metal Phosphorous Trichalcogenides, High Entropy Alloys

• Voltammeters, Electrodes, Electroanalytical Chemistry, Sensing, Black phosphorus, 2D Pnictogens,  MXene

• Electromagnetic Shielding, Carbon Nanotubes, Carbon Nanomaterials, Graphene, Transition Metal Dichalcogenide

Summary of Scientific Activities

Total peer-reviewed publications : 57 | h -index: 23 | Total citations > 2000

#firstauthor: 27 | #co- corresponding author: 17 |  #covers and front pieces: 5 | #Impact Factor (IF) ≥ 10: 15
(4x ) Angewandte Chemie ; (2 x ) ACS Catalysis, ACS AM&I , Small Methods ; (1 x ) ACS Nano, Advanced Functional Materials , Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Materials Today Energy, Small
Source: Google Scholar | Scopus | WoS (01.2024)

Current  Position

Since 10/2017: Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague (VŠCHT Praha/UCT Prague) , Prague, Czech Republic

Previous Research Positions

Research Stays in other scientific institutions

Grants and Project Funding

Published Works

Full list of publications

Selected publications, since 2020:
^{* indicates corresponding authorship}

1. Alkaline Water Electrolysis Performance of Mixed Cation Metal Phosphorous Trichalcogenides
   Oliveira, F. M.; Paštika, J.; Ayaz, I.; Mazánek, V.; Plutnarová, I.; Zeng, L.; Olsson, E.; Amorim, C. O.; Melle-Franco, M.; Gusmão, R.*; Sofer, Z.
   Materials Today Energy 2024, 39, 101468. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtener.2023.101468 
2. 2D Layered Bimetallic Phosphorous Trisulfides M^IM^IIIP₂S₆ (M^I= Cu, Ag; M^III=Sc, V, Cr, In) for Electrochemical Energy Conversion
   Oliveira, F. M.; Paštika, J.; Mazánek, V.; Melle-Franco, M.; Sofer, Z.; Gusmão, R.*
   Small Methods 2023, 7 (2), 2201358.  https://doi.org/10.1002/smtd.202201358
3. Study of Chitosan-Stabilized Ti₃C₂T_x MXene for Ultrasensitive and Interference-Free Detection of Gaseous H₂O₂
   Isailović, J.; Oberlintner, A.; Novak, U.; Finšgar, M.; Oliveira, F. M.; Paštika, J.; Sofer, Z.; Tasić, N.; Gusmão, R.*; Hočevar, S. B.
   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2023.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c05314
4. Synthesis of Magnesium Phosphorous Trichalcogenides (MgPX₃) and Applications in Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting
   Paštika, J.; Oliveira, F. M.; Mazánek, V.; Sofer, Z.; Gusmão, R.*
   Small 2022, 18 (18), 2200355. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202200355
5. Electromagnetic Interference Shielding by Reduced Graphene Oxide Foils
   Oliveira, F. M.; Luxa, J.; Bouša, D.; Sofer, Z.; Gusmão, R.*
   ACS Applied Nano Materials 2022, 5 (5), 6792–6800. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.2c00785
6. PtSe₂ on a Reduced Graphene Oxide Foil for the Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
   Oliveira, F. M.; Danylo, I.; Mazánek, V.; Veselý, M.; Gusmão, R.*; Sofer, Z.
   Materials Advances 2022, 3 (10), 4348–4358 https://doi.org/10.1039/d2ma00190j
7. Cobalt Phosphorous Trisulfide (CoPS₃) as a High-Performance Electrocatalyst for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction
   Oliveira, F. M.; Paštika, J.; Mazánek, V.; Melle-Franco, M.; Sofer, Z.; Gusmão, R.*
   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2021, 13 (20), 23638–23646. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c02361
8. Phosphorene and Other Layered Pnictogens as a New Source of 2D Materials for Electrochemical Sensors
   Tapia, M. A.; Gusmão, R.*; Serrano, N.; Sofer, Z.; Ariño, C.; Díaz-Cruz, J. M.; Esteban, M.
   TrAC Trends Analytical Chemistry 2021, 139, 116249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trac.2021.116249
9. Recent Advances in the Electromagnetic Interference Shielding of 2D Materials beyond Graphene
   Oliveira, F. M.; Gusmão, R.*
   ACS Applied Electronic Materials 2020, 2 (10), 3048–3071. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.0c00545
10. Recent Developments on the Single Atom Supported at 2D Materials beyond Graphene as Catalysts
    Gusmão, R.*; Veselý, M.; Sofer, Z.
    ACS Catalysis 2020, 10 (16), 9634–9648. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.0c02388

Book chapter: Sensing Materials: 2D Semiconductors for Biosensing, in: Ref. Module. Biomed. Sci., Elsevier, 2023. R. Gusmão* https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-822548-6.00049-2

 Journal Covers

Angew. Chemie - Int. Ed. 2017, 56 (28), 8052. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201610512

Angew. Chemie Int. Ed. 2017, 56 (46), 14417. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201706389

Adv. Funct. Mater. 2019, 29 (2), 1805975. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201805975

Angew. Chemie - Int. Ed. 2019, 58 (28), 9326. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201810309

Chemosensors 2023, 11 (4), 219. https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9040/11/4

Other Information

Education:
Ph.D. in Chemistry. Degree-granting institution: Faculty of Chemistry, University of Barcelona, Spain. Year: 2012
B.Sc. in Technological Chemistry (Licenciatura). Degree-granting institution: Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon (FCUL, Portugal) Scientific area: Chemistry. Year: 2006

Oral Communications in conferences, from 2018:
2024 – NANOSUMMIT2024, Lyon, France, May 20-22, 2024 (Invited);  10th International Symposium on Hydrogen Energy,  Renewable Energy and Materials (HEREM 2024),  Bangkok, Thailand, October 2024.
2022 – 8th Regional Symposium on Electrochemistry Southeast Europe, Graz, Austria (Keynote); Flatlands beyond Graphene 2022, Lanzarote, Spain; Atlantic Basin Conference on Chemistry, Marrakech, Morocco.
2021 – European Graphene Forum 2021, Milan, Italy; ImagineNano2021 International Event, Nanospain2021 Conference, Bilbao, Spain.
2019 – 7th Regional Symposium on Electrochemistry Southeast Europe, Split, Croatia; 10th World Congress of Chemistry & Biology, Barcelona, Spain (Invited). 
2018 – 2nd International Conference on Materials Science and Research, Frankfurt, Germany (Invited).

Organization of Scientific Meetings:
2025  – Nano Exploration of MXenes 2025 - #NEMX25,  MATSUS Spring25,  Sevilla, Spain - link
2023 – Flatlands beyond Graphene 2023, September 2023, Prague, Czech Republic - https://flatlands2023.com
2015 – XX Meeting of the Portuguese Electrochemical Society, October 2015, Braga, Portugal - xxspe.quimica.uminho.pt

Verified reviews for scientific journals ( WoS ):
(18 x ) Electrochimica Acta; (6 x ) Talanta; (5 x ) Applied Materials Today; (4 x ) Chemical Engineering Journal, Nano; (2 x ) ACS Applied Nano Materials, ACS Nano, Electroanalysis , Nanomaterials, PCCP; (1 x ) ACS Materials Letters, Advanced Functional Materials , Advanced Materials , Angewandte Chemie , Catalysts, Ceramics, Electrochemistry Communications, FlatChem, Journal of Energy Chemistry, Journal of Nanomaterials, Micromachines, Monatshefte für Chemie, Nature Communications, Results in Chemistry, Small , Small Methods.

Supervision of students and research team:

2013/2014 Supervision of 1 Master Student. Department of Chemistry, University of Minho, Portugal.
Since 2020, Supervision of 1 Postdoc, 1 Ph.D. student, 3 visiting M.Sc. students at UCT Prague, Czech Republic.
Undergraduate Positions. If you are interested in laboratory work experience as an undergraduate as part of your Degree course get in touch.
Possibilities for M.Sc. and Ph.D. thesis.
Fall 2025: Dr. Keerthana Shanmuganathan will join with the MSCA PF-CZ funding, under the OP JAK programme.

Get in contact for Postdoctoral funding opportunities:
GA ČR Postdoc Individual Fellowship – Incoming
Call typically opens in March: https://gacr.cz/en/types-of-grant-projects/
The funding duration is 3 years at an institution in the Czech Republic. The Applicant must have received his/her Ph.D. academic title no more than 4 years to the deadline of the call, and has international experience (i.e. has spent at least 2 of the last 3 years at a foreigner institution, either postdoc or enrolled in his/her Ph.D. program).
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships
Call deadline typically in September: https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/postdoctoral-fellowships
The proposals which obtain a score of 70% or above in the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships call under Horizon Europe, but are not proposed for funding under MSCA due to the lack of budget, are eligible for funding under the Operational Program John Amos Comenius (2021-2027), funded under the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).

Collaborations:

Sofer Group, UCT Prague, Czech Republic - https://sofergroup.cz/

Advanced Modeling Lab, University of Aveiro, Portugal - ciceco.ua.pt/manuelmelle

Electroanalysis Group, University of Barcelona, ​​Spain - http://www.ub.edu/dqaelc/

ElectroSynDev, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Germany - https://www.helmholtz-berlin.de/forschung/oe/ce/synthesis-to-devices/index_en.html

Nikola Tasić , National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia - https://www.ki.si/en/about-the-institute/find-employees/384/