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Ferreira Melo Sofia

GIGA Metabolism & Cardiovascular Biology - Cardiology

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ORCID
0000-0001-5561-645X
Main Referenced Co-authors
Oury, Cécile  (14)
Detrembleur, Christophe  (13)
Jérôme, Christine  (13)
Pierrard, Anna  (13)
Lancellotti, Patrizio  (12)
Main Referenced Keywords
polyurethane (9); biomaterial (7); implant (6); 3D-printing (3); carbon dioxide (2);
Main Referenced Unit & Research Centers
CERM - Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules - ULiège (6)
CESAM - Complex and Entangled Systems from Atoms to Materials - ULiège (6)
CERM - Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules - ULiège [BE] (2)
CESAM - Complex and Entangled Systems from Atoms to Materials - ULiège [BE] (2)
GIGA Cardiovascular Sciences-Cardiology - ULiège (2)
Main Referenced Disciplines
Materials science & engineering (34)
Biotechnology (31)
Cardiovascular & respiratory systems (23)
Chemistry (10)
Chemical engineering (3)

Publications (total 48)

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Pierrard, A., Ferreira Melo, S., Thijssen, Q., Van Vlierberghe, S., Lancellotti, P., Oury, C., Detrembleur, C., & Jérôme, C. (11 March 2024). Design of 3D-Photoprintable, Bio-, and Hemocompatible Nonisocyanate Polyurethane Elastomers for Biomedical Implants. Biomacromolecules, 25 (3), 1810-1824. doi:10.1021/acs.biomac.3c01261 https://hdl.handle.net/2268/314616

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Niemi, M., Gazon, H., JUSZCZAK, D., FADEUR, M., CAMBY, S., MEURIS, C., THYS, M., JACQUES, J., HENKET, M., BEGUIN, Y., Rahmouni, S., Lebrun, M., MOUTSCHEN, M., Misset, B., DARCIS, G., GUIOT, J., AZARZAR, S., DELLOT, P., GOFFLOT, S., ... HUYNEN, P. (Other coll.). (2021). Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19. Nature, 600, 472-477. doi:10.1038/s41586-021-03767-x https://hdl.handle.net/2268/260539

Mahapatra, M., Bourguignon, M., Stiernet, P., Ferreira Melo, S., Grignard, B., Vandevenne, M., Galleni, M., & Detrembleur, C. (in press). Non‐Isocyanate Polyurethane (NIPU) Films for Dual‐Function Humidity Sensing and Hydroplasticization Monitoring by Harnessing Clusteroluminescence. Advanced Functional Materials. doi:10.1002/adfm.202523095
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Ferreira Melo, S. (September 2025). New thermoplastic elastomers for safer, greener and customizable blood contacting medical devices with antithrombotic profile [Paper presentation]. 34th Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials – ESB, Turin, Italy.
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Ferreira Melo, S.* , Pierrard, A.* , Lifrange, F., Caliari, M., D'Emal, C., Debuisson, M., Sardon, H., Delvenne, P., Lancellotti, P., Detrembleur, C., Jérôme, C.* , & Oury, C.*. (2025). Poly(hydroxy-oxazolidone) Thermoplastic Elastomers for Safer, Greener and Customizable Blood-Contacting Medical Devices. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2502670. doi:10.1002/adhm.202502670
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* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Pierrard, A., Ferreira Melo, S., Oury, C., Detrembleur, C., & Jérôme, C. (13 June 2025). Non-isocyanate polyurethanes: perspectives as biomaterials. European Polymer Journal, 233, 113985. doi:10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2025.113985
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Ferreira Melo, S. (June 2025). New thermoplastic elastomers for safer, greener and customizable blood-contacting medical devices with antithrombotic profile [Paper presentation]. Materials Today Conference 2025, Sitges, Spain.
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Ferreira Melo, S. (11 April 2025). New thermoplastic elastomers for safer, greener and customizable blood-contacting medical devices with antithrombotic profile [Paper presentation]. Society For Biomaterials 2025 Annual Meeting and Exposition, Chicago, United States.
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Ferreira Melo, S., Pierrard, A., Lancellotti, P., Detrembleur, C., Jérôme, C., & Oury, C. (2025). POLYOXAZOLIDONE DERIVATIVES AND THEIR USE IN MEDICAL DEVIC ES.

Ferreira Melo, S. (December 2024). New thermoplastic elastomers for safer, greener and customizable blood-contacting medical devices with antithrombotic profile [Paper presentation]. Annual meeting Belgian working group - Basic research in Cardiology (BWG-BRC), Liege, Belgium.
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Ferreira Melo, S. (2024). Innovative non-isocyanate polyurethanes for customized prosthetic heart valves [Doctoral thesis, ULiège - University of Liège]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/323815

Leeten, K., Jacques, N., Esquembre, L. A., Schneider, D. C., Straetener, J., Henriksen, C., MUSUMECI, L., Putters, F., Ferreira Melo, S., Sánchez-López, E., Giera, M., Penoy, N., Piel, G., Verlaine, O., Amoroso, A., Joris, B., Slavetinsky, C. J., Goffin, E., Pirotte, B., ... Oury, C. (2024). Ticagrelor alters the membrane of Staphylococcus aureus and enhances the activity of vancomycin and daptomycin without eliciting cross-resistance. MBio, 0132224. doi:10.1128/mbio.01322-24
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Pierrard, A., Ferreira Melo, S., Thijssen, Q., Van Vlierberghe, S., Lancellotti, P., Oury, C., Detrembleur, C., & Jérôme, C. (29 June 2024). 3D Printing of biocompatible functionalized poly(hydroxy-urethane) elastomers for personalized biomedical implants [Poster presentation]. Chemistry Department Day, Liège, Belgium.

Ferreira Melo, S. (25 June 2024). New 3D-printable, Hemo- and Biocompatible Non-Isocyanate Polyurethane Elastomers for the Manufacturing of Blood-contacting Medical Devices [Poster presentation]. 32nd Congress of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis – ISTH, Bangkok, Thailand.
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Ferreira Melo, S. (25 June 2024). Design, Manufacturing and Testing of a Green Non-Isocyanate Polyurethane Prosthetic Heart Valve [Poster presentation]. 32nd Congress of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis – ISTH, Bangkok, Thailand.
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Pierrard, A., Ferreira Melo, S., Thijssen, Q., Van Vlierberghe, S., Lancellotti, P., Detrembleur, C., Oury, C., & Jérôme, C. (05 June 2024). 3D printable non-Isocyanate polyurethane elastomers for cardiovascular applications [Poster presentation]. Advanced Functional Polymers for Medicine [AFPM], Utrecht, Netherlands.

Ferreira Melo, S. (05 June 2024). Design, manufacturing and testing of a green non-isocyanate polyurethane prosthetic heart valve [Poster presentation]. Advanced Functional Polymers for Medicine – AFPM annual meeting, Utrecht, Netherlands.
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Pierrard, A., Ferreira Melo, S., Thijssen, Q., Van Vlierberghe, S., Lancellotti, P., Oury, C., Detrembleur, C., & Jérôme, C. (30 May 2024). Biocompatible non-isocyanate polyurethane elastomers for blood-contacting biomedical applications [Paper presentation]. Belgian Polymer Group [BPG] Meeting, Blankenberge, Belgium.

Pierrard, A., Ferreira Melo, S., Thijssen, Q., Van Vlierberghe, S., Lancellotti, P., Oury, C., Detrembleur, C., & Jérôme, C. (21 March 2024). Design of 3D-photoprintable, bio- and hemocompatible non-Isocyanate polyurethane elastomers for biomedical implants [Paper presentation]. Additive Manufacturing for Health, Nantes, France.
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Ferreira Melo, S., Nondonfaz, A., Aqil, A., Pierrard, A., Hulin, A., Delierneux, C., Ditkowski, B., Gustin, M., Legrand, M., Tullemans, B. M. E., Brouns, S. L. N., Nchimi Longang, A., Carrus, R., Dejosé, A., Heemskerk, J. W. M., Kuijpers, M. J. E., Ritter, J., Steinseifer, U., Clauser, J. C., ... Oury, C. (2024). Design, manufacturing and testing of a green non-isocyanate polyurethane prosthetic heart valve. Biomaterials Science. doi:10.1039/d3bm01911j
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Pierrard, A., Ferreira Melo, S., Thijssen, Q., Van Vlierberghe, S., Lancellotti, P., Oury, C., Detrembleur, C., & Jérôme, C. (11 March 2024). Design of 3D-Photoprintable, Bio-, and Hemocompatible Nonisocyanate Polyurethane Elastomers for Biomedical Implants. Biomacromolecules, 25 (3), 1810-1824. doi:10.1021/acs.biomac.3c01261
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Pierrard, A., Ferreira Melo, S., Thijssen, Q., Van Vlierberghe, S., Lancellotti, P., Oury, C., Detrembleur, C., & Jérôme, C. (17 January 2024). Design of biocompatible non-isocyanate polyurethane elastomers for the 3D printing of biomedical implants [Paper presentation]. FRITCO2T conference, Liège, Belgium.

Ferreira Melo, S. (2024). Sustainable polymers with improved biocompatibility: new materials for blood contacting medical devices [Paper presentation]. GIGA day 2024, Liege, Belgium.
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Ferreira Melo, S. (2024). Sustainable polymers with improved biocompatibility: new materials for blood-contacting medical devices [Paper presentation]. Belgian Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (BSTH) Annual Meeting 2024.
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Ferreira Melo, S., & Rabaux, O. (October 2023). New materials for blood-contacting medical devices [Paper presentation]. Liège creative, Liege, Belgium.
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Ferreira Melo, S. (19 April 2023). Sustainable Synthetic Polymer for a more Hemocompatible and Durable Prosthetic Aortic Valve [Poster presentation]. Society For Biomaterials (SFB) 2023 Annual Meeting and Exposition, San Diego, United States - California.
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Ferreira Melo, S. (2023). Sustainable Synthetic Polymer for a more Hemocompatible and Durable Prosthetic Aortic Valve [Paper presentation]. 5th European Congress on Thrombosis and Haemostasis – ECTH, Valencia, Spain.
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Ferreira Melo, S. (2023). Innovative Hemocompatible Non-Isocyanate Polyurethanes for 3D Printing of Implantable Blood-Contacting Medical Devices [Poster presentation]. Annual meeting Belgian working group - Basic research in Cardiology (BWG-BRC), Leuven, Belgium.
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Ferreira Melo, S. (2023). Innovative Hemocompatible Non-Isocyanate Polyurethanes for 3D Printing of Blood-Contacting Medical Devices [Poster presentation]. Belgian Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (BSTH) Annual Meeting 2023, Mechelen, Belgium.
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Ferreira Melo, S. (2023). Innovative non-isocyanate polyurethane-derived hemocompatible polymers for blood-contacting medical devices [Poster presentation]. 31st Congress of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis – ISTH, Montreal, Canada.
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Ferreira Melo, S. (02 December 2022). Anti-thrombogenic, Biocompatible, and Hydrodynamic Prosthetic Heart Valve for Life: Creative Polymer Chemistry for a Sustainable Future [Paper presentation]. Belgian Working Group of Basic Research in Cardiology (BWG BRC) Meeting 2022, Brussels, Belgium.
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Ferreira Melo, S. (24 November 2022). Polymeric Prosthetic Heart Valve for Life: Creative Chemistry for a Sustainable Future [Poster presentation]. Belgian Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (BSTH) Meeting 2022, Mechelen, Belgium.
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Pierrard, A., Ferreira Melo, S., Detrembleur, C., Oury, C., & Jérôme, C. (14 November 2022). Functionalization of polyhydroxyurethanes by α-alkylidene cyclic carbonates towards new elastomers for 3D-printed biomedical devices [Poster presentation]. Belgian Polymer Group (BPG) Meeting, Blankenberge, Belgium.

Ferreira Melo, S. (07 October 2022). Polymeric Prosthetic Heart Valves for Life: Creative Chemistry for a Sustainable Future [Poster presentation]. Janssen's Interactive Career Day Chemistry 2022.
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Ferreira Melo, S. (06 September 2022). Polymeric Prosthetic Heart Valve for Life: Creative Chemistry for a Sustainable Future [Paper presentation]. GIGA day 2022, Liège, Belgium.
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Pierrard, A., Aqil, A., Detrembleur, C., Jérôme, C., LANCELLOTTI, P., Oury, C., & Ferreira Melo, S. (01 September 2022). New antimicrobial and antithrombogenic medical device.

Ferreira Melo, S., Pierrard, A., Aqil, A., Detrembleur, C., Jérôme, C., Lancellotti, P., & Oury, C. (01 September 2022). New antimicrobial and antithrombogenic medical device.

Ferreira Melo, S. (2022). Polymeric prosthetic heart valves with low thrombogenicity [Paper presentation]. Printemps de la Cardiologie 2022, Tours, France.
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Ferreira Melo, S. (2022). Polymeric prosthetic heart valves with low thrombogenicity [Poster presentation]. XXX Congress of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis - ISTH, London, United Kingdom.
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Pereira, A. T., Schneider, K. H., Henriques, P. C., Grasl, C., Ferreira Melo, S., Fernandes, I. P., Kiss, H., Martins, M. C. L., Bergmeister, H., & Gonçalves, I. C. (21 July 2021). Graphene Oxide Coating Improves the Mechanical and Biological Properties of Decellularized Umbilical Cord Arteries. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 13 (28), 32662 - 32672. doi:10.1021/acsami.1c04028
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Niemi, M., Gazon, H., JUSZCZAK, D., FADEUR, M., CAMBY, S., MEURIS, C., THYS, M., JACQUES, J., HENKET, M., BEGUIN, Y., Rahmouni, S., Lebrun, M., MOUTSCHEN, M., Misset, B., DARCIS, G., GUIOT, J., AZARZAR, S., DELLOT, P., GOFFLOT, S., ... HUYNEN, P. (Other coll.). (2021). Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19. Nature, 600, 472-477. doi:10.1038/s41586-021-03767-x
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Ferreira Melo, S., Neves, S., & Gonçalves, I. (17 September 2020). Compositions and methods for 3D printed fibrous scaffolds with antimicrobial properties incorporating graphene oxide and poly(ɛ-caprolactone).

Ferreira Melo, S., Neves, S., Pereira, A., Borges, I., Granja, P., Magalhães, F., & Gonçalves, I. (April 2020). Incorporation of graphene oxide into poly(ɛ-caprolactone) 3D printed fibrous scaffolds improves their antimicrobial properties. Materials Science and Engineering: C: Materials for Biological Applications, 109. doi:10.1016/j.msec.2019.110537
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Ferreira Melo, S. (September 2019). Antimicrobial 3D-printed scaffolds of composite fibers containing poly(ɛ-caprolactone) and graphene oxide [Paper presentation]. 30th Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials – ESB, Dresden, Germany.
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Ferreira Melo, S.* , & Gonçalves, I.*. (September 2019). Incorporation of graphene oxide into poly(ɛ-caprolactone) 3D printed fibrous scaffolds improves their antimicrobial properties [Poster presentation]. Graphene Week 2019, Helsinki, Finland.
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* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Ferreira Melo, S. (March 2019). Incorporation of a carbon nanofiller in 3D-printed poly(ε- caprolactone) fibrous scaffolds improves their antimicrobial properties for biomedical applications [Poster presentation]. VII AEICBAS Biomedical Congress – ABC, Porto, Portugal.
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Ferreira Melo, S. (February 2019). 3D printing of poly(ε-caprolactone)/carbon-based nanofiller composite scaffolds for antimicrobial biomedical applications [Paper presentation]. XII Meeting for Youth’s Research at the University of Porto – IJUP, Porto, Portugal.
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Ferreira Melo, S.* , & Gonçalves, I.*. (November 2018). Fibrous scaffolds of polymer/GO for antimicrobial biomedical applications [Poster presentation]. i3S Annual Meeting, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal.
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* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Ferreira Melo, S. (2018). 3D printed fibrous scaffolds of polymer/graphene-based materials for antimicrobial biomedical applications [Master’s dissertation, University of Porto]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/248289

Ferreira Melo, S. (June 2018). 3D printing of polycaprolactone/graphene-based materials composite scaffolds [Paper presentation]. Meeting of the Portuguese Association for Biofabrication, Porto, Portugal.
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