Deesy Pinto, Ph.D. member of CQM, presented the work “Hydrophobicity of Polymeric Composites Reinforced with Natural Fibers into Polymeric Matrices: Polypropylene, Polyethylene and Polylactic Acid" during EUROMAT 2019 - European Congress and Exhibition on Advanced Materials and Processes. This oral presentation was developed on the scope of INTERREG PROJECT (MAC/4.6d/040) - ECOFIBRAS "Valorización ecosostenible de especies vegetales invasoras de la Macaronesia para la obtención de fibras de uso industrial" and was also supported by FCT Strategic Project PEst-OE/QUI/UI0674/2019.

The congress, held in Stockholm, Sweden, from 1-5 September 2019, gathered international researchers to discuss the latest advances in the field of materials science and technology.