Erico Freitas

Contact

efragafr@mtu.edu
906-299-2714
M&M 622

Research Scientist

PhD, Materials Sciences and Engineering, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
MS, Education, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
BS, Physics, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil

Biography

Dr. Freitas worked for the multiuser electron microscopy facility at UFMG for 12+ years (2009-2021) with the day-to-day operation of the TEM and managed the TEM lab for 4 years (2017-2021). At Michigan Tech, he manages the FEI 200kV Titan Themis STEM in the Electron Optics Facility of MCF, the Applied Chemical and Morphological Analysis Laboratory.

Links of Interest

Research Interests

Nanostructured materials characterization

Recent Publications

Cardoso, A.V.; Souza, C.C.; Dantas, M.S.; Machado, C.S.; Freitas, E.T.F.; Krohling, A.; Rosario, V.M.; Nappi, G.U.; Heneine, L.D. Characterization of Magnetic Nanoparticles from the Shells of Freshwater Mussel L. fortunei and Marine Mussel P. perna. Appl. Nano 2023, 4(3), 191-212.
Da Costa E Silva, R.M.F.; Diniz, I.M.A.; Gomes, N.A.; Silva, G.J.B.; Ferreira, J.M.F.; Filho, R.L.F.; Freitas, E.T.F., Martins, D.A.; Domingues, R.Z., Andrade, A.L. Equisetum Hyemale-Derived Unprecedented Bioactive Composite for Hard and Soft Tissues Engineering. Sci Rep 12, 13425 (2022).
Freitas, Erico Tadeu Fraga; Moreira, Amanda Maria Siqueira; De Paula, Rayan Silva; Andrade, Gabriela Rabelo; De Carvalho, Marcela David; Assis, Paulo Santos; Jorge, Erika Cristina; Cardoso, Antônio Valadão. Ultrastructure of the Gill Ciliary Epithelium of Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker 1857), the Invasive Golden Mussel. Bmc Zoology, v. 7, p. 6, 2022.
Antônio, Daphne C.; Caldeira, Claudia L.; Freitas, Erico T.F.; Delbem, Itamar D.; Gasparon, Massimo; Olusegun, Sunday J.; Ciminelli, Virginia S.T. Effects of Aluminum and Soil Mineralogy on Arsenic Bioaccessibility. Environmental Pollution, v. 274, p. 116482, 2021.
Ferreira, P.M.; Majuste, D.; Freitas, E.T.F.; Caldeira, C.L.; Dantas, M.S.S.; Ciminelli, V.S.T. Galvanic Effect of Pyrite on Arsenic Release from Arsenopyrite Dissolution in Oxygen-Depleted and Oxygen-Saturated Circumneutral Solutions. Journal of Hazardous Materials, v. 412, p. 125236, 2021.
De Oliveira Machado, Vagner; Leão Andrade, Ângela; Fabris, José Domingos; Freitas, Erico Tadeu Fraga; Maria Da Fonte Ferreira, José; Simon, Alice; Domingues, Rosana Zacarias; Fernandez-Outon, Luis Eugenio; Do Carmo, Flávia Almada; Carlos Dos Santos Souza, Antônio; Cardoso, Hugo Saba Pereira. Preparation of Hybrid Nanocomposite Particles for Medical Practices. Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, v. 624, p. 126706, 2021.
Souza, Taiane G.F.; Freitas, Erico T.F.; Mohallem, Nelcy D.S.; Ciminelli, Virginia S.T. Defects Induced by Al Substitution Enhance As(V) Adsorption on Ferrihydrites. Journal of Hazardous Materials, v. 420, p. 126544, 2021.
Andrade, Ângela L.; De Almeida, Katia J.; Freitas, Erico T.F.; Mesquita, Aline M.; Pereira, Márcio C.; Fabris, José D.; Fernandez-Outon, Luís E.; Ardisson, José D.; Domingues, Rosana Z. An Efficient and Simple Procedure to Prepare Chemically Stable and Partially Carbon-Cleaned Magnetite from Solid-State Synthesis for Clinical Practices in Medical Oncology. Materials Today Communications, v. 1, p. 101612, 2020.
Maria, Graziele Gianini Braga; Rodrigues, Daniella Gomes; Freitas, Érico Tadeu Fraga; Santos, Dagoberto Brandão. ε-Martensite Formation for Low Strains in a Lean Duplex Stainless Steel. Materials Letters, v. 234, p. 283-286, 2019.
Freitas, E.T.F.; Souza, T.G.F.; Ciminelli, V.S.T. Transmission Electron Microscopy Techniques Applied to the Solid Phase Characterization of Environmental Samples. In: XXVIII Encontro Nacional de Tratamento de Minérios e Metalurgia Extrática, 2019, Belo Horizonte. Proceedings, 2019.
Olusegun, Sunday Joseph; Freitas, Erico Tadeu Fraga; Lara, Luciano Roni Silva; Stumpf, Humberto Osório; Mohallem, Nelcy Della Santina. Effect of Drying Process and Calcination on the Structural and Magnetic Properties of Cobalt Ferrite. Ceramics International, v. 45, p. 8734-8743, 2019.
Morais, M.A.; Gasparon, M.; Delbem, I.D.; Caldeira, C.L.; Freitas, E.T.F.; Ng, J.C.; Ciminelli, V.S.T. Gastric/Lung Bioaccessibility and Identification of Arsenic-Bearing Phases and Sources of Fine Surface Dust in a Gold Mining District. Science of the Total Environment, v. 689, p. 1244-1254, 2019.
Olusegun, Sunday Joseph; Freitas, E.T.F.; Lara, Luciano Roni Silva; Mohallem, Nelcy Della Santina. Synergistic Effect of a Spinel Ferrite on the Adsorption Capacity of Nano Bio-Silica for the Removal of Methylene Blue. Environmental Technology, v. 28, p. 1, 2019.
Ciminelli, Virginia S.T.; Antônio, Daphne C.; Caldeira, Claudia L.; Freitas, Erico T.F.; Delbem, Itamar Daniel; Fernandes, Marcus M.; Gasparon, Massimo; Ng, Jack C. Low Arsenic Bioaccessibility by Fixation in Nanostructured Iron (Hydr)oxides: Quantitative Identification of As-Bearing Phases. Journal of Hazardous Materials, v. 353, p. 261-270, 2018.
Menezes Filho, Luiz A.D.; Chaves, Mario L.S.C.; Chukanov, Nikita V.; Atencio, Daniel; Scholz, Ricardo; Pekov, Igor; Da Costa, Geraldo Magela; Morrison, Shaunna M.; Andrade, Marcelo B.; Freitas, Erico T.F.; Downs, Robert T.; Belakovskiy, Dmitriy I. Prepublication: Parisite-(La), CaLa2(CO3)3F2, a New Mineral from Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil. Mineralogical Magazine, v. 82, p. 133-144, 2017.
Freitas; Stroppa, D.G.; Montoro, Luciano Andrey; Mello, J.W.V.; Gasparon, Massimo; Ciminelli, V.S.T. Arsenic Entrapment by Nanocrystals of Al-Magnetite: The Role of Al in Crystal Growth and As Retention. Chemosphere (Oxford), v. 158, p. 91-99, 2016.
Catalão, Rogério; Khayyam Ribas, Omar; Carneiro, José Rubens G.; Freitas, Érico; Vilela Costa, Larissa; Brito, Pedro Paiva. Influence of Ethanol as a Carburizing Agent on Carbon Surface Concentration and Microstructure of DIN 17NiCrMo7 Steel Gears. In: ASME 2015 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, 2015, Houston. Volume 14: Emerging Technologies; Safety Engineering and Risk Analysis; Materials: Genetics to Structures. v. 14. p. V014T11A020.
Freitas, Erico Tadeu Fraga; Montoro, Luciano Andrey; Gasparon, Massimo; Ciminelli, V.S.T. Natural Attenuation of Arsenic in the Environment by Immobilization in Nanostructured Hematite. Chemosphere (Oxford), v. 138, p. 340-347, 2015.