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 graduated from UFMG, Brazil and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Physics and PhD in Materials Science Engineering. He has extensive experience with Electron Microscopy (TEM, STEM, SEM, EDS, EELS, EFTEM, Electron Diffraction). Dr. Freitas worked for the multiuser UFMG Center of Microscopy for 12+ years (2009-2021) with the day-to-day operation of the TEM and managed the TEM lab for 4 years (2017-2021).
Dr. Freitas joined Michigan Tech in January 2022 and manages the Electron Microscopy Core Lab at the Materials Characterization Fabrication Facility (MCFF), and teaches the SEM course (MSE4500) and TEM lab sessions of the TEM course (MSE5550).

Links of Interest

Research Interests

Nanostructured materials characterization

Recent Publications

Carolyn W Czerniak, Mitchell L Connon, Elizabeth Wintersheimer, Erico Freitas, Keith W MacRenaris, Jeremy E Schaffer, Adam J Griebel, Le Zhou, Daisy Sahoo, Roger J Guillory II. Mg-Y-Nd alloy biocorrosion behavior in hyperlipidemia models in vitro and in vivo. Acta Biomaterialia, Available online 14 January 2026.
Erico T F Freitas, Comparison of Ultramicrotomy and Electropolishing for TEM Observations of Al-Mg-Zn Thin Foils, Microscopy and Microanalysis, Volume 31, Issue Supplement_1, July 2025, ozaf048.720.
da Costa e Silva, R.M.F., Andrade, Â.L., Freitas, E.T.F. et al. Formation and stability of green and low-cost magnetoliposomes of the soy lecithin, stigmasterol, and β-sitosterol for hyperthermia treatments. Sci Rep 15, 2831 (2025).
Aaron J Wildenborg, Ryan J Munter, Francisco Freire-Fernández, Erico Tadeu Fraga Freitas, Jae Yong Suh. Superlattice-Induced Superfluorescence in Quasi-2D Metal Halide Perovskites. ACS Photonics 2025, 12, 7, 3476–3483.
Weilue He, Keith W MacRenaris, Adam Griebel, Maria P Kwesiga, Erico Freitas, Amani Gillette, Jeremy Schaffer, Thomas V O'Halloran, Roger J Guillory II. Semi-quantitative elemental imaging of corrosion products from bioabsorbable Mg vascular implants in vivo. Bioactive Materials Volume 43, January 2025, Pages 225-239.
Tarciane da Silva Pinto, Arthur Hegermann Ferreira, Nestor Cifuentes Taborda, Joao Paulo de Mesquita, Erico Tadeu Fraga Freitas et al.. Structure-property relationship between different molecular precursors and the final properties of carbon dots: Preparation, characterization and applications as sensors for metal ions. Optical Materials, Volume 156, October 2024, 115999.
Erico T F Freitas, Virginia T S Ciminelli, Investigating the Partition of Metalloid Pollutants in Gold Mine Tailings by STEM-EELS Spectrum Image, Microscopy and Microanalysis, Volume 30, Issue Supplement_1, July 2024, ozae044.150.
Aline Alexandrina Gomes, Thalita Marcolan Valverde, Vagner de Oliveira Machado, Emanueli do Nascimento da Silva, Daniele Alves Fagundes, Fernanda de Paula Oliveira, Erico Tadeu Fraga Freitas, et al.. Heating Capacity and Biocompatibility of Hybrid Nanoparticles for Magnetic Hyperthermia Treatment. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2024, 25(1), 493.
Amanda Maria Siqueira Moreira, Erico Tadeu Fraga Freitas, Mariana de Paula Reis, Júlia Meireles Nogueira, Newton Pimentel de Ulhôa Barbosa, André Luiz Martins Reis, Afonso Pelli, Paulo Ricardo da Silva Camargo, Antonio Valadão Cardoso, Rayan Silva de Paula, Erika Cristina Jorge. Acute Exposure to Two Biocides Causes Morphological and Molecular Changes in the Gill Ciliary Epithelium of the Invasive Golden Mussel Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857). Animals 2023, 13(20), 3258.
K Balzuweit, BB Moreira, T Gauzzi, ETF Freitas, WG Schmidt, RR Andrade. Crystallography and chemistry of a naturally occurring alexandrite encapsulated in emerald. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA A-FOUNDATION AND ADVANCES 79, C782-C782, 2023.
Taiane Guedes Fonseca de Souza, Erico Tadeu Fraga Freitas, Virginia Sampaio T Ciminelli, Arsenic Fixation by Aged Ferrihydrite Nanoparticles, Microscopy and Microanalysis, Volume 29, Issue Supplement_1, 1 August 2023, Pages 188–191.
Everton Luiz de Paula, Erico Tadeu Fraga Freitas, Fabiano Vargas Pereira, Preparation and Characterization of Carbon Dots Obtained from Different Low Molar Mass Precursors, Microscopy and Microanalysis, Volume 29, Issue Supplement_1, 1 August 2023, Pages 1255–1256.
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.