Tese_Tânia Vieira.pdf - Ubi Thesis

Acknowledgments
First of all, I would like to thank my supervisor Professor Ilídio Correia for the opportunity
to develop this project and for all the support, guidance and help. Furthermore, I would like to
thank him for whatever he did to ensure all the necessary conditions for the development of this
project.
I would like to thank to Eng. Ana Paula from the Optics center of Universidade da Beira
Interior for the help in acquiring the lots of scanning electron microscopy images of the produced
nanoparticles.
In addition, I would like to thank to all of my group colleagues for all the teaching and
support during these last months. Their friendship was really important to overcome all the
difficulties faced.
I also thank to all my friends that always give me support and advices and that had lots of
patience with me in the bad or in the good moments of life, not only during the academic life,
but also during my entire life. They all marked in a special way my life.
Finally, special thanks from the bottom of my heart to my parents and sister for granted
me the possibility to make this master degree thesis. I thank for all the education, the advices,
the support and the love. Thank you for always believe in me even when myself did not. Thank
you for always help me in discover my way.
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