He is co-author of 539 documents published in peer-reviewed international journals with ca. 23650; average 43 citations/paper, 2291citations in 2021, annual average increase around 10% since 2009 (Scopus). These papers were cited by other authors in top journals, including Nat. Energy, Nat. Nanotech., Nat. Photonics, Phys. Rev. Lett., Adv. Sci., Adv. Mater., Chem. Rev., ACS Nano, Nano Lett., Angew. Chem., or Nat. Commun. These publications were published essentially in Q1/Q2 journals (>94% since 2009, 58% in Q1), including 4, 8, and 79 papers published in journals with IF>39 (1 with ca. 1316 citations), >30, and >9, respectively. I have co-authored ca. 600 communications in international meetings (90 plenary/keynote/invited talks) and was invited to give lectures (70) in EU, Brazilian, and Asian institutions. I have also filled 5 patents – e.g., luminescent molecular thermometers based on organic/inorganic matrices (ES2372683, EP 2447689, US 9,557,227 B2). I was the coordinator of 6 EU projects (2 as consortium coordinator, 1 FET-OPEN), 23 projects financed by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT, Portuguese Science Foundation) and 8 bilateral actions (total founding for UAVR>5,5 M€). I participated in 10 European and Brazilian projects and in 20 ones financed by national sources (FCT and regional entities) (total founding >2,5 M€ for UAVR, since 2012).