Paulo M. Mendes Professor · Researcher
Research

Building the smallest possible devices that talk to the human body.

Work developed at the Department of Industrial Electronics and the CMEMS research center, in collaboration with international partners across Europe and beyond.

Wireless biomedical microdevices

Wireless biomedical microdevices

Implantable and wearable devices for sensing, stimulation and diagnostics — combining low-power electronics, biocompatible packaging and wireless links.

RF microelectronics

RF microelectronics & RFCMOS

Integrated circuits and transceivers for wireless sensor networks and body-area communications, with a focus on miniaturization and energy efficiency.

Antennas and 3-D structures

Smart Antennas & self-folded 3-D structures

Chip-size and miniaturized antennas, self-folding fabrication for 3-D RF micro devices, and arrays operating up to millimeter and terahertz frequencies.

Neural interfaces

Neural interfaces & probes

Polyimide-based smooth titanium nitride microelectrode arrays for stimulation and recording, targeted at medication-resistant neurological disorders.

Wireless power and terahertz waves

Wireless power & millimeter / THz waves

Wireless power harvesting and transfer, and millimeter-wave probes for tumor detection and minimally invasive health applications.

2D electronics

2-D electronics

Electronic devices and circuits based on 2-D materials, from materials characterization to circuit integration.

Selected projects

Selected funded research

  • 2025 — 2028
    Terahertz on-chip probe for minimally invasive health applications
    Principal Investigator · Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
    Ongoing
  • 2026 — 2028
    AI-Assisted Brain Tumour Contour Detection with Photoacoustic Technology
    Principal Investigator · Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
    Ongoing
  • 2018 — 2021
    Electromagnetic probe for optimized complete tumor resection
    Principal Investigator · FCT · PTDC/EEI-TEL/29670/2017
    Concluded
  • 2016 — 2019
    Wireless-powered microsystem for thermal neurostimulation on medication-resistant disorders
    Principal Investigator · FCT · PTDC/EEI-TEL/5250/2014
    Concluded
  • 2013 — 2015
    3-D RF micro devices fabrication using self-folding technology
    Principal Investigator · FCT · PTDC/EEI-TEL/2881/2012
    Concluded
  • 2009 — 2011
    MEMS micro-antennas for wireless biomedical devices
    Principal Investigator · FCT · PTDC/EEA-TEL/65286/2006
    Concluded