The Laboratory

Located at the UFF School of Engineering, LEMMA operates at the interface between materials science, environmental chemistry, and sustainable technology, with an emphasis on solutions applied to local and global challenges. Our projects range from the reuse of agro-industrial and urban by-products to the development of adsorbents, catalysts, and porous materials, such as zeolites and graphene, for environmental and industrial applications.

In addition to cutting-edge scientific research, LEMMA stands out for its commitment to training qualified human resources at the undergraduate and graduate levels, as well as for its coordination with traditional communities, public institutions, and initiatives that promote socio-environmental justice.

At LEMMA, we believe that scientific advancement must go hand in hand with environmental and social responsibility, actively contributing to the construction of a more just and sustainable future.

With an area of approximately 70 m², it is a multidisciplinary facility equipped with chromatographs and catalytic testing units, including a high-pressure testing unit and a photocatalysis unit. In addition, it has all the necessary infrastructure for the synthesis and characterization of various types of materials, including heavy metal analysis, biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and chemical oxygen demand (COD) analysis, programmed temperature reduction (TPR), and programmed temperature desorption (TPD).

Furthermore, LEMMA has access to modern multi-user laboratories that are part of UFF’s PROGEM (Multi-User Equipment Management Program), where analyses such as XPS, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), RAMAN spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analyzer, area analyzer, and chemisorption measurements.