Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. On the occasion of his 60 th birthday, a special issue of Química Nova was dedicated to him. 1 Its editorial presented a masterly narrative of his academic carrier, which started with 2 3 the 80 th Química Nova on the occasion of his th birthday by another long-term friend, Professor
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