El laboratorio de materiales nanoestructurados y nanocompuesites (LM2N) se centra en la síntesis y el desarrollo de nuevos materiales nanoestructurados en estado sólido mediante enfoques químicos de abajo arriba en solución. La investigación del grupo se puede dividir en dos líneas principales relacionadas con la síntesis de A) nanocristales semiconductores con propiedades ópticas, electrónicas y / o térmicas de interés y B) nanocristales magnéticos con anisotropía o actividad magnetoópticos mejorada.
Albert Figuerola Silvestre (Agregado) albert.figuerola(at)ub.edu (NanosMat)
Marta Estrader Bofarull (Investigadora Postdoctoral Ramón y Cajal) martaestrader(at)ub.edu (NanoMagnetics)
Lin M.; Vargas B.; Yedra L.; van Gog H.; van Huis M.A.; Mendes R.G.; Llorca J.; Estruch-Blasco M.; Pernia Leal M.; Pajuelo E.; Estradé S.; Peiró F.; Rodríguez L.; Figuerola A. Unraveling the Formation of Ternary AgCuSe Crystalline Nanophases and Their Potential as Antibacterial Agents. 2024, Chemistry of Materials, 36, 20. 10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c01604
Elucidating Individual Magnetic Contributions in Bi-Magnetic Fe3O4/Mn3O4 Core/Shell Nanoparticles by Polarized Powder Neutron Diffraction. Golosovsky I.V.; Kibalin I.A.; Gukasov A.; Roca A.G.; López-Ortega A.; Estrader M.; Vasilakaki M.; Trohidou K.N.; Hansen T.C.; Puente-Orench I.; Lelièvre-Berna E.; Nogués J. 2023, Small Methods, 7, 10, 2201725. Doi: 10.1002/smtd.202201725
Emergence of magnetic nanoparticles in photothermal and ferroptotic therapies. Van de Walle A.; Figuerola A.; Espinosa A.; Abou-Hassan A.; Estrader M.; Wilhelm C. 2023, Materials Horizons, 1011. Doi: 10.1039/d3mh00831b
Spontaneous Hetero-attachment of Single-Component Colloidal Precursors for the Synthesis of Asymmetric Au–Ag2X (X = S, Se) Heterodimers. M. Lin, G. Montana, J. Blanco, L. Yedra, H. van Gog, M. A. van Huis, Mi. López-Haro, J. J. Calvino, S. Estradé, F. Peiró, and A. Figuerola. Chemistry of Materials, 2022
Synthesis, characterization, and performance of nanocomposites containing reduced graphene oxide, polyaniline, and cobalt ferrite. Kooti M., Sedeh A.N., Gheisari K., Figuerola A. Physica B: Condensed Matter. 2021, 612, 412974
A setup to measure the temperature-dependent heating power of magnetically heated nanoparticles up to high temperature. Mille N., Faure S., Estrader M., Yi D., Marbaix J., De Masi D., Soulantica K., Millán A., Chaudret B., Carrey J. Review of Scientific Instruments, 2021, 92(5).
Probing the meta-stability of oxide core/shell nanoparticle systems at atomic resolution. Roldan M.A., Mayence A., López-Ortega A., Ishikawa R., Salafranca J., Estrader M., Salazar-Alvarez G., Dolors Baró M., Nogués J., Pennycook S.J., Varela M. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021, 405.
Influence of Capping Ligands on the Catalytic Performances of Cobalt Nanoparticles Prepared with the Organometallic Route. Kaźmierczak K., Yi D., Jaud A., Fazzini P.-F., Estrader M., Viau G., Decorse P., Piquemal J.-Y., Michel C., Besson M., Soulantica K., Perret N.Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2021, 125(14).
Preparation and antitumoral activity of Au-based inorganic-organometallic nanocomposites. Dalmases M., Pinto A., Lippmann P., Ott I., Rodríguez L., Figuerola A. Frontiers in Chemistry. 2020, 7
Monitoring the insertion of Pt into Cu2- xSe nanocrystals: A combined structural and chemical approach for the analysis of new ternary phases. Casu A., Dalmases M., Lin M., Wang Y., Homs N., Ramírez De La Piscina P., Llorca J., Figuerola A., Falqui A. Nanoscale. 2020, 12(31)
Dinuclear Copper (II) Complexes Exhibiting Reversible Photochromism. Salinas-Uber, J., Barrios, LA., Estrader, M., Roubeau, O., Aromí, G. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 2020, 6, 561
WATERsense, coordinated by Ramón y Cajal researcher, Dr. Marta Estrader has been selected by the European Innovation Council to develop cutting-edge technologies within the 2024 Pathfinder Open call. The aim of the project is to remotely detect the presence of pollutants in water at any time
Activación ‘low cost’ de la transición de espín mediante nanofuentes de calor”. Becas Leonardo a Investigadores y Creadores Culturales 2022. IP: Marta Estrader.
Hacia nuevos nanomateriales para tecnologías emergentes. PID2019-106165GB-C22. Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades. IP1: Albert Figuerola/IP2: Marta Estrader. 2020-2023
The lab is fully equipped for the synthesis of colloidal nanoparticles, including glassware, Schlenk lines for reactions requiring inert atmosphere, centrifuges and hoods. The group has also access to a glove box (Innovative Technology PL-HE-4GB-2800) and to most of the standard materials characterization techniques through the Department and the Centres Científics i Tecnològics from the UB (CCiTUB).
Dr. Andrea Falqui (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)
Dr. Maksym V. Kovalenko (ETH Zürich)
Dr. Maria Ibáñez (Institute of Science and Technology Austria)
Dr. Damien Alloyeau (Université Paris Diderot)
Dr. Teresa Pellegrino (Italian Institute of Technology)
Dr. Víctor A. de la Peña O’Shea (IMDEA Energía)
Dr. Francesca Peiró (UB)
Dr. Manuel Pernia Leal (Centro Andaluz de Nanomedicina y Biotecnologia BIONAND)
Dr. Emilio Palomares (Institut Català d’Investigació Química)
Dr. Josep Nogués (Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, ICN2)
Dr. Bruno Chaudret (Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie des Nano-objects)
Dr. Katerina Soulantika (Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie des Nano-objects)
Dr. Stefan Schrittwieser (Austrian Institute of Technology)
Dr. Salvador Pané (ETH Zürich)
Dr. Eva Pellicer (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Dr. Jordi Sort (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)