Nanostructured Films & Particles

Research Group

HIGHLIGHTS:

Catalytic cancer therapy exploits the tumor microenvironment (TME) to target cancer cells by leveraging molecules already present in the TME. Currently, only a few processes ...
The evaluation of toxic gas molecules spread in air at low concentration on field requires a robust microfluidic platform combined with analytical technique that can ...
A Cu2O-TiO2 photoelectrode is proposed for simultaneous solar light energy harvesting and storing of electrochemical energy in an adapted lithium coin cell. The p-type Cu2O ...
2D materials display exciting properties in numerous fields, but the development of applications is hindered by the low yields, high processing times, and impaired quality ...
The paper puts forward the concept of double redox electrochemical capacitor operating in an aqueous electrolyte. It combines the redox activity of sulphur from Bi2S3 ...
Bioorthogonal metallocatalysis has opened up a xenobiotic route to perform nonenzymatic catalytic transformations in living settings. Despite their promising features, most metals are deactivated inside ...
In this work we have designed a bimetallic catalyst nanoparticle containing Cu and Fe species and we describe how homogeneous and heterogeneous processes involving gluthatione ...
Pyrolysis of formamidinium halide salts (FAI, FABr) results in a new type of amorphous carbon nitride materials with a mass fraction of 40–50% nitrogen content. ...
The main current challenges in oncology are (1) avoiding systemic side effects in therapy, and (2) developing alternative treatment strategies for metastatic tumours. Nanomedicine was ...
Cu-based metal–organic framework (MOF) microdevices are applied in sampling and preconcentration of nerve agents (NAs) diluted in gaseous streams. Full article here. NFP Research Area: ...
Simple, versatile, and low-cost approach for the preparation of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS)-active regions within a microfluidic channel 50 cm in length Full article here. ...
Despite the continuous developments in the synthesis of noble metal nanoparticles, the uniformity of particle size distribution still represents a critical aspect. A fast and ...

Welcome To

the Nanostructured Films & Particles
Research Group

The NFP Group was created in 2007 by researchers from different backgrounds, with the aim of concentrating efforts in the development and application of nanostructured materials. The NFP Group is one of the founding research groups at the Nanoscience Institute of Aragon (INA), a multidisciplinary institute where researchers in Physics, Chemistry, Engineering, Medicine and Biochemistry find numerous opportunities for lateral thinking and scientific collaboration.

The common thread linking the NFP research areas is the synthesis of nanomaterials in a multiplicity of shapes and structures. We are interested in the development of bottom-up methods that allow us to synthesize nanoscaled materials in a way that is both precise and scalable. Our synthesis procedures are designed to endow the final product with the properties required for the desired application. This can be a very challenging objective. Thus, for applications in nanomedicine our structures have to perform a certain function, (e.g. deliver a therapeutic cargo to a tumour in vivo), but at the same time they have to fulfil a wide set of requisites such as be biodegradable, or at least biocompatible, capable to avoid the immune system, sometimes also capable of remote activation etc. This entails the fabrication of complex architectures with nanoscale precision. Similarly, in other fields of application within our research portfolio (e.g. nanostructured surfaces for molecular recognition, or nanomaterials for environmental photocatalysis) the final product always requires a careful design and accurate fabrication in order to achieve the outstanding features that are the trademark of the nanoscale.

Please browse our site for a more in-depth view of our research. If any of the contents inspires you, do not hesitate to contact us. We are always looking for new, highly motivated postdoctoral researchers and Ph.D. students, and also for new scientific collaborations with other research groups.

Contact:
Prof. J. Santamaria
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
University of Zaragoza
Jesus.Santamaria@unizar.es
Phone: +34 976761153