The activity of Nanohybrids and Interactive Polymers Group focuses on the molecular and multifunctional design of new nanostructured and nanohybrid polymeric materials with properties/applications of high technological interest in Biomedicine, Optoelectronics, Energy and the Environment.
These new nanomaterials integrate components of different nature, where the inorganic component provides unique optical, electronic, magnetic or catalytic properties depending on its nature, size, shape and distance between nanoparticles (NPs), while the polymeric component is essential to adapt the NP to its final application, offering a wide range of physical-chemical properties.
Polymer chemistry allows the application of controlled synthetic routes, specific chemical modification reactions or new assembly techniques to obtain "tailor-made" polymers, with great versatility in their structure, functionality, architecture and nanostructure and, finally, promote hybridization with the rest of the components.
Main publications
“The synthesis of switch-off fluorescent waterstable Copper nanocluster Hg2+ sensors via a simple one-pot approach by an in situ metal reduction strategy in the presence of a thiolated polymer ligand template”. J. Benavides, I. Quijada-Garrido and O. García. Nanoscale. 12(2): 944-955 (2020) (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/c9nr08439h).
“Effects of fabrication methods on the performance of luminescent solar concentrators based on doped polymer optical fibers”. E. Arrospide, M.A. Illarramendi, I. Ayesta, N. Guarrotxena, O. García, J. Zubia, G. Durana. Polymers, 13(3): 424-438 (2021). (DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13030424).
“Effect of porous organic polymers in gas separation properties of polycarbonate based mixed matrix membranes”. L. Rodríguez-Jardón, M. López-González, M. Iglesias, E. M. Maya. Journal of Membrane Science, 619: 118795 (2021). (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118795).
“RAFT Hydroxylated Polymers as Templates and Ligands for the Synthesis of Fluorescent ZnO Quantum Dots”, L. San José, O. García, I. Quijada-Garrido, M. López-González. Nanomaterials, 12(19): 03441 (2022). (DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12193441).
“Fast and Sustained Axonal Growth by BDNF Released from Chitosan Microspheres”, I Aranaz, N. Acosta, J. Revuelta, A. Bastida, V. Gómez-Casado, C. Civera, L. Garrido, E. García-Junceda, A. Heras, A.R. Alcántara, A.R., A. Fernández-Mayoralas, E. Doncel-Pérez. Marine Drugs, 21(2): 91 (2023) (DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/md21020091).
Main projects
- NUEVAS ESTRATEGIAS DE SÍNTESIS BASADAS EN POLÍMEROS PARA LA GENERACIÓN "IN SITU" DE NANOESTRUCTURAS HÍBRIDAS MULTIFUNCIONALES (Ref: PGC2018-095364-B-I00). Duración: del 01/01/2019 al 30/09/2022. Organismo financiador: MINISTERIO DE CIENCIA, INNOVACIÓN Y UNIVERSIDADES (Dotación: 96.800€).
- ESTUDIO MOLECULAR DE TRANSPORTE DE GASES EN POLÍMEROS VITREOS MEDIANTE RESONANCIA MAGNÉTICA NUCLEAR Y ESPECTROSCOPÍA DIELÉCTRICA (Ref: PID2019-108552GB-I00). Duración: 01/06/2020 al 31/05/2023. Organismo financiador: MINISTERIO DE CIENCIA E INNOVACIÓN (Dotación: 66.550€)
- DISEÑO DE ESTRATEGIAS SINTÉTICAS PARA EL DESARROLLO DE PREFORMAS DE FIBRA ÓPTICA POLIMÉRICA CON MATERIALES NANOESTRUCTURADOS LUMINISCENTES EN CONCENTRACIÓN RADIAL CRECIENTE (Ref: TED2021-129959B-C22). Duración: del 01/12/2022 al 30/11/2024. Organismo financiador: MINISTERIO DE CIENCIA E INNOVACIÓN (Dotación: 113.735€).
- NANO-OBJETOS POLIMÉRICOS INTELIGENTES DIRIGIDOS A LA FORMACIÓN DE HÍBRIDOS CON NANOPARTÍCULAS INORGÁNICAS Y/O MOLÉCULAS BIOACTIVAS PARA APLICACIONES DE DETECCIÓN Y BIOMÉDICAS (Ref: PID2022-137762NB-I00). Concesión: 15/07/2023. Organismo financiador: MINISTERIO DE CIENCIA E INNOVACIÓN (Dotación: 125.000€).