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TEC05-Physics of Interfaces and Colloidal Systems

Advanced Therapies and Biomedical Technologies / IBS-TEC05

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The group's research covers a wide range of interdisciplinary activities always based on an approach from the point of view of Materials Science and Technology, with a large number of national and international collaborators. More specifically, the research topics of the last five years comprise the following lines.

Research lines

  • Development and implementation of capacitive electrodes for energy extraction by salinity gradient (blue energy) and capacitive deionization
  • Design and construction of magneto-rheological dampers
  • Electrokinetic phenomena and electrical birefringence spectroscopy
  • Handling of micro and nanoparticles using optical and ion traps
  • Preparation and mechanical characterization of bioactive scaffolds for tissue engineering
  • Rheology of field sensitive fluids (ferrofluids, electro-rheological fluids and magneto-rheological fluids)
  • Synthesis and evaluation of drug transport vehicles based on nanoparticles and nanomaterials for magnetic hyperthermia

Keywords

Rheology; magnetic nanoparticles; blue energy; deionization; tissue engineering; magnetic fluids; magnetic hyperemia; magnetoreology; electrokinetics; electrical birefringence; fluids; biomaterials; colloids; interfaces.

RAUL TORRE SAN EMETERIO

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ALEJANDRO MOLTO RAMIREZ

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Juan Antonio Lirio Piñar

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FRANCISCO ORIHUELA OLEA

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ANTONIO LUIS MEDINA CASTILLO

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LAURA RODRIGUEZ ARCO

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ALBERTO LEON CECILY

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MODEST TORCUATO LOPEZ LOPEZ

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LUIS ALVAREZ DE CIENFUEGOS RODRIGUEZ

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ANGEL VICENTE DELGADO MORA

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JUAN DE DIOS GARCIA LOPEZ-DURAN

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GUILLERMO RAMON IGLESIAS SALTO

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Espinar, C; Perez, MM; Thumb, R; Leon-Cecilla, A; Lopez, MT; Della Bona, A

Influence of printing orientation on mechanical properties of aged 3D-printed restorative resins

DENTAL MATERIALS, 2024;

FI: 4,6; D1

García-García, G; Lázaro, M; Cenalmor, A; García-Alvarez, I; Iglesias, G; Arias, JL

Cluster/shell citrate-Fe3O4/chitosan nanoparticles for enhancing heating efficiency in combined magnetic and photothermal therapy

CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL, 2024;

FI: 5,1; D1

Uceda, RG; Cruz, CM; Míguez-Lago, S; from Cienfuegos, LA; Longhi, G; Pelta, DA; Novoa, P; Mota, AJ; Cuerva, JM; Michael, D.

Can Magnetic Dipole Transition Moment Be Engineered?

ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 2024;

FI: 16,1; D1

Leon-Cecilla, A; Gila-Vilchez, C; Vazquez-Perez, FJ; Capitan-Vallvey, LF; Martos, V; Fernandez-Ramos, MD; from Cienfuegos, LA; Medina-Castillo, AL; Lopez-Lopez, MT

Highly deformable and strongly magnetic semi-interpenetrating hydrogels based on alginate or cellulose

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECLES, 2024;

FI: 7,7; D1

Firouzeh, S; Hossain, M.A.; Cuerva, JM; Alvarez, CL; Pramanik, S.

Chirality-Induced Spin Selectivity in Composite Materials: A Device Perspective

ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH, 2024;

FI: 16,7; D1

Medina-Castillo, AL; Lopez-Lopez, MT; Fernandez-Ramos, MD

Theoretical formulation of the distribution function of critical nuclei under precipitation polymerization conditions

POLYMER, 2023;

FI: 4,6; Q1

Illescas-Lopez, S; Martin-Romera, JD; Manas-Torres, M; Lopez-Lopez, MT; Cuerva, JM; Gavira, JA; Carmona, FJ; de Cienfuegos, LA

Short-Peptide Supramolecular Hydrogels for In Situ Growth of Metal-Organic Framework-Peptide Biocomposites

ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, 2023;

FI: 9,5; Q1

Gila-Vilchez, C; Mañas-Torres, MC; García-García, OD; Escribano-Huesca, A; Rodríguez-Arco, L; Carriel, V; Rodriguez, I; Alaminos, M; Lopez-Lopez, MT; from Cienfuegos, LA

Biocompatible Short-Peptides Fibrin Co-assembled Hydrogels

ACS APPLIED POLYMER MATERIALS, 2023;

FI: 5; Q2

Savchenko, M; Sebastian, V; Lopez-Lopez, MT; Rodriguez-Navarro, A; De Cienfuegos, LA; Jimenez-Lopez, C; Gavira, JA

Magnetite Mineralization inside Cross-Linked Protein Crystals

CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN, 2023;

FI: 3,8; Q2

Orozco-Barrera, S; Iglesias, GR; Delgado, AV; Garcia-Larios, S; Ahualli, S

Effects of layer-by-layer coating on activated carbon electrodes for capacitive deionization

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 2023;

FI: 3,3; Q3

Savchenko, M; Hurtado, M; Lopez-Lopez, MT; Rus, G; from Cienfuegos, LA; Melchior, J; Gavira, J.A.

Lysozyme crystallization in hydrogel media under ultrasound irradiation.

ULTRASONICS SONOCHEMISTRY, 2022;

FI: 9,336; D1

Manas-Torres, MC; Ramirez-Rodriguez, GB; Garcia-Peiro, JI; Parra-Torrejon, B; Cuerva, JM; Lopez-Lopez, MT; from Cienfuegos, LA; Delgado-Lopez, J.M.

Organic/inorganic hydrogels by simultaneous self-assembly and mineralization of aromatic short-peptides

INORGANIC CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS, 2022;

FI: 7,779; D1

Lazaro, M; Lupianez, P; Arias, JL; Carrasco-Jimenez, MP; Delgado, AV; Iglesias, GR

Combined Magnetic Hyperthermia and Photothermia with Polyelectrolyte/Gold-Coated Magnetic Nanorods

POLYMERS, 2022;

FI: 4,967; Q1

Delgado, AV; Ahualli, S; Arroyo, FJ; Jimenez, ML; Carrique, F.

Electrokinetic detection of the salt-free condition in colloids. Application to polystyrene latexes

ADVANCES IN COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE, 2022;

FI: 15,19; Q1

Martin-Martin, S; Delgado, AV; Arenas-Guerrero, P; Jimenez, M.L.

Electro-orientation of Ag nanowires in viscoelastic fluids

JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE, 2022;

FI: 9,965; Q1

Temps, C; Lietha, D; Webb, E.R.; Li, XF; Dawson, JC; Muir, M.; Macleod, KG; Valero, T.; Munro, A.F.; Contreras-Montoya, R; Luque-Ortega, JR; Fraser, C; Beetham, H; Schoenherr, C; Lopalco, M; Arends, M.J.; Frame, MC; Qian, BZ; Brunton, VG; Carragher, NO; Unciti-Br

A Conformation Selective Mode of Inhibiting SRC Improves Drug Efficacy and Tolerability

CANCER RESEARCH, 2021;

FI: 12,701; D1

Jabalera, Y; Montalban-Lopez, M; Vinuesa-Rodriguez, JJ; Iglesias, GR; Maqueda, M; Jimenez-Lopez, C.

Antibacterial directed chemotherapy using AS-48 peptide immobilized on biomimetic magnetic nanoparticles combined with magnetic hyperthermia

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECLES, 2021;

FI: 6,953; D1

Jimenez, JR; Poncet, M; Miguez-Lago, S; Grass, S; Lacour, JM; Besnard, C; Cuerva, J.M.; Bell, AG; Piguet, C.

Bright Long-Lived Circularly Polarized Luminescence in Chiral Chromium(III) Complexes

ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 2021;

FI: 15,336; D1

Ortega-Munoz, M; Vargas-Navarro, P; Plesselova, S; Giron-Gonzalez, MD; Iglesias, GR; Salto-Gonzalez, R; Hernandez-Mateo, F; Delgado, AV; Lopez-Jaramillo, FJ; Santoyo-Gonzalez, F.

Amphiphilic-like carbon dots as antitumor drug vehicles and phototherapeutical agents

MATERIALS CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS, 2021;

FI: 6,482; Q1

Leo, P.; Orcajo, G; Garcia, JA; Ortune, AM; Cuerva, J.M.; Briones, D.; Calleja, G.; Rodriguez-Dieguez, A; Sanz, R.; Cepeda, J.; Martinez, F.

An enantiomeric pair of alkaline-earth metal based coordination polymers showing room temperature phosphorescence and circularly polarized luminescence

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C, 2021;

FI: 7,393; Q1

Jimenez, VG; David, AHG; Cuerva, JM; White, V; Bell, AG

A Macrocycle Based on a Heptagon-Containing Hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene

ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 2020;

FI: 12,959; D1

Ahualli, S; Bermudez, S; Carrique, F; Jimenez, ML; Slim, AV

AC Electrokinetics of Salt-Free Multilayered Polymer-Grafted Particles

POLYMERS, 2020;

FI: 3,426; Q1

Mayorga-Burrezo, P; Jimenez, VG; Blasi, D; Parella, T; Ratera, I; Bell, AG; Veciana, J.

An Enantiopure Propeller-Like Trityl-Brominated Radical: Bringing Together a High Racemization Barrier and an Efficient Circularly Polarized Luminescent Magnetic Emitter

CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, 2020;

FI: 4,857; Q1

Leiva-Padilla, P; Moreno-Navarro, F; Iglesias-Salto, G; Rubio-Gamez, MC

Analysis of the mechanical response of asphalt materials manufactured with metallic fibers under the effect of magnetic fields

SMART MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES, 2020;

FI: 3,613; Q1

Oltolina, F; Peigneux, A; Colangelo, D; Clemente, N; D'Urso, A; Valente, G; Iglesias, GR; Jimenez-Lopez, C; Prat, M

Biomimetic Magnetite Nanoparticles as Targeted Drug Nanocarriers and Mediators of Hyperthermia in an Experimental Cancer Model

CANCER, 2020;

FI: 6,126; Q1

Contreras-Montoya, R; Castellvi, A; Escolano-Casado, G; Juanhuix, J; Conejero-Muriel, M; Lopez-Lopez, MT; Cuerva, JM; from Cienfuegos, LA; Gavira, JA

Enhanced Stability against Radiation Damage of Lysozyme Crystals Grown in Fmoc-CF Hydrogels

CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN, 2019;

FI: 4,153; D1

Contreras-Montoya, R; Escolano, G; Roy, S; Lopez-Lopez, MT; Delgado-Lopez, JM; Cuerva, JM; Diaz-Mochon, JJ; Ashkenasy, N; Gavira, JA; from Cienfuegos, LA

Catalytic and Electron Conducting Carbon Nanotube-Reinforced Lysozyme Crystals

ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, 2019;

FI: 15,621; D1

Iglesias, GR; Ahualli, S; Fernandez, MM; Jimenez, ML; Slim, AV

Soft electrodes in water desalination: application to multi-valent ions

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE-WATER RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY, 2019;

FI: 4,195; D1

Iglesias, G.R.; Boar, Y; Peigneux, A; Fernandez, BLC; Thin, AV; Jimenez-Lopez, C.

Enhancement of Magnetic Hyperthermia by Mixing Synthetic Inorganic and Biomimetic Magnetic Nanoparticles

PHARMACEUTICS, 2019;

FI: 4,773; D1

Reyes-Ortega, F; Fernandez, BLC; Thin, AV; Churches, G.R.

Hyperthermia-Triggered Doxorubicin Release from Polymer-Coated Magnetic Nanorods

PHARMACEUTICS, 2019;

FI: 4,773; D1

Resa, S; Miguel, D; Guisan-Ceinos, S; Mazzeo, G; Choquesillo-Lazarte, D; Abbate, S; Crovetto, L; Cardenas, DJ; Carreno, MC; Ribagorda, M; Longhi, G; Speck, AJ; from Cienfuegos, LA; Cuerva, JM

Sulfoxide ‐ Induced Homochiral Folding of ortho ‐ Phenylene Ethynylenes (o ‐ OPEs) by Silver (I) Templating: Structure and Chiroptical Properties

Chemistry: European Journal, 2018;

FI: 5,16; Q1

Reine, P; Justice, J; Morcillo, SP; Abbate, S; Vaz, B; Ribagorda, M; Orte, A; from Cienfuegos, LA; Longhi, G; Campana, AG; Miguel, D; Cuerva, JM

Pyrene-Containing ortho-Oligo (phenylene) ethynylene Foldamer as a Ratiometric Probe Based on Circularly Polarized Luminescence

The Journal of organic chemistry, 2018;

FI: 4,805; Q1

Arenas-Guerrero, P; Thin, AV; Donovan, KJ; Scott, K; Bellini, T; Mantegazza, F; Jimenez, M.L.

Determination of the size distribution of non-spherical nanoparticles by electrical birefringence-based methods

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 2018;

FI: 4,122; Q1

Jimenez, ML; Ahualli, S; Arenas-Guerrero, P; Fernandez, MM; Iglesias, G; Slim, AV

Multiionic effects on the capacitance of porous electrodes

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 2018;

FI: 3,906; Q1

Vicente G Jiménez, Rubén Tapia, Miguel A Medel, Inês FA Mariz, Tânia Ribeiro, Victor Blanco, Juan M Cuerva, Ermelinda Maçôas, Araceli G Campaign

Aggregation-induced emission of [3] cumulens functionalized with heptagon-containing polyphenylenes

Chem Commun, 2018;

FI: 6,29; Q1

Ahualli, S; Iglesias, GR; Fernandez, MM; Jimenez, ML; Slim, AV

Use of Soft Electrodes in Capacitive Deionization of Solutions

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 2017;

FI: 6,198; D1

Ahualli, S; Martin-Molina, A; Maroto-Centeno, JA; Quesada-Perez, M.

Interaction between Ideal Neutral Nanogels: A Monte Carlo Simulation Study

MACROMOLECLES, 2017;

FI: 5,835; D1

Lopez-Lopez, MT; Nogueras-Lara, F; Rodriguez-Arco, L; Guigo, N; Sbirrazzuoli, N; Zubarev, A.Y.; Lacis, S; Kuzhir, P.

Kinetics of doublet formation in bicomponent magnetic suspensions: The role of the magnetic permeability anisotropy

PHYSICAL REVIEW E, 2017;

FI: 2,366; D1

Lopez-Lopez, MT; Borin, D.Y.; Zubarev, A.Y.

Shear elasticity of isotropic magnetic gels

PHYSICAL REVIEW E, 2017;

FI: 2,366; D1

Marquez, IR; Fuentes, N; Cruz, CM; Puente-Munoz, V; Sotorrios, L; Marcos, ML; Choquesillo-Lazarte, D; Biel, B; Crovetto, L; Gomez-Bengoa, E; Gonzalez, MT; Martin, R; Cuerva, JM; Bell, AG

Versatile synthesis and enlargement of functionalized distorted heptagon-containing nanographenes

Chemical Science, 2017;

FI: 8,668; D1

Lopez-Lopez, MT; Rodriguez-Arco, L; Zubarev, A; Kuzhir, P; Iskakova, L; Gonzalez-Caballero, F.

N-like rheograms of concentrated suspensions of magnetic particles

JOURNAL OF RHEOLOGY, 2016;

FI: 3,358; D1

Iglesias, GR; Ahualli, S; Fernandez, MM; Jimenez, ML; Slim, AV

Stacking of capacitive cells for electrical energy production by salinity exchange

JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES, 2016;

FI: 6,333; D1

Lopez-Lopez, MT; Rodriguez-Arco, L; Zubarev, A; Kuzhir, P; Iskakova, L; Gonzalez-Caballero, F.

N-like rheograms of concentrated suspensions of magnetic particles

JOURNAL OF RHEOLOGY, 2016;

FI: 2,916; D1

Fernandez, M.M.; Wagterveld, R.M.; Ahualli, S; Liu, F; Thin, AV; Hamelers, H.V.M.

Polyelectrolyte-versus membrane-coated electrodes for energy production by capmix salinity exchange methods

JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES, 2016;

FI: 6,333; D1

Rodriguez-Arco, L; Rodriguez, IA; Carriel, V; Bonhome-Espinosa, AB; Fields, F; Kuzhir, P; Duran, J.D.G.; Lopez-Lopez, MT

Biocompatible magnetic core-shell nanocomposites for engineered magnetic tissues

NANOSCALE, 2016;

FI: 7,76; D1

Adroher-Benitez, I; Ahualli, S; Martin-Molina, A; Quesada-Perez, M; Moncho-Jorda, A.

Role of Steric Interactions on the Ionic Permeation Inside Charged Microgels: Theory and Simulations

MACROMOLECLES, 2015;

FI: 5,8; D1

Ramos-Tejada, MD; Viota, JL; Rudzka, K; Slim, AV

Preparation of multi-functionalized Fe3O4 / Au nanoparticles for medical purposes

COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES, 2015;

FI: 4,152; Q1

Lopez-Lopez, MT; Scionti, G; Oliveira, AC; Duran, J.D.G.; Fields, A; Alaminos, M; Rodriguez, IA

Generation and Characterization of Novel Magnetic Field-Responsive Biomaterials

PLOSONE, 2015;

FI: 3,234; Q1

Iglesias, GR; Ruiz-Moron, LF; Duran, JDG; Slim, AV

Dynamic and wear study of an extremely bidisperse magnetorheological fluid

SMART MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES, 2015;

FI: 2,502; Q1

Nogueras-Lara, F; Rodriguez-Arco, L; Lopez-Lopez, MT

Dynamics of magnetic assembly of binary colloidal structures

PLA, 2015;

FI: 2,095; Q1

Supramolecular Chirality Transfer in New Hybrid Materials for CISS Studies

Funder: STATE RESEARCH AGENCY

File number: PID2023-150318NB-I00

Execution time: 01/06/2024 - 31/12/2027

IP: LUIS ALVAREZ DE CIENFUEGOS RODRIGUEZ

Programmable Reconfiguration in Multi-Stimulus-Responsive Magnetic Hydrogels for Advanced Actuation

Funder: STATE RESEARCH AGENCY

File number: PID2023-151913NB-I00

Execution time: 01/06/2024 - 31/12/2027

PI: MODESTO TORCUATO LOPEZ LOPEZ

Use of the capacitive desalination (CDI) technique for the selective separation of ions dissolved in water

Funder: STATE RESEARCH AGENCY

File number: TED2021-131855B-I00

Execution time: 01/12/2022 - 30/11/2024

IP: GUILLERMO RAMON IGLESIAS SALTO

Sustainable bioremediation of heavy metals and recovery of critical elements using bacteria encapsulated in hydrogels (BIOMEREC)

Funder: STATE RESEARCH AGENCY

File number: TED2021-131099B-I00

Execution time: 01/12/2022 - 30/11/2024

PI: MODESTO TORCUATO LOPEZ LOPEZ

Study of Supramolecular Polymerization Processes of Aromatic Dipeptides Using Seeds as Nucleation Agents

Funder: UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA

File number: A-FQM-492-UGR20

Execution time: 01/07/2021 - 30/06/2023

IP: GUILLERMO RAMON IGLESIAS SALTO

Machines Based on Magnetically Programmed Biocompatible Hydrogels

Funder: STATE RESEARCH AGENCY

File number: PID2020-118498GB-I00

Execution time: 01/09/2021 - 31/08/2024

PI: MODESTO TORCUATO LOPEZ LOPEZ

Micro-Reactors Inspired by Artificial Cells. Exploring Its Remote Activation Through Force Fields

Funder: UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA

File number: A-FQM-258-UGR20

Execution time: 01/07/2021 - 30/06/2023

PI: MODESTO TORCUATO LOPEZ LOPEZ

Study of Supramolecular Polymerization Processes of Aromatic Dipeptides Using Seeds as Nucleation Agents.

Funder: UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA

File number: A-FQM-340-UGR20

Execution time: 01/07/2021 - 30/06/2023

IP: LUIS ALVAREZ DE CIENFUEGOS RODRIGUEZ

SUPRAMOLECULAR MAGNETIC HYDROGELS FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE

Funder: MINISTRY OF ECONOMY, INDUSTRY AND COMPETITIVENESS

File number: FIS2017-85954-R

Execution time: 01/01/2018 - 31/12/2021

PI: MODESTO TORCUATO LOPEZ LOPEZ

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