Research
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Design, synthesis, and characterization of nanometric materials:
- Magnetic materials from transition metal oxides: Production of iron oxide nanoparticles (Fe3O4, gamma-Fe2O3, alpha-Fe2O3, FeO), and other spinel-structured transition metal oxides (ferrites, MFe2O4, (M: Mn, Co, Ni, Zn).
- Development of porous organic and metal-organic materials (MOFs and COFs).
- Production of nanostructured thin films using spin-coating or layer-by-layer techniques.
Characterisation and study of nanomaterial properties:
- Study of the magnetic response of materials (depending on the applied field or temperature, exchange bias, magnetic frustration, etc.).
- Study of the properties of porous materials.
- Study of the calorimetric response of materials (depending on the application of an alternating magnetic field of a certain frequency, hyperthermia, controlled heat release).
- Raman spectroscopy studies, primarily of transition metal oxides.
- Studies of the motion of nano- and microstructures in suspension (diffusion and/or magnetically induced) using optical scanning.
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Development of nanometric devices for therapies and diagnostics (biomedicine) through:
- Use of different nanomaterials for cancer and metastasis therapies.
- Targeting nanomaterials to tumor microenvironments.
- Use of different models for in vitro and in vivo studies (mouse tumor models).
- Biocompatibility and nanotoxicity studies.
- Biofunctionalization of nanoparticles with molecules of biological interest (DNA, RNA, enzymes and other proteins and amino acids, vitamins, citric acid, folic acid, viral structures, etc.).