Nanostructured Functional Materials

Group leader: Daniel Ruiz-Molina

Overview

Main research lines

Nanoscale functional polymers for health and social welfare:
- Catechol-based polymers for functional coatings and drug delivery systems
- Engineering polymers for optimal micro/nanoencapsulation
- Coordination polymers for therapy and clinical imaging
Chromogenic and emissive materials for energy efficient devices:
- Photochromism
- Thermochromism
- Fluorescence
- Upconversion
- Smart Windows
- Optical Sensors
Hybrid devices and 2D materials for emerging technologies:
- 2D coordination polymers
- Active molecular nanostructures on surfaces

Group leader

Daniel Ruiz-Molina

CSIC Tenured Scientist and Group Leader

Daniel Ruiz-Molina got his PhD in Chemistry with a thesis on polyradical dendrimers at the Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) under Prof. Jaume Veciana’s tutorship. Then he obtained a postdoctoral position at the University of California San Diego (USA), where he spent three years working on single molecule magnets and molecular switches.

Since 2001 he has held a permanent position as a Spanish National Research Council researcher, most recently at the ICN2, where he is the leader of the Nanostructured Functional Materials Group. His main research areas include the fabrication of hybrid colloids and surfaces, biomimetic functional nanostructures, and micro- or nanoparticles for smart applications and encapsulation and delivery systems.