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FunNanoBio (former Colloid Chemistry Group) was founded at Universidade de Vigo in 1995 by Prof. Luis M. Liz-Marzán and Prof. Pablo Hervés Beloso. Prof. Luis M. Liz-Marzán led the group till 2012 when he moved to Basque Country after being appointed Scientific Director at CIC biomaGUNE.

Since then, Assoc. Prof. Isabel Pastoriza-Santos and Jorge Pérez-Juste lead the group. FunNanoBio group research is focused on the design and fabrication of novel nanostructured materials, mainly plasmonic, for a broad range of applications, including environmental sensing, biosensing, catalysis, imaging, or theranostics.

NANOMATERIALS FROM FUNDAMENTALS TO APLICATIONS

Metal Nanoparticles fabrication

The control of the morphology and size of a certain material at the nanoscale is a hot topic because of the spectacular effects that small changes produce on their properties (optical, magnetic, electronic…)

Nanoparticles assembly

The applicability, versatility, and even certain properties of nanoparticles are enhanced through either their self-assembly or deposition on platforms (glass, beads, cellulose paper, hydrogels, polymer films, etc.)

Optical Properties

The group is very interested in study the optical properties of nanostructures when interacting with light from an experimental and theoretical point of view.

Nanoparticles for catalysis

Metals at nanoscale exhibit enhanced catalytic properties. Importantly, many parameters such as nanoparticle shape and size can produce remarkable effects on their catalytic performance

(Bio)sensing, imaging & diagnosis based on SERS and LSPR

In this research line, we develop and design plasmonic nanostructures for applications in high-throughput screening and/or real-time analysis of environmental-relevant analytes

Contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

MRI is an important technique in diagnostic clinical imaging owing to its exceptional spatial and anatomical resolution

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Plasmonic nanoparticle sensors: current progress, challenges, and future prospects

K. Kant, R. Beeram, Y. Cao, P. S. S. dos Santos, L. González-Cabaleiro, D. García-Lojo, H. Guo, Y. Joung, S. Kothadiya, M. Lafuente, Y. Xiang Leong, Y. Liu, Y. Liu, S. Satya Bharati Moram, S. Mahasivam, S. Maniappan, D. Quesada-González, D. Raj, P. Weerathunge, X. Xia, Q. Yu, S. Abalde-Cela, R. A. Alvarez-Puebla, R. Bardhan, V. Bansal, J. Choo, L. C. C. Coelho, J. M. M. M. de Almeida, S. Gómez-Graña, M. Grzelczak, P. Herves, J. Kumar, T. Lohmueller, A. Merkoçi, J. Luis Montaño-Priede, X. Yi Ling, R. Mallada, J. Pérez-Juste, M. P. Pina, S. Singamaneni, V. Rao Soma, M. Sun, L. Tian, J. Wang, L. Polavarapu, and I. Pastoriza Santos
2024, Advance Article.

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