2022

Microfluidic Synthesis of Block Copolymer Micelles: Application as Drug Nanocarriers and as Photothermal Transductors When Loading Pd Nanosheetss
Miriam Abad, Gracia Mendoza, Laura Usón, Manuel Arruebo, Milagros Piñol, Víctor Sebastián and Luis Oriol.
Macromol. Biosci. 2022, 2100528. DOI: 10.1002/mabi.202100528.

The ferroelectric nematic phase: An optimum liquid crystal candidate for nonlinear optics
C.L. Folcia, J. Ortega, R. Vidal, T. Sierra, J. Etxebarria.
Liq. Cryst. 2022, DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2022.2056927

Dendron-functionalised hyperbranched bis-MPA polyesters as efficient non-viral vectors for gene therapy in different cell lines
M. San Anselmo, A. Postigo, A. Lancelot, J. L. Serrano, T. Sierra, S. Hernández-Ainsa.
Biomaterials Sci., 2022, 10, 2706-2719, DOI: 10.1039/D2BM00365A

Evaluation of PEG-b-polycarbonates self-assemblies containing azobenzene or coumarin moieties as nanocarriers using paclitaxel as a model hydrophobic drug
Alejandro Roche, Violeta Morcuende-Ventura, Rosa M. Tejedor, Luis Oriol, Olga Abian, Milagros Piñol.
J. Microencapsulation. 2022, 39:3, 276-287. DOI: 10.1080/02652048.2022.2061621

DNA–Liposome Hybrid Carriers for Triggered Cargo Release
Kevin N. Baumann, Tim Schröder, Prashanth S. Ciryam, Diana Morzy, Philip Tinnefeld, Tuomas P. J. Knowles, and Silvia Hernández-Ainsa.
ACS Appl. Bio Mater. 2022, DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.2c00225.

Luminescent assemblies of pyrene-containing bent-core mesogens: liquid crystals, pi-gels and nanotubes
Marta Martínez-Abadía, Shinto Varghese, Johannes Gierschner, Raquel Giménez and  M. Blanca Ros.
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2022, 10, 12012. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2TC02546A 

Dual Liquid Crystalline/Gel Behavior with AIE Effect Promoted by Self‐assembly of Pyrazole Dendrons
Verónica Iguarbe. Pilar Romero, Joaquín Barberá, Anabel Elduque and Raquel Giménez.
J. Mol. Liq, 2022, 365, 120109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2022.120109

Gold(I) metallocyclophosphazenes with antibacterial potency and antitumor efficacy. Synergistic antibacterial action of a heterometallic gold and silver-cyclophosphazene
Elena Gascón, Isabel Otal, Sara Maisanaba, María Llana-Ruiz-Cabello, Eva Valero, Guillermo Repetto, Peter G. Jones, Luis Oriol and Josefina Jiménez.
Dalton Trans., 2022, https://doi.org/10.1039/D2DT01963A

A novel ‘sea-thermal’, synergistic co-valorisation approach for biofuels production from unavoidable food waste (almond hulls) and plastic residues (disposable face masks)
Javier Remón, Gonzalo Zapata, Luis Oriol, José Luis Pinilla, Isabel Suelves.
Chemical Engineering Journal 2022, 449, 137810. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.137810

Gold Nanoparticles Modification with Liquid Crystalline Polybenzylic Dendrons via 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition
José Antonio Ulloa, Joaquín Barberá and José Luis Serrano
Nanomaterials 2022, 12, 4026 

Light-responsive bent-core liquid crystals as candidates for energy conversion and storage
Ivan Dominguez-Candela, Iman Zulkhairi, Inmaculada Pintre, Nurul Fadhilah Kamalul Aripin, Jaime Lora-Garcia, Vicent Fombuena, M. Blanca Ros and Alfonso Martinez-Felipe.
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2022, 10, 18200.

Melt Electrowriting of Liquid Crystal Elastomer Scaffolds with Programmed Mechanical Response
Mehrzad Javadzadeh, Jesús del Barrio and Carlos Sánchez-Somolinos
Adv. Mater., 2022,  https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202209244

Ferroelectric chiral nematic liquid crystals: New photonic materials with multiple bandgaps controllable by low electric fields
C.L. Folcia, J. Ortega, R. Vidal, T. Sierra, J. Etxebarria.
Liq. Cryst. 2022, 49, 2128–2136. DOI:10.1080/02678292.2022.2104949

Building large-scale unimolecular scaffolding for electronic devices
Escorihuela, E.; Concellón, A.; Marín, I.; Kumar, V.J.; Herrer, L.; Moggach, S.A.; Vezzoli, A.; Nichols, R.J.; Low, P.J.; Cea, P.; Serrano, J.L.; Martín, S
Mater. Today Chem. 2022, 26, 10106.

Towards advanced cardiac miRNA therapies through DNA-based nanostructures
N Hernandez-Bellido, A Postigo, C Orrite, E Garrido-Huescar, L Garcia-Mendivil, E Pueyo, S Hernandez-Ainsa, L Ordovas
Cardiovascular Research, 2022, 118, cvac066.087. DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvac066.087