BioNanoTools · CiQUS · USC
Smart nanomaterials for life sciences
We are a team of materials scientists with complementary expertise in physics, chemistry, biochemistry, nanobiotechnology and nanomedicine.
69Publications
34Funded projects
€7.0MCompetitive funding
23Team members
Research
Our research lines
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DNA nanotechnology and active nanosystems
Ligand architecture built with DNA origami to program the nano-bio interface. 17 papers · 9 projects€2.8M
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Engineering smart nanomaterials
MOFs, COFs and hybrid nanoparticles that release and activate on demand. 37 papers · 10 projects€2.2M
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Biomimetic lipid and cell-derived nanosystems
LNPs and cell membranes that bring real biology into nanomedicine. 16 papers · 11 projects€1.1MNews
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Publications
Recent papers
ACS Catal. · 2026
A Porphyrinic Metal–Organic Framework Platform for Red-Light Photoredox Catalysis
X. Fernández-González et al. Open accessA Porphyrinic Metal–Organic Framework Platform for Red-Light Photoredox Catalysis
X. Fernández-González, M. Ceballos, U. Deus-Lorenzo, J. M. Vila, B. Pelaz, M. Tomás-Gamasa, M. Mato, P. del Pino, J. L. Mascareñas
Open access
Read the paper · DOI 10.1021/acscatal.6c08574
ChemRxiv2026
ChemRxiv (preprint) · 2026
Metal-Organic Frameworks as Single-Particle Contrast Agents for Localization Optoacoustic Tomography
M. Ceballos et al. PreprintOpen accessMetal-Organic Frameworks as Single-Particle Contrast Agents for Localization Optoacoustic Tomography
M. Ceballos, L. Tang, E. Polo, D. Razansky, B. Pelaz, X. L. Deán-Ben, P. del Pino
PreprintOpen access
Read the paper · DOI 10.26434/chemrxiv.15011302/v1
ChemRxiv2026
ChemRxiv (preprint) · 2026
Disentangling protein confinement from surface adsorption in hierarchical zirconium metal-organic frameworks
S. Funes-Hernando et al. PreprintOpen accessDisentangling protein confinement from surface adsorption in hierarchical zirconium metal-organic frameworks
S. Funes-Hernando, M. Ceballos, M. Paetsch, V. Šrot, P. A. van Aken, A. Sanchez-Fernandez, B. V. Lotsch, B. Pelaz, P. del Pino
PreprintOpen access
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