Center for Research in Biological Chemistry and Molecular Materials (CIQUS)
Department of Physical Chemistry and Department of Organic Chemistry
University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Functional Materials and Nanotechnology Group
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Polymeric nanocomposite Copyright by M. Goméz
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We work on the development of different functional molecules (e.g. macromolecules such as biopolymers, block copolymers and fluorinated polymers) for the fabrication of nanomaterials and devices with application in nanotechnology, for the protection of cultural heritage, etc.
These pages are devoted to disseminate research activities carried out at the University of Santiago de Compostela and coordinated by a full professor of the Department of Physical Chemistry, and member of the Center for Research in Biological Chemistry and Molecular Materials (CIQUS, Massimo Lazzari).
The work realized by Edoardo Miravalle during his Erasmus+ stay at USC has been published in Journal of Hazardous Materials (New insights on the degradation of polystyrene and polypropylene by larvae of the superworm Zophobas atratus and gut bacterial consortium enrichments obtained under different culture conditions)
August 2024
The first contribution by Naveen Tiwari as Marie Curie Fellow has been published in Device, a Cell Press Journal: Thermosensitive wearable sensing technologies with intelligent robotics
June 2024
Selected recent results and events
The last contribution on the application of SERS for the analysis of art materials has been published by D. Reggio in Talanta
March 2023
Another paper within the National Project Recovery of scarce and valuable Metals from e-Waste by means of tailor-made adsorbent materials has been published in Surfaces and Interfaces
September 2025
Our latest staff
The group, in collaboration with another research unit of the Higher Technical School of Engineering, leadered by Prof. Julia González Álvarez, is involved in a Spanish National project (Proyectos de Generación del conocimiento PID2021-122923NB-I00 - proyectos de investigación no orientada) focused on the Recovery of scarce and valuable Metals from e-Waste by means of tailor-made adsorbent materials
We are part of the BIOMAPS project, aiming to develop a fully circular manufacturing value chain for bio-manufactured plastics (vitrimeric Polyhydroxyalkanoates - PHAs- a groundbreaking set of bio-based polyesters exhibiting mechanical recyclability, biodegradability, stability, and durability).
For this purpose, modelling and AI-based tools are developed in BIOMAPS to speed-up the adaptation of vitrimeric PHAs to replace their fossil-based counterparts in the European manufacturing industry.
