ANNA ROIG (January 2016)

Nanoparticles and Nanocomposites Group Leader (www.icmab.es/nn) Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) (www.icmab.es, www.csic.es) Campus de la UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, SPAIN Phone: +34 93 580 18 53 (ext 325) Fax: +34 93 580 5729 roig@icmab.es

PERSONAL DETAILS: PLACE AND DATE OF BIRTH: ALFORJA, BAIX CAMP 02/05/1962 NATIONALITY: SPANISH

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS: SENIOR SCIENTIST 2008- DEPUTY-DIRECTOR ICMAB-CSIC 2008-2015 DEPUTY-DIRECTOR MATGAS AIE 2008-2010 SECONDED NATIONAL EXPERT AT THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION 2005-2008

TENURE SCIENTIST (ICMAB-CSIC) 2003-2007 TECHNICAL STAFF (ICMAB-CSIC) 1996-2003 PH.D. STUDENT (ICMAB-CSIC) 1992-1996 MATERNITY LEAVE (I LIVED IN POLAND) 1989-1992 RESEARCH ASSISTANT, NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, BOSTON, USA 1986-1989 RESEARCH ASSISTANT, ROYAL INST OF TECHNOLOGY,STOCKHOLM,SWEDEN 1985-1986

EDUCATION: Ph.D. in Materials Science, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain 1998 M.Sc. in Materials Science, Northeastern University, Boston, USA 1988 B.Sc. in Physics, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain 1985

LINGUISTIC SKILLS: Language written reading conversation

Catalan good good fluent Spanish good good fluent English good good fluent French average average average Polish very basic

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS: I define myself as an applied materials scientist interested in the controlled and rational synthesis of inorganic and hybrid nanoparticles and nanocomposites (with a soft spot for magnetic materials) and the understanding of their structural-functional properties including problems related to nanobiointerfaces. Specifically: I. Fabrication of colloids and nanocomposites for applications in nanomedicine, smart electronics and environmental sensors II. Use of non-traditional methods for the synthesis of nanomaterials (microwaves, supercritical fluids, bacterial production) III. Understanding magnetic phenomena in nanomaterials.

FORMER RESEARCH INTERESTS: I: High-Tc superconductors, II: Magnetic metallic glasses.

SCIENCE AND SOCIETY INTERESTS: I am interested in issues related to women in science and education of science at all levels. Other interests are geo-politics, literature, travelling and Argentinean tango. I have lived and worked for extended periods of time in Sweden, USA, UK, Poland and Belgium.

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SUMMARY OF SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES(SEE BELOW FOR DETAILS):

163 research papers and proceedings (to be highlighted; 1 Science, 1 JACS, 2 ACS Nano, 1 Adv Mater, 2 Adv

Funct Mater, 1 Green Chem, 6 Chem. Mater., 1 Chem Comm, 10 J Mater Chem, 1 Acta-Biomaterialia, 1

Nanomedicine:NBM, 7 Langmuir, 2 PRB and 8 APL);

9 patents, (2 licensed, 4 PCT)

Supervision of 11 PhD Theses (10 finalized, 3 UAB Best PhD Thesis awards) and 4 MSc Theses;

21 invited talks and attendance to more than 60 International conferences, symposia and workshops and

participation in the organization of 10;

24 invited talks in other centers;

Participation in more than 40 research national and collaborative international research projects, 11 as IP

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SUMMARY OF MANAGING AND OTHER RELATED ACTIVITIES

Currently, Group Leader of Nanoparticles and Nanocomposite Group, www.icmab.es/nn

Currently, Member of Management Board, COST-Action, oc-2011-2-10820, MP102, Rational design of hybrid

organic-inorganic interfaces: the next step towards advanced functional materials,

2008-2015, Deputy-Director of the ICMAB-CSIC (www.icmab.es), 54 staff scientists and 210 employees

2009-2012, member of the CSIC experts group (www.csic.es) to discuss the position of the CSIC in the Horizon

2020 Initiative of the European Commission.

2009-2012 ICMAB representative CONNECT-EU - Nanobionanomed –Project

Sept 08- June 2012, member of the Materials Science Unit coordinating the 12 Materials Science Institutes of the

CSIC in Spain

April 08 – Oct 2010 Deputy-Director MATGAS (www.matgas.com) (IAE; Air-Products, UAB, CSIC)

Nov 2005- April 2008 Programme Officer as Seconded National Expert at the European Commission, Directorate-

General for Research, Industrial Technologies Directorate Value Added Materials Unit

Member of a significant number of qualifying panels for different positions within the CSIC (8), PhD Thesis review

panels (8) and French habilitation panel.

Evaluator of International and National projects: NMP (Collaborative & ERANETS) European Commission,

ERANET+/MATERA projects, French Evaluation Agency, Czech Ministry of Youth, Science and Education,

Spanish Evaluation Agency, CSIC, Catalan Government, Junta de Andalucía, Comunidad de Madrid.

Referee (approx. 10 manuscripts/year): Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Journal of Materials

Chemistry, Chemical Communications, Langmuir, New Journal of Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Journal of

American Chemistry Society, ACS Nano, Journal of Physical Chemistry,

Co-Chairman and Proceedings editor of the MRS Symposium, Fall Meeting 2010, on Aerogels and Aerogel-

Inspired Materials

Organizing Committee of International Sol-Gel Meeting, Madrid 2013, International Conference on Magnetism,

Barcelona 2015

Invitation as an expert to the M-ERA.NET Strategic Expert Workshop, April 2013, March 2014 Brussels SUMMARY OF OUTREACH ACTIVITIES

2008-2015, coordination and participation of ‘Els nous materials a l’aula’ where researchers visit high schools

2008-2015, coordination Program Argó (UAB), Summer Campus at the ICMAB for high school students

2008-2015, coordination Program Fundació Cims-Cellex: Tutored short stays at ICMAB for high school students

—REFEREED PAPERS—

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1. Screen-printed electrodes made of a bismuth nanoparticle porous carbon nanocomposite applied to the determination of heavy metal ions Pengfei Niu, César Fernández-Sánchez,* Martí Gich,* Carla Navarro-Hernández, Pablo Fanjul-Bolado, and Anna Roig Microchimica Acta pp 1-7 First online: 09 December 2015, doi:10.1007/s00604-015-1684-4 2. Protective effects of Bovine Serum Albumin on superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles evaluated in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans Laura Gonzalez-Moragas, Si-Ming Yu, Elisa Carenza, Anna Laromaine*, Anna Roig ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering., 1, 11 (2015) 1129–1138 DOI:10.1021/acsbiomaterials.5b00253 3. Dual T1/T2 MRI contrast agent based on hybrid SPION@coordination polymer nanoparticles Borges, S. Yu, A. Laromaine, A. Roig, S. Súarez-García, J. Lorenzo, D. Ruiz-Molina, F. Novio* RSC Advances 5 (2015) 86779–86783, DOI: 10.1039/C5RA17661A 4. MAGNETIC GOLD NANOTRIANGLES BY MICROWAVE POLYOL SYNTHESIS S.M. Yu, J.A. Hachtel, M.F. Chisholm, S.T .Pantelides, A. Laromaine*, A Roig* Nanoscale 7 (2015) 14039-14046, DOI: 10.1039/C5NR03113C 5. Scale-up synthesis of iron oxide nanoparticles by microwave-assisted thermal decomposition L. Gonzalez-Moragas, S.M. Yu, N. Murillo-Cremaes, A. Laromaine, A. Roig* Chemical Engineering Journal 281, 87-95, doi:10.1016/j.cej.2015.06.066

6. Hybrid Polystyrene Based Electrospun Fibers with Spin-Crossover Properties Coro Echeverria*, Miguel Rubio, Geoffrey R. Mitchell, Anna Roig, Daniel López* Journal of Polymer Science Part B-Polymer Physics 53, 11 (2015) 814-821 DOI: 10.1002/polb.23702

7. Highly Sensitive, Fast Electrochemical Detection of Heavy Metals in Waters with Bismuth Nanoparticle-Porous Carbon Electrodes Pengfei Niu, César Fernández-Sánchez*, Martí Gich*, Carlos Ayora and Anna Roig Electrochimica Acta 165 (2015)155-161 DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.03.001 8. C-elegans as an in vivo toolkit for nanoparticles assessment L. Gonzalez-Moragas, A. Roig and A. Laromaine* Advances in Colloid and Interface Science 219 (2015) 10-26,DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2015.02.001

9. Encapsulation of VEGF165 in magnetic PLGA nanocapsules for potential local delivery and bioactivity into human brain endothelial cells Elisa Carenza, Olivier Jordan, Pablo San Segundo Martínez, Radovan Jiřík, Zenon Starčuk jr., Gerrit Borchard,

Anna Rosell* and Anna Roig* Journal of Materials Chemistry B 3,12 (2015) 2538-2544, DOI: 10.1039/c4tb01895h

10. A novel solventless coating method to graft low molecular weight polyethyleneimine on silica aerogel fine powders Nerea Murillo-Cremaes, Pedro López-Aranguren, Lourdes F. Vega, Javier Saurina, Anna Roig*, Concepción Domingo* Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry (2014), 52, 19, 2760-2768 DOI: /10.1002/pola.27297

11. Enhanced spontaneous magnetization in the core of nickel nanoparticles D.-X. Chen*, O. Pascu, A. Roig Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 363 (2014) 195–200, DOI: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2014.03.065

12. Compressed antisolvent process for polymer coating of drug-loaded aerogel nanoparticles and study of their release behaviors Nerea Murillo-Cremaes, Pascal Subra, Javier Saurina, Anna Roig*, Concha Domingo* Colloid and Polymer Science (2014), 292, 10, 2475-2484 DOI: 10.1007/s00396-014-3260-6 13. Enhanced stability of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles in biological media using a pH adjusted and BSA adsorption protocol Siming Yu, Anna Laromaine*, Anna Roig*

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Journal of Nanoparticles Research (2014) June 2014, 16:2484, DOI 10.1007/s11051-014-2484-1

14. Bacterial Cellulose Films: Influence of bacterial strain and drying route on film properties Muling Zeng, Anna. Laromaine*, Anna Roig Cellulose (2014) 21 4455–4469 DOI 10.1007/s10570-014-0408-y 15. Origami magnetic cellulose: controlled magnetic fraction and patterning of flexible bacterial cellulose Muling Zeng, Anna Laromaine*, Wenqian Feng, Pavel A. Levkin, Anna Roig* Journal of Materials Chemistry C (2014) 2 6312-6318 DOI: 10.1039/c4tc00787e

16. Rapid synthesis of water-dispersible SPIONs by microwave assisted route for safe labeling of endothelial progenitor cells Elisa Carenza, Veronica Barceló, Anna Morancho, Joan Montaner, Anna Rosell*, Anna Roig* Acta-Biomaterialia (2014) 10 3775-3785 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2014.04.01

17. Expanding Effective-Medium Theory to Optical Diamagnetic Responses in Magnetoplasmonic Colloids Ondrej Vlasin, Oana Pascu, Anna Roig, Gervasi Herranz* Phys Rev. Applied (2014) 2, 5, 054003, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.2.054003

18. Multiferroic Iron Oxide Thin Films at Room Temperature M.Gich*, I. Fina, A. Morelli, F. Sánchez, M. Alexe, J. Gàzquez, J. Fontcuberta, A. Roig Advanced Materials (2014) 26, 27, 4645-4652, DOI: 10.1002/adma.201400990

19. Preparation and study of naproxen in silica and lipid/polymer hybrid composites Nerea Murillo-Cremaes, Pascale Subra-Paternault*, Concepción Domingo*, Anna Roig* RSC Advances (2014) 4 7084–7093, DOI: 10.1039/c3ra46947f

20. Magnetically Decorated Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes as Dual MRI and SPECT/CT Contrast Agents Julie Tzu-Wen Wang, Laura Cabana, Maxime Bourgognon, Houmam Kafa, Andrea Protti, Kerrie Venner, Ajay M. Shah, Jane Sosabowski, Stephen J. Mather, Anna Roig, Xiaoxing Ke, Gustaaf Van Tendeloo, Rafael T.M. de Rosales, Gerard Tobias,* Khuloud T. Al-Jamal* Advanced Functional Materials (2014) 24, 1880–1894, DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201302892

21. Facile Synthesis of Porous Bismuth-Carbon Nanocomposites for the Sensitive Detection of Heavy Metals Marti Gich, Cesar Fernandez-Sanchez, Liviu Cosmin Cotet, Pengfei Niu, Anna Roig

Journal Materials Chemistry A 1 (2013) 11410-11418 DOI:10.1039/C3TA12190A

22. In vitro Angiogenic Performance and in vivo Brain Targeting of Magnetized Endothelial Progenitor Cells for Neurorepair Therapies Elisa Carenza, Verónica Barceló, Anna Morancho, Lisa Levander, Cristina Boada, Anna Laromaine, Anna Roig*, Joan Montaner, Anna Rosell* Nanomedicine:NBM 10, 1 (2014) 225-234 DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2013.06.005

23. Ultrafast continuous synthesis of crystalline ferrite nanoparticles in supercritical ethanol Oana Pascu, Samuel Marre, Cyril Aymonier*, Anna Roig* Nanoscale 5 (2013) 2126-2132 DOI: 10.1039/c3nr33501a

24. Nanostructured silica-based drug delivery vehicles for hydrophobic and moisture sensitive drugs Nerea Murillo-Cremaes, Ana M. López-Periago, Javier Saurina, Anna Roig,* and Concepción Domingo,* The Journal of Supercritical Fluids 73, (2013), 34–42, DOI:10.1016/j.supflu.2012.11.006

25. Microwaves as a synthetic route for preparing electrochemically active TiO2 nanoparticles Damien Monti, Alexandre Ponrouch, Marc Estruga, M. Rosa Palacín, José A Ayllón, Anna Roig, Journal of Materials Research (focus issue on Titanium dioxide Nanomaterials), 28, 3, Feb 14, (2013), 340-347, DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2012.289

26. Design of biocompatible magnetic pectin aerogel monoliths and microspheres Carlos A. García-González,*, Elisa Carenza, Muling Zeng, Irina Smirnova,*and Anna Roig,* RSC Advances 2 (2012) 9816–9823 DOI: 10.1039/c2ra21500d

27. Surface reactivity of ferrite nanoparticles by microwave synthesis; comparison with thermal decomposition route O. Pascu, E. Carenza, M. Gich, S. Estradé, Francesca Peiró, G. Herranz, A. Roig* J. Phys. Chem. C 116 (2012), 15108−15116, DOI 10.1021/jp303204d

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28. Solution Processable Carboxylate-Capped CuO Nanoparticles obtained by a Simple Solventless Method Marc Estruga, Anna Roig, Concepción Domingo, José A. Ayllón* J Nanopart Res 14 (2012):1053, DOI 10.1007/s11051-012-1053-8

29. Magneto - optical enhancement by plasmon excitations in nanoparticle/metal structures M. Rubio-Roy, O. Vlasin, O. Pascu, J.M. Caicedo, M. Schmidt, A. R. Goñi, N. G. Tognalli, A. Fainstein, A. Roig, G. Herranz* Langmuir “Colloidal Nanoplasmonics” 28 (2012) 9010-9020, DOI 10.1021/la301239x

30. 2D Magnetic Frames Obtained by the Microwave-Assisted Chemistry Approach Oana Pascu, Martí Gich, Gervasi Herranz, Anna Roig* European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry (2012), 2656–2660 DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201101244

31. Experimental study on T2 relaxation time of protons in water suspensions of iron-oxide nanoparticles: Cases of composite nanospheres D.-X. Chen*, E. Taboada, A. Roig Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 323 (2011) 2487–2492 DOI:10.1016/j.jmmm.2011.05.022

32. Optical and electrical properties of colloidal (spherical Au)-(spinel ferrite nanorod) heterostructures Chandramohan George, Alessandro Genovese, Fen Qiao, Kseniya Korobchevskaya, Alberto Comin, Andrea Falqui, Sergio Marras, Anna Roig, Yang Zhang, Roman Krahne and Liberato Manna*

Nanoscale 3 (2011) 4647-4654 DOI: 10.1039/C1NR10768B

33. Ultrathin conformal coating for complex magneto-photonic structures O. Pascu, J.M. Caicedo, M. López-García, V. Canalejas, A. Blanco, C. López, J. Arbiol, J. Fontcuberta, A. Roig*, G. Herranz*, Nanoscale 3 (2011), 4811-4816 DOI: 10.1039/C1NR10959F

34. Magnetophotonic Response of Three-Dimensional Opals José Manuel Caicedo, Oana Pascu, Marín López-García, Víctor Canalejas, Alvaro Blanco, Cefe López, Josep Fontcuberta, Anna Roig*, Gervasi Herranz* ACS Nano 5 4 (2011) 2957–2963 DOI: 10.1021/nn1035872

35. A Cast-Mold Approach to Iron Oxide and Pt/Iron Oxide Nanocontainers and Nanoparticles with a Reactive Concave Surface

Chandramohan George, Dirk Dorfs, Giovanni Bertoni, Andrea Falqui, Alessandro Genovese, Teresa Pellegrino, Anna Roig, Alessandra Quarta, Roberto Comparelli, M. Lucia Curri, Roberto Cingolani, Liberato Manna Journal of the American Chemical Society 133 7 (2011) 2205-2217 DOI: 10.1021/ja108781w

36. Nanocomposites combining conducting and superparamagnetic components prepared via an organogel Elena Taboada, Lise N. Feldborg, Angel Pérez del Pino, Anna Roig, David B. Amabilino, Josep Puigmartí-Luis Soft Matter 7 (2011) 2755–2761 DOI: 10.1039/c0sm01088j

37. Structure of a spin-crossover Fe(II)–1,2,4-triazole polymer complex dispersed in an isotactic polystyrene matrix Miguel Rubio, Rebeca Hernández, Aurora Nogales, Anna Roig, Daniel López European Polymer Journal 47 1 (2011) 52–60, DOI:10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2010.10.029

38. Preparation and characterization of iron containing liposomes: their effect on iron uptake by Caco-2 cells Laura Hermida, Anna Roig, Carlos Bregni, Manuel Sabés-Xamaní, Ramon Barnadas

Journal of Liposome Research 21 3 (2011) 203-212 DOI: 10.3109/08982104.2010.517536

39. A clean and effective supercritical carbon dioxide method for the host-guest synthesis and encapsulation of photoactive molecules in nanoporous matrices Nerea Murillo-Cremaes, Ana Maria López-Periago, Javier Saurina, Anna Roig*, Concepción Domingo* Green Chemistry 12 (2010) 2196-2204, DOI: 10.1039/C004762G

40. Size analysis and magnetic structure of nickel nanoparticles D.-X. Chen, O. Pascu, A. Roig, A. Sanchez Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 322 (2010) 3834–3840

41. A convenient Magneto-Optical Characterization Method for Colloidal Dispersions. Application to Nickel Nanoparticles

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Oana Pascu, José Manuel Caicedo, Josep Fontcuberta, Gervasi Herranz*, Anna Roig* Langmuir 26 15 (2010) 12548–12552.

42. Epitaxial stabilization of -Fe2O3 (00l) thin films on SrTiO3 (111) M. Gich*, J. Gazquez, A. Roig*, A. Crespi, J. Fontcuberta, J.C. Idrobo, S.J. Pennycook, M. Varela, V. Skumryev, M. Varela Applied Physics Letters 96 (2010) 112508.

43. Facile route to magneto-photonic crystals by infiltration of 3D-inverse opals with magnetic nanoparticles J.M.Caicedo, E. Taboada, D. Hrabovský, M. López-García, G. Herranz, A. Roig, A. Blanco, C. López. J. Fontcuberta Journal Magnetism and Magnetic 322 (2010) 1494–1496.

44. Nanospheres of Silica with an -Fe2O3 Single Crystal Nucleus E. Taboada, A. Roig*, M. Gich ACS Nano 3, 11 (2009) 3377-3382 DOI: 10.1021/nn901022s

45. Size determination of superparamagnetic nanoparticles from magnetization curve D.-X. Chen, A. Sanchez, E. Taboada, A. Roig, N. Sun, H.-C. Gu Journal of Applied Physics 105, (2009) 083924_1-083924_6.

46. Supercritical fluid assisted one-pot synthesis of biocompatible core(-Fe2O3)@shell(SiO2) nanoparticles as high relaxivity T2-contrast agents for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Elena Taboada, Raul Solanas, Elisenda Rodríguez, Ralph Weissleder, Anna Roig* Advanced Functional Material 19, 14 (2009), 2319-2324.

47. Nonzero orbital moment in high coercivity ε-Fe2O3 and low-temperature collapse of the magneto-crystalline anisotropy Yuan-Chieh Tseng, Narcizo M. Souza-Neto, Daniel Haskel, Martí Gich, Carlos Frontera, Anna Roig*, Michel van Veenendaal, and Josep Nogués Physical Review B 79 1 (2009) 094404_1-094404_6.

48. Crystal-structure refinement of Fe3+-rich aerinite from synchrotron powder diffraction and Mössbauer data Jordi Rius, Anna Crespi, Anna Roig, Joan Carles Melgarejo European Journal of Mineralogy 21 (2009) 233-240.

49. Chelate-Size Effects on the Structures, Chemical Behavior, Properties, and Catalytic Activity of the New Palladium(II)-Allyl Complexes [Pd(η3-1-R1-C3H4){FcCHdN-CH2-(CH2)n-NMe2}][PF6]{Fc)(η5-C5H5)Fe(η5-C5H4), n) 2 or 1, and R1 ) H or Ph} Sonia Pérez, Concepción López, Ramon Bosque, Xavier Solans, Mercè Font-Bardía, Anna Roig, Elies Molins, Piet W. N. M. van Leeuwen, Gino P. F. van Strijdonck, and Zoraida Freixa Organometallics 27 (2008) 4288–4299.

50. Magnetic behaviour of Fe-Cr nanoparticles system K. Racka, A. Slawska-Waniewska, A. Kryzewski, M. Gich, A. Roig, E.A. Shafranovsky, Yu. I. Petrov Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 320 (2008) e683–e687.

51. Organo-modified silica aerogels and implications for material hydrophobicity and mechanical properties Laura Martín, J. Oriol Ossó, Susagna Ricart, Anna Roig*, Olga García, Roberto Sastre Journal of Materials Chemistry 18 (2008) 207–213.

52. Sonogashira Cross-Coupling Using Carbon Aerogel Doped with Palladium Nanoparticles, a Recoverable and Reusable Catalyst Roger Soler, Sandro Cacchi, Giancarlo Fabrizi, Giovanni Forte, Laura Martín, Sandra Martínez, Elies Molins, Marcial Moreno-Mañas, Francesco Petrucci, Anna Roig, Rosa M. Sebastián, Adelina Vallribera SYNTHESIS-STUTTGART 19 (2007) 3068-3072.

53. Stabilization of metastable phases in spatially restricted fields: the case of the Fe2O3 polymorphs Martí Gich, Anna Roig, Elena Taboada, Elies Molins, Caroline Bonafos, Etienne Snoeck Faraday Discussions 136 (2007) 345-354.

54. Relaxometric and Magnetic Characterization of Ultrasmall Iron Oxide Nanoparticles with High Magnetization. Evaluation as Potential T1 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agents for Molecular Imaging

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Elena Taboada, Elisenda Rodríguez, Anna Roig*, Judit Oro, Alain Roch, Robert N. Muller Langmuir 23 (2007) 4583-4588.

55. Efficient hydroycarbonylation of aryl iodides using recoverable and reusable carbon aerogels doped with palladium nanoparticles as catalyst Sandro Cacchi, Cosmin L. Cotet, Giancarlo Fabrizi, Giovanni Forte, Antonella Goggiamani, Laura Martín, Sandra Martínez, Elies Molins, Marcial Moreno-Mañas, Francesco Petrucci, Anna Roig, Adelina Vallribera Tetrahedron 63 11 (2007) 2519-2523.

56. Heterodimetallic Palladium(II) Complexes with Bidentate (N,S) or Terdentate (C,N,S)- Ferrocenyl Ligands. The Effect of the Ligand Donor Atoms on the Regioselectivity of the Allylic Alkylation of Cinnamyl Acetate Concepción López, Sónia Pérez, Xavier Solans, Mercè Font-Badía, Anna Roig, Elies Molins, Piet W.N.M. van Leeuwen, Gino P.F. van Strijdonck Organometallics 26 (2007) 571-576.

57. An iron-based T1 contrast agent made of iron-phosphate colloids. In vitro and in vivo studies Elisenda Rodríguez, Anna Roig, Elies Molins, Nataliya Nedelko, Anna Ślawska-Waniewska, Silvio Aime, Rui Simoes, Carles Arús, Miquel E. Cabañas, Coral Sanfeliu MAGNETIC RESONANCE MATERIALS IN PHYSICS BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 20 1 (2007) 27-37.

58. Absence of ferromagnetism in Fe-doped TiO2 nanoparticles Ll. Balcells, C. Frontera, F. Sandiumenge, A. Roig, B. Martínez, J. Kouam, C. Monty Applied Physics Letter 89 (2006) 122501-1-1222501-3.

59. Efficient Optical Materials Based on Fluorinated-Polymeric Silica Aerogels O. García, R. Sastre, D. del Agua, A. Costela, I. García-Moreno, A. Roig Chemical Physics Letters 427 (2006) 375-378

60. High and low-temperature crystal and magnetic structures of -Fe2O3 and their correlations to its magnetic properties M. Gich, C. Frontera, A. Roig, E. Taboada, E. Molins, H. R. Rechenberg, J. D. Adrisson, W. A. A. Macedo, C. Ritter, V. Hardy, J. Sort, V. Skumryev, J. Nogués Chemistry of Materials 18 16 (2006) 3889-3897.

61. Highly dispersed nickel and palladium silica aerogels: sol-gel processing of tethered metal complexes and application as catalysts in the Mizoroki-Heck reaction Sandra Martínez, Marcial Moreno-Mañas, Adelina Vallribera, Ulrich Schubert, Anna Roig, Elies Molins, New Journal of Chemistry 30 (2006) 1093-1097.

62. Structural and magnetic properties of bulk alloys and aerosol nanoparticles in the Fe100−xCrx system

E.A. Shafranovsky, Yu.I. Petrov, M. Gich, K. Racka, A. Slawska -Waniewska, A. Roig, E. Molins Journal of Alloys and Compounds 416 (2006) 51–57.

63. Synthesis and Structural Characteristics of Carbon Aerogels with a High Content of Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, and Pd L.C. Cotet, M. Gich, A. Roig, I.C. Popescu, V. Cosoveanu, E. Molins, V. Danciu Journal Non-Crystalline Solids 352 (2006) 2772–2777.

64. Europium-Containing Organic Gels and Organic and Carbon Aerogels. Preparation and Initial Applications in Catalysis Sandra Martínez, Laura Martín, Elies Molins, Marcial Moreno-Mañas, Anna Roig*, Adelina Vallribera Monatshefte für Chemie 137 (2006) 627-633.

65. A new approach to increase the Curie temperature of Fe-Mo double perovskites D. Rubi, C. Frontera, A. Roig, J. Nogués, J.S. Muñoz, J. Fontcuberta Materials Science and Engineering B 126 (2006) 139-142.

66. Novel Palladacycles Containing [C(sp2,ferrocene),N,O]- or [C(sp2,ferrocene),N,O]2- Terdentate Ligands Sonia Pérez, Concepción López, Amparo Caubet, Xavier Solans, Mercè Font-Bardía, Anna Roig, Elies Molins Organometallics 25 (2006) 596-601.

67. Relationships between 57Fe NMR, Mössbaure parameters, electrochemical properties and the structures of ferrocenylketimines Concepción López, Ramons Bosque, Sonia Pérez, Anna Roig, Elies Molins, Xavier Solans, Mercè Font-Bardía

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Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 691 (2006) 475-484.

68. Magnetoelectric coupling in -Fe2O3 nanoparticles M. Gich, C. Frontera, A. Roig, J. Fontcuberta, E. Molins, N. Bellido, Ch. Simon, C. Fleta Nanotechnology 17 (2006) 687-691.

69. Investigation of the stability of {[(tacn)6Fe8(3-O)2(2-OH)12]Br7(H2O)]}Br·8H2O (Fe8) cluster in aqueous solution by spectroscopic and magnetic methods Elisenda Rodríguez, Martí Gich, Anna Roig, Elies Molins Nataliya Nedelko, Anna Ślawska-Waniewska, Andrzej Szewczyk Polyhedron 25 (2006) 113-118.

70. Increasing the Curie temperature in A2FeMoO6 double perovskites by introducing near-neighbor antiferromagnetic interactions D. Rubi, C. Frontera, A. Roig, J. Nogués, J.S. Muñoz, J. Fontcuberta Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 17 (2005) 8037-8047.

71. Nanosized metallic particles embedded in silica and carbon aerogels as catalysts of Mizoroki-Hech coupling reactions Sandra Martínez, Adelina Vallribera, Cosmin L. Cotet, Mihaela Popovici, Laura Martín, Anna Roig*, Marcial Moreno-Mañas, Elies Molins New Journal of Chemistry 29 (2005) 1342-1345.

72. Faraday Rotation Measurements in Maghemite-Silica Aerogels E. Taboada, R. P. Del Real, M. Gich, A. Roig*, E. Molins, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 301 1 (2006) 175-180.

73. Detailed magnetic dynamic behaviour of nanocomposite iron oxide aerogels MB Fernández van Raap, FH Sánchez, CE Rodríguez Torres, Ll Casas, A Roig, E Molins Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 17 (2005) 6519-6531.

74. Large coercivity and low temperature magnetic reorientation in -Fe2O3 nanoparticles M. Gich, A. Roig, C. Frontera, E. Molins, J. Sort, M. Popovici, G. Chouteau, D. Martín y Marero, J. Nogués Journal of Applied Physics 98 (2005) 044307-0443012.

75. In vitro characterizations of an Fe8 cluster as potential MRI contrast agent Elisenda Rodríguez, Anna Roig*, Elies Molins, Carles Arús, María Rosa Quintero, Miquel E. Cabañas, Sebastián Cerdán, Pilar Lopez-Larrubia, Coral Sanfeliu NMR in Biomedicine 18 (2005) 300-307.

76. Aerosol nanoparticles in the Fe1-xCr x system –room temperature stabilization of the -phase and

phase transition M. Gich, E. A. Shafranovsky, A. Roig, A. Ślawska-Waniewska, K. Racka, Ll. Casas, Yu. I. Petrov, E. Molins, M. F. Thomas Journal of Applied Physics 98 (2005) 024303-024308.

77. Ring-Chain Tautomerism of the Novel 2-Ferrocenyl-2,4-dihydro-1H-3,1-benzoxazine Sonia Pérez, Concepción López, Amparo Caubet, Anna Roig, Elies Molins Journal of Organic Chemistry 70 (2005) 4857-4860. 78. Magnetic properties of Fe nanoparticle systems K. Racka, M. Gich, A. Ślawska-Waniewska, A. Roig, E. Molins Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 290-291 (2005) 127-130.

79. Synthesis, characterization and structure of diiron organometallic derivatives of 2,9-dimethyl-1, 10-dihydro-dicyclopentadienyl[a,h]naphthalene M. K Amshumali, Ivonne Chávez, Verónica Arancibia, Juan M. Manríquez, Elies Molins, Anna Roig Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 690 (2005) 1340-1349.

80. Polymer-filled Nanoporous Silica Aerogels as Hosts for Highly Stable Solid-State Dye Lasers A.Costela, I. García Moreno, C. Gómez, O. García, R. Sastre, A. Roig, E. Molins The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 109, (2005) 4475-4480.

81. Difference in the Magnetic Properties of Co, Fe and Ni 250-300 nm Wide Nanowires Electrodeposited in Amorphous Anodized Alumina Templates Jian Qin, Josep Nogués, Maria Mikhaylova, Anna Roig, Juan S. Muñoz, Mamoun Muhammed Chemistry of Material 17 (2005) 1829-1834.

82. Optimized synthesis of the elusive -Fe2O3 phase by sol-gel chemistry

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Mihaela Popovici, Marti Gich, Daniel Nižňanský, Anna Roig, Cecilia Savii, Lluis Casas, Elies Molins, Karel Zaveta, Corina Enache, Jordi Sort, Sophie de Brion, Gerard Chouteau, Josep Nogués Chemistry of Materials 16 (2004) pp.5542-5548.

83. Thermal Transformation of (NH4)[Fe(AsO4)F] Into the New Textural Porous Orthorhombic Fe(AsO4) Phase. Crystal Structures, Thermal Behaviour, and Spectroscopic and Magnetic Properties Begoña Bazán, José L. Mesa, José L. Pizarro, Jesús Rodríguez-Fernández. Jorge Sánchez-Marcos, Anna Roig, Elies Molins, María I. Arriortua, Teófilo Rojo Chemistry of Materials 16 (2004) pp.5249-5259.

84. Superhydrophobic silica aerogels by fluorination at the gel stage Anna Roig*, Elies Molins, Elisenda Rodríguez, Sandra Martínez, Marcial Moreno-Mañas, Adelina Vallribera Chemical Communications 20, (2004) 2316-2317.

85. Effect of surface modifications on magnetic coupling in Fe nanoparticle systems A. Ślawska-Waniewska, A. Roig, M. Gich, Ll. Casas, K. Racka, N. Nedelko and E. Molins Physical Review B 70 (2004) pp.054412-1-0554412-5.

86. Microstructure and magnetic properties of Fe81P13Si2Nb3Cu1 nanocrystalline alloy L.K. Varga, A. Ślawska-Waniewska, A. Roig, K. Racka, E. Fazakasa J. Ferenc, T. Kulik Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 272-276, (2004) pp.1360-1361.

87. Synthesis, morphological, structural characterization and magnetic properties of amorphous iron(III)-oxyhydroxy-phosphate nanoparticles Lorenza Suber, Sabrina Foglia, Dino Fiorani, Hector Romero, Amelia Montone, Anna Roig, Lluís Casas Journal of Solid State Chemistry 177 (2004) 2439-2447.

88. Ultra-porous single phase oxide- silica nanostructured aerogels from ferrous precursors Mihaela Popovici, Martí Gich, Anna Roig*, Lluís Casas, Elies Molins, Cecilia Savii, Dumitru Becherescu, Jordi Sort, Santi Suriñach, Juan S. Muñoz, M. Dolors Baró, Josep Nogués Langmuir 20, 4, (2004) pp. 1425-1429.

89. Novel Five-Membered Pallada-and Platinacycles Containing a [C(sp2, ferrocene), N,S]- Terdentate Ligand. Theoretical Interpretation of Their Electrochemical and Electronic Properties Based on Density Functional Calculations Sonia Pérez, Concepción López, Amparo Caubet, Ramon Bosque, Xavier Solans, Mercè Font Bardía, Anna Roig, Elies Molins Organometallics 23, (2004) pp.224-232.

90. Aerogel thin film synthesis by a supercritical fluid-assisted sol-gel route in a single processing unit Magda Moner-Girona, Anna Roig*, Mónica Benito, Elies Molins Journal of Materials Chemistry (Communication) 13 9 (2003) pp. 2066-2068.

91. Periodically Mesostructured Silica Aerogel Monoliths from Diol-Modified Silanes Nicola K. Huesing, Christina Raab, Viktoria Torma, Anna Roig, Herwig Peterlik Chemistry of Materials (Communication) 15 (2003) pp. 2690-2692.

92. High-coercivity ultralight transparent magnets M. Gich, Ll. Casas, A. Roig and E. Molins, J. Sort, S. Suriñach, M.D. Baró, J.S. Muñoz, L. Morellon, M.R. Ibarra, J. Nogués Applied Physics Letters 82 24 (2003) pp. 4307-4309.

93. Silica aerogel-iron oxide nanocomposites: recoverable catalysts in conjugate additions and in Biginelli reaction S. Martínez, M. Messeguer, E. Rodríguez, Ll. Casas, E. Molins, M. Moreno-Mañas, A. Roig, A. Vallribera Tetrahedron 59 9 (2003) pp. 1553-1556.

94. Sol-gel route to direct formation of silica aerogel microparticles using supercritical solvents

M. Moner-Girona, A. Roig, E. Molins, J. Llibre Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 26 (2003) pp. 645-649.

95. Miniaturization of a Mössbauer spectrometer using a piezotransducer and a solid state detector Ll. Casas, E. Molins and A. Roig Hyperfine Interactions 141/142 (2002) pp. 125-129.

96. Viscoelasticity of silica aerogels at ultrasonic frequencies T.E. Gómez Álvarez-Arenas, F.R. Montero de Espinosa, M. Moner-Girona, E. Rodríguez, A. Roig, E. Molins Applied Physics Letters 81 7 (2002) pp. 1198-1200.

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97. Preparation of narrow size distribution superparmagnetic -Fe2O3 nanoparticles in a sol-gel transparent SiO2 matrix E.M. Moreno, M. Zayat, M.P. Morales, C.J. Serna, A. Roig, D. Levy Langmuir 18 (2002) pp. 4972-4978.

98. Effect of asymmetry on the electronic delocalization in di-iron and iron-cobalt mixed valence metallocenic compounds Y. Portilla, I. Chávez, V. Arancibia, B. Loeb. J.M. Manríquez, A. Roig, E. Molins Inorganic Chemistry 41 7 (2002) pp. 1831-1836.

99. Iron oxide nanoparticles hosted in silica aerogels L. Casas, A. Roig*, E. Molins, J. M. Grenèche, J. Asenjo, J. Tejada Applied Physics A 74 (2002) pp 591-597.

100. Micromechanical properties of carbon-silica aerogel composites M. Moner-Girona, E. Martínez, J. Esteve, A. Roig*, R. Solanas, E. Molins Applied Physics A 74 (2002) pp 119-122 (rapid communication).

101. Antisite defects and magnetoresistance in Sr2FeMoO6 double perovskite J. Navarro, Ll. Balcells, F. Sandiumenge, M. Bibes, A. Roig, B. Martínez, J. Fontcuberta Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 13 (2001) pp 8481-8488.

102. Unconventional magnetic behaviour of iron-oxide nanoparticles in polymeric matrices A.M.Testa, S. Foglia, L.Suber, D. Fiorani, Ll. Casas, A. Roig, E.Molins, J. M. Grenèche, J.Tejada Journal of Applied Physics 90 3 (2001) pp 1534-1539.

103. Mechanical properties of silica aerogels measured by microindentation: influence of sol-gel processing parameters and carbon addition M. Moner-Girona, E. Martínez, A. Roig, J. Esteve, E. Molins Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 285 1-3 (2001) pp 244-250.

104. Silica aerogel-iron oxide nanocomposites: structural and magnetic properties

Ll. Casas, A. Roig, E. Rodríguez, E. Molins, J. Tejada, J. Sort Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 285 1-3 (2001) pp 37-43.

105. Cationic ordering control of magnetization in Sr2FeMoO6 double perovskite Ll. Balcells, J. Navarro, M. Bibes, A. Roig, B. Martínez, J. Fontcuberta Applied Physics Letters 78 6 (2001) pp 781-783.

106. Synthesis and characterization of [Cp*Fedicyclopenta(a,f)naphthaleneFeCp*] and [Cp*Fedicyclopenta(a,f)naphthaleneFeCp*]BF4 G. Alfonso, I.Chávez, V.Arancibia, Juan M. Manríquez, M.T.Garland, A.Roig, E.Molins, R.Fortunato Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 620 1-2 (2001) pp 32-38.

107. Diels-Alder Reactions of 5,6-Dihydro-2(1H)-pyridones N. Casamitjana, V. López, A. Jorge, J. Bosch, E. Molins, A. Roig Tetrahedron 56 (2000) pp.4027-4042.

108. Room-Temperature Magnetic Refrigerator Using Permanent Magnets X. Bohigas, E. Molins, A. Roig, J. Tejada, X.X. Zhang IEEE-Transactions on Magnetics 63 3 (2000) pp. 538544.

109. Selective oxidants for organometallic compounds containing a stabilising anion of highly reactive cations: (3,5(CF3)2C6H3)4B

-)Cp2Fe+ and (3,5(CF3)2C6H3)4B-)Cp*2Fe+

Ivonne Chávez, Angel Álvarez, Elies Molins, Anna Roig, Waldemar Maniukiewicz, Alenjandra Arancibia, Verónica Arancibia, Holger Brand, Juan Manuel Manríquez Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 601 (2000) pp. 126-132.

110. Surface and Internal Spin Canting in -Fe2O3 Nanoparticles M.P. Morales, S. Veintemillas-Verdaguer, M.I. Montero, C.J. Serna, A. Roig, Ll. Casas, B. Martínez, F. Sandiumenge Chemistry of Materials 11 (11) (1999) pp. 3058-3064.

111. Mössbauer investigations of Fe87Zr7Si4B2 nanocrystalline alloys A.Ślawska-Waniewska, J.M. Greneche, A. Roig, A. Inoue Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 203 (1999) pp. 187-189.

112. Micromechanical Properties of Silica Aerogels M. Moner-Girona, A. Roig, E. Molins, E.Martínez, J. Esteve

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Applied Physics Letters 75 5 (1999) pp. 653-655.

113. Nucleophile-Dependent Stereodivergence in the Pd-Catalyzed Intramolecular Cyclization of 2-(p-Tolylsulfinyl)allylacetates M. Henrich, A. Delgado, E. Molins, A. Roig, A. Llebaria Tetrahedron Letters 40 (1999) pp. 4259-4262.

114. Thermally assisted resonant quantum tunneling of magnetization in Fe8 clusters X. X. Zhang, J.M. Hernandez, E. del Barco, J. Tejada, A. Roig, E. Molins, K. Wieghardt Journal of Applied Physics 85 8 (1999) pp. 5633-5635.

115. Polyacrylic acid pore-filled microporous membranes and their use in membrane-mediated synthesis of nanocrystalline ferrihydrite F. M. Winnik, A. Morneau, A. M. Mika, R. F. Childs, A. Roig, E. Molins, R.F. Ziolo, F. M. Winnik, A. Morneau, A. M. Mika, R. F. Childs Canadian Journal of Chemistry Revue Canadienne de Chimie 76 (1998) pp. 10-17.

116. Studies of LPCVD Al-Fe-O deposits by XPS, EELS and Mössbauer spectroscopies Ch. Labatut, R. Berjoan, B. Armas, S. Schamm, J. Sevely, A. Roig, E. Molins Surface & Coatings Technology, 105 (1998) pp. 31-37.

117. Mössbauer Spectroscopy and Magnetic Properties of the Three-Dimensional Cubic Phase Ba6Cu12Fe13S27 A.Roig, E. Molins, N. Casañ-Pastor, P. Gómez-Romero, C. Mujica, J. Llanos Materials Research Bulletin 33 9 (1998) pp. 1347-1352.

118. Crystal and Molecular Structure of (BzlMe3N)+

2[Fe2OCl6]2-

E. Molins, A. Roig, C. Miravitlles, M. Moreno-Mañas, A. Vallribera, N. Gálvez, N. Serra Structural Chemistry 9 3 (1998) pp. 203-208.

119. Silica Aerogels by Supercritical Extraction A.Roig, I. Mata, E. Molins, C. Miravitlles, J. Torras, J. Llibre Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 18 (1998) pp. 1141-1143.

120. Magnetic Hyperfine Fields in FeZrB Amorphous Alloys A.Roig, A. Ślawska-Waniewska, E. Molins Journal de Physique IV France 8 (1998) pp. Pr2-87-Pr2-90.

121. 125Te Mössbauer Spectroscopy Study of Transition-Metal Tellurides

J.M. Durand, E. Molins, A. Roig Anales de Química, International Edition 94 (1998) pp. 171-178.

122. 1,5,8,12-Tetrathiaspiro[6.6]tridecane M. Barrot, G. Fabrias, F. Camps, E. Molins, A. Roig, W. Maniukiewicz Acta Cryst. C54 (1998) pp. 533-534.

123. S -Alkynyl Complexes with Dicobalt Octacarbonyl and Tetracobalt Dodecacarbonyl: Synthesis of Cyclopentenone Derivatives via Intermolecular Pauson-Khand Reactions V. Cadierno, M.P. Gamasa, J. Gimeno, J.M. Moretó, S. Ricart, A. Roig, E. Molins Organometallics 17 4 (1998) pp. 697-706.

124. Hexaferrite-Magnetite Nanocomposite Permanent Magnets Produced by Mechanical Alloying

A.Calleja, X. Obradors, A. Roig, B. Martínez, S. Piñol, F. Sandiumenge Materials Science Forum 269-272 (1998) pp. 943-948.

125. Magnetic Characterisation of -Fe2O3 Nanoparticles Fabricated by Aerosol Pyrolisis B. Martínez, A. Roig, E. Molins, T. Gónzalez-Carreño, C.J. Serna Journal of Applied Physics 83 6 (1998) pp. 3256-3262.

126. Correlation between Magnetic and Structural Properties of Nanocrystalline Fe85Zr7B6Cu2 Alloys A.Ślawska-Waniewska, A. Roig, J.S. Muñoz, P. Nowicki, R.Żuberek, J. González Materials Science Forum 235-238 (1997) pp. 685-690.

127. Formation of -Fe2O3 Isolated Nanoparticles in a Silica Matrix F. del Monte, M.P. Morales, D. Levy, A. Fernandez, M. Ocaña, A. Roig, E. Molins, K. O'Grady, C.J. Serna Langmuir 13 14 (1997) pp. 3627-3634.

128. Surface Effects in Fe-based Nanocrystalline Alloys A.Ślawska-Waniewska, A. Roig, E. Molins, J.M. Grenèche, R. Żuberek

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Journal of Applied Physics 81 8 (1997) pp.4652-4654.

129. Photo-Oxidation of Sulfite Ions in the Presence of Some Iron Oxides A.Ansari, J. Peral, X. Domènech, R. Rodríguez-Clemente, A. Roig, E. Molins Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry 87 (1995) pp.121-125.

130. High Magnetic Polarizability of Magnetoresistive Manganese Oxides J. Fontcuberta, B. Martinez, J.L. García-Muñoz, A. Seffar, S. Piñol, A. Roig, E. Molins, X. Obradors Solid State Communications 97 12 (1996) pp.1033-1038.

131. Magnetic Properties of Colossal Magnetoresistive Maganese Oxides J. Fontcuberta, B. Martínez, A. Seffar, S. Piñol, A. Roig, E. Molins, X. Obradors, J. Alonso, J.M. González-Clavet Journal of Applied Physics 79 8 (1996) pp. 5182-5184.

132. Magnetic Properties of -Fe2O3 Nanoparticles Obtained by Vaporization-Condensation in a Solar Furnace B. Martínez, A. Roig, X. Obradors, E. Molins, A. Rouanet, C. Monty Journal of Applied Physics 79 5(1996) pp.2580-2586.

133. Raman Spectroscopic Characterization of Some Commercially Available Carbon Black Materials T. Jawhari, A. Roig, J. Casado Carbon 33 11 (1995) pp.1561-1565.

134. Quantum Tunneling of Antiferromagnetic Domain Walls in TbFeO3 Single Crystal J. Tejada, X.X. Zhang, A. Roig, O. Nikolov, E. Molins Europhysics Letters 30 4 (1995) pp.227-232.

135. Quantum Exponential Relaxation of Antiferromagnetic Domain Walls in FeTbO3 Single Crystal X.X. Zhang, J. Tejada, A. Roig, O. Nikolov, E. Molins Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 137(1994) L235-L 238.

136. Magnetic Properties of Fe/Cu Multilayers A.Roig, X.X. Zhang, R. Żuberek, J. Tejada, E. Molins Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 140-144 (1995) pp.559-560.

137. A New High-Tc Superconductor Containing Thallium and Its Crystal Structure: The “1212” Phase (Tl1-xBix)1.33Sr1.33Ca1.33Cu2O6.67+&, P. Haldar, S. Sridhar, A. Roig, W. Kennedy, D.H. Wu, C. Zahopoulos, B. C. Giessen Journal of Superconductivity 1 nº2 (1988) pp.211-218.

138. Bulk Superconductivity at 122 K in Tl(Ba,Ca)2Ca3Cu4O10.5+& with Four Consecutive Copper Layers P. Haldar, K. Chen, B. Maheswaran, A. Roig, N. K. Jaggi, R. S. Markiewicz, B.C. Giessen Science 241 Sept. 2 1988 pp.1198-1200.

139. A New Intermediate-Tc Oxide Superconductor with a Double Perovskite Structure: The “121” Phase (Tl,Bi)1(Sr,Ca)2Cu1O4.5+& P. Haldar, A. Roig, S. Sridhar, B.C. Giessen Materials Letters. 7 nº1 (1988) pp.1-5

140. Low Field Thermomagnetic Studies of 4 Phase Transition in Samarium Orthoferrites K.V. Rao, A. Roig, H. Szymczak Acta Physica Polonica A 2 nº2 (1987) pp.351-353.

141. Crystallization Kinetics of an Amorphous Magnet A.Roig, J.S. Muñoz, M.B. Salamon, K.V. Rao Journal of Applied Physics 61 8 (1987) pp.3647-3649.

—PATENTS—

1. Patente solicitada en cotitularidad (licenciada), abandonada y reconvertida a secreto industrial GARCÍA JUEZ, Vicente, ANTÓN IBÁÑEZ, Lara, ROIG SERRA, Anna, LAROMAINE SAGUÉ, Anna FÁBRICA NACIONAL DE MONEDA Y TIMBRE, REAL CASA DE LA MONEDA y CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS. EP14382185.8, Date or receipt: 26 May 2014, reference: P10820EP00.

2. Material Compuesto que comprende una matriz porosa de carbón amorfo y nanopartículas de Bi obtenible mediante un procedimiento sol-gel, procedimiento de obtención y uso

César Fernández Sánchez, Martí Gich García, Anna Roig Serra, Liviu Cosmin Cotet

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Número de registro patente española: 201231769, 30/11/2012, PCT /ES2013/070780, 1 noviembre 2013

3. Endothelial progenitor cells labelled with superparamagnetic iron oxide micro and nanoparticles in cerebrovascular disorders, process for their preparation and uses thereof

Joan Montaner Villalonga, Anna Rosell Novel, Anna Roig Serra Número de registro patente española: 201199900007806, 5th May 2011. PCT application number PCT/EP2012/054198, Reference P1769PC00. Date of receipt 12 March 2012, en fase de nacionales, US; Europa.

4. Crystalline Antifugal Compounds (Licenciada) Javier Bartrolí Orpí, Elies Molins Grau, Anna Roig Serra, Antonio Cánovas Paredes, J. Uriach y compañía (date of application 07.08.2006)

Applicant Priopietor Stiefel Laboratories Inc; Applicant No/Patent No: 07836538.4-2101 PCT/US2007017476, Date of Filing: 06.08.07, Priority: EP/07.08.06/EPA 06380225; US/07.08.06/USP 835863; US/26.06.07/ USP 929408; EP/26.06.07/ EPA 07380186 , Designated States: AT, BE; BG; CH; CY; DE; DK; EE; ES; FI; FR; B ;GR ;HU ;IE; IS; IT; LI; LT; LU; LV; MC; MT; NL; PL; PT; RO; SE; SI; SK; TR.

5. Complejos moleculares polimetálicos como agentes de contraste para su uso en Resonancia Magnética de Imagen

Elies Molins, Anna Roig, Elisenda Rodríguez, CSIC, No 200201023 (date of application 03.05.2002).

6. Espectrómetro Mössbauer con tecnología de piezotransductores y detectores de estado sólido”

Elies Molins, Lluis Casas, Anna Roig, CSIC, Nº 200100089 (date of application 15.01.2001).

7. Utilización de nanopartículas de ferrihidrita anclada sobre un soporte de aerogel como catalizador

Miriam Meseguer, Elisenda Rodríguez, Lluís Casas, Elies Molins, Marcial Moreno-Mañas, Anna Roig, Adelina Vallribera, Sociedad Anónima de Carburos Metálicos, Nº P200101726 (date of application 10.05.2001)

8. Miniaturización de un espectrómetro Mössbauer: micromössbauer

Elies Molins, Lluis Casas, Anna Roig, CSIC, No P9802700 (date of application 29.12.98).

9. Preparación de aerogeles de sílice con aplicación como material de relleno en almacenamiento de gases y líquidos

Elies Molins, Anna Roig, Carburos Metálicos, Nº P9701231/9-España (extended to 19 European countries: ‘Use of aerogels as a filler material’, Nº 98500131.2-2104) (date of application 03.06.1998).

—BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS—

1. Sol-Gel Nanocomposites for Electrochemical Sensor Applications, Pengfei Niu, Martí Gich*, César

Fernández-Sánchez*, Anna Roig*, Book Chapter in the volume The Sol-Gel Handbook Vol. 3. Editors: David Levy and Marcos Zayat, 2015 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, DOI: 10.1002/9783527670819.ch46

2. Chemical routes to fabricate three-dimensional magneto-photonic crystals, Oana Pascu, Gervasi

Herranz*, Anna Roig*. Book Chapter 262-287 in the volume Responsive Nanostructures, Smart, Nanoscale Optical Materials, n.5 of the Series Smart Materials edited by The Royal Society of Chemistry. ISBN: 978-1-84973-653-4, 2013

3. Materials Industrials i Recursos Energètics E. Molins and A. Roig. Crédito Segundo del Libro de Texto de

Tecnología Industrial (1er curso bachillerato) Enciclopedia Catalana, TEXT

4. Quaderns de reforç i quaderns d’ampliació, Física i Química, Ciències de la Naturalesa, 1er ESO, 2on

ESO, 3er ESO, 4rt ESO, A. Roig, Enciclopedia Catalana, TEXT

—Proceedings—

1. Silica and core-shell nanospheres by supercritical assisted sol-gel synthesis, N. Murillo-Cremaes, E.

Taboada, C. Domingo, A. Roig*. 13th European Meeting On Supercritical Fluids, The Hague, 9-12 October 2011, International Society for the Advance of Supercritical Fluids.

2. Functionalized aerogels and aerogel inspired materials for different applications: photoactive molecules stabilization and accelerated release of drugs, N. Murillo-Cremaes, A. M. López, J. Saurina, A.

Roig*, C. Domingo*, 13th European Meeting On Supercritical Fluids, The Hague, 9-12 October 2011, International Society for the Advance of Supercritical Fluids.

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3. High transversal relaxivities of silica coated multicore iron oxide nanoparticles suitable for magnetic resonance imaging, Elena Taboada, Elisenda Rodríguez, Anna Roig*

Multifunctional Nanoparticle Systems -Coupled Behavior and Applications, edited by Y. Bao, A.M. Dattelbaum, J.B. Tracy, Y. Yin (Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Volume 1257, Warrendale, PA, 2010), 1257-O05-06.

4. Mössbauer studies on ultraporous Fe-Oxide/SiO2 aerogel, A. Lančok, K. Závěta, M. Popovici, C. Savii, M.

Gich, A. Roig, E. Molins, K. Barčová, Hyperfine Interactions, 165 (1-4): 203-208 2005.

5. Prospects of Fe/MCM-41 as a Catalysts for Hydrocarbon Synthesis, María V. Cagnoli, Norma G.

Gallegos, José F. Bengoa, Ana M. Alvarez, Sergio M. J. Moreno, Anna Roig, Sergio G. Marchetti, and Roberto C. Mercader , AIP Conference Proceedings, April 26, 2005, 765, 13 (2005) pp. 13-22.

6. Highly stable solid state dye lasers based on polymer-filled nanoporous silica aerogels, Angel Costela,

Inmaculada García-Moreno, Clara Gómez, Olga García, Roberto Sastre, Elies Molins, Anna Roig, Proceedings SPIE, Int. Society Opt. Eng. 5460 (2004) 44.

7. Magnetic properties of Fe-Fe oxide particle systems, K. Racka, M. Gich, A. Roig, A. Krzyzewski, A.

Slawska-Waniewska, Archives of Materials Science 25, 4 (2004) pp. 469-475.

8. Synthesis and Characterization of Magnetic Aerogels Prepared from Iron and Nickel Precursors,

Mihaela Popovici, Anna Roig, Cecilia Savii, Martí Gich, Monica Benito, Elies Molins, Dumitru Becherescu, Josep Nogués, Annals of the West University of Timmisoara, Series Chemistry 12, 3 (2003) pp. 1023-1028.

9. Mössbauer spectrometry to study red beds and sand dikes origin in the Vallès-Penedès neogene half-graben (Catalan Coastal Ranges, NE Spain), Ll. Casas, D. Parcerisa, D. Gómez-Gras, F. Calvet, A. Roig

and E. Molins, Proceedings of the International Conference on the Applications of the Mössbauer Effect (ICAME 2001), September 2-7, 2001, Oxford, UK, edited by Michael F. Thomas, John M. Williams, Terence C. Gibb, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. Paperback, ISBN 1-4020-1087-7, March 2003, pp. 393-396.

10. Fabrication and characterization of silica aerogel films for air-coupled piezoelectric transducers in themegahertz range, T. E. Gómez, F. Montero de Espinosa, E. Rodríquez, A. Roig and E. Molins Proceedings

of the 2002, IEEE Ultrasonic Symposium, Munich 8-10 Oct. 2002, pp.1078-1081.

11. Low-impedance and low-loss customized materials for air-coupled piezoelectric transducers, T. E.

Gómez, F. Montero de Espinosa, M. Moner-Girona, E. Rodríquez, A. Roig, E. Molins, J: R. Rodríguez, S. Vargas and M. Esteves, Proceedings of the 2001, IEEE Ultrasonic Symposium, Atlanta 8-10 Oct. 2001, pp.1077-1080.

12. Catalytic activity of iron oxides particles trapped in silica aerogels, E. Rodríguez, M. Messeguer, Ll.

Casas, A. Vallribera, A. Roig, M. Moreno-Mañas and E. Molins, Extended abstract (4 pages) of 2nd

International Conference on Silica Science and Technology, Mulhouse, France, 3-6 Sept. 2001.

13. Sr2FeMoO6 double perovskite. Are they alternative materials for spin devices?, J. Fontcuberta,

J.Navarro, Ll. Balcells, F. Sandiumenge, M. Bibes, A. Roig and B. Martínez, Procceedings of the Int. Conf. On Thin Films Deposition of Oxide Multilayers. Industrial Scale Processing, Vilnius, 28-29 Sept. 2000, Ed. B. Vengalis and A. Abrutis, Vilnius University Press 2000. pp 77-82.

14. FMR investigations of in-plane magnetic anisotropy and interlayer coupling in Fe/Si/Fe trilayers, R.

Zuberek, M. Gutowski, K. Fronc, E. Mosiniewicz-Szableswka, W. Paszkowicz, E. Molins, A. Roig and H. Szymczak, 8

th European Magnetic Materials and Applications, EMMA 2000, 7-10 June 2000, Kiev, Ukraine Ed.:

V.G. Baryakhtar, Trans Tech Publications Ltd, Switzerland, Germany, UK, USA. Materials Science Forum 373-376 pp.141-144.

15. Magnetic properties of iron oxide nanocomposites, A.M. Testa, S. Foglia, L. Suber, D. Fiorani, A. Roig, Ll.

Casas, E.Molins, J.M. Grenèche and J. Tejada, NATO ASI-Series: Magnetic Storage Beyond 2000, Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry-Vol.41, 2001 Kluwer Academic Publishers 2001, Ed. G.C. Hadjipanayis, pp. 411-417.

16. Magnetic Aerogels, Ll. Casas, A. Roig, M-Moner-Girona, E.Molins, J. Asenjo, J. Tejada and J.M. Grenèche

NATO ASI-Series: Magnetic Storage Beyond 2000, Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry-Vol.41, 2001 Kluwer Academic Publishers 2001, Ed. G.C. Hadjipanayis, pp. 391-396.

17. Silica Aerogels: Synthesis of Gels and Supercritical Drying, R. Ramió, M. Moner-Girona, A. Roig, E. Molins

and J. Torres, The 6th

Meeting on Supercritical Fluids: Chemistry and Materials, Nottingham April, 1999 53-58.

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18. Magnetic Behaviour of -Fe2O3 Nanoparticles, B. Martínez, L. Balcells, A. Roig, E. Molins, X. Obradors, A.

Rouanet, and C. Monty, NATO ASI-Series, Series E, 338 (Magnetic Hysteresis in Novel Magnetic Materials) pp. 351-355 (1997), Ed. G.C. Hadjipanayis, Kluwer Academic Publishers (Netherlands).

19. Magnetic Properties of Nanocrystalline CoFe2O4 Particles, X.X. Zhang, A. Roig, J.M. Hernández, E.

Molins, J. Tejada and R.F. Ziolo NATO ASI-Series, Series E, 338 (Magnetic Hysteresis in Novel Magnetic Materials) pp. 383-387 (1997), Ed. G.C. Hadjipanayis, Kluwer Academic Publishers (Netherlands).

20. New R-Fe-M Pseudoternaries: A Search for Derivatives of the NaZn13 and BaCd11 Structures as Candidates for Hard Magnetic Materials, D. Niarchos, A. Roig, K.V. Rao and G. Hadjipanayis, Proceedings

of 1st

Int.Worshop on Non-Crystalline Solids, Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain, May 1986 pp.361-396, Ed. World Scientific.

21. Thermal Stability and Galvano-Magnetic Properties of Icosahedral Al-Based Alloys, N. Karpe, A. Roig,

K.V. Rao and H.S. Chen, Proceedings of 1st

Int. Worshop on Non-Crystalline Solids, Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain, May 1986 pp.393-395, Ed. World Scientific.

22. Multi-Step Micro-Crystallization Studies on Amorphous Fe90-xSixB10 Alloys, W. Minor, R. Malmhall, A.

Roig, A. Inoue and K.V. Rao, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc, 1986 Materials Research Society, Vol.58 pp.109-112.

—STAYS IN OTHER RESEARCH CENTERS—

1. Seconded National Expert at the European Commission, Research Directorate General, Industrial

Technologies Directorate, Added Value Materials Unit, 2,5 years (Nov 2005-April 2008, 2,5 years)

2. Dept. Chemistry, Technical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, March 2004, (10 days), Dr. U.

Schubert “Highly Porous Catalyst by Sol-Gel Routes”.

3. Dept. Chemistry, Technical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, May 2002, (10 days), Dr. U. Schubert

“Aerogels and aerogels-like materials”.

4. Dept. Chemistry, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile, April 2001, (2

weeks), Dr. J.M. Manríquez, “Electronic charge transfer in organometallic compounds”.

5. Dept. of Magnetism, Physics Institute, Polish Academy of Science, Warsaw, Poland, periodic 2/3

weeks stays every year for the last ten years, Dr. A. Slawska-Waniewska, “Nanostructured magnetic materials”

6. Dept. of Chemistry, Northeastern University, Boston, USA, 1986-1988, 2 years, Dr. B.C. Giessen,

“Study of high Tc-superconductors”.

7. Dept. of Physics, Salford University, Salford, UK, 1986, 3 month, Dr. P. Grundy, “Study on magnetic

properties of metallic glasses”

8. Dept. of Solid State Physics, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, 1985, 1 year, Dr.

K.V. Rao,” Study of metallic glasses”.

—ADVISOR OF PH.D. THESIS AND STUDENT TUTORING— PH.D. THESIS:

1. Laura González, “Assesment on nanoparticles using C-elegans”, ICMAB-CSIC-Universitat Autònoma de

Barcelona. (Programa de Ciencia de Materiales) (started April 2013) (Beca FPU) (co-director A. Larromaine). 2. Siming Yu, “MIcrowave Synthesis of Inorganic Nanocrystals and evaluation in Biological Enviroments”,

ICMAB-CSIC-Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. (Programa de Ciencia de Materiales) 8 Sept 2015 (excel.lent cum laude) (Beca CSC del Gobierno de China) (co-director A. Laromaine).

3. Nerea Murillo Cremaes, “Multifunctional silica-based nanoparticles for biomedical applications” ICMAB-

CSIC.-Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. (Programa de Ciencia de Materiales) 14 November 2014 (excel.lent cum laude, mención europea) Beca FPU-Ministerio Ciencia e Innovación (co-supervisor C. Domingo).

4. Muling Zeng, “Bacterial cellulose: fabrication, characterization and biocompatibility studies” ICMAB-CSIC-

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. (Programa de Ciencia de Materiales) 23 September 2014 (excel.lent cum laude) (Beca CSC del Gobierno de China) (co-director A. Larromaine).

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5. Elisa Carenza, “Engineering Iron oxide nanoparticles for angiogenic therapies” ICMAB-CSIC-Universitat

Autònoma de Barcelona. (Programa de Ciencia de Materiales) 11 July 2014 (excel.lent cum laude, mención europea) (co-director A. Rosell Inst Recerca Vall d’Hebron).

6. Oana Pascu, “Synthesis of Magnetic Nanoparticles and Strategies towards Magneto-Photonic Materials”

ICMAB-CSIC-Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. (Programa de Ciencia de Materiales) 31.05.2012 (apte-cum laude, mención de Tesis Europea, max qualification) (co-director G. Herranz). Beca FI Generalitat Catalunya.

7. Elena Taboada Cabellos, "Synthesis of gammna-Fe2O3-SiO2 composite nanoparticles targeting at magnetic

resonance imaging and magnetic hyperthermia applications", ICMAB-CSIC-Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. (Programa de Ciencia de Materiales) 23.10.2009 (excel.lent cum laude, mención europea). Beca FPU Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación. Award to the Best PhD thesis in Materials Science at the UAB for the year 2009.

8. Martí Gich García, “Nanopartícules magnètiques confinades en matrius de sílice”, ICMAB-CSIC.-Universitat

Autònoma de Barcelona. (Programa de Ciencia de Materiales), 03.03.2006 (excel.lent cum laude). (co-supervisor E. Molins) Award to the Best PhD thesis in Materials Science at the UAB for the year 2006.

9. Elisenda Rodríguez Vargas, “Estudi del complex molecular {[C6N3H12)6Fe8(3-O)2(2-OH)12]Br7(H2O)}Br.8H2O

com a agent de contrast en ressonància magnètica d’imatge”, ICMAB-CSIC.-Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. (Programa de Química), 20.05.2005 (excel.lent cum laude) (co-supervisor E. Molins)

10. Lluís Casas Duocastella, “Aerogels nanocomposats: un nou material, Micromössbauer: una nova eina de

caracterització”, ICMAB-CSIC.-Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. (Programa de Ciencia de Materiales), 26.06.2003 (excel.lent cum laude) (co-supervisor E. Molins). Award to the Best PhD thesis in the Geology Department at the UAB for the year 2003.

11. Magda Moner-Girona, “Silica Aerogels: Synthesis and Characterization”, ICMAB-CSIC.-Universitat de

Barcelona (Programa de Física), 19.07.2002 (excel.lent cum laude) (co-supervisor E. Molins)

M.SC. THESIS AND ENGINEERING THESIS DEGREE:

1. Damien Monti, Université de Provence Aix Marseille, 6 month internship (March-September 2011).

“New porous Ti-based materials for the anode of Li-batteries”. M.Sc. Thesis (co-supervision Rosa Palacín).

2. Lisa Levander, Lulea University, 8 months internship (May-December 2009) “Biocompatible iron-based

nanoparticles for cell tracking”. Engineering Thesis

3. Elena Taboada Cabellos, DEA, "Estudio de sistemas coloidales de nanopartículas de maghemita:

síntesis, caracterización y aplicaciones biomédicas" ICMAB-C.S.I.C.-Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. (Programa de Ciencia de Materiales, Departmento Física UAB) 12.09.2006 (Excel.lent)

4. Laura Martín, 12 months, Experimental Master Program at the Dept. Chemistry of UAB, (October 2004 –

October 2005), “Síntesis i Caracterització d’Aerogels: I. Aerogels de carbó nanocomposats i II. Aerogels de sílice modificats orgànicament”, 14 .03.2006 (matrícula de honor)

SUPERVISING UNDERGRADUATES:

1. Raluca Deac, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania, (March-June 2015), “Electrochemical Materials Inks for

Inkjet Printing” (co-supervised with Laura Asturias) 2. Luisa Barrera, MIT, 3 months (June-August 2015), “TiO2/Au nanoparticles on bacterial cellulose

substrates for photocatalytic applications” 3. Marina Llenas, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 3 months (Feb-July 2015), “FUNCIONALITZACIÓ DE

CRISTALLS FOTÒNICS AMB NANOPARTÍCULES PER FOTOCATÀLISI” 4. Pol Sallés, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 3 months (Feb-July 2015), scholarship JAE-Intro, “TiO2/Au

nanoparticles on bacterial cellulose substrates for photocatalytic applications” (co-supervision A. Laromaine).

5. Rita Salavert, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2 months (July-Sept 2014) “Nanoparticles deposition

in fibres by a microwave assisted methods” (co-supervision A. Laromaine). 6. Isabel Martínez Hausman, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2 months (July-Sept 2014)

“Nanoparticles deposition in fibres by a microwave assisted methos” (co-supervision A. Laromaine) 7. Carla Fernández, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2 months (July-Sept 2013) “Janus nanoparticles by

microwaves”

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8. Mathieu Caillau, École de Chimie de Paris, 5 months (March-Aug 2013) “Advanced synthesis of

nanoparticles by microwave assisted synthesis”

9. Estela Serra, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 6 meses (Feb-Jul. 2012) “Cell sample preparation for

imaging with X-ray Cryo-TEM tomagraphy at ALBA-Mistral line”.

10. Miriam Garza, Universidad Nacional de México, 3 month MSc internship (September- December 2011)

“Doped-carbon porous materials for metal detection”. M.Sc. Thesis (co-supervision M. Gich).

11. Ryan Steven Vargas Angeles, Universidad Antenor Orrego Technology, Peru, 2 months (July-August

2011), scholarship JAE-Intro, “Magnetic particles for biomedical applications”.

12. Muhammad Ayman Zaheer, GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology at Topi, Pakistan, 2

months (July-August 2011), “Fabrication of nanocomposite porous systems”.

13. Dr. Cosmin Cotet, Baves-Bolaiy Univ, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 2 meses (Mayo-Junio 2011), Beca estancia

Universidad Baves-Bolaiy, “Bi-doped hybrid aerogels”.

14. Patricia Zamora, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, 2 month PhD internship (Septiembre-Octubre 2010),

Beca estancia de la Universidad de Alcalá, “Caracterización de micropartículas de sílice”.

15. Andrey Emelyanov, Moscow State University, 2 months internship (August- Sept. 2010), scholarship JAE-

Intro, “Fabrication of magnetic nanoparticles for biomedical applications”.

16. Frédéric Plocque-Santos, Institut Universitaire de Technologie-Université Bordeaux 1, 3 month intership

(April- June 2009) “Micro-molding of aerogels”.

17. Jan Manuel Hinterstein, Technical University of Darmstadt, FAME exchange program, 4 months (April

2005 -July 2005), “In-situ formation of metal-doped microparticles of aerogel”

18. Cosmin Cotet, 10 months, Marie Curie Fellowship (Oct. 2003 - July 2004), “Carbon-metal

nanocomposited aerogels”

19. Sabrina Volland, University of Montpellier, France, one month, summer 2003.

20. Mihaela Popovici, Institute of Chemistry, Romanian Academy of Science in Timisoara, Rumania, Marie

Curie Fellowship, 1 year (May 2002-May2003).

21. Christina Raab, Dept Chemistry, Technical University of Wien, Austria, 2 months, summer 2002.

22. Matthieu Versavel, University of University of Montpellier, France, 9 weeks, summer 2002.

23. Agnès Colombel, École Polytechnique de l'Université de Nantes, France, 13 weeks, summer 2001.

— Attendance to Coferences, Meetings, Symposia and Worskshops —

1. Oral, NanoBioMed 2015, Barcelona, 18-20 Nov 2015,”Bio-identity of Albumin-Iron Oxide Nanoparticles” 2. Invited Speaker, E-MRS Fall Meeting 2015, Symposium Q, Warsaw, Poland, 24

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th September 2015,

“Superparamagnetic Gold Nanotriangles by Microwaves Assisted Synthesis”. 3. Invited Speaker, E-MRS Fall Meeting 2015, Symposium M, Warsaw, Poland, 24

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th September 2015,

“Magneto-Plasmonic Gold Nanotriangles”. 4. Invited Speaker, Curso “Nanotecnología: la revolución del siglo XXI”, Universidad Internacional Menéndez

Pelayo, Santander, 20-24 de julio de 2015, “Fabricación e integración de nanomateriales en productos y dispositivos”.

5. Invited Speaker, International Conference on Magnetism ICM2015, 5-10 July 2015, “Albumin-SPIONs: protein surface binding, nanoparticles uptake and fate in cells and in-vivo evaluation in C-elegans”.

6. Invited Speaker, Technion-BNC-b Workshop, Technion, Haifa, 5th

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July, “Engineering Magnetic Biomaterials for Neurorepair and Imaging”.

7. Oral, Nanoparticles at the Interface between the Biology and the Materials World, Weizmann Institute, Israel 5

th-6

th July 2015, “Albumin-Iron Oxide NP protein binding, uptake in cells and fate”.

8. Invited Speaker, COST ACTION: HINT Training School, BOTTOM–UP APPROACHES OF HYBRID MATERIALS: PREPARATION AND DESIGN, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, SLOVENIA, 26-28 May 2015, “Microwave-assisted in-situ synthesis of hybrid magnetic nanoparticles and two- and tri-dimensional nanocomposites”.

9. Oral, Fourth International Conference on Multifunctional, Hybrid and Nanomaterials (HYMA 2015), Sitges, Spain, 9

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th March 2015, "Encapsulation of a growth factor in magnetic polymeric nanocapsules to

promote angiogenesis”.

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10. Oral, Meeting MULTIFUN (European Project), Madrid, Spain, 24-25 Feb 2015, “Encapsulation of VEGF 165 in magnetic PLGA nanocapsules for angiogenesis”.

11. Invited Speaker GETTING ENGAGED WITH GENDER-SENSITIVE SCIENCE, EGERA Workshop - PhD Students, UAB, 16

th and 22

nd 22 May 2015, “Gender Sensitive Research.”

12. Invited Speaker, 3rd Workshop on Nanomedicine, UAB Biosciences Faculty, November 27, 2014, “Engineering iron oxide nanoparticles for angiogenic therapies”.

13. Oral and Poster, E-MRS Spring Meeting, 26-30th May, 2014, Lille, France, “Impact of SPIONs aggregate size

in endothelial cells up-take and MRI contrast (poster)”, “Magnetic nanoparticles, 2D and 3D structures by microwave assisted thermal decomposition (oral)”.

14. Poster, 10th International Conference on the Scientific and Clinical Applications of Magnetic Carriers, June 10-14, 2014, Dresden, “Can SPIONs aggregation be controlled in biological media? …and … Can SPIONs aggregation in biological can be advantageous for some applications?”.

15. Poster, Colloidal Semiconductor Nanocrystals, Gordon Research Conferences, Bryant University in Smithfield RI United States: 07/20/2014 - 07/25/2014, “Magnetic nanoparticles for brain guidance of endothelial progenitor cells to enhance neurorepair after stroke”.

16. Invited Speaker, 1st Workshop CNRS-CSIC on “Nanomaterials for Health”, Madrid Nov 2013, “Iron oxide nanoparticles and endothelial cells interactions”

17. Speaker, COST Workshop, Madrid, Spain, September 2013. “Engineering iron oxide nanoparticles surfaces for applications in nanomedicine”

18. Invited Speaker, E-MRS Fall Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, September 2013 “Magnetic nanoparticles, 2D and 3D structures by microwave assisted thermal decomposition”

Speaker “Bacterial cellulose films” Speaker “Bismuth-Carbon Nanocomposite Electrodes for the Simultaneous Detection of Heavy Metals” Speaker “Engineering iron oxide nanoparticles for theranostic applications in nanomedicine” 19. Invited Speaker, JEMS 2013, Rhodes, Greece, August 2013; “Engineering iron oxide nanoparticles for

applications in nanomedicine: MRI and cell therapies” Poster “Enhanced Magneto-Optical Activity in 3D Magneto-Photonic Crystals“ Poster “Thin films of the ε-Fe2O3 polar magnet by pulsed laser deposition” 20. Invited Speaker, E-MRS Spring Meeting Strasbourg, France, May 2013, “Magnetic nanoparticles for

magnetic brain guidance of endothelial progenitor cells to enhance neurorepair after Stroke” 21. Poster, Third International Conference on Multifunctional, Hybrid and Nanomaterials (Hybrid Materials

2013), Sorrento, ITALY, March 2013, “3D nanocomposite photonic crystals with enhanced magneto-optical response”

22. Invited Speaker, FINAL INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP OF THE EUROPEAN PROJECT MAGNIFYCO, Barcelona, SPAIN, Feb 2013, “Neurorepair after Brain Ischemia using Endothelial Progenitor Cells labeled with SPIONs”

23. Invited Speaker, 2013 BIOS – SPIE PHOTONIC WEST, Colloidal Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications, San Francisco, USA, Feb 2013, “Magnetized Endothelial Progenitor Cells as Angiogenic Activators”.

24. Speaker, Annual Meeting of the NANOSELECT –Consolider Project, Sant Feliu de Guixols, July 2012 "Magnetic nanoparticles for endothelial progenitor cells guiding”

25. Invited Speaker, International Workshop on disordered, nanostructured and nanocrystalline systems, Bellaterra, June 2012 “Iron oxide nanocrystals, applications in nanomedicine”,

26. Speaker and Poster, 9th International Conference on the Scientific and Clinical Applications of Magnetic Carriers, University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, USA, May 2012 “Magnetically Labeled Endothelial Progenitor Cells for Cellular Therapy in Brain Ischemia Treatment”

27. Poster (2), Nanax5 (Colloids), Málaga, Spain, May 2012 “Intrinsic magneto-optical response of 3D photonic-crystals infiltrated with magnetic nanocrystals” , “Synthesis and properties magneto-electric ε-Fe2O3 nanoparticles”, “Drug impregnated magnetic nanospheres”

28. Invited Speaker, ATHENA SCHOOL for advanced modeling of magnetic oxides, Kolkata, India, April 2012, “Engineering iron oxide nanoparticles for theranostic (therapeutic and diagnosis) applications in nanomedicine “

29. Poster, 13th European Meeting On Supercritical Fluids, Den Haag, The Netherlands, Oct 2011, “Silica and

core-shell nanospheres by supercritical fluid assisted sol-gel process”

30. Invited Speaker, XVIII International Summer School “Nicolás Cabrera” Frontiers in Science and Technology: Surface Functionalisation of Materials for High Added Value Applications, Miraflores, Spain, September 2011, “Surface functionalization of magnetic nanoparticles for diagnostic applications”

31. Speaker (2) and poster (3), Materials Research Symposium (MRS), Fall Meeting 2010, Nov-Dec 2010, Boston, US, “A clean and effective supercritical carbon dioxide method for the host-guest synthesis and

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encapsulation of photoactive molecules in nanoporous matrices” (oral), “Aerogel-inspired synthesis of magnetic silica nanospheres by supercritical fluid assisted sol-gel approach. Application as T2 contrast agent for MRI” (oral)

32. Speaker, ESF-UB Conference in Biomedicine, Nanomedicine: Reality Now and Soon, October 23 – 28, 2010, San Feliu de Guixols, Spain, “Magnetic-silica nanospheres. Application as contrast agents for MRI and as drug delivery carriers”.

33. Poster, 8th International Conference on the Scientific and Clinical Applications of Magnetic, 25-29 May 2010, Rostock, Germany

34. Speaker and Posters, Materials Research Symposium (MRS), Spring Meeting 2010, 5-9 April. 2010, San Francisco, US, “Supercritical fluid assisted sol-gel synthesis of magnetic silica nanospheres as enhanced T2 contrast agent for MRI” (oral), “Nanospheres of Silica with an -Fe2O3 Single Crystal Nucleus” (oral), “Fabrication of Three Dimensional Magneto-Photonic Crystals by Infiltration with Nickel Magnetic Nanoparticles” poster (nominee in symposium C), “Epitaxial stabilization of ε-Fe2O3 (00l) thin films on SrTiO3 (111)” poster (awarded in symposim N).

35. Speaker, 4th European Molecular Imaging Meeting, 27-30 May, 2009, Barcelona, Spain, “Enhanced T2 contrast agents by embedding clusters of maghemite nanoparticles in a microporous silica shell”.

36. Speaker, INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE “NANOTECH INSIGHT”, 29th March – 2nd April 2009, Barcelona, Spain, “Bicompatible core (γ-Fe2O3)@shell (SiO2) magnetic nanoparticles by assisted supercritical fluid sol-gel synthesis”

37. Poster, 1st International Conference on Multifunctional, Hybrid and Nanomaterials 15-19 March 2009, Tours France, “Core(gamma-Fe2O3)-shell(SiO2) Nanospheres by Sol-gel Supercritical Fluid Assisted Route”.

38. Speaker and poster, Materials Research Society Meeting (Fall), December 2008, Boston, USA, “Maghemite nanoparticles embedded in a silica shell as enhanced T2 contrast agent for MRI” and “Supercritical fluid assisted one-pot synthesis of biocompatible core(-Fe2O3)@shell(SiO2) magnetic nanoparticles”

39. Invited Speaker and poster, INTERMAG 2008, Madrid, May 2008 “Bimodal use of maghemite nanoparticles as contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging (T1 and T2 CA’s) through modulation of their stabilizing coating” and “Magnetic inverse opals”

40. Invited Speaker, Workshop on Magnetic Nanosystems for biotechnology and Medicine (Nano-Magnet) Madrid, June 2007

41. Highlight Oral Presentation, EUROMAT 2005, Prague, September 2005

42. Invited Speaker, Congreso de Arquitectura en Granada “Arquitaxi”, Granada, Spain, March 2005

43. Speaker and Poster, Primera reunión de expertos en tecnologías de fluidos comprimidos, Madrid, Spain, November 2003

44. Speaker and Poster, 7th International Symposium on Aerogels, Washington DC, USA, November 2003

45. Posters, American Physics Society, March Meeting Austin, Texas, USA; March 2003.

46. Speaker, VII Congreso Nacional de Materiales (Madrid Materiales), Madrid, Spain, October 2002.

47. Speaker, Symposium on Nanostructured Materials, Stockholm, Sweden, April 2002.

48. Speaker, International Conference on Applications of Mössbauer Spectroscopy, Oxford, UK, September 2001.

49. Posters, NATO, Magnetic Storage Beyond 2000, Rhodes, Greece, June 2000.

50. Speaker, Annual Materials Research Society Meeting (Spring Meeting), San Francisco, USA, April 1999.

51. Posters, 1st International Conference on Nanostructured Phases, San Sebastián, Spain, September 1998.

52. Posters, 5th International Symposium on Aerogels, Montpellier, France, September 1997.

53. Posters, NATO ASI, Magnetic Hysteresis in Novel Magnetic Materials, Mykonos, Greece, July 1996.

54. Posters, International Conference on Applications of Mössbauer Spectroscopy, Rimini, Italy, September 1995.

55. Posters, International Conference on Magnetism, Warsaw, Poland, August 1994.

56. Posters, Annual Materials Research Society Meeting, Boston, USA, December 1987.

57. Posters, European Physical Society Conference on Condensed Matter Physics, Stockholm, Sweden, June 1986.

58. Posters, 1st International Workshop on Non-Crystalline Solids, Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain, July 1986.

59. Posters, Annual Materials Research Society Meeting, Boston, USA, December 1985.

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—ORGANIZATION OF MEETINGS AND SYMPOSIA—

1. Progamme Committee of the International Conference on Magnetism, ICM2015, Barcelona 5-10 July 2015, on the sub-Topic Magnetic Nanoparticles

2. Scientific Advisory Committee, 17th edition of the International Sol-Gel Conference, Madrid, Spain, Sunday 25 to Friday 30 August 2013

3. Scientific Advisory Committee, XVIII International Summer School “Nicolás Cabrera” Frontiers in Science and Technology: Surface Functionalisation of Materials for High Added Value Applications, Miraflores, Spain, September 2011

4. Co-organizer and Editor of Proceedings “Aerogels and Aerogel-Inspired Materials, edited by S. Brock, A. Roig, G. Gould, and D. Rolison, (Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Volume 1306, Warrendale, PA, 2010)” Symposium BB: Aerogels and Aerogel-Inspired Materials, Fall 2010 Material Research Symposium, Material Research Society, Boston, USA, Nov2010

5. Member of the International Advisory Scientific Board, 11th European Meeting on Supercritical Fluids New Perspectives in Supercritical Fluids: Nanoscience, Materials and Processing, Barcelona, Spain, 4-7 May 2008.

6. Member of the local organizing committee: 2nd Practical Training Course on Industrial Applications of Supercritical State Fluids Technologies, ICMAB, Spain, 2-6 April 2001.

7. Member of the local organizing committee EPDIC 7 (European Powder Diffraction Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 20-25 May 2000.

8. Member of the local organizing committee ECDMII (Electron Charge Density Meeting), Sitges, Spain, 29,30 Sept. 1 Oct. 1999.

9. Member of the local organizing committee Practical Training Course on Industrial Applications of Supercritical State Fluids Technologies, ICMAB, Spain, 8-12 February 1999.

10. Administrative in charge of the Conference Secretariat: CALPHAD XXII, Salou, Spain, 16-21 May 1993.

— INVITED TALKS TO UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS —

1. “Iron oxide nanoparticles attractive for clinical applications?, Bar-Ilan University, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2nd

July 2015.

2. “Attractive iron oxide nanoparticles for clinical applications”, BiomaGUNE, San Sebastian, Basque Country, 16 Abril 2015.

3. “Engineering iron oxide nanoparticles towards clinical uses”, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, 27 Oct 2014 4. “Attractive magnetic nanoparticles: photonics and nanomedicine”, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de

Madrid (CSIC), Madrid, SPAIN, 30 Nov 2012. 5. “Nanoparticles and Nanocomposites Group Activities“, TECNALIA, Bilbao, SPAIN, 28 June 2012. 6. “Preparació de nanomaterials magnètics pel diagnòstic amb ressonància magnètica d’imatge”, Jornada

UAB: Nano i Micro tecnologia pel diagnòstic mèdic, Parc de Recerca de la UAB, 28 Octubre de 2010 7. Soluciones Industriales de Micro y Nanoencapsulación para medicina y farmacia, cosmética, detergencia,

alimentación, agroquímica, textil, pinturas, Parc Tecnològic del Vallès, 12 Abril de 2010 8. Teaching on the 7 FP on Evaluation Process, at the CSIC-Training course on “Preparación y Gestión de

Proyectos en el Marco del 7o Programa Marco”, Valencia 19 April 2010, Barcelona 26 April 2010

9. Invited contribution, Jornada sobre Solucions industrials de micro y nanoencapsulació, Parc Tecnologic del Vallés, Cerdanyola del Vallés, 12 April 2010

10. “Supercritical fluid assisted sol-gel synthesis of magnetic@silica nanospheres. Their application as contrast agents for MRI and as nanoreactors to obtain metastable phases”, Istituto Italiano de Tecnologia, Genova, Italy, 2 March 2010

11. “AEROGELES: EL MATERIAL CON MENOR CONDUCTIVIDAD TÉRMICA”, Parc Tecnològic del Vallès, May 2009

12. “Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Europe” , Logroño, March 2008 13. "Información sobre el Séptimo Programa Marco de la Comisión Europea", Institut Català de Ciències

Quimiques, Mars 9th 2007, Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) and Institut de

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Ciències Fotòniques, Mars 16th 2007 14. "The European Research Council: Un instrumento de financiación básica en el marco europeo?", Instituto

de Ciencia de Materiales de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), May 26th 2006 15. “Recerca en Ciència de Materials i un exemple de com la sorra de la platja pot convertir-se en un nou

material ultra-lleuguer, útil per la construcció” Invited by the Reus Rotary Club, Reus, May 10th

2004. 16. “Several synthetic routes to obtain ultra-light and/or transparent magnetic materials”, Dept. Chemistry,

Technical University of Vienna, Austria, March 10th

2004. 17. “Aerogels de tots colors”, Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), May 9th 2003. 18. “Aerogeles, materiales ultraligeros: síntesis, propiedades y aplicaciones” Instituto de Física-Química

Rocasolano (CSIC), Madrid, Spain, May 14th 2003. 19. “Magnetic Nanostructured Materials” Dept. Chemistry, Technical University of Vienna, Austria, May 8

th

2002. 20. “Aerogeles de sílice: el material más ligero”, Dept. Chemistry, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile,

Santiago de Chile, Chile, April 20th 2001. 21. “Un material compost molt especial: els aerogels”, Olot, Spain, January 2000. 22. “Obtención de aerogeles y materiales particulados de SiO2.”, Dept. Física Aplicada (ETSI Arquitectura),

Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain, March 1999. 23. “Aerogeles de Sílice”, Laboratorio de Magnetismo Aplicado Salvador Velayos, Madrid, Spain, September

1996. 24. “Kinetics of crystallization of rapidly quenched Ni-C-B alloys”, Dept. of Physics, Kansas University,

Manhanttan, Kansas, USA, December19885.

—FINANCED PROJECTS AS PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR—

Participation in 40 research project financed by EU, Spanish Ministry of Science, Generalitat de Catalunya and industries. The following are as a principal investigator. 1. Recognized and funded group from Generalitat de Catalunya (2014-2016), 2014SGR213 2. European Commission, Call FP7-OCEAN-2013.2, Innovative multifunctional sensors for in-situ monitoring

of marine environment and related maritime activities, COMMON SENSE, starting day 1 Nov 2013. 40 Months

3. Spanish Ministry, MINECO, Advanced preparation techniques of nanoparticles and their biomedical and environmental assessment (AdvancedNP), MAT2012 35324, Feb 2013-Jan 2016.

4. COST Action oc-2011-2-10820, MP102, Rational design of hybrid organic-inorganic interfaces: the next step towards advanced functional materials, Jul 2012- Jun 2016, Management Committee Member (MP1202 ES) for SPAIN

5. Fundación Domingo Martínez, Feb 2009-Feb 2010, Material prototipo de nanopartículas inteligentes aptas para la vehiculización de fármacos

6. CSIC, Proyectos intramurales de Frontera, CRISMAFOT: Hacia una nueva generación de cristales fotónicos. Sept 2008-August 2010.

7. CSIC, Special Action for research activities after two and a half years of mainly management duties as END in the European Commission. May 2008.

8. CSIC, Acción bilateral Polonia, Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona –Instituto de Física (Polish Academy of Sciences), Anna Roig – Anna Slawska-Waniewska, (2004PL0009) “Magnetic nanostructures: ferrofluids, surface modified nanoparticles and metallo-organic complexes for applications in medicine and magneto-optics” 2005-2006

9. Generalitat de Catalunya, Ajuts per la mobilitat interregional d’investigadors (AIRE) Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona – Università degli studi di Torino, Anna Roig – Silvio Aime, “Fe8 com agent de contrast per MRI: assajos in vivo”, January 2004-May 2004

10. Acción Integrada España-Austria; Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona – Technical University of Wien, Anna Roig-Ulrich Schubert, “Highly Porous Catalyst by Sol-Gel Routes” 2004-2005

11. NATO Grant (SF) for Prof. Eduard Shafranovsky, Semenov Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, Feb 2004-April 2004

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—TEACHING—

1. Teaching at the Degree of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology of the UAB, 2013-present 2. Teaching at the Master Degree Nanotechnology and Materials Science of the UAB; Module Nanomedicine;

Imaging Techniques, 2011-present 3. Author of high school books, text book on Materials Science and exercises books on physics and chemistry. 4. Electromagnetism for 1st year physics students, practical classes, UAB, Barcelona, Spain, 02/95-09/95. 5. Electromagnetism for 2nd year physics students, theoretical classes, UAB, Barcelona, Spain, 09/94-02/95. 6. Electromagnetism for 1st year physics students, practical classes, UAB, Barcelona, Spain, 02/94-09/94. 7. Physics for 1st year engineers, practical classes, Northeastern University, Boston, USA, 09/87-12/87. 8. Physics for 1st year nurses, practical classes, Northeastern University, Boston, USA, 01/88-04/88.

—MEMBERSHIPS—

1. Member of Real Sociedad Española de Física (Grupo de Coloides) 2. Member of Spanish Association of Women in Science (AMIT) 3. Member of Spanish Club of Magnetism. 4. Member of API (Association of Scientists of CSIC). 5. Ex-alumni of Northeastern University.

—MAIN COLLABORATORS —

Anna Rosell (Institut de Recerca del Vall d'Hebron) Cell Tracking and Therapy César Fernández (CNMB-CSIC) Electrochemical sensors Francesco Stellaci (EPFL, Switzerland) Complex particles Pavel Levkin (KIT, Germany) Surface functionalization of celluloses Gerrit Bochard (University of Geneva, Switzerland) Magnetic polymeric nanocapsules, protein delivery Cyril Aymonier (ICMCB-CNRS, France) Magnetic Materials in Supercritical Fluids Salvador Ferrer (ALBA-CELLEX) Observation of magenotophoresis at the nascale Jordi Faraudo (ICMAB) Magnetophoresis at the nanoscale Concha Domingo (ICMAB) Drug Delivery Vehicles Gervasi Herranz (ICMAB) Magneto-Photonic and Magneto-Plasmonic Materials