About Us
We are an interdisciplinary group with diverse research interests
The N&N Group’s research is mainly focused on the rational synthesis of nanoparticles and nanocomposites and the study of their structural-functional properties, including those related to nano/bio-interfaces. The group vision is to see our materials impact Nanomedicine, Information Technologies, or Energy and Environment. Surf our website if you want to know more about us and our research!
Our Team 2024
News
Congratulations, Dr. Naureen Khanam, new ICMAB PhD Graduate!
Dr. Naureen Khanam successfully defended her PhD thesis on 7 May 2025, obtaining an excellent qualification on her thesis Synthesis and characterization of ultra-high anisotropy magnetic ferrites. She was supervised by Dr. Martí Gich.
Congratulations, Dr. Nanthilde Malandain, new ICMAB PhD Graduate!
Dr. Nanthilde Malandain successfully defended her PhD thesis on 3 February 2025, obtaining an excellent qualification. She defended her thesis on Biotechnology, which was supervised by the NN Group doctors Prof. Anna Roig and Dr. Anna Laromaine, and Dr. Jorge Otero Diaz, from the University of Barcelona.
Autumn 2024 group activity: see the photos!
On November 22, the members of the Nanoparticles and Nanocomposites Group gathered in a traditional Catalan masia for the autumn 2024 Group Activity.
New paper in efficient hydrogen-producing catalysts
N&N group members Xuesong Zhang, Pablo Guardia and Anna Roig published a new paper in the Journal of Materials Chemistry A. It introduces a new method to create efficient hydrogen-producing catalysts using gold-platinum (AuPt) nanostructures. This research has been conducted alongside the former N&N member Miquel Torras, as well as the authors from the Catalan Institute for Energy Research (IREC) Jesús Chacón Borrero, Ren He and Andreu Cabot (the latter, also from ICREA).
The NN Group, key in two new papers
NN Group researchers Dr. Anna Roig, Dr. Deyaa Abol-Fotouh and Dr. Pablo Guardia published two new papers during the last month. Those publications have been achieved in close collaboration with different international institutions, extending the impact of the research done at the ICMAB-CSIC‘s Nanoparticles and Nanocomposites Group.
New paper in Polymeric Nanocarriers
N&N Group members Anna Solé and Anna Roig published a new article in Polymeric Nanocarriers. The paper is entitled Efficient Nebulization and Pulmonary Biodistribution of Polymeric Nanocarriers in an Acute Lung Injury Preclinical Model.