Soft nanomaterials · Organic & molecular chemistry · Green chemistry
Exploring the frontiers of science to pioneer innovative breakthroughs and solutions for a sustainable future.
Fundamental scientific inquiry fuels sustainable chemical practices while informing our practices in Nanomaterial’s innovation.
Experts in designing intelligent materials that respond to external stimuli and adapt to change in environments. Our research explores the precise engineering of soft materials to create intelligent and biorelevant systems capable of performing complex functions at the molecular scale.
Experts in engineering molecules to unlock new functions. Through basic science we design, synthesize, and understand how molecular structure determines function and how precise molecular design unlocks new chemical and physical properties.
Championing ball mill specifications towards reproducible mechanochemical reactions. We create sustainable synthesis protocols, with particular attention to ball mill reactor dynamics and specifications for theory-to-practice.
Materials that respond to external stimuli such as temperature, light, magnetic fields, pH, or specific biological cues are valuable for drug delivery, tissue engineering, biosensing, regenerative medicine, soft robotics, and bioelectronics. Our research explores the precise engineering of these materials to create intelligent and biorelevant systems capable of performing complex functions at the molecular scale.
By engineering molecules with specific architectures and functionalities it becomes possible to develop smarter materials, more efficient reactions, and next-generation technologies that bridge chemistry with biology, medicine and advanced manufacturing.
The design of chemical products and processes that minimise waste, reduce environmental impact, improve energy efficiency and eliminate hazardous substances across a material's whole life cycle is of paramount importance. My work seeks to understand the energy dynamics of ball mills and to compute their sustainability factors — towards environmentally responsible, scalable chemical technologies that contribute to a circular economy while maintaining high performance.
What nanomedicine is, and what the centre is built to do.
Film: IBS Center for NanoMedicine
The centre's own introduction to the field — useful background on why engineering at the nanoscale changes what medicine can reach.
Joint projects, co-supervision, and reproducible protocol work.
