Inorganic Nanoparticles

Group Leader: Neus G. Bastús

Neus G. Bastús

Dr

neus.bastus@icn2.cat

Group Leader

Dr Neus G. Bastús is a physicist with a strong interdisciplinary focus on materials chemistry. She completed her BSc in Physics at the Universitat de Barcelona (UB) in 2003 and obtained a PhD in Physics in December 2008, specializing in the synthesis and functionalization of metal nanoparticles for biomedical applications. In 2009, she joined the University of Hamburg for postdoctoral research under the supervision of Prof. Horst Weller, supported by a Beatriu de Pinos Fellowship (AGAUR, Catalan Government). During this period, she expanded her expertise to the synthesis of semiconductor nanocrystals and hybrid nanostructures for energy harvesting and catalysis. In 2011, she was awarded a Juan de la Cierva Fellowship, followed by a Marie Curie Career Integration Grant. In 2013, she secured a Ramón y Cajal contract, ranking first in the Materials Science Area. Through this position, she established her main research line at the Inorganic Nanoparticles Group at ICN2, focusing on the colloidal synthesis of advanced complex inorganic nanocrystals via wet-chemistry routes. Since 2022, she is a CSIC research scientist at ICN2. She is a member of CIBER-BBN and chairs the ICN2 Equal Opportunities Committee, leading initiatives to promote diversity and inclusion in science.

Her research focuses on the design and development of innovative wet-chemistry strategies for advanced inorganic nanomaterials, enabling precise control over their composition, shape, and architecture to fine-tune their physicochemical properties for targeted applications. By integrating physics and materials chemistry, her work advances the understanding of structure-property relationships at the nanoscale, driving the development of high-performance materials for energy, catalysis, biomedicine and environmental sustainability.

Publications

2025

  • Scavenging Reactive Oxygen Species by Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles Prevents Death in a Peripheral T Cell Lymphoma Preclinical Mouse Model

    Krug, Adrien; Ernst, Lena M; Mhaidly, Rana; Ramis, Joana; Gusta, Muriel F; Bastus, Neus G; Martinez-Turtos, Adriana; Tosolini, Marie; Tari, Gamze; Boyer, Laurent; Gaulard, Philippe; Lemonnier, Francois; Ricci, Jean-Ehrland; Verhoeyen, Els; Puntes, Victor Acs Nano; 2025. 10.1021/acsnano.5c02860. IF: 16.000

  • Silver Nanoparticles and Antibiotics: A Promising Synergistic Approach to Multidrug-Resistant Infections

    Casals, Eudald; Gusta, Muriel F; Bastus, Neus; Rello, Jordi; Puntes, Victor Microorganisms; 13 (4): 952. 2025. 10.3390/microorganisms13040952. IF: 4.200

2024

  • Gold and titania nanoparticles accumulated in the body induce late toxic effects and alterations in transcriptional and miRNA landscape

    Soltysova, Andrea; Ludwig, Nicole; Diener, Caroline; Sramkova, Monika; Kozics, Katarina; Jakic, Kristina; Balintova, Lucia; Bastus, Neus Gomez; Moriones, Oscar Hernando; Liskova, Aurelia; Krivosikova, Zora; Rollerova, Eva; Manova, Alena; Dubaj, Tibor; Puntes, Victor; Simon, Peter; Wsolova, Ladislava; Tulinska, Jana; Smolkova, Bozena; Meese, Eckart; Gabelova, Alena Environmental Science-Nano; 11 (3): 1296 - 1313. 2024. 10.1039/d3en00954h. IF: 5.800

  • Gold Nanoparticle Virus-like Particles Presenting SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein: Synthesis, Biophysical Properties and Immunogenicity in BALB/c Mice

    Vivian A. Salazar; Joan Comenge; Rosa Suárez-López; Judith A. Burger; Alba Torrents de la Peña; Neus G. Bastús; Carlos Jaime; Joan Joseph-Munné; Víctor Puntes Vaccines; 12 (8): 829 - 829. 2024. 10.3390/vaccines12080829. IF: 5.200

  • Hazard assessment of nanomaterials: how to meet the requirements for (next generation) risk assessment

    Longhin, EM; Rios-Mondragon, I; Mariussen, E; Zheng, CY; Busquets, M; Gajewicz-Skretna, A; Hofshagen, OB; Bastus, NG; Puntes, VF; Cimpan, MR; Shaposhnikov, S; Dusinska, M; Rundén-Pran, E Particle And Fibre Toxicology; 21 (1): 54. 2024. 10.1186/s12989-024-00615-4. IF: 7.200

  • Long-Term Intracellular Tracking of Label-Free Nanoparticles in Live Cells and Tissues with Confocal Microscopy

    Gusta, Muriel F; Ernst, Lena M; Moriones, Oscar H; Piella, Jordi; Valeri, Marta; Bastus, Neus G; Puntes, Victor Small Methods; 2024. 10.1002/smtd.202301713. IF: 10.700

  • Nanoparticles insert a three dimensional cavity structure of proteins for function inhibition: The Case of CeO2 and SARS-CoV-2

    Zhang, GF; Wang, XF; Wang, GC; Suo, XM; Qiu, Y; Luo, RH; Liu, YN; Li, Q; Luo, WH; Shi, ZZ; Liu, FF; Li, ZD; Qu, J; Li, L; Bastus, NG; Himly, M; Wang, LM; Liu, FL; Zheng, YT; Puntes, V; Li, Y Nano Today; 55: 102183 - 102183. 2024. 10.1016/j.nantod.2024.102183. IF: 13.200

  • Using Rapid Prototyping to Develop a Cell-Based Platform with Electrical Impedance Sensor Membranes for In Vitro RPMI2650 Nasal Nanotoxicology Monitoring

    Martinez, Mateo Gabriel Vasconez; Reihs, Eva I; Stuetz, Helene M; Hafner, Astrid; Brandauer, Konstanze; Selinger, Florian; Schuller, Patrick; Bastus, Neus; Puntes, Victor; Frank, Johannes; Tomischko, Wolfgang; Frauenlob, Martin; Ertl, Peter; Resch, Christian; Bauer, Gerald; Povoden, Guenter; Rothbauer, Mario Biosensors; 14 (2): 107. 2024. 10.3390/bios14020107. IF: 4.900

2023

  • Asymmetrical Plasmon Distribution in Hybrid AuAg Hollow/Solid Coded Nanotubes

    Genç, A; Patarroyo, J; Sancho-Parramon, J; Arenal, R; Bastús, NG; Puntes, V; Arbiol, J Nanomaterials; 13 (6): 992. 2023. 10.3390/nano13060992. IF: 5.300

  • Exploiting endocytosis for transfection of mRNA for cytoplasmatic delivery using cationic gold nanoparticles

    Gustà, MF; Edel, MJ; Salazar, VA; Alvarez-Palomo, B; Juan, M; Broggini, M; Damia, G; Bigini, P; Corbelli, A; Fiordaliso, F; Barbul, A; Korenstein, R; Bastús, NG; Puntes, V Frontiers In Immunology; 14: 1128582. 2023. 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1128582. IF: 7.300

  • Exploring the Long-Term Tissue Accumulation and Excretion of 3 nm Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles after Single Dose Administration

    Ernst, LM; Mondragón, L; Ramis, J; Gustà, MF; Yudina, T; Casals, E; Bastús, NG; Fernández-Varo, G; Casals, G; Jiménez, W; Puntes, V Antioxidants; 12 (3): 765. 2023. 10.3390/antiox12030765. IF: 7.000

  • Facet-engineered TiO2 drives photocatalytic activity and stability of supported noble metal clusters during H2 evolution

    Chen Y, Soler L, Cazorla C, Oliveras J, Bastús NG, Puntes VF, Llorca J Nature Communications; 14 (1): 6165 - 6165. 2023. 10.1038/s41467-023-41976-2. IF: 16.600

  • Interfacial phenomena in nanotechnological applications for water remediation

    Esplandiu Egido, María José Reference Module In Chemistry, Molecular Sciences And Chemical Engineering; 2023. 10.1016/B978-0-323-85669-0.00066-0.

  • Nanoceria as Safe Contrast Agents for X-ray CT Imaging

    García, A; Cámara, JA; Boullosa, AM; Gustà, MF; Mondragón, L; Schwartz, S Jr; Casals, E; Abasolo, I; Bastús, NG; Puntes, V Nanomaterials; 13 (15): 2208. 2023. 10.3390/nano13152208. IF: 5.300

  • Recovering What Matters: High Protein Recovery after Endotoxin Removal from LPS-Contaminated Formulations Using Novel Anti-Lipid A Antibody Microparticle Conjugates

    Melo, CC; Fux, AC; Himly, M; Bastus, NG; Schlahsa, L; Siewert, C; Puntes, V; Duschl, A; Gessner, I; Fauerbach, JA International Journal Of Molecular Sciences; 24 (18): 13971. 2023. 10.3390/ijms241813971. IF: 5.600

  • Sculpting Windows onto AuAg Hollow Cubic Nanocrystals

    Patarroyo, J; Bastús, NG; Puntes, V Nanomaterials; 13 (18): 2590. 2023. 10.3390/nano13182590. IF: 5.300

  • The development of highly dense highly protected surfactant ionizable lipid RNA loaded nanoparticles

    González-Rioja, R; Salazar, VA; Bastús, NG; Puntes, V Frontiers In Immunology; 14: 1129296. 2023. 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1129296. IF: 7.300

2022

  • Antibacterial Films Based on MOF Composites that Release Iodine Passively or Upon Triggering by Near-Infrared Light

    Han X., Boix G., Balcerzak M., Moriones O.H., Cano-Sarabia M., Cortés P., Bastús N., Puntes V., Llagostera M., Imaz I., Maspoch D. Advanced Functional Materials; 32 (19, 2112902) 2022. 10.1002/adfm.202112902. IF: 18.808

  • Heterogeneous Rate Constant for Amorphous Silica Nanoparticle Adsorption on Phospholipid Monolayers

    Vakurov, Alex; Drummond-Brydson, Rik; William, Nicola; Sanver, Didem; Bastus, Neus; Moriones, Oscar H; Puntes, V; Nelson, Andrew L Langmuir; 38 (18): 5372 - 5380. 2022. 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c03155. IF: 4.331

  • Nanoceria dissolution at acidic pH by breaking off the catalytic loop

    Galyamin D., Ernst L.M., Fitó-Parera A., Mira-Vidal G., Bastús N.G., Sabaté N., Puntes V. Nanoscale; 14 (38): 14223 - 14230. 2022. 10.1039/d2nr03586c.

  • Nucleation and growth of gold nanoparticles in the presence of different surfactants. A dissipative particle dynamics study

    Suárez-López R., Puntes V.F., Bastús N.G., Hervés C., Jaime C. Scientific Reports; 12 (1, 13926) 2022. 10.1038/s41598-022-18155-2.

  • Pathways Related to NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation Induced by Gold Nanorods

    Vandebriel R.J., Remy S., Vermeulen J.P., Hurkmans E.G.E., Kevenaar K., Bastús N.G., Pelaz B., Soliman M.G., Puntes V.F., Parak W.J., Pennings J.L.A., Nelissen I. International Journal of Molecular Sciences; 23 (10, 5763) 2022. 10.3390/ijms23105763.

  • Pharmacokinetics of PEGylated Gold Nanoparticles: In Vitro—In Vivo Correlation

    Dubaj T., Kozics K., Sramkova M., Manova A., Bastús N.G., Moriones O.H., Kohl Y., Dusinska M., Runden-Pran E., Puntes V., Nelson A., Gabelova A., Simon P. Nanomaterials; 12 (3, 511) 2022. 10.3390/nano12030511. IF: 5.076

  • Role of Common Cell Culture Media Supplements on Citrate-Stabilized Gold Nanoparticle Protein Corona Formation, Aggregation State, and the Consequent Impact on Cellular Uptake

    Barbero F., Michelini S., Moriones O.H., Patarroyo J., Rosell J., F. Gusta M., Vitali M., Martín L., Canals F., Duschl A., Horejs-Hoeck J., Mondragón L., Bastús N.G., Puntes V. Bioconjugate Chemistry; 33 (8): 1505 - 1514. 2022. 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.2c00232.

  • Tailoring of the photocatalytic activity of CeO2 nanoparticles by the presence of plasmonic Ag nanoparticles

    Zhao S., Riedel M., Patarroyo J., Bastús N.G., Puntes V., Yue Z., Lisdat F., Parak W.J. Nanoscale; 14 (33): 12048 - 12059. 2022. 10.1039/d2nr01318e.

2021

  • Antibody cooperative adsorption onto AuNPs and its exploitation to force natural killer cells to kill HIV-infected T cells

    Astorga-Gamaza A., Vitali M., Borrajo M.L., Suárez-López R., Jaime C., Bastus N., Serra-Peinado C., Luque-Ballesteros L., Blanch-Lombarte O., Prado J.G., Lorente J., Pumarola F., Pellicer M., Falcó V., Genescà M., Puntes V., Buzon M.J. Nano Today; 36 (101056) 2021. 10.1016/j.nantod.2020.101056. IF: 20.722

  • Formation and evolution of the nanoparticle environmental corona: The case of Au and humic acid

    Barbero F., Mayall C., Drobne D., Saiz-Poseu J., Bastús N.G., Puntes V. Science of the Total Environment; 768 (144792) 2021. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144792. IF: 7.963

  • Gold nanoparticles coated with polyvinylpyrrolidone and sea urchin extracellular molecules induce transient immune activation

    Alijagic A., Barbero F., Gaglio D., Napodano E., Benada O., Kofroňová O., Puntes V.F., Bastús N.G., Pinsino A. Journal of Hazardous Materials; 402 (123793) 2021. 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.123793. IF: 10.588

  • Introducing visible-light sensitivity into photocatalytic CeO2nanoparticles by hybrid particle preparation exploiting plasmonic properties of gold: Enhanced photoelectrocatalysis exemplified for hydrogen peroxide sensing

    Zhao S., Riedel M., Patarroyo J., Bastus N., Puntes V., Yue Z., Lisdat F., Parak W.J. Nanoscale; 13 (2): 980 - 990. 2021. 10.1039/d0nr06356h. IF: 7.790

  • Microfluidic In Vitro Platform for (Nano)Safety and (Nano)Drug Efficiency Screening

    Kohl Y., Biehl M., Spring S., Hesler M., Ogourtsov V., Todorovic M., Owen J., Elje E., Kopecka K., Moriones O.H., Bastús N.G., Simon P., Dubaj T., Rundén-Pran E., Puntes V., William N., von Briesen H., Wagner S., Kapur N., Mariussen E., Nelson A., Gabelova A., Dusinska M., Velten T., Knoll T. Small; 17 (15, 2006012) 2021. 10.1002/smll.202006012. IF: 13.281

2020

  • A lab-on-a-chip system with an embedded porous membrane-based impedance biosensor array for nanoparticle risk assessment on placental Bewo trophoblast cells

    Schuller P., Rothbauer M., Kratz S.R.A., Höll G., Taus P., Schinnerl M., Genser J., Bastus N., Moriones O.H., Puntes V., Huppertz B., Siwetz M., Wanzenböck H., Ertl P. Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical; 312 (127946) 2020. 10.1016/j.snb.2020.127946. IF: 7.100

  • Addressing Nanomaterial Immunosafety by Evaluating Innate Immunity across Living Species

    Boraschi D., Alijagic A., Auguste M., Barbero F., Ferrari E., Hernadi S., Mayall C., Michelini S., Navarro Pacheco N.I., Prinelli A., Swart E., Swartzwelter B.J., Bastús N.G., Canesi L., Drobne D., Duschl A., Ewart M.-A., Horejs-Hoeck J., Italiani P., Kemmerling B., Kille P., Prochazkova P., Puntes V.F., Spurgeon D.J., Svendsen C., Wilde C.J., Pinsino A. Small; 16 (21, 2000598) 2020. 10.1002/smll.202000598. IF: 11.459

  • Hepato(Geno)toxicity assessment of nanoparticles in a hepg2 liver spheroid model

    Elje E., Mariussen E., Moriones O.H., Bastús N.G., Puntes V., Kohl Y., Dusinska M., Rundén-Pran E. Nanomaterials; 10 (3, 545) 2020. 10.3390/nano10030545. IF: 4.324

  • Increasing complexity of nanocrystals

    Bastús N.G., Gonzalez E., Puntes V. Nano Today; 32 (100859) 2020. 10.1016/j.nantod.2020.100859. IF: 16.907

  • MOF-Beads Containing Inorganic Nanoparticles for the Simultaneous Removal of Multiple Heavy Metals from Water

    Boix G., Troyano J., Garzón-Tovar L., Camur C., Bermejo N., Yazdi A., Piella J., Bastus N.G., Puntes V.F., Imaz I., Maspoch D. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces; 12 (9): 10554 - 10562. 2020. 10.1021/acsami.9b23206. IF: 8.758

  • Nanocrystal−molecular hybrids for the photocatalytic oxidation of water

    Bastús N.G., Gimbert-Suriñach C., Puntes V., Llobet A., Ventosa M., Oliveras J. ACS Applied Energy Materials; 3 (10): 10008 - 10014. 2020. 10.1021/acsaem.0c01685. IF: 4.473

  • Probing the immune responses to nanoparticles across environmental species. A perspective of the EU Horizon 2020 project PANDORA

    Pinsino A., Bastús N.G., Busquets-Fité M., Canesi L., Cesaroni P., Drobne D., Duschl A., Ewart M.-A., Gispert I., Horejs-Hoeck J., Italiani P., Kemmerling B., Kille P., Procházková P., Puntes V.F., Spurgeon D.J., Svendsen C., Wilde C.J., Boraschi D. Environmental Science: Nano; 7 (11): 3216 - 3232. 2020. 10.1039/d0en00732c. IF: 7.683

  • Understanding galvanic replacement reactions: the case of Pt and Ag

    Merkoçi F., Patarroyo J., Russo L., Piella J., Genç A., Arbiol J., Bastús N.G., Puntes V. Materials Today Advances; 5 (100037) 2020. 10.1016/j.mtadv.2019.100037. IF: 0.000

2019

  • Assessment of iron oxide nanoparticle ecotoxicity on regeneration and homeostasis in the replacement model system schmidtea mediterranea

    Tran T.A., Hesler M., Moriones O.H., Jimeno-Romero A., Fischer B., Bastús N.G., Puntes V., Wagner S., Kohl Y.L., Gentile L. Altex; 36 (4): 583 - 596. 2019. 10.14573/altex.1902061. IF: 6.183

  • Dynamic Equilibrium in the Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide-Au Nanoparticle Bilayer, and the Consequent Impact on the Formation of the Nanoparticle Protein Corona

    Barbero F., Moriones O.H., Bastús N.G., Puntes V. Bioconjugate Chemistry; 2019. 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.9b00624. IF: 4.349

  • Hollow PdAg-CeO2 heterodimer nanocrystals as highly structured heterogeneous catalysts

    Patarroyo J., Delgado J.A., Merkoçi F., Genç A., Sauthier G., Llorca J., Arbiol J., Bastus N.G., Godard C., Claver C., Puntes V. Scientific Reports; 9 (1, 18776) 2019. 10.1038/s41598-019-55105-x. IF: 4.011

  • Mechanomodulation of Lipid Membranes by Weakly Aggregating Silver Nanoparticles

    Arribas Perez M., Moriones O.H., Bastús N.G., Puntes V., Nelson A., Beales P.A. Biochemistry; 58 (47): 4761 - 4773. 2019. 10.1021/acs.biochem.9b00390. IF: 2.952

  • Robust one-pot synthesis of citrate-stabilized Au@CeO 2 hybrid nanocrystals with different thickness and dimensionality

    Bastús N.G., Piella J., Perez S., Patarroyo J., Genç A., Arbiol J., Puntes V. Applied Materials Today; 15: 445 - 452. 2019. 10.1016/j.apmt.2019.03.003. IF: 8.013

  • Seeded-Growth Aqueous Synthesis of Colloidal-Stable Citrate-Stabilized Au/CeO2 Hybrid Nanocrystals: Heterodimers, Core@Shell, and Clover- And Star-Like Structures

    Piella J., Gónzalez-Febles A., Patarroyo J., Arbiol J., Bastús N.G., Puntes V. Chemistry of Materials; 31 (19): 7922 - 7932. 2019. 10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b02005. IF: 10.159

2018

  • Fluorescently labelled nanomaterials in nanosafety research: Practical advice to avoid artefacts and trace unbound dye

    Murray R.A., Escobar A., Bastús N.G., Andreozzi P., Puntes V., Moya S.E. NanoImpact; 9: 102 - 113. 2018. 10.1016/j.impact.2017.11.001. IF: 0.000

  • Nanosafety: Towards safer nanoparticles by design

    Bastús N.G., Puntes V. Current Medicinal Chemistry; 25 (35): 4587 - 4601. 2018. 10.2174/0929867324666170413124915. IF: 3.469

  • Sequential Deconstruction-Reconstruction of Metal-Organic Frameworks: An Alternative Strategy for Synthesizing (Multi)-Layered ZIF Composites

    Avci C., Yazdi A., Tarrés M., Bernoud E., Bastús N.G., Puntes V., Imaz I., Ribas X., Maspoch D. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces; 10 (28): 23952 - 23960. 2018. 10.1021/acsami.8b05098. IF: 8.097

  • Time- and Size-Resolved Plasmonic Evolution with nm Resolution of Galvanic Replacement Reaction in AuAg Nanoshells Synthesis

    Russo L., Merkoçi F., Patarroyo J., Piella J., Merkoçi A., Bastús N.G., Puntes V. Chemistry of Materials; 30 (15): 5098 - 5107. 2018. 10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b01488. IF: 9.890

2017

  • Formation of the Protein Corona: The Interface between Nanoparticles and the Immune System

    Barbero F., Russo L., Vitali M., Piella J., Salvo I., Borrajo M.L., Busquets-Fité M., Grandori R., Bastús N.G., Casals E., Puntes V. Seminars in Immunology; 34: 52 - 60. 2017. 10.1016/j.smim.2017.10.001. IF: 9.611

  • Hollow metal nanostructures for enhanced plasmonics: Synthesis, local plasmonic properties and applications

    Genç A., Patarroyo J., Sancho-Parramon J., Bastús N.G., Puntes V., Arbiol J. Nanophotonics; 6 (1): 193 - 213. 2017. 10.1515/nanoph-2016-0124. IF: 4.492

  • Modeling the Optical Responses of Noble Metal Nanoparticles Subjected to Physicochemical Transformations in Physiological Environments: Aggregation, Dissolution and Oxidation

    Piella J., Bastús N.G., Puntes V. Zeitschrift fur Physikalische Chemie; 231 (1): 33 - 50. 2017. 10.1515/zpch-2016-0874. IF: 1.012

  • One-Pot Synthesis of Cationic Gold Nanoparticles by Differential Reduction

    Sperling R.A., Garciá-Fernández L., Ojea-Jiménez I., Piella J., Bastús N.G., Puntes V. Zeitschrift fur Physikalische Chemie; 231 (1): 7 - 18. 2017. 10.1515/zpch-2016-0864. IF: 1.012

  • Probing the surface reactivity of nanocrystals by the catalytic degradation of organic dyes: The effect of size, surface chemistry and composition

    Piella J., Merkoçi F., Genç A., Arbiol J., Bastús N.G., Puntes V. Journal of Materials Chemistry A; 5 (23): 11917 - 11929. 2017. 10.1039/c7ta01328k. IF: 8.867

  • Seeded Growth Synthesis of Au-Fe3O4 Heterostructured Nanocrystals: Rational Design and Mechanistic Insights

    Fantechi E., Roca A.G., Sepúlveda B., Torruella P., Estradé S., Peiró F., Coy E., Jurga S., Bastús N.G., Nogués J., Puntes V. Chemistry of Materials; 29 (9): 4022 - 4035. 2017. 10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b00608. IF: 9.466

  • Size-Dependent Protein-Nanoparticle Interactions in Citrate-Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles: The Emergence of the Protein Corona

    Piella J., Bastús N.G., Puntes V. Bioconjugate chemistry; 28 (1): 88 - 97. 2017. 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.6b00575. IF: 4.818

2016

  • One-pot polyol synthesis of highly monodisperse short green silver nanorods

    Patarroyo J., Genç A., Arbiol J., Bastús N.G., Puntes V. Chemical Communications; 52 (73): 10960 - 10963. 2016. 10.1039/c6cc04796c. IF: 6.567

  • Quantifying the Sensitivity of Multipolar (Dipolar, Quadrupolar, and Octapolar) Surface Plasmon Resonances in Silver Nanoparticles: The Effect of Size, Composition, and Surface Coating

    Bastús N.G., Piella J., Puntes V. Langmuir; 32 (1): 290 - 300. 2016. 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b03859. IF: 3.993

  • Shell or Dots - Precursor Controlled Morphology of Au-Se Deposits on CdSe Nanoparticles

    De La Cueva L., Meyns M., Bastús N.G., Rodríguez-Fernández J., Otero R., Gallego J.M., Alonso C., Klinke C., Juárez B.H. Chemistry of Materials; 28 (8): 2704 - 2714. 2016. 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b00287. IF: 9.407

  • Size-Controlled Synthesis of Sub-10-nanometer Citrate-Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles and Related Optical Properties.

    Piella J., Bastús N.G., Puntes V. Chemistry of Materials; 28 (4): 1066 - 1075. 2016. 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b04406. IF: 9.407

  • Tuning the Plasmonic Response up: Hollow Cuboid Metal Nanostructures

    Genç A., Patarroyo J., Sancho-Parramon J., Arenal R., Duchamp M., Gonzalez E.E., Henrard L., Bastús N.G., Dunin-Borkowski R.E., Puntes V.F., Arbiol J. ACS Photonics; 3 (5): 770 - 779. 2016. 10.1021/acsphotonics.5b00667. IF: 5.404

2015

  • Enhanced reactivity of high-index surface platinum hollow nanocrystals

    González E., Merkoçi F., Arenal R., Arbiol J., Esteve J., Bastús N.G., Puntes V. Journal of Materials Chemistry A; 4 (1): 200 - 208. 2015. 10.1039/c5ta07504a. IF: 7.443

  • Exploring new synthetic strategies for the production of advanced complex inorganic nanocrystals

    Bastús N.G., Gonzalez E., Esteve J., Piella J., Patarroyo J., Merkoçi F., Puntes V. Zeitschrift fur Physikalische Chemie; 229 (1-2): 65 - 83. 2015. 10.1515/zpch-2014-0611. IF: 1.356

  • SERS efficiencies of micrometric polystyrene beads coated with gold and silver nanoparticles: The effect of nanoparticle size

    Mir-Simon B., Morla-Folch J., Gisbert-Quilis P., Pazos-Perez N., Xie H.-N., Bastús N.G., Puntes V., Alvarez-Puebla R.A., Guerrini L. Journal of Optics (United Kingdom); 17 (11, 114012) 2015. 10.1088/2040-8978/17/11/114012. IF: 2.059

2014

  • Little Adjustments Significantly Improve the Turkevich Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles

    Schulz, F.; Homolka, T.; Bastús, NG.; Puntes, V. F.; Weller,H.; Vossmeyer, T. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids; 30 (35): 10779 - 10784. 2014. 10.1021/la503209b. IF: 4.384

  • Synthesis of highly monodisperse citrate-stabilized silver nanoparticles of up to 200 nm: Kinetic control and catalytic properties

    Bastús, N.G.; Merkoçi, F.; Piella, J.; Puntes, V. Chemistry of Materials; 26 (9): 2836 - 2846. 2014. 10.1021/cm500316k. IF: 8.535

2013

  • Characterizing Nanoparticles Reactivity: Structure-Photocatalytic Activity Relationship

    Piella, J.; Bastús, N. G.; Casals, E.; Puntes, V. Journal of Physics: Conference Series; 429: 1. 2013. 10.1088/1742-6596/429/1/012040. IF: 0.000

2012

  • Inorganic nanoparticles and the immune system: detection, selective activation and tolerance.

    Bastús, N.G.; Sánchez-Tilló, E.; Pujals, S.; Comenge, J.; Giralt, E.; Celada, A.; Lloberas, J.; Puntes, V.F. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; 823217: 1. 2012. 10.1117/12.917327.

2011

  • Analysis of time-dependent conjugation of gold nanoparticles with an antiparkinsonian molecule by using curve resolution methods

    Amigo, J.M.; Bastús, N.G.; Hoen, R.; Vázquez-Campos, S.; Varón, M.; Royo, M.; Puntes, V.F. Analytica Chimica Acta; 2011. .

  • Influence of the Sequence of the Reagents Addition in the Citrate-Mediated Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles

    Ojea-Jiménez, I.; Bastús, N.G.; Puntes, V.F. Journal of Physical Chemistry C; 2011. 10.1021/jp2017242.

  • Kinetically Controlled Seeded Growth Synthesis of Citrate-Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles of up to 200 nm: Size Focusing versus Ostwald Ripening

    Bastús, N.G.; Comenge, J.; Puntes, V.F. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids; 2011. .

2010

  • Small gold nanoparticles synthesized with sodium citrate and heavy water: Insights into the reaction mechanism

    Ojea-Jiménez, I.; Romero, F.M.; Bastús, N.G.; Puntes, V. Journal of Physical Chemistry C; 114: 1800 - 1804. 2010. 10.1021/jp9091305.

2009

  • Homogeneous Conjugation of Peptides onto Gold Nanoparticles Enhances Macrophage Response

    Bastús, N. G.; Sánchez-Tillo, E.; Pujals, S.; Farrera, C.; López, C. ; Giralt, E. ; Celanda, A. ; Lloberas, J.; Puntes, V. ACS Nano; 3 (6): 1335 - 1344. 2009. 10.1021/nn8008273 CCC: $40.75.

  • Inorganic engineered nanoparticles and their impact on the immune response

    Sperling, R. A.; Casals, E.; Comenge, J.; Bastús, N. G. ; Puntes, V. Current Drug Metabolism; 10: 895 - 904. 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/138920009790274577.

  • Peptides conjugated to gold nanoparticles induce macrophage activation

    Bastús, N. G.; Sánchez-Tillo, E.; Pujals, S.; Farrera, C.; Kogan, M. J.; Giralt, E.; Celada, A.; Lloberas, J.; Puntes, V. F. Molecular Immunology; 46 (4): 743 - 748. 2009. 10.1016/j.molimm.2008.08.277 .

  • Shuttling Gold Nanoparticles into Tumoral Cells with an Amphipathic Proline-Rich Peptide

    Pujals, S. ; Bastus, N. G.; Pereiro, E.; López-Iglesias, C.; Puntes, V. F.; Kogan, M. J.; Giralt, E. Chemistry: a European Journal; 10 (6): 1025 - 1031. 2009. 10.1002/cbic.200800843 .

2008

  • Distribution and potential toxicity of engineered inorganic nanoparticles and carbon nanostructures in biological systems

    Casals E.; Vazquez-Campos S.; Bastus N.G.; Puntes V. TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry; 27 (8): 672 - 683. 2008. 10.1016/j.trac.2008.06.004.

  • Gold Nanoparticles and Microwave Irradiation Inhibit Beta-Amyloid Amyloidogenesis

    Araya Eyleen; Olmedo Ivonne; Bastus Neus G.; Guerrero Simon; Puntes Victor F.; Giralt Ernest; Kogan Marcelo J Nanoscale Research Letters; 3 (11): 435 - 443. 2008. 10.1007/s11671-008-9178-5.

  • Reactivity of engineered inorganic nanoparticles and carbon nanostructures in biological media

    Neus G. Bastús; Eudald Casals; Socorro Vázquez-Campos; Victor Puntes Nanotoxicology; 2 (3): 99 - 112. 2008. 10.1080/17435390802217830.

  • Shuttling Gold Nanoparticles into Tumoral Cells with an Amphipathic Pro rich Peptide

    Pujals S; Bastús NG; Pereiro E; López-Iglesias E; Puntes VF; Kogan MJ; Giralt E Chemistry: a European Journal; 10: 1025 - 1031. 2008. 10.1002/cbic.200800843.