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Víctor F. Puntes CV January 2015 Pag. 1 / 15 Víctor F. Puntes ICREA Research Professor at the Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2) Campus de la UAB 08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain (+34) 93 737 4619 [email protected] EDUCATION 12/1998 PhD in Physics, Universitat de Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain) 06/1994 Chemical Engineer, Université Louis Pasteur (Strasbourg, France) 06/1994 BSc in Chemical Science, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & EMPLOYMENT Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (Barcelona, Spain) Group leader of the Inorganic Nanoparticles Group 06/2005 present Institució Catalana de Recerca I Estudis Avançats (Barcelona, Spain) Group leader & Research Professor 10/2005 present Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain) Associate Professor 09/2008 12/2012 Universitat de Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain) Ramón y Cajal Researcher at the Department of Fundamental Physics 02/2003 05/2005 University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA, USA) Scientific Staff at the College of Chemistry 09/2000 09/2002 University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA, USA) Teaching Assistant at the Physics Department 01/2000 - 06/2001 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley, CA, USA) Postdoctoral Researcher at the National Center of Electron Microscopy 06/1999 - 08/2000 PUBLICATIONS [see statistics below] 120. Corsi, I., Cherr, GN., Lenihan, HS., Labille, J., Hassellov, M., Canesi, L., Puntes, V. F., et al.(2014). Common Strategies and Technologies for the Ecosafety Assessment and Design of Nanomaterials Entering the Marine Environment. ACS nano, 8 (10), 9694-9709. 119. Schulz, F., Homolka, T., Bastús, NG., Puntes, V. F., Weller,H., Vossmeyer, T.,(2014). Little adjustments significantly improve the turkevich synthesis of gold nanoparticles. Langmuir, 30 (35), 10779-10784. 118. Li, Y., Italiani, P., Casals, E., Tran, N., Puntes, V. F., Boraschi, D., (2014). Optimising the use of commercial LAL assays for the analysis of endotoxin contamination in metal colloids and metal oxide nanoparticles , Nanotoxicology, 1-12. 117. Verstraelen, S., Remy, S., Casals, E., De Boever, P., Witters, H., Gatti, A., Puntes, V. F., Nelissen, I.(2014). Gene expression profiles reveal distinct immunological responses of cobalt and cerium dioxide nanoparticles in two< i> in vitro</i> lung epithelial cell models, Toxicology letters, 228(3), 157-169 116. Bastús, NG., Merkoçi, F., Piella, J., Puntes, V. F. (2014).Synthesis of Highly Monodisperse Citrate-Stabilized Silver Nanoparticles of up to 200 nm: Kinetic Control and Catalytic Properties , Chemistry of Materials, 26 (9), 2836- 2846. 115. Bogart, LK., Pourroy, G., Murphy, CJ., Puntes, V. F., Pellegrino, T., Rosenblum, D., Peer,D., Lévy, R.(2014).Nanoparticles for Imaging, Sensing, and Therapeutic Intervention, ACS nano, 8 (4), 3107-3122

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Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 1 15

Viacutector F Puntes

ICREA Research Professor

at the Institut Catalagrave de Nanociegravencia i Nanotecnologia

(ICN2)

Campus de la UAB

08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona) Spain

(+34) 93 737 4619

victorpuntesicncat

EDUCATION

121998 PhD in Physics Universitat de Barcelona (Barcelona Spain)

061994 Chemical Engineer Universiteacute Louis Pasteur (Strasbourg France)

061994 BSc in Chemical Science Universitat Autogravenoma de Barcelona (Barcelona Spain)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE amp EMPLOYMENT

Institut Catalagrave de Nanociegravencia i Nanotecnologia (Barcelona Spain)

Group leader of the Inorganic Nanoparticles Group

062005 ndash present

Institucioacute Catalana de Recerca I Estudis Avanccedilats (Barcelona Spain)

Group leader amp Research Professor

102005 ndash present

Universitat Autogravenoma de Barcelona (Barcelona Spain)

Associate Professor

092008 ndash 122012

Universitat de Barcelona (Barcelona Spain)

Ramoacuten y Cajal Researcher at the Department of Fundamental Physics

022003 ndash 052005

University of California Berkeley (Berkeley CA USA)

Scientific Staff at the College of Chemistry

092000 ndash 092002

University of California Berkeley (Berkeley CA USA)

Teaching Assistant at the Physics Department

012000 - 062001

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley CA USA)

Postdoctoral Researcher at the National Center of Electron Microscopy

061999 - 082000

PUBLICATIONS [see statistics below]

120 Corsi I Cherr GN Lenihan HS Labille J Hassellov M Canesi L Puntes V F et al(2014) Common

Strategies and Technologies for the Ecosafety Assessment and Design of Nanomaterials Entering the Marine

Environment ACS nano 8 (10) 9694-9709

119 Schulz F Homolka T Bastuacutes NG Puntes V F WellerH Vossmeyer T(2014) Little adjustments

significantly improve the turkevich synthesis of gold nanoparticles Langmuir 30 (35) 10779-10784

118 Li Y Italiani P Casals E Tran N Puntes V F Boraschi D (2014) Optimising the use of commercial LAL

assays for the analysis of endotoxin contamination in metal colloids and metal oxide nanoparticles Nanotoxicology

1-12

117 Verstraelen S Remy S Casals E De Boever P Witters H Gatti A Puntes V F Nelissen I(2014) Gene

expression profiles reveal distinct immunological responses of cobalt and cerium dioxide nanoparticles in twolt igt in

vitroltigt lung epithelial cell models Toxicology letters 228(3) 157-169

116 Bastuacutes NG Merkoccedili F Piella J Puntes V F (2014)Synthesis of Highly Monodisperse Citrate-Stabilized Silver

Nanoparticles of up to 200 nm Kinetic Control and Catalytic Properties Chemistry of Materials 26 (9) 2836-

2846

115 Bogart LK Pourroy G Murphy CJ Puntes V F Pellegrino T Rosenblum D PeerD Leacutevy

R(2014)Nanoparticles for Imaging Sensing and Therapeutic Intervention ACS nano 8 (4) 3107-3122

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 2 15

114 CasalsE BarrenaR GarciacuteaA GonzaacutelezE DelgadoL Busquets‐FiteacuteM FontX ArbiolJ GlatzelP

KvashninaK SaacutenchezA Puntes V F(2014) Programmed Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Disintegration in Anaerobic

Digesters Boosts Biogas Production Small 10(14) 2801ndash2808

113 OroacuteD Fernaacutendez-VaroG YudinaT CasalsE Casals G Gonzaacutelez de la PresaB Puntes V F Jimeacutenez

W(2014) P33 hepatoprotective effect of CeO2 nanoparticles in rats treated with CCl4 Journal of

Hepatology60(1) S77

112 OroD FernandezG ReichenbachV YudinaT CasalsE CasalsG GonzalezB Puntes V F JimenezW

Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles Reduce Portal Hypertension and Show Antiinflammatory Properties in CCl4-Treated

Rats Hepatology60 1175A-1175A

111 Izak-Nau E Voetz M Eiden S Duschl A Puntes V F(2013) Altered characteristics of silica nanoparticles in

bovine and human serum the importance of nanomaterial characterization prior to its toxicological evaluation

Particle and Fibre Toxicology 10(1) 56

110 Cafun J - D Kvashnina K O Casals E Puntes V F amp Glatzel P (2013) Absence of Ce3+Sites in Chemically

Active Colloidal Ceria Nanoparticles ACS Nano 7(12) 10726-10732

109 Ichedef C Simonelli F Holzwarth U Bagaria J P Puntes V F Cotogno G Gilliland D Gibson N (2013)

Radiochemical synthesis of 105gAg-labelled silver nanoparticles J Nanopart Res 15(11) 2073

108 Ojea-Jimenez I Comenge J Garcia-Fernandez L Megson Z Casals E amp Puntes V (2013) Engineered

Inorganic Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery Applications Current Drug Metabolism 14(5) 518ndash530

107 Busquets-Fiteacute M Fernandez E Janer G Vilar G Vaacutezquez-Campos S Zanasca R Citterio C Mercante L

Puntes V (2013) Exploring release and recovery of nanomaterials from commercial polymeric nanocomposites J

Phys Conf Ser 429 012048

106 Piella J Bastuacutes N G Casals E amp Puntes V (2013) Characterizing Nanoparticles Reactivity Structure-

Photocatalytic Activity Relationship J Phys Conf Ser 429 012040

105 Ojea-Jimeacutenez I Piella J Nguyen T - L Bestetti A Ryan A D amp Puntes V (2013) Stability of polymer

encapsulated quantum dots in cell culture media J Phys Conf Ser 429 012009

104 Jamier V Gispert I amp Puntes V (2013) The social context of nanotechnology and regulating its uncertainty A

nanotechnologist approach J Phys Conf Ser 429 012059

103 Vilar G Fernaacutendez-Rosas E Puntes V Jamier V Aubouy L amp Vaacutezquez-Campos S (2013) Monitoring

migration and transformation of nanomaterials in polymeric composites during accelerated aging J Phys Conf

Ser 429 012044

102 Varoacuten M Ojea-Jimenez I Arbiol J Balcells L Martiacutenez B amp Puntes V F (2013) Spontaneous formation of

hollow cobalt oxide nanoparticles by the Kirkendall effect at room temperature at the waterndashair interface

Nanoscale 5(6) 2429ndash2436

101 Varoacuten M Beleggia M Kasama T Harrison R J Dunin-Borkowski R E Puntes V F et al (2013) Dipolar

Magnetism in Ordered and Disordered Low-Dimensional Nanoparticle Assemblies Sci Rep 3

100 Ojea-Jimeacutenez I Lorenzo J Rebled J M Sendra J Arbiol J amp Puntes V (2012) Synthesis of Condash

OrganosilanendashAu Nanocomposites via a Controlled Interphasic Reduction Chem Mater 24(21) 4019ndash4027

99 Ojea-Jimeacutenez I Tort O Lorenzo J amp Puntes V F (2012) Engineered nonviral nanocarriers for intracellular

gene delivery applications Biomed Mater 7(5) 054106

98 Casals E amp Puntes V F (2012) Inorganic nanoparticle biomolecular corona formation evolution and biological

impact Nanomedicine 7(12) 1917ndash1930

97 Casals E Gonzalez E amp Puntes V F (2012) Reactivity of inorganic nanoparticles in biological environments

insights into nanotoxicity mechanisms J Phys D Appl Phys 45(44) 443001

96 Comenge J Sotelo C Romero F Gallego O Barnadas A Parada TG-C Domiacutenguez F Puntes VF (2012)

Detoxifying Antitumoral Drugs via Nanoconjugation The Case of Gold Nanoparticles and Cisplatin PLoS ONE

7(10) e47562

95 Ojea-Jimeacutenez I Garciacutea-Fernaacutendez L Lorenzo J amp Puntes V F (2012) Facile Preparation of Cationic Gold

Nanoparticle-Bioconjugates for Cell Penetration and Nuclear Targeting ACS Nano 6(9) 7692ndash7702

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 3 15

94 Bastus N G Casals E Ojea I Varon M amp Puntes V (2012) The Reactivity of Colloidal Inorganic

Nanoparticles In Abbass A Hashim (Ed) The Delivery of Nanoparticles InTech

93 Bellido E Ojea-Jimeacutenez I Ghirri A Alvino C Candini A Puntes V et al (2012) Controlled Positioning of

Nanoparticles on Graphene by Noninvasive AFM Lithography Langmuir 28(33) 12400ndash12409

92 Goy-Loacutepez S Juaacuterez J Alatorre-Meda M Casals E Puntes V F Taboada P et al (2012) Physicochemical

Characteristics of ProteinndashNP Bioconjugates The Role of Particle Curvature and Solution Conditions on Human

Serum Albumin Conformation and Fibrillogenesis Inhibition Langmuir 28(24) 9113ndash9126

91 Casals E Gonzalez E Puntes V (2012) Inorganic Nanoparticles and the Environment Balancing Benefits and

Risks In Nanomaterials in Environmental and Food Samples (Vol 59 pp 265ndash290)

90 Bastus N G Sanchez-Tillo E Pujals S Comenge J Giralt E Celada A Lloberas J Puntes VF (2012)

Inorganic nanoparticles and the immune system detection selective activation and tolerance In Marek Osinski K

Y Wolfgang J Parak (Ed) Proceedings of SPIE (Vol 8232 823217) San Francisco CA USA

89 Ojea-Jimeacutenez I Loacutepez X Arbiol J amp Puntes V (2012) Citrate-Coated Gold Nanoparticles As Smart

Scavengers for Mercury(II) Removal from Polluted Waters ACS Nano 6(3) 2253ndash2260

88 Ardao I Comenge J Benaiges M D Aacutelvaro G amp Puntes V F (2012) Rational Nanoconjugation Improves

Biocatalytic Performance of Enzymes Aldol Addition Catalyzed by Immobilized Rhamnulose-1-Phosphate Aldolase

Langmuir 28(15) 6461ndash6467

87 Contreras A R Garciacutea A Gonzaacutelez E Casals E Puntes V Saacutenchez A et al (2012) Potential use of CeO2

TiO2 and Fe3O4 nanoparticles for the removal of cadmium from water Desalination and Water Treatment 41(1-

3) 296ndash300

86 Recillas S Garciacutea A Gonzaacutelez E Casals E Puntes V Saacutenchez A et al (2012) Preliminary study of

phosphate adsorption onto cerium oxide nanoparticles for use in water purification nanoparticles synthesis and

characterization Water Science amp Technology 66(3) 503

85 Garciacutea A Delgado L Toragrave JA Casals E Gonzaacutelez E Puntes V Font X Carrera J Saacutenchez A (2012)

Effect of cerium dioxide titanium dioxide silver and gold nanoparticles on the activity of microbial communities

intended in wastewater treatment Journal of Hazardous Materials 199-200 64ndash72

84 Stoehr L C Gonzalez E Stampfl A Casals E Duschl A Puntes V amp Oostingh GJ (2011) Shape matters

effects of silver nanospheres and wires on human alveolar epithelial cells Particle and Fibre Toxicology 836

83 Gonzaacutelez E Arbiol J Puntes V F (2011) Carving at the Nanoscale Sequential Galvanic Exchange and

Kirkendall Growth at Room Temperature Science 334 1377-1380

82 Casals E Pfaller T Duschl A Oostingh G J amp Puntes V F (2011) Hardening of the NanoparticlendashProtein

Corona in Metal (Au Ag) and Oxide (Fe3O4 CoO and CeO2) Nanoparticles Small 7(24) 3479ndash3486

81 Boraschi D Oostingh G J Casals E Italiani P Nelissen I Puntes V F et al (2011) Nano-immunosafety

issues in assay validation J Phys Conf Ser 304(1) 012077

80 Bastus N G Comenge J amp Puntes V (2011) Kinetically Controlled Seeded Growth Synthesis of Citrate-

Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles of up to 200 nm Size Focusing versus Ostwald Ripening Langmuir 27(17) 11098ndash

11105

79 Ojea-Jimeacutenez I Bastuacutes N G amp Puntes V (2011) Influence of the Sequence of the Reagents Addition in the

Citrate-Mediated Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles Journal of Physical Chemistry C 115(32) 15752ndash15757

78 Recillas S Garcia A Gonzalez E Casals E Puntes V Sanchez A et al (2011) Use of CeO(2) TiO(2) and

Fe(3)O(4) nanoparticles for the removal of lead from water Toxicity of nanoparticles and derived compounds

Desalination 277(1-3) 213ndash220

77 Garciacutea A Espinosa R Delgado L Casals E Gonzaacutelez E Puntes V et al (2011) Acute toxicity of cerium

oxide titanium oxide and iron oxide nanoparticles using standardized tests Desalination 269(1-3) 136ndash141

76 Saacutenchez A Recillas S Font X Casals E Gonzaacutelez E amp Puntes V (2011) Ecotoxicity of and remediation

with engineered inorganic nanoparticles in the environment TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry 30(3) 507ndash

516

75 Oostingh G J Casals E Italiani P Colognato R Stritzinger R Ponti J Pfaller T Kohl Y Ooms D

Favilli F Leppens H Lucchesi D Rossi F Nelissen I Thielecke H Puntes V F et al (2011) Problems and

challenges in the development and validation of human cell-based assays to determine nanoparticle-induced

immunomodulatory effects Part Fibre Toxicol 88

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 4 15

74 Amigo J M Bastuacutes N G Hoen R Vaacutezquez-Campos S Varoacuten M Royo M Puntes V (2011) Analysis of

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

methods Analytica Chimica Acta 683(2) 170ndash177

73 Pentildea L Varon M Konstantinovic Z Balcells L Martinez B amp Puntes V (2011) Large 2D self-assembled

domains of cobalt nanoparticles onto silicon wafers J Mater Chem 21(42) 16973ndash16977

72 Candeloro P Tirinato L Malara N Fregola A Casals E Puntes V et al (2011) Nanoparticle microinjection

and Raman spectroscopy as tools for nanotoxicology studies Analyst 136(21) 4402ndash4408

71 del Mercato L L Gonzalez E Abbasi A Z Parak W J amp Puntes V (2011) Synthesis and evaluation of gold

nanoparticle-modified polyelectrolyte capsules under microwave irradiation for remotely controlled release for

cargo Jor Mat Chem 21(31) 11468ndash11471

70 Lim S I Varon M Ojea-Jimenez I Arbiol J amp Puntes V (2011) Pt nanocrystal evolution in the presence of

Au(III)-salts at room temperature spontaneous formation of AuPt heterodimers J Mater Chem 21(31) 11518ndash

11523

69 Recillas S Coloacuten J Casals E Gonzaacutelez E Puntes V Saacutenchez A et al (2010) Chromium VI adsorption on

cerium oxide nanoparticles and morphology changes during the process Journal of Hazardous Materials

184(13) 425ndash431

68 Rivera Gil P Oberdoumlrster G Elder A Puntes V amp Parak W J (2010) Correlating Physico-Chemical with

Toxicological Properties of Nanoparticles The Present and the Future ACS Nano 4(10) 5527ndash5531

67 Lim S I Varoacuten M Ojea-Jimeacutenez I Arbiol J amp Puntes V (2010) Exploring the Limitations of the Use of

Competing Reducers to Control the Morphology and Composition of Pt and PtCo Nanocrystals Chem Mater

22(15) 4495ndash4504

66 Casals E Pfaller T Duschl A Oostingh G J amp Puntes V (2010) Time Evolution of the Nanoparticle Protein

Corona ACS Nano 4(7) 3623ndash3632

65 Paul R Bautista L De la Varga M Botet J M Casals E Puntes V et al (2010) Nano-cotton Fabrics with

High Ultraviolet Protection Textile Research Journal 80(5) 454ndash462

64 Pfaller T Colognato R Nelissen I Favilli F Casals E Ooms D Leppens H Ponti J Stritzinger R Puntes

V et al (2010) The suitability of different cellular in vitro immunotoxicity and genotoxicity methods for the analysis

of nanoparticle-induced events Nanotoxicology 4(1) 52ndash72

63 Lim S I Ojea-Jimeacutenez I Varon M Casals E Arbiol J amp Puntes V (2010) Synthesis of Platinum Cubes

Polypods Cuboctahedrons and Raspberries Assisted by Cobalt Nanocrystals Nano Letters 10(3) 964ndash973

62 Ojea-Jimeacutenez I Romero F M Bastuacutes N G amp Puntes V (2010) Small Gold Nanoparticles Synthesized with

Sodium Citrate and Heavy Water Insights into the Reaction Mechanism J Phys Chem C 114(4) 1800ndash1804

61 Comenge J Romero F M Sotelo C Domiacutenguez F amp Puntes V (2010) Exploring the binding of Pt drugs to

gold nanoparticles for controlled passive release of cisplatin Journal of Controlled Release 148 e31ndashe32

(Abstract)

60 Garciacutea-Fernaacutendez L Sperling R Arbiol J amp Puntes V (2010) Controlling the loading number and orientation

of Immunoglobin G on gold nanoparticles and the induced formation of nano-assemblies European Cells and

Materials 20 87 (Abstract)

59 Varoacuten M Pentildea L Balcells L Skumryev V Martinez B amp Puntes V (2010) Dipolar Driven Spontaneous Self

Assembly of Superparamagnetic Co Nanoparticles into Micrometric Rice-Grain like Structures Langmuir 26(1)

109ndash116

58 Imaz I Rubio-Martiacutenez M Garciacutea-Fernaacutendez L Garciacutea F Ruiz-Molina D Hernando J Puntes V amp

Maspoch D (2010) Coordination polymer particles as potential drug delivery systems Chem Commun 46(26)

4737ndash4739

57 Corrias A Mountjoy G Loche D Puntes V Falqui A Zanella M et al (2009) Identifying Spinel Phases in

Nearly Monodisperse Iron Oxide Colloidal Nanocrystal J Phys Chem C 113(43) 18667ndash18675

56 Sperling R A Casals E Comenge J Bastuacutes N G amp Puntes V F (2009) Inorganic engineered nanoparticles

and their impact on the immune response Curr Drug Metab 10(8) 895ndash904

55 Ojea-Jimeacutenez I amp Puntes V (2009) Instability of Cationic Gold Nanoparticle Bioconjugates The Role of Citrate

Ions J Am Chem Soc 131(37) 13320ndash13327

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 5 15

54 Bastuacutes N G Saacutenchez-Tilloacute E Pujals S Farrera C Loacutepez C Giralt E Celada A Lloberas J Puntes V

(2009) Homogeneous Conjugation of Peptides onto Gold Nanoparticles Enhances Macrophage Response ACS

Nano 3(6) 1335ndash1344

53 Barrena R Casals E Coloacuten J Font X Saacutenchez A amp Puntes V (2009) Evaluation of the ecotoxicity of model

nanoparticles Chemosphere 75(7) 850ndash857

52 Cabot A Alivisatos A Puntes V Balcells L Iglesias Ograve amp Labarta A (2009) Magnetic domains and surface

effects in hollow maghemite nanoparticles Phys Rev B 79(9) 094419ndash094426

51 Pujals S Bastuacutes N G Pereiro E Loacutepez-Iglesias C Punte(s) V F Kogan M J et al (2009) Shuttling Gold

Nanoparticles into Tumoral Cells with an Amphipathic Proline-Rich Peptide ChemBioChem 10(6) 1025ndash1031

50 Bastus N Sanchez-Tillo E Pujals S Farrera C Kogan M Giralt E Celada A Lloberas J amp Puntes V

(2009) Peptides conjugated to gold nanoparticles induce macrophage activation Molecular Immunology 46(4)

743ndash748

49 Pfaller T Puntes V Casals E Duschl A amp Oostingh G J (2009) In vitro investigation of immunomodulatory

effects caused by engineered inorganic nanoparticles ndash the impact of experimental design and cell choice

Nanotoxicology 3(1) 46ndash59

48 Nelissen I Verstraelen S De Boever P Casals E Ooms D Leppens H Hollanders K Van Den Heuvel R

Schoeters G Puntes V (2009) Impact of engineered nanoparticles on immune-related genes and processes in

human alveolar epithelial cells Toxicology Letters 189 S186 (Abstract)

47 Araya E Olmedo I Bastus N G Guerrero S Puntes V F Giralt E et al (2008) Gold Nanoparticles and

Microwave Irradiation Inhibit Beta-Amyloid Amyloidogenesis Nanoscale Res Lett 3(11) 435ndash443

46 Casals E Bastus N Vaacutezquez S Varon M Comenge J amp Puntes V (2008) Inorganic nanoparticles and

biology Contributions to Science 4(2) 171ndash176

45 Casals E Vazquez-Campos S Bastuacutes N amp Puntes V (2008) Distribution and potential toxicity of engineered

inorganic nanoparticles and carbon nanostructures in biological systems TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry

27(8) 672ndash683

44 Lagunas A Mairata i Payeras A Jimeno C Puntes V F amp Pericagraves M A (2008) Low-Temperature Synthesis of

CoO Nanoparticles via Chemically Assisted Oxidative Decarbonylation Chem Mater 20(1) 92ndash100

43 Bastuacutes N G Casals E Vaacutezquez-Campos S amp Puntes V (2008) Reactivity of engineered inorganic

nanoparticles and carbon nanostructures in biological media Nanotoxicology 2(3) 99ndash112

42 Bastus N Kogan M Amigo R Grillobosch D Araya E Turiel A Labarta A Giralt E amp Puntes V (2007)

Gold nanoparticles for selective and remote heating of Beta-amyloid protein aggregates Materials Science and

Engineering C 27(5-8) 1236ndash1240

41 Cabot A Puntes V F Shevchenko E Yin Y Balcells L Marcus M A et al (2007) Vacancy Coalescence

during Oxidation of Iron Nanoparticles J Am Chem Soc 129(34) 10358ndash10360

40 Cheng G J Puntes V F amp Guo T (2006) Synthesis and self-assembled ring structures of Ni nanocrystals

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 293(2) 430ndash436

39 Gallego O amp Puntes V (2006) What can nanotechnology do to fight cancer Clin Transl Oncol 8(11) 788ndash

795

38 Kogan M J Bastus N G Amigo R Grillo-Bosch D Araya E Turiel A Labarta A Giralt E amp Puntes

VF (2006) Nanoparticle-Mediated Local and Remote Manipulation of Protein Aggregation Nano Letters 6(1)

110ndash115

37 Barea E Batlle X Bourges P Corma A Forneacutes V Labarta A amp Puntes V F (2005) Synthesis and

Characterization of Stabilized Subnanometric Cobalt Metal Particles J Am Chem Soc 127(51) 18026ndash18030

36 Hattink B J Muro M G D Konstantinovic Z Puntes V F Batlle X Labarta A et al (2005) Electrical

properties in granular Co-ZrO2 thin films Int J of Nanotechnology 2(12) 43ndash61

35 Puntes V F Bastus N G Pagonabarraga I Iglesias O Labarta A amp Batlle X (2005) Nucleation phenomenon

in nanoparticle self-assemblies Int J of Nanotechnology 2(12) 62ndash70

34 Thanh N T K Puntes V F Tung L D amp Fernig D G (2005) Peptides as capping ligands for in situ synthesis

of water soluble Co nanoparticles for bioapplications J Phys Conf Ser 17(1) 70ndash76

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 6 15

33 Concepcion P Lopez C Martinez A amp Puntes V (2004) Characterization and catalytic properties of cobalt

supported on delaminated ITQ-6 and ITQ-2 zeolites for the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction Journal of

Catalysis 228(2) 321ndash332

32 Concepcioacuten P Corma A Silvestre-Albero J Franco V amp Chane-Ching J Y (2004) Chemoselective

Hydrogenation Catalysts Pt on Mesostructured CeO2 Nanoparticles Embedded within Ultrathin Layers of SiO2

Binder J Am Chem Soc 126(17) 5523ndash5532

31 Puntes VF Gorostiza P Aruguete D M Bastus N G amp Alivisatos A P (2004) Collective behaviour in two-

dimensional cobalt nanoparticle assemblies observed by magnetic force microscopy Nature Materials 3(4) 263ndash

268

30 Carrettin S Concepcioacuten P Corma A Loacutepez Nieto J M amp Puntes V F (2004) Nanocrystalline CeO2

Increases the Activity of Au for CO Oxidation by Two Orders of Magnitude Angew Chem Int Ed 43(19) 2538ndash

2540

29 Barea E M Fornes V Corma A Bourges P Guillon E amp Puntes VF (2004) A new synthetic route to

produce metal zeolites with subnanometric magnetic clusters Chem Commun (17) 1974ndash1975

28 Zhu J Koacutenya Z Puntes VF Kiricsi I Miao C X Ager J W et al (2003) Encapsulation of Metal (Au Ag

Pt) Nanoparticles into the Mesoporous SBA-15 Structure Langmuir 19(10) 4396ndash4401

27 Koacutenya Z Puntes V F Kiricsi I Zhu J Ager J W Ko M K et al (2003) Synthetic Insertion of Gold

Nanoparticles into Mesoporous Silica Chem Mater 15(6) 1242ndash1248

26 Puntes V F Zanchet D Erdonmez C K amp Alivisatos A P (2003) Surfactant and temperature influence on Co

nanocrystal structure and shape In MRS Proceedings Solid-State Chemistry of Inorganic Materials IV (Vol

755 pp 123ndash128) Materials Research Society

25 Puntes V F Zanchet D Erdonmez C K amp Alivisatos A P (2002) Synthesis of hcp-Co Nanodisks J Am

Chem Soc 124(43) 12874ndash12880

24 Koacutenya Z Puntes V F Kiricsi I Zhu J Alivisatos A P amp Somorjai G A (2002) Nanocrystal Templating of

Silica Mesopores with Tunable Pore Sizes Nano Letters 2(8) 907ndash910

23 Koacutenya Z Puntes V F Kiricsi I Zhu J Alivisatos P amp Somorjai G A (2002) Novel Two-Step Synthesis of

Controlled Size and Shape Platinum Nanoparticles Encapsulated in Mesoporous Silica Catalysis Letters 81(3)

137ndash140

22 Puntes V F Konya Z Erdonmez C Zhu J Somorjai G A amp Alivisatos A P (2002) Mechanisms of

controlled growth of metallic nanocrystals In MRS Proceedings Magnetic and Electronic Films ndash

Microstructure Texture and Application to Data Storage (Vol 721 pp 241ndash246) Materials Research Society

21 Puntes V F Krishnan K amp Alivisatos A P (2002) Synthesis of Colloidal Cobalt Nanoparticles with Controlled

Size and Shapes Topics in Catalysis 19(2) 145ndash148

20 Puntes V F Parak W J amp Alivisatos A P (2002) Tuning the SP to FM transition of cobalt nanoparticles in view

of biomedical applications In European Cells and Materials (Vol 3 pp 128ndash131)

19 Puntes V F amp Krishnan K M (2001) Synthesis structural order and magnetic behavior of self-assembled

epsilon-Co nanocrystal arrays IEEE Trans Magn 37(4) 2210ndash2212

18 Puntes V F Krishnan K M amp Alivisatos P (2001) Synthesis self-assembly and magnetic behavior of a two-

dimensional superlattice of single-crystal epsilon-Co nanparticles Appl Phys Lett 78(15) 2187ndash2189

17 Puntes V F Krishnan K M amp Alivisatos P (2001) Colloidal nanocrystal shape and size control The case of

cobalt Science 291(5511) 2115ndash2117

16 Puntes V F Alivisatos P amp Krishnan K M (2001) Synthesis of Passivated Cobalt Nanocrystal Arrays with

Controlled Size and Shape In Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute (Vol 41 pp 381ndash384)

Springer

15 Franco-Puntes V Batlle X amp Labarta A (2000) Domain structures and training effects in granular thin films

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 221(1-2) 45ndash56

14 Franco V Batlle X amp Labarta A (2000) Evidence of domain wall scattering in thin films of granular CoFe--

AgCu Eur Phys J B 17(1) 43ndash50

13 Batlle X Franco V Labarta A amp OGrady K (2000) Remanence breakdown in granular alloys at magnetic

percolation J Appl Phys 88(3) 1576ndash1582

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 7 15

12 Franco V Batlle X Labarta A amp OGrady K (2000) The nature of magnetic interactions in CoFe--Ag(Cu)

granular thin films J Phys D Appl Phys 33(6) 609ndash613

11 Franco V Batlle X Labarta A amp Bassas P (2000) CoFe-based granular alloys the role of the metallic matrix

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 210(1-3) 295ndash301

10 Batlle X Franco V amp Labarta A (2000) Magnetic Force Microscopy A Powerful Tool to Image Domain

Structures in Granular Thin Films In Materials Science Forum (Vol 352 pp 9ndash22) Trans Tech Publications

9 Franco V Batlle X amp Labarta A (1999) CoFendashCu granular alloys From noninteracting particles to magnetic

percolation J Appl Phys 85(10) 7328-7335

8 Franco V Batlle X Labarta A Bassas P amp Sandiumenge F (1999) The microstructure of CoFe--AgCu

granular films Origin of the perpendicular anisotropy In Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (Vol

196-197 pp 274ndash276)

7 Franco V Batlle X amp Labarta A (1999) Training behaviour and magnetic domains in CoFe--gCu granular

films In Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (Vol 196-197 pp 465ndash466)

6 Franco V Batlle X Labarta A Bassas J amp Sandiumenge F (1999) Texture strain and alloying in sputtered

granular magnetic films Acta Materialia 47(5) 1661ndash1670

5 Franco V Batlle X Valencia A Labarta A OGrady K amp Watson M L (1998) Magnetic microstructures

from magnetic force microscopy and Monte Carlo simulation in CoFe-Ag-Cu granular films IEEE Trans Magn

34(4) 912ndash914

4 Franco V Batlle X amp Labarta A (1998) Giant and Anisotropic Magnetoresistance in CoFe-Cu Granular Alloys

The Role of the Ferromagnetic Concentration In Materials Science Forum (Vol 269-272 pp 895ndash900) Trans

Tech Publications

3 Franco V Batlle X Labarta A Watson M L amp OGrady K (1997) From demagnetizing to magnetizing

interactions in CoFendashAgCu granular films J Appl Phys 81(8) 4593ndash4595

2 Batlle X Franco V Labarta A Watson M L amp OGrady K (1997) The effect of the microstructure on the

magnetic interactions in CoFendashAgCu granular films From demagnetizing to magnetizing interactions Appl Phys

Lett 70(1) 132ndash134

1 Batlle X Garcia del Muro M Franco V Labarta A Gonzalez J M Watson M L et al (1997) Interactions

and demagnetization in magnetic materials Nanocrystalline granular films In Proceedings of the NATO

Advanced Study Institute (Vol 338 pp 401ndash405) Kluwer Academic Publishers

Publication statistics [citations from Web of Knowledge data]

Researcher ID F-8407-2013

Total of citations 7409

h-index 36

VP starts his own research

group

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 8 15

Ten most cited articles

List

key Year Journal

Impact Factor

2013 (WoK)

Total citations

to date (WoK)

Average number of

citations per year

(WoK)

17 2001 Colloidal nanocrystal shape and size control The

case of cobalt Science

31477 2198 169

25 2002 Synthesis of hcp-Co Nanodisks Journal of the

American Chemical Society

11444 572 48

30 2004 Nanocrystalline CeO2 Increases the Activity of Au

for CO Oxidation by Two Orders of Magnitude

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

11336 569 57

18 2001 Synthesis self-assembly and magnetic behavior of

a two-dimensional superlattice of single-crystal

epsilon-Co nanparticles Applied Physics Letters

3515 308 24

66 2010 Time Evolution of the Nanoparticle Protein

Corona ACS Nano

12033 300 75

31 2004 Collective behaviour in two-dimensional cobalt

nanoparticle assemblies observed by magnetic

force microscopy Nature Materials

36425 229 23

38 2006 Nanoparticle-Mediated Local and Remote

Manipulation of Protein Aggregation Nano

Letters

12940 190 24

41 2007 Vacancy Coalescence during Oxidation of Iron

Nanoparticles Journal of the American

Chemical Society

11444 170 24

68 2010 Correlating physico-chemical with toxicological

properties of nanoparticles the present and the

future ACS Nano

12033 168 42

27 2003 Synthetic Insertion of Gold Nanoparticles into

Mesoporous Silica Chemistry of Materials

8535 153 12

Ten most relevant recent articles

List

key

Year Journal Impact Factor

2013 (WoK)

Total citations

(WoK)

Average number of

citations per year

(WoK)

110 2013 Absence of Ce3+Sites in Chemically Active

Colloidal Ceria Nanoparticles ACS Nano

12033 7 7

96 2012 Detoxifying Antitumoral Drugs via

Nanoconjugation The Case of Gold

Nanoparticles and Cisplatin PLoS One

3534 16 8

89 2012 Citrate-Coated Gold Nanoparticles As Smart

Scavengers for Mercury(II) Removal from

Polluted Waters ACS Nano

12033 44 22

83 2011 Carving at the Nanoscale Sequential Galvanic

Exchange and Kirkendall Growth at Room

Temperature Science

31477 128 43

80 2011 Kinetically Controlled Seeded Growth Synthesis

of Citrate-Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles of up

to 200 nm Size Focusing versus Ostwald

Ripening Langumir

4384 130 43

66 2010 Time Evolution of the Nanoparticle Protein

Corona ACS Nano

12033 300 75

63 2010 Synthesis of Platinum Cubes Polypods

Cuboctahedrons and Raspberries Assisted by

Cobalt Nanocrystals Nano Letters

12940 69 17

53 2009 Evaluation of the ecotoxicity of model

nanoparticles Chemosphere

3137 135 27

54 2009 Homogeneous Conjugation of Peptides onto

Gold Nanoparticles Enhances Macrophage

12033 66 13

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 9 15

Response ACS Nano

55 2009 Instability of Cationic Gold Nanoparticle

Bioconjugates The Role of Citrate Ions

Journal of the American Chemical Society

11444 73 15

SELECTED FUNDING PROJECTS [VP participating as Principal Investigator for ICN2]

19 Suport a les activitats dels Grups de Recerca de Catalunya (SGR)

Agegravencia de Gestioacute dAjuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR)

01-Jan-2014 to 31-Dec-2016

18 FutureNanoNeeds Framework to respond to regulatory needs of future nanomaterials and Markets

European Union - FP7

1-Jan-2014 to 31-Dec-2017

17 GUIDEnano Assessment and mitigation of nano-enabled product risks on human and environmental health

Development of new strategies and creation of a digital guidance tool for nanotech industries

European Union - FP7

1-Nov-2013 to 30-Apr-2017

16 TUNANOCRYSTAL Developing Synthetic Strategies for Complex Multi-component Inorganic Nanocrystals with

Tunable Physico-Chemical

Ministerio de Economiacutea y Competitividad (MINECO) ndash Spanish Government

1-Feb-2013 to 31-Jan-2016

15 Maratoacute TV3 2012 Cerium Oxide nanoparticles as a new therapeutic tool for tissue regeneration in liver diseases

Fundacioacute La Maratoacute (La Maratoacute de TV3)

14-Jan-2013 to 13-Jan-2016

14 QNano A pan-European infrastructure for quality in nanomaterials safety testing

European Union - FP7 (specific project type Infrastructures)

1-Feb-2011 to 31-Jan-2015

13 NanoTOES - Nanotechnology Training Of Experts in Safety

European Union - FP7 (specific project type Marie Curie ITN)

1-Nov-2010 to 31-Oct-2013

12 NANOPOLYTOX Toxicological impact of nanomaterials derived from processing weathering and

recycling of polymer nanocomposites used in various industrial applications

European Union - FP7

1-May-2010 to 30-Apr-2013

11 Plan Nacional MICINN Disentildeo de Nanoparticulas Inorgaacutenicas conjugadas Nuevas herramientas

para el tratamiento del caacutencer (Design of conjugated Inorganic Nanoparticles New tools for cancer treatment)

Ministerio de Educacioacuten y Ciencia (MEC) - Spanish Government

1-Jan-2010 to 31-Dec-2012

10 VALTEC - Vacunes

ACC1Oacute - Generalitat de Catalunya

15-Oct-2009 to 15-Oct-2012

9 VALTEC - Cisplatino

ACC1Oacute - Generalitat de Catalunya

15-Oct-2009 to 15-Oct-2012

8 Suport a les activitats dels Grups de Recerca de Catalunya (SGR)

Agegravencia de Gestioacute dAjuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR)

28-Sep-2009 to 31-Dec-2013

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 10 15

7 Construccioacute del CNBSS (Center for NanoBioSafety and Sustainability)

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacioacuten (MICINN) - Spanish Government and ACC1Oacute - Generalitat de Catalunya

01-Jan-2009 to 21-Dec-2011

6 NANOCLEAN Evaluacioacuten del potencial de nanopartiacuteculas inorgaacutenicas funcionalizadas para la

eliminacioacuten de nitroacutegeno foacutesforo pesticidas orgaacutenicos y metales pesados en masas de agua Evaluacioacuten de la

toxicidad y posibilidades de regulacioacuten

Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino (MMA) - Spanish Government

4-Dec-2008 to 30-Apr-2011

5 FPI Scholarships (Formacioacuten de Personal Investigador)

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacioacuten (MICINN) - Spanish Government

1-Sep-2007 to 31-Aug-2011

4 Siacutentesis de conjugados de nanopartiacuteculas avanzados para aplicaciones biomeacutedicas

Ministerio de Industria Turismo y Comercio (MITYC) - Spanish Government

1-Jul-2007 to 1-Jul-2009

3 Plan Nacional MICINN 2006 Siacutentesis de Nanopartiacuteculas y materiales nanoestructurados por

Autoensamblaje

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacioacuten (MICINN) - Spanish Government

1-Oct-2006 to 30-Sep-2009

2 DIPNA Development of an Integrated Platform for Nanoparticle Analysis to verify their possible toxicity and the

eco-toxicity

European Union - FP6 (specific project type STRP)

1-Nov-2006 to 31-Oct-2009

1 CONSOLIDER ndash NANOBIOMED Subunit In-vitro Experimentation of nanoparticles based biofluids

Ministerio de Educacioacuten y Ciencia (MEC) - Spanish Government

15-Sep-2006 to 31-Dic-2011

SELECTED FUNDING PROJECTS BY PRIVATE COMPANIES andor ADMINISTRATIONS [VP participating as

Principal Investigator for ICN2]

7 Biogaacutes+ Produccioacuten Aumentada de Biogaacutes Mediante la Adicioacuten de Nanopartiacuteculas de Hierro

Fundacioacuten Repsol - Spanish Company

2014 to 2016

6 Biogaacutes+ Produccioacuten Aumentada de Biogaacutes Mediante la Adicioacuten de Nanopartiacuteculas de Hierro

Fundacioacuten Repsol - Spanish Company

2013 to 2014

5 CNBSS Centre for NanoBioSafety and Sustainabitity

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacioacuten ndash Spanish Goverment

2011 to 2013

4 Biomedical Applications of Nanotechnology Based on a New Platform that couples Drugs with g

Gold Nanoparticles

Nanotargeting ndash Switzerland Company

2011 to 2013

3 Synthesis and Functionalization of Nanoparticles for Detection Purposes

BioSystems ndash Spanish Company

2012 to 2013

2 Peptide-conjugated Gold Nanoparticles for Immunotherapy

Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) ndash United States

2011 to 2012

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 11 15

1 TecnoRevolucioacute Design and Development of Models

Fundacioacute la Caixa - Spanish Financial Institution

2011 to 2012

PATENTS

4 Noble metal nanoparticles and their preparation process

Franco Puntes V Gonzaacutelez EE (Institut Catalagrave de Nanociegravencia i Nanotecnologia Institucioacute Catalana de Recerca i

Estudis Avanccedilats)

Patent No EP 111580247 (Priority date 14-Mar-2011) Status Public

3 Biogas production

Franco Puntes V Casals Mercadal E Gonzaacutelez EE Font Segura X Saacutenchez Ferrer A Garciacutea Mestre A

Delgado Ramisa L (Institut Catalagrave de Nanociegravencia i Nanotecnologia Institucioacute Catalana de Recerca i Estudis

Avanccedilats Universitat Autogravenoma de Barcelona)

Patent No EP 111577847 (Priority date 11-Mar-2011) Status National entry stage

2 Conjugates comprising nanoparticles coated with platinum containing compounds

Franco Puntes V Domiacutenguez Puente F Romero Martiacutenez FM Gallego Rubio Oacute (Institut Catalagrave de Nanociegravencia i

Nanotecnologia Institucioacute Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avanccedilats Universidad Santiago de Compostela Universitat

de Valegravencia Institut de Recerca de lHospital de Santa Creu i Sant Pau)

Patent No WO 2010069941 A1 (Priority date 16-Dec-2008) Status Licensed to Nanotargeting SL

1 Immunoactivating conjugates comprising nanoparticles coated with peptides

Franco Puntes V Goacutemez Bastuacutes N Saacutenchez Tilloacute E Farrera Sinfreu C Celada Cotarelo A Lloberas Cavero J

Giralt Lledoacute E Pujals Riatoacutes S (Institut Catalagrave de Nanociegravencia i Nanotecnologia Institucioacute Catalana de Recerca i

Estudis Avanccedilats Universitat de Barcelona Institut de Recerca Biomegravedica)

Patent No WO 2010046377 A2 (Priority date 23-Oct-2008) Status Public

SELECTED RECENT TALKS

28 Medical Nanochemistry the use of reactive inorganic nanoparticles in medicine Invited talk at 14th Nanomedicine

Symposium Milan Italy (November 2014)

27 Nanocrystals as reagents building next generation of nanoparticles Invited talk at Conference New frontiers

of nanomaterial technologies for applications in biology and medicine Tirana Albania (July 2014)

26 Nanoparticles synthesis and reactivity Invited talk at Lecture at Summer School Nanoscience Ile de France

Etiolles France (June 2014)

25 Nanoceria for Nanomedicine Invited talk at E-MRS 2014 Spring Meeting Lille France (May 2014)

24 Application of inorganic nanoparticles on medicine Invited talk at II Reunioacuten de Joacutevenes Investigadores

en Coloides e Interfases Granada Spain (April 2014)

23 Nanoparticle properties and their interactions with the environment Invited talk at QualityNano NanoFATE amp

Joint Meeting Birmingham United Kingdom (March 2014)

22 Nanotechnology in Health Gold Nanoparticles as Radiotherapy Enhancers Invited talk at Radio Oncology

Department Invited Seminar Lausanne Switzerland (January 2014)

21 Nanocrystals 20 The next generation Invited talk at Christmas Symposium Chemistry department ETZH

Zurich Switzerland (December 2013)

20 Jornada Energiacutea y Emprendimiento de la investigacioacuten a la creacioacuten de empresas Invited talk at Institut de

Recerca en Energia de Catalunya (IREC) Barcelona Spain (November 2013)

19 B-Debate on ldquoNanotechnologies in Health current challenges and future prospects Co-organizer and chairman at

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 12 15

Cosmocaixa Barcelona Spain (October 2013)

18 Environmental fate of Inorganic Nanoparticles Invited talk at Joint Conference NanoTOE NanoFATE

Oxford England (September 2013)

17 Nanoparticles safety by design Invited talk at Serenade annual meeting University aix en Provance France

(July 2013)

16 Designing Nanobots to fight Cancer Invited talk at the E-MRS 2013 Meeting Symposium U Design of

multifunctional nano-objects for biomedical Strasbourg France (May 2013)

15 Detoxifying Antitumoral Drugs via Nanoconjugation The Case of Gold Nanoparticles and Cisplatin Invited talk at

ImagineNano 2013 ndash NanoBioMed Bilbao Spain (April 2013)

14 Functional inorganic nanoparticles Invited talk at the MAGNIFYCO Workshop Barcelona Spain (January 2013)

13 Engineering Inorganic Nanoparticles Invited seminar at the Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya (IBEC)

Barcelona Spain (December 2012)

12 Does the nanoform of a substance entail an increased toxicity Invited lecture at the ldquoAdvances in Materialsrdquo

seminar at the Institute of Materials at Ecole Feacutedeacuterale de Lausanne (EPFL) Lausanne Switzerland (November

2011)

11 Carving at the Nanoscale Galvanic Replacement versus Kirkendall Effect at Room Temperature Plenary talk at

NaNaX5 (2012) ndash Nanoscience with Nanocrystals

Fueringola Spain (May 2012)

10 Toxicology of engineering nanoparticles Invited colloquium at the Leibniz-Institut fuumlr Festkoumlrper- und

Werkstoffforschung Dresden (IFW-Kolloquium) Dresden Germany (December 2011)

9 Does the nanoform of a substance entail an increased toxicity Invited lecture at the ldquoAdvances in Materialsrdquo

seminar at the Institute of Materials at Ecole Feacutedeacuterale de Lausanne (EPFL) Lausanne Switzerland (November

2011)

8 Application of inorganic-biomolecule nanoparticle conjugates to biomedicine Invited Lecture at the

Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine Course Braga Portugal (October 2011)

7 Impact of Protein Corona on Nanoparticle Interactions with Immune Cells Invited talk at the NANOMMUNE

Closing Workshop Understanding nano-immuno-interactions Stockholm Sweden (June 2011)

6 Inorganic Nanoparticles as Drug Carriers Pharmacokinetic Considerations on Biodistribution Invited talk at

BionanoNice E-MRS 2011 Meeting Symposium O Bio-materials for imaging sensing and actuating Nice

France (May 2011)

5 Nanotoxicology from the nanoparticle point of view Invited talk at the workshop ldquoSafety issues of Nanomaterials

along their life cyclerdquo Barcelona Spain (May 2011)

4 Taming physicochemical signatures of inorganic NPs for their biological integration Invited talk at NANOJASP

2010 - Nanomaterials based biosensors and biosystems Barcelona Spain (November 2010)

3 When the Synthesis is over Assessing the Full Life Cycle of inorganic nanoparticles Talk at NaNaX 4 (2010) -

Nanoscience with Nanocrystals Munich - Tutzing Germany (April 2010)

2 Nanotechnology from nanotoxicology to nanomedicine Keynote Speaker at NanoSpain 2009 Zaragoza Spain

(March 2009)

1 Colloidal Nanoparticles - From Synthesis to Biological Applications (sic) Talk at the WE-Heraeus-Seminar

Colloidal Nanoparticles - From Synthesis to Biological Applications Marburg Germany (September 2008)

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 13 15

DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

Public Awareness of Science has been a central interest of our group since its beginnings The activities developed

include talks to non-specialized audiences internet platforms science and art videos and science divulgation videos

science museum exhibitions electronic and hardcopy books and other platforms including art exhibitions (being the more

recent AC gallery Madrid and La casa del Libro San Francisco) on NP microscopy images and televisionradio

interviews The group has also won the 2011 FOTCIENCIA edition

The target puacuteblic has been from general science and young investigators to the elder or children as young as 7 years old

(introduction to nanotechnology and demonstrative experiments) For that we have obtained funds from private

organizations and local administrations Recently our ebook of 2013 entitled Nanoparticles Before Nanotechnology

with more than 12000 downloads and still promoted We also published in 2013 a large-format photography book about

the ldquoNanocosmosrdquo in Colombia Another example is Goldlight a joined collaboration between ING group and old town

jewellers of Barcelona which led to the creation of ldquoquantum jewelleryrdquo based on colloidal solutions of hollow Au NPs It

was recently featured in The Guardian after appearing in the Spanish Jewels Journal (25000 copies) and El Periodico

Similarly our Science paper was featured on the BBC among many others highlighting the possibilities of NPs in

medicine Our spin-off Nanotargeting was featured in La Vanguardia and our work in Ara and our exhibition at

CosmoCaixa (TEcnoRevolucioacuten I and II Barcelona and Madrid) in El Mundo among other interviews for local and

international TVs ndashTV Vallegraves TV25- and radio as COM Radio and PUNT Radio We appeared also twice in Spanish

national TV Informe Semanal

VP is one of the winners ldquoPremios Iberoamericanos a la Innovacioacuten y el Emprendimientordquo

Secretaria Gneral Iberoamericana (SEGIB) (2013)

VP is one of the winners ldquoPremio Fondo de Emprendedoresrdquo Fundacioacuten Repsol (2013)

VP is the founder and director of NanoWiki a digital online platform created in 2008 whose aim is to track the evolution

of paradigms and discoveries in nanoscience and nanotechnology Moreover through Nanowiki VP has published 5

books being the last one May 2013 Nanocoloreja (and Nanocolorea) targeting children About explaining

Nanotechnology to highlight the following

VPuntes ldquoNanocolorejardquo httpissuucomedicionsnanowikidocsnanocoloreja__ca_web

V Puntes ldquoNanoparticles Before Nanotechnologyrdquo

ISBN 978-84-695-6677-0 httpnanowikiinfo5B5BNanoparticles20Before20Nanotechnology5D5D

V Puntes ldquoNanotechnology Engines Onrdquo

ISBN 978-84-615-3293-3

httpnanowikiinfo5B5B22Nanotechnology3A20Engines20On225D5D

V Puntes ldquoNanotechnology balancing the promisesrdquo

ISBN 978-84-615-3293-6

httpnanowikiinfo5B5BNanotechnology3A20balancing20the20promises5D5D

The first one Nanoparticles Before Nnaotechnology has been downloaded more than 14000 times

VP has an active role in science promotion and dissemination Apart from NanoWiki activities in this area VP has been

interviewed in different radio and TV shows (Catalunya Radio COM Radio PUNT Radio INforme Semanal TV25

VallegravesTV BTV) takes part in several local educative projects such as Escolab and Joves i Ciencia has participated in

panels and debates such as

Round table discussion on ldquoSafety and Societyrdquo Invited panelist at NanoFormulation 2012 an event organized by the

EU-FP7 Project InForm Barcelona Spain May 30 2012

ldquoLa seguridad de los nanomaterialesrdquo Invited talk at Impacto de la Nanotecnologiacutea en la Cosmeacutetica a scientific-

technical workshop organized by the Spanish Society of Cosmetic Chemistry (Sociedad Espantildeola de Quiacutemicos

Cosmeacuteticos - SEQC) Barcelona Spain November 11 2010

Estudio prospectivo sobre materiales inteligentes ndash Sector Saludrdquo Invited panellist in the Health sector at the

workshop series organized by Tecnalia and the Observatorio de Prospectiva Tecnoacutelogica Industrial (OPTI) Madrid

Spain October 20 2010

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 14 15

VP and collaborators have written several dissemination articles

1 Loacutepez C Saacutenchez A amp Puntes V (2013) Nanopartiacuteculas inorgaacutenicas Riesgos y beneficios ambientales

Investigacioacuten y Ciencia 437 (February) 12ndash14

2 Puntes V amp Garcia Hom A (2009) Nanopanic or Nanoeuphoria Nanoinfo Megravetode (63) 74ndash79

3 Gatti A amp Puntes V (2009) Scientists still wondering ndash Industry already selling NANO Magazine 12 28ndash30

4 Puntes V F (2004) Cobalt nanostructures Investigacioacuten y Ciencia 332

5 Puntes V F amp Esteve Pujol J (2003) Nanoparticles inorganic molecules Revista

de Fiacutesica 24(1) 38ndash42

VP was co-organizer of the Barcelona International Center of Scientific Debate (B-Debate) on ldquoNanotechnologies in

Healthrdquo 2013 at the CosmoCaixa

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Scientific advisor for Nanonica a Switzerland-based company devoted to transfer knowledge from universities to

industry In 2012 Nanonica and ICN joined efforts in creating NanoTargeting a startup company focused on drug

delivery applications of nanotechnology in which Viacutector Puntes has a leading scientific role

Scientific Director of the Centre for BioNanoSafety and Sustainability (CNBSS) from 2009 to 2012 The CNBSS

was an initiative of Catalan Institute of Nanotechnology (ICN) and the LEITAT Technological Centre in response to

the emerging need to rationalise and assess the risks of new nanotechnologies and to promote it safe and sustainable

uses in industry and for the society in general

Moreover VP pioneered the nanotechnology and knowledge transfer in the Catalonia area already in 2007 by funding

what today constitutes ENDOR Nanotechnologies

Victor Puntes is also co-founder of Applied Nanoparticles a spin off company sponsored by Repsol dedicated to

bring nanotechnology solutions to Energy and the Environment [wwwappliednanoparticleseu]

Also VP has been providing designed NPs to the WRAIR and the Uniteacute Interactions Hocircte-Pathogenes for the

development of prophylactic vaccines against malaria and anthrax and therapeutic against micobacteria

VP also participates as chair of the NANONICA PRIZE awards jury

[httpwwwnanonicaprizeorgindexphpbreakthrough-of-the-year] and in the jury of the Premis Ciutat de Barcelona

[httppremsabcncatwp-contentuploads201402DP-Premis-Ciutat-de-Barcelona-okpdf]

VP is on the editorial board of Journal of Colloids and Interface Sciences and Nanowiki and recently member of the

NYAS (New York Academy of Sciences)

PhD Supervisor of Dr Ngoc Tran Thi Thanh The life of nanoparticles in contact with biological media and

entities October 2014 Dr Lorena Garcia Introducing Gold Nanoparticles Bioconjugates within the Biological

Machinery July 2013 Dr Joan Comenge Gold Nanoparticles as Drug Delivery Agents Detoxifying the Drug

Cisplatin July 2013 Dr Miriam Varoacuten Synthesis of Nanoparticles and Nanostructured Materials by Self-Assembly

May 2012 Dr Eudald Casals Reactivity and Impact of Inorganic Nanoparticles in Biological Environments

Building Up NanoSafety January 2012 Dr Edgar Gonzaacutelez Synthetic Route for the Production of Multilevel

Hollow-Nanostructured Nanoparticles at Room Temperature April 2011 Dr Neus Bastuacutes Gold Nanoparticles

Conjugates for Biological Applications December 2008 and Master Supervisor of Miriam Varoacuten (2009) Lorena

Garciacutea (2009) Joan Comenge (2009) and Zoeuml Megson (2010) He is currently supervising 8 PhD students

Lecturer (Professor) in the Biomedicine module within the Master in Nanotechnology program offered by the

Universitat Autogravenoma de Barcelona (UAB) from 2008 to 2012

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 15 15

Referee for Nature Materials Nature Nanotechnology Nano Letters ACS Nano Journal of the American Chemical

Society The Journal of Physical Chemistry Langmuir Chemistry of Materials Journal of Applied Physics The Journal of

Physical Chemistry Letters among others

Finally I am very proud that after being the first ranked as Ramon y Cajal applicant in 2003 now my group is hosting

Dr Neus Bastus first ranked Ramon y Cajal position in the area of ldquoEngineering and Technologyrdquo in the last call

November 2012

Other details and information can be found at the website of the Inorganic Nanoparticles Group

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 2 15

114 CasalsE BarrenaR GarciacuteaA GonzaacutelezE DelgadoL Busquets‐FiteacuteM FontX ArbiolJ GlatzelP

KvashninaK SaacutenchezA Puntes V F(2014) Programmed Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Disintegration in Anaerobic

Digesters Boosts Biogas Production Small 10(14) 2801ndash2808

113 OroacuteD Fernaacutendez-VaroG YudinaT CasalsE Casals G Gonzaacutelez de la PresaB Puntes V F Jimeacutenez

W(2014) P33 hepatoprotective effect of CeO2 nanoparticles in rats treated with CCl4 Journal of

Hepatology60(1) S77

112 OroD FernandezG ReichenbachV YudinaT CasalsE CasalsG GonzalezB Puntes V F JimenezW

Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles Reduce Portal Hypertension and Show Antiinflammatory Properties in CCl4-Treated

Rats Hepatology60 1175A-1175A

111 Izak-Nau E Voetz M Eiden S Duschl A Puntes V F(2013) Altered characteristics of silica nanoparticles in

bovine and human serum the importance of nanomaterial characterization prior to its toxicological evaluation

Particle and Fibre Toxicology 10(1) 56

110 Cafun J - D Kvashnina K O Casals E Puntes V F amp Glatzel P (2013) Absence of Ce3+Sites in Chemically

Active Colloidal Ceria Nanoparticles ACS Nano 7(12) 10726-10732

109 Ichedef C Simonelli F Holzwarth U Bagaria J P Puntes V F Cotogno G Gilliland D Gibson N (2013)

Radiochemical synthesis of 105gAg-labelled silver nanoparticles J Nanopart Res 15(11) 2073

108 Ojea-Jimenez I Comenge J Garcia-Fernandez L Megson Z Casals E amp Puntes V (2013) Engineered

Inorganic Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery Applications Current Drug Metabolism 14(5) 518ndash530

107 Busquets-Fiteacute M Fernandez E Janer G Vilar G Vaacutezquez-Campos S Zanasca R Citterio C Mercante L

Puntes V (2013) Exploring release and recovery of nanomaterials from commercial polymeric nanocomposites J

Phys Conf Ser 429 012048

106 Piella J Bastuacutes N G Casals E amp Puntes V (2013) Characterizing Nanoparticles Reactivity Structure-

Photocatalytic Activity Relationship J Phys Conf Ser 429 012040

105 Ojea-Jimeacutenez I Piella J Nguyen T - L Bestetti A Ryan A D amp Puntes V (2013) Stability of polymer

encapsulated quantum dots in cell culture media J Phys Conf Ser 429 012009

104 Jamier V Gispert I amp Puntes V (2013) The social context of nanotechnology and regulating its uncertainty A

nanotechnologist approach J Phys Conf Ser 429 012059

103 Vilar G Fernaacutendez-Rosas E Puntes V Jamier V Aubouy L amp Vaacutezquez-Campos S (2013) Monitoring

migration and transformation of nanomaterials in polymeric composites during accelerated aging J Phys Conf

Ser 429 012044

102 Varoacuten M Ojea-Jimenez I Arbiol J Balcells L Martiacutenez B amp Puntes V F (2013) Spontaneous formation of

hollow cobalt oxide nanoparticles by the Kirkendall effect at room temperature at the waterndashair interface

Nanoscale 5(6) 2429ndash2436

101 Varoacuten M Beleggia M Kasama T Harrison R J Dunin-Borkowski R E Puntes V F et al (2013) Dipolar

Magnetism in Ordered and Disordered Low-Dimensional Nanoparticle Assemblies Sci Rep 3

100 Ojea-Jimeacutenez I Lorenzo J Rebled J M Sendra J Arbiol J amp Puntes V (2012) Synthesis of Condash

OrganosilanendashAu Nanocomposites via a Controlled Interphasic Reduction Chem Mater 24(21) 4019ndash4027

99 Ojea-Jimeacutenez I Tort O Lorenzo J amp Puntes V F (2012) Engineered nonviral nanocarriers for intracellular

gene delivery applications Biomed Mater 7(5) 054106

98 Casals E amp Puntes V F (2012) Inorganic nanoparticle biomolecular corona formation evolution and biological

impact Nanomedicine 7(12) 1917ndash1930

97 Casals E Gonzalez E amp Puntes V F (2012) Reactivity of inorganic nanoparticles in biological environments

insights into nanotoxicity mechanisms J Phys D Appl Phys 45(44) 443001

96 Comenge J Sotelo C Romero F Gallego O Barnadas A Parada TG-C Domiacutenguez F Puntes VF (2012)

Detoxifying Antitumoral Drugs via Nanoconjugation The Case of Gold Nanoparticles and Cisplatin PLoS ONE

7(10) e47562

95 Ojea-Jimeacutenez I Garciacutea-Fernaacutendez L Lorenzo J amp Puntes V F (2012) Facile Preparation of Cationic Gold

Nanoparticle-Bioconjugates for Cell Penetration and Nuclear Targeting ACS Nano 6(9) 7692ndash7702

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 3 15

94 Bastus N G Casals E Ojea I Varon M amp Puntes V (2012) The Reactivity of Colloidal Inorganic

Nanoparticles In Abbass A Hashim (Ed) The Delivery of Nanoparticles InTech

93 Bellido E Ojea-Jimeacutenez I Ghirri A Alvino C Candini A Puntes V et al (2012) Controlled Positioning of

Nanoparticles on Graphene by Noninvasive AFM Lithography Langmuir 28(33) 12400ndash12409

92 Goy-Loacutepez S Juaacuterez J Alatorre-Meda M Casals E Puntes V F Taboada P et al (2012) Physicochemical

Characteristics of ProteinndashNP Bioconjugates The Role of Particle Curvature and Solution Conditions on Human

Serum Albumin Conformation and Fibrillogenesis Inhibition Langmuir 28(24) 9113ndash9126

91 Casals E Gonzalez E Puntes V (2012) Inorganic Nanoparticles and the Environment Balancing Benefits and

Risks In Nanomaterials in Environmental and Food Samples (Vol 59 pp 265ndash290)

90 Bastus N G Sanchez-Tillo E Pujals S Comenge J Giralt E Celada A Lloberas J Puntes VF (2012)

Inorganic nanoparticles and the immune system detection selective activation and tolerance In Marek Osinski K

Y Wolfgang J Parak (Ed) Proceedings of SPIE (Vol 8232 823217) San Francisco CA USA

89 Ojea-Jimeacutenez I Loacutepez X Arbiol J amp Puntes V (2012) Citrate-Coated Gold Nanoparticles As Smart

Scavengers for Mercury(II) Removal from Polluted Waters ACS Nano 6(3) 2253ndash2260

88 Ardao I Comenge J Benaiges M D Aacutelvaro G amp Puntes V F (2012) Rational Nanoconjugation Improves

Biocatalytic Performance of Enzymes Aldol Addition Catalyzed by Immobilized Rhamnulose-1-Phosphate Aldolase

Langmuir 28(15) 6461ndash6467

87 Contreras A R Garciacutea A Gonzaacutelez E Casals E Puntes V Saacutenchez A et al (2012) Potential use of CeO2

TiO2 and Fe3O4 nanoparticles for the removal of cadmium from water Desalination and Water Treatment 41(1-

3) 296ndash300

86 Recillas S Garciacutea A Gonzaacutelez E Casals E Puntes V Saacutenchez A et al (2012) Preliminary study of

phosphate adsorption onto cerium oxide nanoparticles for use in water purification nanoparticles synthesis and

characterization Water Science amp Technology 66(3) 503

85 Garciacutea A Delgado L Toragrave JA Casals E Gonzaacutelez E Puntes V Font X Carrera J Saacutenchez A (2012)

Effect of cerium dioxide titanium dioxide silver and gold nanoparticles on the activity of microbial communities

intended in wastewater treatment Journal of Hazardous Materials 199-200 64ndash72

84 Stoehr L C Gonzalez E Stampfl A Casals E Duschl A Puntes V amp Oostingh GJ (2011) Shape matters

effects of silver nanospheres and wires on human alveolar epithelial cells Particle and Fibre Toxicology 836

83 Gonzaacutelez E Arbiol J Puntes V F (2011) Carving at the Nanoscale Sequential Galvanic Exchange and

Kirkendall Growth at Room Temperature Science 334 1377-1380

82 Casals E Pfaller T Duschl A Oostingh G J amp Puntes V F (2011) Hardening of the NanoparticlendashProtein

Corona in Metal (Au Ag) and Oxide (Fe3O4 CoO and CeO2) Nanoparticles Small 7(24) 3479ndash3486

81 Boraschi D Oostingh G J Casals E Italiani P Nelissen I Puntes V F et al (2011) Nano-immunosafety

issues in assay validation J Phys Conf Ser 304(1) 012077

80 Bastus N G Comenge J amp Puntes V (2011) Kinetically Controlled Seeded Growth Synthesis of Citrate-

Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles of up to 200 nm Size Focusing versus Ostwald Ripening Langmuir 27(17) 11098ndash

11105

79 Ojea-Jimeacutenez I Bastuacutes N G amp Puntes V (2011) Influence of the Sequence of the Reagents Addition in the

Citrate-Mediated Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles Journal of Physical Chemistry C 115(32) 15752ndash15757

78 Recillas S Garcia A Gonzalez E Casals E Puntes V Sanchez A et al (2011) Use of CeO(2) TiO(2) and

Fe(3)O(4) nanoparticles for the removal of lead from water Toxicity of nanoparticles and derived compounds

Desalination 277(1-3) 213ndash220

77 Garciacutea A Espinosa R Delgado L Casals E Gonzaacutelez E Puntes V et al (2011) Acute toxicity of cerium

oxide titanium oxide and iron oxide nanoparticles using standardized tests Desalination 269(1-3) 136ndash141

76 Saacutenchez A Recillas S Font X Casals E Gonzaacutelez E amp Puntes V (2011) Ecotoxicity of and remediation

with engineered inorganic nanoparticles in the environment TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry 30(3) 507ndash

516

75 Oostingh G J Casals E Italiani P Colognato R Stritzinger R Ponti J Pfaller T Kohl Y Ooms D

Favilli F Leppens H Lucchesi D Rossi F Nelissen I Thielecke H Puntes V F et al (2011) Problems and

challenges in the development and validation of human cell-based assays to determine nanoparticle-induced

immunomodulatory effects Part Fibre Toxicol 88

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 4 15

74 Amigo J M Bastuacutes N G Hoen R Vaacutezquez-Campos S Varoacuten M Royo M Puntes V (2011) Analysis of

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

methods Analytica Chimica Acta 683(2) 170ndash177

73 Pentildea L Varon M Konstantinovic Z Balcells L Martinez B amp Puntes V (2011) Large 2D self-assembled

domains of cobalt nanoparticles onto silicon wafers J Mater Chem 21(42) 16973ndash16977

72 Candeloro P Tirinato L Malara N Fregola A Casals E Puntes V et al (2011) Nanoparticle microinjection

and Raman spectroscopy as tools for nanotoxicology studies Analyst 136(21) 4402ndash4408

71 del Mercato L L Gonzalez E Abbasi A Z Parak W J amp Puntes V (2011) Synthesis and evaluation of gold

nanoparticle-modified polyelectrolyte capsules under microwave irradiation for remotely controlled release for

cargo Jor Mat Chem 21(31) 11468ndash11471

70 Lim S I Varon M Ojea-Jimenez I Arbiol J amp Puntes V (2011) Pt nanocrystal evolution in the presence of

Au(III)-salts at room temperature spontaneous formation of AuPt heterodimers J Mater Chem 21(31) 11518ndash

11523

69 Recillas S Coloacuten J Casals E Gonzaacutelez E Puntes V Saacutenchez A et al (2010) Chromium VI adsorption on

cerium oxide nanoparticles and morphology changes during the process Journal of Hazardous Materials

184(13) 425ndash431

68 Rivera Gil P Oberdoumlrster G Elder A Puntes V amp Parak W J (2010) Correlating Physico-Chemical with

Toxicological Properties of Nanoparticles The Present and the Future ACS Nano 4(10) 5527ndash5531

67 Lim S I Varoacuten M Ojea-Jimeacutenez I Arbiol J amp Puntes V (2010) Exploring the Limitations of the Use of

Competing Reducers to Control the Morphology and Composition of Pt and PtCo Nanocrystals Chem Mater

22(15) 4495ndash4504

66 Casals E Pfaller T Duschl A Oostingh G J amp Puntes V (2010) Time Evolution of the Nanoparticle Protein

Corona ACS Nano 4(7) 3623ndash3632

65 Paul R Bautista L De la Varga M Botet J M Casals E Puntes V et al (2010) Nano-cotton Fabrics with

High Ultraviolet Protection Textile Research Journal 80(5) 454ndash462

64 Pfaller T Colognato R Nelissen I Favilli F Casals E Ooms D Leppens H Ponti J Stritzinger R Puntes

V et al (2010) The suitability of different cellular in vitro immunotoxicity and genotoxicity methods for the analysis

of nanoparticle-induced events Nanotoxicology 4(1) 52ndash72

63 Lim S I Ojea-Jimeacutenez I Varon M Casals E Arbiol J amp Puntes V (2010) Synthesis of Platinum Cubes

Polypods Cuboctahedrons and Raspberries Assisted by Cobalt Nanocrystals Nano Letters 10(3) 964ndash973

62 Ojea-Jimeacutenez I Romero F M Bastuacutes N G amp Puntes V (2010) Small Gold Nanoparticles Synthesized with

Sodium Citrate and Heavy Water Insights into the Reaction Mechanism J Phys Chem C 114(4) 1800ndash1804

61 Comenge J Romero F M Sotelo C Domiacutenguez F amp Puntes V (2010) Exploring the binding of Pt drugs to

gold nanoparticles for controlled passive release of cisplatin Journal of Controlled Release 148 e31ndashe32

(Abstract)

60 Garciacutea-Fernaacutendez L Sperling R Arbiol J amp Puntes V (2010) Controlling the loading number and orientation

of Immunoglobin G on gold nanoparticles and the induced formation of nano-assemblies European Cells and

Materials 20 87 (Abstract)

59 Varoacuten M Pentildea L Balcells L Skumryev V Martinez B amp Puntes V (2010) Dipolar Driven Spontaneous Self

Assembly of Superparamagnetic Co Nanoparticles into Micrometric Rice-Grain like Structures Langmuir 26(1)

109ndash116

58 Imaz I Rubio-Martiacutenez M Garciacutea-Fernaacutendez L Garciacutea F Ruiz-Molina D Hernando J Puntes V amp

Maspoch D (2010) Coordination polymer particles as potential drug delivery systems Chem Commun 46(26)

4737ndash4739

57 Corrias A Mountjoy G Loche D Puntes V Falqui A Zanella M et al (2009) Identifying Spinel Phases in

Nearly Monodisperse Iron Oxide Colloidal Nanocrystal J Phys Chem C 113(43) 18667ndash18675

56 Sperling R A Casals E Comenge J Bastuacutes N G amp Puntes V F (2009) Inorganic engineered nanoparticles

and their impact on the immune response Curr Drug Metab 10(8) 895ndash904

55 Ojea-Jimeacutenez I amp Puntes V (2009) Instability of Cationic Gold Nanoparticle Bioconjugates The Role of Citrate

Ions J Am Chem Soc 131(37) 13320ndash13327

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 5 15

54 Bastuacutes N G Saacutenchez-Tilloacute E Pujals S Farrera C Loacutepez C Giralt E Celada A Lloberas J Puntes V

(2009) Homogeneous Conjugation of Peptides onto Gold Nanoparticles Enhances Macrophage Response ACS

Nano 3(6) 1335ndash1344

53 Barrena R Casals E Coloacuten J Font X Saacutenchez A amp Puntes V (2009) Evaluation of the ecotoxicity of model

nanoparticles Chemosphere 75(7) 850ndash857

52 Cabot A Alivisatos A Puntes V Balcells L Iglesias Ograve amp Labarta A (2009) Magnetic domains and surface

effects in hollow maghemite nanoparticles Phys Rev B 79(9) 094419ndash094426

51 Pujals S Bastuacutes N G Pereiro E Loacutepez-Iglesias C Punte(s) V F Kogan M J et al (2009) Shuttling Gold

Nanoparticles into Tumoral Cells with an Amphipathic Proline-Rich Peptide ChemBioChem 10(6) 1025ndash1031

50 Bastus N Sanchez-Tillo E Pujals S Farrera C Kogan M Giralt E Celada A Lloberas J amp Puntes V

(2009) Peptides conjugated to gold nanoparticles induce macrophage activation Molecular Immunology 46(4)

743ndash748

49 Pfaller T Puntes V Casals E Duschl A amp Oostingh G J (2009) In vitro investigation of immunomodulatory

effects caused by engineered inorganic nanoparticles ndash the impact of experimental design and cell choice

Nanotoxicology 3(1) 46ndash59

48 Nelissen I Verstraelen S De Boever P Casals E Ooms D Leppens H Hollanders K Van Den Heuvel R

Schoeters G Puntes V (2009) Impact of engineered nanoparticles on immune-related genes and processes in

human alveolar epithelial cells Toxicology Letters 189 S186 (Abstract)

47 Araya E Olmedo I Bastus N G Guerrero S Puntes V F Giralt E et al (2008) Gold Nanoparticles and

Microwave Irradiation Inhibit Beta-Amyloid Amyloidogenesis Nanoscale Res Lett 3(11) 435ndash443

46 Casals E Bastus N Vaacutezquez S Varon M Comenge J amp Puntes V (2008) Inorganic nanoparticles and

biology Contributions to Science 4(2) 171ndash176

45 Casals E Vazquez-Campos S Bastuacutes N amp Puntes V (2008) Distribution and potential toxicity of engineered

inorganic nanoparticles and carbon nanostructures in biological systems TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry

27(8) 672ndash683

44 Lagunas A Mairata i Payeras A Jimeno C Puntes V F amp Pericagraves M A (2008) Low-Temperature Synthesis of

CoO Nanoparticles via Chemically Assisted Oxidative Decarbonylation Chem Mater 20(1) 92ndash100

43 Bastuacutes N G Casals E Vaacutezquez-Campos S amp Puntes V (2008) Reactivity of engineered inorganic

nanoparticles and carbon nanostructures in biological media Nanotoxicology 2(3) 99ndash112

42 Bastus N Kogan M Amigo R Grillobosch D Araya E Turiel A Labarta A Giralt E amp Puntes V (2007)

Gold nanoparticles for selective and remote heating of Beta-amyloid protein aggregates Materials Science and

Engineering C 27(5-8) 1236ndash1240

41 Cabot A Puntes V F Shevchenko E Yin Y Balcells L Marcus M A et al (2007) Vacancy Coalescence

during Oxidation of Iron Nanoparticles J Am Chem Soc 129(34) 10358ndash10360

40 Cheng G J Puntes V F amp Guo T (2006) Synthesis and self-assembled ring structures of Ni nanocrystals

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 293(2) 430ndash436

39 Gallego O amp Puntes V (2006) What can nanotechnology do to fight cancer Clin Transl Oncol 8(11) 788ndash

795

38 Kogan M J Bastus N G Amigo R Grillo-Bosch D Araya E Turiel A Labarta A Giralt E amp Puntes

VF (2006) Nanoparticle-Mediated Local and Remote Manipulation of Protein Aggregation Nano Letters 6(1)

110ndash115

37 Barea E Batlle X Bourges P Corma A Forneacutes V Labarta A amp Puntes V F (2005) Synthesis and

Characterization of Stabilized Subnanometric Cobalt Metal Particles J Am Chem Soc 127(51) 18026ndash18030

36 Hattink B J Muro M G D Konstantinovic Z Puntes V F Batlle X Labarta A et al (2005) Electrical

properties in granular Co-ZrO2 thin films Int J of Nanotechnology 2(12) 43ndash61

35 Puntes V F Bastus N G Pagonabarraga I Iglesias O Labarta A amp Batlle X (2005) Nucleation phenomenon

in nanoparticle self-assemblies Int J of Nanotechnology 2(12) 62ndash70

34 Thanh N T K Puntes V F Tung L D amp Fernig D G (2005) Peptides as capping ligands for in situ synthesis

of water soluble Co nanoparticles for bioapplications J Phys Conf Ser 17(1) 70ndash76

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 6 15

33 Concepcion P Lopez C Martinez A amp Puntes V (2004) Characterization and catalytic properties of cobalt

supported on delaminated ITQ-6 and ITQ-2 zeolites for the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction Journal of

Catalysis 228(2) 321ndash332

32 Concepcioacuten P Corma A Silvestre-Albero J Franco V amp Chane-Ching J Y (2004) Chemoselective

Hydrogenation Catalysts Pt on Mesostructured CeO2 Nanoparticles Embedded within Ultrathin Layers of SiO2

Binder J Am Chem Soc 126(17) 5523ndash5532

31 Puntes VF Gorostiza P Aruguete D M Bastus N G amp Alivisatos A P (2004) Collective behaviour in two-

dimensional cobalt nanoparticle assemblies observed by magnetic force microscopy Nature Materials 3(4) 263ndash

268

30 Carrettin S Concepcioacuten P Corma A Loacutepez Nieto J M amp Puntes V F (2004) Nanocrystalline CeO2

Increases the Activity of Au for CO Oxidation by Two Orders of Magnitude Angew Chem Int Ed 43(19) 2538ndash

2540

29 Barea E M Fornes V Corma A Bourges P Guillon E amp Puntes VF (2004) A new synthetic route to

produce metal zeolites with subnanometric magnetic clusters Chem Commun (17) 1974ndash1975

28 Zhu J Koacutenya Z Puntes VF Kiricsi I Miao C X Ager J W et al (2003) Encapsulation of Metal (Au Ag

Pt) Nanoparticles into the Mesoporous SBA-15 Structure Langmuir 19(10) 4396ndash4401

27 Koacutenya Z Puntes V F Kiricsi I Zhu J Ager J W Ko M K et al (2003) Synthetic Insertion of Gold

Nanoparticles into Mesoporous Silica Chem Mater 15(6) 1242ndash1248

26 Puntes V F Zanchet D Erdonmez C K amp Alivisatos A P (2003) Surfactant and temperature influence on Co

nanocrystal structure and shape In MRS Proceedings Solid-State Chemistry of Inorganic Materials IV (Vol

755 pp 123ndash128) Materials Research Society

25 Puntes V F Zanchet D Erdonmez C K amp Alivisatos A P (2002) Synthesis of hcp-Co Nanodisks J Am

Chem Soc 124(43) 12874ndash12880

24 Koacutenya Z Puntes V F Kiricsi I Zhu J Alivisatos A P amp Somorjai G A (2002) Nanocrystal Templating of

Silica Mesopores with Tunable Pore Sizes Nano Letters 2(8) 907ndash910

23 Koacutenya Z Puntes V F Kiricsi I Zhu J Alivisatos P amp Somorjai G A (2002) Novel Two-Step Synthesis of

Controlled Size and Shape Platinum Nanoparticles Encapsulated in Mesoporous Silica Catalysis Letters 81(3)

137ndash140

22 Puntes V F Konya Z Erdonmez C Zhu J Somorjai G A amp Alivisatos A P (2002) Mechanisms of

controlled growth of metallic nanocrystals In MRS Proceedings Magnetic and Electronic Films ndash

Microstructure Texture and Application to Data Storage (Vol 721 pp 241ndash246) Materials Research Society

21 Puntes V F Krishnan K amp Alivisatos A P (2002) Synthesis of Colloidal Cobalt Nanoparticles with Controlled

Size and Shapes Topics in Catalysis 19(2) 145ndash148

20 Puntes V F Parak W J amp Alivisatos A P (2002) Tuning the SP to FM transition of cobalt nanoparticles in view

of biomedical applications In European Cells and Materials (Vol 3 pp 128ndash131)

19 Puntes V F amp Krishnan K M (2001) Synthesis structural order and magnetic behavior of self-assembled

epsilon-Co nanocrystal arrays IEEE Trans Magn 37(4) 2210ndash2212

18 Puntes V F Krishnan K M amp Alivisatos P (2001) Synthesis self-assembly and magnetic behavior of a two-

dimensional superlattice of single-crystal epsilon-Co nanparticles Appl Phys Lett 78(15) 2187ndash2189

17 Puntes V F Krishnan K M amp Alivisatos P (2001) Colloidal nanocrystal shape and size control The case of

cobalt Science 291(5511) 2115ndash2117

16 Puntes V F Alivisatos P amp Krishnan K M (2001) Synthesis of Passivated Cobalt Nanocrystal Arrays with

Controlled Size and Shape In Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute (Vol 41 pp 381ndash384)

Springer

15 Franco-Puntes V Batlle X amp Labarta A (2000) Domain structures and training effects in granular thin films

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 221(1-2) 45ndash56

14 Franco V Batlle X amp Labarta A (2000) Evidence of domain wall scattering in thin films of granular CoFe--

AgCu Eur Phys J B 17(1) 43ndash50

13 Batlle X Franco V Labarta A amp OGrady K (2000) Remanence breakdown in granular alloys at magnetic

percolation J Appl Phys 88(3) 1576ndash1582

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 7 15

12 Franco V Batlle X Labarta A amp OGrady K (2000) The nature of magnetic interactions in CoFe--Ag(Cu)

granular thin films J Phys D Appl Phys 33(6) 609ndash613

11 Franco V Batlle X Labarta A amp Bassas P (2000) CoFe-based granular alloys the role of the metallic matrix

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 210(1-3) 295ndash301

10 Batlle X Franco V amp Labarta A (2000) Magnetic Force Microscopy A Powerful Tool to Image Domain

Structures in Granular Thin Films In Materials Science Forum (Vol 352 pp 9ndash22) Trans Tech Publications

9 Franco V Batlle X amp Labarta A (1999) CoFendashCu granular alloys From noninteracting particles to magnetic

percolation J Appl Phys 85(10) 7328-7335

8 Franco V Batlle X Labarta A Bassas P amp Sandiumenge F (1999) The microstructure of CoFe--AgCu

granular films Origin of the perpendicular anisotropy In Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (Vol

196-197 pp 274ndash276)

7 Franco V Batlle X amp Labarta A (1999) Training behaviour and magnetic domains in CoFe--gCu granular

films In Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (Vol 196-197 pp 465ndash466)

6 Franco V Batlle X Labarta A Bassas J amp Sandiumenge F (1999) Texture strain and alloying in sputtered

granular magnetic films Acta Materialia 47(5) 1661ndash1670

5 Franco V Batlle X Valencia A Labarta A OGrady K amp Watson M L (1998) Magnetic microstructures

from magnetic force microscopy and Monte Carlo simulation in CoFe-Ag-Cu granular films IEEE Trans Magn

34(4) 912ndash914

4 Franco V Batlle X amp Labarta A (1998) Giant and Anisotropic Magnetoresistance in CoFe-Cu Granular Alloys

The Role of the Ferromagnetic Concentration In Materials Science Forum (Vol 269-272 pp 895ndash900) Trans

Tech Publications

3 Franco V Batlle X Labarta A Watson M L amp OGrady K (1997) From demagnetizing to magnetizing

interactions in CoFendashAgCu granular films J Appl Phys 81(8) 4593ndash4595

2 Batlle X Franco V Labarta A Watson M L amp OGrady K (1997) The effect of the microstructure on the

magnetic interactions in CoFendashAgCu granular films From demagnetizing to magnetizing interactions Appl Phys

Lett 70(1) 132ndash134

1 Batlle X Garcia del Muro M Franco V Labarta A Gonzalez J M Watson M L et al (1997) Interactions

and demagnetization in magnetic materials Nanocrystalline granular films In Proceedings of the NATO

Advanced Study Institute (Vol 338 pp 401ndash405) Kluwer Academic Publishers

Publication statistics [citations from Web of Knowledge data]

Researcher ID F-8407-2013

Total of citations 7409

h-index 36

VP starts his own research

group

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 8 15

Ten most cited articles

List

key Year Journal

Impact Factor

2013 (WoK)

Total citations

to date (WoK)

Average number of

citations per year

(WoK)

17 2001 Colloidal nanocrystal shape and size control The

case of cobalt Science

31477 2198 169

25 2002 Synthesis of hcp-Co Nanodisks Journal of the

American Chemical Society

11444 572 48

30 2004 Nanocrystalline CeO2 Increases the Activity of Au

for CO Oxidation by Two Orders of Magnitude

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

11336 569 57

18 2001 Synthesis self-assembly and magnetic behavior of

a two-dimensional superlattice of single-crystal

epsilon-Co nanparticles Applied Physics Letters

3515 308 24

66 2010 Time Evolution of the Nanoparticle Protein

Corona ACS Nano

12033 300 75

31 2004 Collective behaviour in two-dimensional cobalt

nanoparticle assemblies observed by magnetic

force microscopy Nature Materials

36425 229 23

38 2006 Nanoparticle-Mediated Local and Remote

Manipulation of Protein Aggregation Nano

Letters

12940 190 24

41 2007 Vacancy Coalescence during Oxidation of Iron

Nanoparticles Journal of the American

Chemical Society

11444 170 24

68 2010 Correlating physico-chemical with toxicological

properties of nanoparticles the present and the

future ACS Nano

12033 168 42

27 2003 Synthetic Insertion of Gold Nanoparticles into

Mesoporous Silica Chemistry of Materials

8535 153 12

Ten most relevant recent articles

List

key

Year Journal Impact Factor

2013 (WoK)

Total citations

(WoK)

Average number of

citations per year

(WoK)

110 2013 Absence of Ce3+Sites in Chemically Active

Colloidal Ceria Nanoparticles ACS Nano

12033 7 7

96 2012 Detoxifying Antitumoral Drugs via

Nanoconjugation The Case of Gold

Nanoparticles and Cisplatin PLoS One

3534 16 8

89 2012 Citrate-Coated Gold Nanoparticles As Smart

Scavengers for Mercury(II) Removal from

Polluted Waters ACS Nano

12033 44 22

83 2011 Carving at the Nanoscale Sequential Galvanic

Exchange and Kirkendall Growth at Room

Temperature Science

31477 128 43

80 2011 Kinetically Controlled Seeded Growth Synthesis

of Citrate-Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles of up

to 200 nm Size Focusing versus Ostwald

Ripening Langumir

4384 130 43

66 2010 Time Evolution of the Nanoparticle Protein

Corona ACS Nano

12033 300 75

63 2010 Synthesis of Platinum Cubes Polypods

Cuboctahedrons and Raspberries Assisted by

Cobalt Nanocrystals Nano Letters

12940 69 17

53 2009 Evaluation of the ecotoxicity of model

nanoparticles Chemosphere

3137 135 27

54 2009 Homogeneous Conjugation of Peptides onto

Gold Nanoparticles Enhances Macrophage

12033 66 13

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 9 15

Response ACS Nano

55 2009 Instability of Cationic Gold Nanoparticle

Bioconjugates The Role of Citrate Ions

Journal of the American Chemical Society

11444 73 15

SELECTED FUNDING PROJECTS [VP participating as Principal Investigator for ICN2]

19 Suport a les activitats dels Grups de Recerca de Catalunya (SGR)

Agegravencia de Gestioacute dAjuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR)

01-Jan-2014 to 31-Dec-2016

18 FutureNanoNeeds Framework to respond to regulatory needs of future nanomaterials and Markets

European Union - FP7

1-Jan-2014 to 31-Dec-2017

17 GUIDEnano Assessment and mitigation of nano-enabled product risks on human and environmental health

Development of new strategies and creation of a digital guidance tool for nanotech industries

European Union - FP7

1-Nov-2013 to 30-Apr-2017

16 TUNANOCRYSTAL Developing Synthetic Strategies for Complex Multi-component Inorganic Nanocrystals with

Tunable Physico-Chemical

Ministerio de Economiacutea y Competitividad (MINECO) ndash Spanish Government

1-Feb-2013 to 31-Jan-2016

15 Maratoacute TV3 2012 Cerium Oxide nanoparticles as a new therapeutic tool for tissue regeneration in liver diseases

Fundacioacute La Maratoacute (La Maratoacute de TV3)

14-Jan-2013 to 13-Jan-2016

14 QNano A pan-European infrastructure for quality in nanomaterials safety testing

European Union - FP7 (specific project type Infrastructures)

1-Feb-2011 to 31-Jan-2015

13 NanoTOES - Nanotechnology Training Of Experts in Safety

European Union - FP7 (specific project type Marie Curie ITN)

1-Nov-2010 to 31-Oct-2013

12 NANOPOLYTOX Toxicological impact of nanomaterials derived from processing weathering and

recycling of polymer nanocomposites used in various industrial applications

European Union - FP7

1-May-2010 to 30-Apr-2013

11 Plan Nacional MICINN Disentildeo de Nanoparticulas Inorgaacutenicas conjugadas Nuevas herramientas

para el tratamiento del caacutencer (Design of conjugated Inorganic Nanoparticles New tools for cancer treatment)

Ministerio de Educacioacuten y Ciencia (MEC) - Spanish Government

1-Jan-2010 to 31-Dec-2012

10 VALTEC - Vacunes

ACC1Oacute - Generalitat de Catalunya

15-Oct-2009 to 15-Oct-2012

9 VALTEC - Cisplatino

ACC1Oacute - Generalitat de Catalunya

15-Oct-2009 to 15-Oct-2012

8 Suport a les activitats dels Grups de Recerca de Catalunya (SGR)

Agegravencia de Gestioacute dAjuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR)

28-Sep-2009 to 31-Dec-2013

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 10 15

7 Construccioacute del CNBSS (Center for NanoBioSafety and Sustainability)

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacioacuten (MICINN) - Spanish Government and ACC1Oacute - Generalitat de Catalunya

01-Jan-2009 to 21-Dec-2011

6 NANOCLEAN Evaluacioacuten del potencial de nanopartiacuteculas inorgaacutenicas funcionalizadas para la

eliminacioacuten de nitroacutegeno foacutesforo pesticidas orgaacutenicos y metales pesados en masas de agua Evaluacioacuten de la

toxicidad y posibilidades de regulacioacuten

Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino (MMA) - Spanish Government

4-Dec-2008 to 30-Apr-2011

5 FPI Scholarships (Formacioacuten de Personal Investigador)

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacioacuten (MICINN) - Spanish Government

1-Sep-2007 to 31-Aug-2011

4 Siacutentesis de conjugados de nanopartiacuteculas avanzados para aplicaciones biomeacutedicas

Ministerio de Industria Turismo y Comercio (MITYC) - Spanish Government

1-Jul-2007 to 1-Jul-2009

3 Plan Nacional MICINN 2006 Siacutentesis de Nanopartiacuteculas y materiales nanoestructurados por

Autoensamblaje

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacioacuten (MICINN) - Spanish Government

1-Oct-2006 to 30-Sep-2009

2 DIPNA Development of an Integrated Platform for Nanoparticle Analysis to verify their possible toxicity and the

eco-toxicity

European Union - FP6 (specific project type STRP)

1-Nov-2006 to 31-Oct-2009

1 CONSOLIDER ndash NANOBIOMED Subunit In-vitro Experimentation of nanoparticles based biofluids

Ministerio de Educacioacuten y Ciencia (MEC) - Spanish Government

15-Sep-2006 to 31-Dic-2011

SELECTED FUNDING PROJECTS BY PRIVATE COMPANIES andor ADMINISTRATIONS [VP participating as

Principal Investigator for ICN2]

7 Biogaacutes+ Produccioacuten Aumentada de Biogaacutes Mediante la Adicioacuten de Nanopartiacuteculas de Hierro

Fundacioacuten Repsol - Spanish Company

2014 to 2016

6 Biogaacutes+ Produccioacuten Aumentada de Biogaacutes Mediante la Adicioacuten de Nanopartiacuteculas de Hierro

Fundacioacuten Repsol - Spanish Company

2013 to 2014

5 CNBSS Centre for NanoBioSafety and Sustainabitity

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacioacuten ndash Spanish Goverment

2011 to 2013

4 Biomedical Applications of Nanotechnology Based on a New Platform that couples Drugs with g

Gold Nanoparticles

Nanotargeting ndash Switzerland Company

2011 to 2013

3 Synthesis and Functionalization of Nanoparticles for Detection Purposes

BioSystems ndash Spanish Company

2012 to 2013

2 Peptide-conjugated Gold Nanoparticles for Immunotherapy

Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) ndash United States

2011 to 2012

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 11 15

1 TecnoRevolucioacute Design and Development of Models

Fundacioacute la Caixa - Spanish Financial Institution

2011 to 2012

PATENTS

4 Noble metal nanoparticles and their preparation process

Franco Puntes V Gonzaacutelez EE (Institut Catalagrave de Nanociegravencia i Nanotecnologia Institucioacute Catalana de Recerca i

Estudis Avanccedilats)

Patent No EP 111580247 (Priority date 14-Mar-2011) Status Public

3 Biogas production

Franco Puntes V Casals Mercadal E Gonzaacutelez EE Font Segura X Saacutenchez Ferrer A Garciacutea Mestre A

Delgado Ramisa L (Institut Catalagrave de Nanociegravencia i Nanotecnologia Institucioacute Catalana de Recerca i Estudis

Avanccedilats Universitat Autogravenoma de Barcelona)

Patent No EP 111577847 (Priority date 11-Mar-2011) Status National entry stage

2 Conjugates comprising nanoparticles coated with platinum containing compounds

Franco Puntes V Domiacutenguez Puente F Romero Martiacutenez FM Gallego Rubio Oacute (Institut Catalagrave de Nanociegravencia i

Nanotecnologia Institucioacute Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avanccedilats Universidad Santiago de Compostela Universitat

de Valegravencia Institut de Recerca de lHospital de Santa Creu i Sant Pau)

Patent No WO 2010069941 A1 (Priority date 16-Dec-2008) Status Licensed to Nanotargeting SL

1 Immunoactivating conjugates comprising nanoparticles coated with peptides

Franco Puntes V Goacutemez Bastuacutes N Saacutenchez Tilloacute E Farrera Sinfreu C Celada Cotarelo A Lloberas Cavero J

Giralt Lledoacute E Pujals Riatoacutes S (Institut Catalagrave de Nanociegravencia i Nanotecnologia Institucioacute Catalana de Recerca i

Estudis Avanccedilats Universitat de Barcelona Institut de Recerca Biomegravedica)

Patent No WO 2010046377 A2 (Priority date 23-Oct-2008) Status Public

SELECTED RECENT TALKS

28 Medical Nanochemistry the use of reactive inorganic nanoparticles in medicine Invited talk at 14th Nanomedicine

Symposium Milan Italy (November 2014)

27 Nanocrystals as reagents building next generation of nanoparticles Invited talk at Conference New frontiers

of nanomaterial technologies for applications in biology and medicine Tirana Albania (July 2014)

26 Nanoparticles synthesis and reactivity Invited talk at Lecture at Summer School Nanoscience Ile de France

Etiolles France (June 2014)

25 Nanoceria for Nanomedicine Invited talk at E-MRS 2014 Spring Meeting Lille France (May 2014)

24 Application of inorganic nanoparticles on medicine Invited talk at II Reunioacuten de Joacutevenes Investigadores

en Coloides e Interfases Granada Spain (April 2014)

23 Nanoparticle properties and their interactions with the environment Invited talk at QualityNano NanoFATE amp

Joint Meeting Birmingham United Kingdom (March 2014)

22 Nanotechnology in Health Gold Nanoparticles as Radiotherapy Enhancers Invited talk at Radio Oncology

Department Invited Seminar Lausanne Switzerland (January 2014)

21 Nanocrystals 20 The next generation Invited talk at Christmas Symposium Chemistry department ETZH

Zurich Switzerland (December 2013)

20 Jornada Energiacutea y Emprendimiento de la investigacioacuten a la creacioacuten de empresas Invited talk at Institut de

Recerca en Energia de Catalunya (IREC) Barcelona Spain (November 2013)

19 B-Debate on ldquoNanotechnologies in Health current challenges and future prospects Co-organizer and chairman at

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 12 15

Cosmocaixa Barcelona Spain (October 2013)

18 Environmental fate of Inorganic Nanoparticles Invited talk at Joint Conference NanoTOE NanoFATE

Oxford England (September 2013)

17 Nanoparticles safety by design Invited talk at Serenade annual meeting University aix en Provance France

(July 2013)

16 Designing Nanobots to fight Cancer Invited talk at the E-MRS 2013 Meeting Symposium U Design of

multifunctional nano-objects for biomedical Strasbourg France (May 2013)

15 Detoxifying Antitumoral Drugs via Nanoconjugation The Case of Gold Nanoparticles and Cisplatin Invited talk at

ImagineNano 2013 ndash NanoBioMed Bilbao Spain (April 2013)

14 Functional inorganic nanoparticles Invited talk at the MAGNIFYCO Workshop Barcelona Spain (January 2013)

13 Engineering Inorganic Nanoparticles Invited seminar at the Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya (IBEC)

Barcelona Spain (December 2012)

12 Does the nanoform of a substance entail an increased toxicity Invited lecture at the ldquoAdvances in Materialsrdquo

seminar at the Institute of Materials at Ecole Feacutedeacuterale de Lausanne (EPFL) Lausanne Switzerland (November

2011)

11 Carving at the Nanoscale Galvanic Replacement versus Kirkendall Effect at Room Temperature Plenary talk at

NaNaX5 (2012) ndash Nanoscience with Nanocrystals

Fueringola Spain (May 2012)

10 Toxicology of engineering nanoparticles Invited colloquium at the Leibniz-Institut fuumlr Festkoumlrper- und

Werkstoffforschung Dresden (IFW-Kolloquium) Dresden Germany (December 2011)

9 Does the nanoform of a substance entail an increased toxicity Invited lecture at the ldquoAdvances in Materialsrdquo

seminar at the Institute of Materials at Ecole Feacutedeacuterale de Lausanne (EPFL) Lausanne Switzerland (November

2011)

8 Application of inorganic-biomolecule nanoparticle conjugates to biomedicine Invited Lecture at the

Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine Course Braga Portugal (October 2011)

7 Impact of Protein Corona on Nanoparticle Interactions with Immune Cells Invited talk at the NANOMMUNE

Closing Workshop Understanding nano-immuno-interactions Stockholm Sweden (June 2011)

6 Inorganic Nanoparticles as Drug Carriers Pharmacokinetic Considerations on Biodistribution Invited talk at

BionanoNice E-MRS 2011 Meeting Symposium O Bio-materials for imaging sensing and actuating Nice

France (May 2011)

5 Nanotoxicology from the nanoparticle point of view Invited talk at the workshop ldquoSafety issues of Nanomaterials

along their life cyclerdquo Barcelona Spain (May 2011)

4 Taming physicochemical signatures of inorganic NPs for their biological integration Invited talk at NANOJASP

2010 - Nanomaterials based biosensors and biosystems Barcelona Spain (November 2010)

3 When the Synthesis is over Assessing the Full Life Cycle of inorganic nanoparticles Talk at NaNaX 4 (2010) -

Nanoscience with Nanocrystals Munich - Tutzing Germany (April 2010)

2 Nanotechnology from nanotoxicology to nanomedicine Keynote Speaker at NanoSpain 2009 Zaragoza Spain

(March 2009)

1 Colloidal Nanoparticles - From Synthesis to Biological Applications (sic) Talk at the WE-Heraeus-Seminar

Colloidal Nanoparticles - From Synthesis to Biological Applications Marburg Germany (September 2008)

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 13 15

DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

Public Awareness of Science has been a central interest of our group since its beginnings The activities developed

include talks to non-specialized audiences internet platforms science and art videos and science divulgation videos

science museum exhibitions electronic and hardcopy books and other platforms including art exhibitions (being the more

recent AC gallery Madrid and La casa del Libro San Francisco) on NP microscopy images and televisionradio

interviews The group has also won the 2011 FOTCIENCIA edition

The target puacuteblic has been from general science and young investigators to the elder or children as young as 7 years old

(introduction to nanotechnology and demonstrative experiments) For that we have obtained funds from private

organizations and local administrations Recently our ebook of 2013 entitled Nanoparticles Before Nanotechnology

with more than 12000 downloads and still promoted We also published in 2013 a large-format photography book about

the ldquoNanocosmosrdquo in Colombia Another example is Goldlight a joined collaboration between ING group and old town

jewellers of Barcelona which led to the creation of ldquoquantum jewelleryrdquo based on colloidal solutions of hollow Au NPs It

was recently featured in The Guardian after appearing in the Spanish Jewels Journal (25000 copies) and El Periodico

Similarly our Science paper was featured on the BBC among many others highlighting the possibilities of NPs in

medicine Our spin-off Nanotargeting was featured in La Vanguardia and our work in Ara and our exhibition at

CosmoCaixa (TEcnoRevolucioacuten I and II Barcelona and Madrid) in El Mundo among other interviews for local and

international TVs ndashTV Vallegraves TV25- and radio as COM Radio and PUNT Radio We appeared also twice in Spanish

national TV Informe Semanal

VP is one of the winners ldquoPremios Iberoamericanos a la Innovacioacuten y el Emprendimientordquo

Secretaria Gneral Iberoamericana (SEGIB) (2013)

VP is one of the winners ldquoPremio Fondo de Emprendedoresrdquo Fundacioacuten Repsol (2013)

VP is the founder and director of NanoWiki a digital online platform created in 2008 whose aim is to track the evolution

of paradigms and discoveries in nanoscience and nanotechnology Moreover through Nanowiki VP has published 5

books being the last one May 2013 Nanocoloreja (and Nanocolorea) targeting children About explaining

Nanotechnology to highlight the following

VPuntes ldquoNanocolorejardquo httpissuucomedicionsnanowikidocsnanocoloreja__ca_web

V Puntes ldquoNanoparticles Before Nanotechnologyrdquo

ISBN 978-84-695-6677-0 httpnanowikiinfo5B5BNanoparticles20Before20Nanotechnology5D5D

V Puntes ldquoNanotechnology Engines Onrdquo

ISBN 978-84-615-3293-3

httpnanowikiinfo5B5B22Nanotechnology3A20Engines20On225D5D

V Puntes ldquoNanotechnology balancing the promisesrdquo

ISBN 978-84-615-3293-6

httpnanowikiinfo5B5BNanotechnology3A20balancing20the20promises5D5D

The first one Nanoparticles Before Nnaotechnology has been downloaded more than 14000 times

VP has an active role in science promotion and dissemination Apart from NanoWiki activities in this area VP has been

interviewed in different radio and TV shows (Catalunya Radio COM Radio PUNT Radio INforme Semanal TV25

VallegravesTV BTV) takes part in several local educative projects such as Escolab and Joves i Ciencia has participated in

panels and debates such as

Round table discussion on ldquoSafety and Societyrdquo Invited panelist at NanoFormulation 2012 an event organized by the

EU-FP7 Project InForm Barcelona Spain May 30 2012

ldquoLa seguridad de los nanomaterialesrdquo Invited talk at Impacto de la Nanotecnologiacutea en la Cosmeacutetica a scientific-

technical workshop organized by the Spanish Society of Cosmetic Chemistry (Sociedad Espantildeola de Quiacutemicos

Cosmeacuteticos - SEQC) Barcelona Spain November 11 2010

Estudio prospectivo sobre materiales inteligentes ndash Sector Saludrdquo Invited panellist in the Health sector at the

workshop series organized by Tecnalia and the Observatorio de Prospectiva Tecnoacutelogica Industrial (OPTI) Madrid

Spain October 20 2010

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 14 15

VP and collaborators have written several dissemination articles

1 Loacutepez C Saacutenchez A amp Puntes V (2013) Nanopartiacuteculas inorgaacutenicas Riesgos y beneficios ambientales

Investigacioacuten y Ciencia 437 (February) 12ndash14

2 Puntes V amp Garcia Hom A (2009) Nanopanic or Nanoeuphoria Nanoinfo Megravetode (63) 74ndash79

3 Gatti A amp Puntes V (2009) Scientists still wondering ndash Industry already selling NANO Magazine 12 28ndash30

4 Puntes V F (2004) Cobalt nanostructures Investigacioacuten y Ciencia 332

5 Puntes V F amp Esteve Pujol J (2003) Nanoparticles inorganic molecules Revista

de Fiacutesica 24(1) 38ndash42

VP was co-organizer of the Barcelona International Center of Scientific Debate (B-Debate) on ldquoNanotechnologies in

Healthrdquo 2013 at the CosmoCaixa

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Scientific advisor for Nanonica a Switzerland-based company devoted to transfer knowledge from universities to

industry In 2012 Nanonica and ICN joined efforts in creating NanoTargeting a startup company focused on drug

delivery applications of nanotechnology in which Viacutector Puntes has a leading scientific role

Scientific Director of the Centre for BioNanoSafety and Sustainability (CNBSS) from 2009 to 2012 The CNBSS

was an initiative of Catalan Institute of Nanotechnology (ICN) and the LEITAT Technological Centre in response to

the emerging need to rationalise and assess the risks of new nanotechnologies and to promote it safe and sustainable

uses in industry and for the society in general

Moreover VP pioneered the nanotechnology and knowledge transfer in the Catalonia area already in 2007 by funding

what today constitutes ENDOR Nanotechnologies

Victor Puntes is also co-founder of Applied Nanoparticles a spin off company sponsored by Repsol dedicated to

bring nanotechnology solutions to Energy and the Environment [wwwappliednanoparticleseu]

Also VP has been providing designed NPs to the WRAIR and the Uniteacute Interactions Hocircte-Pathogenes for the

development of prophylactic vaccines against malaria and anthrax and therapeutic against micobacteria

VP also participates as chair of the NANONICA PRIZE awards jury

[httpwwwnanonicaprizeorgindexphpbreakthrough-of-the-year] and in the jury of the Premis Ciutat de Barcelona

[httppremsabcncatwp-contentuploads201402DP-Premis-Ciutat-de-Barcelona-okpdf]

VP is on the editorial board of Journal of Colloids and Interface Sciences and Nanowiki and recently member of the

NYAS (New York Academy of Sciences)

PhD Supervisor of Dr Ngoc Tran Thi Thanh The life of nanoparticles in contact with biological media and

entities October 2014 Dr Lorena Garcia Introducing Gold Nanoparticles Bioconjugates within the Biological

Machinery July 2013 Dr Joan Comenge Gold Nanoparticles as Drug Delivery Agents Detoxifying the Drug

Cisplatin July 2013 Dr Miriam Varoacuten Synthesis of Nanoparticles and Nanostructured Materials by Self-Assembly

May 2012 Dr Eudald Casals Reactivity and Impact of Inorganic Nanoparticles in Biological Environments

Building Up NanoSafety January 2012 Dr Edgar Gonzaacutelez Synthetic Route for the Production of Multilevel

Hollow-Nanostructured Nanoparticles at Room Temperature April 2011 Dr Neus Bastuacutes Gold Nanoparticles

Conjugates for Biological Applications December 2008 and Master Supervisor of Miriam Varoacuten (2009) Lorena

Garciacutea (2009) Joan Comenge (2009) and Zoeuml Megson (2010) He is currently supervising 8 PhD students

Lecturer (Professor) in the Biomedicine module within the Master in Nanotechnology program offered by the

Universitat Autogravenoma de Barcelona (UAB) from 2008 to 2012

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 15 15

Referee for Nature Materials Nature Nanotechnology Nano Letters ACS Nano Journal of the American Chemical

Society The Journal of Physical Chemistry Langmuir Chemistry of Materials Journal of Applied Physics The Journal of

Physical Chemistry Letters among others

Finally I am very proud that after being the first ranked as Ramon y Cajal applicant in 2003 now my group is hosting

Dr Neus Bastus first ranked Ramon y Cajal position in the area of ldquoEngineering and Technologyrdquo in the last call

November 2012

Other details and information can be found at the website of the Inorganic Nanoparticles Group

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 3 15

94 Bastus N G Casals E Ojea I Varon M amp Puntes V (2012) The Reactivity of Colloidal Inorganic

Nanoparticles In Abbass A Hashim (Ed) The Delivery of Nanoparticles InTech

93 Bellido E Ojea-Jimeacutenez I Ghirri A Alvino C Candini A Puntes V et al (2012) Controlled Positioning of

Nanoparticles on Graphene by Noninvasive AFM Lithography Langmuir 28(33) 12400ndash12409

92 Goy-Loacutepez S Juaacuterez J Alatorre-Meda M Casals E Puntes V F Taboada P et al (2012) Physicochemical

Characteristics of ProteinndashNP Bioconjugates The Role of Particle Curvature and Solution Conditions on Human

Serum Albumin Conformation and Fibrillogenesis Inhibition Langmuir 28(24) 9113ndash9126

91 Casals E Gonzalez E Puntes V (2012) Inorganic Nanoparticles and the Environment Balancing Benefits and

Risks In Nanomaterials in Environmental and Food Samples (Vol 59 pp 265ndash290)

90 Bastus N G Sanchez-Tillo E Pujals S Comenge J Giralt E Celada A Lloberas J Puntes VF (2012)

Inorganic nanoparticles and the immune system detection selective activation and tolerance In Marek Osinski K

Y Wolfgang J Parak (Ed) Proceedings of SPIE (Vol 8232 823217) San Francisco CA USA

89 Ojea-Jimeacutenez I Loacutepez X Arbiol J amp Puntes V (2012) Citrate-Coated Gold Nanoparticles As Smart

Scavengers for Mercury(II) Removal from Polluted Waters ACS Nano 6(3) 2253ndash2260

88 Ardao I Comenge J Benaiges M D Aacutelvaro G amp Puntes V F (2012) Rational Nanoconjugation Improves

Biocatalytic Performance of Enzymes Aldol Addition Catalyzed by Immobilized Rhamnulose-1-Phosphate Aldolase

Langmuir 28(15) 6461ndash6467

87 Contreras A R Garciacutea A Gonzaacutelez E Casals E Puntes V Saacutenchez A et al (2012) Potential use of CeO2

TiO2 and Fe3O4 nanoparticles for the removal of cadmium from water Desalination and Water Treatment 41(1-

3) 296ndash300

86 Recillas S Garciacutea A Gonzaacutelez E Casals E Puntes V Saacutenchez A et al (2012) Preliminary study of

phosphate adsorption onto cerium oxide nanoparticles for use in water purification nanoparticles synthesis and

characterization Water Science amp Technology 66(3) 503

85 Garciacutea A Delgado L Toragrave JA Casals E Gonzaacutelez E Puntes V Font X Carrera J Saacutenchez A (2012)

Effect of cerium dioxide titanium dioxide silver and gold nanoparticles on the activity of microbial communities

intended in wastewater treatment Journal of Hazardous Materials 199-200 64ndash72

84 Stoehr L C Gonzalez E Stampfl A Casals E Duschl A Puntes V amp Oostingh GJ (2011) Shape matters

effects of silver nanospheres and wires on human alveolar epithelial cells Particle and Fibre Toxicology 836

83 Gonzaacutelez E Arbiol J Puntes V F (2011) Carving at the Nanoscale Sequential Galvanic Exchange and

Kirkendall Growth at Room Temperature Science 334 1377-1380

82 Casals E Pfaller T Duschl A Oostingh G J amp Puntes V F (2011) Hardening of the NanoparticlendashProtein

Corona in Metal (Au Ag) and Oxide (Fe3O4 CoO and CeO2) Nanoparticles Small 7(24) 3479ndash3486

81 Boraschi D Oostingh G J Casals E Italiani P Nelissen I Puntes V F et al (2011) Nano-immunosafety

issues in assay validation J Phys Conf Ser 304(1) 012077

80 Bastus N G Comenge J amp Puntes V (2011) Kinetically Controlled Seeded Growth Synthesis of Citrate-

Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles of up to 200 nm Size Focusing versus Ostwald Ripening Langmuir 27(17) 11098ndash

11105

79 Ojea-Jimeacutenez I Bastuacutes N G amp Puntes V (2011) Influence of the Sequence of the Reagents Addition in the

Citrate-Mediated Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles Journal of Physical Chemistry C 115(32) 15752ndash15757

78 Recillas S Garcia A Gonzalez E Casals E Puntes V Sanchez A et al (2011) Use of CeO(2) TiO(2) and

Fe(3)O(4) nanoparticles for the removal of lead from water Toxicity of nanoparticles and derived compounds

Desalination 277(1-3) 213ndash220

77 Garciacutea A Espinosa R Delgado L Casals E Gonzaacutelez E Puntes V et al (2011) Acute toxicity of cerium

oxide titanium oxide and iron oxide nanoparticles using standardized tests Desalination 269(1-3) 136ndash141

76 Saacutenchez A Recillas S Font X Casals E Gonzaacutelez E amp Puntes V (2011) Ecotoxicity of and remediation

with engineered inorganic nanoparticles in the environment TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry 30(3) 507ndash

516

75 Oostingh G J Casals E Italiani P Colognato R Stritzinger R Ponti J Pfaller T Kohl Y Ooms D

Favilli F Leppens H Lucchesi D Rossi F Nelissen I Thielecke H Puntes V F et al (2011) Problems and

challenges in the development and validation of human cell-based assays to determine nanoparticle-induced

immunomodulatory effects Part Fibre Toxicol 88

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 4 15

74 Amigo J M Bastuacutes N G Hoen R Vaacutezquez-Campos S Varoacuten M Royo M Puntes V (2011) Analysis of

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

methods Analytica Chimica Acta 683(2) 170ndash177

73 Pentildea L Varon M Konstantinovic Z Balcells L Martinez B amp Puntes V (2011) Large 2D self-assembled

domains of cobalt nanoparticles onto silicon wafers J Mater Chem 21(42) 16973ndash16977

72 Candeloro P Tirinato L Malara N Fregola A Casals E Puntes V et al (2011) Nanoparticle microinjection

and Raman spectroscopy as tools for nanotoxicology studies Analyst 136(21) 4402ndash4408

71 del Mercato L L Gonzalez E Abbasi A Z Parak W J amp Puntes V (2011) Synthesis and evaluation of gold

nanoparticle-modified polyelectrolyte capsules under microwave irradiation for remotely controlled release for

cargo Jor Mat Chem 21(31) 11468ndash11471

70 Lim S I Varon M Ojea-Jimenez I Arbiol J amp Puntes V (2011) Pt nanocrystal evolution in the presence of

Au(III)-salts at room temperature spontaneous formation of AuPt heterodimers J Mater Chem 21(31) 11518ndash

11523

69 Recillas S Coloacuten J Casals E Gonzaacutelez E Puntes V Saacutenchez A et al (2010) Chromium VI adsorption on

cerium oxide nanoparticles and morphology changes during the process Journal of Hazardous Materials

184(13) 425ndash431

68 Rivera Gil P Oberdoumlrster G Elder A Puntes V amp Parak W J (2010) Correlating Physico-Chemical with

Toxicological Properties of Nanoparticles The Present and the Future ACS Nano 4(10) 5527ndash5531

67 Lim S I Varoacuten M Ojea-Jimeacutenez I Arbiol J amp Puntes V (2010) Exploring the Limitations of the Use of

Competing Reducers to Control the Morphology and Composition of Pt and PtCo Nanocrystals Chem Mater

22(15) 4495ndash4504

66 Casals E Pfaller T Duschl A Oostingh G J amp Puntes V (2010) Time Evolution of the Nanoparticle Protein

Corona ACS Nano 4(7) 3623ndash3632

65 Paul R Bautista L De la Varga M Botet J M Casals E Puntes V et al (2010) Nano-cotton Fabrics with

High Ultraviolet Protection Textile Research Journal 80(5) 454ndash462

64 Pfaller T Colognato R Nelissen I Favilli F Casals E Ooms D Leppens H Ponti J Stritzinger R Puntes

V et al (2010) The suitability of different cellular in vitro immunotoxicity and genotoxicity methods for the analysis

of nanoparticle-induced events Nanotoxicology 4(1) 52ndash72

63 Lim S I Ojea-Jimeacutenez I Varon M Casals E Arbiol J amp Puntes V (2010) Synthesis of Platinum Cubes

Polypods Cuboctahedrons and Raspberries Assisted by Cobalt Nanocrystals Nano Letters 10(3) 964ndash973

62 Ojea-Jimeacutenez I Romero F M Bastuacutes N G amp Puntes V (2010) Small Gold Nanoparticles Synthesized with

Sodium Citrate and Heavy Water Insights into the Reaction Mechanism J Phys Chem C 114(4) 1800ndash1804

61 Comenge J Romero F M Sotelo C Domiacutenguez F amp Puntes V (2010) Exploring the binding of Pt drugs to

gold nanoparticles for controlled passive release of cisplatin Journal of Controlled Release 148 e31ndashe32

(Abstract)

60 Garciacutea-Fernaacutendez L Sperling R Arbiol J amp Puntes V (2010) Controlling the loading number and orientation

of Immunoglobin G on gold nanoparticles and the induced formation of nano-assemblies European Cells and

Materials 20 87 (Abstract)

59 Varoacuten M Pentildea L Balcells L Skumryev V Martinez B amp Puntes V (2010) Dipolar Driven Spontaneous Self

Assembly of Superparamagnetic Co Nanoparticles into Micrometric Rice-Grain like Structures Langmuir 26(1)

109ndash116

58 Imaz I Rubio-Martiacutenez M Garciacutea-Fernaacutendez L Garciacutea F Ruiz-Molina D Hernando J Puntes V amp

Maspoch D (2010) Coordination polymer particles as potential drug delivery systems Chem Commun 46(26)

4737ndash4739

57 Corrias A Mountjoy G Loche D Puntes V Falqui A Zanella M et al (2009) Identifying Spinel Phases in

Nearly Monodisperse Iron Oxide Colloidal Nanocrystal J Phys Chem C 113(43) 18667ndash18675

56 Sperling R A Casals E Comenge J Bastuacutes N G amp Puntes V F (2009) Inorganic engineered nanoparticles

and their impact on the immune response Curr Drug Metab 10(8) 895ndash904

55 Ojea-Jimeacutenez I amp Puntes V (2009) Instability of Cationic Gold Nanoparticle Bioconjugates The Role of Citrate

Ions J Am Chem Soc 131(37) 13320ndash13327

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 5 15

54 Bastuacutes N G Saacutenchez-Tilloacute E Pujals S Farrera C Loacutepez C Giralt E Celada A Lloberas J Puntes V

(2009) Homogeneous Conjugation of Peptides onto Gold Nanoparticles Enhances Macrophage Response ACS

Nano 3(6) 1335ndash1344

53 Barrena R Casals E Coloacuten J Font X Saacutenchez A amp Puntes V (2009) Evaluation of the ecotoxicity of model

nanoparticles Chemosphere 75(7) 850ndash857

52 Cabot A Alivisatos A Puntes V Balcells L Iglesias Ograve amp Labarta A (2009) Magnetic domains and surface

effects in hollow maghemite nanoparticles Phys Rev B 79(9) 094419ndash094426

51 Pujals S Bastuacutes N G Pereiro E Loacutepez-Iglesias C Punte(s) V F Kogan M J et al (2009) Shuttling Gold

Nanoparticles into Tumoral Cells with an Amphipathic Proline-Rich Peptide ChemBioChem 10(6) 1025ndash1031

50 Bastus N Sanchez-Tillo E Pujals S Farrera C Kogan M Giralt E Celada A Lloberas J amp Puntes V

(2009) Peptides conjugated to gold nanoparticles induce macrophage activation Molecular Immunology 46(4)

743ndash748

49 Pfaller T Puntes V Casals E Duschl A amp Oostingh G J (2009) In vitro investigation of immunomodulatory

effects caused by engineered inorganic nanoparticles ndash the impact of experimental design and cell choice

Nanotoxicology 3(1) 46ndash59

48 Nelissen I Verstraelen S De Boever P Casals E Ooms D Leppens H Hollanders K Van Den Heuvel R

Schoeters G Puntes V (2009) Impact of engineered nanoparticles on immune-related genes and processes in

human alveolar epithelial cells Toxicology Letters 189 S186 (Abstract)

47 Araya E Olmedo I Bastus N G Guerrero S Puntes V F Giralt E et al (2008) Gold Nanoparticles and

Microwave Irradiation Inhibit Beta-Amyloid Amyloidogenesis Nanoscale Res Lett 3(11) 435ndash443

46 Casals E Bastus N Vaacutezquez S Varon M Comenge J amp Puntes V (2008) Inorganic nanoparticles and

biology Contributions to Science 4(2) 171ndash176

45 Casals E Vazquez-Campos S Bastuacutes N amp Puntes V (2008) Distribution and potential toxicity of engineered

inorganic nanoparticles and carbon nanostructures in biological systems TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry

27(8) 672ndash683

44 Lagunas A Mairata i Payeras A Jimeno C Puntes V F amp Pericagraves M A (2008) Low-Temperature Synthesis of

CoO Nanoparticles via Chemically Assisted Oxidative Decarbonylation Chem Mater 20(1) 92ndash100

43 Bastuacutes N G Casals E Vaacutezquez-Campos S amp Puntes V (2008) Reactivity of engineered inorganic

nanoparticles and carbon nanostructures in biological media Nanotoxicology 2(3) 99ndash112

42 Bastus N Kogan M Amigo R Grillobosch D Araya E Turiel A Labarta A Giralt E amp Puntes V (2007)

Gold nanoparticles for selective and remote heating of Beta-amyloid protein aggregates Materials Science and

Engineering C 27(5-8) 1236ndash1240

41 Cabot A Puntes V F Shevchenko E Yin Y Balcells L Marcus M A et al (2007) Vacancy Coalescence

during Oxidation of Iron Nanoparticles J Am Chem Soc 129(34) 10358ndash10360

40 Cheng G J Puntes V F amp Guo T (2006) Synthesis and self-assembled ring structures of Ni nanocrystals

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 293(2) 430ndash436

39 Gallego O amp Puntes V (2006) What can nanotechnology do to fight cancer Clin Transl Oncol 8(11) 788ndash

795

38 Kogan M J Bastus N G Amigo R Grillo-Bosch D Araya E Turiel A Labarta A Giralt E amp Puntes

VF (2006) Nanoparticle-Mediated Local and Remote Manipulation of Protein Aggregation Nano Letters 6(1)

110ndash115

37 Barea E Batlle X Bourges P Corma A Forneacutes V Labarta A amp Puntes V F (2005) Synthesis and

Characterization of Stabilized Subnanometric Cobalt Metal Particles J Am Chem Soc 127(51) 18026ndash18030

36 Hattink B J Muro M G D Konstantinovic Z Puntes V F Batlle X Labarta A et al (2005) Electrical

properties in granular Co-ZrO2 thin films Int J of Nanotechnology 2(12) 43ndash61

35 Puntes V F Bastus N G Pagonabarraga I Iglesias O Labarta A amp Batlle X (2005) Nucleation phenomenon

in nanoparticle self-assemblies Int J of Nanotechnology 2(12) 62ndash70

34 Thanh N T K Puntes V F Tung L D amp Fernig D G (2005) Peptides as capping ligands for in situ synthesis

of water soluble Co nanoparticles for bioapplications J Phys Conf Ser 17(1) 70ndash76

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 6 15

33 Concepcion P Lopez C Martinez A amp Puntes V (2004) Characterization and catalytic properties of cobalt

supported on delaminated ITQ-6 and ITQ-2 zeolites for the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction Journal of

Catalysis 228(2) 321ndash332

32 Concepcioacuten P Corma A Silvestre-Albero J Franco V amp Chane-Ching J Y (2004) Chemoselective

Hydrogenation Catalysts Pt on Mesostructured CeO2 Nanoparticles Embedded within Ultrathin Layers of SiO2

Binder J Am Chem Soc 126(17) 5523ndash5532

31 Puntes VF Gorostiza P Aruguete D M Bastus N G amp Alivisatos A P (2004) Collective behaviour in two-

dimensional cobalt nanoparticle assemblies observed by magnetic force microscopy Nature Materials 3(4) 263ndash

268

30 Carrettin S Concepcioacuten P Corma A Loacutepez Nieto J M amp Puntes V F (2004) Nanocrystalline CeO2

Increases the Activity of Au for CO Oxidation by Two Orders of Magnitude Angew Chem Int Ed 43(19) 2538ndash

2540

29 Barea E M Fornes V Corma A Bourges P Guillon E amp Puntes VF (2004) A new synthetic route to

produce metal zeolites with subnanometric magnetic clusters Chem Commun (17) 1974ndash1975

28 Zhu J Koacutenya Z Puntes VF Kiricsi I Miao C X Ager J W et al (2003) Encapsulation of Metal (Au Ag

Pt) Nanoparticles into the Mesoporous SBA-15 Structure Langmuir 19(10) 4396ndash4401

27 Koacutenya Z Puntes V F Kiricsi I Zhu J Ager J W Ko M K et al (2003) Synthetic Insertion of Gold

Nanoparticles into Mesoporous Silica Chem Mater 15(6) 1242ndash1248

26 Puntes V F Zanchet D Erdonmez C K amp Alivisatos A P (2003) Surfactant and temperature influence on Co

nanocrystal structure and shape In MRS Proceedings Solid-State Chemistry of Inorganic Materials IV (Vol

755 pp 123ndash128) Materials Research Society

25 Puntes V F Zanchet D Erdonmez C K amp Alivisatos A P (2002) Synthesis of hcp-Co Nanodisks J Am

Chem Soc 124(43) 12874ndash12880

24 Koacutenya Z Puntes V F Kiricsi I Zhu J Alivisatos A P amp Somorjai G A (2002) Nanocrystal Templating of

Silica Mesopores with Tunable Pore Sizes Nano Letters 2(8) 907ndash910

23 Koacutenya Z Puntes V F Kiricsi I Zhu J Alivisatos P amp Somorjai G A (2002) Novel Two-Step Synthesis of

Controlled Size and Shape Platinum Nanoparticles Encapsulated in Mesoporous Silica Catalysis Letters 81(3)

137ndash140

22 Puntes V F Konya Z Erdonmez C Zhu J Somorjai G A amp Alivisatos A P (2002) Mechanisms of

controlled growth of metallic nanocrystals In MRS Proceedings Magnetic and Electronic Films ndash

Microstructure Texture and Application to Data Storage (Vol 721 pp 241ndash246) Materials Research Society

21 Puntes V F Krishnan K amp Alivisatos A P (2002) Synthesis of Colloidal Cobalt Nanoparticles with Controlled

Size and Shapes Topics in Catalysis 19(2) 145ndash148

20 Puntes V F Parak W J amp Alivisatos A P (2002) Tuning the SP to FM transition of cobalt nanoparticles in view

of biomedical applications In European Cells and Materials (Vol 3 pp 128ndash131)

19 Puntes V F amp Krishnan K M (2001) Synthesis structural order and magnetic behavior of self-assembled

epsilon-Co nanocrystal arrays IEEE Trans Magn 37(4) 2210ndash2212

18 Puntes V F Krishnan K M amp Alivisatos P (2001) Synthesis self-assembly and magnetic behavior of a two-

dimensional superlattice of single-crystal epsilon-Co nanparticles Appl Phys Lett 78(15) 2187ndash2189

17 Puntes V F Krishnan K M amp Alivisatos P (2001) Colloidal nanocrystal shape and size control The case of

cobalt Science 291(5511) 2115ndash2117

16 Puntes V F Alivisatos P amp Krishnan K M (2001) Synthesis of Passivated Cobalt Nanocrystal Arrays with

Controlled Size and Shape In Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute (Vol 41 pp 381ndash384)

Springer

15 Franco-Puntes V Batlle X amp Labarta A (2000) Domain structures and training effects in granular thin films

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 221(1-2) 45ndash56

14 Franco V Batlle X amp Labarta A (2000) Evidence of domain wall scattering in thin films of granular CoFe--

AgCu Eur Phys J B 17(1) 43ndash50

13 Batlle X Franco V Labarta A amp OGrady K (2000) Remanence breakdown in granular alloys at magnetic

percolation J Appl Phys 88(3) 1576ndash1582

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 7 15

12 Franco V Batlle X Labarta A amp OGrady K (2000) The nature of magnetic interactions in CoFe--Ag(Cu)

granular thin films J Phys D Appl Phys 33(6) 609ndash613

11 Franco V Batlle X Labarta A amp Bassas P (2000) CoFe-based granular alloys the role of the metallic matrix

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 210(1-3) 295ndash301

10 Batlle X Franco V amp Labarta A (2000) Magnetic Force Microscopy A Powerful Tool to Image Domain

Structures in Granular Thin Films In Materials Science Forum (Vol 352 pp 9ndash22) Trans Tech Publications

9 Franco V Batlle X amp Labarta A (1999) CoFendashCu granular alloys From noninteracting particles to magnetic

percolation J Appl Phys 85(10) 7328-7335

8 Franco V Batlle X Labarta A Bassas P amp Sandiumenge F (1999) The microstructure of CoFe--AgCu

granular films Origin of the perpendicular anisotropy In Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (Vol

196-197 pp 274ndash276)

7 Franco V Batlle X amp Labarta A (1999) Training behaviour and magnetic domains in CoFe--gCu granular

films In Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (Vol 196-197 pp 465ndash466)

6 Franco V Batlle X Labarta A Bassas J amp Sandiumenge F (1999) Texture strain and alloying in sputtered

granular magnetic films Acta Materialia 47(5) 1661ndash1670

5 Franco V Batlle X Valencia A Labarta A OGrady K amp Watson M L (1998) Magnetic microstructures

from magnetic force microscopy and Monte Carlo simulation in CoFe-Ag-Cu granular films IEEE Trans Magn

34(4) 912ndash914

4 Franco V Batlle X amp Labarta A (1998) Giant and Anisotropic Magnetoresistance in CoFe-Cu Granular Alloys

The Role of the Ferromagnetic Concentration In Materials Science Forum (Vol 269-272 pp 895ndash900) Trans

Tech Publications

3 Franco V Batlle X Labarta A Watson M L amp OGrady K (1997) From demagnetizing to magnetizing

interactions in CoFendashAgCu granular films J Appl Phys 81(8) 4593ndash4595

2 Batlle X Franco V Labarta A Watson M L amp OGrady K (1997) The effect of the microstructure on the

magnetic interactions in CoFendashAgCu granular films From demagnetizing to magnetizing interactions Appl Phys

Lett 70(1) 132ndash134

1 Batlle X Garcia del Muro M Franco V Labarta A Gonzalez J M Watson M L et al (1997) Interactions

and demagnetization in magnetic materials Nanocrystalline granular films In Proceedings of the NATO

Advanced Study Institute (Vol 338 pp 401ndash405) Kluwer Academic Publishers

Publication statistics [citations from Web of Knowledge data]

Researcher ID F-8407-2013

Total of citations 7409

h-index 36

VP starts his own research

group

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 8 15

Ten most cited articles

List

key Year Journal

Impact Factor

2013 (WoK)

Total citations

to date (WoK)

Average number of

citations per year

(WoK)

17 2001 Colloidal nanocrystal shape and size control The

case of cobalt Science

31477 2198 169

25 2002 Synthesis of hcp-Co Nanodisks Journal of the

American Chemical Society

11444 572 48

30 2004 Nanocrystalline CeO2 Increases the Activity of Au

for CO Oxidation by Two Orders of Magnitude

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

11336 569 57

18 2001 Synthesis self-assembly and magnetic behavior of

a two-dimensional superlattice of single-crystal

epsilon-Co nanparticles Applied Physics Letters

3515 308 24

66 2010 Time Evolution of the Nanoparticle Protein

Corona ACS Nano

12033 300 75

31 2004 Collective behaviour in two-dimensional cobalt

nanoparticle assemblies observed by magnetic

force microscopy Nature Materials

36425 229 23

38 2006 Nanoparticle-Mediated Local and Remote

Manipulation of Protein Aggregation Nano

Letters

12940 190 24

41 2007 Vacancy Coalescence during Oxidation of Iron

Nanoparticles Journal of the American

Chemical Society

11444 170 24

68 2010 Correlating physico-chemical with toxicological

properties of nanoparticles the present and the

future ACS Nano

12033 168 42

27 2003 Synthetic Insertion of Gold Nanoparticles into

Mesoporous Silica Chemistry of Materials

8535 153 12

Ten most relevant recent articles

List

key

Year Journal Impact Factor

2013 (WoK)

Total citations

(WoK)

Average number of

citations per year

(WoK)

110 2013 Absence of Ce3+Sites in Chemically Active

Colloidal Ceria Nanoparticles ACS Nano

12033 7 7

96 2012 Detoxifying Antitumoral Drugs via

Nanoconjugation The Case of Gold

Nanoparticles and Cisplatin PLoS One

3534 16 8

89 2012 Citrate-Coated Gold Nanoparticles As Smart

Scavengers for Mercury(II) Removal from

Polluted Waters ACS Nano

12033 44 22

83 2011 Carving at the Nanoscale Sequential Galvanic

Exchange and Kirkendall Growth at Room

Temperature Science

31477 128 43

80 2011 Kinetically Controlled Seeded Growth Synthesis

of Citrate-Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles of up

to 200 nm Size Focusing versus Ostwald

Ripening Langumir

4384 130 43

66 2010 Time Evolution of the Nanoparticle Protein

Corona ACS Nano

12033 300 75

63 2010 Synthesis of Platinum Cubes Polypods

Cuboctahedrons and Raspberries Assisted by

Cobalt Nanocrystals Nano Letters

12940 69 17

53 2009 Evaluation of the ecotoxicity of model

nanoparticles Chemosphere

3137 135 27

54 2009 Homogeneous Conjugation of Peptides onto

Gold Nanoparticles Enhances Macrophage

12033 66 13

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 9 15

Response ACS Nano

55 2009 Instability of Cationic Gold Nanoparticle

Bioconjugates The Role of Citrate Ions

Journal of the American Chemical Society

11444 73 15

SELECTED FUNDING PROJECTS [VP participating as Principal Investigator for ICN2]

19 Suport a les activitats dels Grups de Recerca de Catalunya (SGR)

Agegravencia de Gestioacute dAjuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR)

01-Jan-2014 to 31-Dec-2016

18 FutureNanoNeeds Framework to respond to regulatory needs of future nanomaterials and Markets

European Union - FP7

1-Jan-2014 to 31-Dec-2017

17 GUIDEnano Assessment and mitigation of nano-enabled product risks on human and environmental health

Development of new strategies and creation of a digital guidance tool for nanotech industries

European Union - FP7

1-Nov-2013 to 30-Apr-2017

16 TUNANOCRYSTAL Developing Synthetic Strategies for Complex Multi-component Inorganic Nanocrystals with

Tunable Physico-Chemical

Ministerio de Economiacutea y Competitividad (MINECO) ndash Spanish Government

1-Feb-2013 to 31-Jan-2016

15 Maratoacute TV3 2012 Cerium Oxide nanoparticles as a new therapeutic tool for tissue regeneration in liver diseases

Fundacioacute La Maratoacute (La Maratoacute de TV3)

14-Jan-2013 to 13-Jan-2016

14 QNano A pan-European infrastructure for quality in nanomaterials safety testing

European Union - FP7 (specific project type Infrastructures)

1-Feb-2011 to 31-Jan-2015

13 NanoTOES - Nanotechnology Training Of Experts in Safety

European Union - FP7 (specific project type Marie Curie ITN)

1-Nov-2010 to 31-Oct-2013

12 NANOPOLYTOX Toxicological impact of nanomaterials derived from processing weathering and

recycling of polymer nanocomposites used in various industrial applications

European Union - FP7

1-May-2010 to 30-Apr-2013

11 Plan Nacional MICINN Disentildeo de Nanoparticulas Inorgaacutenicas conjugadas Nuevas herramientas

para el tratamiento del caacutencer (Design of conjugated Inorganic Nanoparticles New tools for cancer treatment)

Ministerio de Educacioacuten y Ciencia (MEC) - Spanish Government

1-Jan-2010 to 31-Dec-2012

10 VALTEC - Vacunes

ACC1Oacute - Generalitat de Catalunya

15-Oct-2009 to 15-Oct-2012

9 VALTEC - Cisplatino

ACC1Oacute - Generalitat de Catalunya

15-Oct-2009 to 15-Oct-2012

8 Suport a les activitats dels Grups de Recerca de Catalunya (SGR)

Agegravencia de Gestioacute dAjuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR)

28-Sep-2009 to 31-Dec-2013

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 10 15

7 Construccioacute del CNBSS (Center for NanoBioSafety and Sustainability)

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacioacuten (MICINN) - Spanish Government and ACC1Oacute - Generalitat de Catalunya

01-Jan-2009 to 21-Dec-2011

6 NANOCLEAN Evaluacioacuten del potencial de nanopartiacuteculas inorgaacutenicas funcionalizadas para la

eliminacioacuten de nitroacutegeno foacutesforo pesticidas orgaacutenicos y metales pesados en masas de agua Evaluacioacuten de la

toxicidad y posibilidades de regulacioacuten

Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino (MMA) - Spanish Government

4-Dec-2008 to 30-Apr-2011

5 FPI Scholarships (Formacioacuten de Personal Investigador)

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacioacuten (MICINN) - Spanish Government

1-Sep-2007 to 31-Aug-2011

4 Siacutentesis de conjugados de nanopartiacuteculas avanzados para aplicaciones biomeacutedicas

Ministerio de Industria Turismo y Comercio (MITYC) - Spanish Government

1-Jul-2007 to 1-Jul-2009

3 Plan Nacional MICINN 2006 Siacutentesis de Nanopartiacuteculas y materiales nanoestructurados por

Autoensamblaje

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacioacuten (MICINN) - Spanish Government

1-Oct-2006 to 30-Sep-2009

2 DIPNA Development of an Integrated Platform for Nanoparticle Analysis to verify their possible toxicity and the

eco-toxicity

European Union - FP6 (specific project type STRP)

1-Nov-2006 to 31-Oct-2009

1 CONSOLIDER ndash NANOBIOMED Subunit In-vitro Experimentation of nanoparticles based biofluids

Ministerio de Educacioacuten y Ciencia (MEC) - Spanish Government

15-Sep-2006 to 31-Dic-2011

SELECTED FUNDING PROJECTS BY PRIVATE COMPANIES andor ADMINISTRATIONS [VP participating as

Principal Investigator for ICN2]

7 Biogaacutes+ Produccioacuten Aumentada de Biogaacutes Mediante la Adicioacuten de Nanopartiacuteculas de Hierro

Fundacioacuten Repsol - Spanish Company

2014 to 2016

6 Biogaacutes+ Produccioacuten Aumentada de Biogaacutes Mediante la Adicioacuten de Nanopartiacuteculas de Hierro

Fundacioacuten Repsol - Spanish Company

2013 to 2014

5 CNBSS Centre for NanoBioSafety and Sustainabitity

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacioacuten ndash Spanish Goverment

2011 to 2013

4 Biomedical Applications of Nanotechnology Based on a New Platform that couples Drugs with g

Gold Nanoparticles

Nanotargeting ndash Switzerland Company

2011 to 2013

3 Synthesis and Functionalization of Nanoparticles for Detection Purposes

BioSystems ndash Spanish Company

2012 to 2013

2 Peptide-conjugated Gold Nanoparticles for Immunotherapy

Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) ndash United States

2011 to 2012

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 11 15

1 TecnoRevolucioacute Design and Development of Models

Fundacioacute la Caixa - Spanish Financial Institution

2011 to 2012

PATENTS

4 Noble metal nanoparticles and their preparation process

Franco Puntes V Gonzaacutelez EE (Institut Catalagrave de Nanociegravencia i Nanotecnologia Institucioacute Catalana de Recerca i

Estudis Avanccedilats)

Patent No EP 111580247 (Priority date 14-Mar-2011) Status Public

3 Biogas production

Franco Puntes V Casals Mercadal E Gonzaacutelez EE Font Segura X Saacutenchez Ferrer A Garciacutea Mestre A

Delgado Ramisa L (Institut Catalagrave de Nanociegravencia i Nanotecnologia Institucioacute Catalana de Recerca i Estudis

Avanccedilats Universitat Autogravenoma de Barcelona)

Patent No EP 111577847 (Priority date 11-Mar-2011) Status National entry stage

2 Conjugates comprising nanoparticles coated with platinum containing compounds

Franco Puntes V Domiacutenguez Puente F Romero Martiacutenez FM Gallego Rubio Oacute (Institut Catalagrave de Nanociegravencia i

Nanotecnologia Institucioacute Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avanccedilats Universidad Santiago de Compostela Universitat

de Valegravencia Institut de Recerca de lHospital de Santa Creu i Sant Pau)

Patent No WO 2010069941 A1 (Priority date 16-Dec-2008) Status Licensed to Nanotargeting SL

1 Immunoactivating conjugates comprising nanoparticles coated with peptides

Franco Puntes V Goacutemez Bastuacutes N Saacutenchez Tilloacute E Farrera Sinfreu C Celada Cotarelo A Lloberas Cavero J

Giralt Lledoacute E Pujals Riatoacutes S (Institut Catalagrave de Nanociegravencia i Nanotecnologia Institucioacute Catalana de Recerca i

Estudis Avanccedilats Universitat de Barcelona Institut de Recerca Biomegravedica)

Patent No WO 2010046377 A2 (Priority date 23-Oct-2008) Status Public

SELECTED RECENT TALKS

28 Medical Nanochemistry the use of reactive inorganic nanoparticles in medicine Invited talk at 14th Nanomedicine

Symposium Milan Italy (November 2014)

27 Nanocrystals as reagents building next generation of nanoparticles Invited talk at Conference New frontiers

of nanomaterial technologies for applications in biology and medicine Tirana Albania (July 2014)

26 Nanoparticles synthesis and reactivity Invited talk at Lecture at Summer School Nanoscience Ile de France

Etiolles France (June 2014)

25 Nanoceria for Nanomedicine Invited talk at E-MRS 2014 Spring Meeting Lille France (May 2014)

24 Application of inorganic nanoparticles on medicine Invited talk at II Reunioacuten de Joacutevenes Investigadores

en Coloides e Interfases Granada Spain (April 2014)

23 Nanoparticle properties and their interactions with the environment Invited talk at QualityNano NanoFATE amp

Joint Meeting Birmingham United Kingdom (March 2014)

22 Nanotechnology in Health Gold Nanoparticles as Radiotherapy Enhancers Invited talk at Radio Oncology

Department Invited Seminar Lausanne Switzerland (January 2014)

21 Nanocrystals 20 The next generation Invited talk at Christmas Symposium Chemistry department ETZH

Zurich Switzerland (December 2013)

20 Jornada Energiacutea y Emprendimiento de la investigacioacuten a la creacioacuten de empresas Invited talk at Institut de

Recerca en Energia de Catalunya (IREC) Barcelona Spain (November 2013)

19 B-Debate on ldquoNanotechnologies in Health current challenges and future prospects Co-organizer and chairman at

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 12 15

Cosmocaixa Barcelona Spain (October 2013)

18 Environmental fate of Inorganic Nanoparticles Invited talk at Joint Conference NanoTOE NanoFATE

Oxford England (September 2013)

17 Nanoparticles safety by design Invited talk at Serenade annual meeting University aix en Provance France

(July 2013)

16 Designing Nanobots to fight Cancer Invited talk at the E-MRS 2013 Meeting Symposium U Design of

multifunctional nano-objects for biomedical Strasbourg France (May 2013)

15 Detoxifying Antitumoral Drugs via Nanoconjugation The Case of Gold Nanoparticles and Cisplatin Invited talk at

ImagineNano 2013 ndash NanoBioMed Bilbao Spain (April 2013)

14 Functional inorganic nanoparticles Invited talk at the MAGNIFYCO Workshop Barcelona Spain (January 2013)

13 Engineering Inorganic Nanoparticles Invited seminar at the Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya (IBEC)

Barcelona Spain (December 2012)

12 Does the nanoform of a substance entail an increased toxicity Invited lecture at the ldquoAdvances in Materialsrdquo

seminar at the Institute of Materials at Ecole Feacutedeacuterale de Lausanne (EPFL) Lausanne Switzerland (November

2011)

11 Carving at the Nanoscale Galvanic Replacement versus Kirkendall Effect at Room Temperature Plenary talk at

NaNaX5 (2012) ndash Nanoscience with Nanocrystals

Fueringola Spain (May 2012)

10 Toxicology of engineering nanoparticles Invited colloquium at the Leibniz-Institut fuumlr Festkoumlrper- und

Werkstoffforschung Dresden (IFW-Kolloquium) Dresden Germany (December 2011)

9 Does the nanoform of a substance entail an increased toxicity Invited lecture at the ldquoAdvances in Materialsrdquo

seminar at the Institute of Materials at Ecole Feacutedeacuterale de Lausanne (EPFL) Lausanne Switzerland (November

2011)

8 Application of inorganic-biomolecule nanoparticle conjugates to biomedicine Invited Lecture at the

Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine Course Braga Portugal (October 2011)

7 Impact of Protein Corona on Nanoparticle Interactions with Immune Cells Invited talk at the NANOMMUNE

Closing Workshop Understanding nano-immuno-interactions Stockholm Sweden (June 2011)

6 Inorganic Nanoparticles as Drug Carriers Pharmacokinetic Considerations on Biodistribution Invited talk at

BionanoNice E-MRS 2011 Meeting Symposium O Bio-materials for imaging sensing and actuating Nice

France (May 2011)

5 Nanotoxicology from the nanoparticle point of view Invited talk at the workshop ldquoSafety issues of Nanomaterials

along their life cyclerdquo Barcelona Spain (May 2011)

4 Taming physicochemical signatures of inorganic NPs for their biological integration Invited talk at NANOJASP

2010 - Nanomaterials based biosensors and biosystems Barcelona Spain (November 2010)

3 When the Synthesis is over Assessing the Full Life Cycle of inorganic nanoparticles Talk at NaNaX 4 (2010) -

Nanoscience with Nanocrystals Munich - Tutzing Germany (April 2010)

2 Nanotechnology from nanotoxicology to nanomedicine Keynote Speaker at NanoSpain 2009 Zaragoza Spain

(March 2009)

1 Colloidal Nanoparticles - From Synthesis to Biological Applications (sic) Talk at the WE-Heraeus-Seminar

Colloidal Nanoparticles - From Synthesis to Biological Applications Marburg Germany (September 2008)

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 13 15

DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

Public Awareness of Science has been a central interest of our group since its beginnings The activities developed

include talks to non-specialized audiences internet platforms science and art videos and science divulgation videos

science museum exhibitions electronic and hardcopy books and other platforms including art exhibitions (being the more

recent AC gallery Madrid and La casa del Libro San Francisco) on NP microscopy images and televisionradio

interviews The group has also won the 2011 FOTCIENCIA edition

The target puacuteblic has been from general science and young investigators to the elder or children as young as 7 years old

(introduction to nanotechnology and demonstrative experiments) For that we have obtained funds from private

organizations and local administrations Recently our ebook of 2013 entitled Nanoparticles Before Nanotechnology

with more than 12000 downloads and still promoted We also published in 2013 a large-format photography book about

the ldquoNanocosmosrdquo in Colombia Another example is Goldlight a joined collaboration between ING group and old town

jewellers of Barcelona which led to the creation of ldquoquantum jewelleryrdquo based on colloidal solutions of hollow Au NPs It

was recently featured in The Guardian after appearing in the Spanish Jewels Journal (25000 copies) and El Periodico

Similarly our Science paper was featured on the BBC among many others highlighting the possibilities of NPs in

medicine Our spin-off Nanotargeting was featured in La Vanguardia and our work in Ara and our exhibition at

CosmoCaixa (TEcnoRevolucioacuten I and II Barcelona and Madrid) in El Mundo among other interviews for local and

international TVs ndashTV Vallegraves TV25- and radio as COM Radio and PUNT Radio We appeared also twice in Spanish

national TV Informe Semanal

VP is one of the winners ldquoPremios Iberoamericanos a la Innovacioacuten y el Emprendimientordquo

Secretaria Gneral Iberoamericana (SEGIB) (2013)

VP is one of the winners ldquoPremio Fondo de Emprendedoresrdquo Fundacioacuten Repsol (2013)

VP is the founder and director of NanoWiki a digital online platform created in 2008 whose aim is to track the evolution

of paradigms and discoveries in nanoscience and nanotechnology Moreover through Nanowiki VP has published 5

books being the last one May 2013 Nanocoloreja (and Nanocolorea) targeting children About explaining

Nanotechnology to highlight the following

VPuntes ldquoNanocolorejardquo httpissuucomedicionsnanowikidocsnanocoloreja__ca_web

V Puntes ldquoNanoparticles Before Nanotechnologyrdquo

ISBN 978-84-695-6677-0 httpnanowikiinfo5B5BNanoparticles20Before20Nanotechnology5D5D

V Puntes ldquoNanotechnology Engines Onrdquo

ISBN 978-84-615-3293-3

httpnanowikiinfo5B5B22Nanotechnology3A20Engines20On225D5D

V Puntes ldquoNanotechnology balancing the promisesrdquo

ISBN 978-84-615-3293-6

httpnanowikiinfo5B5BNanotechnology3A20balancing20the20promises5D5D

The first one Nanoparticles Before Nnaotechnology has been downloaded more than 14000 times

VP has an active role in science promotion and dissemination Apart from NanoWiki activities in this area VP has been

interviewed in different radio and TV shows (Catalunya Radio COM Radio PUNT Radio INforme Semanal TV25

VallegravesTV BTV) takes part in several local educative projects such as Escolab and Joves i Ciencia has participated in

panels and debates such as

Round table discussion on ldquoSafety and Societyrdquo Invited panelist at NanoFormulation 2012 an event organized by the

EU-FP7 Project InForm Barcelona Spain May 30 2012

ldquoLa seguridad de los nanomaterialesrdquo Invited talk at Impacto de la Nanotecnologiacutea en la Cosmeacutetica a scientific-

technical workshop organized by the Spanish Society of Cosmetic Chemistry (Sociedad Espantildeola de Quiacutemicos

Cosmeacuteticos - SEQC) Barcelona Spain November 11 2010

Estudio prospectivo sobre materiales inteligentes ndash Sector Saludrdquo Invited panellist in the Health sector at the

workshop series organized by Tecnalia and the Observatorio de Prospectiva Tecnoacutelogica Industrial (OPTI) Madrid

Spain October 20 2010

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 14 15

VP and collaborators have written several dissemination articles

1 Loacutepez C Saacutenchez A amp Puntes V (2013) Nanopartiacuteculas inorgaacutenicas Riesgos y beneficios ambientales

Investigacioacuten y Ciencia 437 (February) 12ndash14

2 Puntes V amp Garcia Hom A (2009) Nanopanic or Nanoeuphoria Nanoinfo Megravetode (63) 74ndash79

3 Gatti A amp Puntes V (2009) Scientists still wondering ndash Industry already selling NANO Magazine 12 28ndash30

4 Puntes V F (2004) Cobalt nanostructures Investigacioacuten y Ciencia 332

5 Puntes V F amp Esteve Pujol J (2003) Nanoparticles inorganic molecules Revista

de Fiacutesica 24(1) 38ndash42

VP was co-organizer of the Barcelona International Center of Scientific Debate (B-Debate) on ldquoNanotechnologies in

Healthrdquo 2013 at the CosmoCaixa

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Scientific advisor for Nanonica a Switzerland-based company devoted to transfer knowledge from universities to

industry In 2012 Nanonica and ICN joined efforts in creating NanoTargeting a startup company focused on drug

delivery applications of nanotechnology in which Viacutector Puntes has a leading scientific role

Scientific Director of the Centre for BioNanoSafety and Sustainability (CNBSS) from 2009 to 2012 The CNBSS

was an initiative of Catalan Institute of Nanotechnology (ICN) and the LEITAT Technological Centre in response to

the emerging need to rationalise and assess the risks of new nanotechnologies and to promote it safe and sustainable

uses in industry and for the society in general

Moreover VP pioneered the nanotechnology and knowledge transfer in the Catalonia area already in 2007 by funding

what today constitutes ENDOR Nanotechnologies

Victor Puntes is also co-founder of Applied Nanoparticles a spin off company sponsored by Repsol dedicated to

bring nanotechnology solutions to Energy and the Environment [wwwappliednanoparticleseu]

Also VP has been providing designed NPs to the WRAIR and the Uniteacute Interactions Hocircte-Pathogenes for the

development of prophylactic vaccines against malaria and anthrax and therapeutic against micobacteria

VP also participates as chair of the NANONICA PRIZE awards jury

[httpwwwnanonicaprizeorgindexphpbreakthrough-of-the-year] and in the jury of the Premis Ciutat de Barcelona

[httppremsabcncatwp-contentuploads201402DP-Premis-Ciutat-de-Barcelona-okpdf]

VP is on the editorial board of Journal of Colloids and Interface Sciences and Nanowiki and recently member of the

NYAS (New York Academy of Sciences)

PhD Supervisor of Dr Ngoc Tran Thi Thanh The life of nanoparticles in contact with biological media and

entities October 2014 Dr Lorena Garcia Introducing Gold Nanoparticles Bioconjugates within the Biological

Machinery July 2013 Dr Joan Comenge Gold Nanoparticles as Drug Delivery Agents Detoxifying the Drug

Cisplatin July 2013 Dr Miriam Varoacuten Synthesis of Nanoparticles and Nanostructured Materials by Self-Assembly

May 2012 Dr Eudald Casals Reactivity and Impact of Inorganic Nanoparticles in Biological Environments

Building Up NanoSafety January 2012 Dr Edgar Gonzaacutelez Synthetic Route for the Production of Multilevel

Hollow-Nanostructured Nanoparticles at Room Temperature April 2011 Dr Neus Bastuacutes Gold Nanoparticles

Conjugates for Biological Applications December 2008 and Master Supervisor of Miriam Varoacuten (2009) Lorena

Garciacutea (2009) Joan Comenge (2009) and Zoeuml Megson (2010) He is currently supervising 8 PhD students

Lecturer (Professor) in the Biomedicine module within the Master in Nanotechnology program offered by the

Universitat Autogravenoma de Barcelona (UAB) from 2008 to 2012

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 15 15

Referee for Nature Materials Nature Nanotechnology Nano Letters ACS Nano Journal of the American Chemical

Society The Journal of Physical Chemistry Langmuir Chemistry of Materials Journal of Applied Physics The Journal of

Physical Chemistry Letters among others

Finally I am very proud that after being the first ranked as Ramon y Cajal applicant in 2003 now my group is hosting

Dr Neus Bastus first ranked Ramon y Cajal position in the area of ldquoEngineering and Technologyrdquo in the last call

November 2012

Other details and information can be found at the website of the Inorganic Nanoparticles Group

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 4 15

74 Amigo J M Bastuacutes N G Hoen R Vaacutezquez-Campos S Varoacuten M Royo M Puntes V (2011) Analysis of

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

methods Analytica Chimica Acta 683(2) 170ndash177

73 Pentildea L Varon M Konstantinovic Z Balcells L Martinez B amp Puntes V (2011) Large 2D self-assembled

domains of cobalt nanoparticles onto silicon wafers J Mater Chem 21(42) 16973ndash16977

72 Candeloro P Tirinato L Malara N Fregola A Casals E Puntes V et al (2011) Nanoparticle microinjection

and Raman spectroscopy as tools for nanotoxicology studies Analyst 136(21) 4402ndash4408

71 del Mercato L L Gonzalez E Abbasi A Z Parak W J amp Puntes V (2011) Synthesis and evaluation of gold

nanoparticle-modified polyelectrolyte capsules under microwave irradiation for remotely controlled release for

cargo Jor Mat Chem 21(31) 11468ndash11471

70 Lim S I Varon M Ojea-Jimenez I Arbiol J amp Puntes V (2011) Pt nanocrystal evolution in the presence of

Au(III)-salts at room temperature spontaneous formation of AuPt heterodimers J Mater Chem 21(31) 11518ndash

11523

69 Recillas S Coloacuten J Casals E Gonzaacutelez E Puntes V Saacutenchez A et al (2010) Chromium VI adsorption on

cerium oxide nanoparticles and morphology changes during the process Journal of Hazardous Materials

184(13) 425ndash431

68 Rivera Gil P Oberdoumlrster G Elder A Puntes V amp Parak W J (2010) Correlating Physico-Chemical with

Toxicological Properties of Nanoparticles The Present and the Future ACS Nano 4(10) 5527ndash5531

67 Lim S I Varoacuten M Ojea-Jimeacutenez I Arbiol J amp Puntes V (2010) Exploring the Limitations of the Use of

Competing Reducers to Control the Morphology and Composition of Pt and PtCo Nanocrystals Chem Mater

22(15) 4495ndash4504

66 Casals E Pfaller T Duschl A Oostingh G J amp Puntes V (2010) Time Evolution of the Nanoparticle Protein

Corona ACS Nano 4(7) 3623ndash3632

65 Paul R Bautista L De la Varga M Botet J M Casals E Puntes V et al (2010) Nano-cotton Fabrics with

High Ultraviolet Protection Textile Research Journal 80(5) 454ndash462

64 Pfaller T Colognato R Nelissen I Favilli F Casals E Ooms D Leppens H Ponti J Stritzinger R Puntes

V et al (2010) The suitability of different cellular in vitro immunotoxicity and genotoxicity methods for the analysis

of nanoparticle-induced events Nanotoxicology 4(1) 52ndash72

63 Lim S I Ojea-Jimeacutenez I Varon M Casals E Arbiol J amp Puntes V (2010) Synthesis of Platinum Cubes

Polypods Cuboctahedrons and Raspberries Assisted by Cobalt Nanocrystals Nano Letters 10(3) 964ndash973

62 Ojea-Jimeacutenez I Romero F M Bastuacutes N G amp Puntes V (2010) Small Gold Nanoparticles Synthesized with

Sodium Citrate and Heavy Water Insights into the Reaction Mechanism J Phys Chem C 114(4) 1800ndash1804

61 Comenge J Romero F M Sotelo C Domiacutenguez F amp Puntes V (2010) Exploring the binding of Pt drugs to

gold nanoparticles for controlled passive release of cisplatin Journal of Controlled Release 148 e31ndashe32

(Abstract)

60 Garciacutea-Fernaacutendez L Sperling R Arbiol J amp Puntes V (2010) Controlling the loading number and orientation

of Immunoglobin G on gold nanoparticles and the induced formation of nano-assemblies European Cells and

Materials 20 87 (Abstract)

59 Varoacuten M Pentildea L Balcells L Skumryev V Martinez B amp Puntes V (2010) Dipolar Driven Spontaneous Self

Assembly of Superparamagnetic Co Nanoparticles into Micrometric Rice-Grain like Structures Langmuir 26(1)

109ndash116

58 Imaz I Rubio-Martiacutenez M Garciacutea-Fernaacutendez L Garciacutea F Ruiz-Molina D Hernando J Puntes V amp

Maspoch D (2010) Coordination polymer particles as potential drug delivery systems Chem Commun 46(26)

4737ndash4739

57 Corrias A Mountjoy G Loche D Puntes V Falqui A Zanella M et al (2009) Identifying Spinel Phases in

Nearly Monodisperse Iron Oxide Colloidal Nanocrystal J Phys Chem C 113(43) 18667ndash18675

56 Sperling R A Casals E Comenge J Bastuacutes N G amp Puntes V F (2009) Inorganic engineered nanoparticles

and their impact on the immune response Curr Drug Metab 10(8) 895ndash904

55 Ojea-Jimeacutenez I amp Puntes V (2009) Instability of Cationic Gold Nanoparticle Bioconjugates The Role of Citrate

Ions J Am Chem Soc 131(37) 13320ndash13327

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 5 15

54 Bastuacutes N G Saacutenchez-Tilloacute E Pujals S Farrera C Loacutepez C Giralt E Celada A Lloberas J Puntes V

(2009) Homogeneous Conjugation of Peptides onto Gold Nanoparticles Enhances Macrophage Response ACS

Nano 3(6) 1335ndash1344

53 Barrena R Casals E Coloacuten J Font X Saacutenchez A amp Puntes V (2009) Evaluation of the ecotoxicity of model

nanoparticles Chemosphere 75(7) 850ndash857

52 Cabot A Alivisatos A Puntes V Balcells L Iglesias Ograve amp Labarta A (2009) Magnetic domains and surface

effects in hollow maghemite nanoparticles Phys Rev B 79(9) 094419ndash094426

51 Pujals S Bastuacutes N G Pereiro E Loacutepez-Iglesias C Punte(s) V F Kogan M J et al (2009) Shuttling Gold

Nanoparticles into Tumoral Cells with an Amphipathic Proline-Rich Peptide ChemBioChem 10(6) 1025ndash1031

50 Bastus N Sanchez-Tillo E Pujals S Farrera C Kogan M Giralt E Celada A Lloberas J amp Puntes V

(2009) Peptides conjugated to gold nanoparticles induce macrophage activation Molecular Immunology 46(4)

743ndash748

49 Pfaller T Puntes V Casals E Duschl A amp Oostingh G J (2009) In vitro investigation of immunomodulatory

effects caused by engineered inorganic nanoparticles ndash the impact of experimental design and cell choice

Nanotoxicology 3(1) 46ndash59

48 Nelissen I Verstraelen S De Boever P Casals E Ooms D Leppens H Hollanders K Van Den Heuvel R

Schoeters G Puntes V (2009) Impact of engineered nanoparticles on immune-related genes and processes in

human alveolar epithelial cells Toxicology Letters 189 S186 (Abstract)

47 Araya E Olmedo I Bastus N G Guerrero S Puntes V F Giralt E et al (2008) Gold Nanoparticles and

Microwave Irradiation Inhibit Beta-Amyloid Amyloidogenesis Nanoscale Res Lett 3(11) 435ndash443

46 Casals E Bastus N Vaacutezquez S Varon M Comenge J amp Puntes V (2008) Inorganic nanoparticles and

biology Contributions to Science 4(2) 171ndash176

45 Casals E Vazquez-Campos S Bastuacutes N amp Puntes V (2008) Distribution and potential toxicity of engineered

inorganic nanoparticles and carbon nanostructures in biological systems TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry

27(8) 672ndash683

44 Lagunas A Mairata i Payeras A Jimeno C Puntes V F amp Pericagraves M A (2008) Low-Temperature Synthesis of

CoO Nanoparticles via Chemically Assisted Oxidative Decarbonylation Chem Mater 20(1) 92ndash100

43 Bastuacutes N G Casals E Vaacutezquez-Campos S amp Puntes V (2008) Reactivity of engineered inorganic

nanoparticles and carbon nanostructures in biological media Nanotoxicology 2(3) 99ndash112

42 Bastus N Kogan M Amigo R Grillobosch D Araya E Turiel A Labarta A Giralt E amp Puntes V (2007)

Gold nanoparticles for selective and remote heating of Beta-amyloid protein aggregates Materials Science and

Engineering C 27(5-8) 1236ndash1240

41 Cabot A Puntes V F Shevchenko E Yin Y Balcells L Marcus M A et al (2007) Vacancy Coalescence

during Oxidation of Iron Nanoparticles J Am Chem Soc 129(34) 10358ndash10360

40 Cheng G J Puntes V F amp Guo T (2006) Synthesis and self-assembled ring structures of Ni nanocrystals

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 293(2) 430ndash436

39 Gallego O amp Puntes V (2006) What can nanotechnology do to fight cancer Clin Transl Oncol 8(11) 788ndash

795

38 Kogan M J Bastus N G Amigo R Grillo-Bosch D Araya E Turiel A Labarta A Giralt E amp Puntes

VF (2006) Nanoparticle-Mediated Local and Remote Manipulation of Protein Aggregation Nano Letters 6(1)

110ndash115

37 Barea E Batlle X Bourges P Corma A Forneacutes V Labarta A amp Puntes V F (2005) Synthesis and

Characterization of Stabilized Subnanometric Cobalt Metal Particles J Am Chem Soc 127(51) 18026ndash18030

36 Hattink B J Muro M G D Konstantinovic Z Puntes V F Batlle X Labarta A et al (2005) Electrical

properties in granular Co-ZrO2 thin films Int J of Nanotechnology 2(12) 43ndash61

35 Puntes V F Bastus N G Pagonabarraga I Iglesias O Labarta A amp Batlle X (2005) Nucleation phenomenon

in nanoparticle self-assemblies Int J of Nanotechnology 2(12) 62ndash70

34 Thanh N T K Puntes V F Tung L D amp Fernig D G (2005) Peptides as capping ligands for in situ synthesis

of water soluble Co nanoparticles for bioapplications J Phys Conf Ser 17(1) 70ndash76

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 6 15

33 Concepcion P Lopez C Martinez A amp Puntes V (2004) Characterization and catalytic properties of cobalt

supported on delaminated ITQ-6 and ITQ-2 zeolites for the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction Journal of

Catalysis 228(2) 321ndash332

32 Concepcioacuten P Corma A Silvestre-Albero J Franco V amp Chane-Ching J Y (2004) Chemoselective

Hydrogenation Catalysts Pt on Mesostructured CeO2 Nanoparticles Embedded within Ultrathin Layers of SiO2

Binder J Am Chem Soc 126(17) 5523ndash5532

31 Puntes VF Gorostiza P Aruguete D M Bastus N G amp Alivisatos A P (2004) Collective behaviour in two-

dimensional cobalt nanoparticle assemblies observed by magnetic force microscopy Nature Materials 3(4) 263ndash

268

30 Carrettin S Concepcioacuten P Corma A Loacutepez Nieto J M amp Puntes V F (2004) Nanocrystalline CeO2

Increases the Activity of Au for CO Oxidation by Two Orders of Magnitude Angew Chem Int Ed 43(19) 2538ndash

2540

29 Barea E M Fornes V Corma A Bourges P Guillon E amp Puntes VF (2004) A new synthetic route to

produce metal zeolites with subnanometric magnetic clusters Chem Commun (17) 1974ndash1975

28 Zhu J Koacutenya Z Puntes VF Kiricsi I Miao C X Ager J W et al (2003) Encapsulation of Metal (Au Ag

Pt) Nanoparticles into the Mesoporous SBA-15 Structure Langmuir 19(10) 4396ndash4401

27 Koacutenya Z Puntes V F Kiricsi I Zhu J Ager J W Ko M K et al (2003) Synthetic Insertion of Gold

Nanoparticles into Mesoporous Silica Chem Mater 15(6) 1242ndash1248

26 Puntes V F Zanchet D Erdonmez C K amp Alivisatos A P (2003) Surfactant and temperature influence on Co

nanocrystal structure and shape In MRS Proceedings Solid-State Chemistry of Inorganic Materials IV (Vol

755 pp 123ndash128) Materials Research Society

25 Puntes V F Zanchet D Erdonmez C K amp Alivisatos A P (2002) Synthesis of hcp-Co Nanodisks J Am

Chem Soc 124(43) 12874ndash12880

24 Koacutenya Z Puntes V F Kiricsi I Zhu J Alivisatos A P amp Somorjai G A (2002) Nanocrystal Templating of

Silica Mesopores with Tunable Pore Sizes Nano Letters 2(8) 907ndash910

23 Koacutenya Z Puntes V F Kiricsi I Zhu J Alivisatos P amp Somorjai G A (2002) Novel Two-Step Synthesis of

Controlled Size and Shape Platinum Nanoparticles Encapsulated in Mesoporous Silica Catalysis Letters 81(3)

137ndash140

22 Puntes V F Konya Z Erdonmez C Zhu J Somorjai G A amp Alivisatos A P (2002) Mechanisms of

controlled growth of metallic nanocrystals In MRS Proceedings Magnetic and Electronic Films ndash

Microstructure Texture and Application to Data Storage (Vol 721 pp 241ndash246) Materials Research Society

21 Puntes V F Krishnan K amp Alivisatos A P (2002) Synthesis of Colloidal Cobalt Nanoparticles with Controlled

Size and Shapes Topics in Catalysis 19(2) 145ndash148

20 Puntes V F Parak W J amp Alivisatos A P (2002) Tuning the SP to FM transition of cobalt nanoparticles in view

of biomedical applications In European Cells and Materials (Vol 3 pp 128ndash131)

19 Puntes V F amp Krishnan K M (2001) Synthesis structural order and magnetic behavior of self-assembled

epsilon-Co nanocrystal arrays IEEE Trans Magn 37(4) 2210ndash2212

18 Puntes V F Krishnan K M amp Alivisatos P (2001) Synthesis self-assembly and magnetic behavior of a two-

dimensional superlattice of single-crystal epsilon-Co nanparticles Appl Phys Lett 78(15) 2187ndash2189

17 Puntes V F Krishnan K M amp Alivisatos P (2001) Colloidal nanocrystal shape and size control The case of

cobalt Science 291(5511) 2115ndash2117

16 Puntes V F Alivisatos P amp Krishnan K M (2001) Synthesis of Passivated Cobalt Nanocrystal Arrays with

Controlled Size and Shape In Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute (Vol 41 pp 381ndash384)

Springer

15 Franco-Puntes V Batlle X amp Labarta A (2000) Domain structures and training effects in granular thin films

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 221(1-2) 45ndash56

14 Franco V Batlle X amp Labarta A (2000) Evidence of domain wall scattering in thin films of granular CoFe--

AgCu Eur Phys J B 17(1) 43ndash50

13 Batlle X Franco V Labarta A amp OGrady K (2000) Remanence breakdown in granular alloys at magnetic

percolation J Appl Phys 88(3) 1576ndash1582

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 7 15

12 Franco V Batlle X Labarta A amp OGrady K (2000) The nature of magnetic interactions in CoFe--Ag(Cu)

granular thin films J Phys D Appl Phys 33(6) 609ndash613

11 Franco V Batlle X Labarta A amp Bassas P (2000) CoFe-based granular alloys the role of the metallic matrix

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 210(1-3) 295ndash301

10 Batlle X Franco V amp Labarta A (2000) Magnetic Force Microscopy A Powerful Tool to Image Domain

Structures in Granular Thin Films In Materials Science Forum (Vol 352 pp 9ndash22) Trans Tech Publications

9 Franco V Batlle X amp Labarta A (1999) CoFendashCu granular alloys From noninteracting particles to magnetic

percolation J Appl Phys 85(10) 7328-7335

8 Franco V Batlle X Labarta A Bassas P amp Sandiumenge F (1999) The microstructure of CoFe--AgCu

granular films Origin of the perpendicular anisotropy In Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (Vol

196-197 pp 274ndash276)

7 Franco V Batlle X amp Labarta A (1999) Training behaviour and magnetic domains in CoFe--gCu granular

films In Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (Vol 196-197 pp 465ndash466)

6 Franco V Batlle X Labarta A Bassas J amp Sandiumenge F (1999) Texture strain and alloying in sputtered

granular magnetic films Acta Materialia 47(5) 1661ndash1670

5 Franco V Batlle X Valencia A Labarta A OGrady K amp Watson M L (1998) Magnetic microstructures

from magnetic force microscopy and Monte Carlo simulation in CoFe-Ag-Cu granular films IEEE Trans Magn

34(4) 912ndash914

4 Franco V Batlle X amp Labarta A (1998) Giant and Anisotropic Magnetoresistance in CoFe-Cu Granular Alloys

The Role of the Ferromagnetic Concentration In Materials Science Forum (Vol 269-272 pp 895ndash900) Trans

Tech Publications

3 Franco V Batlle X Labarta A Watson M L amp OGrady K (1997) From demagnetizing to magnetizing

interactions in CoFendashAgCu granular films J Appl Phys 81(8) 4593ndash4595

2 Batlle X Franco V Labarta A Watson M L amp OGrady K (1997) The effect of the microstructure on the

magnetic interactions in CoFendashAgCu granular films From demagnetizing to magnetizing interactions Appl Phys

Lett 70(1) 132ndash134

1 Batlle X Garcia del Muro M Franco V Labarta A Gonzalez J M Watson M L et al (1997) Interactions

and demagnetization in magnetic materials Nanocrystalline granular films In Proceedings of the NATO

Advanced Study Institute (Vol 338 pp 401ndash405) Kluwer Academic Publishers

Publication statistics [citations from Web of Knowledge data]

Researcher ID F-8407-2013

Total of citations 7409

h-index 36

VP starts his own research

group

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 8 15

Ten most cited articles

List

key Year Journal

Impact Factor

2013 (WoK)

Total citations

to date (WoK)

Average number of

citations per year

(WoK)

17 2001 Colloidal nanocrystal shape and size control The

case of cobalt Science

31477 2198 169

25 2002 Synthesis of hcp-Co Nanodisks Journal of the

American Chemical Society

11444 572 48

30 2004 Nanocrystalline CeO2 Increases the Activity of Au

for CO Oxidation by Two Orders of Magnitude

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

11336 569 57

18 2001 Synthesis self-assembly and magnetic behavior of

a two-dimensional superlattice of single-crystal

epsilon-Co nanparticles Applied Physics Letters

3515 308 24

66 2010 Time Evolution of the Nanoparticle Protein

Corona ACS Nano

12033 300 75

31 2004 Collective behaviour in two-dimensional cobalt

nanoparticle assemblies observed by magnetic

force microscopy Nature Materials

36425 229 23

38 2006 Nanoparticle-Mediated Local and Remote

Manipulation of Protein Aggregation Nano

Letters

12940 190 24

41 2007 Vacancy Coalescence during Oxidation of Iron

Nanoparticles Journal of the American

Chemical Society

11444 170 24

68 2010 Correlating physico-chemical with toxicological

properties of nanoparticles the present and the

future ACS Nano

12033 168 42

27 2003 Synthetic Insertion of Gold Nanoparticles into

Mesoporous Silica Chemistry of Materials

8535 153 12

Ten most relevant recent articles

List

key

Year Journal Impact Factor

2013 (WoK)

Total citations

(WoK)

Average number of

citations per year

(WoK)

110 2013 Absence of Ce3+Sites in Chemically Active

Colloidal Ceria Nanoparticles ACS Nano

12033 7 7

96 2012 Detoxifying Antitumoral Drugs via

Nanoconjugation The Case of Gold

Nanoparticles and Cisplatin PLoS One

3534 16 8

89 2012 Citrate-Coated Gold Nanoparticles As Smart

Scavengers for Mercury(II) Removal from

Polluted Waters ACS Nano

12033 44 22

83 2011 Carving at the Nanoscale Sequential Galvanic

Exchange and Kirkendall Growth at Room

Temperature Science

31477 128 43

80 2011 Kinetically Controlled Seeded Growth Synthesis

of Citrate-Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles of up

to 200 nm Size Focusing versus Ostwald

Ripening Langumir

4384 130 43

66 2010 Time Evolution of the Nanoparticle Protein

Corona ACS Nano

12033 300 75

63 2010 Synthesis of Platinum Cubes Polypods

Cuboctahedrons and Raspberries Assisted by

Cobalt Nanocrystals Nano Letters

12940 69 17

53 2009 Evaluation of the ecotoxicity of model

nanoparticles Chemosphere

3137 135 27

54 2009 Homogeneous Conjugation of Peptides onto

Gold Nanoparticles Enhances Macrophage

12033 66 13

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 9 15

Response ACS Nano

55 2009 Instability of Cationic Gold Nanoparticle

Bioconjugates The Role of Citrate Ions

Journal of the American Chemical Society

11444 73 15

SELECTED FUNDING PROJECTS [VP participating as Principal Investigator for ICN2]

19 Suport a les activitats dels Grups de Recerca de Catalunya (SGR)

Agegravencia de Gestioacute dAjuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR)

01-Jan-2014 to 31-Dec-2016

18 FutureNanoNeeds Framework to respond to regulatory needs of future nanomaterials and Markets

European Union - FP7

1-Jan-2014 to 31-Dec-2017

17 GUIDEnano Assessment and mitigation of nano-enabled product risks on human and environmental health

Development of new strategies and creation of a digital guidance tool for nanotech industries

European Union - FP7

1-Nov-2013 to 30-Apr-2017

16 TUNANOCRYSTAL Developing Synthetic Strategies for Complex Multi-component Inorganic Nanocrystals with

Tunable Physico-Chemical

Ministerio de Economiacutea y Competitividad (MINECO) ndash Spanish Government

1-Feb-2013 to 31-Jan-2016

15 Maratoacute TV3 2012 Cerium Oxide nanoparticles as a new therapeutic tool for tissue regeneration in liver diseases

Fundacioacute La Maratoacute (La Maratoacute de TV3)

14-Jan-2013 to 13-Jan-2016

14 QNano A pan-European infrastructure for quality in nanomaterials safety testing

European Union - FP7 (specific project type Infrastructures)

1-Feb-2011 to 31-Jan-2015

13 NanoTOES - Nanotechnology Training Of Experts in Safety

European Union - FP7 (specific project type Marie Curie ITN)

1-Nov-2010 to 31-Oct-2013

12 NANOPOLYTOX Toxicological impact of nanomaterials derived from processing weathering and

recycling of polymer nanocomposites used in various industrial applications

European Union - FP7

1-May-2010 to 30-Apr-2013

11 Plan Nacional MICINN Disentildeo de Nanoparticulas Inorgaacutenicas conjugadas Nuevas herramientas

para el tratamiento del caacutencer (Design of conjugated Inorganic Nanoparticles New tools for cancer treatment)

Ministerio de Educacioacuten y Ciencia (MEC) - Spanish Government

1-Jan-2010 to 31-Dec-2012

10 VALTEC - Vacunes

ACC1Oacute - Generalitat de Catalunya

15-Oct-2009 to 15-Oct-2012

9 VALTEC - Cisplatino

ACC1Oacute - Generalitat de Catalunya

15-Oct-2009 to 15-Oct-2012

8 Suport a les activitats dels Grups de Recerca de Catalunya (SGR)

Agegravencia de Gestioacute dAjuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR)

28-Sep-2009 to 31-Dec-2013

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 10 15

7 Construccioacute del CNBSS (Center for NanoBioSafety and Sustainability)

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacioacuten (MICINN) - Spanish Government and ACC1Oacute - Generalitat de Catalunya

01-Jan-2009 to 21-Dec-2011

6 NANOCLEAN Evaluacioacuten del potencial de nanopartiacuteculas inorgaacutenicas funcionalizadas para la

eliminacioacuten de nitroacutegeno foacutesforo pesticidas orgaacutenicos y metales pesados en masas de agua Evaluacioacuten de la

toxicidad y posibilidades de regulacioacuten

Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino (MMA) - Spanish Government

4-Dec-2008 to 30-Apr-2011

5 FPI Scholarships (Formacioacuten de Personal Investigador)

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacioacuten (MICINN) - Spanish Government

1-Sep-2007 to 31-Aug-2011

4 Siacutentesis de conjugados de nanopartiacuteculas avanzados para aplicaciones biomeacutedicas

Ministerio de Industria Turismo y Comercio (MITYC) - Spanish Government

1-Jul-2007 to 1-Jul-2009

3 Plan Nacional MICINN 2006 Siacutentesis de Nanopartiacuteculas y materiales nanoestructurados por

Autoensamblaje

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacioacuten (MICINN) - Spanish Government

1-Oct-2006 to 30-Sep-2009

2 DIPNA Development of an Integrated Platform for Nanoparticle Analysis to verify their possible toxicity and the

eco-toxicity

European Union - FP6 (specific project type STRP)

1-Nov-2006 to 31-Oct-2009

1 CONSOLIDER ndash NANOBIOMED Subunit In-vitro Experimentation of nanoparticles based biofluids

Ministerio de Educacioacuten y Ciencia (MEC) - Spanish Government

15-Sep-2006 to 31-Dic-2011

SELECTED FUNDING PROJECTS BY PRIVATE COMPANIES andor ADMINISTRATIONS [VP participating as

Principal Investigator for ICN2]

7 Biogaacutes+ Produccioacuten Aumentada de Biogaacutes Mediante la Adicioacuten de Nanopartiacuteculas de Hierro

Fundacioacuten Repsol - Spanish Company

2014 to 2016

6 Biogaacutes+ Produccioacuten Aumentada de Biogaacutes Mediante la Adicioacuten de Nanopartiacuteculas de Hierro

Fundacioacuten Repsol - Spanish Company

2013 to 2014

5 CNBSS Centre for NanoBioSafety and Sustainabitity

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacioacuten ndash Spanish Goverment

2011 to 2013

4 Biomedical Applications of Nanotechnology Based on a New Platform that couples Drugs with g

Gold Nanoparticles

Nanotargeting ndash Switzerland Company

2011 to 2013

3 Synthesis and Functionalization of Nanoparticles for Detection Purposes

BioSystems ndash Spanish Company

2012 to 2013

2 Peptide-conjugated Gold Nanoparticles for Immunotherapy

Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) ndash United States

2011 to 2012

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 11 15

1 TecnoRevolucioacute Design and Development of Models

Fundacioacute la Caixa - Spanish Financial Institution

2011 to 2012

PATENTS

4 Noble metal nanoparticles and their preparation process

Franco Puntes V Gonzaacutelez EE (Institut Catalagrave de Nanociegravencia i Nanotecnologia Institucioacute Catalana de Recerca i

Estudis Avanccedilats)

Patent No EP 111580247 (Priority date 14-Mar-2011) Status Public

3 Biogas production

Franco Puntes V Casals Mercadal E Gonzaacutelez EE Font Segura X Saacutenchez Ferrer A Garciacutea Mestre A

Delgado Ramisa L (Institut Catalagrave de Nanociegravencia i Nanotecnologia Institucioacute Catalana de Recerca i Estudis

Avanccedilats Universitat Autogravenoma de Barcelona)

Patent No EP 111577847 (Priority date 11-Mar-2011) Status National entry stage

2 Conjugates comprising nanoparticles coated with platinum containing compounds

Franco Puntes V Domiacutenguez Puente F Romero Martiacutenez FM Gallego Rubio Oacute (Institut Catalagrave de Nanociegravencia i

Nanotecnologia Institucioacute Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avanccedilats Universidad Santiago de Compostela Universitat

de Valegravencia Institut de Recerca de lHospital de Santa Creu i Sant Pau)

Patent No WO 2010069941 A1 (Priority date 16-Dec-2008) Status Licensed to Nanotargeting SL

1 Immunoactivating conjugates comprising nanoparticles coated with peptides

Franco Puntes V Goacutemez Bastuacutes N Saacutenchez Tilloacute E Farrera Sinfreu C Celada Cotarelo A Lloberas Cavero J

Giralt Lledoacute E Pujals Riatoacutes S (Institut Catalagrave de Nanociegravencia i Nanotecnologia Institucioacute Catalana de Recerca i

Estudis Avanccedilats Universitat de Barcelona Institut de Recerca Biomegravedica)

Patent No WO 2010046377 A2 (Priority date 23-Oct-2008) Status Public

SELECTED RECENT TALKS

28 Medical Nanochemistry the use of reactive inorganic nanoparticles in medicine Invited talk at 14th Nanomedicine

Symposium Milan Italy (November 2014)

27 Nanocrystals as reagents building next generation of nanoparticles Invited talk at Conference New frontiers

of nanomaterial technologies for applications in biology and medicine Tirana Albania (July 2014)

26 Nanoparticles synthesis and reactivity Invited talk at Lecture at Summer School Nanoscience Ile de France

Etiolles France (June 2014)

25 Nanoceria for Nanomedicine Invited talk at E-MRS 2014 Spring Meeting Lille France (May 2014)

24 Application of inorganic nanoparticles on medicine Invited talk at II Reunioacuten de Joacutevenes Investigadores

en Coloides e Interfases Granada Spain (April 2014)

23 Nanoparticle properties and their interactions with the environment Invited talk at QualityNano NanoFATE amp

Joint Meeting Birmingham United Kingdom (March 2014)

22 Nanotechnology in Health Gold Nanoparticles as Radiotherapy Enhancers Invited talk at Radio Oncology

Department Invited Seminar Lausanne Switzerland (January 2014)

21 Nanocrystals 20 The next generation Invited talk at Christmas Symposium Chemistry department ETZH

Zurich Switzerland (December 2013)

20 Jornada Energiacutea y Emprendimiento de la investigacioacuten a la creacioacuten de empresas Invited talk at Institut de

Recerca en Energia de Catalunya (IREC) Barcelona Spain (November 2013)

19 B-Debate on ldquoNanotechnologies in Health current challenges and future prospects Co-organizer and chairman at

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 12 15

Cosmocaixa Barcelona Spain (October 2013)

18 Environmental fate of Inorganic Nanoparticles Invited talk at Joint Conference NanoTOE NanoFATE

Oxford England (September 2013)

17 Nanoparticles safety by design Invited talk at Serenade annual meeting University aix en Provance France

(July 2013)

16 Designing Nanobots to fight Cancer Invited talk at the E-MRS 2013 Meeting Symposium U Design of

multifunctional nano-objects for biomedical Strasbourg France (May 2013)

15 Detoxifying Antitumoral Drugs via Nanoconjugation The Case of Gold Nanoparticles and Cisplatin Invited talk at

ImagineNano 2013 ndash NanoBioMed Bilbao Spain (April 2013)

14 Functional inorganic nanoparticles Invited talk at the MAGNIFYCO Workshop Barcelona Spain (January 2013)

13 Engineering Inorganic Nanoparticles Invited seminar at the Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya (IBEC)

Barcelona Spain (December 2012)

12 Does the nanoform of a substance entail an increased toxicity Invited lecture at the ldquoAdvances in Materialsrdquo

seminar at the Institute of Materials at Ecole Feacutedeacuterale de Lausanne (EPFL) Lausanne Switzerland (November

2011)

11 Carving at the Nanoscale Galvanic Replacement versus Kirkendall Effect at Room Temperature Plenary talk at

NaNaX5 (2012) ndash Nanoscience with Nanocrystals

Fueringola Spain (May 2012)

10 Toxicology of engineering nanoparticles Invited colloquium at the Leibniz-Institut fuumlr Festkoumlrper- und

Werkstoffforschung Dresden (IFW-Kolloquium) Dresden Germany (December 2011)

9 Does the nanoform of a substance entail an increased toxicity Invited lecture at the ldquoAdvances in Materialsrdquo

seminar at the Institute of Materials at Ecole Feacutedeacuterale de Lausanne (EPFL) Lausanne Switzerland (November

2011)

8 Application of inorganic-biomolecule nanoparticle conjugates to biomedicine Invited Lecture at the

Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine Course Braga Portugal (October 2011)

7 Impact of Protein Corona on Nanoparticle Interactions with Immune Cells Invited talk at the NANOMMUNE

Closing Workshop Understanding nano-immuno-interactions Stockholm Sweden (June 2011)

6 Inorganic Nanoparticles as Drug Carriers Pharmacokinetic Considerations on Biodistribution Invited talk at

BionanoNice E-MRS 2011 Meeting Symposium O Bio-materials for imaging sensing and actuating Nice

France (May 2011)

5 Nanotoxicology from the nanoparticle point of view Invited talk at the workshop ldquoSafety issues of Nanomaterials

along their life cyclerdquo Barcelona Spain (May 2011)

4 Taming physicochemical signatures of inorganic NPs for their biological integration Invited talk at NANOJASP

2010 - Nanomaterials based biosensors and biosystems Barcelona Spain (November 2010)

3 When the Synthesis is over Assessing the Full Life Cycle of inorganic nanoparticles Talk at NaNaX 4 (2010) -

Nanoscience with Nanocrystals Munich - Tutzing Germany (April 2010)

2 Nanotechnology from nanotoxicology to nanomedicine Keynote Speaker at NanoSpain 2009 Zaragoza Spain

(March 2009)

1 Colloidal Nanoparticles - From Synthesis to Biological Applications (sic) Talk at the WE-Heraeus-Seminar

Colloidal Nanoparticles - From Synthesis to Biological Applications Marburg Germany (September 2008)

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 13 15

DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

Public Awareness of Science has been a central interest of our group since its beginnings The activities developed

include talks to non-specialized audiences internet platforms science and art videos and science divulgation videos

science museum exhibitions electronic and hardcopy books and other platforms including art exhibitions (being the more

recent AC gallery Madrid and La casa del Libro San Francisco) on NP microscopy images and televisionradio

interviews The group has also won the 2011 FOTCIENCIA edition

The target puacuteblic has been from general science and young investigators to the elder or children as young as 7 years old

(introduction to nanotechnology and demonstrative experiments) For that we have obtained funds from private

organizations and local administrations Recently our ebook of 2013 entitled Nanoparticles Before Nanotechnology

with more than 12000 downloads and still promoted We also published in 2013 a large-format photography book about

the ldquoNanocosmosrdquo in Colombia Another example is Goldlight a joined collaboration between ING group and old town

jewellers of Barcelona which led to the creation of ldquoquantum jewelleryrdquo based on colloidal solutions of hollow Au NPs It

was recently featured in The Guardian after appearing in the Spanish Jewels Journal (25000 copies) and El Periodico

Similarly our Science paper was featured on the BBC among many others highlighting the possibilities of NPs in

medicine Our spin-off Nanotargeting was featured in La Vanguardia and our work in Ara and our exhibition at

CosmoCaixa (TEcnoRevolucioacuten I and II Barcelona and Madrid) in El Mundo among other interviews for local and

international TVs ndashTV Vallegraves TV25- and radio as COM Radio and PUNT Radio We appeared also twice in Spanish

national TV Informe Semanal

VP is one of the winners ldquoPremios Iberoamericanos a la Innovacioacuten y el Emprendimientordquo

Secretaria Gneral Iberoamericana (SEGIB) (2013)

VP is one of the winners ldquoPremio Fondo de Emprendedoresrdquo Fundacioacuten Repsol (2013)

VP is the founder and director of NanoWiki a digital online platform created in 2008 whose aim is to track the evolution

of paradigms and discoveries in nanoscience and nanotechnology Moreover through Nanowiki VP has published 5

books being the last one May 2013 Nanocoloreja (and Nanocolorea) targeting children About explaining

Nanotechnology to highlight the following

VPuntes ldquoNanocolorejardquo httpissuucomedicionsnanowikidocsnanocoloreja__ca_web

V Puntes ldquoNanoparticles Before Nanotechnologyrdquo

ISBN 978-84-695-6677-0 httpnanowikiinfo5B5BNanoparticles20Before20Nanotechnology5D5D

V Puntes ldquoNanotechnology Engines Onrdquo

ISBN 978-84-615-3293-3

httpnanowikiinfo5B5B22Nanotechnology3A20Engines20On225D5D

V Puntes ldquoNanotechnology balancing the promisesrdquo

ISBN 978-84-615-3293-6

httpnanowikiinfo5B5BNanotechnology3A20balancing20the20promises5D5D

The first one Nanoparticles Before Nnaotechnology has been downloaded more than 14000 times

VP has an active role in science promotion and dissemination Apart from NanoWiki activities in this area VP has been

interviewed in different radio and TV shows (Catalunya Radio COM Radio PUNT Radio INforme Semanal TV25

VallegravesTV BTV) takes part in several local educative projects such as Escolab and Joves i Ciencia has participated in

panels and debates such as

Round table discussion on ldquoSafety and Societyrdquo Invited panelist at NanoFormulation 2012 an event organized by the

EU-FP7 Project InForm Barcelona Spain May 30 2012

ldquoLa seguridad de los nanomaterialesrdquo Invited talk at Impacto de la Nanotecnologiacutea en la Cosmeacutetica a scientific-

technical workshop organized by the Spanish Society of Cosmetic Chemistry (Sociedad Espantildeola de Quiacutemicos

Cosmeacuteticos - SEQC) Barcelona Spain November 11 2010

Estudio prospectivo sobre materiales inteligentes ndash Sector Saludrdquo Invited panellist in the Health sector at the

workshop series organized by Tecnalia and the Observatorio de Prospectiva Tecnoacutelogica Industrial (OPTI) Madrid

Spain October 20 2010

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 14 15

VP and collaborators have written several dissemination articles

1 Loacutepez C Saacutenchez A amp Puntes V (2013) Nanopartiacuteculas inorgaacutenicas Riesgos y beneficios ambientales

Investigacioacuten y Ciencia 437 (February) 12ndash14

2 Puntes V amp Garcia Hom A (2009) Nanopanic or Nanoeuphoria Nanoinfo Megravetode (63) 74ndash79

3 Gatti A amp Puntes V (2009) Scientists still wondering ndash Industry already selling NANO Magazine 12 28ndash30

4 Puntes V F (2004) Cobalt nanostructures Investigacioacuten y Ciencia 332

5 Puntes V F amp Esteve Pujol J (2003) Nanoparticles inorganic molecules Revista

de Fiacutesica 24(1) 38ndash42

VP was co-organizer of the Barcelona International Center of Scientific Debate (B-Debate) on ldquoNanotechnologies in

Healthrdquo 2013 at the CosmoCaixa

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Scientific advisor for Nanonica a Switzerland-based company devoted to transfer knowledge from universities to

industry In 2012 Nanonica and ICN joined efforts in creating NanoTargeting a startup company focused on drug

delivery applications of nanotechnology in which Viacutector Puntes has a leading scientific role

Scientific Director of the Centre for BioNanoSafety and Sustainability (CNBSS) from 2009 to 2012 The CNBSS

was an initiative of Catalan Institute of Nanotechnology (ICN) and the LEITAT Technological Centre in response to

the emerging need to rationalise and assess the risks of new nanotechnologies and to promote it safe and sustainable

uses in industry and for the society in general

Moreover VP pioneered the nanotechnology and knowledge transfer in the Catalonia area already in 2007 by funding

what today constitutes ENDOR Nanotechnologies

Victor Puntes is also co-founder of Applied Nanoparticles a spin off company sponsored by Repsol dedicated to

bring nanotechnology solutions to Energy and the Environment [wwwappliednanoparticleseu]

Also VP has been providing designed NPs to the WRAIR and the Uniteacute Interactions Hocircte-Pathogenes for the

development of prophylactic vaccines against malaria and anthrax and therapeutic against micobacteria

VP also participates as chair of the NANONICA PRIZE awards jury

[httpwwwnanonicaprizeorgindexphpbreakthrough-of-the-year] and in the jury of the Premis Ciutat de Barcelona

[httppremsabcncatwp-contentuploads201402DP-Premis-Ciutat-de-Barcelona-okpdf]

VP is on the editorial board of Journal of Colloids and Interface Sciences and Nanowiki and recently member of the

NYAS (New York Academy of Sciences)

PhD Supervisor of Dr Ngoc Tran Thi Thanh The life of nanoparticles in contact with biological media and

entities October 2014 Dr Lorena Garcia Introducing Gold Nanoparticles Bioconjugates within the Biological

Machinery July 2013 Dr Joan Comenge Gold Nanoparticles as Drug Delivery Agents Detoxifying the Drug

Cisplatin July 2013 Dr Miriam Varoacuten Synthesis of Nanoparticles and Nanostructured Materials by Self-Assembly

May 2012 Dr Eudald Casals Reactivity and Impact of Inorganic Nanoparticles in Biological Environments

Building Up NanoSafety January 2012 Dr Edgar Gonzaacutelez Synthetic Route for the Production of Multilevel

Hollow-Nanostructured Nanoparticles at Room Temperature April 2011 Dr Neus Bastuacutes Gold Nanoparticles

Conjugates for Biological Applications December 2008 and Master Supervisor of Miriam Varoacuten (2009) Lorena

Garciacutea (2009) Joan Comenge (2009) and Zoeuml Megson (2010) He is currently supervising 8 PhD students

Lecturer (Professor) in the Biomedicine module within the Master in Nanotechnology program offered by the

Universitat Autogravenoma de Barcelona (UAB) from 2008 to 2012

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 15 15

Referee for Nature Materials Nature Nanotechnology Nano Letters ACS Nano Journal of the American Chemical

Society The Journal of Physical Chemistry Langmuir Chemistry of Materials Journal of Applied Physics The Journal of

Physical Chemistry Letters among others

Finally I am very proud that after being the first ranked as Ramon y Cajal applicant in 2003 now my group is hosting

Dr Neus Bastus first ranked Ramon y Cajal position in the area of ldquoEngineering and Technologyrdquo in the last call

November 2012

Other details and information can be found at the website of the Inorganic Nanoparticles Group

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 5 15

54 Bastuacutes N G Saacutenchez-Tilloacute E Pujals S Farrera C Loacutepez C Giralt E Celada A Lloberas J Puntes V

(2009) Homogeneous Conjugation of Peptides onto Gold Nanoparticles Enhances Macrophage Response ACS

Nano 3(6) 1335ndash1344

53 Barrena R Casals E Coloacuten J Font X Saacutenchez A amp Puntes V (2009) Evaluation of the ecotoxicity of model

nanoparticles Chemosphere 75(7) 850ndash857

52 Cabot A Alivisatos A Puntes V Balcells L Iglesias Ograve amp Labarta A (2009) Magnetic domains and surface

effects in hollow maghemite nanoparticles Phys Rev B 79(9) 094419ndash094426

51 Pujals S Bastuacutes N G Pereiro E Loacutepez-Iglesias C Punte(s) V F Kogan M J et al (2009) Shuttling Gold

Nanoparticles into Tumoral Cells with an Amphipathic Proline-Rich Peptide ChemBioChem 10(6) 1025ndash1031

50 Bastus N Sanchez-Tillo E Pujals S Farrera C Kogan M Giralt E Celada A Lloberas J amp Puntes V

(2009) Peptides conjugated to gold nanoparticles induce macrophage activation Molecular Immunology 46(4)

743ndash748

49 Pfaller T Puntes V Casals E Duschl A amp Oostingh G J (2009) In vitro investigation of immunomodulatory

effects caused by engineered inorganic nanoparticles ndash the impact of experimental design and cell choice

Nanotoxicology 3(1) 46ndash59

48 Nelissen I Verstraelen S De Boever P Casals E Ooms D Leppens H Hollanders K Van Den Heuvel R

Schoeters G Puntes V (2009) Impact of engineered nanoparticles on immune-related genes and processes in

human alveolar epithelial cells Toxicology Letters 189 S186 (Abstract)

47 Araya E Olmedo I Bastus N G Guerrero S Puntes V F Giralt E et al (2008) Gold Nanoparticles and

Microwave Irradiation Inhibit Beta-Amyloid Amyloidogenesis Nanoscale Res Lett 3(11) 435ndash443

46 Casals E Bastus N Vaacutezquez S Varon M Comenge J amp Puntes V (2008) Inorganic nanoparticles and

biology Contributions to Science 4(2) 171ndash176

45 Casals E Vazquez-Campos S Bastuacutes N amp Puntes V (2008) Distribution and potential toxicity of engineered

inorganic nanoparticles and carbon nanostructures in biological systems TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry

27(8) 672ndash683

44 Lagunas A Mairata i Payeras A Jimeno C Puntes V F amp Pericagraves M A (2008) Low-Temperature Synthesis of

CoO Nanoparticles via Chemically Assisted Oxidative Decarbonylation Chem Mater 20(1) 92ndash100

43 Bastuacutes N G Casals E Vaacutezquez-Campos S amp Puntes V (2008) Reactivity of engineered inorganic

nanoparticles and carbon nanostructures in biological media Nanotoxicology 2(3) 99ndash112

42 Bastus N Kogan M Amigo R Grillobosch D Araya E Turiel A Labarta A Giralt E amp Puntes V (2007)

Gold nanoparticles for selective and remote heating of Beta-amyloid protein aggregates Materials Science and

Engineering C 27(5-8) 1236ndash1240

41 Cabot A Puntes V F Shevchenko E Yin Y Balcells L Marcus M A et al (2007) Vacancy Coalescence

during Oxidation of Iron Nanoparticles J Am Chem Soc 129(34) 10358ndash10360

40 Cheng G J Puntes V F amp Guo T (2006) Synthesis and self-assembled ring structures of Ni nanocrystals

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 293(2) 430ndash436

39 Gallego O amp Puntes V (2006) What can nanotechnology do to fight cancer Clin Transl Oncol 8(11) 788ndash

795

38 Kogan M J Bastus N G Amigo R Grillo-Bosch D Araya E Turiel A Labarta A Giralt E amp Puntes

VF (2006) Nanoparticle-Mediated Local and Remote Manipulation of Protein Aggregation Nano Letters 6(1)

110ndash115

37 Barea E Batlle X Bourges P Corma A Forneacutes V Labarta A amp Puntes V F (2005) Synthesis and

Characterization of Stabilized Subnanometric Cobalt Metal Particles J Am Chem Soc 127(51) 18026ndash18030

36 Hattink B J Muro M G D Konstantinovic Z Puntes V F Batlle X Labarta A et al (2005) Electrical

properties in granular Co-ZrO2 thin films Int J of Nanotechnology 2(12) 43ndash61

35 Puntes V F Bastus N G Pagonabarraga I Iglesias O Labarta A amp Batlle X (2005) Nucleation phenomenon

in nanoparticle self-assemblies Int J of Nanotechnology 2(12) 62ndash70

34 Thanh N T K Puntes V F Tung L D amp Fernig D G (2005) Peptides as capping ligands for in situ synthesis

of water soluble Co nanoparticles for bioapplications J Phys Conf Ser 17(1) 70ndash76

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 6 15

33 Concepcion P Lopez C Martinez A amp Puntes V (2004) Characterization and catalytic properties of cobalt

supported on delaminated ITQ-6 and ITQ-2 zeolites for the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction Journal of

Catalysis 228(2) 321ndash332

32 Concepcioacuten P Corma A Silvestre-Albero J Franco V amp Chane-Ching J Y (2004) Chemoselective

Hydrogenation Catalysts Pt on Mesostructured CeO2 Nanoparticles Embedded within Ultrathin Layers of SiO2

Binder J Am Chem Soc 126(17) 5523ndash5532

31 Puntes VF Gorostiza P Aruguete D M Bastus N G amp Alivisatos A P (2004) Collective behaviour in two-

dimensional cobalt nanoparticle assemblies observed by magnetic force microscopy Nature Materials 3(4) 263ndash

268

30 Carrettin S Concepcioacuten P Corma A Loacutepez Nieto J M amp Puntes V F (2004) Nanocrystalline CeO2

Increases the Activity of Au for CO Oxidation by Two Orders of Magnitude Angew Chem Int Ed 43(19) 2538ndash

2540

29 Barea E M Fornes V Corma A Bourges P Guillon E amp Puntes VF (2004) A new synthetic route to

produce metal zeolites with subnanometric magnetic clusters Chem Commun (17) 1974ndash1975

28 Zhu J Koacutenya Z Puntes VF Kiricsi I Miao C X Ager J W et al (2003) Encapsulation of Metal (Au Ag

Pt) Nanoparticles into the Mesoporous SBA-15 Structure Langmuir 19(10) 4396ndash4401

27 Koacutenya Z Puntes V F Kiricsi I Zhu J Ager J W Ko M K et al (2003) Synthetic Insertion of Gold

Nanoparticles into Mesoporous Silica Chem Mater 15(6) 1242ndash1248

26 Puntes V F Zanchet D Erdonmez C K amp Alivisatos A P (2003) Surfactant and temperature influence on Co

nanocrystal structure and shape In MRS Proceedings Solid-State Chemistry of Inorganic Materials IV (Vol

755 pp 123ndash128) Materials Research Society

25 Puntes V F Zanchet D Erdonmez C K amp Alivisatos A P (2002) Synthesis of hcp-Co Nanodisks J Am

Chem Soc 124(43) 12874ndash12880

24 Koacutenya Z Puntes V F Kiricsi I Zhu J Alivisatos A P amp Somorjai G A (2002) Nanocrystal Templating of

Silica Mesopores with Tunable Pore Sizes Nano Letters 2(8) 907ndash910

23 Koacutenya Z Puntes V F Kiricsi I Zhu J Alivisatos P amp Somorjai G A (2002) Novel Two-Step Synthesis of

Controlled Size and Shape Platinum Nanoparticles Encapsulated in Mesoporous Silica Catalysis Letters 81(3)

137ndash140

22 Puntes V F Konya Z Erdonmez C Zhu J Somorjai G A amp Alivisatos A P (2002) Mechanisms of

controlled growth of metallic nanocrystals In MRS Proceedings Magnetic and Electronic Films ndash

Microstructure Texture and Application to Data Storage (Vol 721 pp 241ndash246) Materials Research Society

21 Puntes V F Krishnan K amp Alivisatos A P (2002) Synthesis of Colloidal Cobalt Nanoparticles with Controlled

Size and Shapes Topics in Catalysis 19(2) 145ndash148

20 Puntes V F Parak W J amp Alivisatos A P (2002) Tuning the SP to FM transition of cobalt nanoparticles in view

of biomedical applications In European Cells and Materials (Vol 3 pp 128ndash131)

19 Puntes V F amp Krishnan K M (2001) Synthesis structural order and magnetic behavior of self-assembled

epsilon-Co nanocrystal arrays IEEE Trans Magn 37(4) 2210ndash2212

18 Puntes V F Krishnan K M amp Alivisatos P (2001) Synthesis self-assembly and magnetic behavior of a two-

dimensional superlattice of single-crystal epsilon-Co nanparticles Appl Phys Lett 78(15) 2187ndash2189

17 Puntes V F Krishnan K M amp Alivisatos P (2001) Colloidal nanocrystal shape and size control The case of

cobalt Science 291(5511) 2115ndash2117

16 Puntes V F Alivisatos P amp Krishnan K M (2001) Synthesis of Passivated Cobalt Nanocrystal Arrays with

Controlled Size and Shape In Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute (Vol 41 pp 381ndash384)

Springer

15 Franco-Puntes V Batlle X amp Labarta A (2000) Domain structures and training effects in granular thin films

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 221(1-2) 45ndash56

14 Franco V Batlle X amp Labarta A (2000) Evidence of domain wall scattering in thin films of granular CoFe--

AgCu Eur Phys J B 17(1) 43ndash50

13 Batlle X Franco V Labarta A amp OGrady K (2000) Remanence breakdown in granular alloys at magnetic

percolation J Appl Phys 88(3) 1576ndash1582

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 7 15

12 Franco V Batlle X Labarta A amp OGrady K (2000) The nature of magnetic interactions in CoFe--Ag(Cu)

granular thin films J Phys D Appl Phys 33(6) 609ndash613

11 Franco V Batlle X Labarta A amp Bassas P (2000) CoFe-based granular alloys the role of the metallic matrix

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 210(1-3) 295ndash301

10 Batlle X Franco V amp Labarta A (2000) Magnetic Force Microscopy A Powerful Tool to Image Domain

Structures in Granular Thin Films In Materials Science Forum (Vol 352 pp 9ndash22) Trans Tech Publications

9 Franco V Batlle X amp Labarta A (1999) CoFendashCu granular alloys From noninteracting particles to magnetic

percolation J Appl Phys 85(10) 7328-7335

8 Franco V Batlle X Labarta A Bassas P amp Sandiumenge F (1999) The microstructure of CoFe--AgCu

granular films Origin of the perpendicular anisotropy In Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (Vol

196-197 pp 274ndash276)

7 Franco V Batlle X amp Labarta A (1999) Training behaviour and magnetic domains in CoFe--gCu granular

films In Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (Vol 196-197 pp 465ndash466)

6 Franco V Batlle X Labarta A Bassas J amp Sandiumenge F (1999) Texture strain and alloying in sputtered

granular magnetic films Acta Materialia 47(5) 1661ndash1670

5 Franco V Batlle X Valencia A Labarta A OGrady K amp Watson M L (1998) Magnetic microstructures

from magnetic force microscopy and Monte Carlo simulation in CoFe-Ag-Cu granular films IEEE Trans Magn

34(4) 912ndash914

4 Franco V Batlle X amp Labarta A (1998) Giant and Anisotropic Magnetoresistance in CoFe-Cu Granular Alloys

The Role of the Ferromagnetic Concentration In Materials Science Forum (Vol 269-272 pp 895ndash900) Trans

Tech Publications

3 Franco V Batlle X Labarta A Watson M L amp OGrady K (1997) From demagnetizing to magnetizing

interactions in CoFendashAgCu granular films J Appl Phys 81(8) 4593ndash4595

2 Batlle X Franco V Labarta A Watson M L amp OGrady K (1997) The effect of the microstructure on the

magnetic interactions in CoFendashAgCu granular films From demagnetizing to magnetizing interactions Appl Phys

Lett 70(1) 132ndash134

1 Batlle X Garcia del Muro M Franco V Labarta A Gonzalez J M Watson M L et al (1997) Interactions

and demagnetization in magnetic materials Nanocrystalline granular films In Proceedings of the NATO

Advanced Study Institute (Vol 338 pp 401ndash405) Kluwer Academic Publishers

Publication statistics [citations from Web of Knowledge data]

Researcher ID F-8407-2013

Total of citations 7409

h-index 36

VP starts his own research

group

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 8 15

Ten most cited articles

List

key Year Journal

Impact Factor

2013 (WoK)

Total citations

to date (WoK)

Average number of

citations per year

(WoK)

17 2001 Colloidal nanocrystal shape and size control The

case of cobalt Science

31477 2198 169

25 2002 Synthesis of hcp-Co Nanodisks Journal of the

American Chemical Society

11444 572 48

30 2004 Nanocrystalline CeO2 Increases the Activity of Au

for CO Oxidation by Two Orders of Magnitude

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

11336 569 57

18 2001 Synthesis self-assembly and magnetic behavior of

a two-dimensional superlattice of single-crystal

epsilon-Co nanparticles Applied Physics Letters

3515 308 24

66 2010 Time Evolution of the Nanoparticle Protein

Corona ACS Nano

12033 300 75

31 2004 Collective behaviour in two-dimensional cobalt

nanoparticle assemblies observed by magnetic

force microscopy Nature Materials

36425 229 23

38 2006 Nanoparticle-Mediated Local and Remote

Manipulation of Protein Aggregation Nano

Letters

12940 190 24

41 2007 Vacancy Coalescence during Oxidation of Iron

Nanoparticles Journal of the American

Chemical Society

11444 170 24

68 2010 Correlating physico-chemical with toxicological

properties of nanoparticles the present and the

future ACS Nano

12033 168 42

27 2003 Synthetic Insertion of Gold Nanoparticles into

Mesoporous Silica Chemistry of Materials

8535 153 12

Ten most relevant recent articles

List

key

Year Journal Impact Factor

2013 (WoK)

Total citations

(WoK)

Average number of

citations per year

(WoK)

110 2013 Absence of Ce3+Sites in Chemically Active

Colloidal Ceria Nanoparticles ACS Nano

12033 7 7

96 2012 Detoxifying Antitumoral Drugs via

Nanoconjugation The Case of Gold

Nanoparticles and Cisplatin PLoS One

3534 16 8

89 2012 Citrate-Coated Gold Nanoparticles As Smart

Scavengers for Mercury(II) Removal from

Polluted Waters ACS Nano

12033 44 22

83 2011 Carving at the Nanoscale Sequential Galvanic

Exchange and Kirkendall Growth at Room

Temperature Science

31477 128 43

80 2011 Kinetically Controlled Seeded Growth Synthesis

of Citrate-Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles of up

to 200 nm Size Focusing versus Ostwald

Ripening Langumir

4384 130 43

66 2010 Time Evolution of the Nanoparticle Protein

Corona ACS Nano

12033 300 75

63 2010 Synthesis of Platinum Cubes Polypods

Cuboctahedrons and Raspberries Assisted by

Cobalt Nanocrystals Nano Letters

12940 69 17

53 2009 Evaluation of the ecotoxicity of model

nanoparticles Chemosphere

3137 135 27

54 2009 Homogeneous Conjugation of Peptides onto

Gold Nanoparticles Enhances Macrophage

12033 66 13

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 9 15

Response ACS Nano

55 2009 Instability of Cationic Gold Nanoparticle

Bioconjugates The Role of Citrate Ions

Journal of the American Chemical Society

11444 73 15

SELECTED FUNDING PROJECTS [VP participating as Principal Investigator for ICN2]

19 Suport a les activitats dels Grups de Recerca de Catalunya (SGR)

Agegravencia de Gestioacute dAjuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR)

01-Jan-2014 to 31-Dec-2016

18 FutureNanoNeeds Framework to respond to regulatory needs of future nanomaterials and Markets

European Union - FP7

1-Jan-2014 to 31-Dec-2017

17 GUIDEnano Assessment and mitigation of nano-enabled product risks on human and environmental health

Development of new strategies and creation of a digital guidance tool for nanotech industries

European Union - FP7

1-Nov-2013 to 30-Apr-2017

16 TUNANOCRYSTAL Developing Synthetic Strategies for Complex Multi-component Inorganic Nanocrystals with

Tunable Physico-Chemical

Ministerio de Economiacutea y Competitividad (MINECO) ndash Spanish Government

1-Feb-2013 to 31-Jan-2016

15 Maratoacute TV3 2012 Cerium Oxide nanoparticles as a new therapeutic tool for tissue regeneration in liver diseases

Fundacioacute La Maratoacute (La Maratoacute de TV3)

14-Jan-2013 to 13-Jan-2016

14 QNano A pan-European infrastructure for quality in nanomaterials safety testing

European Union - FP7 (specific project type Infrastructures)

1-Feb-2011 to 31-Jan-2015

13 NanoTOES - Nanotechnology Training Of Experts in Safety

European Union - FP7 (specific project type Marie Curie ITN)

1-Nov-2010 to 31-Oct-2013

12 NANOPOLYTOX Toxicological impact of nanomaterials derived from processing weathering and

recycling of polymer nanocomposites used in various industrial applications

European Union - FP7

1-May-2010 to 30-Apr-2013

11 Plan Nacional MICINN Disentildeo de Nanoparticulas Inorgaacutenicas conjugadas Nuevas herramientas

para el tratamiento del caacutencer (Design of conjugated Inorganic Nanoparticles New tools for cancer treatment)

Ministerio de Educacioacuten y Ciencia (MEC) - Spanish Government

1-Jan-2010 to 31-Dec-2012

10 VALTEC - Vacunes

ACC1Oacute - Generalitat de Catalunya

15-Oct-2009 to 15-Oct-2012

9 VALTEC - Cisplatino

ACC1Oacute - Generalitat de Catalunya

15-Oct-2009 to 15-Oct-2012

8 Suport a les activitats dels Grups de Recerca de Catalunya (SGR)

Agegravencia de Gestioacute dAjuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR)

28-Sep-2009 to 31-Dec-2013

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 10 15

7 Construccioacute del CNBSS (Center for NanoBioSafety and Sustainability)

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacioacuten (MICINN) - Spanish Government and ACC1Oacute - Generalitat de Catalunya

01-Jan-2009 to 21-Dec-2011

6 NANOCLEAN Evaluacioacuten del potencial de nanopartiacuteculas inorgaacutenicas funcionalizadas para la

eliminacioacuten de nitroacutegeno foacutesforo pesticidas orgaacutenicos y metales pesados en masas de agua Evaluacioacuten de la

toxicidad y posibilidades de regulacioacuten

Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino (MMA) - Spanish Government

4-Dec-2008 to 30-Apr-2011

5 FPI Scholarships (Formacioacuten de Personal Investigador)

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacioacuten (MICINN) - Spanish Government

1-Sep-2007 to 31-Aug-2011

4 Siacutentesis de conjugados de nanopartiacuteculas avanzados para aplicaciones biomeacutedicas

Ministerio de Industria Turismo y Comercio (MITYC) - Spanish Government

1-Jul-2007 to 1-Jul-2009

3 Plan Nacional MICINN 2006 Siacutentesis de Nanopartiacuteculas y materiales nanoestructurados por

Autoensamblaje

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacioacuten (MICINN) - Spanish Government

1-Oct-2006 to 30-Sep-2009

2 DIPNA Development of an Integrated Platform for Nanoparticle Analysis to verify their possible toxicity and the

eco-toxicity

European Union - FP6 (specific project type STRP)

1-Nov-2006 to 31-Oct-2009

1 CONSOLIDER ndash NANOBIOMED Subunit In-vitro Experimentation of nanoparticles based biofluids

Ministerio de Educacioacuten y Ciencia (MEC) - Spanish Government

15-Sep-2006 to 31-Dic-2011

SELECTED FUNDING PROJECTS BY PRIVATE COMPANIES andor ADMINISTRATIONS [VP participating as

Principal Investigator for ICN2]

7 Biogaacutes+ Produccioacuten Aumentada de Biogaacutes Mediante la Adicioacuten de Nanopartiacuteculas de Hierro

Fundacioacuten Repsol - Spanish Company

2014 to 2016

6 Biogaacutes+ Produccioacuten Aumentada de Biogaacutes Mediante la Adicioacuten de Nanopartiacuteculas de Hierro

Fundacioacuten Repsol - Spanish Company

2013 to 2014

5 CNBSS Centre for NanoBioSafety and Sustainabitity

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacioacuten ndash Spanish Goverment

2011 to 2013

4 Biomedical Applications of Nanotechnology Based on a New Platform that couples Drugs with g

Gold Nanoparticles

Nanotargeting ndash Switzerland Company

2011 to 2013

3 Synthesis and Functionalization of Nanoparticles for Detection Purposes

BioSystems ndash Spanish Company

2012 to 2013

2 Peptide-conjugated Gold Nanoparticles for Immunotherapy

Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) ndash United States

2011 to 2012

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 11 15

1 TecnoRevolucioacute Design and Development of Models

Fundacioacute la Caixa - Spanish Financial Institution

2011 to 2012

PATENTS

4 Noble metal nanoparticles and their preparation process

Franco Puntes V Gonzaacutelez EE (Institut Catalagrave de Nanociegravencia i Nanotecnologia Institucioacute Catalana de Recerca i

Estudis Avanccedilats)

Patent No EP 111580247 (Priority date 14-Mar-2011) Status Public

3 Biogas production

Franco Puntes V Casals Mercadal E Gonzaacutelez EE Font Segura X Saacutenchez Ferrer A Garciacutea Mestre A

Delgado Ramisa L (Institut Catalagrave de Nanociegravencia i Nanotecnologia Institucioacute Catalana de Recerca i Estudis

Avanccedilats Universitat Autogravenoma de Barcelona)

Patent No EP 111577847 (Priority date 11-Mar-2011) Status National entry stage

2 Conjugates comprising nanoparticles coated with platinum containing compounds

Franco Puntes V Domiacutenguez Puente F Romero Martiacutenez FM Gallego Rubio Oacute (Institut Catalagrave de Nanociegravencia i

Nanotecnologia Institucioacute Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avanccedilats Universidad Santiago de Compostela Universitat

de Valegravencia Institut de Recerca de lHospital de Santa Creu i Sant Pau)

Patent No WO 2010069941 A1 (Priority date 16-Dec-2008) Status Licensed to Nanotargeting SL

1 Immunoactivating conjugates comprising nanoparticles coated with peptides

Franco Puntes V Goacutemez Bastuacutes N Saacutenchez Tilloacute E Farrera Sinfreu C Celada Cotarelo A Lloberas Cavero J

Giralt Lledoacute E Pujals Riatoacutes S (Institut Catalagrave de Nanociegravencia i Nanotecnologia Institucioacute Catalana de Recerca i

Estudis Avanccedilats Universitat de Barcelona Institut de Recerca Biomegravedica)

Patent No WO 2010046377 A2 (Priority date 23-Oct-2008) Status Public

SELECTED RECENT TALKS

28 Medical Nanochemistry the use of reactive inorganic nanoparticles in medicine Invited talk at 14th Nanomedicine

Symposium Milan Italy (November 2014)

27 Nanocrystals as reagents building next generation of nanoparticles Invited talk at Conference New frontiers

of nanomaterial technologies for applications in biology and medicine Tirana Albania (July 2014)

26 Nanoparticles synthesis and reactivity Invited talk at Lecture at Summer School Nanoscience Ile de France

Etiolles France (June 2014)

25 Nanoceria for Nanomedicine Invited talk at E-MRS 2014 Spring Meeting Lille France (May 2014)

24 Application of inorganic nanoparticles on medicine Invited talk at II Reunioacuten de Joacutevenes Investigadores

en Coloides e Interfases Granada Spain (April 2014)

23 Nanoparticle properties and their interactions with the environment Invited talk at QualityNano NanoFATE amp

Joint Meeting Birmingham United Kingdom (March 2014)

22 Nanotechnology in Health Gold Nanoparticles as Radiotherapy Enhancers Invited talk at Radio Oncology

Department Invited Seminar Lausanne Switzerland (January 2014)

21 Nanocrystals 20 The next generation Invited talk at Christmas Symposium Chemistry department ETZH

Zurich Switzerland (December 2013)

20 Jornada Energiacutea y Emprendimiento de la investigacioacuten a la creacioacuten de empresas Invited talk at Institut de

Recerca en Energia de Catalunya (IREC) Barcelona Spain (November 2013)

19 B-Debate on ldquoNanotechnologies in Health current challenges and future prospects Co-organizer and chairman at

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 12 15

Cosmocaixa Barcelona Spain (October 2013)

18 Environmental fate of Inorganic Nanoparticles Invited talk at Joint Conference NanoTOE NanoFATE

Oxford England (September 2013)

17 Nanoparticles safety by design Invited talk at Serenade annual meeting University aix en Provance France

(July 2013)

16 Designing Nanobots to fight Cancer Invited talk at the E-MRS 2013 Meeting Symposium U Design of

multifunctional nano-objects for biomedical Strasbourg France (May 2013)

15 Detoxifying Antitumoral Drugs via Nanoconjugation The Case of Gold Nanoparticles and Cisplatin Invited talk at

ImagineNano 2013 ndash NanoBioMed Bilbao Spain (April 2013)

14 Functional inorganic nanoparticles Invited talk at the MAGNIFYCO Workshop Barcelona Spain (January 2013)

13 Engineering Inorganic Nanoparticles Invited seminar at the Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya (IBEC)

Barcelona Spain (December 2012)

12 Does the nanoform of a substance entail an increased toxicity Invited lecture at the ldquoAdvances in Materialsrdquo

seminar at the Institute of Materials at Ecole Feacutedeacuterale de Lausanne (EPFL) Lausanne Switzerland (November

2011)

11 Carving at the Nanoscale Galvanic Replacement versus Kirkendall Effect at Room Temperature Plenary talk at

NaNaX5 (2012) ndash Nanoscience with Nanocrystals

Fueringola Spain (May 2012)

10 Toxicology of engineering nanoparticles Invited colloquium at the Leibniz-Institut fuumlr Festkoumlrper- und

Werkstoffforschung Dresden (IFW-Kolloquium) Dresden Germany (December 2011)

9 Does the nanoform of a substance entail an increased toxicity Invited lecture at the ldquoAdvances in Materialsrdquo

seminar at the Institute of Materials at Ecole Feacutedeacuterale de Lausanne (EPFL) Lausanne Switzerland (November

2011)

8 Application of inorganic-biomolecule nanoparticle conjugates to biomedicine Invited Lecture at the

Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine Course Braga Portugal (October 2011)

7 Impact of Protein Corona on Nanoparticle Interactions with Immune Cells Invited talk at the NANOMMUNE

Closing Workshop Understanding nano-immuno-interactions Stockholm Sweden (June 2011)

6 Inorganic Nanoparticles as Drug Carriers Pharmacokinetic Considerations on Biodistribution Invited talk at

BionanoNice E-MRS 2011 Meeting Symposium O Bio-materials for imaging sensing and actuating Nice

France (May 2011)

5 Nanotoxicology from the nanoparticle point of view Invited talk at the workshop ldquoSafety issues of Nanomaterials

along their life cyclerdquo Barcelona Spain (May 2011)

4 Taming physicochemical signatures of inorganic NPs for their biological integration Invited talk at NANOJASP

2010 - Nanomaterials based biosensors and biosystems Barcelona Spain (November 2010)

3 When the Synthesis is over Assessing the Full Life Cycle of inorganic nanoparticles Talk at NaNaX 4 (2010) -

Nanoscience with Nanocrystals Munich - Tutzing Germany (April 2010)

2 Nanotechnology from nanotoxicology to nanomedicine Keynote Speaker at NanoSpain 2009 Zaragoza Spain

(March 2009)

1 Colloidal Nanoparticles - From Synthesis to Biological Applications (sic) Talk at the WE-Heraeus-Seminar

Colloidal Nanoparticles - From Synthesis to Biological Applications Marburg Germany (September 2008)

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 13 15

DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

Public Awareness of Science has been a central interest of our group since its beginnings The activities developed

include talks to non-specialized audiences internet platforms science and art videos and science divulgation videos

science museum exhibitions electronic and hardcopy books and other platforms including art exhibitions (being the more

recent AC gallery Madrid and La casa del Libro San Francisco) on NP microscopy images and televisionradio

interviews The group has also won the 2011 FOTCIENCIA edition

The target puacuteblic has been from general science and young investigators to the elder or children as young as 7 years old

(introduction to nanotechnology and demonstrative experiments) For that we have obtained funds from private

organizations and local administrations Recently our ebook of 2013 entitled Nanoparticles Before Nanotechnology

with more than 12000 downloads and still promoted We also published in 2013 a large-format photography book about

the ldquoNanocosmosrdquo in Colombia Another example is Goldlight a joined collaboration between ING group and old town

jewellers of Barcelona which led to the creation of ldquoquantum jewelleryrdquo based on colloidal solutions of hollow Au NPs It

was recently featured in The Guardian after appearing in the Spanish Jewels Journal (25000 copies) and El Periodico

Similarly our Science paper was featured on the BBC among many others highlighting the possibilities of NPs in

medicine Our spin-off Nanotargeting was featured in La Vanguardia and our work in Ara and our exhibition at

CosmoCaixa (TEcnoRevolucioacuten I and II Barcelona and Madrid) in El Mundo among other interviews for local and

international TVs ndashTV Vallegraves TV25- and radio as COM Radio and PUNT Radio We appeared also twice in Spanish

national TV Informe Semanal

VP is one of the winners ldquoPremios Iberoamericanos a la Innovacioacuten y el Emprendimientordquo

Secretaria Gneral Iberoamericana (SEGIB) (2013)

VP is one of the winners ldquoPremio Fondo de Emprendedoresrdquo Fundacioacuten Repsol (2013)

VP is the founder and director of NanoWiki a digital online platform created in 2008 whose aim is to track the evolution

of paradigms and discoveries in nanoscience and nanotechnology Moreover through Nanowiki VP has published 5

books being the last one May 2013 Nanocoloreja (and Nanocolorea) targeting children About explaining

Nanotechnology to highlight the following

VPuntes ldquoNanocolorejardquo httpissuucomedicionsnanowikidocsnanocoloreja__ca_web

V Puntes ldquoNanoparticles Before Nanotechnologyrdquo

ISBN 978-84-695-6677-0 httpnanowikiinfo5B5BNanoparticles20Before20Nanotechnology5D5D

V Puntes ldquoNanotechnology Engines Onrdquo

ISBN 978-84-615-3293-3

httpnanowikiinfo5B5B22Nanotechnology3A20Engines20On225D5D

V Puntes ldquoNanotechnology balancing the promisesrdquo

ISBN 978-84-615-3293-6

httpnanowikiinfo5B5BNanotechnology3A20balancing20the20promises5D5D

The first one Nanoparticles Before Nnaotechnology has been downloaded more than 14000 times

VP has an active role in science promotion and dissemination Apart from NanoWiki activities in this area VP has been

interviewed in different radio and TV shows (Catalunya Radio COM Radio PUNT Radio INforme Semanal TV25

VallegravesTV BTV) takes part in several local educative projects such as Escolab and Joves i Ciencia has participated in

panels and debates such as

Round table discussion on ldquoSafety and Societyrdquo Invited panelist at NanoFormulation 2012 an event organized by the

EU-FP7 Project InForm Barcelona Spain May 30 2012

ldquoLa seguridad de los nanomaterialesrdquo Invited talk at Impacto de la Nanotecnologiacutea en la Cosmeacutetica a scientific-

technical workshop organized by the Spanish Society of Cosmetic Chemistry (Sociedad Espantildeola de Quiacutemicos

Cosmeacuteticos - SEQC) Barcelona Spain November 11 2010

Estudio prospectivo sobre materiales inteligentes ndash Sector Saludrdquo Invited panellist in the Health sector at the

workshop series organized by Tecnalia and the Observatorio de Prospectiva Tecnoacutelogica Industrial (OPTI) Madrid

Spain October 20 2010

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 14 15

VP and collaborators have written several dissemination articles

1 Loacutepez C Saacutenchez A amp Puntes V (2013) Nanopartiacuteculas inorgaacutenicas Riesgos y beneficios ambientales

Investigacioacuten y Ciencia 437 (February) 12ndash14

2 Puntes V amp Garcia Hom A (2009) Nanopanic or Nanoeuphoria Nanoinfo Megravetode (63) 74ndash79

3 Gatti A amp Puntes V (2009) Scientists still wondering ndash Industry already selling NANO Magazine 12 28ndash30

4 Puntes V F (2004) Cobalt nanostructures Investigacioacuten y Ciencia 332

5 Puntes V F amp Esteve Pujol J (2003) Nanoparticles inorganic molecules Revista

de Fiacutesica 24(1) 38ndash42

VP was co-organizer of the Barcelona International Center of Scientific Debate (B-Debate) on ldquoNanotechnologies in

Healthrdquo 2013 at the CosmoCaixa

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Scientific advisor for Nanonica a Switzerland-based company devoted to transfer knowledge from universities to

industry In 2012 Nanonica and ICN joined efforts in creating NanoTargeting a startup company focused on drug

delivery applications of nanotechnology in which Viacutector Puntes has a leading scientific role

Scientific Director of the Centre for BioNanoSafety and Sustainability (CNBSS) from 2009 to 2012 The CNBSS

was an initiative of Catalan Institute of Nanotechnology (ICN) and the LEITAT Technological Centre in response to

the emerging need to rationalise and assess the risks of new nanotechnologies and to promote it safe and sustainable

uses in industry and for the society in general

Moreover VP pioneered the nanotechnology and knowledge transfer in the Catalonia area already in 2007 by funding

what today constitutes ENDOR Nanotechnologies

Victor Puntes is also co-founder of Applied Nanoparticles a spin off company sponsored by Repsol dedicated to

bring nanotechnology solutions to Energy and the Environment [wwwappliednanoparticleseu]

Also VP has been providing designed NPs to the WRAIR and the Uniteacute Interactions Hocircte-Pathogenes for the

development of prophylactic vaccines against malaria and anthrax and therapeutic against micobacteria

VP also participates as chair of the NANONICA PRIZE awards jury

[httpwwwnanonicaprizeorgindexphpbreakthrough-of-the-year] and in the jury of the Premis Ciutat de Barcelona

[httppremsabcncatwp-contentuploads201402DP-Premis-Ciutat-de-Barcelona-okpdf]

VP is on the editorial board of Journal of Colloids and Interface Sciences and Nanowiki and recently member of the

NYAS (New York Academy of Sciences)

PhD Supervisor of Dr Ngoc Tran Thi Thanh The life of nanoparticles in contact with biological media and

entities October 2014 Dr Lorena Garcia Introducing Gold Nanoparticles Bioconjugates within the Biological

Machinery July 2013 Dr Joan Comenge Gold Nanoparticles as Drug Delivery Agents Detoxifying the Drug

Cisplatin July 2013 Dr Miriam Varoacuten Synthesis of Nanoparticles and Nanostructured Materials by Self-Assembly

May 2012 Dr Eudald Casals Reactivity and Impact of Inorganic Nanoparticles in Biological Environments

Building Up NanoSafety January 2012 Dr Edgar Gonzaacutelez Synthetic Route for the Production of Multilevel

Hollow-Nanostructured Nanoparticles at Room Temperature April 2011 Dr Neus Bastuacutes Gold Nanoparticles

Conjugates for Biological Applications December 2008 and Master Supervisor of Miriam Varoacuten (2009) Lorena

Garciacutea (2009) Joan Comenge (2009) and Zoeuml Megson (2010) He is currently supervising 8 PhD students

Lecturer (Professor) in the Biomedicine module within the Master in Nanotechnology program offered by the

Universitat Autogravenoma de Barcelona (UAB) from 2008 to 2012

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 15 15

Referee for Nature Materials Nature Nanotechnology Nano Letters ACS Nano Journal of the American Chemical

Society The Journal of Physical Chemistry Langmuir Chemistry of Materials Journal of Applied Physics The Journal of

Physical Chemistry Letters among others

Finally I am very proud that after being the first ranked as Ramon y Cajal applicant in 2003 now my group is hosting

Dr Neus Bastus first ranked Ramon y Cajal position in the area of ldquoEngineering and Technologyrdquo in the last call

November 2012

Other details and information can be found at the website of the Inorganic Nanoparticles Group

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 6 15

33 Concepcion P Lopez C Martinez A amp Puntes V (2004) Characterization and catalytic properties of cobalt

supported on delaminated ITQ-6 and ITQ-2 zeolites for the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction Journal of

Catalysis 228(2) 321ndash332

32 Concepcioacuten P Corma A Silvestre-Albero J Franco V amp Chane-Ching J Y (2004) Chemoselective

Hydrogenation Catalysts Pt on Mesostructured CeO2 Nanoparticles Embedded within Ultrathin Layers of SiO2

Binder J Am Chem Soc 126(17) 5523ndash5532

31 Puntes VF Gorostiza P Aruguete D M Bastus N G amp Alivisatos A P (2004) Collective behaviour in two-

dimensional cobalt nanoparticle assemblies observed by magnetic force microscopy Nature Materials 3(4) 263ndash

268

30 Carrettin S Concepcioacuten P Corma A Loacutepez Nieto J M amp Puntes V F (2004) Nanocrystalline CeO2

Increases the Activity of Au for CO Oxidation by Two Orders of Magnitude Angew Chem Int Ed 43(19) 2538ndash

2540

29 Barea E M Fornes V Corma A Bourges P Guillon E amp Puntes VF (2004) A new synthetic route to

produce metal zeolites with subnanometric magnetic clusters Chem Commun (17) 1974ndash1975

28 Zhu J Koacutenya Z Puntes VF Kiricsi I Miao C X Ager J W et al (2003) Encapsulation of Metal (Au Ag

Pt) Nanoparticles into the Mesoporous SBA-15 Structure Langmuir 19(10) 4396ndash4401

27 Koacutenya Z Puntes V F Kiricsi I Zhu J Ager J W Ko M K et al (2003) Synthetic Insertion of Gold

Nanoparticles into Mesoporous Silica Chem Mater 15(6) 1242ndash1248

26 Puntes V F Zanchet D Erdonmez C K amp Alivisatos A P (2003) Surfactant and temperature influence on Co

nanocrystal structure and shape In MRS Proceedings Solid-State Chemistry of Inorganic Materials IV (Vol

755 pp 123ndash128) Materials Research Society

25 Puntes V F Zanchet D Erdonmez C K amp Alivisatos A P (2002) Synthesis of hcp-Co Nanodisks J Am

Chem Soc 124(43) 12874ndash12880

24 Koacutenya Z Puntes V F Kiricsi I Zhu J Alivisatos A P amp Somorjai G A (2002) Nanocrystal Templating of

Silica Mesopores with Tunable Pore Sizes Nano Letters 2(8) 907ndash910

23 Koacutenya Z Puntes V F Kiricsi I Zhu J Alivisatos P amp Somorjai G A (2002) Novel Two-Step Synthesis of

Controlled Size and Shape Platinum Nanoparticles Encapsulated in Mesoporous Silica Catalysis Letters 81(3)

137ndash140

22 Puntes V F Konya Z Erdonmez C Zhu J Somorjai G A amp Alivisatos A P (2002) Mechanisms of

controlled growth of metallic nanocrystals In MRS Proceedings Magnetic and Electronic Films ndash

Microstructure Texture and Application to Data Storage (Vol 721 pp 241ndash246) Materials Research Society

21 Puntes V F Krishnan K amp Alivisatos A P (2002) Synthesis of Colloidal Cobalt Nanoparticles with Controlled

Size and Shapes Topics in Catalysis 19(2) 145ndash148

20 Puntes V F Parak W J amp Alivisatos A P (2002) Tuning the SP to FM transition of cobalt nanoparticles in view

of biomedical applications In European Cells and Materials (Vol 3 pp 128ndash131)

19 Puntes V F amp Krishnan K M (2001) Synthesis structural order and magnetic behavior of self-assembled

epsilon-Co nanocrystal arrays IEEE Trans Magn 37(4) 2210ndash2212

18 Puntes V F Krishnan K M amp Alivisatos P (2001) Synthesis self-assembly and magnetic behavior of a two-

dimensional superlattice of single-crystal epsilon-Co nanparticles Appl Phys Lett 78(15) 2187ndash2189

17 Puntes V F Krishnan K M amp Alivisatos P (2001) Colloidal nanocrystal shape and size control The case of

cobalt Science 291(5511) 2115ndash2117

16 Puntes V F Alivisatos P amp Krishnan K M (2001) Synthesis of Passivated Cobalt Nanocrystal Arrays with

Controlled Size and Shape In Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute (Vol 41 pp 381ndash384)

Springer

15 Franco-Puntes V Batlle X amp Labarta A (2000) Domain structures and training effects in granular thin films

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 221(1-2) 45ndash56

14 Franco V Batlle X amp Labarta A (2000) Evidence of domain wall scattering in thin films of granular CoFe--

AgCu Eur Phys J B 17(1) 43ndash50

13 Batlle X Franco V Labarta A amp OGrady K (2000) Remanence breakdown in granular alloys at magnetic

percolation J Appl Phys 88(3) 1576ndash1582

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 7 15

12 Franco V Batlle X Labarta A amp OGrady K (2000) The nature of magnetic interactions in CoFe--Ag(Cu)

granular thin films J Phys D Appl Phys 33(6) 609ndash613

11 Franco V Batlle X Labarta A amp Bassas P (2000) CoFe-based granular alloys the role of the metallic matrix

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 210(1-3) 295ndash301

10 Batlle X Franco V amp Labarta A (2000) Magnetic Force Microscopy A Powerful Tool to Image Domain

Structures in Granular Thin Films In Materials Science Forum (Vol 352 pp 9ndash22) Trans Tech Publications

9 Franco V Batlle X amp Labarta A (1999) CoFendashCu granular alloys From noninteracting particles to magnetic

percolation J Appl Phys 85(10) 7328-7335

8 Franco V Batlle X Labarta A Bassas P amp Sandiumenge F (1999) The microstructure of CoFe--AgCu

granular films Origin of the perpendicular anisotropy In Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (Vol

196-197 pp 274ndash276)

7 Franco V Batlle X amp Labarta A (1999) Training behaviour and magnetic domains in CoFe--gCu granular

films In Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (Vol 196-197 pp 465ndash466)

6 Franco V Batlle X Labarta A Bassas J amp Sandiumenge F (1999) Texture strain and alloying in sputtered

granular magnetic films Acta Materialia 47(5) 1661ndash1670

5 Franco V Batlle X Valencia A Labarta A OGrady K amp Watson M L (1998) Magnetic microstructures

from magnetic force microscopy and Monte Carlo simulation in CoFe-Ag-Cu granular films IEEE Trans Magn

34(4) 912ndash914

4 Franco V Batlle X amp Labarta A (1998) Giant and Anisotropic Magnetoresistance in CoFe-Cu Granular Alloys

The Role of the Ferromagnetic Concentration In Materials Science Forum (Vol 269-272 pp 895ndash900) Trans

Tech Publications

3 Franco V Batlle X Labarta A Watson M L amp OGrady K (1997) From demagnetizing to magnetizing

interactions in CoFendashAgCu granular films J Appl Phys 81(8) 4593ndash4595

2 Batlle X Franco V Labarta A Watson M L amp OGrady K (1997) The effect of the microstructure on the

magnetic interactions in CoFendashAgCu granular films From demagnetizing to magnetizing interactions Appl Phys

Lett 70(1) 132ndash134

1 Batlle X Garcia del Muro M Franco V Labarta A Gonzalez J M Watson M L et al (1997) Interactions

and demagnetization in magnetic materials Nanocrystalline granular films In Proceedings of the NATO

Advanced Study Institute (Vol 338 pp 401ndash405) Kluwer Academic Publishers

Publication statistics [citations from Web of Knowledge data]

Researcher ID F-8407-2013

Total of citations 7409

h-index 36

VP starts his own research

group

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 8 15

Ten most cited articles

List

key Year Journal

Impact Factor

2013 (WoK)

Total citations

to date (WoK)

Average number of

citations per year

(WoK)

17 2001 Colloidal nanocrystal shape and size control The

case of cobalt Science

31477 2198 169

25 2002 Synthesis of hcp-Co Nanodisks Journal of the

American Chemical Society

11444 572 48

30 2004 Nanocrystalline CeO2 Increases the Activity of Au

for CO Oxidation by Two Orders of Magnitude

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

11336 569 57

18 2001 Synthesis self-assembly and magnetic behavior of

a two-dimensional superlattice of single-crystal

epsilon-Co nanparticles Applied Physics Letters

3515 308 24

66 2010 Time Evolution of the Nanoparticle Protein

Corona ACS Nano

12033 300 75

31 2004 Collective behaviour in two-dimensional cobalt

nanoparticle assemblies observed by magnetic

force microscopy Nature Materials

36425 229 23

38 2006 Nanoparticle-Mediated Local and Remote

Manipulation of Protein Aggregation Nano

Letters

12940 190 24

41 2007 Vacancy Coalescence during Oxidation of Iron

Nanoparticles Journal of the American

Chemical Society

11444 170 24

68 2010 Correlating physico-chemical with toxicological

properties of nanoparticles the present and the

future ACS Nano

12033 168 42

27 2003 Synthetic Insertion of Gold Nanoparticles into

Mesoporous Silica Chemistry of Materials

8535 153 12

Ten most relevant recent articles

List

key

Year Journal Impact Factor

2013 (WoK)

Total citations

(WoK)

Average number of

citations per year

(WoK)

110 2013 Absence of Ce3+Sites in Chemically Active

Colloidal Ceria Nanoparticles ACS Nano

12033 7 7

96 2012 Detoxifying Antitumoral Drugs via

Nanoconjugation The Case of Gold

Nanoparticles and Cisplatin PLoS One

3534 16 8

89 2012 Citrate-Coated Gold Nanoparticles As Smart

Scavengers for Mercury(II) Removal from

Polluted Waters ACS Nano

12033 44 22

83 2011 Carving at the Nanoscale Sequential Galvanic

Exchange and Kirkendall Growth at Room

Temperature Science

31477 128 43

80 2011 Kinetically Controlled Seeded Growth Synthesis

of Citrate-Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles of up

to 200 nm Size Focusing versus Ostwald

Ripening Langumir

4384 130 43

66 2010 Time Evolution of the Nanoparticle Protein

Corona ACS Nano

12033 300 75

63 2010 Synthesis of Platinum Cubes Polypods

Cuboctahedrons and Raspberries Assisted by

Cobalt Nanocrystals Nano Letters

12940 69 17

53 2009 Evaluation of the ecotoxicity of model

nanoparticles Chemosphere

3137 135 27

54 2009 Homogeneous Conjugation of Peptides onto

Gold Nanoparticles Enhances Macrophage

12033 66 13

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 9 15

Response ACS Nano

55 2009 Instability of Cationic Gold Nanoparticle

Bioconjugates The Role of Citrate Ions

Journal of the American Chemical Society

11444 73 15

SELECTED FUNDING PROJECTS [VP participating as Principal Investigator for ICN2]

19 Suport a les activitats dels Grups de Recerca de Catalunya (SGR)

Agegravencia de Gestioacute dAjuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR)

01-Jan-2014 to 31-Dec-2016

18 FutureNanoNeeds Framework to respond to regulatory needs of future nanomaterials and Markets

European Union - FP7

1-Jan-2014 to 31-Dec-2017

17 GUIDEnano Assessment and mitigation of nano-enabled product risks on human and environmental health

Development of new strategies and creation of a digital guidance tool for nanotech industries

European Union - FP7

1-Nov-2013 to 30-Apr-2017

16 TUNANOCRYSTAL Developing Synthetic Strategies for Complex Multi-component Inorganic Nanocrystals with

Tunable Physico-Chemical

Ministerio de Economiacutea y Competitividad (MINECO) ndash Spanish Government

1-Feb-2013 to 31-Jan-2016

15 Maratoacute TV3 2012 Cerium Oxide nanoparticles as a new therapeutic tool for tissue regeneration in liver diseases

Fundacioacute La Maratoacute (La Maratoacute de TV3)

14-Jan-2013 to 13-Jan-2016

14 QNano A pan-European infrastructure for quality in nanomaterials safety testing

European Union - FP7 (specific project type Infrastructures)

1-Feb-2011 to 31-Jan-2015

13 NanoTOES - Nanotechnology Training Of Experts in Safety

European Union - FP7 (specific project type Marie Curie ITN)

1-Nov-2010 to 31-Oct-2013

12 NANOPOLYTOX Toxicological impact of nanomaterials derived from processing weathering and

recycling of polymer nanocomposites used in various industrial applications

European Union - FP7

1-May-2010 to 30-Apr-2013

11 Plan Nacional MICINN Disentildeo de Nanoparticulas Inorgaacutenicas conjugadas Nuevas herramientas

para el tratamiento del caacutencer (Design of conjugated Inorganic Nanoparticles New tools for cancer treatment)

Ministerio de Educacioacuten y Ciencia (MEC) - Spanish Government

1-Jan-2010 to 31-Dec-2012

10 VALTEC - Vacunes

ACC1Oacute - Generalitat de Catalunya

15-Oct-2009 to 15-Oct-2012

9 VALTEC - Cisplatino

ACC1Oacute - Generalitat de Catalunya

15-Oct-2009 to 15-Oct-2012

8 Suport a les activitats dels Grups de Recerca de Catalunya (SGR)

Agegravencia de Gestioacute dAjuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR)

28-Sep-2009 to 31-Dec-2013

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 10 15

7 Construccioacute del CNBSS (Center for NanoBioSafety and Sustainability)

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacioacuten (MICINN) - Spanish Government and ACC1Oacute - Generalitat de Catalunya

01-Jan-2009 to 21-Dec-2011

6 NANOCLEAN Evaluacioacuten del potencial de nanopartiacuteculas inorgaacutenicas funcionalizadas para la

eliminacioacuten de nitroacutegeno foacutesforo pesticidas orgaacutenicos y metales pesados en masas de agua Evaluacioacuten de la

toxicidad y posibilidades de regulacioacuten

Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino (MMA) - Spanish Government

4-Dec-2008 to 30-Apr-2011

5 FPI Scholarships (Formacioacuten de Personal Investigador)

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacioacuten (MICINN) - Spanish Government

1-Sep-2007 to 31-Aug-2011

4 Siacutentesis de conjugados de nanopartiacuteculas avanzados para aplicaciones biomeacutedicas

Ministerio de Industria Turismo y Comercio (MITYC) - Spanish Government

1-Jul-2007 to 1-Jul-2009

3 Plan Nacional MICINN 2006 Siacutentesis de Nanopartiacuteculas y materiales nanoestructurados por

Autoensamblaje

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacioacuten (MICINN) - Spanish Government

1-Oct-2006 to 30-Sep-2009

2 DIPNA Development of an Integrated Platform for Nanoparticle Analysis to verify their possible toxicity and the

eco-toxicity

European Union - FP6 (specific project type STRP)

1-Nov-2006 to 31-Oct-2009

1 CONSOLIDER ndash NANOBIOMED Subunit In-vitro Experimentation of nanoparticles based biofluids

Ministerio de Educacioacuten y Ciencia (MEC) - Spanish Government

15-Sep-2006 to 31-Dic-2011

SELECTED FUNDING PROJECTS BY PRIVATE COMPANIES andor ADMINISTRATIONS [VP participating as

Principal Investigator for ICN2]

7 Biogaacutes+ Produccioacuten Aumentada de Biogaacutes Mediante la Adicioacuten de Nanopartiacuteculas de Hierro

Fundacioacuten Repsol - Spanish Company

2014 to 2016

6 Biogaacutes+ Produccioacuten Aumentada de Biogaacutes Mediante la Adicioacuten de Nanopartiacuteculas de Hierro

Fundacioacuten Repsol - Spanish Company

2013 to 2014

5 CNBSS Centre for NanoBioSafety and Sustainabitity

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacioacuten ndash Spanish Goverment

2011 to 2013

4 Biomedical Applications of Nanotechnology Based on a New Platform that couples Drugs with g

Gold Nanoparticles

Nanotargeting ndash Switzerland Company

2011 to 2013

3 Synthesis and Functionalization of Nanoparticles for Detection Purposes

BioSystems ndash Spanish Company

2012 to 2013

2 Peptide-conjugated Gold Nanoparticles for Immunotherapy

Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) ndash United States

2011 to 2012

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 11 15

1 TecnoRevolucioacute Design and Development of Models

Fundacioacute la Caixa - Spanish Financial Institution

2011 to 2012

PATENTS

4 Noble metal nanoparticles and their preparation process

Franco Puntes V Gonzaacutelez EE (Institut Catalagrave de Nanociegravencia i Nanotecnologia Institucioacute Catalana de Recerca i

Estudis Avanccedilats)

Patent No EP 111580247 (Priority date 14-Mar-2011) Status Public

3 Biogas production

Franco Puntes V Casals Mercadal E Gonzaacutelez EE Font Segura X Saacutenchez Ferrer A Garciacutea Mestre A

Delgado Ramisa L (Institut Catalagrave de Nanociegravencia i Nanotecnologia Institucioacute Catalana de Recerca i Estudis

Avanccedilats Universitat Autogravenoma de Barcelona)

Patent No EP 111577847 (Priority date 11-Mar-2011) Status National entry stage

2 Conjugates comprising nanoparticles coated with platinum containing compounds

Franco Puntes V Domiacutenguez Puente F Romero Martiacutenez FM Gallego Rubio Oacute (Institut Catalagrave de Nanociegravencia i

Nanotecnologia Institucioacute Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avanccedilats Universidad Santiago de Compostela Universitat

de Valegravencia Institut de Recerca de lHospital de Santa Creu i Sant Pau)

Patent No WO 2010069941 A1 (Priority date 16-Dec-2008) Status Licensed to Nanotargeting SL

1 Immunoactivating conjugates comprising nanoparticles coated with peptides

Franco Puntes V Goacutemez Bastuacutes N Saacutenchez Tilloacute E Farrera Sinfreu C Celada Cotarelo A Lloberas Cavero J

Giralt Lledoacute E Pujals Riatoacutes S (Institut Catalagrave de Nanociegravencia i Nanotecnologia Institucioacute Catalana de Recerca i

Estudis Avanccedilats Universitat de Barcelona Institut de Recerca Biomegravedica)

Patent No WO 2010046377 A2 (Priority date 23-Oct-2008) Status Public

SELECTED RECENT TALKS

28 Medical Nanochemistry the use of reactive inorganic nanoparticles in medicine Invited talk at 14th Nanomedicine

Symposium Milan Italy (November 2014)

27 Nanocrystals as reagents building next generation of nanoparticles Invited talk at Conference New frontiers

of nanomaterial technologies for applications in biology and medicine Tirana Albania (July 2014)

26 Nanoparticles synthesis and reactivity Invited talk at Lecture at Summer School Nanoscience Ile de France

Etiolles France (June 2014)

25 Nanoceria for Nanomedicine Invited talk at E-MRS 2014 Spring Meeting Lille France (May 2014)

24 Application of inorganic nanoparticles on medicine Invited talk at II Reunioacuten de Joacutevenes Investigadores

en Coloides e Interfases Granada Spain (April 2014)

23 Nanoparticle properties and their interactions with the environment Invited talk at QualityNano NanoFATE amp

Joint Meeting Birmingham United Kingdom (March 2014)

22 Nanotechnology in Health Gold Nanoparticles as Radiotherapy Enhancers Invited talk at Radio Oncology

Department Invited Seminar Lausanne Switzerland (January 2014)

21 Nanocrystals 20 The next generation Invited talk at Christmas Symposium Chemistry department ETZH

Zurich Switzerland (December 2013)

20 Jornada Energiacutea y Emprendimiento de la investigacioacuten a la creacioacuten de empresas Invited talk at Institut de

Recerca en Energia de Catalunya (IREC) Barcelona Spain (November 2013)

19 B-Debate on ldquoNanotechnologies in Health current challenges and future prospects Co-organizer and chairman at

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 12 15

Cosmocaixa Barcelona Spain (October 2013)

18 Environmental fate of Inorganic Nanoparticles Invited talk at Joint Conference NanoTOE NanoFATE

Oxford England (September 2013)

17 Nanoparticles safety by design Invited talk at Serenade annual meeting University aix en Provance France

(July 2013)

16 Designing Nanobots to fight Cancer Invited talk at the E-MRS 2013 Meeting Symposium U Design of

multifunctional nano-objects for biomedical Strasbourg France (May 2013)

15 Detoxifying Antitumoral Drugs via Nanoconjugation The Case of Gold Nanoparticles and Cisplatin Invited talk at

ImagineNano 2013 ndash NanoBioMed Bilbao Spain (April 2013)

14 Functional inorganic nanoparticles Invited talk at the MAGNIFYCO Workshop Barcelona Spain (January 2013)

13 Engineering Inorganic Nanoparticles Invited seminar at the Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya (IBEC)

Barcelona Spain (December 2012)

12 Does the nanoform of a substance entail an increased toxicity Invited lecture at the ldquoAdvances in Materialsrdquo

seminar at the Institute of Materials at Ecole Feacutedeacuterale de Lausanne (EPFL) Lausanne Switzerland (November

2011)

11 Carving at the Nanoscale Galvanic Replacement versus Kirkendall Effect at Room Temperature Plenary talk at

NaNaX5 (2012) ndash Nanoscience with Nanocrystals

Fueringola Spain (May 2012)

10 Toxicology of engineering nanoparticles Invited colloquium at the Leibniz-Institut fuumlr Festkoumlrper- und

Werkstoffforschung Dresden (IFW-Kolloquium) Dresden Germany (December 2011)

9 Does the nanoform of a substance entail an increased toxicity Invited lecture at the ldquoAdvances in Materialsrdquo

seminar at the Institute of Materials at Ecole Feacutedeacuterale de Lausanne (EPFL) Lausanne Switzerland (November

2011)

8 Application of inorganic-biomolecule nanoparticle conjugates to biomedicine Invited Lecture at the

Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine Course Braga Portugal (October 2011)

7 Impact of Protein Corona on Nanoparticle Interactions with Immune Cells Invited talk at the NANOMMUNE

Closing Workshop Understanding nano-immuno-interactions Stockholm Sweden (June 2011)

6 Inorganic Nanoparticles as Drug Carriers Pharmacokinetic Considerations on Biodistribution Invited talk at

BionanoNice E-MRS 2011 Meeting Symposium O Bio-materials for imaging sensing and actuating Nice

France (May 2011)

5 Nanotoxicology from the nanoparticle point of view Invited talk at the workshop ldquoSafety issues of Nanomaterials

along their life cyclerdquo Barcelona Spain (May 2011)

4 Taming physicochemical signatures of inorganic NPs for their biological integration Invited talk at NANOJASP

2010 - Nanomaterials based biosensors and biosystems Barcelona Spain (November 2010)

3 When the Synthesis is over Assessing the Full Life Cycle of inorganic nanoparticles Talk at NaNaX 4 (2010) -

Nanoscience with Nanocrystals Munich - Tutzing Germany (April 2010)

2 Nanotechnology from nanotoxicology to nanomedicine Keynote Speaker at NanoSpain 2009 Zaragoza Spain

(March 2009)

1 Colloidal Nanoparticles - From Synthesis to Biological Applications (sic) Talk at the WE-Heraeus-Seminar

Colloidal Nanoparticles - From Synthesis to Biological Applications Marburg Germany (September 2008)

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 13 15

DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

Public Awareness of Science has been a central interest of our group since its beginnings The activities developed

include talks to non-specialized audiences internet platforms science and art videos and science divulgation videos

science museum exhibitions electronic and hardcopy books and other platforms including art exhibitions (being the more

recent AC gallery Madrid and La casa del Libro San Francisco) on NP microscopy images and televisionradio

interviews The group has also won the 2011 FOTCIENCIA edition

The target puacuteblic has been from general science and young investigators to the elder or children as young as 7 years old

(introduction to nanotechnology and demonstrative experiments) For that we have obtained funds from private

organizations and local administrations Recently our ebook of 2013 entitled Nanoparticles Before Nanotechnology

with more than 12000 downloads and still promoted We also published in 2013 a large-format photography book about

the ldquoNanocosmosrdquo in Colombia Another example is Goldlight a joined collaboration between ING group and old town

jewellers of Barcelona which led to the creation of ldquoquantum jewelleryrdquo based on colloidal solutions of hollow Au NPs It

was recently featured in The Guardian after appearing in the Spanish Jewels Journal (25000 copies) and El Periodico

Similarly our Science paper was featured on the BBC among many others highlighting the possibilities of NPs in

medicine Our spin-off Nanotargeting was featured in La Vanguardia and our work in Ara and our exhibition at

CosmoCaixa (TEcnoRevolucioacuten I and II Barcelona and Madrid) in El Mundo among other interviews for local and

international TVs ndashTV Vallegraves TV25- and radio as COM Radio and PUNT Radio We appeared also twice in Spanish

national TV Informe Semanal

VP is one of the winners ldquoPremios Iberoamericanos a la Innovacioacuten y el Emprendimientordquo

Secretaria Gneral Iberoamericana (SEGIB) (2013)

VP is one of the winners ldquoPremio Fondo de Emprendedoresrdquo Fundacioacuten Repsol (2013)

VP is the founder and director of NanoWiki a digital online platform created in 2008 whose aim is to track the evolution

of paradigms and discoveries in nanoscience and nanotechnology Moreover through Nanowiki VP has published 5

books being the last one May 2013 Nanocoloreja (and Nanocolorea) targeting children About explaining

Nanotechnology to highlight the following

VPuntes ldquoNanocolorejardquo httpissuucomedicionsnanowikidocsnanocoloreja__ca_web

V Puntes ldquoNanoparticles Before Nanotechnologyrdquo

ISBN 978-84-695-6677-0 httpnanowikiinfo5B5BNanoparticles20Before20Nanotechnology5D5D

V Puntes ldquoNanotechnology Engines Onrdquo

ISBN 978-84-615-3293-3

httpnanowikiinfo5B5B22Nanotechnology3A20Engines20On225D5D

V Puntes ldquoNanotechnology balancing the promisesrdquo

ISBN 978-84-615-3293-6

httpnanowikiinfo5B5BNanotechnology3A20balancing20the20promises5D5D

The first one Nanoparticles Before Nnaotechnology has been downloaded more than 14000 times

VP has an active role in science promotion and dissemination Apart from NanoWiki activities in this area VP has been

interviewed in different radio and TV shows (Catalunya Radio COM Radio PUNT Radio INforme Semanal TV25

VallegravesTV BTV) takes part in several local educative projects such as Escolab and Joves i Ciencia has participated in

panels and debates such as

Round table discussion on ldquoSafety and Societyrdquo Invited panelist at NanoFormulation 2012 an event organized by the

EU-FP7 Project InForm Barcelona Spain May 30 2012

ldquoLa seguridad de los nanomaterialesrdquo Invited talk at Impacto de la Nanotecnologiacutea en la Cosmeacutetica a scientific-

technical workshop organized by the Spanish Society of Cosmetic Chemistry (Sociedad Espantildeola de Quiacutemicos

Cosmeacuteticos - SEQC) Barcelona Spain November 11 2010

Estudio prospectivo sobre materiales inteligentes ndash Sector Saludrdquo Invited panellist in the Health sector at the

workshop series organized by Tecnalia and the Observatorio de Prospectiva Tecnoacutelogica Industrial (OPTI) Madrid

Spain October 20 2010

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 14 15

VP and collaborators have written several dissemination articles

1 Loacutepez C Saacutenchez A amp Puntes V (2013) Nanopartiacuteculas inorgaacutenicas Riesgos y beneficios ambientales

Investigacioacuten y Ciencia 437 (February) 12ndash14

2 Puntes V amp Garcia Hom A (2009) Nanopanic or Nanoeuphoria Nanoinfo Megravetode (63) 74ndash79

3 Gatti A amp Puntes V (2009) Scientists still wondering ndash Industry already selling NANO Magazine 12 28ndash30

4 Puntes V F (2004) Cobalt nanostructures Investigacioacuten y Ciencia 332

5 Puntes V F amp Esteve Pujol J (2003) Nanoparticles inorganic molecules Revista

de Fiacutesica 24(1) 38ndash42

VP was co-organizer of the Barcelona International Center of Scientific Debate (B-Debate) on ldquoNanotechnologies in

Healthrdquo 2013 at the CosmoCaixa

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Scientific advisor for Nanonica a Switzerland-based company devoted to transfer knowledge from universities to

industry In 2012 Nanonica and ICN joined efforts in creating NanoTargeting a startup company focused on drug

delivery applications of nanotechnology in which Viacutector Puntes has a leading scientific role

Scientific Director of the Centre for BioNanoSafety and Sustainability (CNBSS) from 2009 to 2012 The CNBSS

was an initiative of Catalan Institute of Nanotechnology (ICN) and the LEITAT Technological Centre in response to

the emerging need to rationalise and assess the risks of new nanotechnologies and to promote it safe and sustainable

uses in industry and for the society in general

Moreover VP pioneered the nanotechnology and knowledge transfer in the Catalonia area already in 2007 by funding

what today constitutes ENDOR Nanotechnologies

Victor Puntes is also co-founder of Applied Nanoparticles a spin off company sponsored by Repsol dedicated to

bring nanotechnology solutions to Energy and the Environment [wwwappliednanoparticleseu]

Also VP has been providing designed NPs to the WRAIR and the Uniteacute Interactions Hocircte-Pathogenes for the

development of prophylactic vaccines against malaria and anthrax and therapeutic against micobacteria

VP also participates as chair of the NANONICA PRIZE awards jury

[httpwwwnanonicaprizeorgindexphpbreakthrough-of-the-year] and in the jury of the Premis Ciutat de Barcelona

[httppremsabcncatwp-contentuploads201402DP-Premis-Ciutat-de-Barcelona-okpdf]

VP is on the editorial board of Journal of Colloids and Interface Sciences and Nanowiki and recently member of the

NYAS (New York Academy of Sciences)

PhD Supervisor of Dr Ngoc Tran Thi Thanh The life of nanoparticles in contact with biological media and

entities October 2014 Dr Lorena Garcia Introducing Gold Nanoparticles Bioconjugates within the Biological

Machinery July 2013 Dr Joan Comenge Gold Nanoparticles as Drug Delivery Agents Detoxifying the Drug

Cisplatin July 2013 Dr Miriam Varoacuten Synthesis of Nanoparticles and Nanostructured Materials by Self-Assembly

May 2012 Dr Eudald Casals Reactivity and Impact of Inorganic Nanoparticles in Biological Environments

Building Up NanoSafety January 2012 Dr Edgar Gonzaacutelez Synthetic Route for the Production of Multilevel

Hollow-Nanostructured Nanoparticles at Room Temperature April 2011 Dr Neus Bastuacutes Gold Nanoparticles

Conjugates for Biological Applications December 2008 and Master Supervisor of Miriam Varoacuten (2009) Lorena

Garciacutea (2009) Joan Comenge (2009) and Zoeuml Megson (2010) He is currently supervising 8 PhD students

Lecturer (Professor) in the Biomedicine module within the Master in Nanotechnology program offered by the

Universitat Autogravenoma de Barcelona (UAB) from 2008 to 2012

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 15 15

Referee for Nature Materials Nature Nanotechnology Nano Letters ACS Nano Journal of the American Chemical

Society The Journal of Physical Chemistry Langmuir Chemistry of Materials Journal of Applied Physics The Journal of

Physical Chemistry Letters among others

Finally I am very proud that after being the first ranked as Ramon y Cajal applicant in 2003 now my group is hosting

Dr Neus Bastus first ranked Ramon y Cajal position in the area of ldquoEngineering and Technologyrdquo in the last call

November 2012

Other details and information can be found at the website of the Inorganic Nanoparticles Group

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 7 15

12 Franco V Batlle X Labarta A amp OGrady K (2000) The nature of magnetic interactions in CoFe--Ag(Cu)

granular thin films J Phys D Appl Phys 33(6) 609ndash613

11 Franco V Batlle X Labarta A amp Bassas P (2000) CoFe-based granular alloys the role of the metallic matrix

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 210(1-3) 295ndash301

10 Batlle X Franco V amp Labarta A (2000) Magnetic Force Microscopy A Powerful Tool to Image Domain

Structures in Granular Thin Films In Materials Science Forum (Vol 352 pp 9ndash22) Trans Tech Publications

9 Franco V Batlle X amp Labarta A (1999) CoFendashCu granular alloys From noninteracting particles to magnetic

percolation J Appl Phys 85(10) 7328-7335

8 Franco V Batlle X Labarta A Bassas P amp Sandiumenge F (1999) The microstructure of CoFe--AgCu

granular films Origin of the perpendicular anisotropy In Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (Vol

196-197 pp 274ndash276)

7 Franco V Batlle X amp Labarta A (1999) Training behaviour and magnetic domains in CoFe--gCu granular

films In Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (Vol 196-197 pp 465ndash466)

6 Franco V Batlle X Labarta A Bassas J amp Sandiumenge F (1999) Texture strain and alloying in sputtered

granular magnetic films Acta Materialia 47(5) 1661ndash1670

5 Franco V Batlle X Valencia A Labarta A OGrady K amp Watson M L (1998) Magnetic microstructures

from magnetic force microscopy and Monte Carlo simulation in CoFe-Ag-Cu granular films IEEE Trans Magn

34(4) 912ndash914

4 Franco V Batlle X amp Labarta A (1998) Giant and Anisotropic Magnetoresistance in CoFe-Cu Granular Alloys

The Role of the Ferromagnetic Concentration In Materials Science Forum (Vol 269-272 pp 895ndash900) Trans

Tech Publications

3 Franco V Batlle X Labarta A Watson M L amp OGrady K (1997) From demagnetizing to magnetizing

interactions in CoFendashAgCu granular films J Appl Phys 81(8) 4593ndash4595

2 Batlle X Franco V Labarta A Watson M L amp OGrady K (1997) The effect of the microstructure on the

magnetic interactions in CoFendashAgCu granular films From demagnetizing to magnetizing interactions Appl Phys

Lett 70(1) 132ndash134

1 Batlle X Garcia del Muro M Franco V Labarta A Gonzalez J M Watson M L et al (1997) Interactions

and demagnetization in magnetic materials Nanocrystalline granular films In Proceedings of the NATO

Advanced Study Institute (Vol 338 pp 401ndash405) Kluwer Academic Publishers

Publication statistics [citations from Web of Knowledge data]

Researcher ID F-8407-2013

Total of citations 7409

h-index 36

VP starts his own research

group

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 8 15

Ten most cited articles

List

key Year Journal

Impact Factor

2013 (WoK)

Total citations

to date (WoK)

Average number of

citations per year

(WoK)

17 2001 Colloidal nanocrystal shape and size control The

case of cobalt Science

31477 2198 169

25 2002 Synthesis of hcp-Co Nanodisks Journal of the

American Chemical Society

11444 572 48

30 2004 Nanocrystalline CeO2 Increases the Activity of Au

for CO Oxidation by Two Orders of Magnitude

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

11336 569 57

18 2001 Synthesis self-assembly and magnetic behavior of

a two-dimensional superlattice of single-crystal

epsilon-Co nanparticles Applied Physics Letters

3515 308 24

66 2010 Time Evolution of the Nanoparticle Protein

Corona ACS Nano

12033 300 75

31 2004 Collective behaviour in two-dimensional cobalt

nanoparticle assemblies observed by magnetic

force microscopy Nature Materials

36425 229 23

38 2006 Nanoparticle-Mediated Local and Remote

Manipulation of Protein Aggregation Nano

Letters

12940 190 24

41 2007 Vacancy Coalescence during Oxidation of Iron

Nanoparticles Journal of the American

Chemical Society

11444 170 24

68 2010 Correlating physico-chemical with toxicological

properties of nanoparticles the present and the

future ACS Nano

12033 168 42

27 2003 Synthetic Insertion of Gold Nanoparticles into

Mesoporous Silica Chemistry of Materials

8535 153 12

Ten most relevant recent articles

List

key

Year Journal Impact Factor

2013 (WoK)

Total citations

(WoK)

Average number of

citations per year

(WoK)

110 2013 Absence of Ce3+Sites in Chemically Active

Colloidal Ceria Nanoparticles ACS Nano

12033 7 7

96 2012 Detoxifying Antitumoral Drugs via

Nanoconjugation The Case of Gold

Nanoparticles and Cisplatin PLoS One

3534 16 8

89 2012 Citrate-Coated Gold Nanoparticles As Smart

Scavengers for Mercury(II) Removal from

Polluted Waters ACS Nano

12033 44 22

83 2011 Carving at the Nanoscale Sequential Galvanic

Exchange and Kirkendall Growth at Room

Temperature Science

31477 128 43

80 2011 Kinetically Controlled Seeded Growth Synthesis

of Citrate-Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles of up

to 200 nm Size Focusing versus Ostwald

Ripening Langumir

4384 130 43

66 2010 Time Evolution of the Nanoparticle Protein

Corona ACS Nano

12033 300 75

63 2010 Synthesis of Platinum Cubes Polypods

Cuboctahedrons and Raspberries Assisted by

Cobalt Nanocrystals Nano Letters

12940 69 17

53 2009 Evaluation of the ecotoxicity of model

nanoparticles Chemosphere

3137 135 27

54 2009 Homogeneous Conjugation of Peptides onto

Gold Nanoparticles Enhances Macrophage

12033 66 13

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 9 15

Response ACS Nano

55 2009 Instability of Cationic Gold Nanoparticle

Bioconjugates The Role of Citrate Ions

Journal of the American Chemical Society

11444 73 15

SELECTED FUNDING PROJECTS [VP participating as Principal Investigator for ICN2]

19 Suport a les activitats dels Grups de Recerca de Catalunya (SGR)

Agegravencia de Gestioacute dAjuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR)

01-Jan-2014 to 31-Dec-2016

18 FutureNanoNeeds Framework to respond to regulatory needs of future nanomaterials and Markets

European Union - FP7

1-Jan-2014 to 31-Dec-2017

17 GUIDEnano Assessment and mitigation of nano-enabled product risks on human and environmental health

Development of new strategies and creation of a digital guidance tool for nanotech industries

European Union - FP7

1-Nov-2013 to 30-Apr-2017

16 TUNANOCRYSTAL Developing Synthetic Strategies for Complex Multi-component Inorganic Nanocrystals with

Tunable Physico-Chemical

Ministerio de Economiacutea y Competitividad (MINECO) ndash Spanish Government

1-Feb-2013 to 31-Jan-2016

15 Maratoacute TV3 2012 Cerium Oxide nanoparticles as a new therapeutic tool for tissue regeneration in liver diseases

Fundacioacute La Maratoacute (La Maratoacute de TV3)

14-Jan-2013 to 13-Jan-2016

14 QNano A pan-European infrastructure for quality in nanomaterials safety testing

European Union - FP7 (specific project type Infrastructures)

1-Feb-2011 to 31-Jan-2015

13 NanoTOES - Nanotechnology Training Of Experts in Safety

European Union - FP7 (specific project type Marie Curie ITN)

1-Nov-2010 to 31-Oct-2013

12 NANOPOLYTOX Toxicological impact of nanomaterials derived from processing weathering and

recycling of polymer nanocomposites used in various industrial applications

European Union - FP7

1-May-2010 to 30-Apr-2013

11 Plan Nacional MICINN Disentildeo de Nanoparticulas Inorgaacutenicas conjugadas Nuevas herramientas

para el tratamiento del caacutencer (Design of conjugated Inorganic Nanoparticles New tools for cancer treatment)

Ministerio de Educacioacuten y Ciencia (MEC) - Spanish Government

1-Jan-2010 to 31-Dec-2012

10 VALTEC - Vacunes

ACC1Oacute - Generalitat de Catalunya

15-Oct-2009 to 15-Oct-2012

9 VALTEC - Cisplatino

ACC1Oacute - Generalitat de Catalunya

15-Oct-2009 to 15-Oct-2012

8 Suport a les activitats dels Grups de Recerca de Catalunya (SGR)

Agegravencia de Gestioacute dAjuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR)

28-Sep-2009 to 31-Dec-2013

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 10 15

7 Construccioacute del CNBSS (Center for NanoBioSafety and Sustainability)

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacioacuten (MICINN) - Spanish Government and ACC1Oacute - Generalitat de Catalunya

01-Jan-2009 to 21-Dec-2011

6 NANOCLEAN Evaluacioacuten del potencial de nanopartiacuteculas inorgaacutenicas funcionalizadas para la

eliminacioacuten de nitroacutegeno foacutesforo pesticidas orgaacutenicos y metales pesados en masas de agua Evaluacioacuten de la

toxicidad y posibilidades de regulacioacuten

Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino (MMA) - Spanish Government

4-Dec-2008 to 30-Apr-2011

5 FPI Scholarships (Formacioacuten de Personal Investigador)

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacioacuten (MICINN) - Spanish Government

1-Sep-2007 to 31-Aug-2011

4 Siacutentesis de conjugados de nanopartiacuteculas avanzados para aplicaciones biomeacutedicas

Ministerio de Industria Turismo y Comercio (MITYC) - Spanish Government

1-Jul-2007 to 1-Jul-2009

3 Plan Nacional MICINN 2006 Siacutentesis de Nanopartiacuteculas y materiales nanoestructurados por

Autoensamblaje

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacioacuten (MICINN) - Spanish Government

1-Oct-2006 to 30-Sep-2009

2 DIPNA Development of an Integrated Platform for Nanoparticle Analysis to verify their possible toxicity and the

eco-toxicity

European Union - FP6 (specific project type STRP)

1-Nov-2006 to 31-Oct-2009

1 CONSOLIDER ndash NANOBIOMED Subunit In-vitro Experimentation of nanoparticles based biofluids

Ministerio de Educacioacuten y Ciencia (MEC) - Spanish Government

15-Sep-2006 to 31-Dic-2011

SELECTED FUNDING PROJECTS BY PRIVATE COMPANIES andor ADMINISTRATIONS [VP participating as

Principal Investigator for ICN2]

7 Biogaacutes+ Produccioacuten Aumentada de Biogaacutes Mediante la Adicioacuten de Nanopartiacuteculas de Hierro

Fundacioacuten Repsol - Spanish Company

2014 to 2016

6 Biogaacutes+ Produccioacuten Aumentada de Biogaacutes Mediante la Adicioacuten de Nanopartiacuteculas de Hierro

Fundacioacuten Repsol - Spanish Company

2013 to 2014

5 CNBSS Centre for NanoBioSafety and Sustainabitity

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacioacuten ndash Spanish Goverment

2011 to 2013

4 Biomedical Applications of Nanotechnology Based on a New Platform that couples Drugs with g

Gold Nanoparticles

Nanotargeting ndash Switzerland Company

2011 to 2013

3 Synthesis and Functionalization of Nanoparticles for Detection Purposes

BioSystems ndash Spanish Company

2012 to 2013

2 Peptide-conjugated Gold Nanoparticles for Immunotherapy

Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) ndash United States

2011 to 2012

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 11 15

1 TecnoRevolucioacute Design and Development of Models

Fundacioacute la Caixa - Spanish Financial Institution

2011 to 2012

PATENTS

4 Noble metal nanoparticles and their preparation process

Franco Puntes V Gonzaacutelez EE (Institut Catalagrave de Nanociegravencia i Nanotecnologia Institucioacute Catalana de Recerca i

Estudis Avanccedilats)

Patent No EP 111580247 (Priority date 14-Mar-2011) Status Public

3 Biogas production

Franco Puntes V Casals Mercadal E Gonzaacutelez EE Font Segura X Saacutenchez Ferrer A Garciacutea Mestre A

Delgado Ramisa L (Institut Catalagrave de Nanociegravencia i Nanotecnologia Institucioacute Catalana de Recerca i Estudis

Avanccedilats Universitat Autogravenoma de Barcelona)

Patent No EP 111577847 (Priority date 11-Mar-2011) Status National entry stage

2 Conjugates comprising nanoparticles coated with platinum containing compounds

Franco Puntes V Domiacutenguez Puente F Romero Martiacutenez FM Gallego Rubio Oacute (Institut Catalagrave de Nanociegravencia i

Nanotecnologia Institucioacute Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avanccedilats Universidad Santiago de Compostela Universitat

de Valegravencia Institut de Recerca de lHospital de Santa Creu i Sant Pau)

Patent No WO 2010069941 A1 (Priority date 16-Dec-2008) Status Licensed to Nanotargeting SL

1 Immunoactivating conjugates comprising nanoparticles coated with peptides

Franco Puntes V Goacutemez Bastuacutes N Saacutenchez Tilloacute E Farrera Sinfreu C Celada Cotarelo A Lloberas Cavero J

Giralt Lledoacute E Pujals Riatoacutes S (Institut Catalagrave de Nanociegravencia i Nanotecnologia Institucioacute Catalana de Recerca i

Estudis Avanccedilats Universitat de Barcelona Institut de Recerca Biomegravedica)

Patent No WO 2010046377 A2 (Priority date 23-Oct-2008) Status Public

SELECTED RECENT TALKS

28 Medical Nanochemistry the use of reactive inorganic nanoparticles in medicine Invited talk at 14th Nanomedicine

Symposium Milan Italy (November 2014)

27 Nanocrystals as reagents building next generation of nanoparticles Invited talk at Conference New frontiers

of nanomaterial technologies for applications in biology and medicine Tirana Albania (July 2014)

26 Nanoparticles synthesis and reactivity Invited talk at Lecture at Summer School Nanoscience Ile de France

Etiolles France (June 2014)

25 Nanoceria for Nanomedicine Invited talk at E-MRS 2014 Spring Meeting Lille France (May 2014)

24 Application of inorganic nanoparticles on medicine Invited talk at II Reunioacuten de Joacutevenes Investigadores

en Coloides e Interfases Granada Spain (April 2014)

23 Nanoparticle properties and their interactions with the environment Invited talk at QualityNano NanoFATE amp

Joint Meeting Birmingham United Kingdom (March 2014)

22 Nanotechnology in Health Gold Nanoparticles as Radiotherapy Enhancers Invited talk at Radio Oncology

Department Invited Seminar Lausanne Switzerland (January 2014)

21 Nanocrystals 20 The next generation Invited talk at Christmas Symposium Chemistry department ETZH

Zurich Switzerland (December 2013)

20 Jornada Energiacutea y Emprendimiento de la investigacioacuten a la creacioacuten de empresas Invited talk at Institut de

Recerca en Energia de Catalunya (IREC) Barcelona Spain (November 2013)

19 B-Debate on ldquoNanotechnologies in Health current challenges and future prospects Co-organizer and chairman at

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 12 15

Cosmocaixa Barcelona Spain (October 2013)

18 Environmental fate of Inorganic Nanoparticles Invited talk at Joint Conference NanoTOE NanoFATE

Oxford England (September 2013)

17 Nanoparticles safety by design Invited talk at Serenade annual meeting University aix en Provance France

(July 2013)

16 Designing Nanobots to fight Cancer Invited talk at the E-MRS 2013 Meeting Symposium U Design of

multifunctional nano-objects for biomedical Strasbourg France (May 2013)

15 Detoxifying Antitumoral Drugs via Nanoconjugation The Case of Gold Nanoparticles and Cisplatin Invited talk at

ImagineNano 2013 ndash NanoBioMed Bilbao Spain (April 2013)

14 Functional inorganic nanoparticles Invited talk at the MAGNIFYCO Workshop Barcelona Spain (January 2013)

13 Engineering Inorganic Nanoparticles Invited seminar at the Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya (IBEC)

Barcelona Spain (December 2012)

12 Does the nanoform of a substance entail an increased toxicity Invited lecture at the ldquoAdvances in Materialsrdquo

seminar at the Institute of Materials at Ecole Feacutedeacuterale de Lausanne (EPFL) Lausanne Switzerland (November

2011)

11 Carving at the Nanoscale Galvanic Replacement versus Kirkendall Effect at Room Temperature Plenary talk at

NaNaX5 (2012) ndash Nanoscience with Nanocrystals

Fueringola Spain (May 2012)

10 Toxicology of engineering nanoparticles Invited colloquium at the Leibniz-Institut fuumlr Festkoumlrper- und

Werkstoffforschung Dresden (IFW-Kolloquium) Dresden Germany (December 2011)

9 Does the nanoform of a substance entail an increased toxicity Invited lecture at the ldquoAdvances in Materialsrdquo

seminar at the Institute of Materials at Ecole Feacutedeacuterale de Lausanne (EPFL) Lausanne Switzerland (November

2011)

8 Application of inorganic-biomolecule nanoparticle conjugates to biomedicine Invited Lecture at the

Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine Course Braga Portugal (October 2011)

7 Impact of Protein Corona on Nanoparticle Interactions with Immune Cells Invited talk at the NANOMMUNE

Closing Workshop Understanding nano-immuno-interactions Stockholm Sweden (June 2011)

6 Inorganic Nanoparticles as Drug Carriers Pharmacokinetic Considerations on Biodistribution Invited talk at

BionanoNice E-MRS 2011 Meeting Symposium O Bio-materials for imaging sensing and actuating Nice

France (May 2011)

5 Nanotoxicology from the nanoparticle point of view Invited talk at the workshop ldquoSafety issues of Nanomaterials

along their life cyclerdquo Barcelona Spain (May 2011)

4 Taming physicochemical signatures of inorganic NPs for their biological integration Invited talk at NANOJASP

2010 - Nanomaterials based biosensors and biosystems Barcelona Spain (November 2010)

3 When the Synthesis is over Assessing the Full Life Cycle of inorganic nanoparticles Talk at NaNaX 4 (2010) -

Nanoscience with Nanocrystals Munich - Tutzing Germany (April 2010)

2 Nanotechnology from nanotoxicology to nanomedicine Keynote Speaker at NanoSpain 2009 Zaragoza Spain

(March 2009)

1 Colloidal Nanoparticles - From Synthesis to Biological Applications (sic) Talk at the WE-Heraeus-Seminar

Colloidal Nanoparticles - From Synthesis to Biological Applications Marburg Germany (September 2008)

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 13 15

DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

Public Awareness of Science has been a central interest of our group since its beginnings The activities developed

include talks to non-specialized audiences internet platforms science and art videos and science divulgation videos

science museum exhibitions electronic and hardcopy books and other platforms including art exhibitions (being the more

recent AC gallery Madrid and La casa del Libro San Francisco) on NP microscopy images and televisionradio

interviews The group has also won the 2011 FOTCIENCIA edition

The target puacuteblic has been from general science and young investigators to the elder or children as young as 7 years old

(introduction to nanotechnology and demonstrative experiments) For that we have obtained funds from private

organizations and local administrations Recently our ebook of 2013 entitled Nanoparticles Before Nanotechnology

with more than 12000 downloads and still promoted We also published in 2013 a large-format photography book about

the ldquoNanocosmosrdquo in Colombia Another example is Goldlight a joined collaboration between ING group and old town

jewellers of Barcelona which led to the creation of ldquoquantum jewelleryrdquo based on colloidal solutions of hollow Au NPs It

was recently featured in The Guardian after appearing in the Spanish Jewels Journal (25000 copies) and El Periodico

Similarly our Science paper was featured on the BBC among many others highlighting the possibilities of NPs in

medicine Our spin-off Nanotargeting was featured in La Vanguardia and our work in Ara and our exhibition at

CosmoCaixa (TEcnoRevolucioacuten I and II Barcelona and Madrid) in El Mundo among other interviews for local and

international TVs ndashTV Vallegraves TV25- and radio as COM Radio and PUNT Radio We appeared also twice in Spanish

national TV Informe Semanal

VP is one of the winners ldquoPremios Iberoamericanos a la Innovacioacuten y el Emprendimientordquo

Secretaria Gneral Iberoamericana (SEGIB) (2013)

VP is one of the winners ldquoPremio Fondo de Emprendedoresrdquo Fundacioacuten Repsol (2013)

VP is the founder and director of NanoWiki a digital online platform created in 2008 whose aim is to track the evolution

of paradigms and discoveries in nanoscience and nanotechnology Moreover through Nanowiki VP has published 5

books being the last one May 2013 Nanocoloreja (and Nanocolorea) targeting children About explaining

Nanotechnology to highlight the following

VPuntes ldquoNanocolorejardquo httpissuucomedicionsnanowikidocsnanocoloreja__ca_web

V Puntes ldquoNanoparticles Before Nanotechnologyrdquo

ISBN 978-84-695-6677-0 httpnanowikiinfo5B5BNanoparticles20Before20Nanotechnology5D5D

V Puntes ldquoNanotechnology Engines Onrdquo

ISBN 978-84-615-3293-3

httpnanowikiinfo5B5B22Nanotechnology3A20Engines20On225D5D

V Puntes ldquoNanotechnology balancing the promisesrdquo

ISBN 978-84-615-3293-6

httpnanowikiinfo5B5BNanotechnology3A20balancing20the20promises5D5D

The first one Nanoparticles Before Nnaotechnology has been downloaded more than 14000 times

VP has an active role in science promotion and dissemination Apart from NanoWiki activities in this area VP has been

interviewed in different radio and TV shows (Catalunya Radio COM Radio PUNT Radio INforme Semanal TV25

VallegravesTV BTV) takes part in several local educative projects such as Escolab and Joves i Ciencia has participated in

panels and debates such as

Round table discussion on ldquoSafety and Societyrdquo Invited panelist at NanoFormulation 2012 an event organized by the

EU-FP7 Project InForm Barcelona Spain May 30 2012

ldquoLa seguridad de los nanomaterialesrdquo Invited talk at Impacto de la Nanotecnologiacutea en la Cosmeacutetica a scientific-

technical workshop organized by the Spanish Society of Cosmetic Chemistry (Sociedad Espantildeola de Quiacutemicos

Cosmeacuteticos - SEQC) Barcelona Spain November 11 2010

Estudio prospectivo sobre materiales inteligentes ndash Sector Saludrdquo Invited panellist in the Health sector at the

workshop series organized by Tecnalia and the Observatorio de Prospectiva Tecnoacutelogica Industrial (OPTI) Madrid

Spain October 20 2010

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 14 15

VP and collaborators have written several dissemination articles

1 Loacutepez C Saacutenchez A amp Puntes V (2013) Nanopartiacuteculas inorgaacutenicas Riesgos y beneficios ambientales

Investigacioacuten y Ciencia 437 (February) 12ndash14

2 Puntes V amp Garcia Hom A (2009) Nanopanic or Nanoeuphoria Nanoinfo Megravetode (63) 74ndash79

3 Gatti A amp Puntes V (2009) Scientists still wondering ndash Industry already selling NANO Magazine 12 28ndash30

4 Puntes V F (2004) Cobalt nanostructures Investigacioacuten y Ciencia 332

5 Puntes V F amp Esteve Pujol J (2003) Nanoparticles inorganic molecules Revista

de Fiacutesica 24(1) 38ndash42

VP was co-organizer of the Barcelona International Center of Scientific Debate (B-Debate) on ldquoNanotechnologies in

Healthrdquo 2013 at the CosmoCaixa

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Scientific advisor for Nanonica a Switzerland-based company devoted to transfer knowledge from universities to

industry In 2012 Nanonica and ICN joined efforts in creating NanoTargeting a startup company focused on drug

delivery applications of nanotechnology in which Viacutector Puntes has a leading scientific role

Scientific Director of the Centre for BioNanoSafety and Sustainability (CNBSS) from 2009 to 2012 The CNBSS

was an initiative of Catalan Institute of Nanotechnology (ICN) and the LEITAT Technological Centre in response to

the emerging need to rationalise and assess the risks of new nanotechnologies and to promote it safe and sustainable

uses in industry and for the society in general

Moreover VP pioneered the nanotechnology and knowledge transfer in the Catalonia area already in 2007 by funding

what today constitutes ENDOR Nanotechnologies

Victor Puntes is also co-founder of Applied Nanoparticles a spin off company sponsored by Repsol dedicated to

bring nanotechnology solutions to Energy and the Environment [wwwappliednanoparticleseu]

Also VP has been providing designed NPs to the WRAIR and the Uniteacute Interactions Hocircte-Pathogenes for the

development of prophylactic vaccines against malaria and anthrax and therapeutic against micobacteria

VP also participates as chair of the NANONICA PRIZE awards jury

[httpwwwnanonicaprizeorgindexphpbreakthrough-of-the-year] and in the jury of the Premis Ciutat de Barcelona

[httppremsabcncatwp-contentuploads201402DP-Premis-Ciutat-de-Barcelona-okpdf]

VP is on the editorial board of Journal of Colloids and Interface Sciences and Nanowiki and recently member of the

NYAS (New York Academy of Sciences)

PhD Supervisor of Dr Ngoc Tran Thi Thanh The life of nanoparticles in contact with biological media and

entities October 2014 Dr Lorena Garcia Introducing Gold Nanoparticles Bioconjugates within the Biological

Machinery July 2013 Dr Joan Comenge Gold Nanoparticles as Drug Delivery Agents Detoxifying the Drug

Cisplatin July 2013 Dr Miriam Varoacuten Synthesis of Nanoparticles and Nanostructured Materials by Self-Assembly

May 2012 Dr Eudald Casals Reactivity and Impact of Inorganic Nanoparticles in Biological Environments

Building Up NanoSafety January 2012 Dr Edgar Gonzaacutelez Synthetic Route for the Production of Multilevel

Hollow-Nanostructured Nanoparticles at Room Temperature April 2011 Dr Neus Bastuacutes Gold Nanoparticles

Conjugates for Biological Applications December 2008 and Master Supervisor of Miriam Varoacuten (2009) Lorena

Garciacutea (2009) Joan Comenge (2009) and Zoeuml Megson (2010) He is currently supervising 8 PhD students

Lecturer (Professor) in the Biomedicine module within the Master in Nanotechnology program offered by the

Universitat Autogravenoma de Barcelona (UAB) from 2008 to 2012

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 15 15

Referee for Nature Materials Nature Nanotechnology Nano Letters ACS Nano Journal of the American Chemical

Society The Journal of Physical Chemistry Langmuir Chemistry of Materials Journal of Applied Physics The Journal of

Physical Chemistry Letters among others

Finally I am very proud that after being the first ranked as Ramon y Cajal applicant in 2003 now my group is hosting

Dr Neus Bastus first ranked Ramon y Cajal position in the area of ldquoEngineering and Technologyrdquo in the last call

November 2012

Other details and information can be found at the website of the Inorganic Nanoparticles Group

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 8 15

Ten most cited articles

List

key Year Journal

Impact Factor

2013 (WoK)

Total citations

to date (WoK)

Average number of

citations per year

(WoK)

17 2001 Colloidal nanocrystal shape and size control The

case of cobalt Science

31477 2198 169

25 2002 Synthesis of hcp-Co Nanodisks Journal of the

American Chemical Society

11444 572 48

30 2004 Nanocrystalline CeO2 Increases the Activity of Au

for CO Oxidation by Two Orders of Magnitude

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

11336 569 57

18 2001 Synthesis self-assembly and magnetic behavior of

a two-dimensional superlattice of single-crystal

epsilon-Co nanparticles Applied Physics Letters

3515 308 24

66 2010 Time Evolution of the Nanoparticle Protein

Corona ACS Nano

12033 300 75

31 2004 Collective behaviour in two-dimensional cobalt

nanoparticle assemblies observed by magnetic

force microscopy Nature Materials

36425 229 23

38 2006 Nanoparticle-Mediated Local and Remote

Manipulation of Protein Aggregation Nano

Letters

12940 190 24

41 2007 Vacancy Coalescence during Oxidation of Iron

Nanoparticles Journal of the American

Chemical Society

11444 170 24

68 2010 Correlating physico-chemical with toxicological

properties of nanoparticles the present and the

future ACS Nano

12033 168 42

27 2003 Synthetic Insertion of Gold Nanoparticles into

Mesoporous Silica Chemistry of Materials

8535 153 12

Ten most relevant recent articles

List

key

Year Journal Impact Factor

2013 (WoK)

Total citations

(WoK)

Average number of

citations per year

(WoK)

110 2013 Absence of Ce3+Sites in Chemically Active

Colloidal Ceria Nanoparticles ACS Nano

12033 7 7

96 2012 Detoxifying Antitumoral Drugs via

Nanoconjugation The Case of Gold

Nanoparticles and Cisplatin PLoS One

3534 16 8

89 2012 Citrate-Coated Gold Nanoparticles As Smart

Scavengers for Mercury(II) Removal from

Polluted Waters ACS Nano

12033 44 22

83 2011 Carving at the Nanoscale Sequential Galvanic

Exchange and Kirkendall Growth at Room

Temperature Science

31477 128 43

80 2011 Kinetically Controlled Seeded Growth Synthesis

of Citrate-Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles of up

to 200 nm Size Focusing versus Ostwald

Ripening Langumir

4384 130 43

66 2010 Time Evolution of the Nanoparticle Protein

Corona ACS Nano

12033 300 75

63 2010 Synthesis of Platinum Cubes Polypods

Cuboctahedrons and Raspberries Assisted by

Cobalt Nanocrystals Nano Letters

12940 69 17

53 2009 Evaluation of the ecotoxicity of model

nanoparticles Chemosphere

3137 135 27

54 2009 Homogeneous Conjugation of Peptides onto

Gold Nanoparticles Enhances Macrophage

12033 66 13

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 9 15

Response ACS Nano

55 2009 Instability of Cationic Gold Nanoparticle

Bioconjugates The Role of Citrate Ions

Journal of the American Chemical Society

11444 73 15

SELECTED FUNDING PROJECTS [VP participating as Principal Investigator for ICN2]

19 Suport a les activitats dels Grups de Recerca de Catalunya (SGR)

Agegravencia de Gestioacute dAjuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR)

01-Jan-2014 to 31-Dec-2016

18 FutureNanoNeeds Framework to respond to regulatory needs of future nanomaterials and Markets

European Union - FP7

1-Jan-2014 to 31-Dec-2017

17 GUIDEnano Assessment and mitigation of nano-enabled product risks on human and environmental health

Development of new strategies and creation of a digital guidance tool for nanotech industries

European Union - FP7

1-Nov-2013 to 30-Apr-2017

16 TUNANOCRYSTAL Developing Synthetic Strategies for Complex Multi-component Inorganic Nanocrystals with

Tunable Physico-Chemical

Ministerio de Economiacutea y Competitividad (MINECO) ndash Spanish Government

1-Feb-2013 to 31-Jan-2016

15 Maratoacute TV3 2012 Cerium Oxide nanoparticles as a new therapeutic tool for tissue regeneration in liver diseases

Fundacioacute La Maratoacute (La Maratoacute de TV3)

14-Jan-2013 to 13-Jan-2016

14 QNano A pan-European infrastructure for quality in nanomaterials safety testing

European Union - FP7 (specific project type Infrastructures)

1-Feb-2011 to 31-Jan-2015

13 NanoTOES - Nanotechnology Training Of Experts in Safety

European Union - FP7 (specific project type Marie Curie ITN)

1-Nov-2010 to 31-Oct-2013

12 NANOPOLYTOX Toxicological impact of nanomaterials derived from processing weathering and

recycling of polymer nanocomposites used in various industrial applications

European Union - FP7

1-May-2010 to 30-Apr-2013

11 Plan Nacional MICINN Disentildeo de Nanoparticulas Inorgaacutenicas conjugadas Nuevas herramientas

para el tratamiento del caacutencer (Design of conjugated Inorganic Nanoparticles New tools for cancer treatment)

Ministerio de Educacioacuten y Ciencia (MEC) - Spanish Government

1-Jan-2010 to 31-Dec-2012

10 VALTEC - Vacunes

ACC1Oacute - Generalitat de Catalunya

15-Oct-2009 to 15-Oct-2012

9 VALTEC - Cisplatino

ACC1Oacute - Generalitat de Catalunya

15-Oct-2009 to 15-Oct-2012

8 Suport a les activitats dels Grups de Recerca de Catalunya (SGR)

Agegravencia de Gestioacute dAjuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR)

28-Sep-2009 to 31-Dec-2013

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 10 15

7 Construccioacute del CNBSS (Center for NanoBioSafety and Sustainability)

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacioacuten (MICINN) - Spanish Government and ACC1Oacute - Generalitat de Catalunya

01-Jan-2009 to 21-Dec-2011

6 NANOCLEAN Evaluacioacuten del potencial de nanopartiacuteculas inorgaacutenicas funcionalizadas para la

eliminacioacuten de nitroacutegeno foacutesforo pesticidas orgaacutenicos y metales pesados en masas de agua Evaluacioacuten de la

toxicidad y posibilidades de regulacioacuten

Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino (MMA) - Spanish Government

4-Dec-2008 to 30-Apr-2011

5 FPI Scholarships (Formacioacuten de Personal Investigador)

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacioacuten (MICINN) - Spanish Government

1-Sep-2007 to 31-Aug-2011

4 Siacutentesis de conjugados de nanopartiacuteculas avanzados para aplicaciones biomeacutedicas

Ministerio de Industria Turismo y Comercio (MITYC) - Spanish Government

1-Jul-2007 to 1-Jul-2009

3 Plan Nacional MICINN 2006 Siacutentesis de Nanopartiacuteculas y materiales nanoestructurados por

Autoensamblaje

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacioacuten (MICINN) - Spanish Government

1-Oct-2006 to 30-Sep-2009

2 DIPNA Development of an Integrated Platform for Nanoparticle Analysis to verify their possible toxicity and the

eco-toxicity

European Union - FP6 (specific project type STRP)

1-Nov-2006 to 31-Oct-2009

1 CONSOLIDER ndash NANOBIOMED Subunit In-vitro Experimentation of nanoparticles based biofluids

Ministerio de Educacioacuten y Ciencia (MEC) - Spanish Government

15-Sep-2006 to 31-Dic-2011

SELECTED FUNDING PROJECTS BY PRIVATE COMPANIES andor ADMINISTRATIONS [VP participating as

Principal Investigator for ICN2]

7 Biogaacutes+ Produccioacuten Aumentada de Biogaacutes Mediante la Adicioacuten de Nanopartiacuteculas de Hierro

Fundacioacuten Repsol - Spanish Company

2014 to 2016

6 Biogaacutes+ Produccioacuten Aumentada de Biogaacutes Mediante la Adicioacuten de Nanopartiacuteculas de Hierro

Fundacioacuten Repsol - Spanish Company

2013 to 2014

5 CNBSS Centre for NanoBioSafety and Sustainabitity

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacioacuten ndash Spanish Goverment

2011 to 2013

4 Biomedical Applications of Nanotechnology Based on a New Platform that couples Drugs with g

Gold Nanoparticles

Nanotargeting ndash Switzerland Company

2011 to 2013

3 Synthesis and Functionalization of Nanoparticles for Detection Purposes

BioSystems ndash Spanish Company

2012 to 2013

2 Peptide-conjugated Gold Nanoparticles for Immunotherapy

Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) ndash United States

2011 to 2012

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 11 15

1 TecnoRevolucioacute Design and Development of Models

Fundacioacute la Caixa - Spanish Financial Institution

2011 to 2012

PATENTS

4 Noble metal nanoparticles and their preparation process

Franco Puntes V Gonzaacutelez EE (Institut Catalagrave de Nanociegravencia i Nanotecnologia Institucioacute Catalana de Recerca i

Estudis Avanccedilats)

Patent No EP 111580247 (Priority date 14-Mar-2011) Status Public

3 Biogas production

Franco Puntes V Casals Mercadal E Gonzaacutelez EE Font Segura X Saacutenchez Ferrer A Garciacutea Mestre A

Delgado Ramisa L (Institut Catalagrave de Nanociegravencia i Nanotecnologia Institucioacute Catalana de Recerca i Estudis

Avanccedilats Universitat Autogravenoma de Barcelona)

Patent No EP 111577847 (Priority date 11-Mar-2011) Status National entry stage

2 Conjugates comprising nanoparticles coated with platinum containing compounds

Franco Puntes V Domiacutenguez Puente F Romero Martiacutenez FM Gallego Rubio Oacute (Institut Catalagrave de Nanociegravencia i

Nanotecnologia Institucioacute Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avanccedilats Universidad Santiago de Compostela Universitat

de Valegravencia Institut de Recerca de lHospital de Santa Creu i Sant Pau)

Patent No WO 2010069941 A1 (Priority date 16-Dec-2008) Status Licensed to Nanotargeting SL

1 Immunoactivating conjugates comprising nanoparticles coated with peptides

Franco Puntes V Goacutemez Bastuacutes N Saacutenchez Tilloacute E Farrera Sinfreu C Celada Cotarelo A Lloberas Cavero J

Giralt Lledoacute E Pujals Riatoacutes S (Institut Catalagrave de Nanociegravencia i Nanotecnologia Institucioacute Catalana de Recerca i

Estudis Avanccedilats Universitat de Barcelona Institut de Recerca Biomegravedica)

Patent No WO 2010046377 A2 (Priority date 23-Oct-2008) Status Public

SELECTED RECENT TALKS

28 Medical Nanochemistry the use of reactive inorganic nanoparticles in medicine Invited talk at 14th Nanomedicine

Symposium Milan Italy (November 2014)

27 Nanocrystals as reagents building next generation of nanoparticles Invited talk at Conference New frontiers

of nanomaterial technologies for applications in biology and medicine Tirana Albania (July 2014)

26 Nanoparticles synthesis and reactivity Invited talk at Lecture at Summer School Nanoscience Ile de France

Etiolles France (June 2014)

25 Nanoceria for Nanomedicine Invited talk at E-MRS 2014 Spring Meeting Lille France (May 2014)

24 Application of inorganic nanoparticles on medicine Invited talk at II Reunioacuten de Joacutevenes Investigadores

en Coloides e Interfases Granada Spain (April 2014)

23 Nanoparticle properties and their interactions with the environment Invited talk at QualityNano NanoFATE amp

Joint Meeting Birmingham United Kingdom (March 2014)

22 Nanotechnology in Health Gold Nanoparticles as Radiotherapy Enhancers Invited talk at Radio Oncology

Department Invited Seminar Lausanne Switzerland (January 2014)

21 Nanocrystals 20 The next generation Invited talk at Christmas Symposium Chemistry department ETZH

Zurich Switzerland (December 2013)

20 Jornada Energiacutea y Emprendimiento de la investigacioacuten a la creacioacuten de empresas Invited talk at Institut de

Recerca en Energia de Catalunya (IREC) Barcelona Spain (November 2013)

19 B-Debate on ldquoNanotechnologies in Health current challenges and future prospects Co-organizer and chairman at

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 12 15

Cosmocaixa Barcelona Spain (October 2013)

18 Environmental fate of Inorganic Nanoparticles Invited talk at Joint Conference NanoTOE NanoFATE

Oxford England (September 2013)

17 Nanoparticles safety by design Invited talk at Serenade annual meeting University aix en Provance France

(July 2013)

16 Designing Nanobots to fight Cancer Invited talk at the E-MRS 2013 Meeting Symposium U Design of

multifunctional nano-objects for biomedical Strasbourg France (May 2013)

15 Detoxifying Antitumoral Drugs via Nanoconjugation The Case of Gold Nanoparticles and Cisplatin Invited talk at

ImagineNano 2013 ndash NanoBioMed Bilbao Spain (April 2013)

14 Functional inorganic nanoparticles Invited talk at the MAGNIFYCO Workshop Barcelona Spain (January 2013)

13 Engineering Inorganic Nanoparticles Invited seminar at the Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya (IBEC)

Barcelona Spain (December 2012)

12 Does the nanoform of a substance entail an increased toxicity Invited lecture at the ldquoAdvances in Materialsrdquo

seminar at the Institute of Materials at Ecole Feacutedeacuterale de Lausanne (EPFL) Lausanne Switzerland (November

2011)

11 Carving at the Nanoscale Galvanic Replacement versus Kirkendall Effect at Room Temperature Plenary talk at

NaNaX5 (2012) ndash Nanoscience with Nanocrystals

Fueringola Spain (May 2012)

10 Toxicology of engineering nanoparticles Invited colloquium at the Leibniz-Institut fuumlr Festkoumlrper- und

Werkstoffforschung Dresden (IFW-Kolloquium) Dresden Germany (December 2011)

9 Does the nanoform of a substance entail an increased toxicity Invited lecture at the ldquoAdvances in Materialsrdquo

seminar at the Institute of Materials at Ecole Feacutedeacuterale de Lausanne (EPFL) Lausanne Switzerland (November

2011)

8 Application of inorganic-biomolecule nanoparticle conjugates to biomedicine Invited Lecture at the

Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine Course Braga Portugal (October 2011)

7 Impact of Protein Corona on Nanoparticle Interactions with Immune Cells Invited talk at the NANOMMUNE

Closing Workshop Understanding nano-immuno-interactions Stockholm Sweden (June 2011)

6 Inorganic Nanoparticles as Drug Carriers Pharmacokinetic Considerations on Biodistribution Invited talk at

BionanoNice E-MRS 2011 Meeting Symposium O Bio-materials for imaging sensing and actuating Nice

France (May 2011)

5 Nanotoxicology from the nanoparticle point of view Invited talk at the workshop ldquoSafety issues of Nanomaterials

along their life cyclerdquo Barcelona Spain (May 2011)

4 Taming physicochemical signatures of inorganic NPs for their biological integration Invited talk at NANOJASP

2010 - Nanomaterials based biosensors and biosystems Barcelona Spain (November 2010)

3 When the Synthesis is over Assessing the Full Life Cycle of inorganic nanoparticles Talk at NaNaX 4 (2010) -

Nanoscience with Nanocrystals Munich - Tutzing Germany (April 2010)

2 Nanotechnology from nanotoxicology to nanomedicine Keynote Speaker at NanoSpain 2009 Zaragoza Spain

(March 2009)

1 Colloidal Nanoparticles - From Synthesis to Biological Applications (sic) Talk at the WE-Heraeus-Seminar

Colloidal Nanoparticles - From Synthesis to Biological Applications Marburg Germany (September 2008)

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 13 15

DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

Public Awareness of Science has been a central interest of our group since its beginnings The activities developed

include talks to non-specialized audiences internet platforms science and art videos and science divulgation videos

science museum exhibitions electronic and hardcopy books and other platforms including art exhibitions (being the more

recent AC gallery Madrid and La casa del Libro San Francisco) on NP microscopy images and televisionradio

interviews The group has also won the 2011 FOTCIENCIA edition

The target puacuteblic has been from general science and young investigators to the elder or children as young as 7 years old

(introduction to nanotechnology and demonstrative experiments) For that we have obtained funds from private

organizations and local administrations Recently our ebook of 2013 entitled Nanoparticles Before Nanotechnology

with more than 12000 downloads and still promoted We also published in 2013 a large-format photography book about

the ldquoNanocosmosrdquo in Colombia Another example is Goldlight a joined collaboration between ING group and old town

jewellers of Barcelona which led to the creation of ldquoquantum jewelleryrdquo based on colloidal solutions of hollow Au NPs It

was recently featured in The Guardian after appearing in the Spanish Jewels Journal (25000 copies) and El Periodico

Similarly our Science paper was featured on the BBC among many others highlighting the possibilities of NPs in

medicine Our spin-off Nanotargeting was featured in La Vanguardia and our work in Ara and our exhibition at

CosmoCaixa (TEcnoRevolucioacuten I and II Barcelona and Madrid) in El Mundo among other interviews for local and

international TVs ndashTV Vallegraves TV25- and radio as COM Radio and PUNT Radio We appeared also twice in Spanish

national TV Informe Semanal

VP is one of the winners ldquoPremios Iberoamericanos a la Innovacioacuten y el Emprendimientordquo

Secretaria Gneral Iberoamericana (SEGIB) (2013)

VP is one of the winners ldquoPremio Fondo de Emprendedoresrdquo Fundacioacuten Repsol (2013)

VP is the founder and director of NanoWiki a digital online platform created in 2008 whose aim is to track the evolution

of paradigms and discoveries in nanoscience and nanotechnology Moreover through Nanowiki VP has published 5

books being the last one May 2013 Nanocoloreja (and Nanocolorea) targeting children About explaining

Nanotechnology to highlight the following

VPuntes ldquoNanocolorejardquo httpissuucomedicionsnanowikidocsnanocoloreja__ca_web

V Puntes ldquoNanoparticles Before Nanotechnologyrdquo

ISBN 978-84-695-6677-0 httpnanowikiinfo5B5BNanoparticles20Before20Nanotechnology5D5D

V Puntes ldquoNanotechnology Engines Onrdquo

ISBN 978-84-615-3293-3

httpnanowikiinfo5B5B22Nanotechnology3A20Engines20On225D5D

V Puntes ldquoNanotechnology balancing the promisesrdquo

ISBN 978-84-615-3293-6

httpnanowikiinfo5B5BNanotechnology3A20balancing20the20promises5D5D

The first one Nanoparticles Before Nnaotechnology has been downloaded more than 14000 times

VP has an active role in science promotion and dissemination Apart from NanoWiki activities in this area VP has been

interviewed in different radio and TV shows (Catalunya Radio COM Radio PUNT Radio INforme Semanal TV25

VallegravesTV BTV) takes part in several local educative projects such as Escolab and Joves i Ciencia has participated in

panels and debates such as

Round table discussion on ldquoSafety and Societyrdquo Invited panelist at NanoFormulation 2012 an event organized by the

EU-FP7 Project InForm Barcelona Spain May 30 2012

ldquoLa seguridad de los nanomaterialesrdquo Invited talk at Impacto de la Nanotecnologiacutea en la Cosmeacutetica a scientific-

technical workshop organized by the Spanish Society of Cosmetic Chemistry (Sociedad Espantildeola de Quiacutemicos

Cosmeacuteticos - SEQC) Barcelona Spain November 11 2010

Estudio prospectivo sobre materiales inteligentes ndash Sector Saludrdquo Invited panellist in the Health sector at the

workshop series organized by Tecnalia and the Observatorio de Prospectiva Tecnoacutelogica Industrial (OPTI) Madrid

Spain October 20 2010

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 14 15

VP and collaborators have written several dissemination articles

1 Loacutepez C Saacutenchez A amp Puntes V (2013) Nanopartiacuteculas inorgaacutenicas Riesgos y beneficios ambientales

Investigacioacuten y Ciencia 437 (February) 12ndash14

2 Puntes V amp Garcia Hom A (2009) Nanopanic or Nanoeuphoria Nanoinfo Megravetode (63) 74ndash79

3 Gatti A amp Puntes V (2009) Scientists still wondering ndash Industry already selling NANO Magazine 12 28ndash30

4 Puntes V F (2004) Cobalt nanostructures Investigacioacuten y Ciencia 332

5 Puntes V F amp Esteve Pujol J (2003) Nanoparticles inorganic molecules Revista

de Fiacutesica 24(1) 38ndash42

VP was co-organizer of the Barcelona International Center of Scientific Debate (B-Debate) on ldquoNanotechnologies in

Healthrdquo 2013 at the CosmoCaixa

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Scientific advisor for Nanonica a Switzerland-based company devoted to transfer knowledge from universities to

industry In 2012 Nanonica and ICN joined efforts in creating NanoTargeting a startup company focused on drug

delivery applications of nanotechnology in which Viacutector Puntes has a leading scientific role

Scientific Director of the Centre for BioNanoSafety and Sustainability (CNBSS) from 2009 to 2012 The CNBSS

was an initiative of Catalan Institute of Nanotechnology (ICN) and the LEITAT Technological Centre in response to

the emerging need to rationalise and assess the risks of new nanotechnologies and to promote it safe and sustainable

uses in industry and for the society in general

Moreover VP pioneered the nanotechnology and knowledge transfer in the Catalonia area already in 2007 by funding

what today constitutes ENDOR Nanotechnologies

Victor Puntes is also co-founder of Applied Nanoparticles a spin off company sponsored by Repsol dedicated to

bring nanotechnology solutions to Energy and the Environment [wwwappliednanoparticleseu]

Also VP has been providing designed NPs to the WRAIR and the Uniteacute Interactions Hocircte-Pathogenes for the

development of prophylactic vaccines against malaria and anthrax and therapeutic against micobacteria

VP also participates as chair of the NANONICA PRIZE awards jury

[httpwwwnanonicaprizeorgindexphpbreakthrough-of-the-year] and in the jury of the Premis Ciutat de Barcelona

[httppremsabcncatwp-contentuploads201402DP-Premis-Ciutat-de-Barcelona-okpdf]

VP is on the editorial board of Journal of Colloids and Interface Sciences and Nanowiki and recently member of the

NYAS (New York Academy of Sciences)

PhD Supervisor of Dr Ngoc Tran Thi Thanh The life of nanoparticles in contact with biological media and

entities October 2014 Dr Lorena Garcia Introducing Gold Nanoparticles Bioconjugates within the Biological

Machinery July 2013 Dr Joan Comenge Gold Nanoparticles as Drug Delivery Agents Detoxifying the Drug

Cisplatin July 2013 Dr Miriam Varoacuten Synthesis of Nanoparticles and Nanostructured Materials by Self-Assembly

May 2012 Dr Eudald Casals Reactivity and Impact of Inorganic Nanoparticles in Biological Environments

Building Up NanoSafety January 2012 Dr Edgar Gonzaacutelez Synthetic Route for the Production of Multilevel

Hollow-Nanostructured Nanoparticles at Room Temperature April 2011 Dr Neus Bastuacutes Gold Nanoparticles

Conjugates for Biological Applications December 2008 and Master Supervisor of Miriam Varoacuten (2009) Lorena

Garciacutea (2009) Joan Comenge (2009) and Zoeuml Megson (2010) He is currently supervising 8 PhD students

Lecturer (Professor) in the Biomedicine module within the Master in Nanotechnology program offered by the

Universitat Autogravenoma de Barcelona (UAB) from 2008 to 2012

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 15 15

Referee for Nature Materials Nature Nanotechnology Nano Letters ACS Nano Journal of the American Chemical

Society The Journal of Physical Chemistry Langmuir Chemistry of Materials Journal of Applied Physics The Journal of

Physical Chemistry Letters among others

Finally I am very proud that after being the first ranked as Ramon y Cajal applicant in 2003 now my group is hosting

Dr Neus Bastus first ranked Ramon y Cajal position in the area of ldquoEngineering and Technologyrdquo in the last call

November 2012

Other details and information can be found at the website of the Inorganic Nanoparticles Group

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 9 15

Response ACS Nano

55 2009 Instability of Cationic Gold Nanoparticle

Bioconjugates The Role of Citrate Ions

Journal of the American Chemical Society

11444 73 15

SELECTED FUNDING PROJECTS [VP participating as Principal Investigator for ICN2]

19 Suport a les activitats dels Grups de Recerca de Catalunya (SGR)

Agegravencia de Gestioacute dAjuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR)

01-Jan-2014 to 31-Dec-2016

18 FutureNanoNeeds Framework to respond to regulatory needs of future nanomaterials and Markets

European Union - FP7

1-Jan-2014 to 31-Dec-2017

17 GUIDEnano Assessment and mitigation of nano-enabled product risks on human and environmental health

Development of new strategies and creation of a digital guidance tool for nanotech industries

European Union - FP7

1-Nov-2013 to 30-Apr-2017

16 TUNANOCRYSTAL Developing Synthetic Strategies for Complex Multi-component Inorganic Nanocrystals with

Tunable Physico-Chemical

Ministerio de Economiacutea y Competitividad (MINECO) ndash Spanish Government

1-Feb-2013 to 31-Jan-2016

15 Maratoacute TV3 2012 Cerium Oxide nanoparticles as a new therapeutic tool for tissue regeneration in liver diseases

Fundacioacute La Maratoacute (La Maratoacute de TV3)

14-Jan-2013 to 13-Jan-2016

14 QNano A pan-European infrastructure for quality in nanomaterials safety testing

European Union - FP7 (specific project type Infrastructures)

1-Feb-2011 to 31-Jan-2015

13 NanoTOES - Nanotechnology Training Of Experts in Safety

European Union - FP7 (specific project type Marie Curie ITN)

1-Nov-2010 to 31-Oct-2013

12 NANOPOLYTOX Toxicological impact of nanomaterials derived from processing weathering and

recycling of polymer nanocomposites used in various industrial applications

European Union - FP7

1-May-2010 to 30-Apr-2013

11 Plan Nacional MICINN Disentildeo de Nanoparticulas Inorgaacutenicas conjugadas Nuevas herramientas

para el tratamiento del caacutencer (Design of conjugated Inorganic Nanoparticles New tools for cancer treatment)

Ministerio de Educacioacuten y Ciencia (MEC) - Spanish Government

1-Jan-2010 to 31-Dec-2012

10 VALTEC - Vacunes

ACC1Oacute - Generalitat de Catalunya

15-Oct-2009 to 15-Oct-2012

9 VALTEC - Cisplatino

ACC1Oacute - Generalitat de Catalunya

15-Oct-2009 to 15-Oct-2012

8 Suport a les activitats dels Grups de Recerca de Catalunya (SGR)

Agegravencia de Gestioacute dAjuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR)

28-Sep-2009 to 31-Dec-2013

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 10 15

7 Construccioacute del CNBSS (Center for NanoBioSafety and Sustainability)

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacioacuten (MICINN) - Spanish Government and ACC1Oacute - Generalitat de Catalunya

01-Jan-2009 to 21-Dec-2011

6 NANOCLEAN Evaluacioacuten del potencial de nanopartiacuteculas inorgaacutenicas funcionalizadas para la

eliminacioacuten de nitroacutegeno foacutesforo pesticidas orgaacutenicos y metales pesados en masas de agua Evaluacioacuten de la

toxicidad y posibilidades de regulacioacuten

Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino (MMA) - Spanish Government

4-Dec-2008 to 30-Apr-2011

5 FPI Scholarships (Formacioacuten de Personal Investigador)

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacioacuten (MICINN) - Spanish Government

1-Sep-2007 to 31-Aug-2011

4 Siacutentesis de conjugados de nanopartiacuteculas avanzados para aplicaciones biomeacutedicas

Ministerio de Industria Turismo y Comercio (MITYC) - Spanish Government

1-Jul-2007 to 1-Jul-2009

3 Plan Nacional MICINN 2006 Siacutentesis de Nanopartiacuteculas y materiales nanoestructurados por

Autoensamblaje

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacioacuten (MICINN) - Spanish Government

1-Oct-2006 to 30-Sep-2009

2 DIPNA Development of an Integrated Platform for Nanoparticle Analysis to verify their possible toxicity and the

eco-toxicity

European Union - FP6 (specific project type STRP)

1-Nov-2006 to 31-Oct-2009

1 CONSOLIDER ndash NANOBIOMED Subunit In-vitro Experimentation of nanoparticles based biofluids

Ministerio de Educacioacuten y Ciencia (MEC) - Spanish Government

15-Sep-2006 to 31-Dic-2011

SELECTED FUNDING PROJECTS BY PRIVATE COMPANIES andor ADMINISTRATIONS [VP participating as

Principal Investigator for ICN2]

7 Biogaacutes+ Produccioacuten Aumentada de Biogaacutes Mediante la Adicioacuten de Nanopartiacuteculas de Hierro

Fundacioacuten Repsol - Spanish Company

2014 to 2016

6 Biogaacutes+ Produccioacuten Aumentada de Biogaacutes Mediante la Adicioacuten de Nanopartiacuteculas de Hierro

Fundacioacuten Repsol - Spanish Company

2013 to 2014

5 CNBSS Centre for NanoBioSafety and Sustainabitity

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacioacuten ndash Spanish Goverment

2011 to 2013

4 Biomedical Applications of Nanotechnology Based on a New Platform that couples Drugs with g

Gold Nanoparticles

Nanotargeting ndash Switzerland Company

2011 to 2013

3 Synthesis and Functionalization of Nanoparticles for Detection Purposes

BioSystems ndash Spanish Company

2012 to 2013

2 Peptide-conjugated Gold Nanoparticles for Immunotherapy

Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) ndash United States

2011 to 2012

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 11 15

1 TecnoRevolucioacute Design and Development of Models

Fundacioacute la Caixa - Spanish Financial Institution

2011 to 2012

PATENTS

4 Noble metal nanoparticles and their preparation process

Franco Puntes V Gonzaacutelez EE (Institut Catalagrave de Nanociegravencia i Nanotecnologia Institucioacute Catalana de Recerca i

Estudis Avanccedilats)

Patent No EP 111580247 (Priority date 14-Mar-2011) Status Public

3 Biogas production

Franco Puntes V Casals Mercadal E Gonzaacutelez EE Font Segura X Saacutenchez Ferrer A Garciacutea Mestre A

Delgado Ramisa L (Institut Catalagrave de Nanociegravencia i Nanotecnologia Institucioacute Catalana de Recerca i Estudis

Avanccedilats Universitat Autogravenoma de Barcelona)

Patent No EP 111577847 (Priority date 11-Mar-2011) Status National entry stage

2 Conjugates comprising nanoparticles coated with platinum containing compounds

Franco Puntes V Domiacutenguez Puente F Romero Martiacutenez FM Gallego Rubio Oacute (Institut Catalagrave de Nanociegravencia i

Nanotecnologia Institucioacute Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avanccedilats Universidad Santiago de Compostela Universitat

de Valegravencia Institut de Recerca de lHospital de Santa Creu i Sant Pau)

Patent No WO 2010069941 A1 (Priority date 16-Dec-2008) Status Licensed to Nanotargeting SL

1 Immunoactivating conjugates comprising nanoparticles coated with peptides

Franco Puntes V Goacutemez Bastuacutes N Saacutenchez Tilloacute E Farrera Sinfreu C Celada Cotarelo A Lloberas Cavero J

Giralt Lledoacute E Pujals Riatoacutes S (Institut Catalagrave de Nanociegravencia i Nanotecnologia Institucioacute Catalana de Recerca i

Estudis Avanccedilats Universitat de Barcelona Institut de Recerca Biomegravedica)

Patent No WO 2010046377 A2 (Priority date 23-Oct-2008) Status Public

SELECTED RECENT TALKS

28 Medical Nanochemistry the use of reactive inorganic nanoparticles in medicine Invited talk at 14th Nanomedicine

Symposium Milan Italy (November 2014)

27 Nanocrystals as reagents building next generation of nanoparticles Invited talk at Conference New frontiers

of nanomaterial technologies for applications in biology and medicine Tirana Albania (July 2014)

26 Nanoparticles synthesis and reactivity Invited talk at Lecture at Summer School Nanoscience Ile de France

Etiolles France (June 2014)

25 Nanoceria for Nanomedicine Invited talk at E-MRS 2014 Spring Meeting Lille France (May 2014)

24 Application of inorganic nanoparticles on medicine Invited talk at II Reunioacuten de Joacutevenes Investigadores

en Coloides e Interfases Granada Spain (April 2014)

23 Nanoparticle properties and their interactions with the environment Invited talk at QualityNano NanoFATE amp

Joint Meeting Birmingham United Kingdom (March 2014)

22 Nanotechnology in Health Gold Nanoparticles as Radiotherapy Enhancers Invited talk at Radio Oncology

Department Invited Seminar Lausanne Switzerland (January 2014)

21 Nanocrystals 20 The next generation Invited talk at Christmas Symposium Chemistry department ETZH

Zurich Switzerland (December 2013)

20 Jornada Energiacutea y Emprendimiento de la investigacioacuten a la creacioacuten de empresas Invited talk at Institut de

Recerca en Energia de Catalunya (IREC) Barcelona Spain (November 2013)

19 B-Debate on ldquoNanotechnologies in Health current challenges and future prospects Co-organizer and chairman at

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 12 15

Cosmocaixa Barcelona Spain (October 2013)

18 Environmental fate of Inorganic Nanoparticles Invited talk at Joint Conference NanoTOE NanoFATE

Oxford England (September 2013)

17 Nanoparticles safety by design Invited talk at Serenade annual meeting University aix en Provance France

(July 2013)

16 Designing Nanobots to fight Cancer Invited talk at the E-MRS 2013 Meeting Symposium U Design of

multifunctional nano-objects for biomedical Strasbourg France (May 2013)

15 Detoxifying Antitumoral Drugs via Nanoconjugation The Case of Gold Nanoparticles and Cisplatin Invited talk at

ImagineNano 2013 ndash NanoBioMed Bilbao Spain (April 2013)

14 Functional inorganic nanoparticles Invited talk at the MAGNIFYCO Workshop Barcelona Spain (January 2013)

13 Engineering Inorganic Nanoparticles Invited seminar at the Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya (IBEC)

Barcelona Spain (December 2012)

12 Does the nanoform of a substance entail an increased toxicity Invited lecture at the ldquoAdvances in Materialsrdquo

seminar at the Institute of Materials at Ecole Feacutedeacuterale de Lausanne (EPFL) Lausanne Switzerland (November

2011)

11 Carving at the Nanoscale Galvanic Replacement versus Kirkendall Effect at Room Temperature Plenary talk at

NaNaX5 (2012) ndash Nanoscience with Nanocrystals

Fueringola Spain (May 2012)

10 Toxicology of engineering nanoparticles Invited colloquium at the Leibniz-Institut fuumlr Festkoumlrper- und

Werkstoffforschung Dresden (IFW-Kolloquium) Dresden Germany (December 2011)

9 Does the nanoform of a substance entail an increased toxicity Invited lecture at the ldquoAdvances in Materialsrdquo

seminar at the Institute of Materials at Ecole Feacutedeacuterale de Lausanne (EPFL) Lausanne Switzerland (November

2011)

8 Application of inorganic-biomolecule nanoparticle conjugates to biomedicine Invited Lecture at the

Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine Course Braga Portugal (October 2011)

7 Impact of Protein Corona on Nanoparticle Interactions with Immune Cells Invited talk at the NANOMMUNE

Closing Workshop Understanding nano-immuno-interactions Stockholm Sweden (June 2011)

6 Inorganic Nanoparticles as Drug Carriers Pharmacokinetic Considerations on Biodistribution Invited talk at

BionanoNice E-MRS 2011 Meeting Symposium O Bio-materials for imaging sensing and actuating Nice

France (May 2011)

5 Nanotoxicology from the nanoparticle point of view Invited talk at the workshop ldquoSafety issues of Nanomaterials

along their life cyclerdquo Barcelona Spain (May 2011)

4 Taming physicochemical signatures of inorganic NPs for their biological integration Invited talk at NANOJASP

2010 - Nanomaterials based biosensors and biosystems Barcelona Spain (November 2010)

3 When the Synthesis is over Assessing the Full Life Cycle of inorganic nanoparticles Talk at NaNaX 4 (2010) -

Nanoscience with Nanocrystals Munich - Tutzing Germany (April 2010)

2 Nanotechnology from nanotoxicology to nanomedicine Keynote Speaker at NanoSpain 2009 Zaragoza Spain

(March 2009)

1 Colloidal Nanoparticles - From Synthesis to Biological Applications (sic) Talk at the WE-Heraeus-Seminar

Colloidal Nanoparticles - From Synthesis to Biological Applications Marburg Germany (September 2008)

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 13 15

DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

Public Awareness of Science has been a central interest of our group since its beginnings The activities developed

include talks to non-specialized audiences internet platforms science and art videos and science divulgation videos

science museum exhibitions electronic and hardcopy books and other platforms including art exhibitions (being the more

recent AC gallery Madrid and La casa del Libro San Francisco) on NP microscopy images and televisionradio

interviews The group has also won the 2011 FOTCIENCIA edition

The target puacuteblic has been from general science and young investigators to the elder or children as young as 7 years old

(introduction to nanotechnology and demonstrative experiments) For that we have obtained funds from private

organizations and local administrations Recently our ebook of 2013 entitled Nanoparticles Before Nanotechnology

with more than 12000 downloads and still promoted We also published in 2013 a large-format photography book about

the ldquoNanocosmosrdquo in Colombia Another example is Goldlight a joined collaboration between ING group and old town

jewellers of Barcelona which led to the creation of ldquoquantum jewelleryrdquo based on colloidal solutions of hollow Au NPs It

was recently featured in The Guardian after appearing in the Spanish Jewels Journal (25000 copies) and El Periodico

Similarly our Science paper was featured on the BBC among many others highlighting the possibilities of NPs in

medicine Our spin-off Nanotargeting was featured in La Vanguardia and our work in Ara and our exhibition at

CosmoCaixa (TEcnoRevolucioacuten I and II Barcelona and Madrid) in El Mundo among other interviews for local and

international TVs ndashTV Vallegraves TV25- and radio as COM Radio and PUNT Radio We appeared also twice in Spanish

national TV Informe Semanal

VP is one of the winners ldquoPremios Iberoamericanos a la Innovacioacuten y el Emprendimientordquo

Secretaria Gneral Iberoamericana (SEGIB) (2013)

VP is one of the winners ldquoPremio Fondo de Emprendedoresrdquo Fundacioacuten Repsol (2013)

VP is the founder and director of NanoWiki a digital online platform created in 2008 whose aim is to track the evolution

of paradigms and discoveries in nanoscience and nanotechnology Moreover through Nanowiki VP has published 5

books being the last one May 2013 Nanocoloreja (and Nanocolorea) targeting children About explaining

Nanotechnology to highlight the following

VPuntes ldquoNanocolorejardquo httpissuucomedicionsnanowikidocsnanocoloreja__ca_web

V Puntes ldquoNanoparticles Before Nanotechnologyrdquo

ISBN 978-84-695-6677-0 httpnanowikiinfo5B5BNanoparticles20Before20Nanotechnology5D5D

V Puntes ldquoNanotechnology Engines Onrdquo

ISBN 978-84-615-3293-3

httpnanowikiinfo5B5B22Nanotechnology3A20Engines20On225D5D

V Puntes ldquoNanotechnology balancing the promisesrdquo

ISBN 978-84-615-3293-6

httpnanowikiinfo5B5BNanotechnology3A20balancing20the20promises5D5D

The first one Nanoparticles Before Nnaotechnology has been downloaded more than 14000 times

VP has an active role in science promotion and dissemination Apart from NanoWiki activities in this area VP has been

interviewed in different radio and TV shows (Catalunya Radio COM Radio PUNT Radio INforme Semanal TV25

VallegravesTV BTV) takes part in several local educative projects such as Escolab and Joves i Ciencia has participated in

panels and debates such as

Round table discussion on ldquoSafety and Societyrdquo Invited panelist at NanoFormulation 2012 an event organized by the

EU-FP7 Project InForm Barcelona Spain May 30 2012

ldquoLa seguridad de los nanomaterialesrdquo Invited talk at Impacto de la Nanotecnologiacutea en la Cosmeacutetica a scientific-

technical workshop organized by the Spanish Society of Cosmetic Chemistry (Sociedad Espantildeola de Quiacutemicos

Cosmeacuteticos - SEQC) Barcelona Spain November 11 2010

Estudio prospectivo sobre materiales inteligentes ndash Sector Saludrdquo Invited panellist in the Health sector at the

workshop series organized by Tecnalia and the Observatorio de Prospectiva Tecnoacutelogica Industrial (OPTI) Madrid

Spain October 20 2010

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 14 15

VP and collaborators have written several dissemination articles

1 Loacutepez C Saacutenchez A amp Puntes V (2013) Nanopartiacuteculas inorgaacutenicas Riesgos y beneficios ambientales

Investigacioacuten y Ciencia 437 (February) 12ndash14

2 Puntes V amp Garcia Hom A (2009) Nanopanic or Nanoeuphoria Nanoinfo Megravetode (63) 74ndash79

3 Gatti A amp Puntes V (2009) Scientists still wondering ndash Industry already selling NANO Magazine 12 28ndash30

4 Puntes V F (2004) Cobalt nanostructures Investigacioacuten y Ciencia 332

5 Puntes V F amp Esteve Pujol J (2003) Nanoparticles inorganic molecules Revista

de Fiacutesica 24(1) 38ndash42

VP was co-organizer of the Barcelona International Center of Scientific Debate (B-Debate) on ldquoNanotechnologies in

Healthrdquo 2013 at the CosmoCaixa

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Scientific advisor for Nanonica a Switzerland-based company devoted to transfer knowledge from universities to

industry In 2012 Nanonica and ICN joined efforts in creating NanoTargeting a startup company focused on drug

delivery applications of nanotechnology in which Viacutector Puntes has a leading scientific role

Scientific Director of the Centre for BioNanoSafety and Sustainability (CNBSS) from 2009 to 2012 The CNBSS

was an initiative of Catalan Institute of Nanotechnology (ICN) and the LEITAT Technological Centre in response to

the emerging need to rationalise and assess the risks of new nanotechnologies and to promote it safe and sustainable

uses in industry and for the society in general

Moreover VP pioneered the nanotechnology and knowledge transfer in the Catalonia area already in 2007 by funding

what today constitutes ENDOR Nanotechnologies

Victor Puntes is also co-founder of Applied Nanoparticles a spin off company sponsored by Repsol dedicated to

bring nanotechnology solutions to Energy and the Environment [wwwappliednanoparticleseu]

Also VP has been providing designed NPs to the WRAIR and the Uniteacute Interactions Hocircte-Pathogenes for the

development of prophylactic vaccines against malaria and anthrax and therapeutic against micobacteria

VP also participates as chair of the NANONICA PRIZE awards jury

[httpwwwnanonicaprizeorgindexphpbreakthrough-of-the-year] and in the jury of the Premis Ciutat de Barcelona

[httppremsabcncatwp-contentuploads201402DP-Premis-Ciutat-de-Barcelona-okpdf]

VP is on the editorial board of Journal of Colloids and Interface Sciences and Nanowiki and recently member of the

NYAS (New York Academy of Sciences)

PhD Supervisor of Dr Ngoc Tran Thi Thanh The life of nanoparticles in contact with biological media and

entities October 2014 Dr Lorena Garcia Introducing Gold Nanoparticles Bioconjugates within the Biological

Machinery July 2013 Dr Joan Comenge Gold Nanoparticles as Drug Delivery Agents Detoxifying the Drug

Cisplatin July 2013 Dr Miriam Varoacuten Synthesis of Nanoparticles and Nanostructured Materials by Self-Assembly

May 2012 Dr Eudald Casals Reactivity and Impact of Inorganic Nanoparticles in Biological Environments

Building Up NanoSafety January 2012 Dr Edgar Gonzaacutelez Synthetic Route for the Production of Multilevel

Hollow-Nanostructured Nanoparticles at Room Temperature April 2011 Dr Neus Bastuacutes Gold Nanoparticles

Conjugates for Biological Applications December 2008 and Master Supervisor of Miriam Varoacuten (2009) Lorena

Garciacutea (2009) Joan Comenge (2009) and Zoeuml Megson (2010) He is currently supervising 8 PhD students

Lecturer (Professor) in the Biomedicine module within the Master in Nanotechnology program offered by the

Universitat Autogravenoma de Barcelona (UAB) from 2008 to 2012

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 15 15

Referee for Nature Materials Nature Nanotechnology Nano Letters ACS Nano Journal of the American Chemical

Society The Journal of Physical Chemistry Langmuir Chemistry of Materials Journal of Applied Physics The Journal of

Physical Chemistry Letters among others

Finally I am very proud that after being the first ranked as Ramon y Cajal applicant in 2003 now my group is hosting

Dr Neus Bastus first ranked Ramon y Cajal position in the area of ldquoEngineering and Technologyrdquo in the last call

November 2012

Other details and information can be found at the website of the Inorganic Nanoparticles Group

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 10 15

7 Construccioacute del CNBSS (Center for NanoBioSafety and Sustainability)

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacioacuten (MICINN) - Spanish Government and ACC1Oacute - Generalitat de Catalunya

01-Jan-2009 to 21-Dec-2011

6 NANOCLEAN Evaluacioacuten del potencial de nanopartiacuteculas inorgaacutenicas funcionalizadas para la

eliminacioacuten de nitroacutegeno foacutesforo pesticidas orgaacutenicos y metales pesados en masas de agua Evaluacioacuten de la

toxicidad y posibilidades de regulacioacuten

Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino (MMA) - Spanish Government

4-Dec-2008 to 30-Apr-2011

5 FPI Scholarships (Formacioacuten de Personal Investigador)

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacioacuten (MICINN) - Spanish Government

1-Sep-2007 to 31-Aug-2011

4 Siacutentesis de conjugados de nanopartiacuteculas avanzados para aplicaciones biomeacutedicas

Ministerio de Industria Turismo y Comercio (MITYC) - Spanish Government

1-Jul-2007 to 1-Jul-2009

3 Plan Nacional MICINN 2006 Siacutentesis de Nanopartiacuteculas y materiales nanoestructurados por

Autoensamblaje

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacioacuten (MICINN) - Spanish Government

1-Oct-2006 to 30-Sep-2009

2 DIPNA Development of an Integrated Platform for Nanoparticle Analysis to verify their possible toxicity and the

eco-toxicity

European Union - FP6 (specific project type STRP)

1-Nov-2006 to 31-Oct-2009

1 CONSOLIDER ndash NANOBIOMED Subunit In-vitro Experimentation of nanoparticles based biofluids

Ministerio de Educacioacuten y Ciencia (MEC) - Spanish Government

15-Sep-2006 to 31-Dic-2011

SELECTED FUNDING PROJECTS BY PRIVATE COMPANIES andor ADMINISTRATIONS [VP participating as

Principal Investigator for ICN2]

7 Biogaacutes+ Produccioacuten Aumentada de Biogaacutes Mediante la Adicioacuten de Nanopartiacuteculas de Hierro

Fundacioacuten Repsol - Spanish Company

2014 to 2016

6 Biogaacutes+ Produccioacuten Aumentada de Biogaacutes Mediante la Adicioacuten de Nanopartiacuteculas de Hierro

Fundacioacuten Repsol - Spanish Company

2013 to 2014

5 CNBSS Centre for NanoBioSafety and Sustainabitity

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacioacuten ndash Spanish Goverment

2011 to 2013

4 Biomedical Applications of Nanotechnology Based on a New Platform that couples Drugs with g

Gold Nanoparticles

Nanotargeting ndash Switzerland Company

2011 to 2013

3 Synthesis and Functionalization of Nanoparticles for Detection Purposes

BioSystems ndash Spanish Company

2012 to 2013

2 Peptide-conjugated Gold Nanoparticles for Immunotherapy

Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) ndash United States

2011 to 2012

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 11 15

1 TecnoRevolucioacute Design and Development of Models

Fundacioacute la Caixa - Spanish Financial Institution

2011 to 2012

PATENTS

4 Noble metal nanoparticles and their preparation process

Franco Puntes V Gonzaacutelez EE (Institut Catalagrave de Nanociegravencia i Nanotecnologia Institucioacute Catalana de Recerca i

Estudis Avanccedilats)

Patent No EP 111580247 (Priority date 14-Mar-2011) Status Public

3 Biogas production

Franco Puntes V Casals Mercadal E Gonzaacutelez EE Font Segura X Saacutenchez Ferrer A Garciacutea Mestre A

Delgado Ramisa L (Institut Catalagrave de Nanociegravencia i Nanotecnologia Institucioacute Catalana de Recerca i Estudis

Avanccedilats Universitat Autogravenoma de Barcelona)

Patent No EP 111577847 (Priority date 11-Mar-2011) Status National entry stage

2 Conjugates comprising nanoparticles coated with platinum containing compounds

Franco Puntes V Domiacutenguez Puente F Romero Martiacutenez FM Gallego Rubio Oacute (Institut Catalagrave de Nanociegravencia i

Nanotecnologia Institucioacute Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avanccedilats Universidad Santiago de Compostela Universitat

de Valegravencia Institut de Recerca de lHospital de Santa Creu i Sant Pau)

Patent No WO 2010069941 A1 (Priority date 16-Dec-2008) Status Licensed to Nanotargeting SL

1 Immunoactivating conjugates comprising nanoparticles coated with peptides

Franco Puntes V Goacutemez Bastuacutes N Saacutenchez Tilloacute E Farrera Sinfreu C Celada Cotarelo A Lloberas Cavero J

Giralt Lledoacute E Pujals Riatoacutes S (Institut Catalagrave de Nanociegravencia i Nanotecnologia Institucioacute Catalana de Recerca i

Estudis Avanccedilats Universitat de Barcelona Institut de Recerca Biomegravedica)

Patent No WO 2010046377 A2 (Priority date 23-Oct-2008) Status Public

SELECTED RECENT TALKS

28 Medical Nanochemistry the use of reactive inorganic nanoparticles in medicine Invited talk at 14th Nanomedicine

Symposium Milan Italy (November 2014)

27 Nanocrystals as reagents building next generation of nanoparticles Invited talk at Conference New frontiers

of nanomaterial technologies for applications in biology and medicine Tirana Albania (July 2014)

26 Nanoparticles synthesis and reactivity Invited talk at Lecture at Summer School Nanoscience Ile de France

Etiolles France (June 2014)

25 Nanoceria for Nanomedicine Invited talk at E-MRS 2014 Spring Meeting Lille France (May 2014)

24 Application of inorganic nanoparticles on medicine Invited talk at II Reunioacuten de Joacutevenes Investigadores

en Coloides e Interfases Granada Spain (April 2014)

23 Nanoparticle properties and their interactions with the environment Invited talk at QualityNano NanoFATE amp

Joint Meeting Birmingham United Kingdom (March 2014)

22 Nanotechnology in Health Gold Nanoparticles as Radiotherapy Enhancers Invited talk at Radio Oncology

Department Invited Seminar Lausanne Switzerland (January 2014)

21 Nanocrystals 20 The next generation Invited talk at Christmas Symposium Chemistry department ETZH

Zurich Switzerland (December 2013)

20 Jornada Energiacutea y Emprendimiento de la investigacioacuten a la creacioacuten de empresas Invited talk at Institut de

Recerca en Energia de Catalunya (IREC) Barcelona Spain (November 2013)

19 B-Debate on ldquoNanotechnologies in Health current challenges and future prospects Co-organizer and chairman at

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 12 15

Cosmocaixa Barcelona Spain (October 2013)

18 Environmental fate of Inorganic Nanoparticles Invited talk at Joint Conference NanoTOE NanoFATE

Oxford England (September 2013)

17 Nanoparticles safety by design Invited talk at Serenade annual meeting University aix en Provance France

(July 2013)

16 Designing Nanobots to fight Cancer Invited talk at the E-MRS 2013 Meeting Symposium U Design of

multifunctional nano-objects for biomedical Strasbourg France (May 2013)

15 Detoxifying Antitumoral Drugs via Nanoconjugation The Case of Gold Nanoparticles and Cisplatin Invited talk at

ImagineNano 2013 ndash NanoBioMed Bilbao Spain (April 2013)

14 Functional inorganic nanoparticles Invited talk at the MAGNIFYCO Workshop Barcelona Spain (January 2013)

13 Engineering Inorganic Nanoparticles Invited seminar at the Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya (IBEC)

Barcelona Spain (December 2012)

12 Does the nanoform of a substance entail an increased toxicity Invited lecture at the ldquoAdvances in Materialsrdquo

seminar at the Institute of Materials at Ecole Feacutedeacuterale de Lausanne (EPFL) Lausanne Switzerland (November

2011)

11 Carving at the Nanoscale Galvanic Replacement versus Kirkendall Effect at Room Temperature Plenary talk at

NaNaX5 (2012) ndash Nanoscience with Nanocrystals

Fueringola Spain (May 2012)

10 Toxicology of engineering nanoparticles Invited colloquium at the Leibniz-Institut fuumlr Festkoumlrper- und

Werkstoffforschung Dresden (IFW-Kolloquium) Dresden Germany (December 2011)

9 Does the nanoform of a substance entail an increased toxicity Invited lecture at the ldquoAdvances in Materialsrdquo

seminar at the Institute of Materials at Ecole Feacutedeacuterale de Lausanne (EPFL) Lausanne Switzerland (November

2011)

8 Application of inorganic-biomolecule nanoparticle conjugates to biomedicine Invited Lecture at the

Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine Course Braga Portugal (October 2011)

7 Impact of Protein Corona on Nanoparticle Interactions with Immune Cells Invited talk at the NANOMMUNE

Closing Workshop Understanding nano-immuno-interactions Stockholm Sweden (June 2011)

6 Inorganic Nanoparticles as Drug Carriers Pharmacokinetic Considerations on Biodistribution Invited talk at

BionanoNice E-MRS 2011 Meeting Symposium O Bio-materials for imaging sensing and actuating Nice

France (May 2011)

5 Nanotoxicology from the nanoparticle point of view Invited talk at the workshop ldquoSafety issues of Nanomaterials

along their life cyclerdquo Barcelona Spain (May 2011)

4 Taming physicochemical signatures of inorganic NPs for their biological integration Invited talk at NANOJASP

2010 - Nanomaterials based biosensors and biosystems Barcelona Spain (November 2010)

3 When the Synthesis is over Assessing the Full Life Cycle of inorganic nanoparticles Talk at NaNaX 4 (2010) -

Nanoscience with Nanocrystals Munich - Tutzing Germany (April 2010)

2 Nanotechnology from nanotoxicology to nanomedicine Keynote Speaker at NanoSpain 2009 Zaragoza Spain

(March 2009)

1 Colloidal Nanoparticles - From Synthesis to Biological Applications (sic) Talk at the WE-Heraeus-Seminar

Colloidal Nanoparticles - From Synthesis to Biological Applications Marburg Germany (September 2008)

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 13 15

DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

Public Awareness of Science has been a central interest of our group since its beginnings The activities developed

include talks to non-specialized audiences internet platforms science and art videos and science divulgation videos

science museum exhibitions electronic and hardcopy books and other platforms including art exhibitions (being the more

recent AC gallery Madrid and La casa del Libro San Francisco) on NP microscopy images and televisionradio

interviews The group has also won the 2011 FOTCIENCIA edition

The target puacuteblic has been from general science and young investigators to the elder or children as young as 7 years old

(introduction to nanotechnology and demonstrative experiments) For that we have obtained funds from private

organizations and local administrations Recently our ebook of 2013 entitled Nanoparticles Before Nanotechnology

with more than 12000 downloads and still promoted We also published in 2013 a large-format photography book about

the ldquoNanocosmosrdquo in Colombia Another example is Goldlight a joined collaboration between ING group and old town

jewellers of Barcelona which led to the creation of ldquoquantum jewelleryrdquo based on colloidal solutions of hollow Au NPs It

was recently featured in The Guardian after appearing in the Spanish Jewels Journal (25000 copies) and El Periodico

Similarly our Science paper was featured on the BBC among many others highlighting the possibilities of NPs in

medicine Our spin-off Nanotargeting was featured in La Vanguardia and our work in Ara and our exhibition at

CosmoCaixa (TEcnoRevolucioacuten I and II Barcelona and Madrid) in El Mundo among other interviews for local and

international TVs ndashTV Vallegraves TV25- and radio as COM Radio and PUNT Radio We appeared also twice in Spanish

national TV Informe Semanal

VP is one of the winners ldquoPremios Iberoamericanos a la Innovacioacuten y el Emprendimientordquo

Secretaria Gneral Iberoamericana (SEGIB) (2013)

VP is one of the winners ldquoPremio Fondo de Emprendedoresrdquo Fundacioacuten Repsol (2013)

VP is the founder and director of NanoWiki a digital online platform created in 2008 whose aim is to track the evolution

of paradigms and discoveries in nanoscience and nanotechnology Moreover through Nanowiki VP has published 5

books being the last one May 2013 Nanocoloreja (and Nanocolorea) targeting children About explaining

Nanotechnology to highlight the following

VPuntes ldquoNanocolorejardquo httpissuucomedicionsnanowikidocsnanocoloreja__ca_web

V Puntes ldquoNanoparticles Before Nanotechnologyrdquo

ISBN 978-84-695-6677-0 httpnanowikiinfo5B5BNanoparticles20Before20Nanotechnology5D5D

V Puntes ldquoNanotechnology Engines Onrdquo

ISBN 978-84-615-3293-3

httpnanowikiinfo5B5B22Nanotechnology3A20Engines20On225D5D

V Puntes ldquoNanotechnology balancing the promisesrdquo

ISBN 978-84-615-3293-6

httpnanowikiinfo5B5BNanotechnology3A20balancing20the20promises5D5D

The first one Nanoparticles Before Nnaotechnology has been downloaded more than 14000 times

VP has an active role in science promotion and dissemination Apart from NanoWiki activities in this area VP has been

interviewed in different radio and TV shows (Catalunya Radio COM Radio PUNT Radio INforme Semanal TV25

VallegravesTV BTV) takes part in several local educative projects such as Escolab and Joves i Ciencia has participated in

panels and debates such as

Round table discussion on ldquoSafety and Societyrdquo Invited panelist at NanoFormulation 2012 an event organized by the

EU-FP7 Project InForm Barcelona Spain May 30 2012

ldquoLa seguridad de los nanomaterialesrdquo Invited talk at Impacto de la Nanotecnologiacutea en la Cosmeacutetica a scientific-

technical workshop organized by the Spanish Society of Cosmetic Chemistry (Sociedad Espantildeola de Quiacutemicos

Cosmeacuteticos - SEQC) Barcelona Spain November 11 2010

Estudio prospectivo sobre materiales inteligentes ndash Sector Saludrdquo Invited panellist in the Health sector at the

workshop series organized by Tecnalia and the Observatorio de Prospectiva Tecnoacutelogica Industrial (OPTI) Madrid

Spain October 20 2010

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 14 15

VP and collaborators have written several dissemination articles

1 Loacutepez C Saacutenchez A amp Puntes V (2013) Nanopartiacuteculas inorgaacutenicas Riesgos y beneficios ambientales

Investigacioacuten y Ciencia 437 (February) 12ndash14

2 Puntes V amp Garcia Hom A (2009) Nanopanic or Nanoeuphoria Nanoinfo Megravetode (63) 74ndash79

3 Gatti A amp Puntes V (2009) Scientists still wondering ndash Industry already selling NANO Magazine 12 28ndash30

4 Puntes V F (2004) Cobalt nanostructures Investigacioacuten y Ciencia 332

5 Puntes V F amp Esteve Pujol J (2003) Nanoparticles inorganic molecules Revista

de Fiacutesica 24(1) 38ndash42

VP was co-organizer of the Barcelona International Center of Scientific Debate (B-Debate) on ldquoNanotechnologies in

Healthrdquo 2013 at the CosmoCaixa

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Scientific advisor for Nanonica a Switzerland-based company devoted to transfer knowledge from universities to

industry In 2012 Nanonica and ICN joined efforts in creating NanoTargeting a startup company focused on drug

delivery applications of nanotechnology in which Viacutector Puntes has a leading scientific role

Scientific Director of the Centre for BioNanoSafety and Sustainability (CNBSS) from 2009 to 2012 The CNBSS

was an initiative of Catalan Institute of Nanotechnology (ICN) and the LEITAT Technological Centre in response to

the emerging need to rationalise and assess the risks of new nanotechnologies and to promote it safe and sustainable

uses in industry and for the society in general

Moreover VP pioneered the nanotechnology and knowledge transfer in the Catalonia area already in 2007 by funding

what today constitutes ENDOR Nanotechnologies

Victor Puntes is also co-founder of Applied Nanoparticles a spin off company sponsored by Repsol dedicated to

bring nanotechnology solutions to Energy and the Environment [wwwappliednanoparticleseu]

Also VP has been providing designed NPs to the WRAIR and the Uniteacute Interactions Hocircte-Pathogenes for the

development of prophylactic vaccines against malaria and anthrax and therapeutic against micobacteria

VP also participates as chair of the NANONICA PRIZE awards jury

[httpwwwnanonicaprizeorgindexphpbreakthrough-of-the-year] and in the jury of the Premis Ciutat de Barcelona

[httppremsabcncatwp-contentuploads201402DP-Premis-Ciutat-de-Barcelona-okpdf]

VP is on the editorial board of Journal of Colloids and Interface Sciences and Nanowiki and recently member of the

NYAS (New York Academy of Sciences)

PhD Supervisor of Dr Ngoc Tran Thi Thanh The life of nanoparticles in contact with biological media and

entities October 2014 Dr Lorena Garcia Introducing Gold Nanoparticles Bioconjugates within the Biological

Machinery July 2013 Dr Joan Comenge Gold Nanoparticles as Drug Delivery Agents Detoxifying the Drug

Cisplatin July 2013 Dr Miriam Varoacuten Synthesis of Nanoparticles and Nanostructured Materials by Self-Assembly

May 2012 Dr Eudald Casals Reactivity and Impact of Inorganic Nanoparticles in Biological Environments

Building Up NanoSafety January 2012 Dr Edgar Gonzaacutelez Synthetic Route for the Production of Multilevel

Hollow-Nanostructured Nanoparticles at Room Temperature April 2011 Dr Neus Bastuacutes Gold Nanoparticles

Conjugates for Biological Applications December 2008 and Master Supervisor of Miriam Varoacuten (2009) Lorena

Garciacutea (2009) Joan Comenge (2009) and Zoeuml Megson (2010) He is currently supervising 8 PhD students

Lecturer (Professor) in the Biomedicine module within the Master in Nanotechnology program offered by the

Universitat Autogravenoma de Barcelona (UAB) from 2008 to 2012

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 15 15

Referee for Nature Materials Nature Nanotechnology Nano Letters ACS Nano Journal of the American Chemical

Society The Journal of Physical Chemistry Langmuir Chemistry of Materials Journal of Applied Physics The Journal of

Physical Chemistry Letters among others

Finally I am very proud that after being the first ranked as Ramon y Cajal applicant in 2003 now my group is hosting

Dr Neus Bastus first ranked Ramon y Cajal position in the area of ldquoEngineering and Technologyrdquo in the last call

November 2012

Other details and information can be found at the website of the Inorganic Nanoparticles Group

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 11 15

1 TecnoRevolucioacute Design and Development of Models

Fundacioacute la Caixa - Spanish Financial Institution

2011 to 2012

PATENTS

4 Noble metal nanoparticles and their preparation process

Franco Puntes V Gonzaacutelez EE (Institut Catalagrave de Nanociegravencia i Nanotecnologia Institucioacute Catalana de Recerca i

Estudis Avanccedilats)

Patent No EP 111580247 (Priority date 14-Mar-2011) Status Public

3 Biogas production

Franco Puntes V Casals Mercadal E Gonzaacutelez EE Font Segura X Saacutenchez Ferrer A Garciacutea Mestre A

Delgado Ramisa L (Institut Catalagrave de Nanociegravencia i Nanotecnologia Institucioacute Catalana de Recerca i Estudis

Avanccedilats Universitat Autogravenoma de Barcelona)

Patent No EP 111577847 (Priority date 11-Mar-2011) Status National entry stage

2 Conjugates comprising nanoparticles coated with platinum containing compounds

Franco Puntes V Domiacutenguez Puente F Romero Martiacutenez FM Gallego Rubio Oacute (Institut Catalagrave de Nanociegravencia i

Nanotecnologia Institucioacute Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avanccedilats Universidad Santiago de Compostela Universitat

de Valegravencia Institut de Recerca de lHospital de Santa Creu i Sant Pau)

Patent No WO 2010069941 A1 (Priority date 16-Dec-2008) Status Licensed to Nanotargeting SL

1 Immunoactivating conjugates comprising nanoparticles coated with peptides

Franco Puntes V Goacutemez Bastuacutes N Saacutenchez Tilloacute E Farrera Sinfreu C Celada Cotarelo A Lloberas Cavero J

Giralt Lledoacute E Pujals Riatoacutes S (Institut Catalagrave de Nanociegravencia i Nanotecnologia Institucioacute Catalana de Recerca i

Estudis Avanccedilats Universitat de Barcelona Institut de Recerca Biomegravedica)

Patent No WO 2010046377 A2 (Priority date 23-Oct-2008) Status Public

SELECTED RECENT TALKS

28 Medical Nanochemistry the use of reactive inorganic nanoparticles in medicine Invited talk at 14th Nanomedicine

Symposium Milan Italy (November 2014)

27 Nanocrystals as reagents building next generation of nanoparticles Invited talk at Conference New frontiers

of nanomaterial technologies for applications in biology and medicine Tirana Albania (July 2014)

26 Nanoparticles synthesis and reactivity Invited talk at Lecture at Summer School Nanoscience Ile de France

Etiolles France (June 2014)

25 Nanoceria for Nanomedicine Invited talk at E-MRS 2014 Spring Meeting Lille France (May 2014)

24 Application of inorganic nanoparticles on medicine Invited talk at II Reunioacuten de Joacutevenes Investigadores

en Coloides e Interfases Granada Spain (April 2014)

23 Nanoparticle properties and their interactions with the environment Invited talk at QualityNano NanoFATE amp

Joint Meeting Birmingham United Kingdom (March 2014)

22 Nanotechnology in Health Gold Nanoparticles as Radiotherapy Enhancers Invited talk at Radio Oncology

Department Invited Seminar Lausanne Switzerland (January 2014)

21 Nanocrystals 20 The next generation Invited talk at Christmas Symposium Chemistry department ETZH

Zurich Switzerland (December 2013)

20 Jornada Energiacutea y Emprendimiento de la investigacioacuten a la creacioacuten de empresas Invited talk at Institut de

Recerca en Energia de Catalunya (IREC) Barcelona Spain (November 2013)

19 B-Debate on ldquoNanotechnologies in Health current challenges and future prospects Co-organizer and chairman at

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 12 15

Cosmocaixa Barcelona Spain (October 2013)

18 Environmental fate of Inorganic Nanoparticles Invited talk at Joint Conference NanoTOE NanoFATE

Oxford England (September 2013)

17 Nanoparticles safety by design Invited talk at Serenade annual meeting University aix en Provance France

(July 2013)

16 Designing Nanobots to fight Cancer Invited talk at the E-MRS 2013 Meeting Symposium U Design of

multifunctional nano-objects for biomedical Strasbourg France (May 2013)

15 Detoxifying Antitumoral Drugs via Nanoconjugation The Case of Gold Nanoparticles and Cisplatin Invited talk at

ImagineNano 2013 ndash NanoBioMed Bilbao Spain (April 2013)

14 Functional inorganic nanoparticles Invited talk at the MAGNIFYCO Workshop Barcelona Spain (January 2013)

13 Engineering Inorganic Nanoparticles Invited seminar at the Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya (IBEC)

Barcelona Spain (December 2012)

12 Does the nanoform of a substance entail an increased toxicity Invited lecture at the ldquoAdvances in Materialsrdquo

seminar at the Institute of Materials at Ecole Feacutedeacuterale de Lausanne (EPFL) Lausanne Switzerland (November

2011)

11 Carving at the Nanoscale Galvanic Replacement versus Kirkendall Effect at Room Temperature Plenary talk at

NaNaX5 (2012) ndash Nanoscience with Nanocrystals

Fueringola Spain (May 2012)

10 Toxicology of engineering nanoparticles Invited colloquium at the Leibniz-Institut fuumlr Festkoumlrper- und

Werkstoffforschung Dresden (IFW-Kolloquium) Dresden Germany (December 2011)

9 Does the nanoform of a substance entail an increased toxicity Invited lecture at the ldquoAdvances in Materialsrdquo

seminar at the Institute of Materials at Ecole Feacutedeacuterale de Lausanne (EPFL) Lausanne Switzerland (November

2011)

8 Application of inorganic-biomolecule nanoparticle conjugates to biomedicine Invited Lecture at the

Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine Course Braga Portugal (October 2011)

7 Impact of Protein Corona on Nanoparticle Interactions with Immune Cells Invited talk at the NANOMMUNE

Closing Workshop Understanding nano-immuno-interactions Stockholm Sweden (June 2011)

6 Inorganic Nanoparticles as Drug Carriers Pharmacokinetic Considerations on Biodistribution Invited talk at

BionanoNice E-MRS 2011 Meeting Symposium O Bio-materials for imaging sensing and actuating Nice

France (May 2011)

5 Nanotoxicology from the nanoparticle point of view Invited talk at the workshop ldquoSafety issues of Nanomaterials

along their life cyclerdquo Barcelona Spain (May 2011)

4 Taming physicochemical signatures of inorganic NPs for their biological integration Invited talk at NANOJASP

2010 - Nanomaterials based biosensors and biosystems Barcelona Spain (November 2010)

3 When the Synthesis is over Assessing the Full Life Cycle of inorganic nanoparticles Talk at NaNaX 4 (2010) -

Nanoscience with Nanocrystals Munich - Tutzing Germany (April 2010)

2 Nanotechnology from nanotoxicology to nanomedicine Keynote Speaker at NanoSpain 2009 Zaragoza Spain

(March 2009)

1 Colloidal Nanoparticles - From Synthesis to Biological Applications (sic) Talk at the WE-Heraeus-Seminar

Colloidal Nanoparticles - From Synthesis to Biological Applications Marburg Germany (September 2008)

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 13 15

DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

Public Awareness of Science has been a central interest of our group since its beginnings The activities developed

include talks to non-specialized audiences internet platforms science and art videos and science divulgation videos

science museum exhibitions electronic and hardcopy books and other platforms including art exhibitions (being the more

recent AC gallery Madrid and La casa del Libro San Francisco) on NP microscopy images and televisionradio

interviews The group has also won the 2011 FOTCIENCIA edition

The target puacuteblic has been from general science and young investigators to the elder or children as young as 7 years old

(introduction to nanotechnology and demonstrative experiments) For that we have obtained funds from private

organizations and local administrations Recently our ebook of 2013 entitled Nanoparticles Before Nanotechnology

with more than 12000 downloads and still promoted We also published in 2013 a large-format photography book about

the ldquoNanocosmosrdquo in Colombia Another example is Goldlight a joined collaboration between ING group and old town

jewellers of Barcelona which led to the creation of ldquoquantum jewelleryrdquo based on colloidal solutions of hollow Au NPs It

was recently featured in The Guardian after appearing in the Spanish Jewels Journal (25000 copies) and El Periodico

Similarly our Science paper was featured on the BBC among many others highlighting the possibilities of NPs in

medicine Our spin-off Nanotargeting was featured in La Vanguardia and our work in Ara and our exhibition at

CosmoCaixa (TEcnoRevolucioacuten I and II Barcelona and Madrid) in El Mundo among other interviews for local and

international TVs ndashTV Vallegraves TV25- and radio as COM Radio and PUNT Radio We appeared also twice in Spanish

national TV Informe Semanal

VP is one of the winners ldquoPremios Iberoamericanos a la Innovacioacuten y el Emprendimientordquo

Secretaria Gneral Iberoamericana (SEGIB) (2013)

VP is one of the winners ldquoPremio Fondo de Emprendedoresrdquo Fundacioacuten Repsol (2013)

VP is the founder and director of NanoWiki a digital online platform created in 2008 whose aim is to track the evolution

of paradigms and discoveries in nanoscience and nanotechnology Moreover through Nanowiki VP has published 5

books being the last one May 2013 Nanocoloreja (and Nanocolorea) targeting children About explaining

Nanotechnology to highlight the following

VPuntes ldquoNanocolorejardquo httpissuucomedicionsnanowikidocsnanocoloreja__ca_web

V Puntes ldquoNanoparticles Before Nanotechnologyrdquo

ISBN 978-84-695-6677-0 httpnanowikiinfo5B5BNanoparticles20Before20Nanotechnology5D5D

V Puntes ldquoNanotechnology Engines Onrdquo

ISBN 978-84-615-3293-3

httpnanowikiinfo5B5B22Nanotechnology3A20Engines20On225D5D

V Puntes ldquoNanotechnology balancing the promisesrdquo

ISBN 978-84-615-3293-6

httpnanowikiinfo5B5BNanotechnology3A20balancing20the20promises5D5D

The first one Nanoparticles Before Nnaotechnology has been downloaded more than 14000 times

VP has an active role in science promotion and dissemination Apart from NanoWiki activities in this area VP has been

interviewed in different radio and TV shows (Catalunya Radio COM Radio PUNT Radio INforme Semanal TV25

VallegravesTV BTV) takes part in several local educative projects such as Escolab and Joves i Ciencia has participated in

panels and debates such as

Round table discussion on ldquoSafety and Societyrdquo Invited panelist at NanoFormulation 2012 an event organized by the

EU-FP7 Project InForm Barcelona Spain May 30 2012

ldquoLa seguridad de los nanomaterialesrdquo Invited talk at Impacto de la Nanotecnologiacutea en la Cosmeacutetica a scientific-

technical workshop organized by the Spanish Society of Cosmetic Chemistry (Sociedad Espantildeola de Quiacutemicos

Cosmeacuteticos - SEQC) Barcelona Spain November 11 2010

Estudio prospectivo sobre materiales inteligentes ndash Sector Saludrdquo Invited panellist in the Health sector at the

workshop series organized by Tecnalia and the Observatorio de Prospectiva Tecnoacutelogica Industrial (OPTI) Madrid

Spain October 20 2010

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 14 15

VP and collaborators have written several dissemination articles

1 Loacutepez C Saacutenchez A amp Puntes V (2013) Nanopartiacuteculas inorgaacutenicas Riesgos y beneficios ambientales

Investigacioacuten y Ciencia 437 (February) 12ndash14

2 Puntes V amp Garcia Hom A (2009) Nanopanic or Nanoeuphoria Nanoinfo Megravetode (63) 74ndash79

3 Gatti A amp Puntes V (2009) Scientists still wondering ndash Industry already selling NANO Magazine 12 28ndash30

4 Puntes V F (2004) Cobalt nanostructures Investigacioacuten y Ciencia 332

5 Puntes V F amp Esteve Pujol J (2003) Nanoparticles inorganic molecules Revista

de Fiacutesica 24(1) 38ndash42

VP was co-organizer of the Barcelona International Center of Scientific Debate (B-Debate) on ldquoNanotechnologies in

Healthrdquo 2013 at the CosmoCaixa

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Scientific advisor for Nanonica a Switzerland-based company devoted to transfer knowledge from universities to

industry In 2012 Nanonica and ICN joined efforts in creating NanoTargeting a startup company focused on drug

delivery applications of nanotechnology in which Viacutector Puntes has a leading scientific role

Scientific Director of the Centre for BioNanoSafety and Sustainability (CNBSS) from 2009 to 2012 The CNBSS

was an initiative of Catalan Institute of Nanotechnology (ICN) and the LEITAT Technological Centre in response to

the emerging need to rationalise and assess the risks of new nanotechnologies and to promote it safe and sustainable

uses in industry and for the society in general

Moreover VP pioneered the nanotechnology and knowledge transfer in the Catalonia area already in 2007 by funding

what today constitutes ENDOR Nanotechnologies

Victor Puntes is also co-founder of Applied Nanoparticles a spin off company sponsored by Repsol dedicated to

bring nanotechnology solutions to Energy and the Environment [wwwappliednanoparticleseu]

Also VP has been providing designed NPs to the WRAIR and the Uniteacute Interactions Hocircte-Pathogenes for the

development of prophylactic vaccines against malaria and anthrax and therapeutic against micobacteria

VP also participates as chair of the NANONICA PRIZE awards jury

[httpwwwnanonicaprizeorgindexphpbreakthrough-of-the-year] and in the jury of the Premis Ciutat de Barcelona

[httppremsabcncatwp-contentuploads201402DP-Premis-Ciutat-de-Barcelona-okpdf]

VP is on the editorial board of Journal of Colloids and Interface Sciences and Nanowiki and recently member of the

NYAS (New York Academy of Sciences)

PhD Supervisor of Dr Ngoc Tran Thi Thanh The life of nanoparticles in contact with biological media and

entities October 2014 Dr Lorena Garcia Introducing Gold Nanoparticles Bioconjugates within the Biological

Machinery July 2013 Dr Joan Comenge Gold Nanoparticles as Drug Delivery Agents Detoxifying the Drug

Cisplatin July 2013 Dr Miriam Varoacuten Synthesis of Nanoparticles and Nanostructured Materials by Self-Assembly

May 2012 Dr Eudald Casals Reactivity and Impact of Inorganic Nanoparticles in Biological Environments

Building Up NanoSafety January 2012 Dr Edgar Gonzaacutelez Synthetic Route for the Production of Multilevel

Hollow-Nanostructured Nanoparticles at Room Temperature April 2011 Dr Neus Bastuacutes Gold Nanoparticles

Conjugates for Biological Applications December 2008 and Master Supervisor of Miriam Varoacuten (2009) Lorena

Garciacutea (2009) Joan Comenge (2009) and Zoeuml Megson (2010) He is currently supervising 8 PhD students

Lecturer (Professor) in the Biomedicine module within the Master in Nanotechnology program offered by the

Universitat Autogravenoma de Barcelona (UAB) from 2008 to 2012

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 15 15

Referee for Nature Materials Nature Nanotechnology Nano Letters ACS Nano Journal of the American Chemical

Society The Journal of Physical Chemistry Langmuir Chemistry of Materials Journal of Applied Physics The Journal of

Physical Chemistry Letters among others

Finally I am very proud that after being the first ranked as Ramon y Cajal applicant in 2003 now my group is hosting

Dr Neus Bastus first ranked Ramon y Cajal position in the area of ldquoEngineering and Technologyrdquo in the last call

November 2012

Other details and information can be found at the website of the Inorganic Nanoparticles Group

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 12 15

Cosmocaixa Barcelona Spain (October 2013)

18 Environmental fate of Inorganic Nanoparticles Invited talk at Joint Conference NanoTOE NanoFATE

Oxford England (September 2013)

17 Nanoparticles safety by design Invited talk at Serenade annual meeting University aix en Provance France

(July 2013)

16 Designing Nanobots to fight Cancer Invited talk at the E-MRS 2013 Meeting Symposium U Design of

multifunctional nano-objects for biomedical Strasbourg France (May 2013)

15 Detoxifying Antitumoral Drugs via Nanoconjugation The Case of Gold Nanoparticles and Cisplatin Invited talk at

ImagineNano 2013 ndash NanoBioMed Bilbao Spain (April 2013)

14 Functional inorganic nanoparticles Invited talk at the MAGNIFYCO Workshop Barcelona Spain (January 2013)

13 Engineering Inorganic Nanoparticles Invited seminar at the Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya (IBEC)

Barcelona Spain (December 2012)

12 Does the nanoform of a substance entail an increased toxicity Invited lecture at the ldquoAdvances in Materialsrdquo

seminar at the Institute of Materials at Ecole Feacutedeacuterale de Lausanne (EPFL) Lausanne Switzerland (November

2011)

11 Carving at the Nanoscale Galvanic Replacement versus Kirkendall Effect at Room Temperature Plenary talk at

NaNaX5 (2012) ndash Nanoscience with Nanocrystals

Fueringola Spain (May 2012)

10 Toxicology of engineering nanoparticles Invited colloquium at the Leibniz-Institut fuumlr Festkoumlrper- und

Werkstoffforschung Dresden (IFW-Kolloquium) Dresden Germany (December 2011)

9 Does the nanoform of a substance entail an increased toxicity Invited lecture at the ldquoAdvances in Materialsrdquo

seminar at the Institute of Materials at Ecole Feacutedeacuterale de Lausanne (EPFL) Lausanne Switzerland (November

2011)

8 Application of inorganic-biomolecule nanoparticle conjugates to biomedicine Invited Lecture at the

Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine Course Braga Portugal (October 2011)

7 Impact of Protein Corona on Nanoparticle Interactions with Immune Cells Invited talk at the NANOMMUNE

Closing Workshop Understanding nano-immuno-interactions Stockholm Sweden (June 2011)

6 Inorganic Nanoparticles as Drug Carriers Pharmacokinetic Considerations on Biodistribution Invited talk at

BionanoNice E-MRS 2011 Meeting Symposium O Bio-materials for imaging sensing and actuating Nice

France (May 2011)

5 Nanotoxicology from the nanoparticle point of view Invited talk at the workshop ldquoSafety issues of Nanomaterials

along their life cyclerdquo Barcelona Spain (May 2011)

4 Taming physicochemical signatures of inorganic NPs for their biological integration Invited talk at NANOJASP

2010 - Nanomaterials based biosensors and biosystems Barcelona Spain (November 2010)

3 When the Synthesis is over Assessing the Full Life Cycle of inorganic nanoparticles Talk at NaNaX 4 (2010) -

Nanoscience with Nanocrystals Munich - Tutzing Germany (April 2010)

2 Nanotechnology from nanotoxicology to nanomedicine Keynote Speaker at NanoSpain 2009 Zaragoza Spain

(March 2009)

1 Colloidal Nanoparticles - From Synthesis to Biological Applications (sic) Talk at the WE-Heraeus-Seminar

Colloidal Nanoparticles - From Synthesis to Biological Applications Marburg Germany (September 2008)

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 13 15

DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

Public Awareness of Science has been a central interest of our group since its beginnings The activities developed

include talks to non-specialized audiences internet platforms science and art videos and science divulgation videos

science museum exhibitions electronic and hardcopy books and other platforms including art exhibitions (being the more

recent AC gallery Madrid and La casa del Libro San Francisco) on NP microscopy images and televisionradio

interviews The group has also won the 2011 FOTCIENCIA edition

The target puacuteblic has been from general science and young investigators to the elder or children as young as 7 years old

(introduction to nanotechnology and demonstrative experiments) For that we have obtained funds from private

organizations and local administrations Recently our ebook of 2013 entitled Nanoparticles Before Nanotechnology

with more than 12000 downloads and still promoted We also published in 2013 a large-format photography book about

the ldquoNanocosmosrdquo in Colombia Another example is Goldlight a joined collaboration between ING group and old town

jewellers of Barcelona which led to the creation of ldquoquantum jewelleryrdquo based on colloidal solutions of hollow Au NPs It

was recently featured in The Guardian after appearing in the Spanish Jewels Journal (25000 copies) and El Periodico

Similarly our Science paper was featured on the BBC among many others highlighting the possibilities of NPs in

medicine Our spin-off Nanotargeting was featured in La Vanguardia and our work in Ara and our exhibition at

CosmoCaixa (TEcnoRevolucioacuten I and II Barcelona and Madrid) in El Mundo among other interviews for local and

international TVs ndashTV Vallegraves TV25- and radio as COM Radio and PUNT Radio We appeared also twice in Spanish

national TV Informe Semanal

VP is one of the winners ldquoPremios Iberoamericanos a la Innovacioacuten y el Emprendimientordquo

Secretaria Gneral Iberoamericana (SEGIB) (2013)

VP is one of the winners ldquoPremio Fondo de Emprendedoresrdquo Fundacioacuten Repsol (2013)

VP is the founder and director of NanoWiki a digital online platform created in 2008 whose aim is to track the evolution

of paradigms and discoveries in nanoscience and nanotechnology Moreover through Nanowiki VP has published 5

books being the last one May 2013 Nanocoloreja (and Nanocolorea) targeting children About explaining

Nanotechnology to highlight the following

VPuntes ldquoNanocolorejardquo httpissuucomedicionsnanowikidocsnanocoloreja__ca_web

V Puntes ldquoNanoparticles Before Nanotechnologyrdquo

ISBN 978-84-695-6677-0 httpnanowikiinfo5B5BNanoparticles20Before20Nanotechnology5D5D

V Puntes ldquoNanotechnology Engines Onrdquo

ISBN 978-84-615-3293-3

httpnanowikiinfo5B5B22Nanotechnology3A20Engines20On225D5D

V Puntes ldquoNanotechnology balancing the promisesrdquo

ISBN 978-84-615-3293-6

httpnanowikiinfo5B5BNanotechnology3A20balancing20the20promises5D5D

The first one Nanoparticles Before Nnaotechnology has been downloaded more than 14000 times

VP has an active role in science promotion and dissemination Apart from NanoWiki activities in this area VP has been

interviewed in different radio and TV shows (Catalunya Radio COM Radio PUNT Radio INforme Semanal TV25

VallegravesTV BTV) takes part in several local educative projects such as Escolab and Joves i Ciencia has participated in

panels and debates such as

Round table discussion on ldquoSafety and Societyrdquo Invited panelist at NanoFormulation 2012 an event organized by the

EU-FP7 Project InForm Barcelona Spain May 30 2012

ldquoLa seguridad de los nanomaterialesrdquo Invited talk at Impacto de la Nanotecnologiacutea en la Cosmeacutetica a scientific-

technical workshop organized by the Spanish Society of Cosmetic Chemistry (Sociedad Espantildeola de Quiacutemicos

Cosmeacuteticos - SEQC) Barcelona Spain November 11 2010

Estudio prospectivo sobre materiales inteligentes ndash Sector Saludrdquo Invited panellist in the Health sector at the

workshop series organized by Tecnalia and the Observatorio de Prospectiva Tecnoacutelogica Industrial (OPTI) Madrid

Spain October 20 2010

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 14 15

VP and collaborators have written several dissemination articles

1 Loacutepez C Saacutenchez A amp Puntes V (2013) Nanopartiacuteculas inorgaacutenicas Riesgos y beneficios ambientales

Investigacioacuten y Ciencia 437 (February) 12ndash14

2 Puntes V amp Garcia Hom A (2009) Nanopanic or Nanoeuphoria Nanoinfo Megravetode (63) 74ndash79

3 Gatti A amp Puntes V (2009) Scientists still wondering ndash Industry already selling NANO Magazine 12 28ndash30

4 Puntes V F (2004) Cobalt nanostructures Investigacioacuten y Ciencia 332

5 Puntes V F amp Esteve Pujol J (2003) Nanoparticles inorganic molecules Revista

de Fiacutesica 24(1) 38ndash42

VP was co-organizer of the Barcelona International Center of Scientific Debate (B-Debate) on ldquoNanotechnologies in

Healthrdquo 2013 at the CosmoCaixa

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Scientific advisor for Nanonica a Switzerland-based company devoted to transfer knowledge from universities to

industry In 2012 Nanonica and ICN joined efforts in creating NanoTargeting a startup company focused on drug

delivery applications of nanotechnology in which Viacutector Puntes has a leading scientific role

Scientific Director of the Centre for BioNanoSafety and Sustainability (CNBSS) from 2009 to 2012 The CNBSS

was an initiative of Catalan Institute of Nanotechnology (ICN) and the LEITAT Technological Centre in response to

the emerging need to rationalise and assess the risks of new nanotechnologies and to promote it safe and sustainable

uses in industry and for the society in general

Moreover VP pioneered the nanotechnology and knowledge transfer in the Catalonia area already in 2007 by funding

what today constitutes ENDOR Nanotechnologies

Victor Puntes is also co-founder of Applied Nanoparticles a spin off company sponsored by Repsol dedicated to

bring nanotechnology solutions to Energy and the Environment [wwwappliednanoparticleseu]

Also VP has been providing designed NPs to the WRAIR and the Uniteacute Interactions Hocircte-Pathogenes for the

development of prophylactic vaccines against malaria and anthrax and therapeutic against micobacteria

VP also participates as chair of the NANONICA PRIZE awards jury

[httpwwwnanonicaprizeorgindexphpbreakthrough-of-the-year] and in the jury of the Premis Ciutat de Barcelona

[httppremsabcncatwp-contentuploads201402DP-Premis-Ciutat-de-Barcelona-okpdf]

VP is on the editorial board of Journal of Colloids and Interface Sciences and Nanowiki and recently member of the

NYAS (New York Academy of Sciences)

PhD Supervisor of Dr Ngoc Tran Thi Thanh The life of nanoparticles in contact with biological media and

entities October 2014 Dr Lorena Garcia Introducing Gold Nanoparticles Bioconjugates within the Biological

Machinery July 2013 Dr Joan Comenge Gold Nanoparticles as Drug Delivery Agents Detoxifying the Drug

Cisplatin July 2013 Dr Miriam Varoacuten Synthesis of Nanoparticles and Nanostructured Materials by Self-Assembly

May 2012 Dr Eudald Casals Reactivity and Impact of Inorganic Nanoparticles in Biological Environments

Building Up NanoSafety January 2012 Dr Edgar Gonzaacutelez Synthetic Route for the Production of Multilevel

Hollow-Nanostructured Nanoparticles at Room Temperature April 2011 Dr Neus Bastuacutes Gold Nanoparticles

Conjugates for Biological Applications December 2008 and Master Supervisor of Miriam Varoacuten (2009) Lorena

Garciacutea (2009) Joan Comenge (2009) and Zoeuml Megson (2010) He is currently supervising 8 PhD students

Lecturer (Professor) in the Biomedicine module within the Master in Nanotechnology program offered by the

Universitat Autogravenoma de Barcelona (UAB) from 2008 to 2012

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 15 15

Referee for Nature Materials Nature Nanotechnology Nano Letters ACS Nano Journal of the American Chemical

Society The Journal of Physical Chemistry Langmuir Chemistry of Materials Journal of Applied Physics The Journal of

Physical Chemistry Letters among others

Finally I am very proud that after being the first ranked as Ramon y Cajal applicant in 2003 now my group is hosting

Dr Neus Bastus first ranked Ramon y Cajal position in the area of ldquoEngineering and Technologyrdquo in the last call

November 2012

Other details and information can be found at the website of the Inorganic Nanoparticles Group

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 13 15

DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

Public Awareness of Science has been a central interest of our group since its beginnings The activities developed

include talks to non-specialized audiences internet platforms science and art videos and science divulgation videos

science museum exhibitions electronic and hardcopy books and other platforms including art exhibitions (being the more

recent AC gallery Madrid and La casa del Libro San Francisco) on NP microscopy images and televisionradio

interviews The group has also won the 2011 FOTCIENCIA edition

The target puacuteblic has been from general science and young investigators to the elder or children as young as 7 years old

(introduction to nanotechnology and demonstrative experiments) For that we have obtained funds from private

organizations and local administrations Recently our ebook of 2013 entitled Nanoparticles Before Nanotechnology

with more than 12000 downloads and still promoted We also published in 2013 a large-format photography book about

the ldquoNanocosmosrdquo in Colombia Another example is Goldlight a joined collaboration between ING group and old town

jewellers of Barcelona which led to the creation of ldquoquantum jewelleryrdquo based on colloidal solutions of hollow Au NPs It

was recently featured in The Guardian after appearing in the Spanish Jewels Journal (25000 copies) and El Periodico

Similarly our Science paper was featured on the BBC among many others highlighting the possibilities of NPs in

medicine Our spin-off Nanotargeting was featured in La Vanguardia and our work in Ara and our exhibition at

CosmoCaixa (TEcnoRevolucioacuten I and II Barcelona and Madrid) in El Mundo among other interviews for local and

international TVs ndashTV Vallegraves TV25- and radio as COM Radio and PUNT Radio We appeared also twice in Spanish

national TV Informe Semanal

VP is one of the winners ldquoPremios Iberoamericanos a la Innovacioacuten y el Emprendimientordquo

Secretaria Gneral Iberoamericana (SEGIB) (2013)

VP is one of the winners ldquoPremio Fondo de Emprendedoresrdquo Fundacioacuten Repsol (2013)

VP is the founder and director of NanoWiki a digital online platform created in 2008 whose aim is to track the evolution

of paradigms and discoveries in nanoscience and nanotechnology Moreover through Nanowiki VP has published 5

books being the last one May 2013 Nanocoloreja (and Nanocolorea) targeting children About explaining

Nanotechnology to highlight the following

VPuntes ldquoNanocolorejardquo httpissuucomedicionsnanowikidocsnanocoloreja__ca_web

V Puntes ldquoNanoparticles Before Nanotechnologyrdquo

ISBN 978-84-695-6677-0 httpnanowikiinfo5B5BNanoparticles20Before20Nanotechnology5D5D

V Puntes ldquoNanotechnology Engines Onrdquo

ISBN 978-84-615-3293-3

httpnanowikiinfo5B5B22Nanotechnology3A20Engines20On225D5D

V Puntes ldquoNanotechnology balancing the promisesrdquo

ISBN 978-84-615-3293-6

httpnanowikiinfo5B5BNanotechnology3A20balancing20the20promises5D5D

The first one Nanoparticles Before Nnaotechnology has been downloaded more than 14000 times

VP has an active role in science promotion and dissemination Apart from NanoWiki activities in this area VP has been

interviewed in different radio and TV shows (Catalunya Radio COM Radio PUNT Radio INforme Semanal TV25

VallegravesTV BTV) takes part in several local educative projects such as Escolab and Joves i Ciencia has participated in

panels and debates such as

Round table discussion on ldquoSafety and Societyrdquo Invited panelist at NanoFormulation 2012 an event organized by the

EU-FP7 Project InForm Barcelona Spain May 30 2012

ldquoLa seguridad de los nanomaterialesrdquo Invited talk at Impacto de la Nanotecnologiacutea en la Cosmeacutetica a scientific-

technical workshop organized by the Spanish Society of Cosmetic Chemistry (Sociedad Espantildeola de Quiacutemicos

Cosmeacuteticos - SEQC) Barcelona Spain November 11 2010

Estudio prospectivo sobre materiales inteligentes ndash Sector Saludrdquo Invited panellist in the Health sector at the

workshop series organized by Tecnalia and the Observatorio de Prospectiva Tecnoacutelogica Industrial (OPTI) Madrid

Spain October 20 2010

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 14 15

VP and collaborators have written several dissemination articles

1 Loacutepez C Saacutenchez A amp Puntes V (2013) Nanopartiacuteculas inorgaacutenicas Riesgos y beneficios ambientales

Investigacioacuten y Ciencia 437 (February) 12ndash14

2 Puntes V amp Garcia Hom A (2009) Nanopanic or Nanoeuphoria Nanoinfo Megravetode (63) 74ndash79

3 Gatti A amp Puntes V (2009) Scientists still wondering ndash Industry already selling NANO Magazine 12 28ndash30

4 Puntes V F (2004) Cobalt nanostructures Investigacioacuten y Ciencia 332

5 Puntes V F amp Esteve Pujol J (2003) Nanoparticles inorganic molecules Revista

de Fiacutesica 24(1) 38ndash42

VP was co-organizer of the Barcelona International Center of Scientific Debate (B-Debate) on ldquoNanotechnologies in

Healthrdquo 2013 at the CosmoCaixa

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Scientific advisor for Nanonica a Switzerland-based company devoted to transfer knowledge from universities to

industry In 2012 Nanonica and ICN joined efforts in creating NanoTargeting a startup company focused on drug

delivery applications of nanotechnology in which Viacutector Puntes has a leading scientific role

Scientific Director of the Centre for BioNanoSafety and Sustainability (CNBSS) from 2009 to 2012 The CNBSS

was an initiative of Catalan Institute of Nanotechnology (ICN) and the LEITAT Technological Centre in response to

the emerging need to rationalise and assess the risks of new nanotechnologies and to promote it safe and sustainable

uses in industry and for the society in general

Moreover VP pioneered the nanotechnology and knowledge transfer in the Catalonia area already in 2007 by funding

what today constitutes ENDOR Nanotechnologies

Victor Puntes is also co-founder of Applied Nanoparticles a spin off company sponsored by Repsol dedicated to

bring nanotechnology solutions to Energy and the Environment [wwwappliednanoparticleseu]

Also VP has been providing designed NPs to the WRAIR and the Uniteacute Interactions Hocircte-Pathogenes for the

development of prophylactic vaccines against malaria and anthrax and therapeutic against micobacteria

VP also participates as chair of the NANONICA PRIZE awards jury

[httpwwwnanonicaprizeorgindexphpbreakthrough-of-the-year] and in the jury of the Premis Ciutat de Barcelona

[httppremsabcncatwp-contentuploads201402DP-Premis-Ciutat-de-Barcelona-okpdf]

VP is on the editorial board of Journal of Colloids and Interface Sciences and Nanowiki and recently member of the

NYAS (New York Academy of Sciences)

PhD Supervisor of Dr Ngoc Tran Thi Thanh The life of nanoparticles in contact with biological media and

entities October 2014 Dr Lorena Garcia Introducing Gold Nanoparticles Bioconjugates within the Biological

Machinery July 2013 Dr Joan Comenge Gold Nanoparticles as Drug Delivery Agents Detoxifying the Drug

Cisplatin July 2013 Dr Miriam Varoacuten Synthesis of Nanoparticles and Nanostructured Materials by Self-Assembly

May 2012 Dr Eudald Casals Reactivity and Impact of Inorganic Nanoparticles in Biological Environments

Building Up NanoSafety January 2012 Dr Edgar Gonzaacutelez Synthetic Route for the Production of Multilevel

Hollow-Nanostructured Nanoparticles at Room Temperature April 2011 Dr Neus Bastuacutes Gold Nanoparticles

Conjugates for Biological Applications December 2008 and Master Supervisor of Miriam Varoacuten (2009) Lorena

Garciacutea (2009) Joan Comenge (2009) and Zoeuml Megson (2010) He is currently supervising 8 PhD students

Lecturer (Professor) in the Biomedicine module within the Master in Nanotechnology program offered by the

Universitat Autogravenoma de Barcelona (UAB) from 2008 to 2012

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 15 15

Referee for Nature Materials Nature Nanotechnology Nano Letters ACS Nano Journal of the American Chemical

Society The Journal of Physical Chemistry Langmuir Chemistry of Materials Journal of Applied Physics The Journal of

Physical Chemistry Letters among others

Finally I am very proud that after being the first ranked as Ramon y Cajal applicant in 2003 now my group is hosting

Dr Neus Bastus first ranked Ramon y Cajal position in the area of ldquoEngineering and Technologyrdquo in the last call

November 2012

Other details and information can be found at the website of the Inorganic Nanoparticles Group

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 14 15

VP and collaborators have written several dissemination articles

1 Loacutepez C Saacutenchez A amp Puntes V (2013) Nanopartiacuteculas inorgaacutenicas Riesgos y beneficios ambientales

Investigacioacuten y Ciencia 437 (February) 12ndash14

2 Puntes V amp Garcia Hom A (2009) Nanopanic or Nanoeuphoria Nanoinfo Megravetode (63) 74ndash79

3 Gatti A amp Puntes V (2009) Scientists still wondering ndash Industry already selling NANO Magazine 12 28ndash30

4 Puntes V F (2004) Cobalt nanostructures Investigacioacuten y Ciencia 332

5 Puntes V F amp Esteve Pujol J (2003) Nanoparticles inorganic molecules Revista

de Fiacutesica 24(1) 38ndash42

VP was co-organizer of the Barcelona International Center of Scientific Debate (B-Debate) on ldquoNanotechnologies in

Healthrdquo 2013 at the CosmoCaixa

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Scientific advisor for Nanonica a Switzerland-based company devoted to transfer knowledge from universities to

industry In 2012 Nanonica and ICN joined efforts in creating NanoTargeting a startup company focused on drug

delivery applications of nanotechnology in which Viacutector Puntes has a leading scientific role

Scientific Director of the Centre for BioNanoSafety and Sustainability (CNBSS) from 2009 to 2012 The CNBSS

was an initiative of Catalan Institute of Nanotechnology (ICN) and the LEITAT Technological Centre in response to

the emerging need to rationalise and assess the risks of new nanotechnologies and to promote it safe and sustainable

uses in industry and for the society in general

Moreover VP pioneered the nanotechnology and knowledge transfer in the Catalonia area already in 2007 by funding

what today constitutes ENDOR Nanotechnologies

Victor Puntes is also co-founder of Applied Nanoparticles a spin off company sponsored by Repsol dedicated to

bring nanotechnology solutions to Energy and the Environment [wwwappliednanoparticleseu]

Also VP has been providing designed NPs to the WRAIR and the Uniteacute Interactions Hocircte-Pathogenes for the

development of prophylactic vaccines against malaria and anthrax and therapeutic against micobacteria

VP also participates as chair of the NANONICA PRIZE awards jury

[httpwwwnanonicaprizeorgindexphpbreakthrough-of-the-year] and in the jury of the Premis Ciutat de Barcelona

[httppremsabcncatwp-contentuploads201402DP-Premis-Ciutat-de-Barcelona-okpdf]

VP is on the editorial board of Journal of Colloids and Interface Sciences and Nanowiki and recently member of the

NYAS (New York Academy of Sciences)

PhD Supervisor of Dr Ngoc Tran Thi Thanh The life of nanoparticles in contact with biological media and

entities October 2014 Dr Lorena Garcia Introducing Gold Nanoparticles Bioconjugates within the Biological

Machinery July 2013 Dr Joan Comenge Gold Nanoparticles as Drug Delivery Agents Detoxifying the Drug

Cisplatin July 2013 Dr Miriam Varoacuten Synthesis of Nanoparticles and Nanostructured Materials by Self-Assembly

May 2012 Dr Eudald Casals Reactivity and Impact of Inorganic Nanoparticles in Biological Environments

Building Up NanoSafety January 2012 Dr Edgar Gonzaacutelez Synthetic Route for the Production of Multilevel

Hollow-Nanostructured Nanoparticles at Room Temperature April 2011 Dr Neus Bastuacutes Gold Nanoparticles

Conjugates for Biological Applications December 2008 and Master Supervisor of Miriam Varoacuten (2009) Lorena

Garciacutea (2009) Joan Comenge (2009) and Zoeuml Megson (2010) He is currently supervising 8 PhD students

Lecturer (Professor) in the Biomedicine module within the Master in Nanotechnology program offered by the

Universitat Autogravenoma de Barcelona (UAB) from 2008 to 2012

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 15 15

Referee for Nature Materials Nature Nanotechnology Nano Letters ACS Nano Journal of the American Chemical

Society The Journal of Physical Chemistry Langmuir Chemistry of Materials Journal of Applied Physics The Journal of

Physical Chemistry Letters among others

Finally I am very proud that after being the first ranked as Ramon y Cajal applicant in 2003 now my group is hosting

Dr Neus Bastus first ranked Ramon y Cajal position in the area of ldquoEngineering and Technologyrdquo in the last call

November 2012

Other details and information can be found at the website of the Inorganic Nanoparticles Group

Viacutector F Puntes ndash CV January 2015 ndash Pag 15 15

Referee for Nature Materials Nature Nanotechnology Nano Letters ACS Nano Journal of the American Chemical

Society The Journal of Physical Chemistry Langmuir Chemistry of Materials Journal of Applied Physics The Journal of

Physical Chemistry Letters among others

Finally I am very proud that after being the first ranked as Ramon y Cajal applicant in 2003 now my group is hosting

Dr Neus Bastus first ranked Ramon y Cajal position in the area of ldquoEngineering and Technologyrdquo in the last call

November 2012

Other details and information can be found at the website of the Inorganic Nanoparticles Group