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Journal articles

• Casasin-Garcia, M. L.; Khanmohammadi, H.; Mitchell, S. G.; Espallargas, N. Polyoxometalate-ionic liquids (POM-ILs) – a new type of ionic liquid additive family for lubricants. RSC ADVANCES. 2025. DOI: 10.1039/d4ra07526a
  
  
• Miralles-Comins, Sara; Zanatta, Marcileia; García Embid, Sonia; Alleva, María; Chiappone, Annalisa; Roppolo, Ignazio; Mitchell, Scott G.; Sans, Victor. Development of high-resolution 3D printable polymerizable ionic liquids for antimicrobial applications. DEVICE. 2024. DOI: 10.1016/j.device.2023.100224
  
  
• Ferrando, Ricardo; Mitchell, Scott G.; Atrián-Blasco, Elena; Cerrada, Elena. Antibacterial properties of phosphine gold(i) complexes with 5-fluorouracil. DALTON TRANSACTIONS. 2023. DOI: 10.1039/d3dt01159c
  
  
• Nunes, M.; Wanzeller Martins, G.; Sarraguça, J.; Olival, F.; Moita, P.; Mitchell, Scott G.; Claro, A.; Ferreira, T. Multi-analytical characterisation of blotting sands on documents from religious orders in Portugal (16th-19th centuries). SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY. 2023. DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2023.123204
  
  
• Eyssautier-Chuine, S.; Franco-Castillo, I.; Misra, A.; Hubert, J.; Vaillant-Gaveau, N.; Streb, C.; Mitchell, S. G. Evaluating the durability and performance of polyoxometalate-ionic liquid coatings on calcareous stones: Preventing biocolonisation in outdoor environments. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT. 2023. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163739
  
  
• Nunes, M.; Olival, F.; Mitchell, S. G.; Claro, A.; Ferreira, T. A holistic approach to understanding the iron-gall inks in the historical documents of the Portuguese Inquisition (1570–1790). MICRON. 2023. DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2022.103396
  
  
• Aureliano, M.; Mitchell, S. G.; Yin, P. Editorial: Emerging polyoxometalates with biological, biomedical, and health applications. FRONTIERS IN CHEMISTRY. 2022. DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2022.977317
  
  
• Franco-Castillo, I.; Misra, A.; Laratte, S.; Gommeaux, M.; Perarnau, R.; Vaillant-Gaveau, N.; Pierlot, C.; Streb, C.; Mitchell, S. G.; Eyssautier-Chuine, S. New protective coatings against lampenflora growing in the Pommery Champagne cellar. INTERNATIONAL BIODETERIORATION & BIODEGRADATION. 2022. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2022.105459
  
  
• Soria-Carrera, H.; Atrián-Blasco, E.; de la Fuente, J. M.; Mitchell, S. G.; Martín-Rapún, R. Polyoxometalate-polypeptide nanoassemblies as peroxidase surrogates with antibiofilm properties. NANOSCALE. 2022. DOI: 10.1039/d1nr08223j
  
  
• Soria-Carrera, Héctor; Atrián-Blasco, Elena; Martín-Rapún, Rafael; Mitchell, Scott G. Polyoxometalate–peptide hybrid materials: from structure–property relationships to applications. CHEMICAL SCIENCE. 2022. DOI: 10.1039/d2sc05105b
  
  
• Wales , D.J.; Miralles-Comins, S.; Franco-Castillo, I.; Cameron, J.M.; Cao, Q.; Karjalainen, E.; Alves Fernandes, J.; Newton, G.N.; Mitchell, S.G.; Sans, V. Decoupling manufacturing from application in additive manufactured antimicrobial materials. BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE. 2021. DOI: 10.1039/d1bm00430a
  
  
• Soria-Carrera, H.; Franco-Castillo, I.; Romero, P.; Martin, S.; de la Fuente, J.M.; Mitchell, S.G.; Martin-Rapun, R. On-POM Ring-Opening Polymerisation of N-Carboxyanhydrides. ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE (INTERNATIONAL ED.). 2021. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202013563
  
  
• Franco-Castillo, I.; Hierro, L.; de la Fuente, J.M.; Seral-Ascaso, A.; Mitchell, S.G. Perspectives for antimicrobial nanomaterials in cultural heritage conservation. CHEM. 2021. DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2021.01.006
  
  
• Bastami, T.R.; Ghaedi, A.; Mitchell, S.G.; Javadian-Saraf, A.; Karimi, M. Sonochemical synthesis of polyoxometalate-stabilized gold nanoparticles for point-of-care determination of acetaminophen levels: preclinical study in an animal model. RSC ADVANCES. 2020. DOI: 10.1039/d0ra00931h
  
  
• Rajkowska, K.; Koziróg, A.; Otlewska, A.; Piotrowska, M.; Atrián-Blasco, E.; Franco-Castillo, I.; Mitchell, S.G. Antifungal Activity of Polyoxometalate-Ionic Liquids on Historical Brick. MOLECULES. 2020. DOI: 10.3390/molecules25235663
  
  
• Valls, A.; Andreu, J.J.; Falomir, E.; Luis, S.V.; Atrián-Blasco, E.; Mitchell, S.G.; Altava, B. Imidazole and imidazolium antibacterial drugs derived from amino acids. PHARMACEUTICALS. 2020. DOI: 10.3390/ph13120482
  
  
• Artiga, Álvaro; Ramos-Sánchez, Francisco; Serrano-Sevilla, Inés; de Matteis, Laura; Mitchell, Scott G.; Sánchez-Somolinos, Carlos; Martínez de la Fuente, Jesús. Inkjet-Based Technology for Microencapsulation of Gold Nanoparticles within Biocompatible Hydrogels. PARTICLE AND PARTICLE SYSTEMS CHARACTERIZATION. 2020. DOI: 10.1002/ppsc.202000026
  
  
• Bastami, T.R.; Ghaedi, A.; Mitchell, S.G.; Javadian-Saraf, A.; Karimi, M. Erratum: Sonochemical synthesis of polyoxometalate-stabilized gold nanoparticles for point-of-care determination of acetaminophen levels: preclinical study in an animal model (RSC Adv. (2020) 10 (16805–16816) DOI: 10.1039/D0RA00931H). RSC ADVANCES. 2020. DOI: 10.1039/d0ra90056g
  
  
• Ramírez Jiménez, Rafael; Artiga, Álvaro; Mitchell, Scott G.; Martín Rapún, Rafael; de la Fuente, Jesús M. Surfactant-free synthesis and scalable purification of triangular gold nanoprisms with low non-specific cellular uptake. NANOMATERIALS. 2020. DOI: 10.3390/nano10030539
  
  
• Estevez, María Belén; Raffaelli, Sofía; Mitchell, Scott G.; Faccio, Ricardo; Alborés, Silvana. Biofilm eradication using biogenic silver nanoparticles. MOLECULES. 2020. DOI: 10.3390/molecules25092023
  
  
• Ahmadpour, A.; Khadempir, S.; Ashraf, N.; Mitchell, S. G.; Ahangari, M. H. A one-pot route for the synthesis of Au@Pd/PMo12/rGO as a dual functional electrocatalyst for ethanol electro-oxidation and hydrogen evolution reaction. RSC ADVANCES. 2019. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra06915a
  
  
• Estevez, M.B.; Mitchell, S.G.; Faccio, R.; Alborés, S. Biogenic silver nanoparticles: Understanding the antimicrobial mechanism using Confocal Raman Microscopy. MATERIALS RESEARCH EXPRESS. 2019. DOI: 10.1088/2053-1591/ab6636
  
  
• Julián, Ignacio; Hueso, José L.; Lara, Nidya; Sole-Daura, Albert; Poblet, Josep M.; Mitchell, Scott G.; Mallada, Reyes; Santamaría, Jesús. Polyoxometalates as alternative Mo precursors for methane dehydroaromatization on Mo/zsm-5 and Mo/mcm-22 catalysts. CATALYSIS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. 2019. DOI: 10.1039/c9cy01490j
  
  
• Franco Castillo, Isabel; de Matteis, Laura; Marquina, Clara; García Guillén, Esther; Martínez de la Fuente, Jesús; Mitchell, Scott G. Protection of 18th century paper using antimicrobial nano-magnesium oxide. INTERNATIONAL BIODETERIORATION & BIODEGRADATION. 2019. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2018.04.004
  
  
• Franco Castillo, Isabel; García Guillén, Esther; Martínez de la Fuente, Jesús; Silva, Filomena; Mitchell, Scott G. Preventing fungal growth on heritage paper with antifungal and cellulase inhibiting magnesium oxide nanoparticles. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY B. 2019. DOI: 10.1039/c9tb00992b
  
  
• Artiga, Á.; Serrano-Sevilla, I.; de Matteis, L.; Mitchell, S.G.; de la Fuente, J.M. Current status and future perspectives of gold nanoparticle vectors for siRNA delivery. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY B. 2019. DOI: 10.1039/c8tb02484g
  
  
• Artiga, A.; Garcia-Embid, S.; de Matteis, L.; Mitchell, S.G.; de la Fuente, J.M. Effective in Vitro Photokilling by Cell-Adhesive Gold Nanorods. FRONTIERS IN CHEMISTRY. 2018. DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2018.00234
  
  
• Misra, A.; Franco Castillo, I.; Müller, D.P.; González, C.; Eyssautier-Chuine, S.; Ziegler, A.; de la Fuente, J.M.; Mitchell, S.G.; Streb, C. Polyoxometalate-Ionic Liquids (POM-ILs) as Anticorrosion and Antibacterial Coatings for Natural Stones. ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE (INTERNATIONAL ED.). 2018. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201809893
  
  
• Kubo, A.-L.; Kremer, L.; Herrmann, S.; Mitchell, S.G.; Bondarenko, O.M.; Kahru, A.; Streb, C. Antimicrobial activity of polyoxometalate ionic liquids against clinically relevant pathogens. CHEMPLUSCHEM. 2017. DOI: 10.1002/cplu.201700251
  
  
• Seliverstov, A.;Rangus, M.;Hartmann, M.;Mitchell, S. G.;Streb, C. Instantaneous formation of polyoxometalate-based cerium vanadium oxide gels. INORGANIC CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS. 2017. DOI: 10.1039/c6qi00457a
  
  
• Pérez-Hernández, Marta; Moros, María; Stepien, Grazyna; del Pino, Pablo; Menao, Sebastián; Heras, Marcelo de Las; Arias, Maykel; Mitchell, Scott G.; Pelaz, Beatriz ; Gálvez, Eva M.; Fuente, Jesús M. de La; Pardo, Julián. Multiparametric analysis of anti-proliferative and apoptotic effects of gold nanoprisms on mouse and human primary and transformed cells, biodistribution and toxicity in vivo. PARTICLE AND FIBRE TOXICOLOGY. 2017. DOI: 10.1186/s12989-017-0222-4
  
  
• Kubo, A.L.; Kremer, L.; Herrmann, S.; Mitchell, S.G.; Bondarenko, O.M.; Kahru, A.; Streb, C. Antimicrobial activity of polyoxometalate ionic liquids (POM-ILs) against clinically relevant pathogens. TOXICOLOGY LETTERS. 2017. DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2017.07.544
  
  
• Herrmann, S.; de Matteis, L.; Martínez de la Fuente, J.; Mitchell, S.G.; Streb, C. Removal of Multiple Contaminants from Water by Polyoxometalate Supported Ionic Liquid Phases (POM-SILPs). ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE (INTERNATIONAL ED.). 2017. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201611072
  
  
• Maicas Gabas, I.; Stepien, G.; Moros, M.; Mitchell, S.G.; Martinez de la Fuente, J. In vitro cell cytotoxicity profile and morphological response to polyoxometalate-stabilised gold nanoparticles. NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY. 2016. DOI: 10.1039/c5nj02775f
  
  
• Alfranca, G.; Artiga, Á.; Stepien, G.; Moros, M.; Mitchell, S. G.; Fuente, de la. Gold nanoprism-nanorod face off: Comparing the heating efficiency, cellular internalization and thermoablation capacity. NANOMEDICINE. 2016. DOI: 10.2217/nnm-2016-0257
  
  
• Pérez-Hernández, M.; del Pino, P.; Mitchell, S. G.; Moros, M.; Stepien, G.; Pelaz, B.; Parak, W. J.; Gálvez, E. M.; Pardo, J.; de la Fuente, J.M. Dissecting the molecular mechanism of apoptosis during photothermal therapy using gold nanoprisms. ACS NANO. 2015. DOI: 10.1021/nn505468v
  
  
• Khadempir,S.; Ahmadpour,A.; Hamed Mosavian,M. T.; Ashraf,N.; Bamoharram,F. F.; Mitchell,S. G.; Fuente,de la. A polyoxometalate-assisted approach for synthesis of Pd nanoparticles on graphene nanosheets: Synergistic behaviour for enhanced electrocatalytic activity. RSC ADVANCES. 2015. DOI: 10.1039/c5ra01084e
  
  
• Fratila, Raluca M.; Mitchell, Scott M.; Grazu, Valeria; del Pino, Pablo; Martínez de la Fuente, Jesús. Strategies for the biofunctionalization of gold and iron oxide nanoparticles. LANGMUIR. 2014. DOI: 10.1021/la5015658
  
  
• Puértolas, B.; García-Andújar, L.; García, T.; Navarro, M. V.; Mitchell, S.; Pérez-Ramírez, J. Bifunctional Cu/H-ZSM-5 zeolite with hierarchical porosity for hydrocarbon abatement under cold-start conditions. APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL. 2014. DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2014.02.013
  
  
• de Matteis,L.; Mitchell,S. G.; Fuente,de la. Supramolecular antimicrobial capsules assembled from polyoxometalates and chitosan. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY B. 2014. DOI: 10.1039/c4tb01460j
  
  
• Moros, M.;Mitchell, S. G.;Grazú, V.;Fuente, de la. The fate of nanocarriers as nanomedicines in vivo: Important considerations and biological barriers to overcome. CURRENT MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY. 2013. DOI: 10.2174/0929867311320220003
  
  
• Mitchell,S. G.; Fuente,de la. Simultaneous synthesis of polyoxometalates and metal nanoparticles from molecular precursors - Redox-active microreactors and functional nanomaterials. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY. 2013. DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201301116
  
  

Conference presentations

• Nunes, M.; Martins, G. Wanzeller; Sarraguça, J.; Olival, F.; Moita, P.; Mitchell, Scott G.; Claro, A.; Ferreira, T. Litteras arena conspergere. Uncovering blotting sands on the Portuguese Inquisition documents. JOURNAL OF CULTURAL HERITAGE. 2023. DOI: 10.1016/j.culher.2023.04.003
  
  

Projects

• GrafCoM – Sensor de Grafeno para el Control de la proliferación de Mohos en patrimonio cultural. 01/03/25 - 31/12/25
  
  
• PROY_E26_24. Combatiendo el biodeterioro de pinturas de óleo sobre lienzo utilizando nanomateriales antimicrobianos adhesivos (COMBINA). 01/01/24 - 31/12/26
  
  
• PID2022-141276OB-I00. HIBRIDOS ORGANICOS E INORGANICOS BASADOS EN POLIOXOMETALATOS PARA AFRONTAR LA AMENAZA DE LA RESISTENCIA A LOS TRATAMIENTOS ANTIFUNGICOS. 01/09/23 - 31/08/26
  
  
• 2023AEP031 AYUDAS EXTRAORDINARIAS PARA LA PREPACION DE PROYECTOS 2023. 01/06/23 - 30/11/23
  
  
• HE/EIC/0207. BIOCATALYTIC MEMBRANES FOR MICRO/NANO PLASTIC DEGRADATION WITHIN WASTE WATER EFFLUENTS (BMREX). GA 101099528. 01/04/23 - 30/09/26
  
  
• EUREKArt: Communicating European Science Research Knowledge through Arts. 01/04/21 - 31/03/23
  
  
• PID2019-109333RB-I00. POLIMEROS: APROXIMACIONES INNOVADORAS A ANTIMICROBIANOS DE AMPLIO ESPECTRO. 01/06/20 - 31/05/23
  
  
• E15_20R. BIOFUNCIONALIZACIÓN DE NANOPARTÍCULAS Y SUPERFICIES (BIONANOSURF). 01/01/20 - 31/12/22
  
  
• LINKA20270. POMLYMERS: COMBATING ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE WITH HYBRID ANTIMICROBIAL MATERIALS. 01/01/20 - 31/12/21
  
  
• H2020-MSCA-IF-2018-845427. Peptide-functionalized POMs as biofilm disruption agents: searching for synergy in bactericidal materials. 01/06/19 - 31/05/21
  
  
• FGCC-2019-0013. Queremos ConCienciaArte. 01/03/19 - 31/12/19
  
  
• PIE 201860I005. LÍQUIDOS IÓNICOS DE POLIOXOMETALATOS COMO RECUBRIMIENTOS ANTIMICROBIANOS PARA SUPERFICIES PÉTREAS. 22/11/18 - 21/11/19
  
  
• FCT-17-12643. HI SCORE SCIENCIE-APRENDE CIENCIA JUGANDO. 01/11/18 - 31/03/19
  
  
• LMP49_18: ENVASES ACTIVOS PARA MEJORAR LA SEGURIDAD ALIMENTARIA UTILIZANDO NANOMATERIALES BIFUNCIONALES ANTIMICROBIANOS Y ANTIOXIDANTES. 15/09/18 - 30/11/20
  
  
• E15_17R. BIOFUNCIONALIZACIÓN DE NANOPARTÍCULAS Y SUPERFICIES (BIONANOSURF). 01/01/17 - 31/12/19
  
  
• GRUPO DE NANOTECNOLOGÍA Y APOPTOSIS (NAP). 01/01/16 - 31/12/16
  
  
• NANOMATERIALES ANTIMICROBIANOS PARA LA PRESERVACION DEL PATRIMONIO CULTURAL. 01/09/15 - 31/08/18
  
  
• Proyecto ComFuturo. 01/09/15 - 31/08/18
  
  
• GRUPO DE NANOTECNOLOGIA Y APOPTOSIS (NAP). 01/01/15 - 31/12/15
  
  
• GRUPO CONSOLIDADO DE INVESTIGACIÓN APLICADA E93 GRUPO DE NANOTECNOLOGÍA Y APOPTOSIS (NAP). 01/01/14 - 31/12/14
  
  
• COCOPOPS / The Complimentary Combination of Polyoxometalates and Metal Nanoparticles. 01/05/13 - 30/04/15
  
  
• GRUPO CONSOLIDADO DE INVESTIGACIÓN APLICADA E93 GRUPO DE NANOTERAPIA Y NANOBIOSENSORES (NAP). 01/01/13 - 31/12/13
  
  
• GRUPO CONSOLIDADO DE INVESTIGACIÓN APLICADA E93 NANOTERAPIA Y NANOBIOSENSORES. 01/01/11 - 31/12/12
  
  
• NANOPUZZLE / MULTIFUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES: TOWARDS SMART DRUGS DESIGN. 01/02/10 - 31/12/15
  
  

Contracts

• DETECCIÓN DE ALÉRGENOS Y PATÓGENOS ALIMENTARIOS MEDIANTE EL DESARROLLO DE UN INMUNOENSAYO DE FLUJO LATERAL TÉRMICO. 01/08/18 - 31/07/20
  
  
• ICMA-MATERIALES PARA APLICACIONES BIOLÓGICAS. 01/11/15 - 31/10/26
  
  

PhD supervision

• Preventing biodeterioration of cultural heritage using nanostructured materials. Universidad de Zaragoza. Sobresaliente cum laude. 07/10/22
  
  
• Gold nanoparticles and chitosan encapsulation for therapy and sensing. Universidad de Zaragoza. Sobresaliente cum laude. 17/12/20
  
  

Supervision of undergraduate dissertations

• Polímeros para la biofuncionalización de nanopartículas de oro. Universidad de Zaragoza. Sobresaliente. 06/10/17
  
  

Supervision of master's theses

• Antimicrobial organic-inorganic hybrids based on polyoxometales and polypeptides. Universidad de Zaragoza. Sobresaliente. 17/07/24
  
  
• Preventing microbially-influenced corrosion using polyoxometalate-ionic liquids. Universidad de Zaragoza. Sobresaliente. 20/07/23
  
  
• Evaluating the synergistic antimicrobial properties of polyoxometalate-peptide hybrids as biofilm prevention materials. Universidad de Zaragoza. Sobresaliente. 24/09/21
  
  
• Development and Optimization of Catalysts for Enhanced Methane Non-Oxidative Coupling Processes. Universidad de Zaragoza. Notable. 01/10/18
  
  
• Antimicrobial nanomaterials for cultural heritage conservation. Universidad de Zaragoza. Notable. 11/07/18
  
  
• Antimicrobial nanomaterials for cultural heritage conservation. Universidad de Zaragoza. Sobresaliente. 14/07/17
  
  
• Asymmetric Gold Nanoparticles as Photothermal Agents. Universidad de Zaragoza. Sobresaliente. 30/09/15
  
  
• Towards polyoxometalate-stabilized nanoparticles for bioapplicatios: in Vitro cytotoxicity profile and cellular response. Universidad de Zaragoza. Sobresaliente. 25/09/14
  
  
• Comparison of the synthesis and heating ability of biofunctionalized gold nanoprisms and nanorods for bioapplications. Universidad de Zaragoza. Matrícula de honor. 10/07/14
  
  

UNIZAR teaching activity

• Fundamental properties of nanostructured materials. Master's in Nanostructured Materials for Nanotechnology Applications. During academic year 2019-20
  
  
• Fundamental properties of nanostructured materials. Erasmus Mundus Master's in Membrane Engineering. During academic year 2019-20