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Overview

Eduardo Ruiz-Hitzky is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research focuses primarily on materials science and engineering, with significant contributions spanning materials chemistry, biomaterials, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's work explores diverse topics including:

  • Graphene and nanomaterials applications
  • Clay minerals and soil interactions
  • MXene and MAX phase materials
  • Graphene research and applications
  • Therapeutic uses of natural elements
  • Supercapacitor materials and fabrication
  • Biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties

Key recent publications highlight their involvement in advanced materials relevant to healthcare and environmental applications. These include:

  • Nanotechnology Responses to COVID-19 (2020), published in Advanced Healthcare Materials
  • MXene-Enhanced Chitin Composite Sponges with Antibacterial and Hemostatic Activity for Wound Healing (2022), Advanced Healthcare Materials
  • Pod-inspired MXene/porous carbon microspheres with ultrahigh adsorption capacity towards crystal violet (2021), Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Graphene Derivatives in Biopolymer-Based Composites for Food Packaging Applications (2020), Nanomaterials
  • Nacre-inspired biodegradable nanocellulose/MXene/AgNPs films with high strength and superior gas barrier properties (2022), Carbohydrate Polymers

Frequent coauthors in their body of work include:

  • Pîlar Aranda
  • Margarita Darder
  • Ana Barra
  • Cláudia Nunes
  • Paula Ferreira

The researcher has published extensively in specific venues emphasizing materials and engineering disciplines. Prominent publication venues are:

  • Applied Clay Science
  • Advanced Healthcare Materials
  • Carbon
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Chemical Engineering Journal

Their profile reflects a multidisciplinary approach integrating materials chemistry, biomaterials, and biomedical engineering to address practical challenges in healthcare, environmental remediation, and sustainable materials development.

Best Publications

  • Biopolymer−Clay Nanocomposites Based on Chitosan Intercalated in Montmorillonite

    Margarita Darder;and Montserrat Colilla;Eduardo Ruiz-Hitzky

  • Bionanocomposites: A New Concept of Ecological, Bioinspired, and Functional Hybrid Materials

    Margarita Darder;Pilar Aranda;Eduardo Ruiz-Hitzky

  • Poly(ethylene oxide)-silicate intercalation materials

    Pilar Aranda;Eduardo Ruiz-Hitzky

  • Molecular access to intracrystalline tunnelsof sepiolite

    Eduardo Ruiz-Hitzky

  • History of Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Materials: Prehistory, Art, Science, and Advanced Applications

    Marco Faustini;Lionel Nicole;Eduardo Ruiz-Hitzky;Clément Sanchez

  • Chitosan–clay nanocomposites: application as electrochemical sensors

    Margarita Darder;Montserrat Colilla;Eduardo Ruiz-Hitzky

  • Conducting Polymers Intercalated in Layered Solids

    Eduardo Ruiz-Hitzky

  • Advances in Biomimetic and Nanostructured Biohybrid Materials

    Eduardo Ruiz-Hitzky;Margarita Darder;Pilar Aranda;Katsuhiko Ariga

  • Hybrid materials based on clays for environmental and biomedical applications

    Eduardo Ruiz-Hitzky;Pilar Aranda;Margarita Darder;Giora Rytwo

  • Bio-Nanocomposites Based on Layered Double Hydroxides

    Margarita Darder;† Mar López-Blanco;Pilar Aranda;and Fabrice Leroux

  • Bionanocomposites based on alginate–zein/layered double hydroxide materials as drug delivery systems

    A. C. S. Alcântara;P. Aranda;M. Darder;E. Ruiz-Hitzky

  • Functional biopolymer nanocomposites based on layered solids

    Eduardo Ruiz-Hitzky;Margarita Darder;Pilar Aranda

  • Selective Functionalization of Mesoporous Silica

    F. de Juan;E. Ruiz-Hitzky

  • Polymer‐salt intercalation complexes in layer silicates

    Eduardo Ruiz-Hitzky;Pilar Aranda

  • Pectin-coated chitosan–LDH bionanocomposite beads as potential systems for colon-targeted drug delivery

    Lígia N.M. Ribeiro;Ana C.S. Alcântara;Margarita Darder;Pilar Aranda

  • Fibrous clays based bionanocomposites

    Eduardo Ruiz-Hitzky;Margarita Darder;Francisco M. Fernandes;Bernd Wicklein

  • Microfibrous Chitosan−Sepiolite Nanocomposites

    Margarita Darder;Mar Lopez-Blanco;Pilar Aranda;Antonio J. Aznar

  • Hybrid and biohybrid silicate based materials: molecular vs. block-assembling bottom–up processes

    Eduardo Ruiz-Hitzky;Pilar Aranda;Margarita Darder;Makoto Ogawa;Makoto Ogawa

  • Intracrystalline grafting on layer silicic acids

    E. Ruiz-Hitzky;J. M. Rojo

  • Supported graphene from natural resources: easy preparation and applications.

    Eduardo Ruiz-Hitzky;Margarita Darder;Francisco M. Fernandes;Ezzouhra Zatile

Frequent Co-Authors

Pilar Aranda
Pilar Aranda Spanish National Research Council
Margarita Darder
Margarita Darder Spanish National Research Council
Makoto Ogawa
Makoto Ogawa Waseda University
Carolina Belver
Carolina Belver Autonomous University of Madrid
Manuel Vázquez
Manuel Vázquez Spanish National Research Council
Jesús Sanz
Jesús Sanz Spanish National Research Council
Alvaro Mayoral
Alvaro Mayoral ShanghaiTech University
Clément Sanchez
Clément Sanchez Collège de France
Katsuhiko Ariga
Katsuhiko Ariga National Institute for Materials Science

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