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Patricia Horcajada

Patricia Horcajada

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Materials Science

D-Index
83
Citations
38727
World Ranking
2312
National Ranking
31

Chemistry

D-Index
84
Citations
39035
World Ranking
2753
National Ranking
63

Overview

Patricia Horcajada is affiliated with the IMDEA Energy Institute in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, with a significant emphasis on Materials Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. The scientist's work also spans Biomedical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The core of their research centers around Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs), covering their synthesis, properties, and applications. This work is reflected in a range of specialized topics, including:

  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Covalent Organic Framework Applications
  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis

Their publication record includes notable recent papers such as:

  • Metal-Organic Frameworks for the Removal of Emerging Organic Contaminants in Water (2020), published in Chemical Reviews
  • Toxicity of metal-organic framework nanoparticles: from essential analyses to potential applications (2022), published in Chemical Society Reviews
  • How Reproducible are Surface Areas Calculated from the BET Equation? (2022), published in Advanced Materials
  • A Robust and Biocompatible Bismuth Ellagate MOF Synthesized Under Green Ambient Conditions (2020), published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks in Agriculture (2022), published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Frequent collaborators include Sara Rojas, Pablo Salcedo-Abraira, Tania Hidalgo, Artem A. Babaryk, and Erik Svensson Grape. The number of collaborations with these coauthors ranges from 15 to 34 joint publications.

Patricia Horcajada regularly publishes in the following venues:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database (21 publications)
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (7 publications)
  • Advanced Materials (4 publications)
  • Nanomaterials (4 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (4 publications)

Best Publications

  • Porous metal–organic-framework nanoscale carriers as a potential platform for drug delivery and imaging

    Patricia Horcajada;Tamim Chalati;Christian Serre;Brigitte Gillet

  • Metal-organic frameworks in biomedicine.

    Patricia Horcajada;Ruxandra Gref;Tarek Baati;Phoebe K. Allan

  • Metal-organic frameworks as efficient materials for drug delivery.

    Patricia Horcajada;Christian Serre;María Vallet-Regí;Muriel Sebban

  • Flexible Porous Metal-Organic Frameworks for a Controlled Drug Delivery

    Patricia Horcajada;Christian Serre;Guillaume Maurin;Naseem A. Ramsahye

  • Synthesis and catalytic properties of MIL-100(Fe), an iron(III) carboxylate with large pores

    Patricia Horcajada;Suzy Surblé;Christian Serre;Do-Young Hong

  • BioMOFs: metal-organic frameworks for biological and medical applications.

    Alistair C. McKinlay;Russell E. Morris;Patricia Horcajada;Gérard Férey

  • Metal-Organic Frameworks for the Removal of Emerging Organic Contaminants in Water.

    Sara Rojas;Patricia Horcajada

  • Influence of pore size of MCM-41 matrices on drug delivery rate

    P. Horcajada;A. Rámila;J. Pérez-Pariente;M. Vallet-Regı́

  • Controlled Reducibility of a Metal–Organic Framework with Coordinatively Unsaturated Sites for Preferential Gas Sorption

    Ji Woong Yoon;You-Kyong Seo;Young Kyu Hwang;Jong-San Chang

  • High-throughput assisted rationalization of the formation of metal organic frameworks in the Iron(III) aminoterephthalate solvothermal system.

    Sebastian Bauer;Christian Serre;Thomas Devic;Patricia Horcajada

  • Nanostructured metal–organic frameworks and their bio-related applications

    M. Giménez-Marqués;T. Hidalgo;C. Serre;P. Horcajada

  • Functionalization in Flexible Porous Solids: Effects on the Pore Opening and the Host−Guest Interactions

    Thomas Devic;Patricia Horcajada;Christian Serre;Fabrice Salles

  • Confinement and Controlled Release of Bisphosphonates on Ordered Mesoporous Silica-Based Materials

    Francisco Balas;Miguel Manzano;Patricia Horcajada;María Vallet-Regí

  • Rationale of Drug Encapsulation and Release from Biocompatible Porous Metal−Organic Frameworks

    Denise Cunha;Mouna Ben Yahia;Mouna Ben Yahia;Shaun Hall;Stuart R. Miller

  • How linker’s modification controls swelling properties of highly flexible iron(III) dicarboxylates MIL-88

    Patricia Horcajada;Fabrice Salles;Stefan Wuttke;Thomas Devic

  • In depth analysis of the in vivo toxicity of nanoparticles of porous iron(III) metal–organic frameworks

    Tarek Baati;Leila Njim;Fadoua Neffati;Abdelhamid Kerkeni

  • Toxicity of metal-organic framework nanoparticles: from essential analyses to potential applications.

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  • Optimisation of the synthesis of MOF nanoparticles made of flexible porous iron fumarate MIL-88A

    Tamim Chalati;P. Horcajada;R. Gref;P. Couvreur

  • Cytotoxicity of nanoscaled metal–organic frameworks

    Cristina Tamames-Tabar;Cristina Tamames-Tabar;Denise Cunha;Edurne Imbuluzqueta;Florence Ragon

  • Large scale fluorine-free synthesis of hierarchically porous iron(III) trimesate MIL-100(Fe) with a zeolite MTN topology

    You-Kyong Seo;Ji Woong Yoon;Ji Sun Lee;U-Hwang Lee

  • Effect of NH2 and CF3 functionalization on the hydrogen sorption properties of MOFs

    Claudia Zlotea;Delphine Phanon;Matjaz Mazaj;Daniela Heurtaux

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Serre
Christian Serre École Normale Supérieure
Thomas Devic
Thomas Devic University of Nantes
Gérard Férey
Gérard Férey Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Guillaume Maurin
Guillaume Maurin University of Montpellier
Patrick Couvreur
Patrick Couvreur University of Paris-Saclay
Marco Daturi
Marco Daturi Université de Caen Normandie
Ruxandra Gref
Ruxandra Gref University of Paris-Saclay
Alexandre Vimont
Alexandre Vimont Université de Caen Normandie
Philip L. Llewellyn
Philip L. Llewellyn Aix-Marseille University
Stefan Wuttke
Stefan Wuttke Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures

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