2026 Pedro Tartaj: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	42	12505	12096	251	249	109	8736

Overview

Pedro Tartaj is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their work primarily spans the field of Materials Science, with notable contributions to subfields such as Biomedical Engineering, Organic Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Acoustics and Ultrasonics, and Water Science and Technology.

Their research covers a range of topics including:

Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions
Random lasers and scattering media
Advanced oxidation water treatment
Environmental remediation with nanomaterials
Iron oxide chemistry and applications
Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
Multiferroics and related materials

Tartaj has published in several scientific journals, including:

Nanomaterials
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
Advanced Functional Materials
Optica
Advanced Materials Interfaces

Selected recent publications illustrating their research focus are:

Engineering Iron Oxide Nanocatalysts by a Microwave-Assisted Polyol Method for the Magnetically Induced Degradation of Organic Pollutants (2021, Nanomaterials)
Unravelling an amine-regulated crystallization crossover to prove single/multicore effects on the biomedical and environmental catalytic activity of magnetic iron oxide colloids (2021, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science)
A Sustainable Self-Induced Solution Seeding Approach for Multipurpose BiFeO₃ Active Layers in Flexible Electronic Devices (2022, Advanced Functional Materials)
Controlling the spectral persistence of a random laser (2024, Optica)
Foams-Induced Hierarchy for Multiscale Photonics on Flat Substrates: Lasing and Mie-Bragg Diffraction as Case Studies. (2025, Advanced Materials Interfaces)

Frequent collaborators in their work include Pedro Moronta, Cefe López, Álvaro Gallo-Córdova, S. Veintemillas-Verdaguer, and Jesús G. Ovejero.

Best Publications

The preparation of magnetic nanoparticles for applications in biomedicine

Pedro Tartaj;María del Puerto Morales;Sabino Veintemillas-Verdaguer;Teresita González-Carreño

2729
Citations
Progress in the preparation of magnetic nanoparticles for applications in biomedicine

A G Roca;R Costo;A F Rebolledo;S Veintemillas-Verdaguer

646
Citations
Advances in magnetic nanoparticles for biotechnology applications

P. Tartaj;M.P. Morales;T. González-Carreño;S. Veintemillas-Verdaguer

441
Citations
Single‐Step Nanoengineering of Silica Coated Maghemite Hollow Spheres with Tunable Magnetic Properties

P. Tartaj;T. González-Carreño;C. J. Serna

316
Citations
Synthesis of monodisperse superparamagnetic Fe/silica nanospherical composites.

Pedro Tartaj;Carlos J. Serna

315
Citations
The iron oxides strike back: from biomedical applications to energy storage devices and photoelectrochemical water splitting.

Pedro Tartaj;Maria P. Morales;Teresita Gonzalez-Carreño;Sabino Veintemillas-Verdaguer

283
Citations
Fe-based nanoparticulate metallic alloys as contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging

Oscar Bomatí-Miguel;María P. Morales;Pedro Tartaj;Jesús Ruiz-Cabello

172
Citations
Surface Enthalpy, Enthalpy of Water Adsorption, and Phase Stability in Nanocrystalline Monoclinic Zirconia

A. V. Radha;Oscar Bomati-Miguel;Sergey V. Ushakov;Alexandra Navrotsky

131
Citations
Microemulsion-Assisted Synthesis of Tunable Superparamagnetic Composites

Pedro Tartaj;Carlos J. Serna

130
Citations
A Facile Route for the Preparation of Superparamagnetic Porous Carbons

and Antonio B. Fuertes;Pedro Tartaj

125
Citations
Magnetic Behavior of γ-Fe2O3 Nanocrystals Dispersed in Colloidal Silica Particles

Pedro Tartaj;and Teresita González-Carreño;Carlos J. Serna

121
Citations
Interfacial and Rheological Characteristics of Maghemite Aqueous Suspensions

L. Garcell;M.P. Morales;M. Andres-Vergés;P. Tartaj

116
Citations
chapter 5 Synthesis, Properties and Biomedical Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles

Pedro Tartaj;Maria P. Morales;Sabino Veintemillas-Verdaguer;Teresita Gonzalez-Carreño

108
Citations
Synthesis of Nanomagnets Dispersed in Colloidal Silica Cages with Applications in Chemical Separation

Pedro Tartaj;Teresita Gonzalez-Carreno;Carlos J. Serna

106
Citations
Magnetic behavior of superparamagnetic Fe nanocrystals confined inside submicron-sized spherical silica particles

P. Tartaj;T. González-Carreño;O. Bomatí-Miguel;C. J. Serna

104
Citations
Synthetic Route to Nanocomposites Made Up of Inorganic Nanoparticles Confined within a Hollow Mesoporous Carbon Shell

Antonio B. Fuertes;Marta Sevilla;Teresa Valdes-Solis;Pedro Tartaj

102
Citations
Structural and magnetic transformation of monodispersed iron oxide particles in a reducing atmosphere

L. C. Varanda;M. Jafelicci;P. Tartaj;K. O’ Grady

99
Citations
Monodisperse carbon-polymer mesoporous spheres with magnetic functionality and adjustable pore-size distribution.

Antonio B. Fuertes;Pedro Tartaj

93
Citations
Surface instability of Serpentine in Aqueous Suspensions

P. Tartaj;A. Cerpa;M.T. García-González;C.J. Serna

92
Citations
Nanomagnets-From Fundamental Physics to Biomedicine

Pedro Tartaj

91
Citations
Synthesis, Properties and Biomedical Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles.

Pedro Tartaj;Maria P. Morales;Sabino Veintemillas‐Verdaguer;Teresita Gonzalez‐Carreno

90
Citations