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Chemistry
Mexico
2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
63
Citations
11230
World Ranking
8629
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Mexico Leader Award

Overview

Rafael Vazquez-Duhalt is affiliated with the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico. Their research spans multiple intersecting fields, including Engineering, Materials Science, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work covers diverse subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Pollution, and Plant Science. Their main topics of investigation include:

  • Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
  • Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications
  • Electrochemical sensors and biosensors
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Enzyme-mediated dye degradation
  • Plant Virus Research Studies

Frequent collaborators in Rafael Vazquez-Duhalt's research include Karla Juárez-Moreno, Kanchan Chauhan, Ana G. Rodríguez-Hernández, Andrés Zárate-Romero, and Pierrick G.J. Fournier.

Their publications are spread across various journals, with several papers featured in Environmental Pollution, ChemCatChem, and Mundo Nano Revista Interdisciplinaria en Nanociencia y Nanotecnología. Other notable venues include ChemMedChem and the Journal of Colloid and Interface Science.

Among their recent papers are:

  • Virus-like Particles: Fundamentals and Biomedical Applications, 2022, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • 3D printer waste, a new source of nanoplastic pollutants, 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • Brome mosaic virus-like particles as siRNA nanocarriers for biomedical purposes, 2020, Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology
  • Polyethylene terephthalate nanoparticles effect on RAW 264.7 macrophage cells, 2022, Microplastics and Nanoplastics
  • Monolayer (2D) or spheroids (3D) cell cultures for nanotoxicological studies? Comparison of cytotoxicity and cell internalization of nanoparticles, 2022, Toxicology in Vitro

Best Publications

  • Industrial Dye Decolorization by Laccases from Ligninolytic Fungi

    Elizabeth Rodríguez;Michael A. Pickard;Rafael Vazquez-Duhalt

  • Suicide inactivation of peroxidases and the challenge of engineering more robust enzymes.

    Brenda Valderrama;Marcela Ayala;Rafael Vazquez-Duhalt

  • Biodegradation of organic pollutants by halophilic bacteria and archaea.

    Sylvie Le Borgne;Dayanira Paniagua;Rafael Vazquez-Duhalt

  • Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Metabolism by White Rot Fungi and Oxidation by Coriolopsis gallica UAMH 8260 Laccase

    Michael A. Pickard;Rosa Roman;Raunel Tinoco;Rafael Vazquez-Duhalt

  • Enhancement of antibiotics antimicrobial activity due to the silver nanoparticles impact on the cell membrane.

    R. Vazquez-Muñoz;A. Meza-Villezcas;P. G. J. Fournier;E. Soria-Castro

  • Environmental impact of used motor oil.

    Rafael Vazquez-Duhalt

  • Nonylphenol, an integrated vision of a pollutant. Scientific review

    R. Vazquez-Duhalt;F. Marquez-Rocha;E. Ponce;Alexei Fedorovish Licea Navarro

  • Micromotor-Based High-Yielding Fast Oxidative Detoxification of Chemical Threats

    Jahir Orozco;Guanzhi Cheng;Guanzhi Cheng;Diana Vilela;Diana Vilela;Sirilak Sattayasamitsathit

  • Lignin Peroxidase Oxidation of Aromatic Compounds in Systems Containing Organic Solvents

    Rafael Vazquez-Duhalt;Donald W. S. Westlake;Phillip M. Fedorak

  • Effect of alkaline deamidation on the structure, surface hydrophobicity, and emulsifying properties of the Z19 α-zein.

    Vanessa Cabra;Roberto Arreguin;Rafael Vazquez-Duhalt;Amelia Farres

  • Hydroxybenzotriazole increases the range of textile dyes decolorized by immobilized laccase

    Pilar Reyes;Michael A. Pickard;Rafael Vazquez-Duhalt

  • Effect of temperature and pH on the secondary structure and processes of oligomerization of 19 kDa alpha-zein.

    Vanessa Cabra;Roberto Arreguin;Rafael Vazquez-Duhalt;Amelia Farres

  • Bubble-Propelled Micromotors for Enhanced Transport of Passive Tracers

    Jahir Orozco;Beatriz Jurado-Sánchez;Gregory Wagner;Wei Gao

  • Identification of volatile compounds produced by the bacterium Burkholderia tropica that inhibit the growth of fungal pathogens

    Silvia Tenorio-Salgado;Raunel Tinoco;Rafael Vazquez-Duhalt;Jesus Caballero-Mellado

  • Electroreduction of O2 to water at 0.6 V (SHE) at pH 7 on the 'wired' Pleurotus ostreatus laccase cathode

    Scott Calabrese Barton;Michael Pickard;Rafael Vazquez-Duhalt;Adam Heller

  • Microsomal transformation of organophosphorus pesticides by white rot fungi.

    Juan Jauregui;Brenda Valderrama;Arnulfo Albores;Rafael Vazquez-Duhalt

  • Cytochrome c as a biocatalyst

    Rafael Vazquez-Duhalt

  • Halogenated pesticide transformation by a laccase-mediator system.

    Cristina Torres-Duarte;Rosa Roman;Raunel Tinoco;Rafael Vazquez-Duhalt

  • Nonylphenol algal bioaccumulation and its effect through the trophic chain.

    Gabriel Correa-Reyes;María Teresa Viana;Facundo J. Marquez-Rocha;Alexei F. Licea

  • Nature-Inspired Creation of Protein−Polysaccharide Conjugate and Its Subsequent Assembly onto a Patterned Surface

    Tianhong Chen;David A. Small;Li-Qun Wu;Gary W. Rubloff

Frequent Co-Authors

Phillip M. Fedorak
Phillip M. Fedorak University of Alberta
Joseph Wang
Joseph Wang University of California, San Diego
Gregory F. Payne
Gregory F. Payne University of Maryland, College Park
Jahir Orozco
Jahir Orozco University of California, San Diego
William E. Bentley
William E. Bentley University of Maryland, College Park
Wei Gao
Wei Gao California Institute of Technology
Lorenzo Sorace
Lorenzo Sorace University of Florence
A. Grant Mauk
A. Grant Mauk University of British Columbia
Alberto Escarpa
Alberto Escarpa University of Alcalá
Trevor Douglas
Trevor Douglas Indiana University

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