Prof. Josep Puigmartí-Luis is the head of the ChemInFlow group located at the University of Barcelona and he is also affiliated with Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional (IQTC) that was honored with the "Maria de Maeztu" Unit of Excellence, in 2021. He completed his PhD in supramolecular chemistry at the Institut de Ciències dels Materials de Barcelona (2008), and right after, he received a competitive ETH fellowship. In 2012, he was nominated as a Ramón y Cajal researcher, but after two years, he decided to move back to Switzerland where in 2015 was awarded an ERC Starting Grant, a Chair of Excellence (France) in 2018, and a Visiting Professor at the University of Valencia in 2019. In 2021, Prof. Puigmartí-Luis received the emergent consolidated research group recognition from the Catalan research system, earned a favorable Accreditation as Full Professor from AQU Catalunya in 2023, and the same year he was also honored with the Rising Star Award from IEEE 3M-NANO.

Self-assembly can be described as a dynamic process present in nature that has long been used for the evolution of living organisms, but is still scarcely understood by modern science. The main reason being that self-assembly is generally studied under equilibrium conditions. Despite the remarkable progress made in materials engineering, the quest for a technology to study and kinetically control self-assembled processes is still incomplete. Like in nature, only through kinetic controlled conditions we can achieve materials with a rationalized function and efficiency; a result that will open new horizons in nanotechnology. Therefore, the research activities of my group are centered on accomplishing an extraordinary kinetic control over self-assembly by controlling the fluid flow phenomena of reagents at the micro and nanoscale.

Ye H, Franco C, Aboouf M A, Thiersch M, Sevim S, Llacer-Wintle J, Veciana A, Llauradó-Capdevila G, Wang K, Chen X Z, Tang Q, Matheu R, Wendel-Garcia PD, Sánchez-Murcia P A, Nelson B J, Luo C, Puigmartí Luis J & Pané S 2024, 'Insights into the Biological Activity and Bio-Interaction Properties of Nanoscale Imine-Based 2D and 3D Covalent Organic Frameworks', Adv. Sci., 11 - 44 - 2407391 Kim M, Kim D, Mirjolet M, Shepelin NA, Lippert T, Choi H, Puigmartí-Luis J, Nelson BJ, Chen XZ & Pané S 2024, 'Shape-Morphing in Oxide Ceramic Kirigami Nanomembranes', Adv. Mater., 2024, 36, 47, 2404825 Veciana A, Steiner S, Tang Q, Pustovalov V, Llacer-Wintle J, Wu J, Chen XZ, Manyiwa T, Ultra VU Jr, Garcia-Cirera B, Puigmarti-Luis J, Franco C, Janssen DJ, Nystroem L, Boulos S & Pane S 2024, 'Breaking the Perfluorooctane Sulfonate Chain: Piezocatalytic Decomposition of PFOS Using BaTiO3 Nanoparticles', Small Science, 2024, 4,12, 2400337 Zhao Y, Lin JW, Wu Q, Ying YL, Puigmarti-Luis J, Pane S & Wang S 2024, 'Revolutionizing Tetracycline Hydrochloride Remediation: 3D Motile Light-Driven MOFs Based Micromotors in Harsh Saline Environments', Adv. Sci., 2024, 11,40, 2406381 Torlakcik H, Sevim S, Alves P, Mattmann M, Llacer-Wintle J, Pinto M, Moreira R, Flouris AD, Landers FC, Chen XZ, Puigmartí-Luis J, Boehler Q, Mayor TS, Kim M, Nelson BJ & Pané S 2024, 'Magnetically Guided Microcatheter for Targeted Injection of Magnetic Particle Swarms', Adv. Sci., 2024, 11, 38, 2404061 Pustovalov V, Landers FC, Hertle L, Ko H, Llacer-Wintle J, Ye H, Veciana A, Franco C, Sanchis-Gual R, Chen XZ, Pellicer E & Puigmartí-Luis J, Nelson BJ & Pané S 2024, 'Single-Step Synthesis of Sub-10 nm Magnetic Nanoparticles with High Saturation Magnetization and Broad pH Stability', Adv. Eng. Mater., 2024, 26, 20, 2400307 Yun YH, Lee DC, Lee S, Pane S, Puigmarti-Luis J, Chun S & Jang B 2024, 'Enhancing Sensitivity across Scales with Highly Sensitive Hall Effect-Based Auxetic Tactile Sensors', Advanced intelligent systems, 2400337. Hertle L, Sevim S, Zhu JW, Pustovalov V, Veciana A, Llacer-Wintle J, Landers FC, Ye H, Chen XZ, Vogler H, Grossniklaus U, Puigmarti-Luis J, Nelson BJ & Pané S 2024, 'A Naturally Inspired Extrusion-Based Microfluidic Approach for Manufacturing Tailorable Magnetic Soft Continuum Microrobotic Devices', Adv. Mater., 2024, 36, 31, 2402309 Gervasoni S, Pedrini N, Rifai T, Fischer C, Landers FC, Mattmann M, Dreyfus R, Viviani S, Veciana A, Masina E, Aktas B, Puigmarti-Luis J, Chautems C, Pané S, Boehler Q, Gruber P, Nelson BJ 2024, 'A Human-Scale Clinically Ready Electromagnetic Navigation System for Magnetically Responsive Biomaterials and Medical Devices', Adv. Mater., 2024, 36, 31, 2310701 Llacer-Wintle J et al. 2024, 'A Simple In Situ Marker Guiding Shape-Controlled Synthesis of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles', Adv. Funct. Mater., 34, 2404113 Mattera M, Ngo AT, Vale JP, Franco C, Sevim S, Guix M, Matheu R, Mayor TS, Pané S& Puigmartí-Luis J 2024, 'Large-Scale and Rapid Processing of 3D COFs via 3D-Controlled Reaction-Diffusion Zones', Chemistry of materials, 36 - 2 - 959 - 967 - . Landers FC, Gantenbein V, Hertle L, Veciana A, Llacer-Wintle J, Chen XZ, Ye H, Franco C, Puigmartí-Luis J, Kim M, Nelson BJ, Pané S 2024, 'On-Command Disassembly of Microrobotic Superstructures for Transport and Delivery of Magnetic Micromachines', Advanced materials, 36 - 18 - - - . Sevim S, Sanchis-Gual R, Franco C, et al. 2024, 'Electrostatic Catalysis of a Click Reaction in a Microfluidic Cell', Nat. Commun, 15, 1, 790. Mattera M, Tuan Ngo A, Pedro Valeb J, Franco C, Sevim S, Guix M, Matheu R, Sotto T, Pané S, Puigmartí JL 2024, 'Large-scale and rapid processing of 3D COFs via 3D controlled reaction-diffusion zones', Chem. Mater. 36, 2, 959–967. Llauradó-Capdevila G, Veciana A, et al. 2024, 'Tailored design of a water-based nanoreactor technology for producing processable sub-40 nm 3D COF nanoparticles at atmospheric conditions', Adv Mater, Volume36, Issue14, 2306345. H. Huang, Sh. Yang, Y. Ying, X. Chen, J. Puigmartí-Luis*, L. Zhang, S. Vidal Pane, '3D Motion Manipulation for Micro- and Nanomachines: Progress and Future Directions', Adv. Mater. 2023, 2305925. Jang B, Ye M, Hong A, et al. 2023, 'Catalytically Propelled Micro- and Nanoswimmers', Small Sci, 3, 11, 2300076. D. Kim, M. Kim, S. Reidt, H. Han, A. Baghizadeh, P. Zeng, H. Choi, J. Puigmartí-Luis, M. Trassin, B. J Nelson, X-Zh. Chen, S. Pané, 'Shape-memory effect in twisted ferroic nanocomposites', Nature Communications, 2023, 14, 1, 750. S. Ning, R. Sanchis-Gual, C. Franco, P. D. Wendel-Garcia, H. Ye, A. Veciana , Q. Tang, S. Sevim, L. Hertle, J. Llacer-Wintle, X-H. Qin, C. Zhu, J. Cai, X. Chen, B. J. Nelson, J. Puigmartí-Luis, S. Pané , ‘Magnetic PiezoBOTs: a microrobotic approach for targeted amyloid protein dissociation’, Nanoscale, 2023, 15, 14800-14808 Sanchis-Gual R, Ye H, Ueno T, et al. 2023, '3D Printed Template-Assisted Casting of Biocompatible Polyvinyl Alcohol-Based Soft Microswimmers with Tunable Stability', Advanced Functional Materials, 2212952. J. Pedro Vale, A. Sekkat, T. Gheorghin, S. Sevim, E. Mavromanolaki, A. D. Flouris, S. Pané, D. Muñoz-Rojas, J. Puigmartí-Luis, Tiago Sotto Mayor, 'Can We Rationally Design and Operate Spatial Atomic Layer Deposition Systems for Steering the Growth Regime of Thin Films?', J. Phys. Chem. C, 2023, 127, 9425–9436. Vukomanović M, Gazvoda L, Kurtjak M, et al. 2023, 'Filler-Enhanced Piezoelectricity of Poly-L-Lactide and Its Use as a Functional Ultrasound-Activated Biomaterial', Small, 19, 35, 2301981. J. Llacer-Wintle, J. Renz, L. Hertle, A. Veciana, D. von Arx, J. Wu, P. Bruna, M. Vukomanovic, J. Puigmartí-Luis, B. J. Nelson, X.-Zhong Chen, S. Vidal Pane, 'The magnetopyroelectric effect: heat-mediated magnetoelectricity in magnetic nanoparticle-ferroelectric polymer composites', Mater. Horiz., 2023, 10, 2627-2637 M. Kim, D. Kim, B. Aktas, H. Choi, J. Puigmartí-Luis, B. J Nelson, X-Zh. Chen, S. Pané, 'Strain sensitive flexible magnetoelectric ceramic nanocomposites', Adv. Mater. Tech., 2023, 8, 2202097 Q. Tang, J. Wu, X-Zh. Chen, R. Sanchis-Gual, A. Veciana, C. Franco, D. Kim, I. Surin, J. Pérez-Ramírez, M. Mattera, A. Terzopoulou, N. Qin, M. Vukomanovic, B. J. Nelson, J. Puigmartí-Luis, S. Pané, 'Tuning oxygen vacancies in Bi4Ti3O12 nanosheets to boost piezo-photocatalytic activity', Nano Energy, 2023, 108, 108202. Wu j, D. Folio, Zhu J, Jang B, Chen X, Feng J, Gambardella P, Sort J, Puigmartí-Luis J, Ergeneman O, Ferreira A & Pané S, 'Motion Analysis and Real‐Time Trajectory Prediction of Magnetically Steerable Catalytic Janus Micromotors', Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2022, 4, 11, 2200192. Xia Y, Sevim S, Vale JP, et al. 2022, 'Covalent transfer of chemical gradients onto a graphenic surface with 2D and 3D control', Nature Communications, 13, 1, 7006. Contreras-Pereda, Noemi; Pane, Salvador; Puigmarti-Luis, Josep; Ruiz-Molina, Daniel, 'Conductive properties of triphenylene MOFs and COFs', Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2022, 460, 214459. V. Asunción‐Nadal, C. Franco, A. Veciana, S. Ning, A. Terzopoulou, S. Sevim, X ‐Zh. Chen, D. Gong, J. Cai, P. D Wendel‐Garcia, B. Jurado‐Sánchez, A. Escarpa, J. Puigmartí‐Luis, S. Pané, 'MoSBOTs: Magnetically Driven Biotemplated MoS2‐Based Microrobots for Biomedical Applications', Small, 2022, 18, 2203821. Q. Tang, J. Wu, D. Kim, C. Franco, A. Terzopoulou, A. Veciana, J. Puigmartí-Luis, X.-Z. Chen, B. J. Nelson, S. Pané, 'Enhanced Piezocatalytic Performance of BaTiO3 Nanosheets with Highly Exposed {001} Facets', Adv. Funct. Mater., 2022, 32, 2202180. D. Kim, Ch. Gattinoni, H. Torlakcik, I. Efe, A. Terzopoulou, A. Veciana Picazo, E. Siringil, F. Mushtaq, C. Franco, J. Puigmartí-Luis, B. Nelson, N. Spaldin, X. Chen, S. Pané, 'Magnetoelectric effect in hydrogen harvesting: magnetic field as a trigger of catalytic reactions', Adv. Mater., 2022, 34, 2110612. Martinez-Bulit, Pablo; Sorrenti, Alessandro; Miguel, David Rodriguez San; Mattera, Michele; Belce, Yonca; Xia, Yanming; Ma, Shenglin; Huang, Mu-Hua; Pane, Salvador; Puigmarti-Luis, Josep, 'In flow-based technologies: A new paradigm for the synthesis and processing of covalent-organic frameworks', Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022, 435, 3, 135117. Herrera-Restrepo RS, Martinez-Bulit P, Flouris AD, Pinto M, Moreira R, Mavromanolaki E, Mayor TS, Pané S, Ignés J, Puigmartí-Luis J, ‘In flow controlled synthesis of blood clots’, Public Health Toxicology, 2021 Puigmartí-Luis J, ‘Microfluidic technologies for chemistry, materials science and biotechnology’ Public Health Toxicology, 2021 Landers F, Alcantara CJ, Puigmartí-Luis J, Nelson BJ, Pané S 2021, Soft-hard magnetically driven microrobotic devices, Public Health Toxicology, Terzopoulou A, Palacios-Corella M, Franco C, Sevim S, ... Puigmarti-Luis J, 2021, 'Biotemplating of Metal-Organic Framework Nanocrystals for Applications in Small-Scale Robotics', Advanced Functional Materials, 2107421. Aragones, Albert C.; Martin-Rodriguez, Alejandro; Aravena, Daniel; di Palma, Giuseppe; Qian, Wenjie; Puigmarti-Luis, Josep; Aliaga-Alcalde, Nuria; Gonzalez-Campo, Arantzazu; Diez-Perez, Ismael; Ruiz, Eliseo 2021, 'Room-Temperature Spin-Dependent Transport in Metalloporphyrin-Based Supramolecular Wires', Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 25958–25965. Llacer-Wintle, Joaquin; Rivas-Dapena, Anton; Chen, Xiang-Zhong; Pellicer, Eva; Nelson, Bradley J.; Puigmarti-Luis, Josep; Pane, Salvador 2021, 'Biodegradable Small-Scale Swimmers for Biomedical Applications', Advanced Materials, , 2102049. Cafarelli A, Marino A, Vannozzi L, Puigmarti-Luis J, Pane S, Ciofani G, Ricotti L, 2021, 'Piezoelectric Nanomaterials Activated by Ultrasound: The Pathway from Discovery to Future Clinical Adoption', Acs Nano, 15, 7, 11066 - 11086. Kim, Donghoon; Rossell, Marta D.; Campanini, Marco; Erni, Rolf; Puigmarti-Luis, Josep; Chen, Xiang-Zhong; Pane, Salvador 2021, 'Magnetoelectric coupling in micropatterned BaTiO3/CoFe2O4 epitaxial thin film structures: Augmentation and site-dependency', Applied Physics Letters, 119, 1, 012901. Lussi J, Mattmann M, Sevim S, ... Puigmarti-Luis J, Boehler Q, Nelson B. J, 2021, 'A Submillimeter Continuous Variable Stiffness Catheter for Compliance Control', Advanced Science, 8, 2101290. Contreras-Pereda N, Rodriguez-San-Miguel D, Franco Carlos, Sevim S, ... Sotto Mayor T, Ruiz-Molina D, Puigmarti-Luis J, 2021, 'Synthesis of 2D Porous Crystalline Materials in Simulated Microgravity', Advanced Materials, 33, 2101777. Calvo Galve N, Abrishamkar A, Sorrenti A,... Minguez Espallargas G, Puigmarti-Luis J, 2021, 'Exploiting Reaction-Diffusion Conditions to Trigger Pathway Complexity in the Growth of a MOF', Angewandte Chemie-international Edition, 60, 15920-15927. O. Graniel, J. Puigmartí-Luis*, D. Muñoz-Rojas,‘Liquid atomic layer deposition as an emergent technology for the fabrication of thin film’, Dalton Trans. 2021, 50, 6373 J. Wu, B. Jang, Yuval Harduf, Z. Chapnik, Ö. Bartu Avci, X. Chen, J. Puigmartí-Luis, O. Ergeneman, B. J. Nelson, Y. Or, S. Pané,‘Helical Klinotactic Locomotion of Two‐Link Nanoswimmers with Dual‐Function Drug‐Loaded Soft Polysaccharide Hinges’,Adv. Sci. 2021, 2004458 M. Mehdi Salek, V. Fernandez, G. D’souza, J. Puigmartí-Luis, R. Stocker, E. Secchi,‘An interdisciplinary and application-oriented approach to teach microfluidics’,Biomicrofluidics. 2021, 15, 014104 C. Crivello, S. Sevim, O. Graniel, C. Franco, S. Pané, J. Puigmartí-Luis, D. Muñoz-Rojas,‘Advanced technologies for the fabrication of MOF thin films’,Mater. Horiz. 2021, 8, 168-178 M. Fernández-Barcia, B. Jang, Carlos C. J. Alcântara, U. Wolff, A. Gebert, M. Uhlemann, X. Chen, J. Puigmartí-Luis, J. Sort, E. Pellicer, S. Pané, ‘Exploiting Electrolyte Confinement Effects for the Electrosynthesis of Two-Engine Micromachines’, App. Mater. Today 2020, 19, 100629. A. Terzopoulou; Nicholas, J. D.; ..., J. Puigmarti-Luis*, 2020, 'Metal-Organic Frameworks in Motion', Chemical Reviews, 120, 20, 11175 - 11193. A. Terzopoulou, X. Wang, ..., J. Puigmartí-Luis*, Salvador Pané 2020, ‘Biodegradable Metal–Organic Framework‐Based Microrobots (MOFBOTs)’, Adv. Healthcare Mater. 9, 20, 2001031.