Welcome to the Nanoworld Vanegas' Group Website
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

To explore new types of nanomaterials in terms of the core metals and new types of surface ligands. These processes require finding new techniques and multiples synthetic routes from a top-down or bottom-up perspective, and to explain the mechanisms by which ligands and surfaces interact (plasmonic and fluorescent nanoparticles).

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The synergies between organic-inorganic chemistry, biology, physics, medicine, and the textile area. A fundamental objective is to synthesize new multifunctional nanomaterials that are of help in fields such as medicine, therapeutic-pharmaceutical applications, biology, genomics, biosensors, immunoassays, clinical chemistry, photothermolysis of cancer cells and tumors, targeted delivery of drugs, and optical bioimaging of cells and tissues with state-of-the-art nanophotonic detection systems.  An interesting example is to apply these nanomaterials in applications such as diagnosis of diseases, drug delivery platforms, therapeutics in clinical trials. Combine expertise with other laboratories (biology, physics, chemistry) and make meaningful contributions.

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