Nicolas SANTOS profile

PhD Student at Université de Lille in Material chemistry for drug delivery systems. Master in material science and engineering from Barcelona, Spain. Graduated in Biotechnology from Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile. With experience in synthesizing, characterizing, and studying different nanomaterials. High capacity for multidisciplinary collaboration in complementary areas of knowledge, such as neuroscience, microbiology, molecular biology, biology, and chemistry. My current interest lies in the development of new biomaterials in nanomedicine.

Synthesis and characterization of nano and micro materials. Polymeric, lipidic and metallic nanomaterials for applications in agriculture, aquaculture, and medical applications.

1.- Santos, N., Fernandez Alarcon, J., & Ahumada, M. (2025). Understanding the Toxicity of Metal-Based Nanomaterials: Current Insights, Challenges, and Future Directions. In ACS Materials Letters (pp. 2547–2564). American Chemical Society. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmaterialslett.5c00616 2.- Santos, N., Santana, P. A., Osorio-Roman, I., Jara-Gutiérrez, C., Villena, J., & Ahumada, M. (2025). Effect of temperature on the carbonization process of cationic carbon dots: a physicochemical and in vitro study. RSC Advances, 15(16), 12814–12824. https://doi.org/10.1039/d5ra00062a 3.- Santos, N., Suuronen, E.J., Alarcon, E.I., Ahumada, M. (2026). Biomolecule Silver Nanoparticle-Based Materials for Biomedical Applications. In: Martínez, L.M.T., Kharissova, O.V., Kharisov, B.I. (eds) Handbook of Ecomaterials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48281-1_161-2