Designing Functional Nanomaterials
The Kolen'ko Research Group brings together materials chemists, scientists, and engineers to design and synthesize functional nanomaterials. We control composition and nanostructure to understand how materials acquire their properties and function, and use this understanding to direct their behavior.
Our group belongs to the Energy and Environment Grand Thematic Area at the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory.
Technologies
Materials
We design and synthesize functional materials with controlled composition and nanostructure. By understanding how structure, defects, and interfaces influence transport and reactivity, we seek to direct material properties, function, and stability.
Our long-standing expertise in advanced synthesis enables precise control over the nanostructure, defects, porosity, surfaces, interfaces, and heterojunctions, which are key parameters for tuning coupled transport and reaction phenomena.
Selected Publications in Materials
A Lewis acid-base dance in polyoxometalates confined within zirconium-porphyrin MOFs drives efficient nitrate-to-ammonia electrochemical conversion
Wang X. M., Zhao N., Li J., Jiang Q. S., Li G., Pang H. J., Ma H. Y., Chen Q., Thalluri S. M., Kolen’ko Yu. V., Yu Z. P.
Appl. Catal. B: Environ., 2026, 393, 126747
Covalent Organic Framework-Coated Alumina for the Removal of Geosmin from Water in Recirculating Aquaculture Systems
Vieira A., Araújo J., Canella P. B., Escudero-Curiel S., Fernandes S. P. S., Rodriguez-Lorenzo L., Sousa J. P. S., Gonçalves L. P. L., Soares S. G. P., Pazos M., Sanromán M. A., Kolen’ko Yu. V., Skalska-Tuomi K., Espiña B., Salonen L. M.
J. Environ. Chem. Eng., 2025, , 119871
Electrospun CoFe₂O₄ Nanowires Tailored for Magnetoelectrochemistry
Wang Z., Poupard M. F. N., Mohan R. R., Boddapati L., Zhang J., Kamali S., Biz B., Fianchini M., Deepak F. L., Gracia J., Salonen L. M., Kolen’ko Yu. V.
ACS Nano, 2025, 19, 32, 29195–29206