This is the official page of the Smart Nano-Bio Devices group based at IBEC in Barcelona and at the Max Plank Institute in Stuttgart.
Our group has particular interest in the design of miniaturized devices that bridge multidisciplinary fields from material science, physics, chemistry and biology. We aim to study a broad range of phenomena occurring at the interface between materials and biology, from fundamental studies to applications. Examples of those devices can be either integrated (bio)sensors in microfluidic chips or self
30/01/2018
Check out our recently published work in ACS Nano where we positron emission tomography (PET), a widely used medical imaging tool, to track the trajectories of large populations of tubular micro-motors, opening up possibilities for in vivo localization of micro-motors.
Medical Imaging for the Tracking of Micromotors Medical Imaging for the Tracking of Micromotors
14/12/2017
Our recent work where we use magnetotactic bacteria powered bio-hybrid motors to target E. coli biofilms that are typically resistant to anti-biotics, appeared in ACS Nano.
Magnetotactic Bacteria Powered Biohybrids Target E. coli Biofilms Magnetotactic Bacteria Powered Biohybrids Target E. coli Biofilms
08/07/2017
The Guinness World Records officially confirmed the nanojet created in our lab as the smallest nanotube jet engine! These tubes at 220nm better our previously held record of 600nm tubes.
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/smallest-jet-engine
Smallest nanotube jet engine The Guinness World Records Official site with ultimate record-breaking facts & achievements. Do you want to set a world record? Are you Officially Amazing?
29/06/2017
ACS highlights our work on killing pathogenic bacteria using microbots!
https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/presspacs/2017/acs-presspac-june-28-2017/swimming-microbots-can-remove-pathogenic-bacteria-from-water-video.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N87QAdqNE3M - Video link
Swimming microbots can remove pathogenic bacteria from water (video) - American Chemical Society American Chemical Society: Chemistry for Life.
17/05/2017
Prof. Samuel Sanchez was recently on Catalan TV and spoke about the research from our lab and his own scientific journey.
http://www.elpuntavui.tv/video/217406877.html
El Punt Avui TV - 14/05/2017 Autèntics.cat (22.30-23.05) El científic Samuel Sánchez ja té unabrillant trajectòria professional, que va començar a països com Japó i Alemanya. Actualment és investigador Icrea a l’Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya. El 2014 va ser nomenat pel prestigiós Institut de
24/03/2017
(VIDEO) Prof. Samuel Sanchez was an invited guest at the recently held Lego League in Logroño, Spain. He had a chance to interact with the finalists of the league and talk to them about opportunities and challenges of scientific research.
https://vimeo.com/209542363
Samuel Sánchez (Premio FPdGi Investigación Científica 2015), en la final de la FIRST LEGO League (Logroño) www.fpdgi.org
26/01/2017
Samuel Sanchez and some of our group members recently participated the Innovators under 35 Summit Europe. Here are the video highlights from the event.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2-q5XzbSeM&feature=youtu.be
#Innovators35EU Summit Europe 2016 - Video Highlights On November 24th, the annual edition of Innovators Under 35 Summit Europe 2016 gathered together the most brilliant minds of Europe in the beautiful city of ...
19/01/2017
We were recently invited by the journal 'Accounts of Chemical Research' to write an overview of the research carried out in our lab. We also made the cover of the January 2017 issue (image below)!
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.accounts.6b00386 (Open Access)
Designing Micro- and Nanoswimmers for Specific Applications - Accounts of Chemical Research (ACS Publications) Designing Micro- and Nanoswimmers for Specific ApplicationsJaideep Katuri†‡, Xing Ma‡§, Morgan M. Stanton‡, and Samuel Sánchez*†‡∥ †Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), Baldiri i Reixac 10-12, 08028 Barcelona, Spain‡Max-Planck-Institut für Intelligente Systeme, Heisenbergstr. 3, D-70569...
One of our Focus Articles titled 'Flexible sensors for biomedical technology' was the 2nd most downloaded article in Lab on a Chip last year!
http://pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/articlecollectionlanding?sercode=lc&themeid=f548b41e-537a-4377-aab4-e2fd5a7df17b
Lab on a Chip 2016 Most Downloaded Articles Home This web collection features the top 25 most downloaded articles published in Lab on a Chip in 2016. Congratulations to all of the authors whose articles have been featured!
11/01/2017
Our articles published in all ACS journals in 2016 are now open access! We also made the cover of ACS Nano in October 2016 (image below).
http://pubs.acs.org/action/doSearch?text1=samuel+s%C3%A1nchez&field1=Contrib&type=within&publication=&startPage=&dateRange=&Earliest=%5B20160111%20TO%2020170111%5D
Search Results (ACS Publications) The quest for biocompatible microswimmers powered by compatible fuel and with full motion control over their self-propulsion is a long-standing challenge in the field of active matter and microrobotics. Here, we present an active hybrid microcapsule motor ...
30/12/2016
Samuel Sánchez wins National Research Award for Young Talent: IBEC group leader and ICREA researcher Samuel Sánchez has been announced as the winner of this year’s Premi Nacional de Recerca al Talent Jove (National Research Award for Young Talent) from the Generalitat de Catalunya and the Catalan Foundation for Research and Innovation (FCRI).
http://www.ibecbarcelona.eu/samuel-sanchez-wins-national-research-award-for-young-talent/
Samuel Sánchez wins National Research Award for Young Talent – Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) The prestigious honour and cash prize of €10,000 is awarded annually to the most accomplished young researcher in Catalonia.
The motion of self-propelled tubular micro- and nano-jets have so far been achieved by bubble propulsion, e.g. O2 bubbles by catalytic decomposition of H2O2, which renders the future bio-medical applications inviable. Alternative self-propulsion mech-anism for tubular engines in the nano-meter scale is still missing. Here, we report the fabrication and characterization of a bubble-free propelled tubular nano-jets (as small as 220 nm in diameter), powered by enzyme triggered bio-catalytic reaction using urea as fuel. We studied the translational and rotational dynamics of the nano-jets depending on the length and location of the enzymes. Introducing tracer nanoparticles into the system, we demonstrat-ed the presence of an internal flow that extends into the external fluid via the cavity opening which leads to the self-propulsion. One-dimensional nano-size, longitudinal self-propulsion and biocompatibility, make the tubular nano-jets promising in future biomedical applications.
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jacs.6b06857
Bubble Free Propulsion of Ultra-small Tubular Nano-jets Powered by Bio-catalytic Reactions - Journal of the American Chemical Society (ACS Publications) Bubble Free Propulsion of Ultra-small Tubular Nano-jets Powered by Bio-catalytic ReactionsXing MaAna C. HortelaoAlbert Miguel-LópezSamuel SanchezJ. Am. Chem. Soc., Just Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b06857Publication Date (Web): October 9, 2016Copyright © 2016 American Chemical SocietyAbstra...