Biography
José Vidal Gancedo received his PhD in 1993 in chemistry by Barcelona University working at Institut de Ciència de Materials (ICMAB-CSIC) in Barcelona (Spain). In 2002 he obtained a research position at ICMAB-CSIC. He is co-author of 132 SCI papers than have received over 4350 citations, 5 book chapters and 8 patents.
Research interest
Radical dendrimers for Magnetic Resonace Imaging and sensors
Spin Labelled Gold Nanoparticles
Radicals for Dynamic Nuclear Polarization
University Degrees:
B. Sc. in Organic Chemistry, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 1983.
Master: Alta Especialización en Plásticos y Caucho, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros (CSIC) de Madrid. 1984.
Doctorates:
Ph. D. in Chemistry, Universidad de Barcelona, 1993.
Specialities:
Radicals and radical dendrimers for Magnetic Resonace Imaging and sensors
Molecular materials
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy
Free radicals
High-spin molecules
Molecular magnetism
Electron and energy transfer processes
Supramolecular chemistry
Gold nanoparticles
Radicals for Dynamic Nuclear Polarization
Most significative academic merits:
President of the Spanish Group of Electron Paramagnetic Resonance. GERPE
Spanish Representative in the European Federation of EPR Groups
Scientific Highlights:
V. Lloveras, P. Elías-Rodríguez, L. Bursi, E. Shirdel, A. R. Goñi, A. Calzolari, J. Vidal-Gancedo.
Multifunctional Switch Based on Spin-labelled Gold Nanoparticles.
Nano Lett. 2022, in press.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c04294
I. Ratera, J. Vidal-Gancedo, D. Maspoch, S. T Bromley, N. Crivillers, M. Mas-Torrent.
New perspectives for polychlorinated trityl radicals.
J Mater Chem C, 2021, 9, 10610-10623.
DOI: 10.1039/d1tc02196f
E. Badetti, V. Lloveras, E. Amadio, R. Di Lorenzo, M. Olivares-Marín, A. Y. Tesio, S. Zhang, F. Pan, K. Rissanen, J. Veciana, D. Tonti,* J. Vidal-Gancedo, C. Zonta, G. Licini.
Organic PolyRadicals as Redox Mediators: Effect of Intramolecular Radical Interactions in their Efficiency.”
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2020 12 (41), 45968-45975.
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c09386
L. Pinto, V. Lloveras, S. Zhang, F. Liko, J. Veciana, J.L. Muñoz-Gómez, J. Vidal-Gancedo.
Fully water-soluble polyphosphothydrazone-based radical dendrimers functionalized whit Tyr-PROXYL radical as metal-free MRI T1 contrast agents”.
ACS Appl. Bio Mater. 2020, 3, 369−376
DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.9b00855
V. Lloveras, F. Liko, J. L. Muñoz-Gómez, J. Veciana, J. Vidal-Gancedo.
Redox active PTM radical dendrimers as promising multifunctional molecular switches.
Chem. Mater. 2019, 31, 9400-9412.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b0301
L. Pinto, I. Martín-Montesinos, V. Lloveras, J.L. Muñoz-Gómez, M. Pons, J. Veciana, J. Vidal-Gancedo.
NMR signal enhancement > 50000 times in Fast Dissolution Bynamic Nuclear Polarization.
Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 3757-3760.
V. Lloveras, E. Badetti, J. Veciana and J. Vidal-Gancedo.
Dynamics of Intramolecular Spin Exchange Interaction of a Nitronyl Nitroxide Diradical in Solution and on Surfaces.
Nanoscale. 2016, 8, 5049-5058.
V. Lloveras, E. Badetti, K. Wurst, V. Chechik, j. Veciana, J. Vidal-Gancedo.
Magnetic and Electrochemical Properties of a Diradical TEMPO-substituted Disulfide in Solution, in a Crystal and anchored on Au(111) forming a SAM.
Chem. Eur. J. 2016. 22, 1805-1815.
E. Badetti, V. Lloveras, J. L. Muñoz-Gómez, R. M. Sebastián, A. M. Caminade, J. P. Majoral, J. Veciana, J. Vidal-Gancedo.
Radical Dendrimers: A Family of Five Generations of Phosphorus Dendrimers Functionalized with TEMPO Radicals.
Macromolecules. 2014, 47, 7717−7724.
J. L. Muñoz-Gómez, I. Marín-Montesinos, V. Lloveras, M. Pons, J. Veciana*, J. Vidal-Gancedo.
Novel PTM-TEMPO Biradical for Fast Dissolution Dynamic Nuclear Polarization.
Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 5402−5405.
E. Badetti; V. Lloveras; K. Wurst; R. M. Sebastián; A.-M. Caminade; J.-P. Majoral; J. Veciana; J. Vidal-Gancedo.
Synthesis and structural characterization of a dendrimer model compound based on a cyclotriphosphazene core with TEMPO radicals as substituents.
Org. Lett. 2013, 15(14), 3490-3493.