Molecular and Industrial Biotechnology group. GBMI

Antonio Jesus Puertas

Scientific contributions


Peer reviewed publications
  • Blair J, Rathee G, Puertas-Segura A, Pérez LM and Tzanov T. Advanced Water Treatment with Antimicrobial Silver-Lignin Nanoparticles Sonochemically-Grafted on Cork Granulates in Activated Carbon Packed-Bed Columns. Environmental Research, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2025.121783
  • Puertas-Segura A, Ivanova K, Pérez LM,  Bzazou El Ouazzani Z, Ivanova A, Gökalsın B, Ciardelli G, Tzanov T. Durable Bio-Based Nanocomposite Coating on Urinary Catheters Prevents Early-Stage CAUTI-Associated Pathogenicity. Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202401016
  • Rathee G, Puertas-Segura A, Blair J, Rathee J and Tzanov T. Quantum dots@layered double hydroxides: Emerging nanocomposites for multifaceted applications. Progress in Materials Science, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmatsci.2024.101403
  • Ivanova K, Ramon E, Wnorowska U, Todorova K, Ivanova A, Bastos-Arrieta J, Puertas-Segura A, Deptula P, Damyanova T, Paunov-krasteva T, Bucki R, Ivanov I and Tzanov T. Integrated Biofilm Dispersion and Virulence Responsiveness for Targeted Treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection in Lungs. Advanced Functional Materials, 2024.  https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202402868
  • Puertas-Segura A, Ivanova K, Ivanova A, Ivanov I, Todorova K, Dimitrov P, Ciardelli G and Tzanov T. Mussel-Inspired Sonochemical Nanocomposite Coating on Cartheters for Prevention of Urinary Infections. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c05713
  • Puertas-Segura A, Morena A G, Pérez-Rafael S, Ivanova K, Ivanov I, Todorova K, Dimitrov P, Ciardelli G and Tzanov T. Enzymatically Built Nanoenabled Antimicrobial Coating on Urinary Catheters. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2024 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c08599
  • Cosano D, Esquivel D, Puertas-Segura A, Romero-Salguero F J, Jiménez-Sanchidrián C, and Ruiz J R. (2021). Microstructural analysis of 3D hierarchical composites of hydrotalcitecoated silica microspheres. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 323, 111247

 

Communications to meetings

  • Puertas-Segura A, Rui R. Costa, D. Peixoto, Natália M. Alves, Rui L. Reis, G. Ciardelli, I. Pashkuleva, T. Tzanov.  “Nano-enabled layer-by-layer coating prevents biofilm formation on urinary catheters” (oral), ACS National Meeting & Exposition, March 2025, San Diego, California (USA).
  • Puertas-Segura A, Ciardelli G, Tzanko T  “Nano-enabled hybrid "mussel"- inspired coating prevent biofilm-associated urinary infections” (oral), ACS National Meeting & Exposition, March 2025, San Diego, California (USA).
  • Puertas-Segura A, Ivanova K, Ciardelli G, Tzanov T. “Sono-enzymatic functionalization on urinary catheters with antifouling and antimicrobial nano-enabled hydrogel coating” (oral), ACS National Meeting & Exposition, March 2024, New Orleans, Louisiana (USA).

  • Puertas-Segura A, Ivanova A, Ivanova K, Ciardelli G, Tzanov T. “Ultrasound-assisted nano-enabled hydrogel coating on urinary catheters for prevention of biofilm-associated infections” (oral), ACS National Meeting & Exposition, March 2023, Indianapolis, Indiana (USA).

  • Puertas-Segura A, Morena A G, Pérez-Rafael S, Ciardelli G, Tzanov T. "Antimicrobial and antifouling nano-enabled hydrogel coating built on urinary catheters using a bottom up enzymatic approach" (oral), 11th International Conference on Fiber & Polymer Biotechnology, Novenber 2022, Graz, Austria.

  • Rathee G, Blair J, Puertas-Segura A, Ivanova A, Ivanova K, Pérez LM, Tzanov T. “Novel antimicrobial baicalein capped Ag/Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles for water disinfection” (oral), European Materials Research Society, September 2022, Krakow, Poland

  • Ivanova K, Puertas-Segura A, Ivanova A, Guaus E, Tzanov T. ”Sonochemically engineered hybrid metal/bio-based nanoparticles coating for prevention of P. aeruginosa biofilm formation” (oral), ACS National Meeting & Exposition, March 2022, San Diego, California (USA).

  • Bastos-Arrieta J, Puertas-Segura A, Ivanova A, Ivanova K, Tzanov T. "Bacteriabots: rod – shape biological active colloid systems as potential (nano) delivery systems" (poster), 7th Nano Today, November 2021, Guangzhou, China, virtual.

  • Bastos-Arrieta J, Puertas-Segura A, Ivanova A, Ivanova K, Tzanov T. "Bacteriabots as motile "stealth" biological carriers: characterization and perspectives" (poster), Designer Biology, September 2021, virtual.

  • Puertas-Segura A, Bastos-Arrieta J and Tzanko Tzanov. “Nano-enabled hydrogel patches as a dual colorimetric and electrochemical sensor of bacterial metabolic activity based on Prussian Blue nanoparticles” (poster), 7th Nano Today, November 2021, Guangzhou, China, virtual