Lucía Gutiérrez Lab
Iron-based nanoparticle characterization, biodistribution tracking, and magnetic hyperthermia methodologies.
Lab summary
Lucía Gutiérrez focuses on iron-based magnetic nanoparticles, integrating advanced physical characterization with biomedical applications.
Her group develops methodologies to correlate structure with functional properties, including accurate specific loss power (SLP) determinations for heating efficiency and regulatory assessment.
She deploys magnetic characterization to track nanoparticle biodistribution/degradation in complex biological environments while exploring magnetic hyperthermia plus magneto-mechanical stimulation for cancer therapies and extracellular matrix modulation.
Contact
- Phone: 976 76 10 00; ext: 845433
- Email: lu@unizar.es
- Web: Google Scholar
Lab quick facts
- ORCID: 0000-0003-2366-3598
- Focus: AC magnetic susceptibility, SLP benchmarking, magnetic hyperthermia
- Application areas: Oncology, iron supplement regulation, extracellular matrix modulation
Research lines
- Advanced characterization of iron-based nanoparticles Developing methodologies for SLP determination to connect nanoparticle structure with biomedical performance and support regulatory assessments.
- Magnetic characterization for biodistribution tracking Using AC magnetic susceptibility to monitor nanoparticle fate, transformations, and heating loss inside biological environments.
- Magnetic hyperthermia therapies Employing iron-oxide and mixed-ferrite nanoparticles to deliver localized heating in vitro/in vivo and explore extracellular matrix modulation strategies.
- Intracellular magneto-mechanics Studying mechanical forces generated when nanoparticle-loaded vesicles encounter alternating magnetic fields.
Team
- Maura Rabade
- Lucía Gutiérrez Marruedo
- Amira Páez
- Nansi Ciiciumaru
- Ariana García
Latest publications
-
SLPcalculator: a web-based tool to estimate nanoparticle heating with peak analysis and F-testNanoscale · January 1, 2026
-
Functionalization of magnetotactic bacteria with gold Nanoprisms. A Route to novel photothermal agentsMaterials Today Chemistry · December 1, 2025
-
Magnetic‐Driven Viscous Mechanisms in Ultra‐Soft Magnetorheological Elastomers Offer History‐Dependent Actuation with Reprogrammability OptionsAdvanced Science · September 1, 2025
-
NIR-II Photoresponsive Magnetoliposomes for Remote-Controlled Release and Magnetic Resonance ImagingACS Applied Bio Materials · June 16, 2025
-
Protein corona as the key factor governing the in vivo fate of magnetic nanoparticlesBiomaterials Science · January 1, 2025
Instrumentation & methods
- AC magnetic susceptibility (AC-Sus) pipelines
- SLP benchmarking + SLPCalculator.com dataset contributions
- Magnetic hyperthermia testbeds (in vitro / in vivo)
- Magneto-mechanical stimulation rigs for vesicle-loaded cells