The CATNANOFUN group joins together two well established groups with expertise in nanochemistry, functional materials, organic synthesis, and medicinal chemistry.
Our consortium has extensively worked on the preparation and study of functional catecholic molecules for their polymerization and application as coatings, on the preparation of nanoscale coordination polymers as nanoplatforms to encapsulate functional molecules and their use as carriers.
The present project focuses on the development of new applications using catechol-based nanoplatforms. New catechol-based polymers will be designed and studied from different points of view: they will be used as nanoparticle coatings, both for biological applications and as materials on their own, and as coatings for nanocarriers. Moreover, the study of the crosslinking between these polymers should lead to the development of new (bio)adhesives with applications in various substrates (i.e., inert materials and biological tissues). 

Ona Illa Soler