Luis Miguel Martínez Prieto

Group: Catalysis of Metal Nanoparticles (CataNa)

Position: Tenured Scientist

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Laboratory: L S003

Office: SE S003

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ORCID: 0000-0002-3401-4967

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Biography

Dr. Luis M. Martínez-Prieto received his PhD degree in Organometallic Chemistry in 2012, working at the IIQ – “Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas” (Seville, Spain) on Ni and Pd pincer complexes under the supervision of Prof. J. Cámpora. He then moved to the LCC – “Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination” (Toulouse, France) for a postdoctoral stay in the group of Prof. B. Chaudret. His research focused on the synthesis, characterization and study of the surface chemistry of metal nanoparticles (MNPs). In 2015, he joined the LPCNO – “Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie des Nano-Objets” (Toulouse, France), exploring the use of MNPs as catalysts in the lab of Prof. P. van Leeuwen. In 2017, he was awarded with a “Juan de la Cierva” fellowship that allowed him to start an independent career working on confined/supported metal catalysts and magnetically induced catalysis at the ITQ – “Instituto de Tecnología Química” (Valencia, Spain), in the team of Prof. A. Corma. In 2022 he was selected as “Ramon y Cajal” researcher and started a new stage as independent scientist in his alma mater, the University of Seville. He is now Tenured Scientist of CSIC at IIQ (Seville, Spain) and team leader of “CataNa” group, focused on metal nanoparticle catalysis.

Research interests

The aim of our research team is to synthesize metal nanoparticles through the organometallic approach, controlling size, shape and metal composition. We are also interested in exploring these metal nanoparticles as novel efficient catalysts in reactions of interest (e.g. biomass valorization). In addition, our research is now centered on magnetically induced heating which is based on the use of eddy currents and/or hysteresis losses produced in a ferromagnetic material by the presence of high-frequency alternating magnetic fields. Therefore, our research program covers the areas of organometallic chemistry, metal nanoparticle catalysis and magnetically induced heating.

Selected publications

• Magnetic Nanoparticles and Radio Frequency Induction: From Specific Heating to Magnetically Induced Catalysis. J. Mazarío, S. Ghosh, V. Varela-Izquierdo, L. M. Martínez-Prieto and B. Chaudret, ChemCatChem 2024, e202400683. https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202400683
• Structural transformation of carbon-encapsulated core-shell CoNi nanoparticles during magnetically induced CO2 reduction into CO. C. Cerezo-Navarrete, I. M. Marin, C. Marini, B. Chaudret, L. M. Martínez-Prieto, Appl. Catal. B: Environm. 2024, 347, 123780. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2024.123780
• Ruthenium nanoparticles canopied by heptagon-containing saddle-shaped nanographenes as efficient aromatic hydrogenation catalysts. C. Cerezo-Navarrete, A. David, A. García-Zaragoza, P. Oña-Burgos, I. del Rosal, R. Poteau, A. Campaña, Luis M. Martínez-Prieto, Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 13046-13059. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2SC04228B
• Magnetically Induced Catalytic Reduction of Biomass-derived Oxygenated Compounds in Water. C. Cerezo-Navarrete, I. Mustieles, H. García Miquel, A. Corma, B. Chaudret, Luis M. Martínez-Prieto, ACS. Catal. 2022, 12, 8462. Front cover. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.2c01696
• Uniform Ru Nanoparticles on N-Doped Graphene for Selective Hydrogenation of Fatty Acids to Alcohols. L. M. Martínez-Prieto, M. Puche, C. Cerezo-Navarrete, B. Chaudret, J. Catal. 2019, 377, 429. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2019.07.040