LABORATORY OF
MATERIALS FOR
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
MAT4LL Research Group
The MAT4LL Research Group results from the merger of two research groups: Química Analítica
Agroalimentaria y Medioambiental (QAAMA) founded by Dr. Venerando González and Dr. Ana M. Afonso, and
Laboratorio de Rayos X y Materiales Moleculares (MATMOL) founded by Dr. Catalina Ruiz-Pérez, and from the
recent incorporation of the research group Multideterminaciones de Interés Farmacéutico, Alimentario y
Medioambiental por Métodos Quimiométricos from ULL.
OUR PROJECT
The ultimate purpose of the MAT4LL Research group is to design new, smart, sustainable, selective and efficient materials to be used in
sample preparation methods for environmental, food and bioclinical analysis. The group has adopted an interdisciplinary approach
including not only analytical researchers but physics scientists and collaborations with organic chemists and parasitology research groups.
The developed projects mainly deal with the synthesis of metal-organic frameworks, ionic liquids and polymers, their physicochemical
characterization, their incorporation in microextraction strategies together with the study of the interactions between the materials and
the target analytes to improve the material designing step. In conclusion, our goal is the design of Materials For ALL!
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Where is our laboratory?
Our
laboratories
are
located
in
the
second
floor
of
the
Chemistry
Building
and
ground
floor
of
the
Physics
Building
in
the
Faculty
of
Sciences
of
La
Universidad de La Laguna.
ADDRESS
Laboratorios 4-7, Departamento de Química, Unidad Departamental de
Química Analítica, Sección de Química, Facultad de Ciencias. Laboratorio de
Rayos X y Materiales Moleculares, Sección de Física, Facultad de Ciencias
Avda. Astrofísico Francisco Sánchez, s/n
38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, España
email: mat4all@ull.edu.es
phone: +34 922 845 200
OUR LATEST PUBLICATION
A simple in vivo assay using amphipods for the evaluation of
potential biocompatible metal-organic frameworks
I. Sifaoui, I. Pacheco-Fernández, J.E. Piñero, V. Pino & J. Lorenzo-
Morales
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
In press (2021)
