Eduardo Coutiño obtained his PhD in chemistry under the guidance of Prof. Johan Hofkens and Prof. Bert Sels at KU Leuven (Belgium), working in the development of nanostructured luminescent materials using the concepts of self-assembly in confined spaces. Such materials display potential applications as phosphors in lighting devices, sensors and luminescent micro-carriers. After a postdoc period in the group of molecular visualization and photonics (KU Leuven), Eduardo joined CIDETEQ as a Cátedras-CONACYT researcher where he developed protocols for the valorization of minerals and industrial waste for the fabrication of micro(meso)porous functional materials. In 2019 he joined Centro de Investigaciones en Óptica (CIO) leading the nanophotonics laboratory. His work has been published in prestigious journals (highlighting the breakthrough studies on the correlation between structure-functionalities of subnanometer silver clusters) and presented in several conferences. He has mentored bachelor and master students and taught diverse courses related to the synthesis and characterization of nanostructured photonics materials. He belongs to the SNII (level I) and to the Mexican society of materials. Eduardo has been involved in multiple (national and international) projects, highlighting his participation as scientific manager of a fp7 project (self-assembly in confined space – SACS), and as technical responsible of CONACYT and UC-MEXUS projects.
Research Interests:
- Nanophotonics
- Optoelectronic devices
- Phosphors development
- Luminescent sensors/probes
- Lighting devices
- Nanostructured materials
- Metal clusters
- Self-assembly in confined spaces
- Photocatalysis
Selected publications:
2022
- Marco Antonio Cueto-Bastida, Yadira Guadalupe Maldonado, Yolanda Reyes-Vidal, Myriam Solís-López, Eduardo Coutino-Gonzalez, Fabricio Espejel-Ayala . ”Synthesis of sodium titanates and their use in the photocatalytic degradation of NO.” Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2022, doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-18724-y
2021
- Cristina Martin, Dries Jonckheere, Eduardo Coutino-Gonzalez, Simon Smolders, Bart Beuken, Carlos Marquez, Andraz Krajnc, Tom Whillhammar, Koen Kennes, Oliver Fenwick, Fanny Richard, Paolo Samori, Gregor Mali, Johan Hofkens, Maarten Roeffaers, Dirk De Vos. “Metal–biomolecule frameworks (BioMOFs): a novel approach for “green” optoelectronic applications”. Chemical Communications, 2021, 58, 677-680. 10.1039/d1cc05214d
- Evelyne Bartholomeeusen, Gert De Cremer, Koen Kennes, Ceri Hammond, Ive Hermans, Jiang-bo Lu, Dominique Schryvers, Pierre A. Jacobs, Maarten Roeffaers, Johan Hofkens, Bert Sels, Eduardo Coutino-González. “Optical encoding of luminescent carbon nanodots in confined spaces”. Chemical Communications, 2021, 57, 11952-11955. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1CC04777A
- Giacomo Romolini, Julian A. Steele, Johan Hofkens, Maarten B.J. Roeffaers and Eduardo Coutino-Gonzalez. “Tunable luminescence from stable silver nanoclusters confined in microporous zeolites”. Advanced Optical Materials, 2021, 9, 2100526. https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202100526
- Raul Garcia-Garcia, Jose Guadalupe Rivera, Eduardo Coutino-Gonzalez, German Orozco. “Electrochemical study in acid aqueous solution and ex-situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis of metallic rhenium surface”. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 2021, 893, 115297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelechem.2021.115297
- José Adán Moreno-Torres, Mario Flores-Acosta, Rafael Ramírez-Bon, Eduardo Coutino-Gonzalez. “Lead confinement and fluorimetric detection using zeolites: towards a rapid and cost-effective detection of lead in water”. Journal of Physics Photonics, 2021, 3, 034003. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2515-7647/abf945
- Hugo Hernández-Martínez, Eduardo Coutino-Gonzalez, Fabricio Espejel-Ayala, Francisco Alberto Ruiz-Treviño, Gabriel Guerrero-Heredia, Ana Laura García-Riego, Lilian Irais Olvera. “Mixed matrix membranes based on fluoropolymers with m- and p-terphenyl fragments for gas separation applications”. ACS Omega, 2021, 6, 4921-4931. 10.1021/acsomega.0c05978
2020
- Brenda Vargas, Eduardo Coutiño-Gonzalez, Citlali Sánchez-Aké, Oscar Ovalle-Encinia, and Diego Solis-Ibarra. “Efficient Emission in Halide Layered Double Perovskites: The Role of Sb3+ Substitution in Cs4Cd1–xMnxBi2Cl12. Phosphors”. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2020, 11, 10362−10367. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c02912
- Brenda Vargas, Diana T. Reyes-Castillo, Eduardo Coutino-Gonzalez, Citlali Sánchez-Aké, Carlos Ramos, Ciro Falcony, and Diego Solis-Ibarra. “Enhanced luminescence and mechanistic studies on Mn-doped double layered perovskite phosphors: Cs4Mn1−xCdxBi2Cl12”. Chemistry of Materials, 2020, 32, 21, 9307–9315. https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.12735584.v1
- Eduardo Coutino-Gonzalez, Maarten Roeffaers, Johan Hofenks. “Highly luminescent metal clusters confined in zeolites”. Dyes and Photoactive Molecules in Microporous Systems. 2020, publicado por la editorial Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/430_2020_54
- L.A.Diaz-Torres, A.I.Mtz-Enriquez , C.R.Garcia, E.Coutino-Gonzalez, A.I.Oliva, M.A.Vallejo, T.Cordova ,C.Gomez-Solis ,J.Oliva. EFFICIENT HYDROGEN GENERATION BY ZNAL2O4 NANOPARTICLES EMBEDDED ON A FLEXIBLE GRAPHENE COMPOSITE SUPPORT. RENEWABLE ENERGY, Volume 152, June 2020, Pages 634-643, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2020.01.074
- A.I.Mtz-Enriquez, K.P.Padmasree, A.I.Oliva, C.Gomez-Solis, E.Coutino-Gonzalez, C.R.Garcia, D.Esparza, J.Oliva . TAILORING THE DETECTION SENSITIVITY OF GRAPHENE BASED FLEXIBLE SMOKE SENSORS BY DECORATING WITH CERAMIC MICROPARTICLES. SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B, Volume 305, 15 February 2020, 127466, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2019.127466
- Wouter Baekelant, Giacomo Romolini, Li Sun, Michiel De Ras, Eduard Fron, Tiago Moreira, Catarina Viola, Andreia Ruivo, César A T Laia, Johan Martens, Cristina Martin, Cheol Woong Kim, Mark van der Auweraer, Maarten B J Roeffaers, Johan Hofkens and Eduardo Coutino-Gonzalez. TUNABLE WHITE EMISSION OF SILVER-SULFUR-ZEOLITES AS SINGLE-PHASE LED PHOSPHORS. METHODS AND APPLICATIONS IN FLUORESCENCE, 8 024004, 19 February 2020, https://doi.org/10.1088/2050-6120/ab7169
- Oliver Fenwick, Eduardo Coutiño‐Gonzalez, Fanny Richard, Sara Bonacchi, Wouter Baekelant, Dirk de Vos, Maarten B. J. Roeffaers, Johan Hofkens, Paolo Samorì,.X-RAY-INDUCED GROWTH DYNAMICS OF LUMINESCENT SILVER CLUSTERS IN ZEOLITES. SMALL, 02 June 2020, https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202002063
2019
- Josue J. Machorro, D,Ana L. Lazaro ,Fabricio Espejel-Ayala ,Eduardo Coutiño-Gonzalez ,Juan C. Chavarria-Hernandez, D,Luis. A. Godínez and Francisco J. Rodríguez-Valadez. THE ROLES OF THE STRUCTURE AND BASIC SITES OF SODIUM TITANATES ON TRANSESTERIFICATION REACTIONS TO OBTAIN BIODIESEL. CATALYSTS, Volume 9 , Issue 12 , 10.3390/catal9120989
- Wouter Baekelant, Saleh Aghakhani, Eduard Fron, Cristina Martin, Cheol Woong-Kim, Julian A. Steele, Trees De Baerdemaeker, Francesco d’Acapito, Dmitry Chernysov, Mark van der Auweraer, Peter Lievens, Didier Grandjean, Maarten Roeffaers, Johan Hofkens, and Eduardo Coutino-Gonzalez. Luminescent silver-lithium-zeolite phosphors for near-ultraviolet LED applications. Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2019, 7, 14366-14374.
- Koen Kennes, Cristina Martín, Wouter Baekelant, Eduardo Coutino-Gonzalez, Eduard Fron, Maarten Roeffaers, Johan Hofkens, Mark Van der Auweraer. Silver zeolite composites-based LEDs: Origin of electroluminescence and charge transport. ACS Applied Surfaces and Interfaces 2019, 11, 12179-12183.
- Eduard Fron, Saleh Aghakhani, Wouter Baekelant, Didier Grandjean, Eduardo Coutino-Gonzalez, Mark Van der Auweraer, Maarten Roeffaers, Peter Lievens, Johan Hofkens. Structural and photophysical characterization of Ag clusters in LTA zeolites. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2019, 123, 10630-10638.
Another years:
- Wouter Baekelant, Saleh Aghakhani, Eduardo Coutino-Gonzalez, Koen Kennes, Francesco D’Acapito, Didier Grandjean, Mark Van der Auweraer, Peter Lievens, Maarten B.J. Roeffaers, Johan Hofkens and Julian A Steele. Shaping the optical properties of silver clusters inside zeolite A via guest-host-guest interactions. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2018, 9, 5344-5350.
- Didier Grandjean, Eduardo Coutino-Gonzalez, Ngo Tuan Cuong, Eduard Fron, Wouter Baekelant, Mohammad Saleh Aghakhani, Philomena Schlexer, Francesco d’Acapito, Dipanjan Banerjee, Maarten B.J. Roeffaers, Minh Tho Nguyen, Johan Hofkens, Peter Lievens. Origin of the bright photoluminescence of few-atom silver clusters confined in LTA-zeolites. Science 2018, 361, 686-690.
- Saleh Aghakhani, Didier Grandjean, Wouter Baekelant, Eduardo Coutino-Gonzalez, Eduard Fron, Kristina Kvashnina, Maarten B. J. Roeffaers, Johan Hofkens, Bert F. Sels, and Peter Lievens. Atomic-scale reversible opto-structural switching of few-atom luminescent silver clusters confined in LTA zeolites. Nanoscale 2018, 10, 11467-11476.
- Andreia Ruivo, Eduardo Coutino-Gonzalez, Miguel M. Santos, Wouter Baekelant, Eduard Fron, Maarten B.J. Roeffaers, Fernando Pina, Johan Hofkens, César A.T. Laia. Highly photoluminescent sulphide clusters confined in zeolites. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2018, 122, 14761-14770.
- Wouter Baekelant, Saleh Aghakhani, Eduardo Coutino-Gonzalez, Didier Grandjean, Koen Kennes, Dries Jonckheere, Eduard Fron, Francesco d’Acapito, Alessandro Longo, Peter Lievens, Maarten B. J. Roeffaers, Johan Hofkens. Confinement of highly luminescent lead clusters in zeolite A. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2018, 122, 13953-13961.
- Wouter Baekelant, Eduardo Coutino-Gonzalez, Julian Steele, Maarten B.J. Roeffaers, and Johan Hofkens. Form follows function: Warming white LEDs using metal cluster loaded zeolites as phosphors. ACS Energy Letters 2017, 2, 2491-2497.
- Eduardo Coutino-Gonzalez, Wouter Baekelant, Julian Steele, Cheol Woong Kim, Maarten B.J. Roeffaers, and Johan Hofkens. Silver clusters in zeolites: From self-assembly to ground breaking luminescent properties. Accounts of Chemical Research 2017, 50, 2353-2361.
- Koen Kennes, Eduardo Coutino-Gonzalez, Cristina Martin, Wouter Baekelant, Maarten Roeffaers, Mark Van der Auweraer. Silver zeolite composites-based LEDs, a novel solid state lighting approach. Advanced Functional Materials 2017, 27, 1606411.
- Thomas Altantzis,* Eduardo Coutino-Gonzalez,* Wouter Baekelant, Gerardo T. Martinez, Artem A. Abakumov, Gustaaf van Tendeloo, Maarten Roeffaers, Sara Bals, Johan Hofkens. Direct observation of luminescent silver clusters confined in faujasite zeolites. ACS Nano 2016, 10, 7604-7611.
- Eduardo Coutino-Gonzalez,* Wouter Baekelant,* Bjorn Dieu, Maarten Roeffaers, Johan Hofkens. Nanostructured Ag-zeolite composites as luminescence-based humidity sensors. Journal of Visualized Experiments 2016, 117.
- Yulong Duan, Chenggong Ju, Guang Yang, Eduard Fron, Eduardo Coutino-Gonzalez, Sergey Semin, Chencheng Fan, Ryan S. Balok, Jonathan Cremers, Paul Tinnemans, Yaqing Feng, Yuliang Li, Johan Hofkens, Alan E. Rowan, Theo Rasing, and Jialiang Xu. Aggregation induced enhancement of linear and nonlinear optical emission from a hexaphenylene derivative. Advanced Functional Materials 2016, 26, 8968-8977.
- Oliver Fenwick,* Eduardo Coutino-Gonzalez,* Didier Grandjean, Wouter Baekelant, Fanny Richard, Sara Bonacchi, Dirk De Vos, Peter Lievens, Maarten Roeffaers, Johan Hofkens, Paolo Samorì. Tuning the energetics and tailoring the optical properties of silver clusters confined inzeolites. Nature Materials 2016, 15, 1017-1022.
- Dries Jonckheere, Eduardo Coutino-Gonzalez, Wouter Baekelant, Bart Bueken, Helge Reinsch, Ivo Stassen, Oliver Fenwick, Fanny Richard, Paolo Samorì, Rob Ameloot, Johan Hofkens, Maarten B. J. Roeffaers, Dirk E. De Vos. Silver-induced reconstruction of an adeninate-based metal-organic framework for encapsulation of luminescent adenine-stabilized silver clusters. Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2016, 4, 4259-4268.
- Eduardo Coutino-Gonzalez, Wouter Baekelant, Didier Grandjean, Maarten B.J. Roeffaers, Mark Van der Auweraer, Tom Vosch, Nicolas Bovet, Eduard Fron, Mohammad S. Aghakhani, Peter Lievens, Bert Sels, Johan Hofkens. Thermally activated LTA(Li)-Ag zeolites with water-responsive photoluminescence properties. Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2015, 3, 11857-11867.
- Sven Leyre, Eduardo Coutino-Gonzalez, Jonas Joos, Jana Ryckaert, Youri Meuret, Dirk Poelman, Guy Durinck, Johan Hofkens, Geert Deconinck, Peter Hanselaer. Absolute determination of photoluminescence quantum efficiency using an integrating sphere setup. Review of Scientific Instruments 2014, 85, 123115(1-9).
- Andrea Mazzocut, Eduardo Coutino-Gonzalez, Wouter Baekelant, Bert Sels, Johan Hofkens, Tom Vosch. Fabrication of silver nanoparticles with limited size distribution on TiO2 containing zeolites. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2014, 16, 18690-18693.
- Eduardo Coutino-Gonzalez, Maarten B.J. Roeffaers, Bjorn Dieu, Gert De Cremer, Sven Leyre, Peter Hanselaer, Wim Fyen, Bert Sels and Johan Hofkens. Determination and optimization of the luminescent external quantum efficiency of silver-clusters zeolite composites. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2013, 117, 6998-7004.
- Jialiang Xu, Semin Sergey, Dorota Niedzialek, Paul Kouwer, Eduard Fron, Eduardo Coutino-Gonzalez, Matteo Savoini, Yuliang Li, Johan Hofkens, Hiroshi Uji-i, David Beljonne, Theo Rasing, Alan Rowan. Self-assembled organic microfibers for nonlinear optics. Advanced Materials 2013, 25, 2084-2089.
- Gert De Cremer, Eduardo Coutino-Gonzalez, Maarten B.J. Roeffaers, Dirk E. De Vos, Johan Hofkens, Tom Vosch and Bert F. Sels. In situ observation of the emission characteristics of zeolite-hosted silver species during heat treatment. CHEMPHYSCHEM 2010, 11, 1627-1631.
- Gert De Cremer, Bert F. Sels, Jun-ichi Hotta, Maarten B.J. Roeffaers, Evelyne Bartholomeeusen, Eduardo Coutino-Gonzalez, Valentin Valtchev, Dirk E. De Vos, Tom Vosch and Johan Hofkens. Optical encoding of silver microcarriers. Advanced Materials 2010, 22, 957-960.
- Gert De Cremer, Eduardo Coutiño-Gonzalez, Maarten B.J. Roeffaers, Bart Moens, Jeroen Ollevier, Mark Van der Auweraer, Robert Schoonheydt, Pierre A. Jacobs, Frans De Schryver, Johan Hofkens, Dirk E. De Vos, Bert F. Sels and Tom Vosch. Characterization of fluorescence in heat-treated silver-exchanged zeolites. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2009, 131, 3049-3056.
