Leire Unanue


PhD Student

Física de polímeros multifásicos avanzados

leire.unanue@polymat.eu



Leire Unanue earned her B.Sc in Chemistry from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) in 2022. Later, she did a Double Master in Polymer Science (June 2023) from the University of the Basque Country and the Université de Bordeaux, obtaining a specialization in polymers. During her master thesis, she worked on the Nucleation and crystal growth of polythioethers using Polarized Light Optical Microscopy under the supervision of Prof. Agurtzane Múgica and Prof. Alejandro J. Müller. She is currently doing her PhD under the supervision of Prof. Alejandro J. Müller and Prof. David Mecerreyes. Her work is focused in the use and morphological characterization of different block copolymers with single-ion polymeric nanoparticles as solid polymer electrolytes for lithium batteries.

Unique Hierarchical Mesostructures Arising from Biobased Double-Crystalline PLLA-b-PHDO-b-PLLA ABA Triblock Copolymers
F. Kilens, L. Fonseca, A. Olazabal, L. Unanue, J. Olmedo-Martinez, M. Krol, D. Mantione, N. Reis, A. Dove, H. Sardon, A.J. Müller and C. Jehanno
BIOMACROMOLECULES Vol. 27, Núm. 7, pp. 4844–4857 10.1021/acs.biomac.6c00880 16/06/2026
Polymer Nanoparticles as Functional Fillers for Composite Electrolytes for Batteries
Herranz Berzosa A., Lingua G., Unanue L., A.J. Müller, Forsyth M., J.R. Leiza and Mecerreyes D.
INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH Vol. 65, Núm. 25, pp. 12857–12864 10.1021/acs.iecr.6c00977 01/01/2026
Polymerizable organic ionic plastic crystals as thermal energy storage systems
de Lacalle J.L., Olmedo-Martínez J.L., Unanue L., Lopez-Morales J., Garcia-Suarez E.J., Casado N. and Mecerreyes D.
EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL Vol. 256 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2026.114957 01/01/2026
Boosting Ionic Conductivity by Ordering Nanoparticles within All-Polymer Poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) Nanocomposites
J. Olmedo-Martinez, G. Lingua, L. Unanue, M. Krol, J. Ruokolainen, A.J. Müller and D. Mecerreyes
ACS Polymers Au Vol. 5, Núm. 5, pp. 488–493 10.1021/acspolymersau.5c00077 10/09/2025