Vesa-Pekka Lehto
Professor
Professor in materials physics, specialized in nanomaterials
Department of Technical Physics, Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology
vesa-pekka.lehto@uef.fi | +358 40 355 2470
Prof. Lehto obtained his M.Sc. in 1993, Lic.Phil. in 1996 and Ph.D. in 1999, in Department of Physics, University of Turku, Finland, where he led a research group for the years 2004-2008. He has held the position of full professor in Material Physics at University of Eastern Finland (UEF) since 2008. He has also worked as a senior scientist in the discovery group of Focus Inhalation Ltd in 2002-2003.
His main research interests include physicochemical characterization of pharmaceuticals and especially disordered solid materials, with a special emphasis on mesoporous silicon micro- and nanoparticles. These nanostructured materials are being developed for three specific applications: i) Multifunctional drug delivery systems, ii) Anode materials for Li-ion batteries, and iii) Adsorbents of metal ions especially for dilute aqueous solutions. He is the leader of Pharmaceutical Physics research group in Department of Applied Physics at UEF. He is also leading one of the emerging research fields “Aquatic research in changing world” included in the strategy of the University of Eastern Finland. He has published more than 180 refereed articles, his h-index is 38 and the total number of citations is >5000 (WoS). He is the chairman of the Finnish Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry Association (FinTAC), treasurer of the International Confederation for Thermal Analysis (ICTAC) and he has chaired the ESTAC-11 conference in 2014.
Research groups
Projects
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Teaching and research environment for battery technology development; investment 01.03.2024 - 28.02.2027
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Teaching and research environment for battery technology development 01.03.2024 - 28.02.2026
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Circular Economy of water in industrial processes Finished 01.04.2021 - 30.03.2023
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Utilization of material analysis, condition control and artificial intelligence for industrial circular economy Finished 01.03.2020 - 31.12.2022
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Developing coatings and surface chemistry for industrial applications Finished 01.02.2019 - 31.07.2021
Publications
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A PEG-assisted membrane coating to prepare biomimetic mesoporous silicon for PET/CT imaging of triple-negative breast cancer
Wen, Huang; Martínez, María Gómez; Happonen, Emilia; Qian, Jing; Vallejo, Vanessa Gómez; Mendazona, Helena Jorge; Jokivarsi, Kimmo; Scaravilli, Mauro; Latonen, Leena; Llop, Jordi; Lehto, Vesa-Pekka; Xu, Wujun. 2024. International journal of pharmaceutics. 652: -
Direct mitigation of secondary organic aerosol particulate pollutants by multiphase photocatalysis
Hao, Liqing; Li, Zijun; Yli-Juuti, Taina; Ylisirniö, Arttu; Pullinen, Iida; Miettinen, Pasi; Xu, Wujun; Lehto, Vesa Pekka; Worsnop, Douglas R; Virtanen, Annele. 2024. Science of the total environment. 923: . 171323 -
Nutrient Combinations Sensed by L-Cell Receptors Potentiate GLP-1 Secretion
Sodum, Nalini; Mattila, Orvokki; Sharma, Ravikant; Kamakura, Remi; Lehto, Vesa-Pekka; Walkowiak, Jaroslaw; Herzig, Karl-Heinz; Raza, Ghulam Shere. 2024. International journal of molecular sciences. 25: -
Production of porous silicon from silicon wafer waste for Li-ion batteries via low load metal assisted catalytic etching
Muraleedharan Pillai, Manoj; Zhao, Xiuyun; Kalidas, Nathiya; Tamarov, Konstantin; Lehto, Vesa-Pekka. 2024. Microporous and mesoporous materials. 367: -
A review on the effectiveness of nanocomposites for the treatment and recovery of oil spill
Iftekhar, Sidra; Deb, Anjan; Heidari, Golnaz; Sillanpää, Mika; Lehto, Vesa-Pekka; Doshi, Bhairavi; Hosseinzadeh, Mehdi; Zare, Ehsan Nazarzadeh. 2023. Environmental science and pollution research. 30: 16947-16983 -
Assembly of fluorophore J-aggregates with nanospacer onto mesoporous nanoparticles for enhanced photoacoustic imaging
Xu, Wujun; Leskinen, Jarkko; Sahlström, Teemu; Happonen, Emilia; Tarvainen, Tanja; Lehto, Vesa-Pekka. 2023. Photoacoustics. 33: -
Biomimetic Inorganic Nanovectors as Tumor-Targeting Theranostic Platform against Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Wen, Huang; Poutiainen, Pekka; Batnasan, Enkhzaya; Latonen, Leena; Lehto, Vesa Pekka; Xu, Wujun. 2023. Pharmaceutics. 15: . 2507 -
From structural design to delivery: mRNA therapeutics for cancer immunotherapy
Zhou, Feng; Huang, Lujia; Li, Shiqin; Yang, Wenfang; Chen, Fangmin; Cai, Zhixiong; Liu, Xiaolong; Xu, Wujun; Lehto, Vesa‐Pekka; Lächelt, Ulrich; Huang, Rongqin; Shi, Yang; Lammers, Twan; Tao, Wei; Xu, Zhi Ping; Wagner, Ernst; Xu, Zhiai; Yu, Haijun. 2023. Exploration. [Epub ahead of print 17 Nov 2023]: -
Production of graphitic carbons from plant-based SiC/C nanocomposites for Li-ion batteries
Haluska, Ondřej; Meščeriakovė, Sara-Maaria; Murashko, Kirill; Meščeriakovas, Arūnas; Kalidas, Nathiya; Rantanen, Jimi; Liu, Lizhi; Salami, Ayobami; Lappalainen, Reijo; Lähde, Anna; Lehto, Vesa-Pekka; Riikonen, Joakim. 2023. Materials chemistry and physics. 296: -
Removing siloxanes and hydrogen sulfide from landfill gases with biochar and activated carbon filters
Selenius, Mikko; Ruokolainen, Joonas; Riikonen, Joakim; Rantanen, Jimi; Näkki, Simo; Lehto, Vesa-Pekka; Hyttinen, Marko. 2023. Waste management. 167: 31-38