Aritz Retolaza is a Research Engineer of the Integrated Micro and Nanotechnologies Group at INL. His research activities focus on the development of nanostructured coatings to functionalize the surface of automotive parts.

Aritz received his PhD in Chemical Science (Polymer Sciences) from the University of the Basque Country (Spain). He has worked for 15 years at Tekniker, and he acquired there his background in cleanroom technologies, such as photolithography, nanoimprint lithography, electroplating, and characterization techniques, such as SEM and profilometry.

• A. Perez-Gavila, J. Vieira de Castro, A. Arana, S. Merino, A. Retolaza, Sofia A. Alves, A. Francone, N. Kehagias, C.M. Sotomayor-Torres, D. Cocina, R. Mortera, S. Crapanzano, C. Pelegrín, M.C. Garrigos, A. Jiménez, B. Galindo, M.C. Araque, D. Dykeman, N.M. Neves, J.M Marimón
  Antimicrobial activity testing methods for hydrophobic patterned surfaces
  Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control (2020).

• A. Retolaza, A. Juarros, J. Ramiro, S. Merino
  Thermal roll to roll nanoimprint lithography for micropillars fabrication on thermoplastics
  Microelectronic Eng. 193, 54-61 (2018)

• J. Martínez-Perdiguero, A. Retolaza, L. Bujanda, S. Merino
  Surface plasmon resonance immunoassay for the detection of the TNF biomarker in human serum
  Talanta 119, 492-497 (2014)

• M. Morales-Vidal, P.G. Boj, J.A. Quintana, J.M. Villalvilla, A. Retolaza, S. Merino, M.A. Díaz-García
  Distributed feedback lasers based on perylenediimide dyes for label-free refractive index sensing
  Sensors and actuators B 220, 1368-1375 (2015)

• E. Abad, S. Merino, A. Retolaza, A. Juarros
  Design and Fabrication Using Nanoimprint Lithography of a Nanofluidic Device for DNA Stretching Applications
  Microelectronic Eng. 85, 818-821 (2008)