
Our main research interest lies in the synthesis of new materials for sustainability, following a structure-based property driven approach.
The group is composed of researchers with recognized expertise in fields such as synthesis of materials, heterogeneous catalysis, crystallography, gas sorption, optoelectronics, or simulation.
1.- Design, synthesis and processing of new reticular materials (MOFs, COFs) and other porous materials such as POPs (Porous Organic Polymers), nanoparticles, thin films, mixed matrix membranes.
2.- Atomic level, advanced structural studies on porous functional materials.
3.- Bottom-up synthesis of organic and hybrid porous materials from pre-functionalized building units (chiral, photoactive, etc.)
4.- Structural simulation and calculation of materials
5.- Property tuning by organic ligand functionalization, surface modification, etc.
6.- Properties evaluation: catalytic activity, optics, magnetism, conductivity, sorption, etc, for sustainability.
7.- Design and synthesis of organic semiconductors for applications in flexible electronics devices (OLEDs, OFETs, OPVs) and photocatalysis.
8.- Organic materials with stimuli-responsible optical properties and their use as smart materials or sensing of chemical analytes or physical phenomena (pressure, temperature).
The group owns scientific equipment obtained from and used for the realization of competitive research projects obtained for over 20 years.
The group owns equipment with specific features, which typically requires a technician for their optimal performance. It is thus necessary the need for a graduated technician with knowledge in use and maintenance of the equipment:
- X-ray single crystal diffractometer, with cryogenic temperature system
- NMR spectrometer
- Chromatographic equipment: GC-MS, HPLC
- Gas sorption instrument
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