ICMM 2024 wrapped: the best of the Materials Science Institute of Madrid

The Institute of Materials Science of Madrid (ICMM-CSIC) concludes 2024 with a very good feeling. Three new ERC projects have been secured (two Synergy grants and one Proof of Concept) and an ERC Consolidator has been initiated, among other important projects. Additionally, five papers have been published in the journal Nature throughout the year, and several awards and recognitions have been received. Here follows a summary of the most important points.

Graphene oxide scaffolds promote functional improvements mediated by scaffold-invading axons in thoracic transected rats

Marta Zaforas, Esther Benayas, Raquel Madroñero-Mariscal, Ana Domínguez-Bajo, Elena Fernández-López, Yasmina Hernández-Martín, Ankor González-Mayorga, Elena Alonso-Calviño, Eduardo R. Hernández, Elisa López-Dolado, Juliana M. Rosa, Juan Aguilar*, María C. Serrano*

Bioactive Materials

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452199X24005681

Multiscale Thermal Analysis of Gold Nanostars in 3D Tumor Spheroids: Integrating Cellular-Level Photothermal Effects and Nanothermometry via X-Ray Spectroscopy

Rosalía López-Méndez, Anastasiia Dubrova, Javier Reguera, Rául Magro, Fátima Esteban-Betegón, Ana Parente, Miguel Ángel García, Julio Camarero, Emiliano Fonda, Claire Wilhelm*, Álvaro Muñoz-Noval*, Ana Espinosa*

Advanced Healthcare Materials

Multiscale Thermal Analysis of Gold Nanostars in 3D Tumor Spheroids: Integrating Cellular-Level Photothermal Effects and Nanothermometry via X-Ray Spectroscopy

The role of temperature in the photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) of Ag₂S-based nanocrystals

Peijiang Wang, Rafael Morales-Márquez, Gabriel Cervás, Alejandro Hernández Medel, Marina Paris Ogayar, D. Jimenez de Aberasturi, Ana Ines de Isidro-Gomez, Almudena Torres-Pardo, Francisco Javier Palomares, Saül Garcia-Orrit, Célia T. Sousa, Ana Espinosa, Helmut H. Telle, Dirk H. Ortgies, Víctor Vega-Mayoral, Juan Cabanillas-González, Emma Martín Rodríguez*, Ute Resch-Genger*, K. David Wegner*, and Beatriz H. Juárez*

Materials Horizons

The role of temperature in the photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) of Ag2S-based nanocrystals†

Chemically-Linked Heterostructures of Palladium Nanosheets and 2H-MoS₂

Ramiro Quirós-Ovies, Pablo Bastante, Simon Hettler, Víctor Vega-Mayoral, Sergio Aina, Vasileios Balos, Thomas Pucher, Andrés Castellanos-Gomez, Raul Arenal, Juan Cabanillas-Gonzalez, Emilio M. Pérez, Jesús Santamaría, Víctor Sebastian

SMALL

Chemically-Linked Heterostructures of Palladium Nanosheets and 2H-MoS2

Molecular catalyst coordinatively bonded to organic semiconductors for selective light-driven CO2 reduction in water

Jia-Wei Wang*, Fengyi Zhao, Lucia Velasco, Maxime Sauvan, Dooshaye Moonshiram, Martina Salati, Zhi-Mei Luo, Sheng He, Tao Jin, Yan-Fei Mu, Mehmed Z. Ertem, Tianquan Lian & Antoni Llobet*

Nature Communications

Molecular catalyst coordinatively bonded to organic semiconductors for selective light-driven CO2 reduction in water

Flexible Phototransistors on Paper: Scalable Fabrication of PEDOT:PSS Devices Using a Pen Plotter

Yigit Sozen*, Gülsüm Ersu, Thomas Pucher, Jorge Quereda, Andres Castellanos-Gomez*

SMALL Science

Andrés Castellanos and Mar García-Hernández, in their laboratory

The ICMM gets 2 ERC Synergy Grants to develop the electronics for the future

Mar García-Hernández and Andrés Castellanos-Gómez will use their experience in two-dimensional materials on two international projects worth 10 and 14 million euros, respectively. García-Hernández's project proposes a revolution in electronics, creating a novel metamaterials platform that opens the door to new devices with lower energy consumption (and also quantum devices at room temperature); while Castellanos will develop ultra-thin and flexible electronics that can be integrated into rough or curved surfaces, such as skin or other biological structures.

Site-Selective Biofunctionalization of 3D Microstructures Via Direct Ink Writing

George Mathew, Enrico Domenico Lemma, Dalila Fontana, Chunting Zhong, Alberto Rainer, Sylwia Sekula-Neuner, Jasmin Aghassi-Hagmann, Michael Hirtz*, Eider Berganza*

SMALL

Site-Specific Functionalization of 3D Microscaffolds

Giant Thermosalient Effect in a Molecular Single Crystal: Dynamic Transformations and Mechanistic Insights

Mohammad Afsar Uddin*, Raúl Martín, Sergio Gámez-Valenzuela, Marcelo Echeverri, M. Carmen Ruiz Delgado, Enrique Gutiérrez Puebla, Angeles Monge, Berta Gómez-Lor*

JACS

The results of this study highlight the crucial role of a soft and flexible structural configuration combined with a highly compact but loosely bound supramolecular structure in the design of thermoelastic materials.

Single Site W(0) versus Re(I)-Dipyridophenazine- Based Conjugated Porous Polymer for CO₂ Photoreduction

Ángela Matarín, Félix Sánchez, Laura Collado, Mariam Barawi, Victor A. de la Peña O'Shea, Avelina Arnanz*, Marta Liras*, Marta Iglesias*

SMALL structures

Characterization of CPPs-M: a) FT-IR; b) 13C-NMR; c) N2 isotherm; d) TGA, and e,f) SEM images of CPP-Re and CPP-W, respectively. Note that the data corresponding to CPP-W appear in green and CPP-Re appears in pink.

A Multimetal Approach for the Reticulation of Iridium into Metal–Organic Framework Building Units

Raluca Loredana Vasile, M. Carmen Borrallo-Aniceto, Fátima Esteban-Betegón, Alina A. Skorynina, Miguel Gomez-Mendoza, Victor A. de la Peña O’Shea, Enrique Gutiérrez Puebla, Marta Iglesias, M. Ángeles Monge, & Felipe Gándara*

JACS

Noble metal elements are ubiquitous in our everyday life, from medical applications to electronic devices and synthetic chemistry. Iridium is one of the least abundant elements, and despite its scarcity, it remains essential for efficient and active catalytic processes. Consequently, the development of heterogeneous catalysts with the presence of active iridium sites is of enormous interest as it leads to the improvement of their recyclability and reusability. Here, we demonstrate a strategy to incorporate

2D covalent organic framework via catenation

Thirumurugan Prakasam, Sudhir Kumar Sharma, Florent Ravaux, Farah Benyettou, Matteo Lusi, Varghese Sabu, Philippe Bazin, Thomas Delclos, Ramesh Jagannathan, Jamie Whelan, Mohamad El-Roz, Mark A. Olson*, Mahmoud Abdellatief, Obieda S. Mudraj, Felipe Gándara*, Ali Trabolsi*

Chem

A structurally distinct COF with mechanically interlocked components

Chemically Tailored Metal-Organic Frameworks for Enhanced Capture of Short- and Long-Chain Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances from Water

Edward Loukopoulos, Sergio Marugán-Benito, Dionysios Raptis, Emmanuel Tylianakis, George E. Froudakis, Andreas Mavrandonakis*, Ana E. Platero-Prats*

Advanced Functional Materials

a) View of the main framework and pore systems in DUT-67 (left) and MOF-808 (right). Color coding: Zr polyhedral = blue, C = grey, O = red. Potentially available positions for ligand functionalization within the inorganic nodes are depicted as dark red spheres. H atoms have been omitted for clarity. b─d) PXRD data, 1H NMR spectra, and N2 isotherms (recorded at 77 K) of the pristine and functionalized DUT-67 and MOF-808 materials.

Iron salicylaldehydate conjugated metal–organic framework for quasi solid-state supercapacitor

Abdul Khayum Mohammed, Ajmal Pandikassala, Pilar Pena Sánchez, Safa Abdullah Gaber, Stefano Canossa, Maria Kurian, Gigi Xavier, Yao He, Felipe Gándara, Sreekumar Kurungot, Dinesh Shetty

Chemical Engineering Journal

A novel salicylaldehydate linked c-MOF (Fe-Tp) was synthesized through a facile mechano-synthesis. The Fe-Tp showed excellent chemical stability in high-concentration acid (10 M) and outstanding long-term stability in capacitive performance in acid electrolyte (36,000 cycles with 80 % retention of initial capacitance).

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News

Gloria Platero, elected as vice-president and C8 Commission Chair of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
Pablo Bastante is defending his thesis: "If we combine ideas, we could dream of having our phone on the skin of our arm"
Amparo Ruiz Carretero is coming back to Spain and joining the ICMM thanks to the ATRAE program
Gloria Platero, ICMM-CSIC researcher, awarded with the 2023 EPS Emmy Noether Distinction for her full career
The ICMM gets the 'Redacción Médica' award for its research alongside the Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos de Toledo in nanothecnology for multiple sclerosis