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.

Globally aromatic odd-electron π-magnetic macrocycle

Federico Villalobos, Jan Berger, Adam Matěj, Reed Nieman, Ana Sánchez-Grande, Diego Soler, Andrés Pinar Solé, Hans Lischka, Mikuláš Matoušek, Jiri Brabec, Libor Veis, Alba Millan, Carlos Sánchez-Sánchez, Araceli G. Campaña, Juan M. Cuerva, Pavel Jelínek

CHEM

Globally aromatic odd-electron π-magnetic macrocycle

Visualizing the topological pentagon states of a giant C₅₄₀ metamaterial

Danwei Liao, Jingyi Zhang, Shuochen Wang, Zhiwang Zhang, Alberto Cortijo, María A. H. Vozmediano, Francisco Guinea, Ying Cheng, Xiaojun Liu & Johan Christensen

Nature Communications

Cutting-and-gluing graphene into a fullerene sphere and the associated continuum approximation.

Balancing the Co-Solvent Content in High Entropy Aqueous Electrolytes to Obtain 2.2 V Symmetric Supercapacitors

Laura González-Aguilera, José Manuel Vicent-Luna, Shuxia Tao, Sofia Calero, Rafael M. Madero-Castro, Encarnación Raymundo-Piñero, Xuejun Lu*, María C. Gutiérrez, M. Luisa Ferrer*, Francisco del Monte

Advanced Functional Materials

Visualization of the most favorable configurations of isolated molecular clusters obtained with GFN1-xTB geometry optimization calculations for 0.44EMIMBF4:1.06EMIMTFSI:2H2O:1DMSO:nCH3CN mixtures, with EMIM+ in red, TFSI– and BF4– in orange, H2O in light blue, DMSO in light green, and CH3CN in blue. EMIM+ is represented by three spheres corresponding to the two extreme carbon atoms and one nitrogen atom of the ring, TFSI– by five spheres on carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur atoms, while BF4–, H2O, DMSO, and CH3C

The importance of A-site cation chemistry in superionic halide solid electrolytes

Kit Barker, Sarah L. McKinney, Raül Artal, Ricardo Jiménez, Nuria Tapia-Ruiz, Stephen J. Skinner, Ainara Aguadero & Ieuan D. Seymour

Nature Communications

Fig. 4: Energy volume relationship for A2ZrCl6 activation energies.

Cyclodehydrogenation of molecular nanographene precursors catalyzed by atomic hydrogen

Rafal Zuzak, Pawel Dabczynski, Jesús Castro-Esteban, José Ignacio Martínez, Mads Engelund, Dolores Pérez, Diego Peña & Szymon Godlewski

Nature Communications

Cyclodehydrogenation catalyzed by atomic hydrogen

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

UV–vis–NIR spectroscopy of MW-exfoliated MoS2 (black), PdNS (orange), and PdNS@f-MoS2 heterostructure (blue). Dashed lines indicate the two main MoS2 exciton signals, only noticeable when 2H-MoS2 is appropriately exfoliated. b) ATR-FTIR spectra of the MW-exfoliated MoS2 (black), MalPhBr (green), f-MoS2-MalPhBr (red), and PdNS@f-MoS2 heterostructure (blue). c) Zoomed ATR-FTIR spectra in the 550–850 cm−1 region, where the C─S bond (dashed line, 720 cm−1) is observable, and d) Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA)

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†

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

Abstract Or111: Titin cleavage disrupts sarcomere-adhesion tensional homeostasis triggering cardiomyocyte arrhythmia in vitro

Maria Rosaria Pricolo, Miguel López-Unzu, Natalia Vicente, Cristina Morales-Lopez, Wendy Perez Franco, Andra C. Dumitru, Francisco Miguel Espinosa Barea, Mateo I. Sanchez, Manuel Oria-Muriel, Roberto Silva-Rojas, Elias Herrero-Galan, Ricardo Garcia-Garcia, and Jorge Alegre-Cebollada

Circulation Research

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/res.135.suppl_1.Or111

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

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Noticias

ICMM participa en el primer laboratorio del mundo de robótica con IA para descubrir nuevos materiales basados en polímeros
Amparo Ruiz Carretero participa en la reunión con la ministra Morant en el encuentro ‘España ATRAE: un mejor país para la ciencia’
David Levy (ICMM-CSIC) presenta sus ventanas inteligentes en el Foro Transfiere
Gloria Platero, nombrada académica de número de la Real Academia de Ciencias de España
El ICMM logra el Distintivo ASPIRA-CSIC Sagrario Martínez Carrera, dotado con 3000.000 euros