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No Switching Cooperativity between Coordinated Azo Ligands on Complexes Having {M<sup>II</sup>(phosphane-κ<sup>2</sup><em>P</em>)}<sup>2+</sup> (M = Pd, Pt) Scaffolds 

Raïch Panisello, Ot; Jover Modrego, Jesús; Puigjaner Vallet, Ma. Cristina; Ferrer García, Montserrat; Martínez López, Manuel, 1957- (Publication date: 2026-03-27)

A series of square-planar palladium and platinum compounds with cis-blocking phosphanes and terminal azobenzene ligands ${[M(dppp)-(azo)_{2}] (OTf)_{2} (azo = CN(C_{6}H_{4})-N = N-(C_{6}H_{4})CN (iso-cyano), CN(C_{6}H_{4})-N ...

Emerging leaders in nanotechnology. 

Guimaraes, Marcos H. D.; Badilescu, Simona; Mohapatra, Satyabrata; Franzese, Giancarlo (Publication date: 2026-03-17)

This Research Topic of Frontiers in Nanotechnology celebrates the achievements of emerging leaders driving innovation in the broad field of nanoscience and nanotechnology. The diverse articles in this Research Topic reflect ...

Dichroism of coupled multipolar plasmonic modes in twisted triskelion stacks 

Rodríguez Álvarez, Javier; Labarta, Amílcar; Vila-Comamala, Joan; García-Martín, Antonio; Guerrero, Albert; Borrisé, Xavier; Pérez Murano, Francesc; David, Christian; Blanco, Álvaro; Pecharromán, Carlos; Batlle Gelabert, Xavier; Fraile Rodríguez, Arantxa (Publication date: 2026-01-23)

We present a systematic investigation of the optical response to circularly polarized illumination in twisted stacked plasmonic nanostructures. The system consists in two identical, parallel gold triskelia, centrally aligned ...

Malaria quantitative POC testing using magnetic particles, a paper microfluidic device and a hand-held fluorescence reader 

Arias Alpízar, Kevin; Sánchez-Cano, A.; Prat-Trunas, J.; Serna, E.; Alonso Casanovas, Oscar; Sulleiro, E.; Sánchez-Montalvá, Adrián; Diéguez Barrientos, Àngel; Baldrich, E. (Publication date: 2026-01-16)

A point-of-care (POC) device is reported for highly sensitive and selective detection of Plasmodium falciparum lactate dehydrogenase (Pf-LDH), a biomarker of malaria infection, based on a single-step magneto-immunoassay, ...

Folate-Receptor-Targeted Gold Nanoparticles Bearing a DNA-Binding Anthraquinone 

Caballero Hernández, Ana Belén; Hodges, Nikolas J.; Hannon, Michael J. (Publication date: 2026-01-12)

In recent years, anthraquinones have been widening their therapeutic opportunities given their numerous health benefits. The search for adequate delivery platforms to improve their pharmacokinetics leads us to propose ...

Reading QR Codes on challenging surfaces using thin-plate splines 

Benito Altamirano, Ismael; Martínez Carpena, David; Lizarzaburu-Aguilar, Hanna; Fàbrega Gallego, Cristian; Prades García, Juan Daniel (Publication date: 2025-12-18)

In real world uses, QR Codes are printed or overlaid on top of complex surfaces, like cylindrical bottles or other daily objects with random topographies that pose big challenges to their readout with the conventional ...

Method for reducing specular reflections in Mueller matrix imaging 

Pardo, Iago; Bian, Subiao; Pascual Miralles, Esther; Arteaga Barriel, Oriol (Publication date: 2025-12-18)

Mueller matrix polarimetry has emerged as a powerful tool for non-destructiveoptical analysis of biological tissues and bioorganic materials, offering detailed insights intopolarization-specific properties such as ...

Time-resolved solvation of alkali ions in superfluid helium nanodroplets: Theoretical simulationof a pump–probe study 

García-Alfonso, Ernesto; Barranco Gómez, Manuel; Pi Pericay, Martí; Halberstadt, Nadine (Publication date: 2025-12-16)

The solvation process of an alkali ion (Na+, K+, Rb+, and Cs+) inside a superfluid 4He2000 nanodroplet is investigated theoretically using liquid 4He time-dependent density functional theory at zero temperature. We simulate ...

Confronting positions: para- vs. meta-functionalization in triindole for p-type air-stable OTFTs 

Cuadrado Santolaria, Alba; Bujaldón Carbó, Roger; Fabregat, Clara; Puigdollers i González, Joaquim; Velasco Castrillo, Dolores (Publication date: 2025-10-13)

The 5,10,15-trihexyl-10,15-dihydro-5H-diindolo[3,2-a:3′,2′-c]carbazole core, namely triindole, is well-known for its prominent hole-transporting properties and air stability. The functionalization of this core is also ...

C60 fullerene as an on-demand single photon source at room temperature 

Lahoz Sanz, Raul; Lozano Martín, Lidia; Brú Cortés, Adrià; Hernández Márquez, Sergi; Duocastella, Martí; Gómez Cama, José María; Juliá-Díaz, Bruno (Publication date: 2025-10-13)

Single photon sources are fundamental for applications in quantum computing, secure communication, and sensing, as they enable the generation of individual photons and ensure strict control over photon number statistics. ...

Clustering, collision, and relaxation dynamics in pure and doped helium nanoclusters: Density- vs particle-based approaches 

García-Alfonso, Ernesto; Barranco Gómez, Manuel; Bonhommeau, David A.; Halberstadt, Nadine; Pi Pericay, Martí; Calvo, Florent (Publication date: 2023-01-18)

The clustering, collision, and relaxation dynamics of pristine and doped helium nanodroplets is theoretically investigated in cases of pickup and clustering of heliophilic argon, collision of heliophobic cesium atoms, and ...

Exudative versus nonexudative age-related macular d generation: physiopathology and treatment options 

Fernandes, Ana Rita; Zielinska, Aleksandra; Sánchez López, Elena; Santos, Tiago dos; García López, María Luisa; Silva, Amélia M.; Karczewski, Jacek; Souto, Eliana B. (Publication date: 2023-12-05)

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is an eye disease typically associated with the aging and can be classified into two types—namely, the exudative and the nonexudative AMD. Currently available treatments for exudative ...

Spin Crossover-Assisted Modulation of Electron Transport in a Single-Crystal 3D Metal−Organic Framework 

Martinez-Martinez, Ana; Resines-Urien, Esther; Piñeiro-López, Lucía; Fernández-Blanco, Angel; Lorenzo Mariano, Antonio; Albalad, Jorge; Maspoch, Daniel; Poloni, Roberta; Rodríguez-Velamazán, Jose Alberto; Sañudo Zotes, Eva Carolina; Burzurí, Enrique; Sánchez Costa, José (Publication date: 2024-03-15)

Molecule-based spin crossover (SCO) materials display likely one of the most spectacular switchable processes. The SCO involves reversible changes in their physicochemical properties (i.e. optical, magnetic, electronic, ...

Effect of substituents on the 1O2 production and biological activity of (N^N^N)Pt(py) complexes 

Romo Islas, Guillermo; Gil-Moles, María; Saxena, Arnav; Frontera, Antonio; Gimeno, M. Concepción; Rodríguez Raurell, Laura (Publication date: 2025-05-12)

Twelve (N^N^N)platinum pyridyl complexes, (N^N^N)Pt(pyF), were synthesised and investigated for their singlet oxygen generation and potential biological activities. They exhibited 1IL and 1MLCT absorption transitions at ...

Selective signalling of alcohols by a molecular lattice and mechanism of single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformations 

Sánchez Costa, José; Rodriguez-Jimenez, Santiago; Craig, Gavin, 1979-; Barth, Benjamin; Beavers, Christine M.; Teat, Simon J.; Gagnon, Kevin J.; Barrios Moreno, Leoní Alejandra; Roubeau, Olivier; Aromí Bedmar, Guillem (Publication date: 2022-05-02)

Single-crystal-to-single-crystal (SCSC) transformations of molecular materials involving exchange of lattice molecules are becoming commonplace and very relevant in areas like chemical sensing or the pharmaceutical sector. ...

Microfluidic 3D platform to evaluate endothelial progenitor cell recruitment by bioactive materials 

Lopez-Canosa, Adrián; Perez-Amodio, Soledad; Engel, Elisabeth; Castaño Linares, Óscar (Publication date: 2025-03-07)

Most of the conventional in vitro models to test biomaterial-driven vascularization are too simplistic to recapitulate the complex interactions taking place in the actual cell microenvironment, which results in a poor ...

Activity Report 2021 

Institut de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (Publication date: 2022-05-10)

The Activity Report of IN2UB for the year 2021. The members of the IN2UB community have good reasons to be proud of their contribution in giving shape to this report. Following the difficulties associated to the aftermath ...

Comparative of machine learning classification strategies for electron energy loss spectroscopy: Support vector machines and artificial neural networks 

Pozo Bueno, Daniel del; Kepaptsoglou, Demie; Peiró Martínez, Francisca; Estradé Albiol, Sònia (Publication date: 2025-02-25)

Machine Learning (ML) strategies applied to Scanning and conventional Transmission Electron Microscopy have become a valuable tool for analyzing the large volumes of data generated by various S/TEM techniques. In this work, ...

Binding Studies of a Luminescent Pt(II) Organometallic Calix[4]pyrrole with Halide Salts 

Lázaro Palacios, Ariadna; Valencia, Esteban; Ballester, Pablo; Rodríguez Raurell, Laura (Publication date: 2026-03-19)

We report the synthesis of a luminescent Pt(II) complex, PtL2, based on a “two-wall” aryl-extended calix[4]pyrrole (C[4]P). We characterize its binding properties as a receptor of methyl trioctyl ammonium chloride (MTOA·Cl) ...

Medium-pressure hydrogen storage on activated carbon derived from biomass conversion 

Serafin, Jarosław; Dziejarski, Bartosz; Solis, Carlos; Ramírez de la Piscina, Pilar; Homs Martí, Narcís (Publication date: 2024-02-15)

This study presents the utilization of activated carbons (ACs) derived from Polypodium vulgare, a commonly available feedstock, for effective medium-pressure H2 storage. For the ACs preparation, biomass was treated with ...

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