New organic artificial sensory nerves - Article in Science

Written by Anna May Masnou.

Sensory (or afferent) nerves bring sensations of touch, pain, or temperature variation to the central nervous system and brain. Using the tools and materials of organic electronics, researchers led by chemist Zhenan Bao at Stanford University, and with the participation of Raphael Pfattner, now ICMAB researcher, but at that time Postdoctoral Fellow at Bao Research Group, have constructed an artificial sensory nerve that works in much the same way.

Fluorescent BODIPY-Anionic Boron Cluster Conjugates as Potential Agents for Cell Tracking

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Mahdi Chaari,Nerea Gaztelumendi,Justo Cabrera-González, Paula Peixoto-Moledo,Clara Viñas, Elba Xochitiotzi-Flores, Norberto Farfán, Abdelhamid Ben Salah, Carme Nogués*, and Rosario Núñez*. Bioconjugate Chemistry. DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.8b00204

Electrochemically driven host–guest interactions on patterned donor/acceptor self-assembled monolayers

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Maria Serena Maglione, Javier Casado-Montenegro, Eva-Corinna Fritz, Núria Crivillers, Bart Jan Ravoo, Concepció Rovira and Marta Mas-Torrent*. Chem. Commun., 2018,54, 3038-3041. DOI: 10.1039/C8CC00494C.

In-Situ Scrutiny of the Relationship between Polymorphic Phases and Properties of Self-Assembled Monolayers of a Biphenyl Based Thiol

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Markos Paradinas, Carmen Munuera, Manfred Buck, and Carmen Ocal^*J. Phys. Chem. B, 2018, 122 (2), pp 657–665. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b05958

Organotin Dyes Bearing Anionic Boron Clusters as Cell‐Staining Fluorescent Probes

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Dr. Blanca M. Muñoz‐Flores, Dr. Justo Cabrera‐González, Prof. Clara Viñas, Dr. Arturo Chávez‐Reyes, Dr. H. V. Rasika Dias, Dr. Víctor M. Jiménez‐Pérez, Dr. Rosario Núñez. Chem. Eur. J. doi:10.1002/chem.201705804

Electron Accumulative Molecules

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Ana B. Buades, Víctor Sanchez Arderiu, David Olid-Britos, Clara Viñas, Reijo Sillanpää, Matti Haukka, Xavier Fontrodona, Markos Paradinas, Carmen Ocal, and Francesc Teixidor*. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140 (8), pp 2957–2970
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b12815

Merging Icosahedral Boron Clusters and Magnetic Nanoparticles: Aiming toward Multifunctional Nanohybrid Materials

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Elena Oleshkevich, Francesc Teixidor , Anna Rosell, and Clara Viñas*. Inorg. Chem., 2018, 57 (1), pp 462–470 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b02691

Anisotropic sensor and memory device with a ferromagnetic tunnel barrier as the only magnetic element

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L. Lόpez-Mir, C. Frontera, H. Aramberri, K. Bouzehouane, J. Cisneros-Fernández, B. Bozzo, L. Balcells & B. Martínez. Scientific Reports, volume 8, Article number: 861 (2018). doi:10.1038/s41598-017-19129-5

Tunable Self-Assembly of YF3 Nanoparticles by Citrate-Mediated Ionic Bridges

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Jordi Martínez-Esaín, Jordi Faraudo*, Teresa Puig, Xavier Obradors, Josep Ros, Susagna Ricart, and Ramón Yáñez*. J. Am. Chem. Soc., Article ASAP. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b09821

Understanding the defect structure in complex oxides: check out this video abstract to find out more!

Written by Anna May Masnou.

Check out this Advanced Functional Materials Video Abstract that Dr. Felip Sandiumenge et al. have made to explain their recent paper on "The misfit dislocation core phase in complex oxide heteroepitaxy".

Fluid Mixing for Low-Power ‘Digital Microfluidics’ Using Electroactive Molecular Monolayers

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Maria Serena Maglione, Stefano Casalini, Stamatis Georgakopoulos, Marianna Barbalinardo, Vitaliy Parkula, Núria Crivillers, Concepció Rovira, Pierpaolo Greco, Marta Mas-Torrent. Small 2017, 1703344. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201703344

Tailoring Lattice Strain and Ferroelectric Polarization of Epitaxial BaTiO3 Thin Films on Si(001)

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Jike Lyu, Ignasi Fina, Raul Solanas, Josep Fontcuberta & Florencio Sánchez. Scientific Reports 8, Article number: 495 (2018). doi:10.1038/s41598-017-18842-5

Mercury-Mediated Organic Semiconductor Surface Doping Monitored by Electrolyte-Gated Field-Effect Transistors

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Qiaoming Zhang, Francesca Leonardi, Stefano Casalini, Marta Mas-Torrent. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2017, 27, 1703899. DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201703899

Tailored metallacarboranes as mediators for boosting the stability of carbon-based aqueous supercapacitors

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R. Ruiz-Rosas, I. Fuentes, C. Viñas, F. Teixidor, E. Morallóna and D. Cazorla-Amorós*. Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2018, DOI:10.1039/C7SE00503B

Pressure-Responsive, Surfactant-Free CO2-Based Nanostructured Fluids

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Natascia Grimaldi, Paula Elena Rojas, Simon Stehle, Alba Cordoba, Ralf Schweins, Santi Sala, Stefan Luelsdorf, David Piña, Jaume Veciana, Jordi Faraudo, Alessandro Triolo*, Andreas Siegfried Braeuer*, and Nora Ventosa*. ACS Nano, 2017, 11 (11), pp 10774–10784. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b02500

Hidden Magnetic States Emergent Under Electric Field, In A Room Temperature Composite Magnetoelectric Multiferroic

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J. D. Clarkson, I. Fina, Z. Q. Liu, Y. Lee, J. Kim, C. Frontera, K. Cordero, S. Wisotzki, F. Sanchez, J. Sort, S. L. Hsu, C. Ko, L. Aballe, M. Foerster, J. Wu, H. M. Christen, J. T. Heron, D. G. Schlom, S. Salahuddin, N. Kioussis, J. Fontcuberta, X. Marti & R. Ramesh. Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 15460 (2017). doi:10.1038/s41598-017-13760-y

Electric and Mechanical Switching of Ferroelectric and Resistive States in Semiconducting BaTiO3–δ Films on Silicon

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Andrés Gómez, José Manuel Vila-Fungueiriño, Rahma Moalla, Guillaume Saint-Girons, Jaume Gázquez, María Varela, Romain Bachelet, Martí Gich, Francisco Rivadulla, Adrián Carretero-Genevrier. SMALL, Volume 13, Issue 39
October 18, 2017. DOI: 10.1002/smll.201701614

Fluorescent carborane–vinylstilbene functionalised octasilsesquioxanes: synthesis, structural, thermal and photophysical properties

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Justo Cabrera-González, Albert Ferrer-Ugalde, Santanu Bhattacharyya, Mahdi Chaari, Francesc Teixidor, Johannes Gierschner and Rosario Núñez*. J. Mater. Chem. C, 2017,5, 10211-10219. DOI:10.1039/C7TC03319B

Morphology Influence on the Mechanical Stress Response in Bendable Organic Field-Effect Transistors with Solution-Processed Semiconductors

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S. Lai, I. Temiño, T. Cramer, F. G. del Pozo, B. Fraboni, P. Cosseddu, A. Bonfiglio, M. Mas-Torrent, Adv. Electron. Mater. 2017, 1700271. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.201700271

Materials and toxicological approaches to study metal and metal-oxide nanoparticles in the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans

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Laura Gonzalez-Moragas,Laura L. Maurer,Victoria M. Harms,Joel N. Meyer,Anna Laromaine* and Anna Roig*, Mater. Horiz., 2017, 4, 719, DOI: 10.1039/C7MH00166E

Bottom-up approach for the preparation of hybrid nanosheets based on coordination polymers made of metal–diethyloxaloacetate complexes linked by 4,4′-bipyridine

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Nuria Portoles-Gil, Ricard Parra-Aliana, Ángel Álvarez-Larena, Concepción Domingo, José A. Ayllón* and Ana López-Periago*. CrystEngComm, 2017, Advance Article. DOI: 10.1039/C7CE00909G

Electronic, spin-state, and magnetic transitions in Ba₂ Co₉ O₁₄ investigated by x-ray spectroscopies and neutron diffraction

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J. Herrero-Martín, J. Padilla-Pantoja, S. Lafuerza, A. Romaguera, F. Fauth, J. S. Reparaz, and J. L. García-Muñoz. Phys. Rev. B 95, 235129 – Published 15 June 2017. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.95.235129

Probing localized strain in solution-derived YBa₂Cu₃O_7−δ nanocomposite thin films

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Roger Guzman, Jaume Gazquez, Bernat Mundet, Mariona Coll, Xavier Obradors, and Teresa Puig. Phys. Rev. Materials. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.1.024801

Anisotropic features in the electronic structure of the two-dimensional transition metal trichalcogenide TiS₃: electron doping and plasmons

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J A Silva-Guillén, E Canadell, P Ordejón, F Guinea, and R Roldán, 2D Materials, Volume 4, Number 2

Effect of Temperature on Magnetic Solitons Induced by Spin-Transfer Torque

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Sergi Lendínez, Jinting Hang, Saül Vélez, Joan Manel Hernández, Dirk Backes, Andrew D. Kent, and Ferran Macià. Phys. Rev. Applied 7, 054027. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.7.054027

Monolayer Contact Doping from a Silicon Oxide Source Substrate

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Liang Ye, Arántzazu González-Campo, Tibor Kudernac, Rosario Núñez, Michel de Jong, Wilfred G. van der Wiel, and Jurriaan Huskens *. Langmuir, 2017, 33 (15), pp 3635–3638. DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b0015710.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00157

NMR signal enhancement of >50 000 times in fast dissolution dynamic nuclear polarization

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L. F. Pinto, I. Marín-Montesinos, V. Lloveras, J. L. Muñoz-Gómez, M. Pons, J. Veciana and J. Vidal-Gancedo*. Chem. Commun., 2017,53, 3757-3760. DOI: 10.1039/C7CC00635G

Covalent Modification of Highly Ordered Pyrolytic Graphite with a Stable Organic Free Radical by Using Diazonium Chemistry

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Dr. Gonca Seber, Dr. Alexander V. Rudnev, Dr. Andrea Droghetti, Dr. Ivan Rungger, Prof. Jaume Veciana, Dr. Marta Mas-Torrent, Prof. Concepció Rovira, Dr. Núria Crivillers. Chemistry, Volume 23, Issue 6, January 26, 2017, Pages 1415–1421. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201604700

Filling Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Lutetium Chloride: A Sustainable Production of Nanocapsules Free of Nonencapsulated Material

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Magdalena Kierkowicz, Jose M. González-Domínguez, Elzbieta Pach, Stefania Sandoval, Belén Ballesteros *, Tatiana Da Ros *, and Gerard Tobias *
ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2017, 5 (3), pp 2501–2508, DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b02850

Anticipating hyperthermic efficiency of magnetic colloids using a semi-empirical model: a tool to help medical decisions

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M. B. Fernández van Raap,* D. F. Coral, S. Yu, G. A. Muñoz, F. H. Sánchez and A. Roig, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. DOI: 10.1039/C6CP08059F

Ag₂Cu₃Cr₂O₈(OH)₄: a new bidimensional silver–copper mixed-oxyhydroxide with in-plane ferromagnetic coupling

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Nieves Casañ-Pastor,* Jordi Rius, Oriol Vallcorba, Inma Peral, Judith Oró-Solé, Daniel S. Cook, Richard I. Walton, Alberto García and David Muñoz-Rojas*. Dalton Trans., 2017,46, 1093-1104. DOI: 10.1039/C6DT03986C

Carborane Bis-pyridylalcohols as Linkers for Coordination Polymers: Synthesis, Crystal Structures, and Guest-Framework Dependent Mechanical Properties

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Min Ying Tsang, Sabina Rodríguez-Hermida, Kyriakos C. Stylianou, Fangchang Tan, Divya Negi, Francesc Teixidor, Clara Viñas, Duane Choquesillo-Lazarte, Cristóbal Verdugo-Escamilla, Miguel Guerrero, Jordi Sort, Jordi Juanhui, Daniel Maspoch*, and José Giner Planas*. Cryst. Growth Des., Article ASAP. DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.6b01682

Short-term electrostimulation enhancing neural repair in vitro using large charge capacity nanostructured electrodes

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M.P. Lichtenstein, E. Pérez, L. Ballesteros, C. Suñol, N. Casañ-Pastor. Applied Materials Today Volume 6, March 2017, Pages 29–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apmt.2016.12.002

Redox-Active Metallacarborane-Decorated Octasilsesquioxanes. Electrochemical and Thermal Properties

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Justo Cabrera-González, Víctor Sánchez-Arderiu, Clara Viñas, Teodor Parella, Francesc Teixidor, and Rosario Núñez *. Inorg. Chem., 2016, 55 (22), pp 11630–11634. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b02394

Free-standing three-dimensional hollow bacterial cellulose structures with controlled geometry via patterned superhydrophobic–hydrophilic surfaces

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Anna Laromaine,* Tina Tronser, Ivana Pini, Sebastià Parets, Pavel A. Levkin and Anna Roig. Soft Matter, 2018, Advance Article.

Fast and Simple Microwave Synthesis of TiO2/Au Nanoparticles for Gas-Phase Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation

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Anna May-Masnou, Lluís Soler, Miquel Torras, Pol Salles, Jordi Llorca and Anna Roig, Front. Chem., 12 April 2018 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2018.00110

Nanostructuring Lipophilic Dyes in Water Using Stable Vesicles, Quatsomes, as Scaffolds and Their Use as Probes for Bioimaging

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A. Ardizzone, S. Kurhuzenkau, S. Illa‐Tuset, J. Faraudo, M. Bondar, D. Hagan, E. W. Van Stryland, A. Painelli,C. Sissa, N. Feiner, L. Albertazzi, J. Veciana, N. Ventosa, Small 2018, 1703851. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201703851

First principles analysis of the CDW instability of single-layer 1T-TiSe2 and its evolution with charge carrier density

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Bogdan Guster, Enric Canadell, Miguel Pruneda and Pablo Ordejón. 2D Materials, Volume 5, Number 2. http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2053-1583/aab568

Real Space Demonstration of Induced Crystalline 3D Nanostructuration of Organic Layers

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Markos Paradinas, Ana Pérez-Rodríguez, Esther Barrena*, and Carmen Ocal. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2018, 122 (2), pp 633–639. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b05342

Disentangling vortex pinning landscape in chemical solution deposited superconducting YBa2Cu3O7−x films and nanocomposites

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A Palau, F Vallès, V Rouco, M Coll, Z Li, C Pop, B Mundet, J Gàzquez, R Guzman, J Gutierrez, X Obradors and T Puig. Superconductor Science and Technology, Volume 31, Number 3. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6668/aaa65e

Decoding the Vertical Phase Separation and Its Impact on C8-BTBT/PS Transistor Properties

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Ana Pérez-Rodríguez, Inés Temiño, Carmen Ocal, Marta Mas-Torrent^*, and Esther Barrena^*. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2018, 10 (8), pp 7296–7303. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b19279

New rare earth hafnium oxynitride perovskites with photocatalytic activity in water oxidation and reduction

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Ashley P. Black, Hajime Suzuki, Masanobu Higashi, Carlos Frontera, Clemens Ritter, Chandan De, A. Sundaresan, Ryu Abe* and Amparo Fuertes*. Chem. Commun., 2018,54, 1525-1528. DOI: 10.1039/C7CC08965A10.1039/C7CC08965A

Robust Organic Radical Molecular Junctions Using Acetylene Terminated Groups for C–Au Bond Formation

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Francesc Bejarano, Ignacio Jose Olavarria-Contreras, Andrea Droghetti*, Ivan Rungger, Alexander Rudnev, Diego Gutiérrez, Marta Mas-Torrent, Jaume Veciana , Herre S. J. van der Zant, Concepció Rovira, Enrique Burzurı́*, and Núria Crivillers*. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140 (5), pp 1691–1696. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b10019

Ultrathin Semiconductor Superabsorbers from the Visible to the Near-Infrared

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Pau Molet, Juan Luis Garcia-Pomar, Cristiano Matricardi, Miquel Garriga, Maria Isabel Alonso, Agustín Mihi. Adv. Mater. 2018, 1705876. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201705876

The Misfit Dislocation Core Phase in Complex Oxide Heteroepitaxy

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Núria Bagués, José Santiso, Bryan D. Esser, Robert E. A. Williams, Dave W. McComb, Zorica Konstantinovic, Lluís Balcells, Felip Sandiumenge. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2017, 1704437. DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201704437

Synthesis of graphene-based photocatalysts for water splitting by laser-induced doping with ionic liquids

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Angel Pérez del Pino, Arántzazu González-Campo, Sandra Giraldo, José Peral, Enikö György, Constantin Logofatu, Andrew J. de Mello, Josep Puigmartí-Luis. Carbon Volume 130, April 2018, Pages 48-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2017.12.116

Strain landscapes and self-organization of free surfaces in complex oxide epitaxy

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Felip Sandiumenge. Journal of Materials Research,Volume 32, Issue 21. Invited Review to Focus Issue: Jan Van Der Merwe and the Computer Age. https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2017.317

Ion Transport across Biological Membranes by Carborane-Capped Gold Nanoparticles

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Marcin P. Grzelczak*, Stephen P. Danks, Robert C. Klipp, Domagoj Belic, Adnana Zaulet, Casper Kunstmann-Olsen, Dan F. Bradley, Tatsuya Tsukuda, Clara Viñas, Francesc Teixidor, Jonathan J. Abramson, and Mathias Brust*. ACS Nano, Article ASAP. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b06600

Unveiling a New High-Temperature Ordered Magnetic Phase in ε-Fe2O3

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José Luis García-Muñoz, Arnau Romaguera, Francois Fauth, Josep Nogués, and Martí Gich*. Chem. Mater., 2017, 29 (22), pp 9705–9713. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b03417

Magnetic order and magnetoelectric properties of R2CoMnO6perovskites (R=Ho, Tm, Yb, and Lu)

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J. Blasco, J. L. García-Muñoz, J. García, G. Subías, J. Stankiewicz, J. A. Rodríguez-Velamazán, and C. Ritter. Phys. Rev. B 96, 024409 – Published 10 July 2017. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.96.024409

Carbon-Rich Monolayers on ITO as Highly Sensitive Platforms for Detecting Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Water: The Case of Pyrene

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Dr. Jose Muñoz, Dr. Núria Crivillers, Dr. Marta Mas-Torrent. Chemistry, Volume 23, Issue 61, November 2, 2017 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201703264

Excimers from Stable and Persistent Supramolecular Radical-Pairs in Red/NIR-Emitting Organic Nanoparticles and Polymeric

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D. Blasi, D. M. Nikolaidou, F.Terenziani,* I. Ratera,* J. Veciana. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2017,19, 9313-9319. DOI: 10.1039/C7CP00623C

Integrin-Assisted T-Cell Activation on Nanostructured Hydrogels

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Judith Guasch*, Christine A. Muth, Jennifer Diemer, Hossein Riahinezhad, and Joachim P. Spatz. Nano Lett., DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b02636

Competition between Polar and Nonpolar Lattice Distortions in Oxide Quantum Wells: New Critical Thickness at Polar Interfaces

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J. Gazquez, M. Stengel, R. Mishra, M. Scigaj, M. Varela, M. A. Roldan, J. Fontcuberta, F. Sánchez, and G. Herranz. Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 106102 – Published 7 September 2017. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.106102

Frontispiece: Small-Molecule Kinase-Inhibitors-Loaded Boron Cluster as Hybrid Agents for Glioma-Cell-Targeting Therapy

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Marcos Couto, Ignacio Mastandrea, Dr. Mauricio Cabrera, Dr. Pablo Cabral, Prof. Dr. Francesc Teixidor, Dr. Hugo Cerecetto, Prof. Dr. Clara Viñas, Chemistry, 12 July 2017, DOI: 10.1002/chem.201783962

Optical Emission in Hexagonal SiGe Nanowires

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Xavier Cartoixà, Maurizia Palummo, Håkon Ikaros T. Hauge, Erik P. A. M. Bakkers, and Riccardo Rurali*. Nano Lett., Article ASAP. DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b01441

Conflicting evidence for ferroelectricity

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Gabriele D’Avino, Manuel Souto, Matteo Masino, Jonas K. H. Fischer, Imma Ratera, Xavier Fontrodona, Gianluca Giovannetti, Matthieu J. Verstraete, Anna Painelli, Peter Lunkenheimer, Jaume Veciana & Alberto Girlando. Nature 547, E9–E10 (13 July 2017) doi:10.1038/nature22801

Hybrid YBa₂Cu₃O₇ Superconducting–Ferromagnetic Nanocomposite Thin Films Prepared from Colloidal Chemical Solutions

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Elena Bartolomé, Pablo Cayado, Eduardo Solano,Cristian Mocuta, Susagna Ricart, Bernat Mundet, Marionna Coll, Jaume Gázquez, Alexander Meledin, Gustaaf van Tendeloo, Manuel Valvidares, Javier Herrero-Martín, Pierluigi Gargiani, Eric Pellegrin, Cesar Magén, Teresa Puig, Xavier Obradors. Adv. Electron. Mater. 2017, 1700037. DOI: 10.1002/aelm.201700037

ALBA synchrotron enlightens the way sodium-oxygen batteries discharge

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Imanol Landa-Medrano, Andrea Sorrentino, Lorenzo Stievano, Idoia Ruiz de Larramendi, Eva Pereiro, Luis Lezama, Teófilo Rojo, Dino Tonti. Nano Energy, Volume 37, July 2017, Pages 224–231 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2017.05.021

Metal–Organic Frameworks Precipitated by Reactive Crystallization in Supercritical CO₂

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Ana M. López-Periago, Nuria Portoles-Gil, Pedro López-Domínguez, Julio Fraile, Javier Saurina, Nuria Aliaga-Alcalde, Gerard Tobias, José A. Ayllón, and Concepcion Domingo *. Cryst. Growth Des., 2017, 17 (5), pp 2864–2872. DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.7b00378

Electric-Field-Adjustable Time-Dependent Magnetoelectric Response in Martensitic FeRh Alloy

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Ignasi Fina, Alberto Quintana, Jessica Padilla-Pantoja, Xavier Marti, Ferran Macià, Florencio Sanchez, Michael Foerster, Lucia Aballe, Josep Fontcuberta, Jordi Sort. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, Article ASAP. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b00476

Evidence of a minority monoclinic LaNiO_2.5 phase in lanthanum nickelate thin films

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L. López-Conesa,* J. M. Rebled, D. Pesquera, N. Dix, F. Sánchez, G. Herranz, J. Fontcuberta, C. Magén, M. J. Casanove, S. Estradé and F. Peiró. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2017,19, 9137-9142. DOI:10.1039/C7CP00902J

Functional electronic inversion layers at ferroelectric domain walls

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J. A. Mundy, J. Schaab, Y. Kumagai, A. Cano, M. Stengel, I. P. Krug, D. M. Gottlob, H. Doğanay, M. E. Holtz, R. Held, Z. Yan, E. Bourret, C. M. Schneider, D. G. Schlom, D. A. Muller, R. Ramesh, N. A. Spaldin & D. Meier. Nature Materials (2017) doi:10.1038/nmat4878

Carborane–stilbene dyads: the influence of substituents and cluster isomers on photoluminescence properties

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A. Ferrer-Ugalde, J. Cabrera-González, E. J. Juárez-Pérez, F. Teixidor, E. Pérez-Inestrosa, J. M. Montenegro, R. Sillanpää, M. Haukkad and R. Núñez*. Dalton Trans., 2017,46, 2091-2104. DOI: 10.1039/C6DT04003A

High performing solution-coated electrolyte-gated organic field-effect transistors for aqueous media operation

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Qiaoming Zhang, Francesca Leonardi, Stefano Casalini, Inés Temiño & Marta Mas-Torrent. Scientific Reports 6, Article number: 39623 (2016).doi:10.1038/srep39623

TTF–PTM dyads: from switched molecular self assembly in solution to radical conductors in solid state

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Manuel Souto, Concepció Rovira, Imma Ratera* and Jaume Veciana*. CrystEngComm, 2017 19, 197–206. DOI: DOI: 10.1039/c6ce01660j

Potassium Disorder in the Defect Pyrochlore KSbTeO6: A Neutron Diffraction Study

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José Antonio Alonso,* Sergio Mayer, Horacio Falcón, Xabier Turrillas and María Teresa Fernández-Díaz. Crystals2017, 7(1), 24

Generation and annihilation time of magnetic droplet solitons

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Jinting Hang, Christian Hahn, Nahuel Statuto, Ferran Macià & Andrew D. Kent. Scientific Reports, volume 8, Article number: 6847 (2018) doi:10.1038/s41598-018-25134-zdoi:10.1038/s41598-018-25134-z

Chiral magnetic-nanobiofluids for rapid electrochemical screening of enantiomers at a magneto nanocomposite graphene-paste electrode

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J.Muñoz, A.González-Campo, M.Riba-Moliner, M.Baeza, M.Mas-Torrent, Biosensors and Bioelectronics. Volume 105, 15 May 2018, Pages 95-102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2018.01.024

Magnetoresistance in Hybrid Pt/CoFe2O4 Bilayers Controlled by Competing Spin Accumulation and Interfacial Chemical Reconstruction

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Hari Babu Vasili*, Matheus Gamino, Jaume Gàzquez*, Florencio Sánchez , Manuel Valvidares, Pierluigi Gargiani, Eric Pellegrin, and Josep Fontcuberta*.ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2018, 10 (14), pp 12031–12041
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b00384

Hydroxypropyl cellulose photonic architectures by soft nanoimprinting lithography

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André Espinha, Camilla Dore, Cristiano Matricardi, Maria Isabel Alonso, Alejandro R. Goñi & Agustín Mihi. Nature Photonics (2018). doi:10.1038/s41566-018-0152-1

Role of Polymorphism and Thin-Film Morphology in Organic Semiconductors Processed by Solution Shearing

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Sergi Riera-Galindo, Adrián Tamayo, and Marta Mas-Torrent *. ACS Omega, 2018, 3 (2), pp 2329–2339. DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.8b00043DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.8b00043

Topological distribution of reversible and non-reversible degradation in perovskite solar cells

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A. Gomez, S. Sanchez, Mariano Campoy-Quiles, A. Abate. Nano Energy Volume 45, March 2018, Pages 94-100 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2017.12.040

Mesoporous Silica Adsorbed on Cellulosic Textiles with Strong Antibacterial Properties against Foodborne Pathogens

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Elnawawy, A. S. ; Khalil, M. S. ; Molins, E. ; Benito, M. ; Rodríguez-Jerez, J.J. and Guerrero, A. International Journal of Advanced Research in Science and Engineering vol. 06, iss. 11International Journal of Advanced Research in Science and Engineering vol. 06, iss. 11

Access to the enantiopure pyrrolobenzodiazepine (PBD) dilactam nucleus via self-disproportionation of enantiomers

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Sònia Abás, Carlos Arróniz, Elies Molins, Carmen Escolano. Tetrahedron, Volume 74, Issue 8, 22 February 2018, Pages 867-871. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2018.01.006

Electrochemical Intercalation of Calcium and Magnesium in TiS2: Fundamental Studies Related to Multivalent Battery Applications

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Deyana S. Tchitchekova, Alexandre Ponrouch*, Roberta Verrelli, Thibault Broux, Carlos Frontera, Andrea Sorrentino, Fanny Bardé, Neven Biskup, M. Elena Arroyo-de Dompablo, and M. Rosa Palacín*. Chem. Mater., Article ASAP
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Tailoring oxygen redox reactions in ionic liquid based Li/O2 batteries by means of the Li+ dopant concentration

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Laura Cecchetto, Alvaro Y. Tesio, Mara Olivares-Marín, Marc Guardiola Espinas, Fausto Croced and Dino Tonti*. Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2018,2, 118-124. DOI:10.1039/C7SE00389G

Discovery of Potent EGFR Inhibitors through the Incorporation of a 3D-Aromatic-Boron-Rich-Cluster into the 4-Anilinoquinazoline Scaffold: Potential Drugs for Glioma Treatment

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Marcos Couto, María Fernanda García, Catalina Alamón, Prof. Mauricio Cabrera, Prof. Pablo Cabral, Prof. Alicia Merlino, Prof. Francesc Teixidor, Prof. Hugo Cerecetto, Prof. Clara Viñas. Chem. Eur. J. doi:10.1002/chem.201705181

Highly Fluorescent Silicon Nanocrystals Stabilized in Water Using Quatsomes

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Dorothy A. Silbaugh, Lidia Ferrer-Tasies, Jordi Faraudo, Jaume Veciana, Nora Ventosa*, and Brian A. Korgel*. Langmuir, 2017, 33 (50), pp 14366–14377. DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b03539

Proximity-Induced Shiba States in a Molecular Junction

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Joshua O. Island, Rocco Gaudenzi, Joeri de Bruijckere, Enrique Burzurí, Carlos Franco, Marta Mas-Torrent, Concepció Rovira, Jaume Veciana, Teun M. Klapwijk, Ramón Aguado, and Herre S. J. van der Zant
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Synergistic Exploitation of the Superoxide Scavenger Properties of Reduced Graphene Oxide and a Trityl Organic Radical for the Impedimetric Sensing of Xanthine

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Gonca Seber, Jose Muñoz, Stefania Sandoval, Concepció Rovira, Gerard Tobias, Marta Mas-Torrent, Núria Crivillers. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 2017, 1701072, DOI: 10.1002/admi.201701072

Au/TiO2 Lyogels for Hydrogen Production

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Elies Molins, Mónica Benito, Ignasi Mata, Lester Martínez, Lluís Soler, Jordi Llorca. MRS Advances, 2017, 2, 3499-3504. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1557/adv.2017.346

Biomimetic Inspired Core–Canopy Quantum Dots: Ions Trapped in Voids Induce Kinetic Fluorescence Switching

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Arpita Saha, Elena Oleshkevich, Clara Vinas, and Francesc Teixidor, Adv. Mater.2017, DOI: 10.1002/adma.201704238.

Ultrafast Synthesis and Coating of High-Quality β-NaYF₄:Yb³⁺,Ln³⁺ Short Nanorods

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Fabrizio Guzzetta, Anna Roig*, and Beatriz Julián-López*. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2017, 8. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b02473

Piezo-generated charge mapping revealed through direct piezoelectric force microscopy

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A. Gomez, M. Gich, A. Carretero-Genevrier, T. Puig & X. Obradors Nature Communications 8, Article number: 1113 (2017) doi:10.1038/s41467-017-01361-2

Direct imaging of delayed magneto-dynamic modes induced by surface acoustic waves

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Michael Foerster, Ferran Macià, Nahuel Statuto, Simone Finizio, Alberto Hernández-Mínguez, Sergi Lendínez, Paulo V. Santos, Josep Fontcuberta, Joan Manel Hernàndez, Mathias Kläui & Lucia Aballe. Nature Communications, 8, 4017, (2017). DOI:10.1038/s41467-017-00456-0

Quantifying local thickness and composition in thin films of organic photovoltaic blends by Raman scattering

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Xabier Rodríguez-Martínez,* Michelle S. Vezie, Xingyuan Shi, Iain McCulloch, Jenny Nelson, Alejandro R. Goñi and Mariano Campoy-Quiles*, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2017,5, 7270-7282. DOI:10.1039/C7TC01472D

Toxicogenomics of iron oxide nanoparticles in the nematode C. elegans

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Laura Gonzalez-Moragas, Si-Ming Yu , Núria Benseny-Cases, StephenStürzenbaum , Anna Roig & Anna Laromaine (2017): Toxicogenomics of iron oxide nanoparticles inthe nematode C. elegans, Nanotoxicology, DOI: 10.1080/17435390.2017.1342011

Polymer: Fullerene Bimolecular Crystals for Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Photodetectors

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Z. Tang, Z. Ma, A. Sánchez-Díaz, S. Ullbrich, Y. Liu, B. Siegmund, A. Mischok, K. Leo, M. Campoy-Quiles, W. Li, K. Vandewal, Adv. Mater. 2017, 1702184. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201702184

Novel Fe₃O₄@GNF@SiO₂ nanocapsules fabricated through the combination of an in situ formation method and SiO₂ coating process for magnetic resonance imaging

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Changyong Lu,* Stefania Sandoval, Teresa Puig, Xavier Obradors, Gerard Tobias, Josep Rosa and Susagna Ricart. RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 24690. DOI: 10.1039/c7ra04080f

Control of Polymorphism and Morphology in Solution Sheared Organic Field-Effect Transistors

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Sergi Galindo, Adrián Tamayo, Francesca Leonardi, Marta Mas-Torrent. Adv. Funct. Materials. DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201700526

Untangling surface oxygen exchange effects in YBa₂Cu₃O_6+x thin films by electrical conductivity relaxation

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P. Cayado, C. F. Sánchez-Valdés, A. Stangl, M. Coll, P. Roura, A. Palau, T. Puig and X. Obradors*. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2017,19, 14129-14140. DOI: 0.1039/C7CP01855J0.1039/C7CP01855J

A molecular-scale portrait of domain imaging in organic surfaces

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Ana Perez-Rodriguez, Esther Barrena*, Antón Fernández, Enrico Gnecco* and Carmen Ocal. Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 5589-5596. DOI: 10.1039/C7NR01116D

Tuning the Rectification Ratio by Changing the Electronic Nature (Open-Shell and Closed-Shell) in Donor−Acceptor Self-Assembled Monolayers

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Manuel Souto, Li Yuan, Dayana C. Morales, Li Jiang, Imma Ratera, Christian A. Nijhuis, and Jaume Veciana. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 4262−4265. DOI:10.1021/jacs.6b12601

Bis(aminoaryl) Carbon-Bridged Oligo(phenylenevinylene)s Expand the Limits of Electronic Couplings

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Dr. Paula Mayorga Burrezo, Dr. Nai-Ti Lin, Dr. Koji Nakabayashi, Prof. Shin-ichi Ohkoshi, Dr. Eva M. Calzado, Dr. Pedro G. Boj, Prof. María A. Díaz García, Carlos Franco, Prof. Concepciò Rovira, Prof. Jaume Veciana, Michael Moos, Prof. Christoph Lambert, Prof. Juan T. López Navarrete, Dr. Hayato Tsuji, Prof. Eiichi Nakamura, Prof. Juan Casado. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 2898. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201610921

On the Operative Mechanism of Hole Assisted Negative Charge Motion in Ground States of Radical-anion Molecular Wires

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C. Franco, P. Mayorga Burrezo, V. Lloveras, R. Caballero, I. Alcón, S. Bromley, M. Mas-Torrent, F. Langa, J.T. López Navarrete, C. Rovira, J. Casado, J. Veciana. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 686−692. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b08649

In vivo testing of gold nanoparticles using the Caenorhabditis elegans model organism

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Laura Gonzalez-Moragas, Pascal Berto, Clara Vilches, Romain Quidant, Androniki Kolovou, Rachel Santarella-Mellwig, Yannick Schwab, Stephen Stürzenbaum, Anna Roig, Anna Laromaine. Acta Biomaterialia. Available online 1 February 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2017.01.080

Unveiling the Nucleation and Coarsening Mechanisms of Solution-Derived Self-Assembled Epitaxial Ce_0.9Gd_0.1O_2–y Nanostructures

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Albert Queraltó*, María de la Mata, Jordi Arbiol, Ruben Hühne∥, Xavier Obradors, and Teresa Puig. Cryst. Growth Des., 2017, 17 (2), pp 504–516. DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.6b01358

Dynamic disorder, phonon lifetimes, and the assignment of modes to the vibrational spectra of methylammonium lead halide perovskites

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Aurélien M. A. Leguy, Alejandro R. Goñi,* Jarvist M. Frost,* Jonathan Skelton, Federico Brivio, Xabier Rodríguez-Martínez, Oliver J. Weber, Anuradha Pallipurath, M. Isabel Alonso, Mariano Campoy-Quiles, Mark T. Weller, Jenny Nelson, Aron Walshd and Piers R. F. Barnes*. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2016,18, 27051-27066. DOI: 10.1039/C6CP03474H

Strain-Controlled Responsiveness of Slave Half-Doped Manganite La_0.5Sr_0.5MnO₃ Layers Inserted in BaTiO₃ Ferroelectric Tunnel Junctions

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Greta Radaelli,* Diego Gutiérrez, Mengdi Qian, Ignasi Fina, Florencio Sánchez, Lorenzo Baldrati, Jakoba Heidler, Cinthia Piamonteze, Riccardo Bertacco, Josep Fontcuberta*. Adv. Elec. Materials 22nd Nov. 2016, DOI: 10.1002/aelm.201600368

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