Scientific Highlights

Farming thermoelectric paper

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Deyaa Abol-Fotouh, Bernhard Dörling, Osnat Zapata-Arteaga, Xabier Rodríguez-Martínez, Andrés Gómez, J. Sebastian Reparaz, Anna Laromaine,* Anna Roig* and Mariano Campoy-Quiles*. Energy Environ. Sci., 2019, Advance Article.

Growth Window of Ferroelectric Epitaxial Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 Thin Films

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Jike Lyu, Ignasi Fina, Raul Solanas, Josep Fontcuberta, and Florencio Sanchez. ACS Appl. Electron. Mater., 1, 220 (2019)

Water at surfaces and interfaces: From molecules to ice and bulk liquid

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Tomoko K. Shimizu, Sabine Maier, Albert Verdaguer, Juan-Jesus Velasco-Velez, Miquel Salmeron. Progress in Surface Science. Volume 93, Issue 4, December 2018, Pages 87-107

Tuning the deposition parameters for optimizing the faradaic and non-faradaic electrochemical performance of nanowire array-shaped ITO electrodes prepared by electron beam evaporation

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Raquel Pruna, Manel López and Francesc Teixidor*. Nanoscale, 2019,11, 276-284. DOI:10.1039/C8NR07908K

Localized thinning for strain concentration in suspended germanium membranes and optical method for precise thickness measurement

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P. O. Vaccaro, M. I. Alonso, M. Garriga, J. Gutiérrez, D. Peró, M. R. Wagner, J. S. Reparaz, C. M. Sotomayor Torres, X. Vidal, E. A. Carter, P. A. Lay, M. Yoshimoto, and A. R. Goñi. AIP Advances 8, 115131 (2018)

Asymmetric Resistive Switching Dynamics in BaTiO3 Tunnel Junctions

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M. Qian, I. Fina, F. Sánchez, J. Fontcuberta, Adv. Electron. Mater. 2018, 1800407.

A novel potentiometric microsensor for real-time detection of Irgarol using the ion-pair complex [Irgarol-H]+[Co(C2B9H11)2]−

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A.Saini, J.Gallardo-Gonzalez, A. Baraket, I.Fuentes, C.Viñas, N.Zine, J.Bausells, F.Teixidor, A.Errachid. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, Volume 268, 1 September 2018, Pages 164-169.

Stability and nature of the volume collapse of ε-Fe2O3 under extreme conditions

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J. A. Sans, V. Monteseguro, G. Garbarino, M. Gich, V. Cerantola, V. Cuartero, M. Monte, T. Irifune, A. Muñoz & C. Popescu. Nature Communications, Volume 9, Article number: 4554 (2018).

Coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulation of the interface behaviour and self-assembly of CTAB cationic surfactants

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Sílvia Illa-Tuset, David C. Malaspina and Jordi Faraudo*. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2018,20, 26422-26430.

Giant topological Hall effect in correlated oxide thin films

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Lorenzo Vistoli, Wenbo Wang, Anke Sander, Qiuxiang Zhu, Blai Casals, Rafael Cichelero, Agnès Barthélémy, Stéphane Fusil, Gervasi Herranz, Sergio Valencia, Radu Abrudan, Eugen Weschke, Kazuki Nakazawa, Hiroshi Kohno, Jacobo Santamaria, Weida Wu, Vincent Garcia & Manuel Bibes. Nature Physics (2018).

Faceted‐Charge Patchy LnF3 Nanocrystals with a Selective Solvent Interaction

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Martínez‐Esaín, J. , Puig, T. , Obradors, X. , Ros, J. , Yáñez, R. , Faraudo, J. and Ricart, S. (2018) Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.. .

Donor–anion interactions in quarter-filled low-dimensional organic conductors

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Jean-Paul Pouget,* Pere Alemany* and Enric Canadell*. Mater. Horiz., 2018,5, 590-640

Surface-Bound Gradient Deposition of Protein Nanoparticles for Cell Motility Studies

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Witold I. Tatkiewicz, Joaquin Seras-Franzoso, Elena Garcia-Fruitós, Esther Vazquez, A.R. Kyvik, Judith Guasch, Antonio Villaverde,Jaume Veciana*, and Imma Ratera*. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2018, 10 (30), pp 25779–25786

A water-processable cellulose-based resist for advanced nanofabrication

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Camilla Dore, Johann Osmond and Agustín Mihi*. Nanoscale, 2018,10, 17884-17892 .

Combining X‐Ray Whole Powder Pattern Modeling, Rietveld and Pair Distribution Function Analyses as a Novel Bulk Approach to Study Interfaces in Heteronanostructures: Oxidation Front in FeO/Fe3O4 Core/Shell Nanoparticles as a Case Study

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Rodrigo U. Ichikawa, Alejandro G. Roca, Alberto López‐Ortega, Marta Estrader, Inma Peral Xabier Turrillas, Josep Nogués. Small, Volume14, Issue30. July 26

Germanium nanowires with two crystal phases make it to the Cover of NanoLetters

Written by Anna May Masnou.

Recent advances in the synthetic growth of nanowires --rod shaped semiconductors of nanometric size-- have given access to crystal phases that in bulk are only observed under extreme pressure conditions. In this study, hexagonal germanium (Ge) crystal domains are found in cubic Ge nanowires. The electronic, phononic, and crystalline properties of these phases has been studied by Raman spectroscopy and through theoretical calculations. The study has been published in Nano Letters and selected for a cover of the issue!

Self-Assembly of an Organic Radical Thin Film and Its Memory Function Investigated Using a Liquid-Metal Electrode

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Diego Gutiérrez, Sergi Riera-Galindo, M. R. Ajayakumar , Jaume Veciana , Concepció Rovira, Marta Mas-Torrent , and Núria Crivillers*. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2018, 122 (31), pp 17784–17791

Strain Tuning of the Anisotropy in the Optoelectronic Properties of TiS3

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J. A. Silva-Guillén*, E. Canadell, F. Guinea, and R. Roldán. ACS Photonics, 2018, 5 (8), pp 3231–3237

Simple Synthesis of Biocompatible Stable CeO2 Nanoparticles as Antioxidant Agents

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Alba Garzón-Manjón, Antonio Aranda-Ramos, Beatriz Melara-Benítez, Ikram Bensarghin, Josep Ros, Susagna Ricart*, and Carme Nogués*. Bioconjugate Chem., Article ASAP

Selective Laser-Assisted Synthesis of Tubular van der Waals Heterostructures of Single-Layered PbI2 within Carbon Nanotubes Exhibiting Carrier Photogeneration

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Stefania Sandoval, Dejan Kepić, Ángel Pérez del Pino*, Enikö György, Andrés Gómez, Martin Pfannmoeller, Gustaaf Van Tendeloo, Belén Ballesteros*, and Gerard Tobias*. ACS Nano

Defect landscape and electrical properties in solution-derived LaNiO3 and NdNiO3 epitaxial thin films

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B. Mundet, J. Jareño, J. Gazquez, M. Varela, X. Obradors, and T. Puig. Phys. Rev. Materials 2, 063607

Static Modulation Wave of Arrays of Halogen Interactions Transduced to a Hierarchy of Nanoscale Change Stimuli of Crystalline Rotors Dynamics

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Sergey Simonov, Leokadiya Zorina, Pawel Wzietek*, Antonio Rodríguez-Fortea, Enric Canadell*, Cécile Mézière, Guillaume Bastien, Cyprien Lemouchi, Miguel A. Garcia-Garibay*, and Patrick Batail*. Nano Lett., 2018, 18 (6), pp 3780–3784.

Generation and stability of dynamical skyrmions and droplet solitons

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Nahuel Statuto, Joan Manel Hernàndez, Andrew D Kent and Ferran Macià. Nanotechnology, Volume 29, Number 32

Bacterial Cellulose Promotes Long-Term Stemness of mESC

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Tina Tronser, Anna Laromaine, Anna Roig, and Pavel A. Levkin*. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2018, 10 (19), pp 16260–16269.

Dimensional crossover of correlated anion disorder in oxynitride perovskites

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Hannah Johnston, Ashley P. Black, Paula Kayser, Judith Oró-Solé, David A. Keen, Amparo Fuertes* and J. Paul Attfield*. Chem. Commun., 2018,54, 5245-5247 . DOI:10.1039/C8CC03462A

Angular flux creep contributions in YBa2Cu3O7−δ nanocomposites from electrical transport measurements

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F. Vallès, A. Palau, V. Rouco, B. Mundet, X. Obradors & T. Puig. Scientific Reports, volume 8, Article number: 5924(2018).

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

Non-reciprocal diffraction in magnetoplasmonic gratings

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Rafael Cichelero, Mikko Kataja, Mariano Campoy-Quiles, and Gervasi Herranz, "Non-reciprocal diffraction in magnetoplasmonic gratings," Opt. Express 26, 34842-34852 (2018).

Unexpected large transverse magneto-optic Kerr effect at quasi-normal incidence in magnetoplasmonic crystals

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R. Cichelero, M. A. Oskuei, M.Kataja, S. M. Hamidi, G.Herranz. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. Volume 476, 15 April 2019, Pages 54-58

Preferential positioning, stability and segregation of dopants in hexagonal Si nanowires

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Michele Amato, Stefano Ossicini, Enric Canadell, and Riccardo Rurali. Nano Lett., Just Accepted Manuscript

Insights into the structure and nanomechanics of a quatsome membrane by force spectroscopy measurements and molecular simulations

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Berta Gumí-Audenis, Sílvia Illa-Tuset, Natascia Grimaldi, Laia Pasquina-Lemonche, Lidia Ferrer-Tasies, Fausto Sanz, Jaume Veciana, Imma Ratera, Jordi Faraudo,* Nora Ventosa* and Marina I. Giannotti*. Nanoscale, 2018,10, 23001-23011. DOI:10.1039/C8NR07110A

Microstructure and electrical transport in electrodeposited Bi films

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J. Moral-Vico, N. Casañ-Pastor, A. Camón, C. Pobes, R. M. Jáudenes, P. Strichovanec, L. Fàbrega. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. Volume 832, 1 January 2019, Pages 40-47.

2D organic molecular metallic soft material derived from BEDO-TTF with electrochromic and rectifying properties

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Daniel Suarez, Eden Steven, Elena Laukhina, Andres Gomez, Anna Crespi, Narcis Mestres, Concepció Rovira, Eun Sang Choi & Jaume Veciana. npj Flexible Electronics, volume 2, Article number: 29 (2018)

Influence of the magnetic field on the stability of the multiferroic conical spin arrangement of Mn 0.80 Co0.20 WO4

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I. Urcelay-Olabarria, E. Ressouche, V. Y. Ivanov, V. Skumryev, Z. Wang, Y. Skourski, A. M. Balbashov, Yu. F. Popov, G. P. Vorob'ev, N. Qureshi, J. L. García-Muñoz, and A. A. Mukhin. Phys. Rev. B 98, 134430.

Enantiopure Supramolecular Motifs of Self-Assembled Diamine-Based Chiral Molecules on Cu(100)

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Rogger Palacios-Rivera, Esther Barrena*, Jordi Faraudo, Pierluigi Gargiani, Miguel Angel Niño, Dimitri Arvanitis, Iwona Kowalik, Juan José de Miguel, and Carmen Ocal*. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2018, 122 (42), pp 24129–24136

Pressure-Induced Locking of Methylammonium Cations versus Amorphization in Hybrid Lead Iodide Perovskites

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Adrián Francisco-López, Bethan Charles, Oliver J. Weber, M. Isabel Alonso, Miquel Garriga, Mariano Campoy-Quiles, Mark T. Weller , and Alejandro R. Goñi*, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2018, 122 (38), pp 22073–22082

The direct and converse piezoelectricity make it to a Nanoscale cover

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The article entitled "Direct and converse piezoelectric responses at the nanoscale from epitaxial BiFeO₃ thin films grown by polymer assisted deposition" has made it to the Nanoscale cover (Volume 10, Number 43, 21 November 2018, Pages 20057–20476).

Reversible and magnetically unassisted voltage-driven switching of magnetization in FeRh/PMN-PT

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Ignasi Fina, Alberto Quintana, Xavier Martí, Florencio Sánchez, Michael Foerster, Lucia Aballe, Jordi Sort, and Josep Fontcuberta. Appl. Phys. Lett. 113, 152901 (2018);

Electrochemical Tuning of Metal Insulator Transition and Nonvolatile Resistive Switching in Superconducting Films

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Anna Palau*,Alejandro Fernandez-Rodriguez, Juan Carlos Gonzalez-Rosillo, Xavier Granados, Mariona Coll, Bernat Bozzo, Rafael Ortega-Hernandez, Jordi Suñé, Narcís Mestres, Xavier Obradors, and Teresa Puig. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2018, 10 (36), pp 30522–30531.

Tuning Spin‐Spin Interactions in Radical Dendrimers

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Dr. Vega Lloveras, Dr. Flonja Liko, Dr. Luiz F. Pinto, Dr. José L. Muñoz‐Gómez, Prof. Jaume Veciana, Dr. José Vidal‐Gancedo. ChemPhysChem. Volume19, Issue15 August 7, 2018Pages 1895-1902.

Synthesis of Au Nanoparticles Assisted by Linker-Modified TiO2 Nanoparticles

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Pedro D. Ortiz*, Judith Castillo-Rodriguez, Ximena Zarate,Rudy Martin-Trasanco, Mónica Benito, Ignasi Mata, Elies Molins, and Eduardo Schott* Langmuir, 2018, 34 (32), pp 9402–9409

Selectable texture in epitaxial ferroelectric BaTiO3 films integrated with silicon

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Jike Lyu, Ignasi Fina, Raul Solanas, Josep Fontcuberta and Florencio Sanchez. CrystEngComm, 2018,

Crystalline, Phononic, and Electronic Properties of Heterostructured Polytypic Ge Nanowires by Raman Spectroscopy

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Claudia Fasolato*, Marta De Luca, Doriane Djomani, Laetitia Vincent, Charles Renard, Giulia Di Iorio, Vincent Paillard, Michele Amato, Riccardo Rurali, and Ilaria Zardo* Nano Lett., Article ASAP

Reactive laser synthesis of nitrogen-doped hybrid graphene-based electrodes for energy storage

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Ángel Pérez del Pino,* Andreu Martínez Villarroya, Alex Chuquitarqui, Constantin Logofatu, Dino Tonti and Enikö György. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2018,6, 16074-16086

Gold Nanoparticle Plasmonic Superlattices as Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Substrates

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Cristiano Matricardi, Christoph Hanske, Juan Luis Garcia-Pomar, Judith Langer, Agustín Mihi*, and Luis M. Liz-Marzán*. ACS Nano, Article ASAP. Publication Date (Web): August 14, 2018

Biosafety assessment of conducting nanostructured materials by using co-cultures of neurons and astrocytes

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Mathieu P. Lichtenstein, Nina M. Carretero, Estela Pérez, Marta Pulido-Salgado, Javier Mora—Vico, Carme Solà, Nieves Casañ-Pastor, Cristina Suñola. NeuroToxicology. Volume 68, September 2018.

Control of the Polarization of Ferroelectric Capacitors by the Concurrent Action of Light and Adsorbates

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Fanmao Liu, Ignasi Fina*, Guillaume Sauthier, Florencio Sánchez, Andrew M. Rappe, and Josep Fontcuberta. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 10, 28, 23968-23975

Artificial 3D Culture Systems for T Cell Expansion

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Eduardo Pérez del Río, Marc Martinez Miguel, Jaume Veciana, Imma Ratera*, and Judith Guasch*. ACS Omega, 2018, 3 (5), pp 5273–5280.

Reduction of Charge Traps and Stability Enhancement in Solution-Processed Organic Field-Effect Transistors Based on a Blended n-Type Semiconductor

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Antonio Campos, Sergi Riera-Galindo, Joaquim Puigdollers, and Marta Mas-Torrent*. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2018, 10 (18), pp 15952–15961

Minimalist Prion-Inspired Polar Self-Assembling Peptides

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Marta Díaz-Caballero, Susanna Navarro, Isabel Fuentes, Francesc Teixidor, and Salvador Ventura*. ACS Nano, Article ASAP

An Unprecedented Stimuli‐Controlled Single‐Crystal Reversible Phase Transition of a Metal–Organic Framework and Its Application to a Novel Method of Guest Encapsulation

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Fangchang Tan, Ana López‐Periago, Mark E. Light, Jordi Cirera, Eliseo Ruiz, Alejandro Borrás, Francesc Teixidor, Clara Viñas, Concepción Domingo, José Giner Planas. Adv. Materials. 30 May 2018.

Optical and electronic properties of 2H−MoS2 under pressure: Revealing the spin-polarized nature of bulk electronic bands

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Mauro Brotons-Gisbert, Alfredo Segura, Roberto Robles, Enric Canadell, Pablo Ordejón, and Juan F. Sánchez-Royo. Phys. Rev. Materials 2, 054602. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.054602

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

Nanocellulose films with multiple functional nanoparticles in confined spatial distribution

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Soledad Roig-Sanchez, Erik Jungstedt, Irene Anton-Sales, David C. Malaspina, Jordi Faraudo, Lars A. Berglund, Anna Laromaine and Anna Roig*. Nanoscale Horiz., 2019, Advance Article.

Protein-surface interactions at the nanoscale: Atomistic simulations with implicit solvent models

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David C. Malaspina, Leonor Pérez-Fuentes, Carlos Drummond, Delfi Bastos-González, Jordi Faraudo. Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science. Volume 41, June 2019, Pages 40-49.

Quantification of propagating and standing surface acoustic waves by stroboscopic X-ray photoemission electron microscopy

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M. Foerster, N. Statuto, B. Casals, A. Hernández-Mínguez, S. Finizio, A. Mandziak, L. Aballe, J. M. Hernàndez Ferràs and F. Macià. J. Synchrotron Rad. (2019). 26

Tunable index metamaterials made by bottom-up approaches

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Mayte Gómez-Castaño, Hanbin Zheng, Juan Luis Garcia-Pomar, Renaud Vallée, Agustin Mihi and Serge Ravaine. Nanoscale Adv., 2019, Accepted Manuscript.

Nanoclusters of crystallographically aligned nanoparticles for magnetic thermotherapy: aqueous ferrofluid, agarose phantoms and ex vivo melanoma tumour assessment

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D. F. Coral, P. A. Soto, V. Blank, A. Veiga, E. Spinelli, S. Gonzalez, G. P. Saracco, M. A. Bab, D. Muraca, P. C. Setton-Avruj, A. Roig, L. Roguin and M. B. Fernández van Raap. Nanoscale, 2018, 10, 21262-21274.

The nickel battery positive electrode revisited: stability and structure of the β-NiOOH phase

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Montse Casas-Cabanas,* Maxwell D. Radin, Jongsik Kim, Clare P. Grey, Anton Van der Ven and M. Rosa Palacín*. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2018,6, 19256-19265.

Metallacarboranes on the Road to Anticancer Therapies: Cellular Uptake, DNA Interaction, and Biological Evaluation of Cobaltabisdicarbollide [COSAN]−

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Fuentes, I. , García‐Mendiola, T. , Sato, S. , Pita, M. , Nakamura, H. , Lorenzo, E. , Teixidor, F. , Marques, F. and Viñas, C. (2018), Metallacarboranes on the Road to Anticancer Therapies: Cellular Uptake, DNA Interaction, and Biological Evaluation of Cobaltabisdicarbollide [COSAN]⁻. Chem. Eur. J..

High‐Throughput Multiparametric Screening of Solution Processed Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

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Antonio Sánchez‐Díaz, Xabier Rodríguez‐Martínez, Laura Córcoles‐Guija, Germán Mora‐Martín, Mariano Campoy‐Quiles. Advanced Electronic Materials. Volume 4, Issue10.

Photoluminescence in m-carborane–anthracene triads: a combined experimental and computational study

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Mahdi Chaari, Zsolt Kelemen, José Giner Planas, Francesc Teixidor, Duane Choquesillo-Lazarte, Abdelhamid Ben Salah, Clara Viñas and Rosario Núñez*. J. Mater. Chem. C, 2018, Advance Article.

Comparative study of the pressure dependence of optical-phonon transverse-effective charges and linewidths in wurtzite InN

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J. S. Reparaz, K. Pereira da Silva, A. H. Romero, J. Serrano, M. R. Wagner, G. Callsen, S. J. Choi, J. S. Speck, and A. R. Goñi. Phys. Rev. B 98, 165204.

Preparation and photocatalytic activity of Au/TiO2 lyogels for hydrogen production

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Lester Martínez, Mónica Benito, Ignasi Mata, Lluís Soler, Elies Molins and Jordi Llorca*. Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2018,2, 2284-2295.

Carborane‐BODIPY Dyads: New Photoluminescent Materials through an Efficient Heck Coupling

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Chiara Bellomo, Mahdi Chaari, Dr. Justo Cabrera‐González, Dr. Marco Blangetti, Dr. Chiara Lombardi, Dr. Annamaria Deagostino, Prof. Clara Viñas, Dr. Nerea Gaztelumendi, Dr. Carme Nogués, Dr. Rosario Nuñez, Prof. Cristina Prandi. Chemistry

Synthetic approaches in oxynitride chemistry

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Amparo Fuertes. Progress in Solid State Chemistry, Volume 51, September 2018, Pages 63-70.

Optical Analysis of Oxygen Self‐Diffusion in Ultrathin CeO2 Layers at Low Temperatures

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Paula Neuderth, Pascal Hille, Sara Martí‐Sánchez, María de la Mata, Mariona Coll, Jordi Arbiol, Martin Eickhoff. Advanced Energy Materials 29 August 2018

Using polyoxometalates to enhance the capacity of lithium–oxygen batteries

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Tom Homewood, James T. Frith, J. Padmanabhan Vivek, Nieves Casañ-Pastor, Dino Tonti, John R. Owen and Nuria Garcia-Araez*. Chem. Commun., 2018,54, 9599-9602

Direct and Converse Piezoelectric Responses at the Nanoscale from Epitaxial BiFeO3 Thin Films Grown by Polymer Assisted Deposition

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José M. Vila-Fungueiriño, Andres Gomez, Jordi Antoja-Lleonart, Jaume Gazquez, César Magén, Beatriz Noheda and Adrian Carretero-Genevrier. Nanoscale, 2018

Intrinsic point defects and intergrowths in layered bismuth triiodide

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Sung Beom Cho, Jaume Gazquez, Xing Huang, Yoon Myung, Parag Banerjee, and Rohan Mishra. Phys. Rev. Materials 2, 064602

Robust ferroelectricity in epitaxial Hf1/2Zr1/2O2 thin films

Written by Anna May Masnou.

J. Lyu, I. Fina, R. Solanas, J. Fontcuberta, and F. Sánchez. Appl. Phys. Lett. 113, 082902 (2018)

Control of Polar Orientation and Lattice Strain in Epitaxial BaTiO3 Films on Silicon

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Jike Lyu, Saúl Estandía, Jaume Gazquez, Matthew F. Chisholm, Ignasi Fina, Nico Dix, Josep Fontcuberta, and Florencio Sánchez*. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, Article ASAP

Magnetic and electronic properties of the ferroelectric-photovoltaic ordered double perovskite CaMnTi2O6 investigated by x-ray absorption spectroscopies

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Javier Herrero-Martín, Javier Ruiz-Fuertes, Thomas Bernert, Monika Koch-Müller, Eiken Haussühl, and José Luis García-Muñoz. Phys. Rev. B 97, 235129.

Cu(II)–N6-Alkyladenine Complexes: Synthesis, X-ray Characterization and Magnetic Properties

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María Soledad Martínez, Antonio Bauzá, Amparo Caubet, Ángel García-Raso, Ángel Terrón, Juan J. Fiol, Elies Molins, Miquel Barceló-Oliver and Antonio Frontera,*. Magnetochemistry 2018, 4(2), 24

Controlling Nerve Growth with an Electric Field Induced Indirectly in Transparent Conductive Substrate Materials

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Ann M. Rajnicek, Zhiqiang Zhao, Javier Moral‐Vico, Ana M. Cruz, Colin D. McCaig Nieves, Casañ‐Pastor. Adv. Healthcare Materials. 05 July 2018.

Stimuli-Responsive Functionalization Strategies to Spatially and Temporally Control Surface Properties: Michael vs Diels–Alder Type Additions

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Adriana R. Kyvik, Carlos Luque-Corredera, Daniel Pulido, Miriam Royo, Jaume Veciana, Judith Guasch, and Imma Ratera*. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2018, 122 (16), pp 4481–4490.

Low-Temperature Dielectric Anisotropy Driven by an Antiferroelectric Mode in SrTiO3

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Blai Casals, Andrea Schiaffino, Arianna Casiraghi, Sampo J. Hämäläinen, Diego López González, Sebastiaan van Dijken, Massimiliano Stengel, and Gervasi Herranz, Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 217601. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.217601

Understanding ageing in Li-ion batteries: a chemical issue

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M. Rosa Palacín. Chem. Soc. Rev., 2018, Advance Article. DOI: 10.1039/C7CS00889A10.1039/C7CS00889A

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

SCIENTIFIC HIGHLIGHTS

Scientific Highlights

B. Mundet, J. Jareño, J. Gazquez, M. Varela, X. Obradors, and T. Puig. Phys. Rev. Materials 2, 063607

J. S. Reparaz, K. Pereira da Silva, A. H. Romero, J. Serrano, M. R. Wagner, G. Callsen, S. J. Choi, J. S. Speck, and A. R. Goñi. Phys. Rev. B 98, 165204.

Javier Herrero-Martín, Javier Ruiz-Fuertes, Thomas Bernert, Monika Koch-Müller, Eiken Haussühl, and José Luis García-Muñoz. Phys. Rev. B 97, 235129.

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