The Switchable NanoMaterials group (SNM) research has been at the forefront of coordination chemistry, inorganic and organic chemistry, crystallography and size reduction processes (nanostructuration). Mainly, we have focused on the development of switchable coordination complexes for advanced applications such as:
- High performance sensors: Reversible molecular sensing using non-porous switchable materials acting as porous (Chemical Science, 2019, 6612; Advanced Science, 2021, 2102619; Dalton Transactions, 2020, 7315; Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 2020, 2426), and 3D Lanthanide MOFs (J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2020, 3362).
- Energy (Thermal regulation and energy storage): Hydrogen storage in fullerene-based materials (ACIE, 2019, 20, 2332; Chemical Science, 2021, 8682 and Chemistry -A Journal, 2023, 10.1002/chem.202302964), and temperature regulation (Advanced Science, 2022, 9, 2202253).
- Spintronic. This line is based on the development of nanocomposites (Nature Communications 2021, 12, 1), and integrating switchable spin crossover on conducting MOFs (Chemistry of Materials, 2023, 35, 6012).
