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Javier García to Present Advances in Green Chemistry at Nobel Symposium in Stockholm
Professor Javier García Martínez, Director of the Molecular Nanotechnology Laboratory, has been invited by the Nobel Prize...
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Hybrid Catalysts for a Greener Chemical Industry
Researchers at the University of Alicante have developed a new generation of hybrid catalysts designed to electrify the chemical industry, making it cleaner and more energy-efficient...
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What can nanotech do for entrepreneurs and job creation?
Nanotechnology is not about making things small, but about making things new...
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Javier Garcia Martinez, emerging researcher award by the American Chemical Society
The ACS Division of Energy and Fuels has announced that Dr. Javier Garcia Martinez, Director...
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Plenary lecture at the World Chemistry Leadership Meeting
The Director of the Molecular Nanotechnology Dr. Javier Garcia Martinez and member of...
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A Perspective on Chemistry Education
One of the most important and strategic activities that IUPAC carries out is to promote the use of best practice and the most effective tools for chemistry education. That education includes public understanding and appreciation of the roles and achievements of chemistry, especially among the young. The Committee on Chemistry Education (CCE) is one of...
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Research
Mesoporous zeolites for refining applications
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Advanced mesoporous titania for efficient photocatalysis
Read more →Sol-gel coordination chemistry: incorporation of chemical functionalities in mesoporous materials
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Synthesis and characterization of metal and metal oxide nanoparticles
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The role of mesoporosity and Si/Al ratio in the catalytic etherification of glycerol with benzyl alcohol using ZSM-5 zeolites
Camino Gonzalez-Arellanoa, Aida Grau-Atienzab, Elena Serranob, Antonio A. Romeroc, Javier Garcia-Martinezb, Rafael Luquec. (2015)
Read articleHierarchical Zeolites and their Catalytic Performance in Selective Oxidative Processes
Dr. Manuel Ojeda, Aida Grau-Atienza, Rafael Campos, Prof. Antonio A. Romero, Dr. Elena Serrano, Prof. Jose Maria Marinas, Prof. Javier García Martínez, Rafael Luque. Article first published online: 27 MAR 2015
Read articleMesostructured zeolites: bridging the gap between zeolites and MCM-41
Teerawit Prasomsri, Wenqian Jiao, Steve Z. Wenga and Javier Garcia Martinez. ChemComm (2015)
Read articleRealizing the Commercial Potential of Hierarchical Zeolites: New Opportunities in Catalytic Cracking
K. Li, J. Valla, J. Garcia-Martinez.
Chem. Cat. Chem. (6) 46–66 (2014).
Terminology of metal–organic frameworks and coordination polymers
S.R. Batten, N.R. Champness, X.-M. Chen, J. Garcia-Martinez, S. Kitagawa, L. Öhrström, M. O’Keeffe, M.P. Suh, J. Reedijk.
Pure Appl. Chem. 85 (1715–1724) 2013
Metal-complex Ionosilicas: Cationic Mesoporus Silica with Ni(II) and Cu(II) Complexes in Their Framework
N. Linares, E. Serrano, A.I. Carrillo, J. Garcia-Martinez. Mater. Lett. (95) 93-96 (2013)
Read articleOur team
Dr. Javier García Martinez
Group Leader, Nanomol
Director of the Molecular Nanotechnology Lab at the University of Alicante, Spain. Javier has published extensively in the areas of nanomaterials and energy and is the author of more than forty patents.
Dr. Elena Serrano Torregrosa
Researcher Fellow, Nanomol
Elena is a Research Fellow at the Molecular Nanotechnology Lab of the Inorganic Chemistry Dpt. at the University of Alicante (Spain). Her current research interests are in the area of new synthetic pathways to prepare stable and efficient photoactive materials for clean energy production.
Aida Grau Atienza
PhD student, Nanomol
Aida Grau has a Bachelor degree in Chemistry (2010) and a Master degree in Materials Science (2011) from the University of Alicante (Spain), where she is doing her PhD thesis on the incorporation of chemical functionalities to mesoporous silica materials and zeolites for energy-related applications.
Dr. Noemi Linares Pérez
Researcher Fellow, Nanomol
Noemi is a Research Fellow at the Molecular Nanotechnology Lab of the Inorganic Chemistry Dpt. at the University of Alicante (Spain). Her current research interests are in the area of heterogeneous catalysts for energy-related applications.
Alexander Sachse
Researcher Fellow, Nanomol
Alexander is a a Research Fellow at the Molecular Nanotechnology Lab of the Inorganic Chemistry Dpt. at the University of Alicante (Spain). His current research interests are in the area of hierarchical porous catalytically active materials (in particular zeolites).
Irene Barceló
Postdoctoral researcher, Nanomol, Nanomol
Irene is a postdoctoral researcher at the Molecular Nanotechnology Lab of the Inorganic Chemistry Dept. at the University of Alicante. Her current interests are in the area of the (photo)electrochemistry of semiconductors and photovoltaics/third generation solar cells.