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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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Mesostructured Zeolites: Bridging the Gap Between Zeolites and MCM-41

Challenges for Zeolites Zeolites are aluminosilicate materials with crystalline framework structures. They are very versatile materials that are widely used by chemists both in the lab and in industry. However, their narrow micropores impose important diffusion limitations on large reactant and product molecules approaching or leaving the active sites. This leads to lowered conversion or...

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Other research

Mesoporous zeolites for refining applications

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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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Advanced mesoporous titania for efficient photocatalysis

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Our team

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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).

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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.