PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR:  Nazario Martín León

 

GROUP MEMBERS

• Roberto Martínez López

• Salvatore Filippone

• Mª Ángeles Herranz Astudillo

• Carmen Mª Atienza Castellanos

• Beatriz Mª Illescas Martínez

• David García Fresnadillo

• Ángel Martín Domenech

• Andreas Gouloumis

• José Manuel Santos Barahona

• Laura Rodríguez Pérez

• Agustín Molina Ontoria

• Jesús Manuel Fernández García

• Justo Cabrera González

• Alfonso Pérez Sánchez

• Mikiko Vázquez Nakagawa

• Javier Urieta Mora

• Eider Rodríguez Sánchez

• Jesús Galán Oliver

• Manuel Buendia Mateos

• Patricia Izquierdo García

• Ana Mª Ferruelo Nicolás

 

GENERAL RESEARCH OBJECTIVE OF THE GROUP

 

The research interest at the Prof. Martín’s group span a range of targets mainly focused to the study of Carbon Nanostructures (fullerenes, endohedral fullerenes, carbon Nanotubes and graphenes) as materials for the preparation of Photo- and Electroactive Organic Molecular Systems. In particular, our group is currently engaged in the covalent and supramolecular chemistry of carbon nanoforms in the context of new chemical reactivity and asymmetric catalysis of fullerenes, design of new supramolecular wrapping receptors for fullerenes, electron transfer processes, photovoltaic applications (Bulk Heterojunction and Dye Sensitized Solar Cells) and nanoscience with emphasis in “on-surface synthesis”. Research in our group is also related with the design and synthesis of molecular nanowires for the so-called molecular electronics, the study of the interaction of organic molecules with solid surfaces and the organization of organic molecules on metal surfaces by STM studies, as well as the study of properties on single molecules in the context of nanoscience. The construction of organized supramolecular functional assemblies at the nanometer scale is another aspect investigated in our group which is a key issue for the development of the bottom-up approach in nanoscience.

Our recent interest is also focused on the bottom-up synthesis of (chiral) synthetic molecular nanographenes.

The different scientific topics developed in our research group are at the forefront of science and could have a strong technological and socio-economic impact for our Society

 

LINES OF THE RESEARCH GROUP AND RESPONSIBLE RESEARCHER

 

• Chiral Allotropes of Carbon: Asymmetric Catalysis on Fullerenes (N. Martín and S. Filippone)

• Supramolecular Chemistry of Fullerenes  (N. Martín and C. Atienza)

• Fullerenes as biomolecules (N. Martín and B. Illescas)

• Endohedral Fullerenes & Carbon Nanotubes. Chemical Reactivity and Properties (N. Martín and M.A. Herranz)

• Graphene: Chemical Reactivity and Properties (N. Martín)

• Photovoltaics: Organic Cells and Perovskite Solar Cells (N. Martín and A. Molina-Ontoria)

• On-surface synthesis (N. Martín and J. Santos)

 

LINK TO THE GROUP'S WEBSITE

http://www.nazariomartingroup.com/