Research Group on Switchable Molecular Materials

Description

Synthesis, characterisation and processing at the micro and nanometric scale of molecular compounds that switch between one or more electronic states. The immediate goal is to obtain new functional materials capable of responding to external stimuli (temperature, pressure, light or analytes) in a controlled and detectable way. The ultimate goal is the integration of these materials in devices such as molecular switches, molecular sensors, molecular memories or opto-electronic devices.

Goals CT

Obtaining materials that act as molecular-based switches, sensors, memories and opto-electronic devices.

Research lines

Spin crossover in liquid crystals
Study of synergies between two phase transitions of different nature, one electronic (Spin Crossover, SCO) and the other structural (Crystal to Liquid Crystal). Synthesis and characterisation of new spin-crossover materials with metallogenic properties. Applications.
Multistability in polynuclear complexes with spin crossover
Study of multistability and multiconmutability in polynuclear metal complexes that show the spin crossover phenomenon (SCO). Synthesis and characterisation of dinuclear, trinuclear, tetranuclear, etc. complexes that show the electronic spin transition phenomenon.
Bistable luminescent materials
Synthesis and characterisation of new bifunctional molecular materials capable of modulating the luminescent signal of a fluorophore by means of the electronic change that occurs during the spin crossover (SCO). Study of the synergy between luminescence and electronic spin crossover (SCO).
Bistable porous molecular materials
Synthesis, characterisation and processing of porous coordination polymers (PCPs or PMOFs) that integrate the spin crossover (SCO) phenomenon. Study of the molecular adsorption capacity and magnetic and optical response of these materials to adsorption-desorption processes.

Management