Switchable Molecular Materials - SMolMat

Reference of the Group:

GIUV2013-006

 
Description of research activity:

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.

 
Web:

http://www.uv.es/smolmat

 
Scientific-technical goals:
  • Obtencion de materiales que actuen como interruptores, sensores, memorias y dispositivos opto-electronicos de base molecular
 
Research lines:
  • 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.
  • Spin Crossover in liquid crystals.Study of synergies between two phase transitions of different nature, one electronic (spin crossover, SCO) and the other one structural (crystal to liquid crystal). Synthesis and characterisation of new spin-crossover materials with metallogenic properties. Applications.
  • Bistable luminiscent 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).
  • Multi-stable Spin Crossover (SCO) Complexes.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.
 
Group members:
Name Nature of participation Entity Description
JOSE ANTONIO REAL CABEZOSDirectorUniversitat de València
Research team
MARIA DEL CARMEN MUÑOZ ROCACollaboratorUniversitat Politècnica de Valènciafull university professor
 
CNAE:
  • -
 
Associated structure:
  • Institute of Molecular Science (ICMOL)
 
Keywords:
  • SPIN CROSSOVER
  • multiestabilidad, multiconmutabilidad, Spin Crossover, Transición de Espín, complejos polinucleares, polímeros de coordinación, MOFs (metal-organic frameworks), nano-partículas, electrónica molecular, espintrónica molecular
  • COORDINATION POLYMERS
  • POROSITY
  • TRANSICIÓN DE ESPÍN
  • PHYSISORPTION
  • CHEMISORPTION
  • LIQUID CRYSTALS
  • PHASE TRANSITION
  • LUMINISCENCE
  • FLUORESCENCE
  • SPIN TRANSITION
  • MULTISTABILITY
  • MULTICOMMUTABILITY
  • POLYNUCLEAR COMPLEXES
  • NANO-PARTICLES
  • MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS
  • MOLECULAR SPINTRONICS