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• June 2021

Gorka Barquero won the poster of XII Symposium of Master in Organic Chemistry

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Our work "The Role of Peripheral Amide Groups as Hydrogen-Bonding Directors in the Tubular Self-Assembly of Dinucleobase Monomers." is published in ChemPlusChem

 

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• May 2021

David Serrano Molina defended his thesis “ Functional Multicomponent Hydrogen-Bonded Macrocycles" on 28th May. 

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• April 2021:

Paula Martínez Arjona joined the group as a Predoctoral Research

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• February 2021:

Gorka Barquero and Miguel Sanchez-Rubio joined the group as a Master student

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• January 2021:

Our work "Crystalline supramolecular organic frameworks via hydrogen-bonding between nucleobases." published in Chem. Commun.

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Our work "Exploring the tubular self-assembly landscape of dinucleobase amphiphiles in water." in published in Org. Chem Front.

 

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Our work "Dinucleoside-Based Macrocycles Displaying Unusually Large Chelate Cooperativities." is published in Chem. Rec.

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• November 2020:

Our work " Dual-Mode Chiral Self-Assembly of Cone-Shaped Subphthalocyanine Aromatics " is published in J. Am. Chem. Soc.

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•  October 2020: 

 A Marie Skłodowska-Curie Intraeuropean Fellowship was awarded to Dr. Alberto de Juan  Nanostructured Supramolecular Polymers with Allosterically Regulated Catalytic Interstices (SuprAlloCat-897507) https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/897507​

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• July 2020:

Our work " Nanostructured Micelle Nanotubes Self-assembled from Dinucleobase Monomers in Water " is published as a VIP paper in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.

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• April 2020:

Our work “Functional Systems Derived from Nucleobase Self-assembly” is published in ChemistryOpen.

 

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• March 2020:

​Our work " Elucidating Noncovalent Reaction Mechanisms: G-Quartet as an Intermediate in G-Quadruplex Assembly" is published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.

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• February 2020:

Miguel Martín Arroyo defended his thesis “Materiales Supramoleculares basados en Redes Autoensambladas por Interacciones de Enlace de Hidrógeno Cooperativas”on 13th February. We were happy to have Miguel García Iglesias, Eva M. García Frutos, Aurelio Mateo Alonso, David Mecerreyes and Felix Zamora as jury members. 

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• September 2019: ​

Irene Sancho Casado joined the group as a Predoctoral researcher

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Dr. Alberto de Juan joined the group as a Postdoctoral researcher

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Our work " Noncovalent Synthesis of Self-Assembled Nanotubes through Decoupled Hierarchical Cooperative Processes" is published in J. Am. Chem. Soc.

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• July 2019:

Dr. Alberto de Juan was awarded a Juan de la Cierva fellowship with the group

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• June 2019:

Raquel Chamorro defended her thesis “Reconocimiento Molecular con Nanoanillos y Nanotubos Autoensamblados” on 14th June. We were happy to have Carmen Maestro, Beatriu Escuder, Andrés de la Escosura, Thomas Hermans and Nazario Martin as jury members.

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Our feature article " Guidelines for the assembly of hydrogen-bonded macrocycles" is published in Chem. Comm.

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• May 2019:

Together with Pau Ballester, the group organizes the symposium “Supramolecular Chemistry at the Frontier of Molecular, Materials and   Biological Sciences” at the 37th Biennial Meeting of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry in San Sebastian. We thank Bert Meijer, Chris Hunter, Helma Wennemers and Steven de Feyter for their invited lectures. 

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• April 2019: 

Marina González Sánchez joined the group as a Predoctoral researcher

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• February 2019:

A Marie Skłodowska-Curie Intraeuropean Fellowship was awarded to Dr. Anselmo del Prado Enhancing Self-healing Properties in Polymer Materials through Cooperative Supramolecular Interactions (CoopHeal-843090)

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• January 2019: 

Isabel López Martin joined the group as a FPI Predoctoral researcher

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• December 2018:

Sonia Romero Pérez defended her thesis “Novel Self-assembled Nanostructures based on the DNA Architecture” on 14th December. We were happy to have Salomé Rodriguez Morgade, Luc Brunsveld, Alvaro Somoza, Felix Freire and Berta Gómez Lor as jury members

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• November 2018:

An FPI Fellowship was awarded to Isabel López Martin

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• September 2018:

Violeta Vázquez defended her thesis on 28th September. We were happy to have G. de la Torre, A. P. H. J. Schenning, G. Fernández, L. Sánchez and E. Ortí as jury members

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Dr. Anselmo del Prado joined the group as Postdoctoral researcher

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• August 2018:

Our work "Understanding Complex Supramolecular Landscapes: Non-covalent Macrocyclization Equilibria Examinated by Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer" is published in Chem. Sci.

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• April 2018:

Our work "Reversible dispersion and release of carbon nanotubes via cooperative clamping interactions with hydrogen-bonded nanorings" in colaboration with Dr. Emilio Perez is published in Chem. Sci.

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• March 2018:

Dra. Sara Sierra and Paula Chamorro joined the group as Postdoctoral and PhD researchers respectively

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• February 2018:

A Marie Skłodowska-Curie Intraeuropean Fellowship was awarded to Dr. Fátima Aparicio Self-assembled Tubular Nanostructures with Functional Pores (Nanospace-793506) https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/793506

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The group was awarded an ERC-Proof-of-Concept Grant "PolyHeal"

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• January 2018:

The group was awarded a Spanish MINECO grant

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• November 2017:

Our work "How Large Can We Build A Cyclic Assembly? Impact of Ring Size on Chelate Cooperativity in Noncdovalent Macrocyclizations" is published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.

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• October 2017:

Mateja Dud joined the group as an Erasmus+ student for a 3-month stay

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• September 2017:

Our work "Ferroelectric self-assembled molecular materials showing both rectifying and switchable conductivity" is published in Science Adv.

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• July 2017:

Carlos Montoro defended his thesis on 14th July. We were happy to have M. V. Martínez Díaz, B. Gómez Lor, J. R. Granja, H. L. Anderson     and P. Ballester as jury members

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• June 2017:

Dra. Nerea Bilbao was awarded the "Extraordinary Prize" for her Thesis at the UAM

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• May 2017:

Dra. Ana M. Conde and Dr. Manuel C. Martos joined the group as Postdoctoral researchers

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• March 2017:

Dr. Germán Zango and David Serrano joined the group as Pstdoctoral and PhD researchers respectively

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• January 2017:

The group was awarded an ERC-Proof-of-Concept Grant

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• November 2016:

Carlos Montoro was awarded the Best Oral Communication Prize for his talk "Hydrogen-bonded cyclic assemblies from dinucleoside monomers" in the XIII RSEQ-Sigma-Aldrich Young Investigator Symposium

 

• June 2016:

Miguel Martín was awarded the Best Poster Prize "Toward Hydrogen-bonded Porous Organic Frameworks from a DNA-base Toolkit" in the 1st Polymat Spotlight Symposium

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• April 2016:

Carlos Montoro was awarded second prize in the SUSCHEM-JIQ 2016 Awards for his paper "High-fidelity Noncovalent Synthesis of Hydrogen-bonded Macrocyclic Assemblies"

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• February 2016:

Nerea Bilbao defended her thesis on 12th February

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• January 2016: 

Our work "Role of the Symmetry of Multipoint Hydrogen Bonding on Chelate Cooperativity in Supramolecular Macrocyclization Processes" accepted in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.

 

Our work "Two-Dimensional Nanoporous Networks Formed by Liquid-to-Solid Transfer of Hydrogen-Bonded Macrocycles Built from DNA Bases" accepted as a HOT Paper in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.

 

• November 2015:

An FPI Fellowship was awarded to Miguel Martín

 

• September 2015:

An FPU Fellowship was awarded to Sonia Romero.

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Dr. Subi J. George is visiting our group in 17th September.

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• March 2015:

Our work "High-fidelity Noncovalent Synthesis of Hydrogen-bonded Macrocyclic Assemblies" accepted as a VIP Paper in Angew. Chem.Int. Ed..