Research Highlights

MXenes as promising catalysts for water dissociation.

J. D. Gouveia, Á. Morales-García, F. Viñes, F. Illas, J. R. B Gomes.Appl. Catal. B 260(2020) 118191. MXenes effectively dissociate water suggesting them as catalysts for industrially relevant processes such as the […]

Quantum equilibration of the double-proton transfer in a model system porphine.

G. Albareda, A. Riera, M. González, J. M. Bofill, I. P. R. Moreira, R. Valero, I. Tavernelli.Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.,22 (2020) 22332. Two-proton probability density at four representative time values. The […]

Multiscale study of the mechanism of catalytic CO2 hydrogenation: role of the Ni(111) facets.

P. Lozano-Reis, H. Prats, P. Gamallo, F. Illas, R. Sayós.ACS Catal., 10 (2020) 8077-8089. The molecular mechanism of CO2 hydrogenation on a Ni(111) surface has been investigated by means of periodic density functional […]

Effect of nanoparticles in molten salts – MD simulations and experimental study.

A.Svobodova-Sedlackova, C. Barreneche, G. Alonso, A. I. Fernández, P. Gamallo.Renew. Energy, 152 (2020) 208-216. Main parameters that affect thermal capacity: concentration and size of nanoparticles in the nanofluid. Experimental studies on nanofluids […]

Highlights 2020

Clean and Sustainable Energy Effect of nanoparticles in molten salts – MD simulations and experimental study. A.Svobodova-Sedlackova, C. Barreneche, G. Alonso, A. I. Fernández, P. Gamallo.Renew. Energy, 152 (2020) 208-216. Multiscale study […]

International networking project in the area of Colloid and Interface Science

The project is entitled “Excellence in colloid and interface research and innovations for better quality of life” (EXTREME) and will run till March 2023. It is funded by the Bulgarian […]

Understanding the abnormal thermal behavior of nanofluids through infrared thermography and thermo-physical characterization

Adela Svodova and Pablo Gamallo from IQTC in collaboration with Alejandro Calderón, Camila Barreneche & A. Inés Fernández from DIOPMA recently published a paper at Scientific Reports, which has an […]

Computational Catalysis for A Greener Future

By WIREs Comput Mol Sci. (2021) e1530 Authors Computational techniques are increasingly helping researchers to speed up catalysts tuning and design Catalysis is no doubt a key technology in the […]

Structure-sensitive scaling relations among carbon-containing species and their possible impact on CO2 electroreduction

Manuel J. Kolb and Federico Calle-Vallejo from IQTC in collaboration with David Loffreda (Université Claude Bernard Lyon) and Philippe Sautet (University of California) recently published an article in the Journal […]

Controlling the pairing of π-conjugated electrons in 2D covalent organic radical frameworks

Strain brings electrons together Published in NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, a collaborative theoretical study involving three groups from the IQTC shows how to reversibly switch between closed-shell and open-shell states in radical-based […]