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Predicting the Effect of Dopants on CO2 Adsorption on Transition Metal Carbides: Case Study on TiC (001)

This work of Marti Lopez, Francesc Viñes, Michael Nolan and Francesc Illas is an extension of a previous study, where it was studied how to modulate the capture of CO2 […]

Aromaticity in Boron Clusters: Too Persistent to Give Up

The collaboration between Prof Poater, IQTC, Prof Francesc Teixidor, Prof. Clara Viñas, and Dr. Ines Bennour, ICMAB-CSIC, together with Sílvia Escayola and Prof. Miquel Solà from the UdG-IQCC have recently […]

Study of antiviral compounds against SARS-CoV-2

Prof Jaime Rubio collaborates in the project entitled “Identification of inhibitors of the Mpro protease of the virus COVID-19 by repositioning of drugs”, led by prof. Juan Jesus Perez Gonzalez […]

Morphology of TiO2 Nanoparticles and Photocatalytic activity

Dr Ángel Morales-García, Dr Rosendo Valero and Prof Illas publish a new article in the The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. Transition Absorption Spectroscopy (TAS) is the adequate technique to […]

Neutral Organic Radical Formation by Chemisorption on Metal Surfaces

Prof Illas and Prof Bromley have recently published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters a study done in collaboration with ICN2 and ICMAB. In this work they provide experimental […]

Designed a new family of molecules with high affinity with altered receptors in neurodegenerative diseases

Prof. Luque and his team joined an important study on the synthesis and three-dimensional quantitative structure–activity relationship (3D-QSAR) of a new family of bicyclic α-iminophosphonates endowed with relevant affinities for […]

Quantum-classical dynamics of the capture of neon atoms by superfluid helium nanodroplets

M. Blancafort-Jorquera, A. Vila, M. González.Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 20 (2018) 29737. Quantized vortex in the top left part of the helium density (left) and phase of the helium wave […]

Tropospheric oxidation of methyl hydrotrioxide (CH3OOOH) by hydroxyl radical

J. M. Anglada, A. Solé.Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 20 (2018) 27406-27417. We have employed high level theoretical methods to investigate the oxidation of methyl hydrotrioxide by hydroxyl radical, which is […]

The reactivity of the Cyclopropyl cyanide in Titan’s atmosphere: a possible prebiotic mechanism

E. López, D. Ascenzi, P. Tosi, J. M. Bofill, J. de Andrés, M. Albertí, J. M. Lucas, A. Aguilar.Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 20 (2018) 6198. MP2 adiabatic potential energy profile […]

Modeling and subtleties of K-Ras and Calmodulin interaction

E. Garrido, J. Lázaro, M. Jaumot, N. Agell, J. Rubio-Martínez.PLoS Comput. Biology, 14 (2018) e1006552. Proposed model of union of K-Ras with CaM in the presence of plasma membrane. In […]