We are experts on the design and synthesis of luminescent supramolecular organometallic systems with applications on the following areas:
Supramolecular assemblies
Different type of weak intra and intermolecular contacts can be responsable for the formation of supramolecular structures. The analysis of these interactions is relevant to understand the resulting properties. The complementary between different type of spectroscopic analysis and theoretical calculations are the main basis of this study.
Luminescent materials
We aim at the development of luminescent compounds with a wide range of emission wavelengths (from blue to NIR-emitters). This property can be affected by the aggregation and also by the type of system (from solution to solid state). We are able to create luminescent thin films based on different materials, colours and shapes.
Singlet oxygen production
The production of singlet oxygen is of great relevance in different type of cutting-edge investigations: from photodynamic therapy, organic synthesis or treatment of contaminants. We have been recently focused in this topic trying to obtain some correlations between our molecules and the singlet oxygen production quantum yields.
Sensors – detection of contaminants
One of the main points of luminescence is their very high sensitivity, being able to be displayed with very low amounts of emitters. This luminescence is strongly affected by the environment and, for this reason, the use of luminescence in sensing is a huge topic to be investigated.
