Center for Research in Biological Chemistry and Molecular Materials

The CIQUS addresses challenges in Biological and Medicinal Chemistry, New functional Materials and Synthetic Technologies. We comprise 18 research which were awarded 11 ERC projects (4 ERC-PoC). We obtained an average of 8 MEUR/year (2020-2022) in competitive funds, achieving an average Impact Factor of 8.64 (JCR, 2020-2021). Other outputs are 21 patents granted, 5 licences and 4 spin-offs. See: https://www.usc.es/ciqus/en/research/projects

• MATERIALS: i) Metal-Carbon Hybrid Nanostructures: durable electrodes, hybrid capacitors & nanoreactors and electrolytes; ii) Tailored Nanographenes; iii) Magnetic, electronic & thermal properties; iv) Chirality. Stimuli-Responsive polymers; v) Organic, inorganic & metallo-organic materials.
• SYNTHESIS: i) Innovative catalytic methodologies; ii) Selective and sustainable synthetic methodologies; iii) Catalytic transformations in biological media; iii) Theoretical and Computational Chemistry

Key projects - “Materials & Synthesis”: • ERC-SyG “MolDAM”: Molecular Devices by Atom Manipulation. • ERC-CoG "BECAME”: Bimetallic Catalysis for General Methane Functionalization. • ERC-StG "NANOCOMP": Complex Dynamics of Clusters in High-Aspect Ratio Hollow Nanostructures. • ERC-StG “2DTHERMS”: Thermoelectrics Based on 2-D Nanostructures of Correlated Oxides. • ERC-PoC “ZABCAT” A new Zn-Air Battery Prototype to Overcome Cathode Degradation. • ERC-PoC “ANTS”: A New of Microthermal Sensing for Application in Microcalorimetry.

• FET-OPEN “e-PROT”: Engineered Conductive Proteins for Bioelectronics. • FET-OPEN “SWIMMOT”: Switchable magneto-plasmonic contrast agents and molecular imaging technologies. • FET-OPEN “SPRING”: Spin Research in Graphene: spintronics & quantum computing • Graphene-Flagship “LEGOCHIP”: Nanoporous Graphene & Nanophotonic Biosensor Devices.