The main research lines is the Supramolecular Chemistry: The group is developing luminescent systems able to give rise to the formation of gels, fibers, vesicles and other kind of supramolecular structures containing heavy metal atoms. The researchers are pioneers in this kind of supramolecules grown from discrete complexes. Applications as sensors, hydrogen production, liquid crystals, nanomaterials and biological properties have been developed. Great efforts are being done during this year regarding room temperature phosphorescence systems.
Laura Rodríguez Raurell (Full Professor) laurarodriguezr(at)ub.edu
Inmaculada Angurell Purroy (Associate Professor)
Araceli de Aquino Samper (Predoctoral Researcher)
Supramolecular luminescent Pt(ii) tweezers: aggregation studies and 1O2 production. Romo-Islas G.; Gomila R.M.; Frontera A.; Rodríguez L. 2023, Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 10, 21. Doi: 10.1039/d3qi01176c
Effect of substituents on the 1O2 production and biological activity of (N^N^N)Pt(py) complexes. Romo-Islas G.; Gil-Moles M.; Saxena A.; Frontera A.; Gimeno M.C.; Rodríguez L. 2023, Dalton Transactions. Doi: 10.1039/d3dt04050j
Heterometallic Au(I)-Cu(I) Clusters: Luminescence Studies and 1O2Production. Romo-Islas G.; Ward J.S.; Rissanen K.; Rodríguez L. 2023, Inorganic Chemistry, 62, 21. Doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c00046
How to achieve near unity fluorescence quantum yields on gold(I) benzothiadiazole-based derivatives. Pinto A., Echeverri M., Gómez-Lor B., Rodríguez L. Dyes and Pigments, 202, 110308, 2022
Aggregation of gold(i) complexes: phosphorescence vs. singlet oxygen production. Pinto A., Ward J.S., Rissanen K., Smith M., Rodríguez L. Dalton Transactions, 51, 22, 2022
Highly emissive supramolecular gold(i)-BTD materials. Pinto A., Echeverri M., Gómez-Lor B., Rodríguez L. Dalton Transactions, 51, 21, 2022
Development of gold(i) phosphorescent tweezers for sensing Applications. de Aquino A., Caparrós F.J., Aullón G., Truong K.-N., Rissanen K., Lima J.C., Rodríguez L. Dalton Transactions, 51, 42, 2022
Effect of Gold(I) on the Room-Temperature Phosphorescence of Ethynylphenanthrene. de Aquino A., Caparrós F.J., Aullón G., Ward J.S., Rissanen K., Jung Y., Choi H., Lima J.C., Rodríguez L. Chemistry – A European Journal. 2021, 27, 5
Aggregation versus Biological Activity in Gold(I) Complexes. An Unexplored Concept. Pinto A., Roma-Rodrigues C., Ward J.S., Puttreddy R., Rissanen K., Baptista P.V., Fernandes A.R., Lima J.C., Rodríguez L. Inorganic Chemistry. 2021, 60, 24, 18753–18763
Gold(i)-doped films: new routes for efficient room temperature phosphorescent materials. de Aquino A., Caparrós F.J., Truong K.-N., Rissanen K., Ferrer M., Jung Y., Choi H., Lima J.C., Rodríguez L. Dalton Transactions. 2021, 50, 11
Comprehensive Investigation of the Photophysical Properties of Alkynylcoumarin Gold(I) Complexes. Pinto A., Cunha C., Aullón G., Lima J.C., Rodríguez L., Seixas de Melo J.S. Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 2021, 125, 42
Base-assisted synthesis of 4-pyridinate gold(i) metallaligands: a study of their use in self-assembly reactions. Ferrer M., Gutiérrez A., Martínez M., Da Silva C., Netto A.V.G., Rodríguez L., Romo-Islas G., Pan F., Rissanen K. Dalton Transactions. 2021, 50, 23
Luminescent PtII and PtIV Platinacycles with Anticancer Activity Against Multiplatinum-Resistant Metastatic CRC and CRPC Cell Models. Lázaro A., Balcells C., Quirante J., Badia J., Baldomà L., Ward J.S., Rissanen K., Font-Bardia M., Rodríguez L., Crespo M., Cascante M. Chemistry – A European Journal. 2020, 26(9)
Facile morphology control of gold(0) structures from aurophilic assemblies. Aguiló E., Dalmases M., Lin M., Lima J.C., Gavara R., Figuerola A., Llorca J., Rodríguez L. Dalton Transactions, 2020, 49(14)
Luminescent phosphine gold(I) alkynyl complexes. Highlights from 2010 to 2018. Marc Pujadas, Laura Rodríguez. Coordination Chemistry Reviews 408 (2020) 213179
Influence of the Attachment of a Gold(I) Phosphine Moiety at the Upper Rim of a Calix[4]pyrrole on the Binding of Tetraalkylammonium Chloride Salts. Qingqing Sun, Gemma Aragay, Andrea Pinto, Elisabet Aguiló, Laura RodrÍguez, and Pablo Ballester. Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 3348 – 3357.
Room-Temperature Phosphorescence and Efficient Singlet Oxygen Production by Cyclometalated Pt(II) Complexes with Aromatic Alkynyl Ligands. Ariadna Lázaro, Carla Cunha, Ramon Bosque, João Pina, Jas S. Ward, Khai-Nghi Truong, Kari Rissanen, João Carlos Lima, Margarita Crespo, J. Sérgio Seixas de Melo, and Laura Rodríguez. Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 8220−8230
Sistemas supramoleculares y organometálicos con emisión en el NIR. PID2022-139296NB-I00PI: Laura Rodriguez Raurell. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (2023-2026)
Herramientas supramoleculares para aumentar la emisión de fosforescencia (PID2019-104121GB-I00). IP: Laura Rodriguez Raurell. Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (2020-2023)
– Reference: 2017082311. Alba Synchrotron. Title: Identification of supramolecular gold(I) aggregates involved in biological and molecular recognition purposes. PI: Laura Rodríguez Raurell
– Reference: UC-CLL002537. Title: Effect of aggregation on the photophysical parameters of gold(I) supramolecular aggregates. PI: Laura Rodríguez Raurell. Founding Agency: Unión Europea- CLL-Laserlab Europe
– Spectrofluorimeter to perform measurements for samples emitting at UV-vis and NIR in solution and in solid state, at room temperature, 77 K and variable temperature.
– Fluorescence and Optical Microscopy including polarizers for analysing samples at different polarization light angles.
– Integrating sphere to record absolute quantum yields in solid state and solution
– Time-Correlated Single Photon Counting for lifetime measurements
– Same department: Dr. Albert Figuerola, Dr. Margarita Crespo, Dr. Ramon Bosque
– Spanish Universities or Research Centers: Prof. Jordi Llorca (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona), Prof. Enrique García-España (Universitat de València), Prof. Pau Ballester (ICIQ-Tarragona), Prof. José M López de Luzuriaga (Universidad de La Rioja), Dr. Berta Gómez-Lor (CSIC-Madrid).
– European Universities or Research Centers: Prof. João Carlos Lima (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal), Prof. Antonella Dalla Cort (Università La Sapienza, Roma, Italy), Prof. Kari Rissanen (University Jyväskylä, Jyväskyla, Finland), Prof. Giulia Licini (Università Padova, Padova, Italy), Dr. Marta Rossell (EMPA, Zurich, Switzerland)