• Anomalous and Colossal Thermal Expansion, Photoluminescence, and Dielectric Properties in Lead Halide-Layered Perovskites With Cyclohexylammonium and Cyclopentylammonium Cations 

      Cuquejo-Cid, Alberto; García-Fernández, Alberto; Popescu, Catalin; Bermúdez-García, Juan Manuel; Señarís-Rodríguez, M. A.; Castro-García, Socorro; Vázquez, Digna; Sánchez-Andújar, Manuel (Elsevier, 2022-06-03)
      [Abstract] A detailed study of lead halide-layered perovskites with general formula A2PbX4 (where A is cyclohexylammonium (CHA) or cyclopentylammonium (CPA) cation and X is Cl− or Br− anion) is presented. Using variable ...
    • Diimidazolium Halobismuthates [Dim]2[Bi2X10] (X = Cl–, Br–, or I–): A New Class of Thermochromic and Photoluminescent Materials 

      García-Fernández, Alberto; Marcos-Cives, Ismael; Platas-Iglesias, Carlos; Castro-García, Socorro; Vázquez, Digna; Fernández, Alberto; Sánchez-Andújar, Manuel (American Chemical Society (ACS), 2018-06-12)
      [Abstract] We present a novel family of polyhalide salts of Bi(III) with the general formula [Dim]2[Bi2X10], where Dim2+ is the diimidazolium cation (C9H14N4)2+ and X is Cl–, Br–, or I–. Single-phase materials are easily ...
    • Evaluation of the in Vitro and in Vivo Efficacy of Ruthenium Polypyridyl Compounds Against Breast Cancer 

      Lenis Rojas, Óscar; Roma-Rodrigues, Catarina; Fernandes, Alexandra R.; Carvalho, Andreia; Cordeiro, Sandra; Guerra-Varela, Jorge; Sánchez, Laura; Vázquez, Digna; López-Torres, Margarita; Fernández, Alberto; Fernández, Jesús J. (MDPI, 2021-08-18)
      [Abstract] The clinical success of cisplatin, carboplatin, and oxaliplatin has sparked the interest of medicinal inorganic chemistry to synthesize and study compounds with non-platinum metal centers. Despite Ru(II)–polypyridyl ...
    • Half-Sandwich Ru(p-cymene) Compounds with Diphosphanes: In Vitro and In Vivo Evaluation As Potential Anticancer Metallodrugs 

      Lenis Rojas, Óscar; Robalo, M. Paula; Tomaz, A. I.; Fernandes, Alexandra; Roma-Rodrigues, Catarina; Teixeira, Ricardo Gonçalves; Marques, Fernanda; Folgueira, Mónica; Yáñez, Julián; Alba-González, Anabel; Salamini-Montemurri, Martín; Pech-Puch, Dawrin; Vázquez, Digna; López-Torres, Margarita; Fernández, Alberto; Fernández Sánchez, Jesús José (American Chemical Society (ACS), 2021-02-11)
      [Abstract] Ruthenium(II) complexes are currently considered attractive alternatives to the widely used platinum-based drugs. We present herein the synthesis and characterization of half-sandwich ruthenium compounds formulated ...
    • RuII(p-cymene) Compounds as Effective and Selective Anticancer Candidates with No Toxicity in Vivo 

      Lenis Rojas, Óscar; Robalo, M. Paula; Tomaz, A. I.; Carvalho, Andreia; Fernandes, Alexandra; Marques, Fernanda; Folgueira, Mónica; Yáñez, Julián; Vázquez, Digna; López-Torres, Margarita; Fernández, Alberto; Fernández Sánchez, Jesús José (American Chemical Society (ACS), 2018-10-19)
      [Abstract] Ruthenium(II) complexes are currently considered a viable alternative to the widely used platinum complexes as efficient anticancer agents. We herein present the synthesis and characterization of half-sandwich ...
    • Student-Generated Videos to Promote Understanding of Chemical Reactions 

      Fernández, Alberto; López-Torres, Margarita; Fernández Sánchez, Jesús José; Vázquez, Digna (ACS, 2023-02-03)
      [Abstract] Students were tasked with the creation of videos of ordinary reactions to promote significant learning of complex concepts underlying chemical transformations. Interactive infographics were used to deliver ...
    • The Chelate-To-Bridging Shift of Phosphane Dipalladacycles: Convenient Synthesis of Double A-Frame Tetranuclear Complexes 

      Frieiro Gomis, Pablo Juan; Lucio Martínez, Fátima; Munín Cruz, Paula; Ortigueira Amor, Juan Manuel; Pereira Lorenzo, María Teresa; Polo-Ces, Paula; Vázquez, Digna; Vila, José (Royal Society of Chemistry (Gran Bretaña), 2018-02-19)
      [Abstract] Palladacycles of the type [Pd2(Ph2PCH2PPh2-P,P)2(C,N:C,N)] (C,N:C,N = bis(N-2,3,4-trimethoxybenzylidene)-4,4′-sulfonyldianiline or -4,4′-oxydianiline) can undergo a spontaneous slow chelate-to-bridging diphosphane ...