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🪸🌍 Biomarkers reveal marine pollution impacts on sea cucumbers around Eivissa Island!

J. Lombardo, A. Cohen, A. Box, A. Bartra, T. García, M. Miró, C. Faggio, S. Tejada, S. Pinya & A. Sureda

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Biomarker responses in gills of Holothuria tubulosa from coastal waters of Eivissa Island (Western Mediterranean, Spain) to anthropogenic impact
Marine pollution from microplastics (MPs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) can affect benthic consumers. The aim was to quantify MPs and se…
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November 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
🌍💧 New MOF-derived materials for sustainable water purification!

In their latest paper Daniel R. Sáenz-García, Gemma Turnes-Palomino, Luz O. Leal & Carlos Palomino-Cabello report a the hybrid CMAF-6@ZIF-8 — a high-performance adsorbent for tetracycline removal.

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November 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
🚀 New publication!

👏 Congratulations to Llucia García, Alberto Fuster, Francisco Antonio Casado, Silvia Tejada, Josep Mercader, Antoni Sureda, Manuel Miró and the team for this excellent contribution!

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Is bisphenol A sorbed onto microplastics less bioavailable than freely dissolved bisphenol A? Implications for the gut health in a murine model
There is a paucity of in vivo assays to investigate the potential deleterious effects of plastic-laden compounds in the gastrointestinal tract of mamm…
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November 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
🎉 New publication!

👏 Congratulations to the authors:
Luis Daniel Daza, Cristina Reche, Angélica Sandoval-Aldana, Henry Alexander Váquiro & Valeria Soledad Eim.

This study explores the potential of ulluco and cubio — as raw materials for 3D food printing 🍠🧫.

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3D Printing of Unconventional Starches from Andean Tubers: Microstructural, Textural, and Rheological Properties - Food Biophysics
This study evaluated the potential of unconventional starches extracted from Andean tubers, ulluco (Ullucus tuberosus) and cubio (Tropaeolum tuberosum), as raw materials for 3D food printing. Gels wer...
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October 29, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🚀 New publication!

“Targeted mass spectrometry method for the determination of multiple gut-microbiota metabolites in human plasma.”

👏 Congratulations to Manuel Miró and the team for this excellent contribution!

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October 24, 2025 at 8:45 AM
🔬 La experimentación científica como herramienta didáctica en la educación primaria

En el marco de la LOMLOE, la enseñanza de la ciencia en primaria apuesta por un aprendizaje práctico. Pero… ¿cómo pueden los maestros generalistas diseñar experiencias experimentales eficaces en el aula?
October 22, 2025 at 7:20 AM
🧪✨ Are Noncovalent C–H···Au Bonds Comparable to C–H···π Bonds?

In this theoretical study by Sergi Burguera and Antonio Bauzá, supramolecular C–H···Au and C–H···π interactions were explored using calculations on aliphatic chains with Au surfaces and graphene fragments.

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Are Noncovalent C─H⋯ Au Bonds Comparable to C─H⋯ π Bonds? A Theoretical Perspective
In this study, the geometry and stability features as well as the physical nature of C─H···Au and C─H···π noncovalent complexes have been analyzed and compared at the PBE0-D3/def2-TZVP level of theor....
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October 21, 2025 at 8:58 AM
🧩✨ New advances in polyoxometalate chemistry!

In their recent paper, Miquel Barceló and collaborators report the synthesis and characterization of an unprecedented hexameric yttrium-containing arsenotungstate nano-cluster.
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An Unprecedented Hexameric Yttrium Containing Arsenotungstate Nano‐Cluster Cs5Na23[AsCOH{Y2W4O10(H2O)5(AsW9O33)3}2]: Synthesis, Characterization, and its Catalytic Application for Thioethers Oxidation
A novel unprecedented hexameric yttrium containing arsenotungstate nano-cluster having the molecular formula Cs5Na23[AsCOH{Y2W4O10(H2O)5(AsW9O33)3}2].43H2O has been synthesized in mild reaction condi...
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October 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Marine sponges are a treasure trove of bioactive compounds, but sustainable production remains a challenge. 🧫🌊
A new study explores how rearing time affects metabolite yield in Sarcotragus spinosulus cultured in a Mediterranean IMTA system.
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October 13, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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📢 Conferencia 🏅Medalla RSEQ 2025: Prof. Miquel Solà Puig “¿Qué hace que un compuesto sea aromático? La aromaticidad molecular en sus diferentes vertientes”.
🗓 Miércoles 15 octubre 2025
Se podrá seguir online ➡️ acortar.link/5pNSPf
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Conferencia Medalla RSEQ 2025: Prof. Miquel Solà Puig
El próximo 15 de octubre a las 12h. en el Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol) de la Universidad de Valencia, el Prof. Miquel Solà Puig de la Universidad de Gerona y Medalla de la Real Sociedad Espa...
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October 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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💧 New study reports a UiO-66-NH₂ monolith engineered for efficient removal of organic contaminants from water.
A gentle sol–gel drying process achieved densification without binders or pressure — preserving high micro- and mesoporosity.
#MOFs #WaterPurification
October 9, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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Susumu Kitagwa, Richard Robson y Omar M Yaghi: Premio Nobel de Química 2025 por el desarrollo de las redes metalorgánicas (MOFs).
Kitagwa, Robson y Yaghi: Premio Nobel 2025 – RSEQ
Susumu Kitagwa, Richard Robson y Omar M Yaghi han sido galardonados con el Premio Nobel 2025 por sus desarrollos MOFs.
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October 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
🧬 New study reveals novel salt-solvates of Mirabegron, combining experimental and computational insights to explore their structure and stability. ⚗️ A great step in pharmaceutical solid-state chemistry! 👏 Congrats to Miquel Barceló, Antonio Frontera & team!

DOI doi.org/10.1039/D4CE...
New salt-solvates of Mirabegron: a combined experimental and computational study
A comprehensive combined virtual and experimental multicomponent solid-form screening has been carried out for Mirabegron, a therapeutic agent widely prescribed for interstitial cystitis and bladder p...
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October 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
🧬 Innovative study uses nanoparticle-based immunoassays on facemasks to track airway inflammation in COPD — a breakthrough in non-invasive diagnostics! 👏 Congrats to Andreu Vaquer & team!

#Nanotech #COPD #BiomedicalInnovation
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October 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
🧪 New study on electromembrane extraction (EME) boosts detection of polar xenobiotics & metabolites in urine. A step forward in understanding human exposure to emerging contaminants.
👏 Congrats to Manuel Miró, Ali Sahragard & team!
#AnalyticalChemistry #EME
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Electromembrane Extraction in Suspect Screening of Polar Organic Xenobiotics and their Metabolites in Human Urine: A New Approach to Enhance Compound Annotation?
Suspect and nontarget screening (SNTS) methodologies using human urine are invaluable strategies for understanding the human exposome. However, very polar organic compounds are often overlooked in tho...
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October 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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New type of chemical bond discovered in collaboration with G. Resnati. We show Group 4 elements form unique interactions with nucleophiles. This could lead to more selective catalysts for key reactions. @dquimicauib.bsky.social @angewandtechemie.bsky.social

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Interactional Features of (RO)4Ti Species and Their Zr and Hf Analogues
Computational and experimental studies reveal that Group 4 tetroxides form a new type of σ-hole interaction with N and O nucleophiles, which we propose to name “titan bonds” (TnBs). These insights in...
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September 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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📣Excellent collaboration with Simon J. Webb and @lmartinezcrespo.bsky.social, where we showed remote control of a Cl(-) binding bite just published in ChemistryEurope. @dquimicauib.bsky.social @uib.cat @chemistryeurope.bsky.social
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September 19, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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Interesting collaboration with N. Bokach and A. V. Rozhkov where we achieved positional control of σ- and π-hole directionality in iodoselane cocrystals just published in Organometallics. @dquimicauib.bsky.social @uib.cat
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Positional Control of σ- and π-Hole Directionality in Iodoselane Cocrystals: Structural Impact of the Iodine Position on the Supramolecular Assembly with 1,4-Diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane (DABCO)
We demonstrate positional control of noncovalent σ- and π-hole interactions through strategic isomeric positioning of iodine substituents in selanes p-IC6F4SeC6F5 (1), m-IC6F4SeC6F5 (2), and o-IC6F4Se...
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September 16, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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Proud of my last collaboration with P. Postnikov and G. Resnati groups just published in Chemical Science, where we were amble to identify and quantify Matere bonds using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). @chemicalscience.rsc.org @dquimicauib.bsky.social @uib.cat
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September 16, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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Happy to share that our collaboration with Kari Rissanen and Rakesh Puttreddy has been highlighted in @chemistryworld.com @lucescostaction.bsky.social
Discovery of unusual iodine–silver bond opens up new possibilities for coordination chemistry www.chemistryworld.com/news/discove...
Discovery of unusual iodine–silver bond opens up new possibilities for coordination chemistry
Crystallographic studies reveal that the bond is similar in length to typical metal-metal bonds
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September 5, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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Excellent collaboration with Kari Rissanen and Rakesh Puttreddy and German Co-workers just published in Nat. Comm. @lucescostaction.bsky.social
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A non-metal-to-metal I+−Ag+ coordination bond - Nature Communications
Metal-metal bonds between metal cations are ubiquitous in coordination complexes, whereas similar bonding characteristics between non-metal and metal cations are not. Here, the authors report an X-ray...
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September 5, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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I was very happy and proud to comment Gimeno's work (@conchitagimeno.bsky.social) in Chem
Elusive no more: Gold–phosphane tellurides illuminate heavy chalcogen bonding and activation: Chem www.cell.com/chem/fulltex...
Elusive no more: Gold–phosphane tellurides illuminate heavy chalcogen bonding and activation
Reporting in Cell Reports Physical Science, Gimeno and co-workers isolate elusive gold–phosphane tellurides and uncover how metal coordination reshapes tellurium bonding, reactivity, and σ-hole-driven...
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September 5, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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🚨New paper out🚨

Our latest work has just been published in Separation and Purification Technology ( @researcheracad.bsky.social)

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We present a robust UiO-66-NH2 monolith with high efficiency for removing emerging contaminants.

#MOFs #WaterTreatment
High-performance UiO-66-NH2 monolith for efficient removal of emerging contaminants from water: synthesis, characterization, and application
This work provides the synthesis and characterization of a novel UiO-66-NH2 monolith designed for the effective removal of organic contaminants from w…
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July 29, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Very happy to share that my project has been proposed for funding in the national call from @ageinves.bsky.social @cienciagob.bsky.social . It will be developed at @uib.cat @dquimicauib.bsky.social , focusing on Supramolecular Chemistry in Lipid Membranes. 🤩
July 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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👏 Una recerca pionera de la #UIB obre el camí a nous materials amb propietats òptiques i electròniques d'alt interès per a la nanotecnologia!

👉 L'estudi és fruit d’una col·laboració entre dos grups consolidats de la Universitat.

@dquimicauib.bsky.social @jacs.acspublications.org #InvestigacióUIB
#RecercaUIB | Una recerca pionera de la #UIB descriu el procés innovador de creació de cristalls líquids amb propietats òptiques i electròniques d'alt interès.

➡️ L'estudi de @dquimicauib.bsky.social s'ha publicat a la prestigiosa revista @jacs.acspublications.org .

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July 22, 2025 at 6:53 AM