María Barcenilla Castellano

University of Valladolid | UVA · Department of Physical Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry

Chiral gold( i ) isocyanide complexes [Au( p -C 6 F 4 OR ¹ )( p -CNC 6 H 4 (O 2 CC 6 H 4 OR ² )] with R ¹ , R ² or both being ( R )-2-octyl, display an interesting and unprecedented response to mechanical or thermal stress.

The bottom‐up covalent assembly of metallic nanoparticles (NP) represents one of the innovative tools in nanotechnology to build functional heterostructures, with the resulting assemblies showing superior collective properties over the individual NP for a broad range of applications. The ability to control the dimensionality of the assembly is one...

This manuscript reports the synthesis and liquid crystal behavior of isocyanoazulene gold(I) complexes [AuX (CN-Az)] (Az = azulene; X = halide, perhalophenyl or alkynyl) and [μ-4,4′-C6F4C6F4{Au(CN-Az)}2]. The comparison of the X-ray structures of homologous compounds, reveals that the introduction of a long substituent in the system produces a loss...

In this work, the first experimental results of thermotropic liquid crystals used as phase change materials for thermal storage are presented. For that purpose, the n = 10 derivative from the family of 41-n-alkoxybiphenyl-4-carboxylic acids has been prepared. Different techniques like polarized-light microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, t...