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What can nanotech do for entrepreneurs and job creation?
Nanotechnology is not about making things small, but about making things new. And where there are new things, there are opportunities for entrepreneurs. Yes, the components of nanomaterials and nano-devices are very small, but miniaturization is not the main goal. What makes this technology powerful is its ability to radically change how materials behave and […]
Plenary Lecture at the World Chemistry Leadership Meeting
The Director of the Molecular Nanotechnology Dr. Javier Garcia Martinez and member of the Bureau of the International Union for Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) will give the Plenary Lecture The Chemical Element: How Chemistry Is Key to Solving our Global Challenges at the World Chemistry Leadership Meeting during the World Chemistry Congress in Busan, […]
Javier Garcia Martinez, Emerging Researcher Award by the American Chemical Society
The ACS Division of Energy and Fuels has announced that Dr. Javier Garcia Martinez, Director of the Molecular Nanotechnology Lab is the 2015 ACS Emerging Researcher Award. This is the first time a scientist from Spain is recognized with this prestigious award which will be presented to him at the ACS National Meeting in Boston […]
WE WORK AT THE CROSSROADS OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY, NANOTECHNOLOGY AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING TO
PRODUCE NOVEL MATERIALS
Research:
Latest articles:
The role of mesoporosity and Si/Al ratio in the catalytic etherification of glycerol with benzyl alcohol using ZSM-5 zeolites
Camino Gonzalez-Arellanoa, Aida Grau-Atienzab, Elena Serranob, Antonio A. Romeroc, Javier Garcia-Martinezb, Rafael Luquec. (2015)
Mesostructured zeolites: bridging the gap between zeolites and MCM-41
Teerawit Prasomsri, Wenqian Jiao, Steve Z. Wenga and Javier Garcia Martinez. Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 8900-891. 01 Apr 201.
Hierarchical Zeolites and their Catalytic Performance in Selective Oxidative Processes
Dr. Manuel Ojeda, Aida Grau-Atienza, Rafael Campos, Prof. Antonio A. Romero, Dr. Elena Serrano, Prof. Jose Maria Marinas, Prof. Javier García Martínez, Rafael Luque. Article first published online: 27 MAR 2015
Mesoporous Metal Complex–Silica Aerogels for Environmentally Friendly Amination of Allylic Alcohols
Aida Grau, Dr. Alejandro Baeza, Dr. Elena Serrano, Dr. Javier García-Martínez, Carmen Nájera. Article first published online: 17 NOV 2014
WE PRODUCE NOVEL MATERIALS FOR A WIDE RANGE OF APPLICATIONS, FROM CATALYSIS TO ENERGY PRODUCTION AND STORAGE
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Director of the Molecular Nanotechnology Lab at the University of Alicante, Spain. Javier has published extensively in the areas of nanomaterials and energy and is the author of more than forty patents.
Aida Grau has a Bachelor degree in Chemistry (2010) and a Master degree in Materials Science (2011) from the University of Alicante (Spain), where she is doing her PhD thesis on the incorporation of chemical functionalities to mesoporous silica materials and zeolites for energy-related applications.
Aida Grau AtienzaAlexander is a a Research Fellow at the Molecular Nanotechnology Lab of the Inorganic Chemistry Dpt. at the University of Alicante (Spain). His current research interests are in the area of hierarchical porous catalytically active materials (in particular zeolites).
Elena is a Research Fellow at the Molecular Nanotechnology Lab of the Inorganic Chemistry Dpt. at the University of Alicante (Spain). Her current research interests are in the area of new synthetic pathways to prepare stable and efficient photoactive materials for clean energy production.
Noemi is a Research Fellow at the Molecular Nanotechnology Lab of the Inorganic Chemistry Dpt. at the University of Alicante (Spain). Her current research interests are in the area of heterogeneous catalysts for energy-related applications.
Irene is a postdoctoral researcher at the Molecular Nanotechnology Lab of the Inorganic Chemistry Dept. at the University of Alicante. Her current interests are in the area of the (photo)electrochemistry of semiconductors and
photovoltaics/third generation solar cells.