This symposium invites contributions on latest advancements in the synthesis and practical applications of microporous materials, with a special focus on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and covalent-organic frameworks (COFs). We are particularly interested in cutting-edge synthetic methods that pave the way for advanced materials tailored for specific uses, as well as in-depth studies highlighting the application of these materials in various fields. We welcome submissions on innovative synthetic methods, application-driven research such as biotechnology, nanomedicine, catalysis, electronics, or energy storage. We encourage contributions that demonstrate interdisciplinary approaches and explore novel or unconventional applications of MOFs, COFs and derived composites. By bridging the gap between synthesis and application, this symposium aims to foster a deeper understanding of the structural properties of nanomaterials and explore the new possibilities these materials offer in a wide range of applications.
- Innovations in Synthesis Techniques for MOFs and COFs
- MOFs and COFs for Energy Storage and Conversion
- Catalysis Enabled by MOFs and COFs
- Biomedical Applications of MOFs and COFs
- Environmental Remediation with Microporous Materials
- Biomedical applications of nanomaterials; from sensing to drug delivery
- Electronic and Photonic Applications of MOFs and COFs
- Frontiers in MOFs and COFs: Emerging Concepts and Applications
Dr. Carolina Carrillo Carrión is a Tenured Scientist of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) since 2022, working at the Institute for Chemical Research (IIQ, CSIC-University of Seville). In 2023 she started her own group “NanoChemistry with Metal-Organic Frameworks (NanoChemMOFs)” at the IIQ.
Short CV: degree in Chemistry (2006), M.Sc. in Fine Chemistry (2007) and European PhD degree (2011) in the Analytical Chemistry Department of the University of Córdoba (UCO); responsible of the analytical department and R&D projects at Biomedal company (2012-2013); Humboldt postdoc Fellow (2013-2015) in @Parak Biophotonics group (Philipps-University of Marburg); Juan de la Cierva-Incorporación contract (2015-2017) at @CIC biomaGUNE; Marie Curie postdoc Fellow (2018-2020) at the CiQUS@USC; JIN/RETOS-project as PI at the University of Córdoba (09/2020-03/2021); Ramon y Cajal contract (04/2021-12/2021, University of Seville); Tenured Scientist of CSIC at IIQ (since 2022).
Research interests: Her scientific career has been focused at the interface between (bio)analytical chemistry, nanotechnology and material science, and biomedicine. She has expertise in the design, synthesis, and characterization of functional hybrid nanomaterials for (bio)applications. Since 2018 she focused her research on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), including two main research lines: i) the study of the unique characteristic of MOFs, not found in other porous materials, such as the structural changes/transformations upon an external stimulus (e.g., light irradiation, heat treatment, high-pressure, gas/water adsorption), including thermal diffusion, gate-opening phenomena, phase-to-phase transitions; and ii) the development of MOF-based nanoplatforms for specific target applications in different fields. In the biomedical field, the most relevant examples focus on designing MOFs for light-triggered intracellular release of bioactive compounds, bioorthogonal catalysis in living cells, renal therapies (MOF-modified kidney scaffolds or enhanced adsorbents for hemodialysis), and Glyco-MOFs for improved therapies. In other research fields, MOF-based systems have been designed for biomass valorisation, sensing, and energy-related applications.
Publications: https://scholar.google.es/citations?hl=es&user=VCVQqlQAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate
Carlos Martí-Gastaldo was initially trained in Coordination Chemistry and Molecular Magnetism in E. Coronado´s group at the ICMol-University of Valencia (PhD 2009), before shifting focus to apply his training to the design of Metal-Organic Frameworks during my postdoctoral stage as a Marie Curie Fellow in M. J. Rosseinsky's group at the University of Liverpool (2010-2012). He began his independent career in 2013 in Liverpool, with the award of a Royal Society University Research Fellowship. In 2014, he returned to the ICMol with a Ramón y Cajal Fellowship to lead the design of highly stable MOFs, one of the strategic research lines of the 1st ‘María de Maeztu’ Excellence program awarded to the center. With the award of an ERC Starting Grant in 2016, he established his own research group at the ICMol. The Functional Inorganic Materials team (FuniMat; www.icmol.es/funimat) is focused on the design and processing of porous inorganic materials for biological and environmental-related applications. He has founded the start-ups ‘Porous Materials for Advanced Applications’ S. L. (2018) and ‘Porous Materials in Action’ S. L. (2021) (www.porousinaction.com) to accelerate the transfer of research results into socially useful products and services. He received an ERC Consolidator Grant in 2021 and is one of the guarantor investigators of the 2nd ‘María de Maeztu’ Excellence program of ICMol (2021-2024), and main responsible of the implementation of a new research line for the Molecular Design of Biomaterials in the center.
Since the beginning of his independent career, he has built an international reputation for world leading research recognised with awards, Spanish/European fellowships, invited presentations, talented young scientists attracted/supervised and a sustained competitive funding record as PI near to 8 M€.
Jorge NavarroI earned my PhD in Chemistry from the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology in 2000, focusing on the activation of carbon-oxygen and carbon-sulfur bonds by low-valent transition metal complexes. Following this, I joined the Université Pierre et Marie Curie as a postdoctoral researcher, where I worked on the design and synthesis of organometallic complexes with non-linear optical (NLO) properties. In 2001, I was honored with a prestigious Humboldt Fellowship, which provided me the opportunity to collaborate with Prof. J. A. Gladysz at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany. There, I conducted research in organometallic chemistry and homogeneous catalysis. In 2003, I transitioned to the Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB), where I collaborated with Profs. F. Teixidor and C. Viñas as part of the I3P Postdoctoral Program (2003-2006) on various projects on the synthesis of functional boron cluster based molecular materials. This was followed by a Ramón y Cajal Fellowship (2007-2008), culminating in my appointment as a tenured researcher in 2008.
Since 2024, I have co-led the Inorganic Materials and Catalysis Laboratory (LMI) at ICMAB, where I coordinate research activities centered on boron-cluster-based molecular and polymeric materials, including metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), and their diverse applications. My current work focuses on exploring the limits of boron clusters based polymeric materials in the fields of optics, magnetism, (electro/photo)catalysis and biomedicine, thus bridging various research areas, including chemistry, physics, material science and biomedicine.
Manuel Souto Salom (Valencia, 1988) is an Oportunius Research Professor and Principal Investigator at CIQUS (University of Santiago de Compostela). He is also a Guest/Visiting Professor at the University of Aveiro. He holds a double degree in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering from the University of Valencia (Spain) and from the École de Chimie, Polymères et Matériaux (ECPM) de Strasbourg (France), respectively, doing a research internship at PLAPIQUI (Argentina). He also earned a Master’s degree in Molecular and Supramolecular Chemistry (2011) from the University of Strasbourg conducting his Master thesis at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST, Lisbon). He obtained his PhD in Materials Science at Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) with Prof. Jaume Veciana in 2016 conducting two research stays at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and at the University of Antwerp. In 2017, he started to work as a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Molecular Science (ICMol-UV) with a Juan de la Cierva fellowship. In 2019, he started his independent research career as an Assistant Professor at the Chemistry Department of the University of Aveiro and CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials. In 2022 he was promoted to Principal Researcher (tenure, Permanent Researcher/Assoc. Prof.) at the same institution. His research interests encompass molecular electronics, electroactive polymers and organic batteries. His main current research interest is the design and synthesis of new functional electroactive porous frameworks (e.g., COFs & MOFs) based on redox-active organic building blocks for energy storage applications. In 2021, he was awarded an ERC Starting Grant with the project ELECTROCOFS, which aims to design new redox-active COF-based electrodes for rechargeable batteries. He received, among other distinctions, the NanoMatMol PhD award, the PhD Extraordinary award, and the European Award on Molecular Magnetism Doctoral Thesis. He is member of the RSEQ (GENAM) and SPQ chemical societies and Fellow of the Young Academy of Europe.