RESEARCH LINES AT THE ORGANIC MOLECULAR MATERIALS GROUP

1. CHIRAL ALLOTROPES OF CARBON
1.1. Asymmetric catalysis on fullerenes and endofullerenes
1.2. Synthesis of chiral carbon nanostructures

2. NANOGRAPHENES
2.1. Bottom-up synthesis of molecular nanographenes
2.2. Bottom-up pulsed laser synthesis of tailor-made heteroatom-doped carbon nanoparticles (CNPs).
2.3. Top-down synthesis of nanographene materials
2.4. Graphene Quantum Dots (GQDs) and Carbon Nano Dots (CNDs)
2.5. “On-surface” synthesis of molecular and polymeric nanographenes

3. SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY OF CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES
3.1. Self-Assembly with photo, electro and/or bio-active systems

4. CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES AS BIOMOLECULES
4.1. Glycofullerenes for emergent viruses
4.2. Carbon Nanostructures for bio-medical applications

5. PHOTOVOLTAICS
5.1. Perovskite Solar Cells (PSCs): Synthesis of new materials and devices