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List of works by Mercedes Alvaro

1,3,5-Triaryl-2-penten-1,5-dione anchored to insoluble supports as heterogeneous chromogenic chemosensor

2, 4, 6-Triphenylpyrylium ion encapsulated in Y zeolite as photocatalyst. A co-operative contribution of the zeolite host to the photodegradation of 4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid using solar light

2,4,6-Triphenylpyrylium ion encapsulated within Y zeolite as photocatalyst for the degradation of methyl parathion

article published in 2000

A Novel Concept for Photovoltaic Cells: Clusters of Titanium Dioxide Encapsulated within Zeolites as Photoactive Semiconductors

scientific article published on 01 September 2006

A Pyridyltriazol Functionalized Zirconium Metal-Organic Framework for Selective and Highly Efficient Adsorption of Palladium

scientific article published on 05 May 2020

A Soluble and Reusable Colorimetric Sensor Based on the Covalent Attachment of a Triarylpentenedione to Poly(ethylene glycol)

A novel copper(ii)–lanthanum(iii) metal organic framework as a selective catalyst for the aerobic oxidation of benzylic hydrocarbons and cycloalkenes

Active sites on graphene-based materials as metal-free catalysts

scientific article published on June 2017

Aerobic Oxidation of Benzyl Amines to Benzyl Imines Catalyzed by Metal-Organic Framework Solids

Aerobic Oxidation of Benzylic Alcohols Catalyzed by Metal−Organic Frameworks Assisted by TEMPO

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Aerobic Oxidation of Styrenes Catalyzed by an Iron Metal Organic Framework

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Aerobic Oxidation of Thiols Catalyzed by Copper Nanoparticles Supported on Diamond Nanoparticles

Aerobic oxidation of cycloalkenes catalyzed by iron metal organic framework containing N-hydroxyphthalimide

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Aerobic oxidation of thiols to disulfides using iron metal-organic frameworks as solid redox catalysts

scientific article published on 11 August 2010

Alginate as Template in the Preparation of Active Titania Photocatalysts

Analysis of organic compounds in an urban wastewater treatment plant effluent.

scientific article

Application of Dimethyl Carbonate as Solvent and Reagent

article published in 2012

Atmospheric-pressure, liquid-phase, selective aerobic oxidation of alkanes catalysed by metal-organic frameworks

scientific article

Biodistribution of amino-functionalized diamond nanoparticles. In vivo studies based on 18F radionuclide emission.

scientific article published on 10 June 2011

Bipyridinium Macroring Encapsulated within Zeolite Y Supercages. Preparation and Intrazeolitic Photochemistry of a Common Electron Acceptor Component of Rotaxanes and Catenanes§

Boron Nitride Nanoplatelets as a Solid Radical Initiator for the Aerobic Oxidation of Thiophenol to Diphenyldisulfide

Ca2+ and Mg2+ present in hard waters enhance trihalomethane formation.

scientific article published on 16 April 2009

Carbocatalysis by Graphene-Based Materials

scientific article published on 27 May 2014

Carbohydrates as trihalomethanes precursors. Influence of pH and the presence of Cl− and Br− on trihalomethane formation potential

scientific article published on 17 July 2008

Catalytic activity of unsupported gold nanoparticles

Charge transfer complexes between methylviologen and aromatic donors within faujasite Y: Influence of the alkaline metal counter cations

Chemical instability of Cu3(BTC)2 by reaction with thiols

Chiral N-alkyl-2,4,6-triphenylpyridiniums as enantioselective triplet photosensitizers. laser flash photolysis and preparative studies.

scientific article

Chlorine dioxide reaction with selected amino acids in water

scientific article

Claisen-Schmidt Condensation Catalyzed by Metal-Organic Frameworks

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Commercial metal-organic frameworks as heterogeneous catalysts.

scientific article published on November 2012

Comparison between MCM-41 and Periodic Mesoporous Organosilica: Charge-Transfer Donor-Viologen Complexes as Probes

scientific article published on 01 June 2003

Comparison of Porous Iron Trimesates Basolite F300 and MIL-100(Fe) As Heterogeneous Catalysts for Lewis Acid and Oxidation Reactions: Roles of Structural Defects and Stability

Complete Filling of Zeolite Frameworks with Polyalkynes Formed in Situ by Transition-Metal Ion Catalysts

2005 scholarly article

Copper Nanoparticles Supported on Doped Graphenes as Catalyst for the Dehydrogenative Coupling of Silanes and Alcohols

scientific article published on 05 September 2014

Correction: Palladium nanoparticles supported on graphene as catalysts for the dehydrogenative coupling of hydrosilanes and amines

Covalent Functionalization of Short, Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes: Photophysics of 2,4,6-Triphenylpyrylium Attached to the Nanotube Walls

Covalently Modified Graphenes in Catalysis, Electrocatalysis and Photoresponsive Materials.

scientific article published on 25 May 2017

Deactivation of Cu3(BTC)2 in the Synthesis of 2-Phenylquinoxaline

Delineating similarities and dissimilarities in the use of metal organic frameworks and zeolites as heterogeneous catalysts for organic reactions

article

Donor/conductor/acceptor triads spatially organized on the micrometer-length scale: an alternative approach to photovoltaic cells.

scientific article published on January 2007

Doped graphene as a metal-free carbocatalyst for the selective aerobic oxidation of benzylic hydrocarbons, cyclooctane and styrene

scientific article published on 10 April 2013

Electrochemiluminescence of Zeolite-Encapsulated Poly(p-phenylenevinylene)

scientific article published on 07 June 2007

Electrochemiluminescent cells based on zeolite-encapsulated host-guest systems: encapsulated ruthenium tris-bipyridyl.

scientific article published in January 2007

Electroluminescence response promoted by dispersion and interaction of perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic dianhydride inside MOF5

scholarly article in RSC Advances, vol. 6 no. 42, 2016

Enhanced efficiency of the visible-light photocatalytic hydrogen generation by the ruthenium tris(2,2'-bipyridyl)-methyl viologen system in the presence of cucurbit[n]urils

scientific article

Enhanced photocatalytic activity of zeolite-encapsulated TiO2 clusters by complexation with organic additives and N-doping

scientific article published in January 2006

Enhancement of the catalytic activity of supported gold nanoparticles for the Fenton reaction by light.

scientific article

Fenton-treated functionalized diamond nanoparticles as gene delivery system

scientific article published in January 2010

Formation and properties of a hybrid organosilica with a p-phenylene vinylene polymer partially grafted to the walls.

scientific article

Functional Molecules from Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes. Photoinduced Solubility of Short Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Residues by Covalent Anchoring of 2,4,6-Triarylpyrylium Units

scientific article published on 06 April 2007

Functional macromolecules from single-walled carbon nanotubes: synthesis and photophysical properties of short single-walled carbon nanotubes functionalised with 9,10-diphenylanthracene

scientific article published in January 2008

Gas-Phase Photochemical Overall H2 S Splitting by UV Light Irradiation

scientific article

General Strategy for High-Density Covalent Functionalization of Diamond Nanoparticles Using Fenton Chemistry

Gold nanoparticles supported on nanoparticulate ceria as a powerful agent against intracellular oxidative stress

scientific article

Gold on Diamond Nanoparticles as a Highly Efficient Fenton Catalyst

scientific article published on 01 November 2010

Graphene Oxide as Catalyst for the Acetalization of Aldehydes at Room Temperature

Graphene as a Quencher of Electronic Excited States of Photochemical Probes

scientific article published on January 24, 2012

Graphene oxide as an acid catalyst for the room temperature ring opening of epoxides

scientific article published on 26 April 2012

Graphenes as Efficient Metal-Free Fenton Catalysts

scientific article published on 16 July 2015

Graphenes as Metal-free Catalysts for the Oxidative Depolymerization of Lignin Models

HKUST-1 catalyzed room temperature hydrogenation of acetophenone by silanes

Heterogeneous Fenton catalysts based on clays, silicas and zeolites

article published in 2010

Heterogeneous fenton catalysts based on activated carbon and related materials

scientific article published on December 2011

High catalytic activity of oriented 2.0.0 copper(I) oxide grown on graphene film.

scientific article published on 16 October 2015

Highly dealuminated Y zeolite as efficient adsorbent for the hydrophobic fraction from wastewater treatment plants effluents

scientific article

Highly fluorescent C-dots obtained by pyrolysis of quaternary ammonium ions trapped in all-silica ITQ-29 zeolite

article published in 2015

Host-guest complexes between cucurbit[n]urils and acetanilides having aminopropyl units.

scientific article

Influence of Dopant Loading on the Photo- and Electrochemical Properties of (N, O)-Co-doped Graphene

scientific article published on 12 May 2015

Influence of Hydrogen Annealing on the Photocatalytic Activity of Diamond-Supported Gold Catalysts

scientific article published on 12 July 2013

Influence of pretreatments on commercial diamond nanoparticles on the photocatalytic activity of supported gold nanoparticles under natural Sunlight irradiation

scholarly article by David Sempere et al published October 2013 in Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Influence of self-assembly of amphiphilic imidazolium ionic liquids on their host–guest complexes with cucurbit[n]urils

Influence of the Preparation Procedure on the Catalytic Activity of Gold Supported on Diamond Nanoparticles for Phenol Peroxidation

scientific article published on 15 July 2011

Influence of the solvent on the titanium beta catalyzed oxidation of phenylethylenes without carbon-carbon double bond cleavage

scholarly article by Mercedes Alvaro et al published July 1995 in Applied Catalysis A: General

Intracrystalline diffusion in metal organic framework during heterogeneous catalysis: influence of particle size on the activity of MIL-100 (Fe) for oxidation reactions

scientific article published on 30 August 2011

Intrazeolite Photochemistry. 21. 2,4,6-Triphenylpyrylium Encapsulated inside Zeolite Y Supercages as Heterogeneous Photocatalyst for the Generation of Hydroxyl Radical

scientific article published in 1998

Intrazeolite Photochemistry. 24. Enantioselective Discrimination in the Quenching of Chiral Mn(II)salen Complexes Encapsulated inside Y Zeolite by Chiral 2-Butanols

scientific article published in 1998

Intrazeolite Photochemistry. 26. Photophysical Properties of Nanosized TiO2Clusters Included in Zeolites Y, β, and Mordenite

Ionic liquids as a novel medium for photochemical reactions. Ru(bpy)(3)2+/ viologen in imidazolium ionic liquid as a photocatalytic system mimicking the oxido-reductase enzyme

scientific article

Iron phthalocyanine supported on silica or encapsulated inside zeolite Y as solid photocatalysts for the degradation of phenols and sulfur heterocycles

Iron(iii) metal–organic frameworks as solid Lewis acids for the isomerization of α-pinene oxide

Laser flash photolysis study of Jacobsen catalyst and related manganese(III) salen complexes. Relevance to catalysis.

scientific article

Liposomes by polymerization of an imidazolium ionic liquid: use as microreactors for gold-catalyzed alcohol oxidation

scientific article published in December 2009

Long-Term Photostability in Terephthalate Metal-Organic Frameworks

scientific article published on 23 October 2019

Long-lived (minutes) photoinduced charge separation in a structured periodic mesoporous titania containing 2,4,6-triphenylpyrylium as guest

scientific article

MIL-101 as Reusable Solid Catalyst for Autoxidation of Benzylic Hydrocarbons in the Absence of Additional Oxidizing Reagents

MIL-101 promotes the efficient aerobic oxidative desulfurization of dibenzothiophenes

Metal Organic Frameworks as Solid Acid Catalysts for Acetalization of Aldehydes with Methanol

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Metal nanoparticles as heterogeneous Fenton catalysts

scientific article published on January 2012

Metal nanoparticles supported on two-dimensional graphenes as heterogeneous catalysts

Metal organic frameworks as catalysts in solvent-free or ionic liquid assisted conditions

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Metal organic frameworks as efficient heterogeneous catalysts for the oxidation of benzylic compounds with t-butylhydroperoxide

Metal organic frameworks as heterogeneous catalysts for the selective N-methylation of aromatic primary amines with dimethyl carbonate

article published in 2010

Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) as Heterogeneous Catalysts for the Chemoselective Reduction of Carbon-Carbon Multiple Bonds with Hydrazine

Metal-organic frameworks as efficient heterogeneous catalysts for the regioselective ring opening of epoxides

scientific article published in July 2010

Metal–organic frameworks as heterogeneous catalysts for oxidation reactions

article

Modified mesoporous MCM-41 as hosts for photochromic spirobenzopyrans

scientific article

Modulation of charge transfer association and photo-induced electron transfer by steric encumbrance in Fréchet-type viologen dendrimer

Multi-method characterization of DOM from the Turia river (Spain)

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Nano-jewels in biology. Gold and platinum on diamond nanoparticles as antioxidant systems against cellular oxidative stress

scientific article published on 12 October 2010

Nickel nanoparticles supported on graphene as catalysts for aldehyde hydrosilylation

scholarly article by Juan F. Blandez et al published February 2016 in Journal of Molecular Catalysis A

Novel photocatalysts containing 2,4,6-triphenylthiapyrylium encapsulated within zeolites. Enhanced photocatalytic activity as compared to the pyrylium analogues

scholarly article by Mercedes Alvaro et al published 2004 in New Journal of Chemistry

Optimized water treatment by combining catalytic Fenton reaction using diamond supported gold and biological degradation

Organosilica spheres covalently functionalized with diphenylanthracene and viologen units

scientific article published on November 2010

Palladium nanoparticles supported on graphene as catalysts for the dehydrogenative coupling of hydrosilanes and amines

Perylenetetracarboxylic anhydride as a precursor of fluorescent carbon nanoonion rings.

scientific article

Photocatalytic Activity of Structured Mesoporous TiO2Materials

scientific article published on 01 April 2006

Photocatalytic CO(2) reduction using non-titanium metal oxides and sulfides

scientific article published on 06 March 2013

Photocatalytic degradation of sulphur-containing aromatic compounds in the presence of zeolite-bound 2,4,6-triphenylpyrylium and 2,4,6-triphenylthiapyrylium

scholarly article by Mercedes Alvaro et al published August 2004 in Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Photocatalytic hydrogen generation from water–methanol mixtures using halogenated reconstituted graphenes

scholarly article by Rafael Ballesteros-Garrido et al published 2013 in Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Photocatalytic water disinfection of Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia lamblia using a fibrous ceramic TiO(2) photocatalyst

scientific article published in January 2009

Photochemical Response of Commercial MOFs: Al2(BDC)3 and Its Use As Active Material in Photovoltaic Devices

Photochemical generation of electrons and holes in germanium-containing ITQ-17 zeolite

scientific article

Photochemical treatment for water potabilization. Influence of wavelength and hydrogen peroxide concentration on the reduction of trihalomethanes

Photochemistry of Charge-Transfer Complexes in a Viologen Periodic Mesoporous Organosilica: Time Evolution from Femtoseconds to Minutes

scientific article published on 01 July 2004

Photochemistry of a chiral salen aluminum complex in nonconventional solvents: use of imidazolium ionic liquids and chiral alcohols

scientific article

Photochemistry of gold nanoparticles functionalized with an iron(II) terpyridine complex. An integrated visible light photocatalyst for hydrogen generation

scientific article published on 17 July 2009

Photochemistry of single wall carbon nanotubes embedded in a mesoporous silica matrix.

scientific article

Photoinduced Charge Separation on the Microsecond Timescale in Graphene Oxide and Reduced Graphene Oxide Suspensions.

scientific article published on 23 December 2015

Photoinduced electron transfer in ionic liquids: use of 2,4,6-triphenylthiapyrylium as a photosensitizer probe

scientific article

Photoinduced formation and characterization of electron-hole pairs in azaxanthylium-derivatized short single-walled carbon nanotubes.

scientific article published in September 2009

Photolysis of benzyl chloride included in Na Y zeolite: product study evidence for the implication of benzyl cation

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Polymer-bound aluminium salen complex as reusable catalysts for CO2 insertion into epoxides

Polymerization of Alkynes in the Channels of Mesoporous Materials Containing Ni and Zn Cations: Almost Complete Filling of the Voids

article by David J. Cardin et al published April 2001 in Journal of the American Chemical Society

Preparation and photochemistry of single wall carbon nanotubes having covalently anchored viologen units

scientific article

Product studies and laser flash photolysis of direct and 2,4,6-triphenylpyrylium-zeolite Y photocatalyzed degradation of fenvalerate.

scientific article

Reaction of chlorine dioxide with emergent water pollutants: product study of the reaction of three beta-lactam antibiotics with ClO(2).

scientific article

Reduction of alkenes catalyzed by copper nanoparticles supported on diamond nanoparticles

scientific article published in March 2013

Remarkably high electrochemical charge uptake for modified electrodes of polyacetylene molecular wires encapsulated within zeolites and mesoporous MCM-41 aluminosilicate

Reversible Porosity Changes in Photoresponsive Azobenzene-Containing Periodic Mesoporous Silicas

Second harmonic generation of a periodic mesoporous silica containing a triphenylpyrylium moiety

Semiconductor Behavior of a Metal-Organic Framework (MOF)

scientific article published on 01 January 2007

Sensitizers on inorganic carriers for decomposition of the chemical warfare agent yperite

scientific article

Ship-in-a-bottle synthesis of 2,4,6-triphenylthiapyrylium cations encapsulated in zeolites Y and beta: a novel robust photocatalyst

scientific article published on 13 November 2003

Ship-in-a-bottle synthesis of a large guest occupying two Y zeolite neighbour supercages: characterisation and photocatalytic activity of the encapsulated bipyrylium ion.

scientific article

Sidewall Functionalization of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Nitrile Imines. Electron Transfer from the Substituent to the Carbon Nanotube

Spontaneous doping and magnetic properties of polyacetylene and polypropyne synthesized in situ in Ni-exchanged mordenite and mesoporous MCM-41

Structured mesoporous tin oxide with electrical conductivity. Application in electroluminescence

scientific article published in February 2009

Study of Redox Processes in Zeolite Y-Associated 2,4,6-Triphenylthiopyrylium Ion by Square Wave Voltammetry

Sunlight-Assisted Fenton Reaction Catalyzed by Gold Supported on Diamond Nanoparticles as Pretreatment for Biological Degradation of Aqueous Phenol Solutions

scientific article published on 23 March 2011

Supercritical CO2 as a superior solvent for the cyclization of diallylmalonate catalyzed by palladium-containing zeolites

Superior Performance of Fe(BTC) With Respect to Other Metal-Containing Solids in theN-Hydroxyphthalimide-Promoted Heterogeneous Aerobic Oxidation of Cycloalkanes

Synergism of activated carbon and undoped and nitrogen-doped TiO2 in the photocatalytic degradation of the chemical warfare agents soman, VX, and yperite.

scientific article

Synthesis and photochemical properties of poly(2,5-dimethoxy-p-phenylenevinylene) hosted in the intergallery spaces of montmorillonite

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Synthesis and photochemistry of soluble, pentyl ester-modified single wall carbon nanotube

Synthesis, photochemistry, and electrochemistry of single-wall carbon nanotubes with pendent pyridyl groups and of their metal complexes with zinc porphyrin. Comparison with pyridyl-bearing fullerenes

scientific article

Topological quenching of 2,4,6-triphenylpyrylium tetrafluoborate in anionic micelles

Tunability by alkali metal cations of photoinduced charge separation in azacrown functionalized graphene

scientific article published on 13 March 2013

Two-photon chemistry in ruthenium 2,2'-bipyridyl-functionalized single-wall carbon nanotubes

scientific article

Visible-Light Photoresponse of Gold Nanoparticles Supported on TiO2: A Combined Photocatalytic, Photoelectrochemical, and Transient Spectroscopy Study

scientific article published on 21 November 2014

Visible-light photocatalytic activity of gold nanoparticles supported on template-synthesized mesoporous titania for the decontamination of the chemical warfare agent Soman

scholarly article by Mercedes Alvaro et al published August 2010 in Applied Catalysis B: Environmental