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Aliaga Alcalde, Núria
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ICREA Researcher at UB (Universitat de Barcelona). Experimental Sciences & Mathematics
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In the course of the last years, Dr. Núria Aliaga-Alcalde did complete her doctorate in the University of Indiana working with Professor George Christou (USA). Afterward, she carried out research studies as a post-doctoral assistant at the Max Planck Institut für Bioanorganische Chemie (MPI) with Professor Karl Wieghardt (Germany) and later coursed a second post-doctorate at the Leiden University with Professor Jan Reedijk (The Netherlands).
In September 2007, Núria started working as ICREA Researcher in the Department of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Barcelona (UB). Her research is divided in two main projects: “Multifunctional Materials that contain 3d/4f Metal Centers and Curcuminoid Groups” and the “Study of the Magnetic Properties of Molecular Systems”.
Dr. Aliaga-Alcalde is a member of the GMMF group at the UB and the PI of a project related to Curcuminoids (Design and study of multifunctional systems towards the development of Nano-devices).
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Research Interests
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Dr. Aliaga-Alcalde´s research project divides in two main blocks: (i) “Design of 3d/4f Molecular Systems containing Curcuminoids” and (ii) "Study of the Magnetic Behavior of Paramagnetic Molecular Systems”.
(i) The first subject focuses on the creation of multifunctional molecules that can be used as parts of molecular devices. My approach bases on the synthesis of molecular materials containing 3d/4f metals coordinated to organic groups (curcuminoids) that present inherent features (eg.: fluorescence) and later, their study in the solid state and solution as well as on surfaces (toward their used as parts of nano-devices).
(ii) The second project relates to the study of the magnetic behavior of paramagnetic species. Nowadays, there is an increasing demand of systems of small sizes with relevant magnetic properties (eg.: for memory devices). Here, paramagnetic molecules can provide interesting responses together with homogeneity and variability (eg.: SMMs).
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KeyWords
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coordinaton chemistry, supramolecular chemistry, nanotechemistry, magnetism, fluorescence, multifunctional materials, surfaces, nano-structuration
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