• Mechanochemical Preparation of Magnetically Separable Fe and Cu-Based Bimetallic Nanocatalysts for Vanillin Production 

      Gómez-López, Paulette; Espro, Claudia; Rodríguez-Padrón, Daily; Balu, Alina M.; Ivars-Barceló, Francisco; Irrazábal Moreda, Olvido; Alvarado-Beltrán, Clemente G.; Luque, Rafael (MDPI, 2021)
      A highly sustainable method for the preparation of supported iron oxide and copper nanoparticles (NPs) on a biomass-derived carbon by solvent-free mechanochemical process is reported. In-situ mechanochemically obtained ...
    • Mechanochemical Synthesis of Nickel-Modified Metal–Organic Frameworks for Reduction Reactions 

      Gómez-López, Paulette; Murat, Martyna; Hidalgo-Herrador, José M.; Carrillo-Carrión, C.; Balu, Alina M.; Luque, Rafael; Rodríguez-Padrón, Daily (MDPI, 2021)
      In this work, we report the incorporation of nickel oxide nanoparticles into a metal–organic framework (MOF) structure by a solvent-free mechanochemical strategy. In particular, the zirconium-based MOF UiO-66 was modified ...
    • Mechanochemically Synthetized PAN-Based Co-N-Doped Carbon Materials as Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Evolution Reaction 

      Gómez-López, Paulette; Salatti Dorado, José Ángel; Rodríguez-Padrón, Daily; Cano, Manuel; Alvarado-Beltrán, Clemente G.; Puente-Santiago, A.R.; Giner-Casares, Juan J.; Luque, Rafael (MDPI, 2021)
      We report a new class of polyacrylonitrile (PAN)-based Co-N-doped carbon materials that can act as suitable catalyst for oxygen evolution reactions (OER). Different Co loadings were mechanochemically added into post-consumed ...
    • One-Pot Cu/TiO2 Nanoparticles Synthesis for Trans-Ferulic Acid Conversion into Vanillin 

      Gómez-López, Paulette; Lázaro, Noelia; Alvarado-Beltrán, Clemente G.; Pineda, A.; Balu, Alina M.; Luque, Rafael (MDPI, 2019)
      In this study, the co-synthesis of TiO2 and Cu metallic nanoparticles obtained via one-pot cost-efficient hydrothermal process has been addressed. Different nanocatalysts with Cu contents were characterized by X-ray ...
    • Solvent-Free Preparation of 1,8-Dioxo-Octahydroxanthenes Employing Iron Oxide Nanomaterials 

      Rajabi, Fatemeh; Abdollahi, Mohammad; Diarjani, Elham Sadat; Osmolowsky, Mikhail G.; Osmolovskaya, Olga M.; Gómez-López, Paulette; Puente-Santiago, A.R.; Luque, Rafael (MDPI, 2019)
      In this study, 1,8-dioxo-octahydroxanthenes were prepared employing a simple, effective and environmentally sound approach utilizing an iron oxide nanocatalyst under solventless conditions. The proposed iron oxide nanomaterial ...