Publications
Bioconjugated Rhenium(I) Complexes with Amino Acid Derivatives: Synthesis, Photophysical Properties, and Cell Imaging Studies, Organometallics, 2012, 31, 5950, 5957
Terpyridine-fused polyaromatic hydrocarbons generated via cyclodehydrogenation and used as ligands in Ru(II) complexes, Dalton Trans, 2012, 41, 7746-7754
A "Sleeping Trojan Horse" which transports metal ions into cells, localises in nucleoli, and has potential for bimodal fluorescence/PET imaging, Chem Commun., 2011, 47, 3096-3098
Fluxionality and Lability in Rhenium 4’-Hydroxyterpyridine complexes: Evidence for an Associative Mechanism and Correlated Fluxionality and Lability. Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 7493-7503.
Bioconjugated Lanthanide Luminescent Helicate as Multilabels for Lab-on-a-Chip Detection of Cancer Biomarkers. Analyst, 2010, 135, 42. PDF
Application of d -Transition Metal Complexes in Fluorescence Cell Imaging. Chem Commun., 2010, 46, 186.
Rhenium Tricarbonyl 4’-Oxo-2,2’,6’,2’’-Terpyridyl Trimer-A Luminescent Molecular Vessel With A Removable Silver Stopper. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2009, 48, 4965.
Rhenium fac-tricarbonyl bisimine complexes: luminescence modulation by hydrophobically driven intramolecular interactions. New J. Chem., 2009. 33(5), 1094-1099.
3-Chloromethylpyridyl Bipyridine fac Tricarbonyl Rhenium: A Thiol-Reactive Lumophore for Fluorescence Microscopy Accumulates In Mitochondria. New J. Chem., 2008, 32(7), 1097-1102.
Rhenium Fac Tricarbonyl Bisimide Complexes: Biological Useful Fluorochromophores For Cell Imaging Applications. Chem. Commun.; 2007, 3066-3068.
Synthesis, Characterization And Antibacterial Activity Of Some New Triphenyltin(iv) Sulfanylcarboxylates: Crystal Structure Of [(Snph3)2(p-mpspa)], [(Snph3)2(cpa)] And [(Snph3)2(tspa)(dmso)]. J. Organomet. Chem.; 2006, 691(1-2), 45-52.
Formation Of 3-sulfanylcoumarins By Snph3OH-promoted Cyclization Of 3-aryl-2-sulfanylpropenoic Acids. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2005, (21), 4425-4429.
Professional Experience
2011 to present Researcher: ISQCH: University of Zaragoza-CSIC, Zaragoza, Spain, P.I. Prof. Concepción Gimeno. Project: Design, synthesis and study of mixed complexes as OLED´s cell imaging and anticancer agents.
2009- 2010 Postdoctoral Researcher: Trinity College Dublin, Irland, P.I: Prof. S. M. Draper. Project: SMART molecules for innovative materials.
2008 – 2009 Postdoctoral Researcher: Ecole Polytechnique Féderalé de Laussane, EPFL-LCSL, Switzerland. P.I: Prof. J-C Bünzli. Project: Metal-based systems for molecular imaging applications.
2005-2007 Laboratory Instructor: Cardiff University, UK
2003-2004 Associate Research: Vigo University, Spain
