Sara Rojas

Great to visit with my research group the public school CEIP Fuentenueva (Granada) and perform some experiments with children aged between 4 and 8 years old. Also I organized the visit to the Department of Zoology and the "Classroom of te sea" in the University of Granada.

Finally we got it!
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Here, we described the use of the first MOF of the Universidad de Granada GR-MOF-1 in the development of a highly selective temperature sensor to work in modern agriculture under greenhouse conditions.

A little bit late to share but on 11th I was celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in science with students from the CEIP VIRGEN DE FÁTIMA (Lancha del Genil in Granada). It's a pleasure to motivate children to choose STEM careers, and to realize that we are all capable of doing it.

The travel begins! Looking forward to see you all in Mexico! Empower women in MOF and Beyond!

Our group in the "Week of Science in Andalucia" with the activity "The magic of porous materials"

Congratulations Shayma for your successful PhD defense entitle "Fabrication and characterization of transducers for environmental monitoring based on emerging flexible technologies". Co-directed with Almudena Rivadenyera from the Dep. Electronics & Computer Technology.

Today we have the first presentation assay with our Palestine origin PhD student. I cannot image how far was the trip to arrive to this moment, but I am sure her defense will be great! Vamos!!

Omar Yaghi y Susumu Kitagawa: los ganadores del Nobel de Química 2025 llevan más de 20 años realizando investigaciones conjuntas con la UGR - Canal UGR El mayor experto de España en estructuras metalorgánicas, Jorge Rodríguez Navarro, es catedrático de la UGR y ha firmado varios estudios con Yaghi y Kitagawa

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The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...

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Great news for MOFs!!! Congratulations Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi!!!

Pilot-scale assessment of modified activated carbon for minimizing disinfection by-products in freshwater Water purification is essential to ensuring access to drinking water and safeguarding the health of both livestock animals and humans. One of the most…

After 3 years of hard work Gabriel Sánchez Cano, finally published:

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Our first, but not last, pilot-scale assessment of porous materials in water treatment. A collaboration with Canal de Isabel II, @imdeaenergia.bsky.social APMU @universidadgranada.bsky.social

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It was a pleasure to participate in the @euromof.bsky.social celebrated in Crete. Special thanks to @ptrikalitis.bsky.social and George Froudakis for the opportunity to present our results in the use of MOFs in environmental remediation @universidadgranada.bsky.social. See you all in Como (Italy)!!

Congratulations Samuel for another fruitful collaboration! Thanks to Nacho & Juani from the @ualmeria.bsky.social
Novel Ca-based MOF (GR-MOF-32) synthesized from 2,2′-bicinchoninic acid and its use in cyanosilylation and hydroboration catalytic reactions:

linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii...

This is the complete speaker line-up for POLYMAT Spotlight 2026!
29 June – 2 July, 2026 hashtag#POLYMATsptl
More details at: polymat-spotlight.eu

15/09/2025
It is a pleasure to welcome our new PhD students (Pablo Guerrero & Marisa Muñoz) to our group with some italian food. Further, Miriam Albán from @imdeaenergia.bsky.social will be with us for 2 months. With these enthusiastic students, we will soon have new exciting results!

Great days in Bilbao participating in #RSEQBienal2025 of @rseq-quimica.bsky.social, particularly in the #PorousMaterials symposium. We shared our last advances in the use of MOFs in water treatment and agrochemicals design. Thanks to @josescostalab.bsky.social‬ and Laura Salonen for the opportunity!

Controlled Magnesium Release and Nutritional Effect of a Novel Metal–Organic Framework on Plants Fertilizer application is a necessary action in modern agriculture to meet the global food demand. Modern agriculture must enhance crop production while minimizing the amounts of used fertilizers to ensure environmental safety without compromising their effectiveness. One promising approach to achieve this ambitious goal is using controlled-release fertilizers, which provide an effective amount of active ingredients prolonged over time while reducing the losses caused by leaching into the soil. In this work, a novel metal–organic framework (MOF) [Mg2(C3H7O5P)2(H2O)4]·H2O, named GR-MOF-27, based on the antibacterial agent fosfomycin (FMC) and magnesium is reported. First, its crystal structure was determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, and then its stability in aqueous media was studied. The results showed a prolonged two-step release of Mg2+ ions (release rates of 26% in 4 h and 63% in 7 d), which fits to pseudo-first-order kinetic (first 4 h) and pseudo-second-order (from 4 h to 7 d) release models. Since the metal precursor (magnesium sulfate) is normally used as a fertilizer, the nutritional effects of GR-MOF-27 and MgSO4 were evaluated and compared, obtaining the result that GR-MOF-27 improves plant growth by increasing shoot, root, and dried weight by 10.5, 11.0, and 13.1%, respectively. Additionally, plants treated with GR-MOF-27 showed an increase in the uptake of important macronutrients, such as 64.9% of Mg and 57.4% of P, demonstrating the benefits of using MOFs as slow-release fertilizers.

A fantastic work driven by Samuel and Lourdes on the search of novel active structures. This time a Mg-based MOF as fertilizer agent, improving the activity of actually used agrochemicals
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Samuel has completed an important stage. After his hard job, he got it!
​I can only wish him the best. Congratulations Dr. Morales!!

Again in France, come back to my "other home". Thank you Thomas Devic for the invitation, it was fantastic to see you all, particularly people who worked in the Institute Lavoisier de Versailles, and share some science in the FrenchMOF 2025

PhD offer in IMDEA Energy (Spain)

In the BBPore Meeting (Valencia) starring the fantastic research we are doing in Granada (Environmental application of MOFs). Thank you for the invitation!

Make sure not to miss the Call for Papers of #EuroMOF2025 and submit your abstract by 20 April at 👉 www.euromof2025.com

A 36 months PhD position is available at Institut des Matériaux de Nantes (France) to work on the synthesis of new MOFs for singlet oxygen generation and storage (more details can be found in attachment and here: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/Docto...).

The poster abstract final deadline is tomorrow, 4th April! All porous materials researchers welcome to apply for a poster presentation!

Details at www.ukpormat.com

#Chemsky

📣 Meet our second keynote speaker: Arnau Carné-Sánchez from Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona! ✨ @wearenanoup.bsky.social @uab.cat
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Sven Rogge @svenrogge.bsky.social , Aleksandra Bondzic , Manuel Souto @manuelsouto.bsky.social, Andrea Laybourn @andrealaybourn.bsky.social, Emmanuel Klontzas, Giasemi Angeli, Ken Inge and Romy Ettlinger @ettlab.bsky.social

#EuroMOF2025 #EarlyCareerScientists

Early registration for the Diffusion Fundamentals conference ends April 1st. Registration includes breakfast and lunch every day, refreshments during the poster session, and the conference dinner. Also, just announced: pre-dinner talk by Julio Ottino!
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Registration for the 𝗜 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀 is now OPEN!

📍 Where: Centre Cultural la Nau, Valencia, Spain
🗓 When: May 8th – 9th, 2025
𝗔𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟯𝟭, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱

For registration and abstract submission: lnkd.in/dEF5XAXJ

May… but it could be great: icmol.es/bbpore2025/