44. Fluoranthene-containing distorted nanographenes exhibiting two-photon absorption response🔒
John Bergner, José L. Páes, Ermelinda Maçôas, Maria Álvaro-Martins, Jan Borstelmann, Erik Misselwitz, Frank Rominger, Carlos M. Cruz*, Milan Kivala* and Araceli G. Campaña*
Org. Lett. 2025, DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.5c02904
43. Exploring the role of the nephelauxetic effect in circularly polarized luminescence of chiral Chromium(III) complexes🔒
Maxime Poncet, Laura Cuevas-Contreras, Yating Ye, Laure Guénée, Carlos M. Cruz, Claude Piguet* and Juan-Ramón Jiménez*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c06196
42. Chiral intelligence: the artificial intelligence-driven future of chiroptical properties🔒
Rafael G. Uceda, Alfonso Gijón, Sandra Míguez-Lago, Carlos M. Cruz, Luis Álvarez de Cienfuegos, Antonio J. Mota, Delia Miguel* and Juan M. Cuerva*
ChemPhotoChem 2025, DOI: 10.1002/cptc.202500079
41. Chiral nanographenes exhibiting circularly polarized luminescence🔒
Viksit Kumar, José L. Páez, Sandra Míguez-Lago, Juan M. Cuerva, Carlos M. Cruz* and Araceli G. Campaña*
Chem. Soc. Rev. 2025, DOI: 10.1039/D4CS00745J
40. Modulating the spin-flip rates and emission energies through ligand design in chromium(III) molecular rubies🔓
Yating Ye, Maxime Poncet, Polina Yaltseva, Pablo Salcedo-Abraira, Antonio Rodríguez-Diéguez, Javier Heredia Martín, Laura Cuevas-Contreras, Carlos M. Cruz, Benjamin Doistau, Claude Piguet, Oliver S. Wenger, Juan Manuel Herrera, Juan-Ramón Jiménez*
Chem. Sci. 2025, DOI: 10.1039/D4SC08021A
39. Expanding the Chemical Space for Antiviral Discovery: The Potential of Twistenediones 🔓
Aida Jaafar, Daniel Guerra-González, Ana Pascual, Ana M. Ortuño, Carlos M. Cruz, Juan M. Cuerva, Paula Bueno, Victoria Castro, Urtzi Garaigorta, Pablo Gastaminza, Javier Adrio*, María Ribagorda*
RSC Med. Chem. 2025, DOI: 10.1039/d4md00891j
38. Chiroptical Signature and Absolute Configuration of Tröger’s Base Based Triangular Macrocycles 🔓
Luis Palomo, Carlos M. Cruz, Araceli G. Campaña, Bo Jiang, Jishan Wu, Juan Casado, Francisco Ramírez*
ACS Omega 2025, DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.4c06384
37. Role of Exciton Delocalization in Chiroptical Properties of Benzothiadiazole Carbon Nanohoops 🔓
Kovida Kovida, Juraj Malinčík, Carlos M. Cruz, Araceli G. Campaña, Tomáš Šolomek*
Chem. Sci. 2025, 16, 1405-1410.
36. Enhanced Circularly Polarized Luminescence of Urea-Bridged Dimers of Axially Chiral BODIPY–Carbohydrate Hybrids 🔒
Ana M. Gómez, Arthur H. G. David, Araceli G. Campaña, Juan M. Cuerva, Laura Diaz-Casado, Clara Uriel, Ainhoa Oliden-Sánchez, Jorge Bañuelos, Inmaculada García-Moreno, Lourdes Infantes, Julian Ticona-Chambi, Carlos M. Cruz*, J. Cristobal López*
J. Org. Chem. 2024, 89, 18522-18528.
35. Self-Assembled Tetrahedral [CrIII4L6]12+ Cage Displaying NIR Spin-Flip Photoluminescence 🔒
Yating Ye, Carlos M. Cruz, Benjamin Doistau, Enrique Colacio, Claude Piguet, Juan M. Herrera, Juan-Ramón Jiménez*
Inorg. Chem. 2024, 63, 23886-23893.
34. Can Deep Learning Search for Exceptional Chiroptical Properties? The Halogenated [6]Helicene Case 🔓
Rafael G. Uceda, Alfonso Gijón*, Sandra Míguez-Lago, Carlos M. Cruz, Victor Blanco, Fátima Fernández-Álvarez, Luis Álvarez de Cienfuegos, Miguel Molina-Solana, Juan Gómez-Romero, Delia Miguel, Antonio J. Mota*, Juan M. Cuerva*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202409998.
33. Taming 2,2’-biimidazole Ligands in Trivalent Chromium Complexes 🔓
Julien Chong, Amina Benchohra, Céline Besnard, Laure Guénée, Arnulf Rosspeintner, Carlos M. Cruz, Juan-Ramón Jiménez, Claude Piguet*
Dalton Trans. 2024, DOI: 10.1039/D4DT01608D
32. A Configurationally Stable Helical Indenofluorene 🔓
Álvaro Martínez-Pinel, Luis Lezama, Juan M. Cuerva, Raquel Casares, Víctor Blanco, Carlos M. Cruz*, Alba Millán*
Org. Lett. 2024, 26, 6012-6017
31. Carbon-Based Photonic Microlabels Based on Fluorescent Nanographene-Polystyrene Composites 🔒
Marco Reale, Emanuele Marino, Ermelinda Maçôas, Francesco Ciccarello, Marco Cannas, Carlos M. Cruz, Araceli G. Campaña,* Alice Sciortino*, Fabrizio Messina*.
Adv. Funct. Mater. 2024, e2402079
30. Enantiopure [6]-Azairidahelicene by Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of a Configurationally Labile [4]-Helicene 🔓
Ariadna Pazos, Carlos M. Cruz*, Juan M. Cuerva, Ivan Rivilla, Fernando P. Cossío*, Zoraida Freixa*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, , 63, e202406663. Highlighted on the Front Cover of Angew. Int. Ed. Vol. 63
29. Doubly Spiro-Conjugated Chiral Carbocycles Exhibiting SOMO-HOMO Inversion in Persistent Radical Cations 🔒
Takumi Sakamaki, Yan Zhang, Shota Fukuma, Carlos M. Cruz, Abel Cárdenas Valdivia, Araceli G. Campaña, Juan Casado*, Rui Shang*, Eiichi Nakamura*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 12712-12722
28. π-Radical Cascade to a Chiral Saddle-Shaped Peropyrene🔒
Annika Bernhardt, Daniel Čavlović, Maximilian Mayländer, Olivier Blacque, Carlos M. Cruz*, Sabine Richert*, Michal Juríček*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202318254. Highlighted in: Chimia 2024, 78, 261–262
27. Additional Insights into the Design of Cr(III) Phosphorescent Emitters Using 6-Membered Chelate Ring Bis(imidazolyl) Didentate Ligands 🔒
Amina Benchohra*, Julien Chong, Carlos M. Cruz, Céline Besnard, Laure Guénée, Arnulf Rosspeintner and Claude Piguet*
Inorg. Chem. 2024, 63, 3617-3629. Highlighted on the Front Cover of Inorg. Chem. Vol. 63
26. Luminescence and Excited-State Reactivity in a Heteroleptic Tricyanido Fe(III) Complex 🔓
Yating Ye, Pablo Garrido-Barros*, Joël Wellauer, Carlos M. Cruz*, Rodrigue Lescouëzec, Oliver S. Wenger, Juan Manuel Herrera and Juan-Ramón Jiménez*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 954–960
25. Can Magnetic Dipole Transition Moment Be Engineered? 🔓
Rafael G. Uceda+, Carlos M. Cruz+, Sandra Míguez-Lago, Luis Álvarez de Cienfuegos, Giovanna Longhi, David A. Pelta, Pavel Novoa, Antonio J. Mota, Juan M. Cuerva* and Delia Miguel*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202316696
24. Nanographenes out of planarity 🔒
Carlos M. Cruz and Araceli G. Campaña*
Synlett 2023, 10.1055/a-2165–6497
23. Heptagon-Containing Nanographene Embedded into [10]Cycloparaphenylene 🔓
Juan P. Mora-Fuentes, Marcos D. Codesal, Marco Reale, Carlos M. Cruz, Vicente G. Jiménez, Alice Sciortino, Marco Cannas, Fabrizio Messina*, Victor Blanco* and Araceli G. Campaña*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202301356
22. EuIII functionalized silica nanoparticles encapsulating chiral CrIII complexes with simultaneous unpolarized red and polarized NIR-I luminescence 🔓
Juan-Ramón Jiménez*, Sandra Míguez-Lago*, Maxime Poncet, Yating Ye, César López Ruiz, Carlos M. Cruz, Araceli G. Campaña, Enrique Colacio, Claude Piguet and Juan Manuel Herrera
J. Mater. Chem. C 2023, 11, 2582–2590
21. The photophysics of distorted nanographenes: Ultra-slow relaxation dynamics, memory effects, and delayed fluorescence 🔒
Marco Reale, Alice Sciortino, Carlos M. Cruz, Marco Cannas, Ermelinda. Maçôas, Araceli G. Campaña and Fabrizio Messina*
Carbon 2023, 206, 45–52
20. Atomically Precise Distorted Nanographenes: The Effect of Different Edge Functionalization on the Photophysical Properties down to the Femtosecond Scale 🔓
Marco Reale, Alice Sciortino, Marco Cannas, Ermelinda Maçôas, Arthur H. G. David, Carlos M. Cruz, Araceli G. Campaña and Fabrizio Messina*
Materials 2023, 16, 835
19. Highly Contorted Superhelicene Hits Near-Infrared Circularly Polarized Luminescence 🔓
Sandra Míguez-Lago, Ines F. A. Mariz, Miguel A. Medel, Juan M. Cuerva, Ermelinda Maçôas*, Carlos M. Cruz* and Araceli G. Campaña*
Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 10267–10272
18. Bending Pyrenacenes to Fill Gaps in Singlet-Fission-Based Solar Cells 🔓
Carlos M. Cruz*, Joshua C. Walsh and Michal Juríček*
Org. Mater. 2022, 4, 163–169
17. Helically Chiral Hybrid Cyclodextrin Metal-Organic Framework Exhibiting Circularly Polarized Luminescence 🔒
Masoud Kazem-Rostami, Angel Orte, Ana M. Ortuño, Arthur H. G. David, Indranil Roy, Delia Miguel, Amine Garci, Carlos M. Cruz, Charlotte L. Stern, Juan M. Cuerva* and J. Fraser Stoddart*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 9380–9389
16. Chapter 9: Helical Nanographenes: Synthetic and Chiroptical Achievements, from Helicenes: Synthesis, Properties and Applications
Sandra Míguez-Lago, Juan P. Mora-Fuentes, Carlos M. Cruz and Araceli G. Campaña*
Ed.: J. Crassous, I. G. Stará, I. Stary. Wiley. 2022. ISBN: 978-3-527-34810-7. DOI: 10.1002/9783527829415.ch9
15. Chapter 12: Machine Learning Techniques in Food Processing, from Current Development in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Advances in Food Engineering
Ana M. Jiménez-Carvelo*, Carlos M. Cruz, Luis Cuadros-Rodríguez and Anastasios Koidis
Ed: Ayon Tarafdar, Ashok Pandey, Ranjna Sirohi, Carlos Soccol, Claude-Gilles Dussap. Elsevier. 2022. ISBN: 978-0-323-91158-0
14. Heteroleptic mer-[Cr(N∩N∩N)(CN)3] Complexes: Synthetic Challenge, Structural Characterization and Photophysical Properties 🔓
Julien Chong, Céline Besnard, Carlos M. Cruz, Claude Piguet* and Juan-Ramón Jiménez*
Dalton Trans. 2022, 51, 4297–4309
13. Chiral Distorted Hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronenes Bearing a Nonagon-Embedded Carbohelicene 🔓
Miguel A. Medel, Carlos M. Cruz, Delia Miguel, Victor Blanco, Sara P. Morcillo* and Araceli G. Campaña*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 22051–22056
12. Studying the Reactivity of Alkyl Substituted BODIPYs: First Enantioselective Addition of BODIPYs to MBH carbonates 🔓
Marta Meazza, Carlos M. Cruz, Ana M. Ortuño, Juan M. Cuerva, Luis Crovetto* and Ramon Rios*
Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 4503–4508
11. Heptagon-Containing Saddle-Shaped Nanographenes: Self-Association and Complexation Studies with Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Fullerenes 🔓
Arthur H. G. David, Sandra Míguez-Lago, Carlos M. Cruz, Juan M. Cuerva, Victor Blanco and Araceli G. Campaña*
Org. Mater. 2021, 3, 51–59
10. Influence of Thermally Induced Structural Transformations on the Magnetic and Luminescence Properties of Tartrate-Based Chiral Lanthanide Organic-Frameworks.
Uxua Huizi-Rayo, Andoni Zabala-Lekuona, Alessio Terenzi, Carlos M. Cruz, Juan M. Cuerva, Antonio Rodríguez-Diéguez, Jose A. García, José M. Seco, Eider San Sebastián and Javier Cepeda*
J. Mater. Chem. C 2020, 8, 8243–8256
9. Two-Photon Absorption Enhancement by the Inclusion of a Tropone Ring in Distorted Nanographene Ribbons
Silvia Castro-Fernández+, Carlos M. Cruz+, Inês F. A. Mariz, Irene R. Márquez, Vicente G. Jiménez, Lucía Palomino-Ruíz, Juan M. Cuerva, Ermelinda Maçôas* and Araceli G. Campaña*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 7139–7145
8. Chiral Molecular Ruby [Cr(dqp)2]3+ with Long-Lived Circularly Polarized Luminescence
Juan-Ramón Jiménez*, Benjamin Doistau, Carlos M. Cruz, Céline Besnard, Juan M. Cuerva, Araceli G. Campaña* and Claude Piguet*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 13244–13252
7. Classification of Olive Oils According to their Cultivars Based on Second-Order Data Using LC-DAD
Ana M. Jiménez-Carvelo*, Carlos M. Cruz, Alejandro C. Olivieri, Antonio González-Casado and Luis Cuadros-Rodríguez
Talanta 2019, 195, 69–76
6. A Triskelion-Shaped Saddle-Helix Hybrid Nanographene
Carlos M. Cruz, Irene R. Márquez, Silvia Castro-Fernández, Juan M. Cuerva, Ermelinda Maçôas and Araceli G. Campaña*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 8068–8072
5. Combining Defects in a Single Nanographene: A Fully Helical Saddle Ribbon
Carlos M. Cruz, Silvia Castro-Fernández, Ermelinda Maçôas, Alba Millán and Araceli G. Campaña*
Synlett 2019, 30, 997–1002
Carlos M. Cruz, Silvia Castro-Fernández, Ermelinda Maçôas, Juan M. Cuerva and Araceli G. Campaña*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 14782–14786
3. Enantiopure Distorted Ribbon-Shaped Nanographene Combining Two-Photon Absorption-Based Upconversion and Circularly Polarized Luminescence 🔓
Carlos M. Cruz, Irene R. Márquez, Inês F. A. Mariz, Victor Blanco, Carlos Sánchez-Sánchez, Jesús M. Sobrado, José A. Martín-Gago, Juan M. Cuerva, Ermelinda Maçôas* and Araceli G. Campaña*
Chem. Sci. 2018, 9, 3917–3924
2. Versatile Synthesis and Enlargement of Functionalized Distorted Heptagon-Containing Nanographenes 🔓
Irene R. Márquez, Noelia Fuentes, Carlos M. Cruz, Virginia Puente-Muñoz, Lia Sotorrios, M. Luisa Marcos, Duane Choquesillo-Lazarte, Blanca Biel, Luis Crovetto, Enrique Gómez-Bengoa, M. Teresa González, Ruben Martin, Juan M. Cuerva and Araceli G. Campaña*
Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 1068–1074
1. Vinyl Sulfonates: A Click Function for Coupling-and-Decoupling Chemistry and their Applications 🔒
Carlos M. Cruz, Mariano Ortega-Muñoz, F. Javier López-Jaramillo, Fernando Hernández-Mateo, Victor Blanco,* and Francisco Santoyo-González
Adv. Synth. Catal. 2016, 358, 3394–3413