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2022

65.     Vitamins as Active Agents for Highly Emissive and Stable Nanostructured Halide Perovskite Inks and 3D Composites Fabricated by Additive Manufacturing I. Recalde, A. F. Gualdrón-Reyes, C. Echeverría-Arrondo, A. Villanueva-Antolí, J. Simancas, J. Rodriguez-Pereira, M. Zanatta, I. Mora-Seró, V. Sans, Advanced Functional Materials, accepted.

64.     Direct air capture and conversion of carbon dioxide into cyclic carbonates with basic ionic liquids M. Zanatta, E. García-Verdugo, V. Sans, Chemrxiv, 2022 10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-77kjh

63.     Advanced Formulations Based on Poly(ionic liquid) Materials for Additive Manufacturing S. Miralles-Comins, M. Zanatta, V. Sans, Polymers, 2022, 14(23), 5121; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14235121

62.     Recent Developments in Process Digitalisation for Advanced Nanomaterial Syntheses Chemistry-Methods, D. Iglesias, D. Haddad, V. Sans 2022, e202200031 https://doi.org/10.1002/cmtd.202200031

61.     Towards highly efficient continuous-flow catalytic carbon dioxide cycloadditions with additively manufactured reactors D. Valverde, R. Porcar, M. Zanatta, S. Alcalde, B. Altava, V. Sans, E. Garcia-Verdugo, Green Chemistry, 2022, 24, 3300-3308 DOI https://doi.org/10.1039/D1GC04593H

 

60.     Redox-active hierarchical assemblies of hybrid polyoxometalate nanostructures at carbon surfaces S. S. Amin, J. M. Cameron, R. B. Cousins, J. Wrigley, L. Liirò-Peluso, V. Sans, D. A. Walsh, G. N. Newton, Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 2022, 9, 1777-1784 DOI https://doi.org/10.1039/D2QI00174H

 

59.     Electrochemical Oscillatory Baffled Reactors Fabricated with Additive Manufacturing for Efficient Continuous-Flow Oxidations E. Alvarez, M. Romero-Fernandez, D. Iglesias, R. Martinez-Cuenca, O. Okafor, A. Delorme, P. Lozano, R. Goodridge, F. Paradisi, D. A. Walsh, V. Sans, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2022, 10, 7, 2388-2396  https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c06799

2021

 

58.     Continuous-Flow Synthesis of Orange Emitting Sn (II)-Doped CsBr Materials S. Das Adhikari, S. Masi, C. Echeverría-Arrondo, S. Miralles-Comins, R. S. Sánchez, J. Alves Fernandes, V. Chirvony, J. P. Martínez-Pastor, V. Sans, I. Mora-Seró, Advanced Optical Materials, 2021, 2101024 https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202101024

57.     Efficient carbon dioxide hydrogenation to formic acid with buffering ionic liquids A Weilhard, S P Argent, V Sans, Nature Communications 2021, 12, 1-7 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20291-0

56.     Decoupling manufacturing from application in additive manufactured antimicrobial materials D. J. Wales, S. Miralles-Comins, I. Franco Castillo, J. Cameron, Q. Cao, E. Karjalainen, J. Alves Fernandes, G. Newton, S. G. Mitchell, V. Sans, Biomaterials Science 2021, 9, 5397-5406 DOI: 10.1039/D1BM00430A

55.    Gel–Polymer Electrolytes Based on Poly (Ionic Liquid)/Ionic Liquid Networks S. Sen, S. E. Goodwin, P. Verdía Barbará, G. A. Rance, D. Wales, J. M. Cameron, V. Sans, M. Mamlouk, K. Scott, D. A. Walsh, ACS Applied Polymer Materials 2021, 3, 200-208 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.0c01042

54.   Carbonyl Iron Foam Surfaces Modified with Poly (L-Lysine) As Smart Surface for Bone Implant J. Macko, C. Echeverría-Arrondo, N. Podrojková, Y. A. Brito Barrera, H. Kindi, K. Sisáková, R. Gorejová, R. Jendželovsky, V. Buľková, I. Mora-Seró, V. Sans, R. Oriňaková, T. Groth, A. Oriňak, American Journal of Biomedical Science & Research, 2021, 244-253

2020

53.     Redox-active hybrid polyoxometalate-stabilised Au nanoparticles C. Martin, K. Kastner, J. M. Cameron, E. Hampson, J. A. Fernandes, E. K. Gibson, D. A. Walsh, V. Sans, G. N. Newton, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2020, 59, 14331-14335  https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202005629

52.    Emerging trends in flow chemistry enabled by 3D printing: robust reactors, biocatalysis and electrochemistry, V. Sans, Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry 2020, 100367 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsc.2020.100367

51.    Catalyst design for highly efficient carbon dioxide hydrogenation to formic acid under buffering conditions, A Weilhard, K Salzmann, M Navarro, J Dupont, M Albrecht, V Sans, Journal of Catalysis 2020, 385, 1, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2020.02.027

50.    Recent Developments in the Modelling of Heterogeneous Catalysts for CO2 Conversion to Chemicals, N. Podrojkova, V. Sans, A. Orinak, R. Orinakova, ChemCatChem, 2020, 12, 1802-1825 https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201901879

 

49.    Investigating the impact of copper leaching on combustion characteristics and particulate emissions in HPCR diesel engines

A. La Rocca, A. Ferrante, E. Haffner-Staton, A. Cairns, A. Weilhard, V. Sans,  A. P. Carlucci, D. Laforgia, Fuel 263, 116719, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2019.116719

48.    Paramagnetic Ionic Liquid-Coated SiO2@ Fe3O4 Nanoparticles-the Next Generation of Magnetically Recoverable Nanocatalysts Applied in the Glycolysis of PET, I. Cano, C. Martin, J.A. Fernandes, R.W. Lodge, J. Dupont, F.A Casado-Carmona, R. Lucena, S. Cardenas, V. Sans, I. de Pedro, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2020, 260, 118110

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2019.118110

2019

47.    Continuous-flow crystallisation in 3D-printed compact devices,  O. Okafor, K. Robertson, R. Goodridge, V. Sans, Reaction Chemistry and Engineering, 2019, 4, 1682-1688 , DOI:10.1039/C9RE00188C

46.    Chain length effects on the size, stability, and electronic structure of redox-active organic-inorganic hybrid polyoxometalate micelles, S. Amin, J. Cameron, J. Watts, D. A. Walsh, V. Sans, G. N. Newton, Molecular Systems Design and Engineering, 2019, 4 (5), 995-999 DOI:10.1039/C9ME00060G

45.    Tuning the Reactivity of TEMPO during Electrocatalytic Alcohol Oxidations in Room-temperature Ionic Liquids, A. E. Delorme, V. Sans, P. Licence and D. A. Walsh, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 2019, 7, 691-11699 https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b01823

44.    An Oxalate‐Bridged Binuclear Iron(III) Ionic Liquid for the Highly Efficient Glycolysis of Polyethylene Terephthalate under Microwave Irradiation, S. Cot, M. K. Leu, A. Kalamiotis, G. Dimitrakis, V. Sans, I. de Pedro, I. Cano, ChemPlusChem, 2019, 84,1-9. https://doi.org/10.1002/cplu.201900075

43    State-of-the-art and limitations in the life cycle assessment of ionic liquids​, V. Gonçalves-Maciel, D. J.Wales, M. Seferin,  C.M.L. Ugaya, V. Sans, Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019, 217, 844-858 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.01.133

42.    Environmental performance of 3D-Printing polymerisable ionic liquids, V. Gonçalves-Maciel, D. J.Wales, M. Seferin,V. Sans, Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019, 214, 29-40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.12.241

41.    On the real catalytically active species for CO2 fixation into cyclic carbonates under near ambient conditions: Dissociation equilibrium of [BMIm][Fe(NO)2Cl2] dependant on reaction temperature, M.K. Leu, I. Vicente, J. Alves Fernandes, I. de Pedro, J. Dupont, V. Sans, P. Licence, A. Gual, I. Cano, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2019, 245, 240-250

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2018.12.062

40.   Applications of 3D Printing in Synthetic Process and Analytical Chemistry, V. Sans, V. Dragone, L. Cronin, 2018, Book chpater in: Green Chemical Engineering, Wiley and Sons. Ed. Alexei Lapkin, Paul Anastas.

39.   Additively Manufactured Advanced Flow Reactors for Enhanced Heat and Mass Transfer. Obinna Okafor, Ruth Goodridge, Victor Sans. Book chapter in: Flow Chemistry. Editor: Santiago V. Luis, Eduardo Garcia-Verdugo. Editorial: Royal Society of Chemistry. September 2019.

38.   CO2 hydrogenation to formic acid.  Andreas Weilhard, Jairton Dupont, Victor Sans. Book chapter. Editors: Peter Styring, Michael North. Editorial: deGruyter. October 2019.​

2018

37.    Investigation of pressure drop in 3D replicated open-cell foams: coupling CFD with experimental data on additively manufactured foams, M. Bracconi, M. Ambrosetti, O. Okafor, V. Sans, X. Zhang, X. Ou, C. Pereira Da Fonte, X. Fan, M. Maestri, G. Groppi, E. Tronconi, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2018.10.060

36.    3D Printable photochromic molecular materials for reversible information storage, D. J. Wales, Q. Cao, K. Kastner, E. Karjalainen, G. N. Newton, V. Sans, Advanced Materials, 2018, 1800159 https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201800159

35.    Tuneable ionic control of polymeric films for inkjet based 3D printing, E. KarjalainenD. J. WalesD. H.A.T. GunasekeraJ. DupontP. LicenceR. D. Wildman, Victor Sans, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2018, 6 (3), pp 3984–3991 DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b04279

34.    Selective CO2 Hydrogenation to Formic Acid with Multifunctional Ionic Liquids, A. Weilhard, M. I. Qadir, V. Sans, J. Dupont, ACS Catalysis, 2018, 8, 1628–1634 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.7b03931

2017

33.    Tuneable 3D printed bioreactors for transaminations under continuous-flow, E. Peris, O. Okafor, E. Kulcinskaja, R. Goodridge, S. V. Luis, E. Garcia-Verdugo, E. O’Reilly, V. Sans, Green Chemistry, 2017, 19, 5345-5349 DOI: 10.1039/C7GC02421E

    

32.    New trends in reactor engineering with additive manufacturing, O. Okafor, R. Goodridge, V. Sans, Chimica Oggi-Chemistry Today, 2017, 35(4), 4-6. Link to journal

31.    A Simple Approach to the Visible-Light Photoactivation of Molecular Metal Oxides, S. Fujimoto, J. M. Cameron, R.-J. Wei, K. Kastner, D. Robinson, V. Sans, G. N. Newton, H. Oshio, Inorganic Chemistry, 2017, 56,  12169-12177 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01499

30.    An autonomous organic reaction search engine for chemical reactivity, V. Dragone, V. Sans, A. Henson, J. Granda, L. Cronin, Nature Communications, 2017, 15733. doi:10.1038/ncomms15733

29.    Coding the Assembly of Polyoxotungstates with a Programmable Reaction SystemA. Ruiz de la Oliva, V. Sans, H. N. Miras, D.-L. Long, L. Cronin, Inorganic Chemistry, 2017, 56, 5089–5095. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b00206

28.    Redox-active organic-inorganic hybrid polyoxometalate micelles, K. Kastner, A. J. Kibler, E. Karjalainen, J. A. Fernandes, V. Sans, G. Newton, Journal Materials Chemistry A, 2017, 5, 11577-11581  DOI: 10.1039/C7TA00408G

27.   Advanced reactor engineering with 3D printing for the continuous-flow synthesis of silver nanoparticles, O. Okafor, A. Weilhard, J.A. Fernandes, E. Karjalainen, R. Goodridge, V. Sans, Reaction Chemistry and Engineering, 2017, 2, 129-136. DOI: 10.1039/C6RE00210B

26.    Orbital Engineering: Photoactivation of an Organofunctionalized Polyoxotungstate, J. M. Cameron, S. Fujimoto, K. Kastner, R.-J. Wei, D. Robinson, V. Sans, G. N. Newton, H. Oshio, Chemistry: A European Journal, 2017, 23, 47-50. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201605021

2016

25.    Towards dial-a-molecule by integrating continuous flow, analytics and self-optimisation, V. Sans, L. Cronin, Chemical Society Reviews, 2016, 45, 2032-2043. DOI: 10.1039/C5CS00793C

24.    Pd/C catalysts based on synthetic carbons with bi- and tri-modal pore-size distribution: applications in flow chemistry, X. Fan, V. Sans, S. K. Sharma, P. K. Plucinski, V. A. Zaikovskii, K. Wilson, S. R. Tennison, A. Kozynchenko, A. Lapkin, Catalysis Science and Technology, 2016, 6, 2387-2395. DOI: 10.1039/C5CY01401H

 

2015

23.   A Self Optimizing Synthetic Organic Reactor System Using Real-time In-line NMR spectroscopyV. Sans, L. Porwol, V. Dragone, L. Cronin, Chemical Science, 2015, 6, 1258. DOI: 10.1039/C4SC03075C

 

2014

22.    Non-equilibrium dynamic control of gold nanoparticle and hyper-branched nanogold assemblies, V. Sans, S. Glatzel, F. J. Douglas, D. A. Maclaren, A. Lapkin, L. Cronin, Chemical Science, 2014, 5, 1153-1157. DOI: 10.1039/C3SC53223B

2013

21.    3D-printed devices for continuous-flow organic chemistryV. Dragone, V. Sans, M. H. Rosnes, P. J. Kitson, L. Cronin, Beilstein Journal Organic Chemistry, 2013, 9, 951-959. doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.109

20.    Continuous parallel ESI-MS analysis of reactions carried out in a bespoke 3D printed device, J. S. Mathieson, M. H. Rosnes, V. Sans, P. J. Kitson, L. Cronin, Beilstein Journal Nanotechnology, 2013, 4, 285-291. doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.31

 

2012

19.    Macroscale Control of Polyoxometalate Assembly: A 4nm {W200Co8O660} Cluster discovered in a Networked Reaction System Array, A. Ruiz de la Oliva, V. Sans, H. N. Miras, J. Yan, H. Zang, C. J. Richmond, D.-L. Long, L. Cronin, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2012, 51, 1-5. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201206572

 

18.    Autonomous Discovery and Scale-up of Inorganic Clusters Using a Flow System Array,  C. J. Richmond, H. N. Miras, A. Ruiz de la Oliva, H. Zang, V. Sans, L. Paramonov, C. Makatsoris, R. Inglis, E.K. Brechin, D.-L. Long, L. Cronin, Nature Chemistry, 2012, 4, 1037-1043. doi:10.1038/nchem.1489

 

17.    Configurable 3D-Printed millifluidic and microfluidic 'lab on a chip' reactionware devices, P. J. Kitson, M .H. Rosnes, V. Sans, V. Dragone, L Cronin, Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 3267-3271. DOI: 10.1039/C2LC40761B

 

16.    Residence Time Distribution, a useful tool to characterize mini-reactors, V. Sans, M. I. Burguete, E. García-Verdugo, S. V. Luis, RSC Advances, 2012, 2, 8721-8728. DOI: 10.1039/C2RA20903A

 

15.    Synthesis of chiral enantiopure 1-(β-hydroxyalkyl)imidazoles under continuous flow conditions, R. Porcar, V. Sans, N. Ríos-Lombardía, V. Gotor-Fernández, V. Gotor, M. I. Burguete, E. García-Verdugo, S. V. Luis, ACS Catalysis, 2012, 2, 1976–1983. DOI: 10.1021/cs300282w

14.    Tandem transformation of glycerol to esters, M. V. Sotenko, M. Rebroš, V. Sans, K. N. Loponov, M. Davidson, G. Stephens, A. A. Lapkin, Journal Biotechnology, 2012, 162, 390-397. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2012.05.026

13.    Polymer-supported Pd–NHC complexes: Strategies for the development of multifunctional systems. V. Sans, F. Gelat, M. I. Burguete, E. Garcia-Verdugo, S. V. Luis, Catalysis Today, 2012, 196, 137. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2012.03.036

 

12.   Tuning the catalytic efficiency of Palladium supported complexes (Pd-NHC-SILLPs): The cooperative effect of the Ionic Liquid-like groups, V. Sans, F. Gelat, M. I. Burguete, E. García-Verdugo, S. V. Luis, Macromolecular Symposia, 2012, 317, 259-266. DOI: 10.1002/masy.201200014

 

11.    Facile Stoichiometric Reductions in Flow: An Example of Artemisinin, X. Fan, V. Sans, P. Yaseneva, D. Plaza, J. Williams, A. Lapkin, Organic Process Research Development, 2012, 16, 1039. DOI: 10.1021/op200373m

 

2011

10.    Novel deposition technique to produce efficient SE(R)RS substrates with applications in microfluidicsV. Sans, A. Moskalenko, K. Wilson, V. Kozhevin, D. Yavsin, I. Kuzmin, S. Gurevich, A. Lapkin, Analyst, 2011, 136, 3295. DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15378A

 

9.      Polymer-Supported Ionic-Liquid-Like Phases (SILLPs): Transferring Ionic Liquid Properties to Polymeric Matrices, V. Sans, N. Karbass, M. I. Burguete, V. Compañ, E. García-Verdugo, S. V. Luis, M. Pawlak, Chemistry: A European Journal, 2011, 6, 1894-1906. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201001873

 

2010

8.   Polymer Cocktail. A multitask Supported Ionic Liquid-like Species to facilitate multiple and consecutive C-C coupling reactions, V. Sans, F. Gelat, N. Karbass, M.I. Burguete, E. Garcia-Verdugo, S.V. Luis, Advanced Synthesis Catalysis, 2010, 352, 3013. DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201000528

7.      Pd catalysts immobilized onto Gel-Supported Ionic Liquid-like Phases.A remarkable effect of the nature of the support, M.I. Burguete, E. Garcia-Verdugo, I. Garcia-Villar, F. Gelat, P. Licence, S.V. Luis, V. Sans, Journal of Catalysis, 2010, 269, 150-160. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2009.11.002

2009

6.      Supported N-heterocyclic carbene rhodium complexes as highly selective hydroformylation catalysts, W. Gil, A. M. Trzeciak, E. Garcia-Verdugo, S. V. Luis, V. Sans, Journal of Molecular Catalysis A-Chemical, 2009, 309, 131-136. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molcata.2009.05.007

 

5.      Development of efficient processes under flow conditions based on catalysts immobilized onto monolithic SILlP, M. I. Burguete, E. García-Verdugo, N. Karbass, S. V. Luis, V. Sans, M. Sokolova, Pure and Applied Chemistry, 2009, 81, 1991-2000. DOI: 10.1351/PAC-CON-08-11-02

2008

 

4.      Base Supported Ionic Liquid-Like Phases as catalysts for the Batch and Continuous-Flow Henry Reaction, M.I. Burguete, H. Erythropel, E. Garcia-Verdugo, S. V. Luis, V. Sans, Green Chemistry, 2008, 10, 401-407. DOI: 10.1039/B714977H

2006

3.      Pd(0) supported onto monolithic polymers containing IL-like moieties. Continuous flow catalysis for the Heck reaction in near-critical EtOH, N. Karbass, V. Sans, E. García-Verdugo, M. I. Burguete, S. V. Luis, Chemical Communications, 2006, 3095-3097. DOI: 10.1039/B603224A

2.      Palladium N-methylimidazolium supported complexes as efficient catalysts for the Heck reaction, B. Altava, M.I. Burguete, E. García-Verdugo, N. Karbass, S.V. Luis, A. Puzari, V. Sans, Tetrahedron Letters, 2006, 47, 2311-2314. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2006.02.023

 

1.    PdCl2(P(OPh)3)2 catalyzed coupling and carbonylative coupling of phenylacetylenes with aryl iodides in organic solvents and in ionic liquids, V. Sans, A.M. Trzeciak, S. Luis, J.J. Ziólkowski, Catalysis Letters, 2006, 109, 37-41DOI: 10.1007/s10562-006-0053-7

Patents

1.    Process for continuous reduction of artemisinin to dihydroartemisinin, A. Lapkin, X. Fan, J. Williams, V. Sans,  Brit. UK Pat. Appl. (2013), GB 2494676 A 2013032, WO 2013038206 A1 2013032.

 

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