Dr. Fernando Langa De La Puente
Professor
Environment and Biochemistry
Castilla La Mancha University
Spain
Biography
PhD in Chemistry from the Universidad Complutense (1981). Has been researcher Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Dundee (Great Britain) during 1985-87 and professor In Orsay (France) in 1993 and UCLA (USA) in 1997. 1991, he joined the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), as Full Professor, Where he is Professor since 2002. He is currently director of the Institute of Nanoscience, Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials of the UCLM and President of the specialized group In Nanoscience and Molecular Materials of the Royal Spanish Society of Chemistry. Member of the Royal Spanish Society of Chemistry, the American Chemical Society and The Electrochemical Society. He is also coordinator of the UCLM of the Master and Doctorate Interuniversities in Nanoscience and Molecular Nanotechnology (Mention of Excellence, BOE of 10/20/2011). He is the author of more than 140 research papers and books. Co-editor of the book "Fullerenes: principles and applications", edited in the series Nanoscience & Nanotechnology of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2nd ed. 2012). Has Currently a factor h = 30, having received their publications more than 2500 citations
Research Interest
Reactivity of fullerenes; Carbon nanotubes; Grapheno; Organic photovoltaic; Electronic transfer
Publications
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Vizuete M, Gómezâ€Escalonilla MJ, Fierro JL, Sandanayaka AS, Hasobe T, Yudasaka M, Iijima S, Ito O, Langa F. A Carbon Nanohorn Porphyrin Supramolecular Assembly for Photoinduced Electronâ€Transfer Processes. Chemistry-A European Journal. 2010 Sep 17;16(35):10752-63.
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Barea EM, Caballero R, Lópezâ€Arroyo L, Guerrero A, de la Cruz P, Langa F, Bisquert J. Triplication of the Photocurrent in Dye Solar Cells by Increasing the Elongation of the Ï€â€conjugation in Znâ€Porphyrin Sensitizers. ChemPhysChem. 2011 Apr 4;12(5):961-5.
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Urbani M, Pelado B, de la Cruz P, Yamanaka KI, Ito O, Langa F. Synthesis and Photoinduced Energyâ€and Electronâ€Transfer Processes of C60–Oligothienylenevinylene–C70 Dumbbell Compounds. Chemistry-A European Journal. 2011 May 2;17(19):5432-44.
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Delgado JL, MartÃn N, de la Cruz P, Langa F. Pyrazolinofullerenes: a less known type of highly versatile fullerene derivatives. Chemical Society Reviews. 2011;40(11):5232-41.
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GoÌmez Esteban S, de la Cruz P, Aljarilla A, Arellano LM, Langa F. Panchromatic push–pull chromophores based on triphenylamine as donors for molecular solar cells. Organic letters. 2011 Sep 13;13(19):5362-5.
