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Alberto Tárraga

Alberto Tárraga

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Chemistry

D-Index
48
Citations
7534
World Ranking
15324
National Ranking
611

Overview

Alberto Tárraga is affiliated with the University of Murcia in Spain and has contributed to several fields, including Engineering, Materials Science, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research spans multiple subfields, notably Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, and Biomaterials.

The scientist's work focuses on topics such as Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research, Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials, Chemical Synthesis and Analysis, DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry, Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials, and Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection.

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Alberto Tárraga has co-authored publications alongside Miriam Más-Montoya, David Curiel, Luis M. Rodríguez, Paula Gómez, and J.-A. Abad.

Their publications have appeared in venues such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Angewandte Chemie, Organic Letters, Synthetic Metals, and The Cambridge Structural Database.

Selected recent papers include:

  • Rigid π-Extended Boron Difluoride Complex with Mega-Stokes Shift for Bioimaging, 2020, Organic Letters
  • Synthesis and Two-Dimensional Chiral Surface Self-Assembly of a π-Conjugated System with Three-Fold Symmetry: Benzotri(7-Azaindole), 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Interfacial and bulk charge transport in indolo[2,3-a]carbazole, 2020, Synthetic Metals
  • Synthesis and Two-Dimensional Chiral Surface Self-Assembly of a π-Conjugated System with Three-Fold Symmetry: Benzotri(7-Azaindole), 2020, Angewandte Chemie
  • Frontispiece: Synthesis and Two-Dimensional Chiral Surface Self-Assembly of a π-Conjugated System with Three-Fold Symmetry: Benzotri(7-Azaindole), 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Best Publications

  • Highly selective chromogenic and redox or fluorescent sensors of Hg2+ in aqueous environment based on 1,4-disubstituted azines.

    Antonio Caballero;Rosario Martínez;Vega Lloveras;Imma Ratera

  • Imidazole derivatives: a comprehensive survey of their recognition properties.

    Pedro Molina;Alberto Tárraga;Francisco Otón

  • New Hg2+ and Cu2+ Selective Chromo- and Fluoroionophore Based on a Bichromophoric Azine

    Rosario Martínez;Arturo Espinosa;and Alberto Tárraga;Pedro Molina

  • Cation Coordination Induced Modulation of the Anion Sensing Properties of a Ferrocene−Imidazophenanthroline Dyad: Multichannel Recognition from Phosphate-Related to Chloride Anions

    Fabiola Zapata;Antonio Caballero;Arturo Espinosa;Alberto Tárraga

  • 2-Aza-1,3-butadiene Derivatives Featuring an Anthracene or Pyrene Unit: Highly Selective Colorimetric and Fluorescent Signaling of Cu2+ Cation

    Rosario Martínez;Fabiola Zapata;Antonio Caballero;Arturo Espinosa

  • Ferrocene-Based Small Molecules for Multichannel Molecular Recognition of Cations and Anions

    Pedro Molina;Alberto Tárraga;Antonio Caballero

  • Bis(indolyl)methane derivatives as highly selective colourimetric and ratiometric fluorescent molecular chemosensors for Cu2+ cations

    Rosario Martínez;Arturo Espinosa;Alberto Tárraga;Pedro Molina

  • A Click-Generated Triazole Tethered Ferrocene−Pyrene Dyad for Dual-Mode Recognition of the Pyrophosphate Anion

    Tomás Romero;Antonio Caballero;Alberto Tárraga;Pedro Molina

  • Ferrocene-based heteroditopic receptors displaying high selectivity toward lead and mercury metal cations through different channels.

    María Alfonso;Alberto Tárraga;Pedro Molina

  • Electroactive thiazole derivatives capped with ferrocenyl units showing charge-transfer transition and selective ion-sensing properties: a combined experimental and theoretical study.

    Antonio Caballero;Vega Lloveras;David Curiel;Alberto Tárraga

  • Ferrocene-based ureas as multisignaling receptors for anions.

    Francisco Oton;Alberto Tarraga;Arturo Espinosa;Maria D. Velasco

  • Synthesis of pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4]benzodiazepines via an Intramolecular Aza-Wittig reaction. Synthesis of the antibiotic DC-81

    Pedro Molina;Isidora Díaz;Alberto Tárraga

  • Imidazole-annelated ferrocene derivatives as highly selective and sensitive multichannel chemical probes for Pb(II) cations.

    Fabiola Zapata;Antonio Caballero;Arturo Espinosa;Alberto Tárraga

  • A simple and robust reversible redox–fluorescence molecular switch based on a 1,4-disubstituted azine with ferrocene and pyrene units

    Rosario Martínez;Imma Ratera;Alberto Tárraga;Pedro Molina

  • A bisferrocene-benzobisimidazole triad as a multichannel ditopic receptor for selective sensing of hydrogen sulfate and mercury ions.

    María Alfonso;Alberto Tárraga;Pedro Molina

  • Preparation, Structural Characterization, Electrochemistry, and Sensing Properties toward Anions and Cations of Ferrocene-Triazole Derivatives

    Tomás Romero;Raúl A. Orenes;Alberto Tárraga;Pedro Molina

  • A new fluoride selective electrochemical and fluorescent chemosensor based on a ferrocene-naphthalene dyad.

    Francisco Otón;Alberto Tárraga;María D. Velasco;Arturo Espinosa

  • Triple channel sensing of Pb(II) ions by a simple multiresponsive ferrocene receptor having a 1-deazapurine backbone.

    Fabiola Zapata;Antonio Caballero;Arturo Espinosa;and Alberto Tárraga

  • Ferrocene-based multichannel ion-pair recognition receptors.

    Pedro Molina;Alberto Tárraga;María Alfonso

  • [3.3]Ferrocenophanes with guanidine bridging units as multisignalling receptor molecules for selective recognition of anions, cations, and amino acids.

    Francisco Otón;Arturo Espinosa;Alberto Tárraga;Carmen Ramírez de Arellano

  • A bis-guanidine-based multisignaling sensor molecule that displays redox-ratiometric behavior or fluorescence enhancement in the presence of anions and cations.

    Francisco Otón;and Alberto Tárraga;Pedro Molina

Frequent Co-Authors

Pedro Molina
Pedro Molina University of Murcia
Jaume Veciana
Jaume Veciana Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona
Klaus Wurst
Klaus Wurst University of Innsbruck
José Elguero
José Elguero Spanish National Research Council
Concepció Rovira
Concepció Rovira Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona
Teodor Parella
Teodor Parella Autonomous University of Barcelona
Ibon Alkorta
Ibon Alkorta Spanish National Research Council
Stephanus Büttgenbach
Stephanus Büttgenbach Technische Universität Braunschweig
Chih-Hao Chang
Chih-Hao Chang Yuan Ze University

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