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Diego Peña is affiliated with the University of Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering, Materials Science, and Physics and Astronomy, with a particular focus on subfields including Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Biomedical Engineering, and Organic Chemistry.

The scientist's work covers a range of main research topics such as Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures, Graphene research and applications, Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, Quantum and electron transport phenomena, Advanced Chemical Physics Studies, Topological Materials and Phenomena, and the Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds.

Peña has authored publications in several prominent venues, notable among them:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • ACS Nano
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie

Frequent collaborators in their work include Manuel Vilas-Varela, José Ignacio Pascual, Martina Corso, Dimas G. de Oteyza, and Dolores Pérez.

Selected recent papers by Diego Peña illustrate their focus on nanoscale materials and molecular engineering:

  • Uncovering the Triplet Ground State of Triangular Graphene Nanoflakes Engineered with Atomic Precision on a Metal Surface (2020), published in Physical Review Letters
  • On-Surface Synthesis and Collective Spin Excitations of a Triangulene-Based Nanostar (2021), published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Aza-Triangulene: On-Surface Synthesis and Electronic and Magnetic Properties (2022), published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Magnetism of Topological Boundary States Induced by Boron Substitution in Graphene Nanoribbons (2020), published in Physical Review Letters
  • Selectivity in single-molecule reactions by tip-induced redox chemistry (2022), published in Science

Best Publications

  • Unraveling the Molecular Structures of Asphaltenes by Atomic Force Microscopy

    Bruno Schuler;Gerhard Meyer;Diego Peña;Oliver C. Mullins

  • Bond-order discrimination by atomic force microscopy.

    Leo Gross;Fabian Mohn;Nikolaj Moll;Bruno Schuler

  • Inside Cover: [16]Cloverphene: a Clover‐Shaped cata‐Condensed Nanographene with Sixteen Fused Benzene Rings (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1/2012)

    José M. Alonso;Alba E. Díaz-Álvarez;Alejandro Criado;Dolores Pérez

  • Bottom-up synthesis of multifunctional nanoporous graphene

    César Moreno;Manuel Vilas-Varela;Bernhard Kretz;Aran Garcia-Lekue;Aran Garcia-Lekue

  • Highly Enantioselective Rhodium-Catalyzed Hydrogenation of β-Dehydroamino Acid Derivatives Using Monodentate Phosphoramidites

    Diego Peña;Adriaan J. Minnaard;Johannes G. de Vries;D. Pena Gil

  • Efficient Palladium-Catalyzed Cyclotrimerization of Arynes: Synthesis of Triphenylenes.

    Diego Peña;Sonia Escudero;Dolores Pérez;Enrique Guitián

  • PALLADIUM-CATALYZED COCYCLIZATION OF ARYNES WITH ALKYNES : SELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF PHENANTHRENES AND NAPHTHALENES

    Diego Peña;Dolores Pérez;Enrique Guitián;Luis Castedo

  • Heavy Oil Based Mixtures of Different Origins and Treatments Studied by Atomic Force Microscopy

    Bruno Schuler;Shadi Fatayer;Gerhard Meyer;Estrella Rogel

  • Aryne Cycloaddition Reactions in the Synthesis of Large Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds

    Dolores Pérez;Diego Peña;Enrique Guitián

  • On-surface generation and imaging of arynes by atomic force microscopy

    Niko Pavliček;Bruno Schuler;Sara Collazos;Nikolaj Moll

  • Reversible Bergman cyclization by atomic manipulation

    Bruno Schuler;Shadi Fatayer;Fabian Mohn;Nikolaj Moll

  • Synthesis of Hexabenzotriphenylene and Other Strained Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Palladium-Catalyzed Cyclotrimerization of Arynes

    Diego Peña;Dolores Pérez;and Enrique Guitián;Luis Castedo

  • Insertion of Arynes into σ Bonds

    Diego Peña;Dolores Pérez;Enrique Guitián

  • On the mechanism of the copper-catalyzed enantioselective 1,4-addition of grignard reagents to alpha,beta-unsaturated carbonyl compounds.

    Syuzanna R. Harutyunyan;Fernando Lopez;Wesley R. Browne;Arkaitz Correa

  • Selective palladium-catalyzed cocyclotrimerization of arynes with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate: A versatile method for the synthesis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

    Diego Peña;Dolores Pérez;Enrique Guitián;Luis Castedo

  • Substrate-Independent Growth of Atomically Precise Chiral Graphene Nanoribbons

    Dimas G. de Oteyza;Dimas G. de Oteyza;Dimas G. de Oteyza;Aran García-Lekue;Aran García-Lekue;Manuel Vilas-Varela;Néstor Merino-Díez

  • Atomic Force Microscopy for Molecular Structure Elucidation.

    Leo Gross;Bruno Schuler;Bruno Schuler;Niko Pavliček;Shadi Fatayer

  • Improving conversion and enantioselectivity in hydrogenation by combining different monodentate phosphoramidites; a new combinatorial approach in asymmetric catalysis

    Diego Peña;Adriaan J. Minnaard;Jeroen A.F. Boogers;André H.M. de Vries

  • Decacene: On-Surface Generation

    Justus Krüger;Fátima García;Frank Eisenhut;Dmitry Skidin

  • Single spin localization and manipulation in graphene open-shell nanostructures

    Jingcheng Li;Sofia Sanz;Martina Corso;Martina Corso;Deung Jang Choi;Deung Jang Choi;Deung Jang Choi

  • Copper-catalyzed asymmetric conjugate addition of Grignard reagents to cyclic enones

    Ben L. Feringa;Ramón Badorrey;Diego Peña;Syuzanna R. Harutyunyan

Frequent Co-Authors

Enrique Guitián
Enrique Guitián University of Santiago de Compostela
Leo Gross
Leo Gross IBM (United States)
Luis Castedo
Luis Castedo University of Santiago de Compostela
Gerhard Meyer
Gerhard Meyer IBM (United States)
Daniel Sánchez-Portal
Daniel Sánchez-Portal University of the Basque Country
Adriaan J. Minnaard
Adriaan J. Minnaard University of Groningen
Ben L. Feringa
Ben L. Feringa University of Groningen
Christian Joachim
Christian Joachim Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées

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