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Josep M. Poblet is affiliated with Rovira i Virgili University in Spain. Their research spans key areas within materials science and chemistry, with a strong focus on subfields such as materials chemistry, organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability, and atomic and molecular physics.

The primary topics of their work include:

  • Fullerene Chemistry and Applications
  • Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies

Their frequent coauthors reflect a collaborative research environment and include:

  • Antonio Rodríguez-Fortea
  • Yang-Rong Yao
  • Ning Chen
  • Laura Abella
  • Albert Solé-Daura

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Poblet include:

  • "Effective Storage of Electrons in Water by the Formation of Highly Reduced Polyoxometalate Clusters," 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Catalyst Design for Alkene Epoxidation by Molecular Analogues of Heterogeneous Titanium-Silicalite Catalysts," 2020, ACS Catalysis
  • "A New Class of Molecular Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution: Catalytic Activity of M3N@C2n (2n = 68, 78, and 80) Fullerenes," 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Characterization of a strong covalent Th3+-Th3+ bond inside an Ih(7)-C80 fullerene cage," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Water oxidation electrocatalysis in acidic media with Co-containing polyoxometalates," 2020, Journal of Catalysis

Josep M. Poblet has contributed extensively to several publication venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie

In total, Poblet's work includes over a hundred publications in materials science, reflecting a strong concentration in chemistry-related topics, particularly the chemistry of complex molecular structures such as fullerenes and polyoxometalates. This profile sketches a scientific career deeply embedded in exploring chemical synthesis, structural characterization, and catalytic applications within advanced materials.

Best Publications

  • Managing the Computational Chemistry Big Data Problem: The ioChem-BD Platform

    M. Álvarez-Moreno;C. de Graaf;N. López;F. Maseras

  • Structure, properties and reactivity of polyoxometalates: a theoretical perspective

    Xavier López;Jorge J. Carbó;Carles Bo;Josep M. Poblet

  • Polyoxometalate electrocatalysts based on earth-abundant metals for efficient water oxidation in acidic media.

    Marta Blasco-Ahicart;Joaquín Soriano-López;Jorge J. Carbó;Josep M. Poblet

  • Endohedral metallofullerenes: a unique host–guest association

    Antonio Rodríguez-Fortea;Alan L. Balch;Josep M. Poblet

  • Design and fabrication of memory devices based on nanoscale polyoxometalate clusters

    Christoph Busche;Laia Vilà-Nadal;Jun Yan;Haralampos N. Miras

  • Electronic properties of polyoxometalates: electron and proton affinity of mixed-addenda Keggin and Wells-Dawson anions.

    Xavier López;Carles Bo;Josep M Poblet

  • Ab initio and DFT modelling of complex materials: towards the understanding of electronic and magnetic properties of polyoxometalates.

    Josep M. Poblet;Xavier López;Carles Bo

  • Structure, reactivity, and growth pathways of metallocarbohedrenes m(8)c(12) and transition metal/carbon clusters and nanocrystals: a challenge to computational chemistry.

    Marie-Madeleine Rohmer;Marc Bénard;Josep-M. Poblet

  • Electronic and Magnetic Properties of α-Keggin Anions: A DFT Study of [XM12O40]n-, (M = W, Mo; X = AlIII, SiIV, PV, FeIII, CoII, CoIII ) and [SiM11VO40]m- (M = Mo and W)

    Joan Miquel Maestre;Xavier Lopez;Carles Bo;Josep-M. Poblet, ,† and

  • Bonding within the Endohedral Fullerenes Sc3N@C78 and Sc3N@C80 as Determined by Density Functional Calculations and Reexamination of the Crystal Structure of {Sc3N@C78}·Co(OEP)}·1.5(C6H6)·0.3(CHCl3)

    Josep M. Campanera;Carles Bo;Marilyn M. Olmstead;Alan L. Balch

  • Electronic properties of polyoxometalates: a DFT study of alpha/beta-[XM(12)O(40)](n-) relative stability (M=W, Mo and X a main group element).

    Xavier López;Joan Miquel Maestre;Carles Bo;Josep-M. Poblet

  • Polyoxometalates with internal cavities: redox activity, basicity, and cation encapsulation in [Xn+P5W30O110](15-n)- Preyssler complexes, with X = Na+, Ca2+, Y3+, La3+, Ce3+, and Th4+.

    Jorge A. Fernández;Xavier López;Carles Bo;Coen de Graaf

  • General rule for the stabilization of fullerene cages encapsulating trimetallic nitride templates.

    Josep M. Campanera;Carles Bo;Josep M. Poblet

  • The Smallest Stable Fullerene, M@C28 (M = Ti, Zr, U): Stabilization and Growth from Carbon Vapor

    Paul W. Dunk;Nathan K. Kaiser;Marc Mulet-Gas;Antonio Rodríguez-Fortea

  • Mechanistic insights into alkene epoxidation with H2O2 by Ti- and other TM-containing polyoxometalates: role of the metal nature and coordination environment.

    Nadya S. Antonova;Jorge J. Carbó;Ulrich Kortz;Oxana A. Kholdeeva

  • The maximum pentagon separation rule provides a guideline for the structures of endohedral metallofullerenes

    Antonio Rodríguez-Fortea;Núria Alegret;Alan L. Balch;Josep M. Poblet

  • Zr(IV)-monosubstituted Keggin-type dimeric polyoxometalates: synthesis, characterization, catalysis of H2O2-based oxidations, and theoretical study.

    Oxana A. Kholdeeva;Gennadii M. Maksimov;Raisa I. Maksimovskaya;Marina P. Vanina

  • A seven atom cluster in a carbon cage, the crystallographically determined structure of Sc4(μ3-O)3@Ih-C80

    Brandon Q. Mercado;Marilyn M. Olmstead;Christine M. Beavers;Michael L. Easterling

  • The Shape of the Sc2(μ2-S) Unit Trapped in C82: Crystallographic, Computational, and Electrochemical Studies of the Isomers, Sc2(μ2-S)@Cs(6)-C82 and Sc2(μ2-S)@C3v(8)-C82

    Brandon Q. Mercado;Ning Chen;Antonio Rodríguez-Fortea;Mary A. Mackey

  • Sc2(μ2-O) Trapped in a Fullerene Cage: The Isolation and Structural Characterization of Sc2(μ2-O)@Cs(6)-C82 and the Relevance of the Thermal and Entropic Effects in Fullerene Isomer Selection

    Brandon Q. Mercado;Melissa A. Stuart;Mary A. Mackey;Jane E. Pickens

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonio Rodríguez-Fortea
Antonio Rodríguez-Fortea Rovira i Virgili University
Jorge J. Carbó
Jorge J. Carbó Rovira i Virgili University
Carles Bo
Carles Bo Rovira i Virgili University
Luis Echegoyen
Luis Echegoyen The University of Texas at El Paso
Ulrich Kortz
Ulrich Kortz Jacobs University
Alan L. Balch
Alan L. Balch University of California, Davis
Leroy Cronin
Leroy Cronin University of Glasgow
Marilyn M. Olmstead
Marilyn M. Olmstead University of California, Davis
José Ramón Galán-Mascarós
José Ramón Galán-Mascarós Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Bassem S. Bassil
Bassem S. Bassil Jacobs University

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