Thickness dependent structural transition in Ph-BTBT-10 thin films and stabilization of the ubiquitous interface bilayer
S. Yan, A. Cazorla, E. Solano, U. Zschieschang, K. Klauk, C. Ocal, E. Barrena
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2025 17, 2, 4176–4184  DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c17778

Bimodal Atomic Force Microscopy with a Torsional Eigenmode for Highly Accurate Imaging of Grain Orientation in Organic Thin Films
R. Arilla, E. Barrena, C. Ocal, D. Martin-Jimenez
Nano Letters 2025 25, 9, 3597–3604 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c06499

Polar polymorphism: a new intermediate structure towards the thin-film phase in asymmetric benzothieno[3,2-b][1]-benzothiophene Derivatives
S. Yan, D. Cornil, J. Cornil, D. Beljonne, R. Palacios-Rivera, C. Ocal, E. Barrena
Chem. Mater. 2024, 36, 1, 585–595  DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c02926

Monodentate versus Bidentate Anchoring Groups in Self-Assembling Molecules (SAMs) for Robust p−i−n Perovskite SolarCells
E. Yalcin, E. Aktas, M. Mendéz, E. Arkan, J. G. Sánchez, E. Martínez-Ferrero, F. Silvestri, E. Barrena, M. Can,* S. Demic,* E. Palomares*
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2023, 15, 49, 57153–57164 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c13727

Compelling DNA Intercalation through “Anion-Anion” Anti-Coulombic Interaction: Boron Nanocarriers as Promising Anticancer Agents
L. Gutiérrez-Gálvez, T. García-Mendiola, E. Lorenzo, M. Nuez, C. Ocal, S. Yan, F. Teixidor, T. Pinheiro, F. Marques, C. Viñas
Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2024, 12, 9550-9565 DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01177E  (Supporting Information)

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Imaging the adsorption sites of organic molecules on metallic surfaces by an adaptive tunnelling current feedback
D. Martin-Jimenez, Q. Zhong, A. Schirmeisen, D. Ebeling
Nanotechnology,  2024, 35, 47, 475703 DOI 10.1088/1361-6528/ad726a 

Synergistic Effect of Solvent Vapor Annealing and Chemical Doping for Achieving High-Performance Organic Field-Effect Transistors with Ideal Electrical Characteristics
J. Li, Adara Babuji, L. Fijahi, A. James, R. Resel, T. Salzillo, R. Pfattner, C. Ocal, E. Barrena, M. Mas-Torrent
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2023, 15, 4, 5521–5528 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c16760

Understanding the role of non-fullerene acceptor crystallinity in the charge transport properties and performance of organic solar cells
P. Mondelli, P. Kaienburg, F. Silvestri, R. Scatena, C. Welton, M. Grandjean, V. Lemaur, E. Solano, M. Nyman, P.N. Horton, S.J. Coles, E. Barrena, M. Riede, P. Radaelli, D. Beljonne, G.N.M.  Redd, G. Morse
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2023, 11, 16263 DOI: 10.1039/d3ta03284a

Activities of Women in Physics group in Spain
P. García-Martínez, A. X. López, M. Tórtola, C. Ocal, L. Chico, M. F. Morcillo-Arencibia, P. López-Sancho
AIP Conf. Proc. 2023, 3040, 050034, DOI: 10.1063/5.0175761 

SbSeI and SbSeBr micro-columnar solar cells by a novel high pressure-based synthesis process
I. Caño, A. Navarro-Güel, E. Maggi, M. Barrio, J.L. Tamarit, S. Svatek, E. Antolín, S. Yan, E. Barrena, B. Galiana, M. Placidi, J. Puigdollers, E. Saucedo
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2023, 11, 17616, DOI: 10.1039/d3ta03179a

Cocineros Moleculares 
Daniel Martín-Jiménez
Revista Española de Física • 37-2 • abril-junio 2023

With this publication, D. Martin-Jimenez got the RSEF-BBVA prize in the category of Best Divulgation Contribution in the RSEF publication. 

On-surface products from de-fluorination of C60F48 on Ag(111): C60, C60Fx and silver fluoride formation
E. Barrena, R. Palacios-Rivera, A. Babuji, L. Schio, M. Tormen, L. Floreano, C. Ocal
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2022, 24, 2349-2356.  DOI:10.1039/D1CP05146F

Real-Space Image of Charged Patches in Tunable-Size Nanocrystals
J. Martínez-Esaín, A. Pérez-Rodríguez, J. Faraudo, E. Barrena, R. Yáñez, C. Ocal, S. Ricart
Materials 2022, 15, 1455. DOI:10.3390/ma15041455 

Chemical Doping of the Organic Semiconductor C8-BTBT-C8 Using an Aqueous Iodine Solution for Device Mobility Enhancement
J. Li, A. Babuji, I. Temiño, T. Salzillo, F. D’Amico, R. Pfattner, C. Ocal, E. Barrena, M. Mas-Torrent
Adv. Mat. Technol. 2022, 2101535(8) DOI: 10.1002/admt.202101535

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Understanding the blade coated to roll-to-roll coated performance gap in organic photovoltaics
R. Adel, G. Morse, F. Silvestri, E. Barrena, E. martínez-Ferrero, M. Campoy-Quiles, P. Tiwana, M. Stella
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2022, 245, 111852 DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2022.111852

Charge-Transfer Complexes in Organic Field-Effect Transistors: Superior Suitability for Surface Doping 
A. Babuji,  A. Cazorla, E. Solano, C. Habenicht, H. Kleemann, C. Ocal, K. Leo, E. Barrena
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2022, 14, 39, 44632–44641  DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c09168

Temperature-induced polymorphism of a benzothiophene derivative: reversibility and impact on the thin film morphology
S. Yan, A. Cazorla, A. Babuji, E. Solano, Ch. Ruzié, Y.H. Geerts, C. Ocal, E. Barrena
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2022, 24, 24562-24569 DOI: 10.1039/D2CP03467K

Oscillations:Nonlinear theory and applications in AFM
S. Santos, T.A. Olukan, L. Elsherbiny, A. Verdaguer, M. Chiesa
UiT Norges arktiske universitet, 2022, 89p

Dielectric behavior of curcuminoid polymorphs on different substrates by direct soft vacuum deposition
D. Riba-López, R. Zaffino, D. Herrera, R. Matheu, F. Silvestri, J. Ferreira da Silva, E. C. Sañudo, M. Mas-Torrent, E. Barrena, R. Pfattner, E. Ruiz, A. González, N. Aliaga-Alcalde
IScience 25 (12), 105686 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105686

Measurement of stress distribution at the nanoscale: Towards stress nanotomography
A. Gómez, V.V.Palyuilin, G.V. Ryzhakov, N.V. Brillantov, E.V. Dubrovin, A. Verdaguer, J. Sort
J. of Mech. and Phys. of Solids 2022, 164, 104895  DOI:10.1016/j.jmps.2022.104895

Design Dependence of the Interface Structure and Crystalline Order of Organic Semiconductor/Dopant Heterojunctions: Pentacene/C60F48
F. Silvestri, L. Pithan, A. Babuji, C. Ocal, E. Barrena.  J. Phys. Chem. C, 2021, 125, 9, 5363–5371.  DOI:10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c11439R

From high quality packing to disordered nucleation or phase separation in donor/acceptor interfaces: ClAlPc-C60 on Au(111)
E. Barrena, R. Palacios-Rivera, J.I. Martínez, C. Ocal.  Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2021,23, 14363-14371.  DOI: 10.1039/D1CP01312B

A liquid-Crystalline Non-fullerene Acceptor Enabling High Performance Organic Solar Cells
P. Mondelli, F. Silvestri, L. Ciammaruchi, E. Solano, E. Beltrán, E. Barrena, M. Riede, G. Morse.  J. Mater. Chem. A, 2021, 9, 26917-26928. DOI: 10. 1039/D1TA07822D 

Effect of Humidity on the Writing Speed and Domain Wall Dynamics of Ferroelectric Domains
I. Spasojevic, A. Verdaguer, G. Catalan, Neus Domingo.  Adv. Electronic Mat., 2021, 2100650, DOI: 10.1002/aelm.202100650

Freezing efficiency of feldspars is affected by their history of previous freeze–thaw events
E. Pach, A. Verdaguer.  Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2021, 23, 24905-24914. DOI: 10.1039/D1CP02548A

Oxidation processes at the surface of BaTiO3 thin films under environmental conditions
I. Spasojevic, G. Sauthier, J.M. Caicedo, A. Verdaguer, N. Domingo Appl. Surf.Sci 2021, 565, 150288, DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2021.150288

Local and correlated studies of humidity-mediated ferroelectric thin film surface charge dynamics
I. Gaponenko, L. Musy, N. Domingo, N. Stucki, A. Verdaguer, N. Bassiri-Gharb, P. Paruch. npj Comput Mater 2021, 7, 163. DOI:10.1038/s41524-021-00615-4

Nanoscale Wetting of Single Viruses
A. Calò, A. Eleta-Lopez, T. Ondarçuhu, A. Verdaguer, A.M. Bittner. Molecules 2021, 26, 5184. DOI: 10.3390/molecules26175184

Investigating the Ubiquitous Presence of Nanometric Water Films on Surfaces
S. Santos, C.A. Amadei, C.-Y. Lai, Tuza Olukan, J.-Y. Lu, J. Font, V. Barcons, A. Verdaguer, M. Chiesa. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2021, 125, 15759-15772. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c03767 COVER: https://pubs.acs.org/toc/jpccck/125/29

Advances in dynamic AFM: From nanoscale energy dissipation to material properties in the nanoscale
S. Santos, K. Gadelrab, C.-Y. Lai, Tuza Olukan, J.-Y. Lu, J. Font, V. Barcons, A. Verdaguer, M. Chiesa.  J. Appl. Phys. 2021, 129, 134302. DOI: 10.1063/5.0041366

Impact of Nanomorphology on Surface Doping of Organic Semiconductors: The Pentacene−C60F48 Interface
F. Silvestri, M.J. Prieto, A. Babuji, L.C. Tănase, L. de Souza Caldas, O. Solomeshch, Th. Schmidt, C. Ocal, E. Barrena
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2020, 12, 22, 25444–25452     DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c05583

Double Beneficial Role of Fluorinated Fullerene Dopants on Organic Thin Film Transistors: Structural Stability and Improved Performance
A. Babuji, I. Temiño, A. Pérez-Rodríguez, O. Solomeshch, N. Tessler, M. Vila, J. Li, M. Mas-Torrent, C. Ocal, E. Barrena
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2020, 12, 25, 28416–28425     DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c06418

Surface specificity and mechanistic pathway of de-fluorination of C60F48 on coinage metals
R. Palacios-Rivera,  D. C. Malaspina,   N. Tessler, O. Solomeshch,  J. Faraudo, E. Barrena, C. Ocal
Nanoscale Adv., 2020,2, 4529-4538   DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00513D 
Hot Article web collection for Nanoscale Advances and selected for the International Open Access week 2020 collection

Enhancing long-term device stability using thin film blends of small molecule semiconductors and insulating polymers to trap surface-induced polymorphs
T. Salzillo, A. Campos, A. Babuji, R. Santiago, S.T. Bromley, C. Ocal, E. Barrena, R. Jouclas, C. Ruzie, G. Schweicher, Y. H. Geerts, M. Mas-Torrent
Adv. Funct. Mater. 2020, 2006115. DOI: 10.1002.admf.202006115

Effect of the Organic Semiconductor Side Groups on the Structural and Electronic Properties of Their Interface with Dopants
A. Babuji, F. Silvestri, L. Pithan, A. Richard, Y. H. Geerts, N. Tessler, O. Solomeshch, C. Ocal, E. Barrena
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2020, 12, 51, 57578–57586. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c172713

Energy Alignment and Recombination in Perovskite Solar Cells: Weighted Influence on the Open Circuit Voltage
I. Gelmettia, N.F. Montcada, A. Pérez-Rodríguez, E. Barrena, C. Ocal, I. García-Benito, A. Molina-Ontoria, N. Martín, A. Vidal-Ferrana, E. Palomares
Energy and Environment Science 12 (2019) 1309-1316 DOI: 10.1039/C9EE00528E

Bipolar resistive switching on TiO₂/Au by conducting Atomic Force Microscopy
M. Linares Moreau, M. Barella, L. López-Mir, N. Ghenzi, F. Golmar, L.P. Granja, C. Ocal, P. Levy
Materials Today: Proceedings 14 (2019) 100–103 DOI:10.1016/j.matpr.2019.05.062

Water adsorption, dissociation and oxidation on SrTiO3 and ferroelectric surfaces revealed by ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
N. Domingo, E. Pach, K. Cordero-Edwards, V. Perez-Dieste, C. Escudero, A. Verdaguer
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. (2019) 21, 4920-4930 DOI: 10.1039/c8cp07632d

Effect of the Molecular Polarizability of SAMs on the Work Function Modification of Gold: Closed- versus Open-Shell Donor–Acceptor SAMs
V. Diez-Cabanes, D. C. Morales, M. Souto, M. Paradinas, F. Delchiaro, A. Painelli, C. Ocal, D. Cornil, J. Cornil, J. Veciana, I. Ratera
Adv. Mater. Technol. 4 (2019) 1800152   DOI: 10.1002/admt.201800152

Face dependent footprints of carpet-like graphene films grown on polycrystalline silicon carbide.
C. Ramírez, E. García,E. Barrena, A. De Pablos, M. Belmonte, M.I. Osendi, P. Miranzo, C. Ocal
Carbon 153 (2019) 417-427  DOI:10.1016/j.carbon.2019.07.031

Pores Dominate Ice Nucleation on Feldspars
E. Pach, A. Verdaguer
J. Phys. Chem. C 123 (2019) 34, 20998–21004 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b05845

Surface charged species and electrochemistry of ferroelectric thin film
N. Domingo, I. Gaponenko, K. Cordero-Edwards, N. Stucki, V. Pérez-Dieste, C. Escudero, E. Pach, A. Verdaguer, P. Paruch
Nanoscale 11 (2019) 17920  DOI: 10.1039/c9nr05526f

 

Real Space Demonstration of Induced Crystalline 3D Nanostructuration of Organic Layers
Markos Paradinas, Ana Pérez-Rodríguez, Esther Barrena, Carmen Ocal
J. Phys. Chem. B (2018) 122(2), 633−639DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b05342

In-situ Scrutiny of the Relationship between Polymorphic Phases and Properties of Self-Assembled Monolayers of a Biphenyl Based Thiol 
Markos Paradinas, Carmen Munuera, Manfred Buck, Carmen Ocal
J. Phys. Chem. B (2018) 122(2), 657-665DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b05958

Decoding the vertical phase separation and its impact on C8-BTBT:PS transistor properties
Ana Pérez-Rodríguez, Inés Tremiño, Carmen Ocal, Marta Mas-Torrent, Esther Barrena
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (2018) 10 (8), 7296–7303DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b19279

Electron Accumulative Molecules
A.B. Buades, V. Sanchez Arderiu, D. Olid-Britos, Cl. Viñas, R. Sillanpää, M. Haukka, X. Fontrodona, M. Paradinas, C. Ocal, F. Teixidor 
J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2018), 140(8), 2957-2970 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b12815

Solving the long-standing controversy of long-chain alkanethiols surface structure on Au(111)
X. Torrelles, E. Pensa, E. Cortés, R. Salvarezza, P. Carro, C. Hernández Guerrero, C. Ocal, E. Barrena, S. Ferrer
J. Phys. Chem, C (2018), 122 (7), 3893–3902 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b11465

Boosting Self-Assembly Diversity in the Solid-State by Chiral/non-Chiral ZnII-Porphyrin Crystallization
Wenjie Qian, Arántzazu González-Campo, Ana Pérez-Rodríguez, Sabina Rodríguez-Hermida, Inhaz Imaz, Klaus Wurst, Daniel Maspoch, Eliseo Ruiz, Carmen Ocal, Esther Barrena, David B. Amabilino, and Núria Aliaga-Alcalde
Chem. Eur. J. (2018) 24,12950 –12960 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201802031

Chiral organization and Charge Redistribution in Chloroaluminum Phtalocyanine on Au(111) Beyond the Monolayer
S. Matencio, R. Palacios-Rivera, J.I. Martínez, C. Ocal and E. Barrena
J. Phys. Chem, C (2018) 122 (28), 16033–16041 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b02385

Enantiopure Supramolecular Motifs of Self-assembled Diamine-based Chiral Molecules on Cu(100)
R. Palacios-Rivera, E. Barrena,  J. Faraudo, P. Gargiani, M.A. Niño, D. Arvanitis, I. Kowalik, J.J. de Miguel and Carmen Ocal
J. Phys. Chem, C (2018)122 (42), 24129–24136 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b07322

Water at surfaces and interfaces: From molecules to ice and bulk liquid
Tomoko K. Shimizu, Sabine Maier, Albert Verdaguer, Juan-Jesus Velasco-Velez, Miquel Salmeron
Progress in Surface Science DOI: 10.1016/j.progsurf.2018.09.004

Substrate Dependence of Freezing Dynamics of Supercooled Water Films: A High-Speed Optical Microscope Study
E. Pach, L. Rodriguez, and A. Verdaguer
J. Phys. Chem. B, 2018, 122, 818-826 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b06933

A Model for the Characterization of the Polarizability of Thin Films Independently of the Thickness of the Film
G. M. Sacha, A. Verdaguer, M. Salmeron
J. Phys. Chem. B, 2018, 122, 904-909 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b06975

A molecular-scale portrait of domain imaging in organic surfaces
Ana Pérez-Rodríguez, Esther Barrena, Antón Fernández, Enrico Gnecco, Carmen Ocal
Nanoscale 9, 5589-5596 (2017)  DOI: 10.1039/c7nr01116d

Spray-coated contacts from an organic charge transfer complex solution for organic field-effect transistor
S. Georgakopoulos, A. Pérez-Rodríguez, A. Campos, I. Temiño, S. Galindo, E. Barrena, C. Ocal, M. Mas-Torrent
Organic Electronics 48, 365-370 (2017) doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2017.06.020

S-Shaped I–V Characteristics of Organic Solar Cells: Solving Mazhari’s Lumped-Parameter Equivalent Circuit
B. Romero, G. del Pozo, B. Arredondo, D. Martín-Martín, M. P. Ruiz Gordoa, A. Pickering, A. Pérez-Rodríguez, E. Barrena, F. J. García-Sánchez
IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices 64, 11, 4622-4627, (2017)

In situ Studies of Morphology Formation in Solution-Processed Polymer–Fullerene Blends
E. Barrena, F. Buss, A. Pérez-Rodríguez, M. Sanyal, B. Schmidt-Hansberg, M.F.G. Klein, Ph. Scharfer, W. Schabel, U. Lemmer
In: Leo K. (eds) Elementary Processes in Organic Photovoltaics. Advances in Polymer Science, vol 272. Springer, Cham (2017) DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-28338-8_1

Understanding the effecct of solvent vapor annealing on solution-processed A-D-A oligothiophene bulk-heterojunction solar cells: the role of alkyl side chains
C.D. Wessendorf, A. Perez-Rodriguez, J. Hanisch, A.P. Arndt, I. Ata, G.L. Schulz, A. Quintilla, P. Bäuerle, U. Lemmer, P. Wochner, E. Ahlswede, E. Barrena
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2016, 4, 2571-2580, DOI: 10.1039/C5TA07713C

Film Quality and Electronic Properties of a Surface-Anchored Metal-Organic Framework Revealed by using a Multi-technique Approach
J. Liu, M. Paradinas, L. Heinke, M. Buck, C. Ocal, V. Mugnaini, Ch. Wöll
ChemElectroChem 2016, 3, 1 – 7, DOI: 10.1002/celc.201500486

Microfluidic Pneumatic Cages: A novel approach for in-chip crystal trapping, manipulation and controlled chemical treatment
A. Abrishamkar, M. Paradinas, E. Bailo, R. Rodriguez-Trujillo, R. Pfattner, R.M. Rossi, C. Ocal, A.J. deMello, D. Amabilino, J. Puigmartí-Luis
Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2016 

Misfit Dislocation Guided Topographic and Conduction Patterning in Complex Oxide Epitaxial Thin Films
F. Sandiumenge, N. Bagués, J. Santiso, M. Paradinas, A. Pomar, Z. Konstantinovic, C. Ocal, Ll. Balcells, M.-J. Casanove, B. Martínez
Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2016, 1600106 (1-9)DOI: 10.1002/admi.201600106

Prominent local transport in silicon carbide composites containing in-situ synthesized three-dimensional graphene networks
P. Miranzo, L. López-Mir, B. Román-Manso, M. Belmonte,  M.I. Osendi, C. Ocal
Journal of the American Ceramic Society 2016, 35, 3073-3081 DOI:10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2016.04.035

Micro and nano-patterning of single-crystal diamond by swift heavy ion irradiation
G. García, I. Preda, M. Díaz-Híjar, V. Tormo-Márquez, O. Peña-Rodríguez, J. Olivares, F. Bosia, N.M. Pugno, F. Picollo, L. Giuntini, A.Sordini, P. Olivero, L. López-Mir, C. Ocal
Diamond and Related Materials, 2016, DOI:10.1016/j.diamond.2016.06.015

Gaining Further Insight into the Solvent Additive-Driven Crystallization of Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells by in Situ X‑ray Scattering and Optical Reflectometry
F. Buss, B. Schmidt-Hansberg, M. Sanyal, C. Munuera, Ph. Scharfer, W. Schabel, E. Barrena
Macromolecules 2016, 49, 4867−4874, DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00193

Growth instabilities as a source of surface chemical structuration in functional perovskite thin films
L. López-Mir, Ll. Balcells,  S. Valencia, F. Kronast, B. Martínez, J.J. de Miguel, C. Ocal
Cryst. Growth Des. 2016, 16, 5479−5486, DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.6b00933

Coming across a novel copper oxide 2D framework during the oxidation of Cu(111)
S. Matencio, E. Barrena, C. Ocal
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2016, 18, 33303 – 33309, DOI: 10.1039/C6CP07134

Giant reversible nanoscale piezoresistance at room temperature in Sr₂IrO₄ thin films
N. Domingo, L. López-Mir, M. Paradinas, V. Holy, J. Zelezny, D. Yi, S.J. Suresha, J. Liu, R. Ramesh, C. Ocal, X. Martí, G. Catalán
Nanoscale 2015, 7, 3453 – 3459 DOI: 10.1039/C4NR06954D

Bottom-up on-crystal in-chip formation of a conducting salt and a view of its restructuring: From organic insulator to conducting “switch” through microfluidic manipulation
J. Puigmartí-Luis, M. Paradinas, E. Bailo, R. RodriguezTrujillo, R. Pfattner, C. Ocal, D.B. Amabilino
Chemical Science 2015, 6, 3471-3477 DOI: 10.1039/c5sc00203f

Structure formation in diindenoperylene thin films on copper(111)

H. Aldahhak, S. Matencio, E. Barrena, C. Ocal, W. G. Schmidt and E. Rauls 
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015, 17, 8776—8783. DOI: 10.1039/c4cp05271d

 

Intramolecular force contrast and dynamic current-distance measurements at room temperature

F. Huber, S. Matencio, A.J. Weymouth, C. Ocal, E. Barrena, and F.J. Giessibl

Phys. Rev. Lett. 2015, 066101-1-4. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.066101

(Article Selected for a Viewpoint in Physics)

 

Enhanced conduction and ferromagnetic order at (100)-type twin walls in La_0.7Sr_0.3MNO₃ thin films

Ll. Balcells, M.Paradinas, N.Baguès, N.Domingo, R.Moreno, R.Galceran, M.Walls, J.Santiso, Z.Konstantinovic, A.Pomar, M_J. Casanove, C. Ocal, B. Martínez, F.Sandiumenge

Phys:Rev. B 2015, 92, 075111,1-4 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.92.075111

Instability and Surface Potential Modulation of Self-Patterned (001)SrTiO₃ Surfaces 
L. Aballe, S. Matencio, M. Foerster, E. Barrena, F. Sánchez, J. Fontcuberta and C. Ocal 
Chem.Mater. 2015, 27, 6198−6204 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b00661

Threshold-Voltage Shifts in Organic Transistors Due to SelfAssembled Monolayers at the Dielectric: Evidence for Electronic Coupling and Dipolar Effects
M. Aghamohammadi, R.Rödel, U.Zschieschang, C. Ocal, H. Boschker, R. T. Weitz, E. Barrena, H. Klauk
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2015, 7, 22775−22785 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b02747

Tailored surfaces of perovskite oxide surfaces for conducted growth of thin films
F. Sánchez, C. Ocal, J. Fontcuberta
Chemical Society Reviews 2014 43 (7), 2272 – 2285

Predicting Supramolecular Self-assembly on Reconstructed Metal Surfaces
Thomas J. Roussel, Esther Barrena, Carmen Ocal, and Jordi Faraudo
Nanoscale 2014, 6(14), 7991-8001

Influence of the Relative Molecular Orientation on Interfacial Charge-Transfer Excitons at Donor/Acceptor Nanoscale Heterojunctions
M. Aghamohammadi, A. Fernández, M. Schmidt, A. Pérez-Rodríguez, A.R.Goñi, J. Fraxedas, G. Sauthier, M. Paradinas, C. Ocal, E. Barrena.
J. Phys. Chem. C, 2014, 118 (27), pp 14833–14839

Macroscopic evidence of nanoscale resistive switching in La_2/3Sr_1/3MnO₃ micro-fabricated bridges
Peña, Luis; Garzon, Luis; Galceran, Regina; Pomar, Alberto; Bozzo, Bernat; Konstantinovic, Zorica; Sandiumenge, Felip; Balcells, Lluis; Ocal, Carmen; Martinez, Benjamin.
Journal of Physics Condensed Matter 2014, 26 – 39, 395010

Interplay between Fullerene Surface Coverage and Contact Selectivity of Cathode Interfaces in Organic Solar Cells
A.Guerrero, B. Dörling, T. Ripolles-Sanchis, M. Aghamohammadi, E. Barrena, M.o Campoy-Quiles, and G. Garcia-Belmonte, ACS Nano, 2013, 7, pp4637–4646

Surface grafting of a dense and rigid coordination polymer based on tri-para-carboxy-olychlorotriphenylmethyl radical and copper acetate
V. Mugnaini, M. Paradinas, O. Shekhah, N. Roques, C. Ocal, Ch. Wöll, J. Veciana
Jour. of Materials Chemistry C 2013, 1, 793-800, DOI: 10.1039/C2TC00037G

Heterogeneous nanotribological response of polymorphic self-assembled monolayers arising from domain and phase dependent friction
M. Paradinas, C. Munuera, Ch.Silien, M. Buck and C.Ocal
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2013, 15 (4), 1302 – 1309 DOI:10.1039/C2CP43769D

PTM Radicals for Molecular-Based Electronic Devices
N. Crivillers, M. Mas-Torrent, C. Simao, M. Paradinas, C. Munuera, C. Ocal, S.T. Bromley, C.Rovira, J. Veciana
Architecture and Design of Molecule Logic Gates and Atom Circuits, Advances in Atom and Single Molecule Machines
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013. DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-33137-4 6

In situ processing of electrically conducting graphene/SiC nanocomposites
P. Miranzo, C. Ramírez, B. Román-Manso, L. Garzón, H.R. Gutiérrez, M. Terrones, C. Ocal, M.I. Osendi, M. Belmonte
Journal of the European Ceramic Society 2013, 33, 1665-1674

“Investigation of non-halogenated solvent mixtures for high throughput fabrication of polymer-fullerene solar cells”

B. Schmidt-Hansber, M. Sanyal, N. Grossiord, Y. Galagan, M. Baunach, M. F.G. Klein, A. Colsman, P. Scharfer, U. Lemmer, H. Dosch, J. Michels, E. Barrena, W. Schabel 
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells,   96, 195–201 (2012)

Structure Formation in Low-Bandgap Polymer:Fullerene Solar Cell Blends in the Course of Solvent Evaporation

Schmidt-Hansberg, Benjamin; Klein, Michael F. G.; Sanyal, Monamie; et al.
Macromolecules, 45, 7948-7955  
DOI: 10.1021/ma300945k

Tailored Interfaces for Self-Patterning Organic Thin-Film Transistors

J.W. Ward, M.A. Loth, R. J.Kline, M. Coll, C. Ocal, J.E. Anthony, O.D. Jurchescu
Jour. of Materials Chemistry 2012, 22(36), 19047-19053  DOI: 10.1039/c2jm33974a

Nanoscale laterally-modulated properties of oxide ultrathin films by substrate termination replica through layer-by-layer growth

C. Ocal, R. Bachelet, L. Garzón, M. Stengel, F. Sánchez and J. Fontcuberta
Chem. Mat (2012)  DOI: 10.1021/cm302444s 

The memory effect of nanoscale memristors investigated by conducting scanning probe microscopy methods

C. Moreno, C. Munuera, X. Obradors and C. Ocal
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 722-730

Moving through the Phase Diagram: Morphology Formation in Solution Cast Polymer_Fullerene Blend Films for Organic Solar Cells
B. Schmidt-Hansberg, M. Sanyal, M. F. G. Klein, M. Pfaff, N.Schnabel, S. Jaiser, A. Vorobiev, E. Müller, A. Colsmann, P. Scharfer, D.Gerthsen, U. Lemmer, E. Barrena, W.Schabel
ACS Nano, 5, 8579-8590 ( 2011)

Conducted growth of SrRuO₃ nanodot arrays on self-ordered La_0.18Sr_0.82Al_0.59Ta_0.41O₃ (001) surfaces
R. Bachelet, C. Ocal, L. Garzón, J. Fontcuberta and F. Sánchez, Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 051914 (2011)

Effect of Processing Parameters on Performance of Spray-Deposited Organic Thin-Film Transistors
Jack W. Owen, Natalia A. Azarova, Marsha A. Loth, Markos Paradinas, Mariona Coll, Carmen Ocal, John E. Anthony, and Oana D. Jurchescu
Journal of Nanotechnology 2011, Article ID 914510 (2011)

Electrical conductivity maps in graphene nanoplatelet/silicon nitride composites using conducting scanning force microscopy
C. Ramirez , L. Garzón , P. Miranzo , M.I. Osendi , C. Ocal
Carbon 49, 3873 -3880 (2011)

Effect of Photovoltaic Polymer/Fullerene Blend Composition Ratio on Microstructure Evolution during Film Solidification Investigated in Real Time by X-ray Diffraction
M. Sanyal, B. Schmidt-Hansberg, M. F.G. Klein, C. Munuera, A. Vorobiev, A. Colsmann, U. Lemmer, W. Schabel, H. Dosch, E. Barrena, Macromolecules, 44, 3795 (2011)

Multi-scale electrical response of silicon nitride/multi-walled carbon nanotubes composites
J. González-Julián, Y. Iglesias, A. C. Caballero, M. Belmonte, L. Garzón, C. Ocal, P. Miranzo, M. I. Osendi
Composites Science and Technology 71, 60-66 (2011)

Formation of pyramid-like nanostructures in MBE-grown Si films on Si(001)
N. Galiana, P.P. Martin, L. Garzón, E. Rodríguez-Cañas, C. Munuera, F. Esteban-Betegón, M. Varela, C. Ocal, M. Alonso, A. Ruiz
Appl Phys A102: 731-738 (2011)

Decoupling mechanisms and magnetic stability of nanostructured iron chains prepared by sputtering
F. Jiménez-Villacorta, E. Céspedes, C. Munuera, C. Ocal and C. Prieto
Appl Phys Lett 98, 102513-1-3 (2011)

Negavite Differential Resistance (NDR) in similar molecules with distinct redox behaviour
N. Crivillers, M. Paradinas, M. Mas-Torrent, S.T. Bromley, C. Rovira, C. Ocal and J. Veciana
Chem. Commun., 47, 4664-4666 (2011)

Tunable symmetry and periodicity in binary supramolecular nanostructures
D. G. de Oteyza, E. Barrena, H. Dosch, J. E. Ortega and Y. Wakayama
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 13, 4220-4223 (2011)

Growth mechanisms of phthalocyanine nanowires induced by Au nanoparticle templates
T.N. Krauss, E. Barrena, T.Lohmüller, J.P. Spatz and H. Dosch
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 13, 5940-5944 (2011)

In-situ x-ray study of drying temperature influence on the structural evolution of bulk heterojunction polymer-fullerene solar cells processed by doctor-blading

M. Sanyal, B. Schmidt-Hansberg, M. F.G. Klein, A. Colsmann, C. Munuera, A. Vorobiev, U. Lemmer, W. Schabel, H. Dosch, E. Barrena, Advanced Energy Materials, 1, 362 (2011)

Strong water-mediated friction asymmetry and surface dynamics of zwitterionic solids at ambient conditions: L-alanine as a case study
J.J. Segura, A. Verdaguer, L. Garzón, E. Barrena, C. Ocal and J. Fraxedas
J. Chem. Phys. 134(13), 124705-1-9 (2011)

Effect of Processing Parameters on Performance of Spray-deposited Organic Thin-Film Transistors.
Jack W. Owen, Natalia A. Azarova, Marsha A. Loth, Markos Paradinas, Mariona Coll, Carmen Ocal, John E. Anthony, and Oana D. Jurchescu. Materials and Devices for Organic Electronics issue of J. of Nanotechnology Volume 2011, Article ID 914510 (2011) DOI:10.1155/2011/914510 

Photovoltaic Response to Structural Modifications on a Series of Conjugated Polymers Based on 2-Aryl-2H-benzotriazoles
Felix M. Pasker, Michael F. G. Klein, Monamie Sanyal, Esther Barrena, Uli Lemmer, Alexander Colsmann, Sigurd Höger
J. of Polymer Science part A: Polymer Chemistry 49, 5001-5011 (2011)

Study of nano-conductive and magnetic properties of nanostructured iron films prepared by sputtering at very low termperatures
Félix Jiménez-Villacorta, Carmen Munuera, Carmen Ocal, Carlos Prieto
Journal of Nanoparticle Research 12, 1117-1127 (2010)

Tuning the local frictional and electrostatic responses of nanostructured SrTiO3 -surfaces by self-assembled molecular monolayers
M. Paradinas, L. Garzón, F .Sánchez, R. Bachelet, D.B. Amabilino, J. Fontcuberta and C. Ocal
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 12,4452-4458 (2010)

New Insight into the Role of the Interfacial Molecular Structure on Growth and Scaling in Organic Heterostructures
Y. Zhang, E. Barrena, X. Zhang, A. Turak, F. Maye, H. Dosch
J. Phys. Chem. C 114, 13752-13758 (2010)

Contrast inversion in non-contact Dynamic Scanning Force Microscopy: What is high and what is low?
E. Palacios-Lidon, C. Munuera, C.Ocal, J.Colchero
Ultramicroscopy 110, 789-800 (2010)

Tuning the Chirality of Low-dimensional Supramolecular Structures with the Number of Stereogenic Centers in the Component Porphyrins
Patrizia Iavicoli, Hong Xu, Lise N. Feldborg, Mathieu Linares, Markos Paradinas, Sven Stafsröm, Carmen Ocal, Roberto Lazzaroni, Steven De Feyter, David B. Amabilino
Journal of the American Chemical Society 132, 9350-9362(2010)

Reversible Resistive Switching and Multilevel Recording in La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 Thin Films for Low Cost Nonvolatile Memories
César Moreno, Carmen Munuera, Sergio Valencia, Florian Kronast, Xavier Obradors, Carmen Ocal
Nanoletters 10, 3828-3835 (2010)

Copper-phthalocyanine based metal-organic interfaces: The effect of fluorination, the substrate, and its symmetry
D. G. de Oteyza,A. El-Sayed, J. M. Garcia-Lastra, E. Goiri, T. N. Krauss,
A. Turak, E. Barrena, H. Dosch, J. Zegenhagen, A. Rubio, Y. Wakayama, J. E. Ortega
Journal of Chemical Physics 133, 214703-214703-6 (2010)

Layer-By-Layer Electropeeling of Organic Conducting Material Imaged In Real Time
C. Munuera, J. Puigmartí-Luis, M. Paradinas, L. Garzón, D.B. Amabilino, C. Ocal
Small 5, 214-220 (2009)

Dramatic influence of the electronic structure on the conductivity through open and closed-shell molecules
N. Crivillers, C. Munuera, M. Mas-Torrent, C. Simao, S. T. Bromley, C. Ocal, C. Rovira and J. Veciana
Advanced Materials 21, 1177-1181 (2009)

Controlling Interpenetration in Metal-Organic Frameworks by Liquid Phase Epitaxy
Osama Shekhah, Hui Wang, Markos Paradinas, Carmen Ocal, Björn Schüpbach, Andreas Terfort, Denise Zacher, Roland A. Fischer, and Christof Wöll
Nature Materials 8, 481 – 484 (2009)

Self-assembly of SrTiO3(001) chemical-terminations: a route for oxide-nanostructure fabrication by selective growth
R. Bachelet, F. Sánchez, J. Santiso, C. Munuera, C. Ocal and J. Fontcuberta
Chemical Materials 21, 2494-2498 (2009)

Pyramid-like nanostructures created by Si homoepitaxy on Si(001)
N. Galiana, P. P. Martin, C. Munuera, M. Varela, C. Ocal, M. Alonso and A. Ruiz
Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing 12, 52-56(2009)

Exploring the tilt-angle dependence of electron tunneling across molecular junctions of self-assembled alkanethiols
T. Frederiksen, C. Munuera, C. Ocal, M. Brandbyge, M. Paulsson, D. Sanchez-Portal, and A. Arnau
ACS Nano 3, 2073-2080 (2009)

Absence of self-heated bistable resistivity in La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 films up to high current densities
C. Moreno, C. Munuera, A. Pérez del Pino, J. Gutiérrez, T. Puig, C. Ocal, and X. Obradors
Physical Review B 80, 094412(6) (2009)

Atomically flat SrO-terminated SrTiO3(001) substrate
R. Bachelet, F. Sánchez, F.J. Palomares, C. Ocal and J. Fontcuberta
Applied Physics Letters 95, 141915 (2009)

Load-free determination of film structure dependent tunneling decay factors in molecular junctions
C. Munuera and C. Ocal
J. Phys. Chem. C 113, 21903-21910 (2009)

Grafting of monocarboxylic substituted polychlorotriphenylmethyl radicals on a COOH-functionalized self assembled monolayer through copper (II) metal ions
O. Shekhah, N. Roques, V. Mugnaini, C. Munuera, C. Ocal, J. Veciana, C. Wöll
Langmuir, 24(13) 6640-6648 (2008)

Aleaciones de Titanio. Superficies modificadas para obtener propiedades elásticas que aumenten su biocompatibilidad.
C. Munuera, T.R. Matzelle, N. Kruse, M.F. López, A. Gutiérrez, J. A. Jiménez, C. Ocal
Investigación y Ciencia, sección Ciencia y Sociedad. Número de Junio, 10-11 (2008)

Nanomechanical properties of surface-modified titanium alloys for biomedical applications.
D. Cáceres, C. Munuera, C. Ocal, J. A. Jiménez, A. Gutiérrez, M.F. López
Acta Biomaterialia 4(5), 1545-1552 (2008)

The controlled growth of oriented metal organic frameworks on functionalized surfaces as followed by Scanning Force Microscopy
C. Munuera, O. Shekhah, Hui Wang, Ch. Wöll, C. Ocal
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 10, 7257 – 7261 (2008)

Scanning Force Microscopy three-dimensional modes applied to conductivity measurements trough linear chain organic SAMs
C. Munuera, E. Barrena, C. Ocal
Nanotechnology 18, 125505-125512 (2007)

Deciphering structural domains of alkanethiol self-assembled configurations by Friction Force Microscopy
C. Munuera, E. Barrena, C. Ocal
Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 111(49); 12721-12726 (2007)