PUBLICATIONS

2023

ARTICLE – Continuous Flow Catalyst-Free Mechanochemical Conversion of Isoeugenol and Vanillyl Alcohol for Vanillin Production: From Lab Experiments to Scaled-Up Premises

Martín-Perales, A. I.; Rodríguez-Padrón, D.; Balu, A. M.; Halloumi, S.; Malpartida, I.; Luque, R. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2023, 62 (43), 17545–17552. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.3c02250.

ARTICLE – Bay Leaves Extracts as Active Additive for Food Protective Coatings

Peña-Ortiz, M.; Serrano, L.; Romero, A. A.; García, A. Foods 2023, 12 (20), 3741. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods12203741.

ARTICLE – Hydrochar from Sargassum Muticum: A Sustainable Approach for High-Capacity Removal of Rhodamine B Dye

Spagnuolo, D.; Iannazzo, D.; Len, T.; Balu, A. M.; Morabito, M.; Genovese, G.; Espro, C.; Bressi, V. RSC Sustain. 2023, 1 (6), 1404–1415. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3SU00134B.

ARTICLE – Selective Hydrogenation of Furfural Using TiO2-Fe2O3/C from Ti-Fe-MOFs as Sacrificial Template: Microwave vs Continuous Flow Experiments

Ronda-Leal, M.; Osman, S. M.; Won Jang, H.; Shokouhimehr, M.; Romero, A. A.; Luque, R.. Fuel 2023, 333, 126221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2022.126221.

REVIEW – Recent Advances in the Synthesis of Carbon Dots from Renewable Biomass by High-Efficient Hydrothermal and Microwave Green Approaches

Bressi, V.; Balu, A. M.; Iannazzo, D.; Espro, C.. Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry 2023, 40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsc.2022.100742.

2022

REVIEW – Recent Advances in the Synthesis of Carbon Dots from Renewable Biomass by High-Efficient Hydrothermal and Microwave Green Approaches

Bressi, V.; Balu, A.; Iannazzo, D.; Espro, C. Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry 2022, 40, 100742. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsc.2022.100742.

REVIEW – Thermokinetics of Production of Biochar from Crop Residues: An Overview

Len, T.; Bressi, V.; Balu, A. M.; Kulik, T.; Korchuganova, O.; Palianytsia, B.; Espro, C.; Luque, R. Green Chem. 2022, 24 (20), 7801–7817. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2GC02631G.

REVIEW – Prospects for the Combination of Mechanochemistry and Flow Applied to Catalytic Transformations

Martín Perales, A.; Balu, A.; Malpartida Garcia, I.; Luque, R. Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry 2022, 38, 100714. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsc.2022.100714.

ARTICLE – Humins as Bio-Based Template for the Synthesis of Alumina Foams

Filiciotto, L.; Tosi, P.; Balu, A.; de Jong, E.; Waal, J. C.; Osman, S.; Luque, R.; Mija, A. Molecular Catalysis 2022, 526, 112363. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mcat.2022.112363.

2021

REVIEW – Innovative Nanomaterials for Energy Storage: Moving toward Nature-Inspired Systems

Alothman, Z.; Rodríguez-Padrón, D.; Luque, R.; Balu, A. Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry 2021, 32, 100520. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsc.2021.100520.

ARTICLE – Mechanochemical Synthesis of Nickel-Modified Metal–Organic Frameworks for Reduction Reactions

Gómez-López, P.; Murat, M.; Hidalgo-Herrador, J. M.; Carrillo-Carrión, C.; Balu, A. M.; Luque, R.; Rodríguez-Padrón, D. Catalysts 2021, 11 (5), 526. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal11050526.

ARTICLE – Continuous Flow Study of Isoeugenol to Vanillin: A Bio-Based Iron Oxide Catalyst

Filiciotto, L.; Márquez-Medina, M. D.; Pineda, A.; Balu, A. M.; Romero, A. A.; Angelici, C.; De Jong, E.; Van Der Waal, J. C.; Luque, R.. Catalysis Today 2021, 368, 281–290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2019.11.008.

ARTICLE – Catalytic Wet Hydrogen Peroxide Oxidation of Isoeugenol to Vanillin Using Microwave-Assisted Synthesized Metal Loaded Catalysts

García-Albar, P.; Lázaro, N.; Alothman, Z.; Romero, A.; Luque, R.; Pineda, A. Molecular Catalysis 2021, 506, 111537. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mcat.2021.111537.

ARTICLE – Mechanochemical Preparation of Magnetically Separable Fe and Cu-Based Bimetallic Nanocatalysts for Vanillin Production

Gómez-López, P.; Espro, C.; Rodríguez-Padrón, D.; Balu, A. M.; Ivars-Barceló, F.; Moreda, O. I.; Alvarado-Beltrán, C. G.; Luque, R. Nanomaterials 2021, 11 (4), 1050. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11041050.

ARTICLE – Metal Doping of Porous Materials via a Post-Synthetic Mechano-Chemical Approach: A General Route to Design Low-Loaded Versatile Catalytic Systems

Marquez-Medina, M. D.; Luque, R.; Balu, A. M.; Ivars-Barceló, F.; Carrillo-Carrión, C. Catal. Sci. Technol. 2021, 11 (6), 2103–2109. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CY01568G.

ARTICLE – Improving the Electrocatalytic Performance of Sustainable Co/Carbon Materials for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction by Ultrasound and Microwave Assisted Synthesis

Zuliani, A.; Cano, M.; Calsolaro, F.; Santiago, A. R. P.; Giner-Casares, J. J.; Rodríguez-Castellón, E.; Berlier, G.; Cravotto, G.; Martina, K.; Luque, R.. Sustainable Energy Fuels 2021, 5 (3), 720–731. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0SE01505A.

ARTICLE – Mechanochemically Synthetized PAN-Based Co-N-Doped Carbon Materials as Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Evolution Reaction

Gómez-López, P.; Salatti-Dorado, J. Á.; Rodríguez-Padrón, D.; Cano, M.; Alvarado-Beltrán, C. G.; Puente-Santiago, A. R.; Giner-Casares, J. J.; Luque, R.. Nanomaterials 2021, 11 (2), 290. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11020290.

REVIEW – Heterogeneous Catalysis to Drive the Waste-to-Pharma Concept: From Furanics to Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients

Luque, R.; ALOthman, Z. A.; Balu, A. M.; Voskressensky, L. Molecules 2021, 26 (21), 6738. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26216738.

BOOK CHAPTER – Biomass Valorization: Catalytic Approaches Using Benign-by-Design Nanomaterials

Rodríguez-Padrón, D.; Balu, A. M.; Romero, A. A.; Luque, R. In Advances in Inorganic Chemistry; Elsevier, 2021; Vol. 77, pp 27–58. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.adioch.2020.12.003.

2020

ARTICLE – Photocatalytic Production of Vanillin over CeOx and ZrO2 Modified Biomass-Templated Titania

Martín-Perales, A. I.; Rodríguez-Padrón, D.; García Coleto, A.; Len, C.; de Miguel, G.; Muñoz-Batista, M. J.; Luque, R. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2020, 59 (39), 17085–17093. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.0c01846.

ARTICLE – Evaluation of Acid Properties of Mechanochemically Synthesized Supported Niobium Oxide Catalysts in the Alkylation of Toluene

Pineda, A.; Lázaro, N.; Balu, A.; Garcia, A.; Romero, A.; Luque, R.. Molecular Catalysis 2020, 493, 111092. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mcat.2020.111092.

EDITORIAL – Editorial Overview: Editorial Green and Sustainable Nanotechnology

Balu, A.; Rodriguez-Padron, D. Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry 2020, 24, A1–A2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsc.2020.100383.

ARTICLE – Combined Extraction/Purification-Catalytic Microwave-Assisted Conversion of Laurus Nobilis L. Pruning Waste Polysaccharides into Methyl Levulinate

Rincón, E.; Zuliani, A.; Jiménez-Quero, A.; Vilaplana, F.; Luque, R.; Serrano, L.; Balu, A. M. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2020, 8 (29), 11016–11023. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c04161.

ARTICLE – Thermal and Light Irradiation Effects on the Electrocatalytic Performance of Hemoglobin Modified Co3O4-g-C3N4 Nanomaterials for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction

Leal-Rodríguez, C.; Rodríguez-Padrón, D.; Alothman, Z. A.; Cano, M.; Giner-Casares, J. J.; Muñoz-Batista, M. J.; Osman, S. M.; Luque, R. Nanoscale 2020, 12 (15), 8477–8484. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0NR00818D.

ARTICLE – Sustainable and Recyclable Heterogenous Palladium Catalysts from Rice Husk-Derived Biosilicates for Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Couplings, Aerobic Oxidations and Stereoselective Cascade Carbocyclizations

Afewerki, S.; Franco, A.; Balu, A. M.; Tai, C.-W.; Luque, R.; Córdova, A.. Sci Rep 2020, 10 (1), 6407. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-63083-8.

REVIEW – Nanomaterials and Catalysis for Green Chemistry

Gómez-López, P.; Santiago, A. R.; Castro-Beltrán, A.; Nascimento, L.; Balu, A.; Luque, R.; Alvarado, C. Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry 2020, 24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsc.2020.03.001.

ARTICLE – Tuneable Acidity in Fluorinated Al-SBA-15 Materials for the Esterification of Valeric Acid to Alkyl Valerates

Blanco-Sánchez, M.; Pfab, E.; Lázaro, N.; Balu, A. M.; Luque, R.; Pineda, A.. Front. Chem. 2020, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2020.00042.

ARTICLE – Continuous Flow Synthesis of Menthol via Tandem Cyclisation–Hydrogenation of Citronellal Catalysed by Scrap Catalytic Converters

Zuliani, A.; Cova, C. M.; Manno, R.; Sebastian, V.; Romero, A. A.; Luque, R.. Green Chem. 2020, 22 (2), 379–387. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9GC03299A.

ARTICLE – Characterization and Antioxidant Activity of Microwave-Extracted Phenolic Compounds from Biomass Residues

Rodríguez-Padrón, D.; Zhao, D.; Garín Ortega, R. N.; Len, C.; Balu, A. M.; García, A.; Luque, R.. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2020, 8 (3), 1513–1519. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b06002.

ARTICLE – Improving Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution of Ag@CN Nanocomposites by Synergistic Effects with α-Rich Proteins

Rodríguez-Padrón, D.; Puente-Santiago, A. R.; Cano, M.; Caballero, A.; Muñoz-Batista, M. J.; Luque, R.. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2020, 12 (2), 2207–2215. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b13571.

ARTICLE – Exploring the Potential of Biomass-Templated Nb/ZnO Nanocatalysts for the Sustainable Synthesis of N-Heterocycles

Rodríguez-Padrón, D.; Zhao, D.; Carrillo-Carrión, C.; Morales-Torres, C.; Elsharif, A.; Bal, A.; Luque, R.; Len, C. Catalysis Today 2020, 368. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2020.06.076.

2019

ARTICLE – Reconstruction of Humins Formation Mechanism from Decomposition Products: A GC-MS Study Based on Catalytic Continuous Flow Depolymerizations

Filiciotto, L.; Balu, A.; Romero, A.; Angelici, C.; Waal, J. C.; Luque, R. Molecular Catalysis 2019, 479. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mcat.2019.110564.

REVIEW – Biodiesel at the Crossroads: A Critical Review

Estevez, R.; Aguado-Deblas, L.; Bautista, F. M.; Luna, D.; Luna, C.; Calero, J.; Posadillo, A.; Romero, A. A. Catalysts 2019, 9 (12), 1033. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal9121033.

ARTICLE – Mechanochemical Extraction of Antioxidant Phenolic Compounds from Mediterranean and Medicinal Laurus Nobilis: A Comparative Study with Other Traditional and Green Novel Techniques

Rincón Rubio, E.; Balu, A.; Luque, R.; Serrano, L. Industrial Crops and Products 2019, 141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2019.111805.

REVIEW – Lignin Depolymerization to BTXs

Serrano, L.; Cecilia, J. A.; García-Sancho, C.; García, A. Top Curr Chem (Z) 2019, 377 (5), 26. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41061-019-0251-6.

ARTICLE – Valorization of Humins-Extracted 5-Methoxymethylfurfural: Toward High Added Value Furanics via Continuous Flow Catalytic Hydrogenation

Pfab, E.; Filiciotto, L.; Romero, A. A.; Luque, R. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2019, 58 (35), 16065–16070. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.9b00893.

ARTICLE – Post-Synthetic Mechanochemical Incorporation of Al-Species into the Framework of Porous Materials: Toward More Sustainable Redox Chemistries

Marquez-Medina, M. D.; Mhadmhan, S.; Balu, A. M.; Romero, A. A.; Luque, R. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2019, 7 (10), 9537–9543. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b00912.

ARTICLE – Boosting the Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction Activity of Hemoglobin on Fructose@graphene-Oxide Nanoplatforms

Franco, A.; Cano, M.; Giner-Casares, J. J.; Rodríguez-Castellón, E.; Luque, R.; Puente-Santiago, A. R. Chem. Commun. 2019, 55 (32), 4671–4674. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9CC01625B.

ARTICLE – Controllable Design of Polypyrrole-Iron Oxide Nanocoral Architectures for Supercapacitors with Ultrahigh Cycling Stability

Xu, C.; Puente-Santiago, A. R.; Rodríguez-Padrón, D.; Caballero, A.; Balu, A. M.; Romero, A. A.; Muñoz-Batista, M. J.; Luque, R. ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2019, 2 (3), 2161–2168. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.8b02167.

ARTICLE – Versatile Protein-Templated TiO2 Nanocomposite for Energy Storage and Catalytic Applications

Rodríguez-Padrón, D.; Puente-Santiago, A. R.; Luna-Lama, F.; Caballero, Á.; Muñoz-Batista, M. J.; Luque, R. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2019, 7 (5), 5329–5337. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b06349.

ARTICLE – Mechanochemically Synthesized Supported Magnetic Fe-Nanoparticles as Catalysts for Efficient Vanillin Production

Márquez-Medina, M. D.; Rodríguez-Padrón, D.; Balu, A. M.; Romero, A. A.; Muñoz-Batista, M. J.; Luque, R. Catalysts 2019, 9 (3), 290. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal9030290.

ARTICLE – Continuous-Flow Hydrogenation of Methyl Levulinate Promoted by Zr-Based Mesoporous Materials

Lázaro, N.; Franco, A.; Ouyang, W.; Balu, A. M.; Romero, A. A.; Luque, R.; Pineda, A. Catalysts 2019, 9 (2), 142. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal9020142.

ARTICLE – Mimicking the Bioelectrocatalytic Function of Recombinant CotA Laccase through Electrostatically Self-Assembled Bioconjugates

Alba-Molina, D.; Rodríguez-Padrón, D.; Puente-Santiago, A. R.; Giner-Casares, J. J.; Martín-Romero, M. T.; Camacho, L.; Martins, L. O.; Muñoz-Batista, M. J.; Cano, M.; Luque, R. Nanoscale 2019, 11 (4), 1549–1554. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8NR06001K.

ARTICLE – Continuous Flow Synthesis of Amines from the Cascade Reactions of Nitriles and Carbonyl-Containing Compounds Promoted by Pt-Modified Titania Catalysts

Altuğ, C.; Muñoz-Batista, M. J.; Rodríguez-Padrón, D.; Balu, A. M.; Romero, A. A.; Luque, R. Green Chem. 2019, 21 (2), 300–306. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8GC03037E.

ARTICLE – Non-Porous Carbonaceous Materials Derived from Coffee Waste Grounds as Highly Sustainable Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries

Luna-Lama, F.; Rodríguez-Padrón, D.; Puente-Santiago, A. R.; Muñoz-Batista, M. J.; Caballero, A.; Balu, A. M.; Romero, A. A.; Luque, R. Journal of Cleaner Production 2019, 207, 411–417. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.10.024.

ARTICLE – Effect of Bay Leaves Essential Oil Concentration on the Properties of Biodegradable Carboxymethyl Cellulose-Based Edible Films

Rincón, E.; Serrano, L.; Balu, A. M.; Aguilar, J. J.; Luque, R.; García, A. Materials 2019, 12 (15), 2356. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12152356.

ARTICLE – Mechanochemical Preparation of Novel Polysaccharide-Supported Nb₂O₅ Catalysts

Rincon, E.; Garcia, A.; Romero, A. A.; Serrano, L.; Luque, R.; Balu, A. M. Catalysts 2019, 9 (1), 38. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal9010038.

ARTICLE – Fe-Containing MOFs as Seeds for the Preparation of Highly Active Fe/Al-SBA-15 Catalysts in the N-Alkylation of Aniline

Mhadmhan, S.; Marquez-Medina, M. D.; Romero, A. A.; Reubroycharoen, P.; Luque, R. Molecules 2019, 24 (15), 2695. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24152695.

REVIEW – Environmental Catalysis: Present and Future

Rodríguez-Padrón, D.; Puente-Santiago, A. R.; Balu, A. M.; Muñoz-Batista, M. J.; Luque, R. ChemCatChem 2019, 11 (1), 18–38. https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201801248.

ARTICLE – Continuous Flow Synthesis of High Valuable N-Heterocycles via Catalytic Conversion of Levulinic Acid

Rodríguez-Padrón, D.; Puente-Santiago, A. R.; Balu, A. M.; Muñoz-Batista, M. J.; Luque, R. Frontiers in Chemistry 2019, 7 (FEB). https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2019.00103.

ARTICLE – Spent Coffee Grounds-Templated Magnetic Nanocatalysts for Mild Oxidations

Rodríguez-Padrón, D.; Muñoz-Batista, M. J.; Li, H.; Shih, K.; Balu, A. M.; Pineda, A.; Luque, R. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering 2019, 7 (20), 17030–17038. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b02919.

ARTICLE – Versatile Sulfathiazole‐functionalized Magnetic Nanoparticles as Catalyst in Oxidation and Alkylation Reactions

Ostovar, S.; Rodríguez‐Padrón, D.; Saberi, F.; Balu, A. M.; Luque, R. Catalysts 2019, 9 (4). https://doi.org/10.3390/catal9040348.

ARTICLE – Continuous Flow Selective Hydrogenation of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural to 2,5-Dimethylfuran Using Highly Active and Stable Cu-Pd/Reduced Graphene Oxide

Mhadmhan, S.; Franco, A.; Pineda, A.; Reubroycharoen, P.; Luque, R. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering 2019, 7 (16), 14210–14216. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b03017.

ARTICLE – One-Pot Cu/TiO₂ Nanoparticles Synthesis for Trans-Ferulic Acid Conversion into Vanillin

Gómez-López, P.; Lázaro, N.; Alvarado-Beltrán, C. G.; Pineda, A.; Balu, A. M.; Luque, R. Molecules 2019, 24 (21). https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24213985.

REVIEW – Recent Advances in the Catalytic Production of Platform Chemicals from Holocellulosic Biomass

Gómez Millán, G.; Hellsten, S.; Llorca, J.; Luque, R.; Sixta, H.; Balu, A. M. ChemCatChem 2019, 11 (8), 2022–2042. https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201801843.

ARTICLE – Facile Mechanochemical Modification of G-C₃N₄ for Selective Photo-Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohol

Cerdan, K.; Ouyang, W.; Colmenares, J. C.; Muñoz-Batista, M. J.; Luque, R.; Balu, A. M. Chemical Engineering Science 2019, 194, 78–84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2018.04.001.

ARTICLE – Ultrastable CoxSiyOz Nanowires by Glancing Angle Deposition with Magnetron Sputtering as Novel Electrocatalyst for Water Oxidation

Cano, M.; Garcia-Garcia, F. J.; Rodríguez-Padrón, D.; González-Elipe, A. R.; Giner-Casares, J. J.; Luque, R. ChemCatChem 2019, 11 (24), 6111–6115. https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201901730.

ARTICLE – Continuous Flow Transfer Hydrogenation of Biomass Derived Methyl Levulinate over Zr Containing Zeolites: Insights into the Role of the Catalyst Acidity

Cabanillas, M.; Franco, A.; Lázaro, N.; Balu, A. M.; Luque, R.; Pineda, A. Molecular Catalysis 2019, 477. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mcat.2019.110522.