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📢The 2026 call for ITC and DC grants, along with the Young Researchers and Innovators (YRI) Conference Grants, within the COST Action LUCES is now open! For more details and supporting documentation, please visit: lucescostaction.com/conference-g...

📢📢The 2026 call for STSM grants within the COST Action LUCES is now open! For more details and supporting documentation, please visit: lucescostaction.com/stsm-grants

Cooking up some luminescent spheres in the lab… something bright is on the way! 💡🧪
@lucescostaction.bsky.social
#Spherification #Dissemination #SupramolecularChemistry #ScienceCommunication @in2ub.bsky.social

Excellent presentations by Ahmad Omira and Rabia Zahid from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology at today's COST Action LUCES Zoom meeting. They shared amazing research on a fitting application for luminescence assay data (A. Omira) and synthetic nanozymes (R. Zahid). @costprogramme.bsky.social

📢We are pleased to announce that the next Global Action Meeting of our LUCES COST Action will take place at The Golden Age Hotel in Athens, Greece, on 20–21. April 2026. Please save the date and stay tuned for further details!

Our latest work is out in NewJChem!
Structural and Photophysical Features of Triphenylene–Gold(I) Phosphane Complexes, dedicated to Prof. P. Resnati in celebration of his 70th birthday and inspiring career in fluorine and noncovalent chem.
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... @lucescostaction.bsky.social

A big thank you to Antonella Dalla Cort for promoting our project at the renowned NanoInnovation 2025 conference in Rome. This event is a key meeting point for the nanotechnology community, and we're proud to contribute to the dialogue shaping the future of #KETs. @costprogramme.bsky.social

Very nice @lucescostaction.bsky.social workshop organized by @apoethig.bsky.social. Great scientific discussions and company @jotacarloslima.bsky.social @medbioinorgchem.bsky.social @gmalcantar.bsky.social. Happy to come back in Munich 😃👏👏

Interactional Features of (RO)4Ti Species and Their Zr and Hf Analogues Computational and experimental studies reveal that Group 4 tetroxides form a new type of σ-hole interaction with N and O nucleophiles, which we propose to name “titan bonds” (TnBs). These insights in...

New type of chemical bond discovered in collaboration with G. Resnati. We show Group 4 elements form unique interactions with nucleophiles. This could lead to more selective catalysts for key reactions. @dquimicauib.bsky.social @angewandtechemie.bsky.social

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Counterintuitive Fluorescence Blue Shift in Symmetry Breaking Dicationic Bis(indolium) with Two‐Photon Absorption Properties for NIR Living Cell Imaging Highly water-soluble dicationic bis(indolium) dyes have been prepared, showing excellent two-photon absorption and light emission. Their fluorescence behavior discloses an unusual increasing blue shi...

There are papers that you feel more proud than others.... And this one is one of the good ones!!!
Lots of work, and lots of reading to make it get trough!!!

And this time it paid off!! Advanced Materials published it!!!!
Check it out!

advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

New opportunity for PI’s to benefit of STSM grants: short visits Thanks to the extra budget we received, the STSM tool is now open to PIs, members of the Action, who wish to visit a partner for a few days. Applications can be submitted continuously, before 1 Octob...

Exciting news: The Short-Term Scientific Mission (STSM) grant tool is now open to PIs! Thanks to an extra budget, you can now apply to fund short visits to a partner institution and build new collaborations.
Don't wait—apply before 1 Oct. 2025. Info👇
lucescostaction.com/new-opportun...

The LUCESCOSTAction core group just wrapped up a fantastic meeting in Bologna. We've made great progress planning our upcoming summer school and future GAM. We are so grateful to our host, Brais Vazquez, for his wonderful hospitality and brilliant organization @costprogramme.bsky.social 👏

Gender Equality and YRI Careers Panel We proudly present a Gender Equality and YRI (Young Researchers and Innovators) Careers Panel event organized by LUCES COST Action. The event is chaired by Dr. Hannah Crory , and the panel includes Dr...

📣We present a Gender Equality and YRI Careers Panel event organized by LUCES. The event is chaired by Dr. H. Crory , and the panel includes Dr. E. Delgado-Pinar, Dr. A. Lázaro Palacios, Dr. J. M. Marín Beloqui, and Prof. S. Hayes. @costprogramme.bsky.social lucescostaction.com/gender-equal...

LucesCostAction Zoom Meetings: 🎤 Excited for the talk by Maria Amparo (BAM – Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung):
3D-printed SAF biosensor for immuno-detection 🧬🖨️ A cutting-edge merge of additive manufacturing & bioanalytics!
@costprogramme.bsky.social

Zoom Meetings: Congratulations to Victor Lepeintre (ULB) for an excellent talk on Gold Nanorods Shielded by Calixarenes: New Horizons in Photothermal Engineering! A brilliant showcase of innovation at the interface of supramolecular chemistry and nanotechnology. @costprogramme.bsky.social

Our SuNS group at QuimicaUB has been represented with an invited lecture and a poster at the @bienalrseq2025. Great days in Bilbao with many emotions...#supramolecular #organometallic #luminescence @geqo.bsky.social @lucescostaction.bsky.social

So happy and honoured to receive the GEQO-RSEQ Award for Research Excellence! 🏆 Grateful for all the support and lucky to have worked with so many brilliant researchers and collaborators over the years with whom I share this recognition 🙌 💙 GEQO-RSEQ @in2ub.bsky.social @lucescostaction.bsky.social

🚨 LUCES Small Workshop Call is OPEN!
We’re funding 1–2 small meetings to foster collaboration among WG members. A great chance to exchange ideas & plan future projects!
📅 Deadline: July 13, 2025
🗓 Meeting window: Aug 1 – Oct 15
🔗 lucescostaction.com/workshops-3
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👏 Fantastic talk by José Manuel Marín-Beloqui (Univ Málaga) on Counterintuitive Fluorescence Blue-Shift in Symmetry Breaking Dicationic Bis(indolinium) with Two-Photon! Really intriguing photophysics insights. Thanks for sharing! #Fluorescence #Photophysics
#ScienceTalks

👏 Great Zoom talk by Sara Garrido Rodríguez (ICMAB-CSIC) on Fluorescent Quatsome Nanovesicles for Advanced Bioimaging Applications! Fascinating insights into cutting-edge bioimaging nanotech. Thanks for sharing your work! #Nanotech #Bioimaging #ICMAB

Luminescent Liquid-Crystalline J-Aggregate Based on a Columnar Axial Coassembly Controlling the self-assembly of dyes is essential for designing functional materials with tailored optical, electronic, and mechanical properties. However, achieving precise structures from two disti...

📣Excited to share the result of my last collaboration with @soberatschem.bsky.social just published in JACS. We reported a Luminescent Liquid-Crystalline J-Aggregate Based on a Columnar Axial Coassembly pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... @dquimicauib.bsky.social @uib.cat 😃👏

Halogen-Bonded Cocrystals for Tunable Phosphorescence Emission of Pt Complexes Noncovalent interactions, such as halogen bonding (HaB) and π-stacking, play a pivotal role in directing supramolecular assemblies and tuning photophysical properties. Herein, we report the synthesis, X-ray structural characterization, and photophysical properties of cocrystals and host:guest adducts formed by iodopentafluorobenzene (G) with three distinct Pt(II) complexes (1–3). The cocrystals exhibit a combination of short I···Pt halogen bonds and π-hole···Pt interactions in the solid state, highlighting the dual role of the Pt(II) center as a halogen bond acceptor and a π-stacking participant. Interestingly, an enhancement in emission intensity is observed for complexes 1·G and 2·G upon mixing of 1 or 2 with G in a chloroform solution, attributed to synergistic σ-hole···[dz2-PtII] interactions that reduce the flexibility of the square-planar complex and the double heavy atom effect. These results emphasize the potential of host:guest interactions as a strategy for enhancing luminescence efficiency and open new avenues for designing functional materials for sensing and optoelectronic applications.

💡New in Inorganic Chemistry!
Halogen bonding + π-stacking team up to tune phosphorescence in Pt(II) complexes.
Don’t miss this study on noncovalent design for luminescent materials! Nice collaboration with @lrraurell.bsky.social! @lucescostaction.bsky.social
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Heteronuclear Complexes Containing Pt(II) and Ag(I) Centers: Application to Efficient Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cells We report the synthesis of novel ionic heteronuclear Pt(II)–Ag(I) complexes derived from Pt(NCN)-C≡CR precursors (R = aryl), where Ag+ ions coordinate to the acetylene groups. The photophysical invest...

🚨 New paper alert!
Excited to share our latest work on heteronuclear Pt(II)-Ag(I) complexes for efficient light-emitting electrochemical cells (LECs) ✨
Great collaboration with @ AriLázaro @F. B. Dias & co. @lucescostaction.bsky.social ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

🚨 Just out online! Our latest chapter in Advances in Organometallic Chemistry explores the luminescence and supramolecular behavior of gold(I) complexes ✨

Thanks to @jotacarloslima.bsky.social for this nice collaboration! @lucescostaction.bsky.social @geqo.bsky.social

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📣An international conference entitled “Aqueous Systems: The Frontier and Beyond” is organized in Kalamata, Greece, during June 16 – 21, 2025.
A Conference at the Cutting Edge of Molecular Science – Kalamata, Greece, June 15 – 21, 2025. Check it out!👇
voices.uchicago.edu/aqueous-sys/

🚀 Just out in Chemical Science! Simultaneous electron & proton conduction in a stable metal-organic material enables highly selective O2 reduction. doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
A great collaboration with C.J. Gomez-Garcia and @joaquinortega.bsky.social
@chemicalscience.rsc.org @dquimicauib.bsky.social

👏 Fantastic #LucestCost Zoom Meeting talk by M. Colaço (NOVA School of Sci. and Tech.) on light-switchable cucurbituril host–guest systems in water! Elegant supramolecular design with photoresponsive binding, enzyme-like catalysis, and nanocontrol of guest exchange. @costprogramme.bsky.social

👏 Big thanks to Giovanni Schievano (ICMAB-CSIC) for a fascinating #LucestCost Zoom Meetings talk on luminescent radical-based organic nanoparticles for nanothermometry! 💡 A great showcase of innovation at the intersection of #luminescence and #nanotechnology.
@costprogramme.bsky.social

🏆 Congratulations to the #LUCESCOSTAction Best Poster Award winners!
🎉 Lea Fritz (Loughborough University, UK): Luminescent lanthanide probes for recognition of environmentally relevant anions
🎉 Filip Grdović (Ruđer Bošković Institute, HR): Toward chiral coordination cages
Brilliant science! ✨🔬

🔵 Final talk at #LUCESCOSTAction: Přemysl Lubal (Masaryk University, CZ) presenting “Application of Ln(III) Complexes of Tetraazamacrocyclic Ligands as Analytical Chemosensors”!
Closing the session with cutting-edge luminescent sensing strategies! ✨🔬 @costprogramme.bsky.social