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  1. Liquid phase laser ablation as a general green physical etching method to prepare MXene dots with arbitrary surface functionalization. Implications in overall water splitting photocatalysis

    Article • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, November 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Jose A Mata

  2. Photodehydrogenation of alcohols catalysed by a single ruthenium N-Heterocyclic carbene complex

    Article • Journal of Catalysis, August 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Jose A Mata

  3. Electrohydrogenation of Benzonitrile into Benzylamine under Mild Aqueous Conditions

    Article • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, June 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose A Mata

  4. Recycling Properties of Iridium Nanoparticles Anchored on Graphene as Catalysts in Alcohol Oxidation

    Article • ACS Applied Nano Materials, May 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose A Mata

  5. Graphene as a Suitable Support for Nickel Nanoparticles Functionalized with NHC Ligands in Dehydrogenation of Alcohols

    Article • ChemCatChem, May 2025, Wiley

    Dr Jose A Mata

  6. Gold Trifluoromethyl Complexes as Efficient Regioselective Catalysts in Alkyne Hydration

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, September 2024, Wiley

    Dr Jose A Mata

  7. Ion mobility mass spectrometry uncovers regioselectivity in the carboxylate-assisted C–H activation of palladium N-heterocyclic carbene complexes

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2024, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Jose A Mata

  8. Room temperature hydrogen production via electro-dehydrogenation of amines into nitriles: advancements in liquid organic hydrogen carriers

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2024, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Jose A Mata

  9. Visible light harvesting alkyne hydrosilylation mediated by pincer platinum complexes

    Article • Journal of Catalysis, December 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Jose A Mata

  10. Dual role of graphene as support of ligand-stabilized palladium nanoparticles and carbocatalyst for (de)hydrogenation of N-heterocycles

    Article • Carbon, March 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Jose A Mata

  11. Introducing Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry to Identify Site-Selective C–H Bond Activation in N-Heterocyclic Carbene Metal Complexes

    Article • Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, November 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose A Mata

  12. Visible-Light-Promoted Iridium(III)-Catalyzed Acceptorless Dehydrogenation of N-Heterocycles at Room Temperature

    Article • ACS Catalysis, May 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose A Mata

  13. A simple, safe and robust system for hydrogenation “without high-pressure gases” under batch and flow conditions using a liquid organic hydrogen carrier

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2022, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Jose A Mata

  14. Gold nanoparticle-catalysed functionalization of carbon–hydrogen bonds by carbene transfer reactions

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2022, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Jose A Mata

  15. Tailoring graphene-supported Ru nanoparticles by functionalization with pyrene-tagged N-heterocyclic carbenes

    Article • Catalysis Science & Technology, January 2022, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Jose A Mata

  16. Reduced Graphene Oxides as Carbocatalysts in Acceptorless Dehydrogenation of N-Heterocycles

    Article • ACS Catalysis, November 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose A Mata

  17. Introducing Catalysis to Undergraduate Chemistry Students: Testing a Ru–NHC Complex in the Selective Dehydrogenative Coupling of Hydrosilanes and Alcohols

    Article • Journal of Chemical Education, July 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose A Mata

  18. Unraveling a Biomass-Derived Multiphase Catalyst for the Dehydrogenative Coupling of Silanes with Alcohols under Aerobic Conditions

    Article • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, February 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose A Mata

  19. Ligand effects in the stabilization of gold nanoparticles anchored on the surface of graphene: Implications in catalysis

    Article • Journal of Catalysis, February 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Jose A Mata

  20. A Platinum Molecular Complex Immobilised on the Surface of Graphene as Active Catalyst in Alkyne Hydrosilylation

    Article • European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, June 2020, Wiley

    Dr Jose A Mata

  21. Selective Conversion of Various Monosaccharaides into Sugar Acids by Additive‐Free Dehydrogenation in Water

    Article • ChemCatChem, May 2020, Wiley

    Dr Jose A Mata

  22. The non-innocent role of graphene in the formation/immobilization of ultra-small gold nanoparticles functionalized with N-heterocyclic carbene ligands

    Article • Journal of Catalysis, July 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Jose A Mata

  23. Improving Catalyst Activity in Hydrocarbon Functionalization by Remote Pyrene–Graphene Stacking

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, May 2019, Wiley

    Dr Jose A Mata

  24. Stabilization of Nanoparticles Produced by Hydrogenation of Palladium–N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes on the Surface of Graphene and Implications in Catalysis

    Article • ACS Omega, November 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose A Mata

  25. High Production of Hydrogen on Demand from Silanes Catalyzed by Iridium Complexes as a Versatile Hydrogen Storage System

    Article • ACS Catalysis, February 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose A Mata

  26. Iridium complexes catalysed the selective dehydrogenation of glucose to gluconic acid in water

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Jose A Mata, Professor Hermenegildo Garcia

  27. Catalytic Dehydrogenative Coupling of Hydrosilanes with Alcohols for the Production of Hydrogen On-demand: Application of a Silane/Alcohol Pair as a Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, July 2017, Wiley

    Dr Jose A Mata

  28. Catalytic Hydrogen Production by Ruthenium Complexes from the Conversion of Primary Amines to Nitriles: Potential Application as a Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, November 2016, Wiley

    Dr Jose A Mata

  29. In situ decoration of graphene sheets with gold nanoparticles synthetized by pulsed laser ablation in liquids

    Article • Scientific Reports, July 2016, Nature

    Dr Jose A Mata

  30. Multiple-Metal (De-)Hydrogenation-Catalysed Processes

    Article • European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, April 2016, Wiley

    Dr Jose A Mata

  31. Ruthenium molecular complexes immobilized on graphene as active catalysts for the synthesis of carboxylic acids from alcohol dehydrogenation

    Article • Catalysis Science & Technology, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Jose A Mata

  32. Immobilization of Pyrene-Tagged Palladium and Ruthenium Complexes onto Reduced Graphene Oxide: An Efficient and Highly Recyclable Catalyst for Hydrodefluorination

    Article • Organometallics, April 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose A Mata

  33. Catalytic applications of magnetic nanoparticles functionalized using iridium N-heterocyclic carbene complexes

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Jose A Mata

  34. Highly Active Cp*Ir Catalyst at Low Temperatures Bearing an N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligand and a Chelated Primary Benzylamine in Transfer Hydrogenation

    Article • Organometallics, December 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose A Mata

  35. ChemInform Abstract: Heterometallic Complexes, Tandem Catalysis and Catalytic Cooperativity

    Article • ChemInform, June 2014, Wiley

    Dr Jose A Mata

  36. Catalyst Enhancement and Recyclability by Immobilization of Metal Complexes onto Graphene Surface by Noncovalent Interactions

    Article • ACS Catalysis, June 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose A Mata

  37. Heterometallic complexes, tandem catalysis and catalytic cooperativity

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Jose A Mata

  38. Coordination Singularities of a Bis(p-xylyl)bis(benzimidazolylidene) Ligand and the Bis-iridium and -rhodium-Related Complexes

    Article • Organometallics, November 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose A Mata

  39. Hydrodefluorination of carbon–fluorine bonds by the synergistic action of a ruthenium–palladium catalyst

    Article • Nature Communications, October 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jose A Mata

  40. Synthesis of Heterodimetallic Iridium-Palladium Complexes Containing Two Axes of Chirality: Study of Sequential Catalytic Properties

    Article • European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, July 2013, Wiley

    Dr Jose A Mata

  41. Palladium N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysts for the Ultrasound‐Promoted Suzuki–Miyaura Reaction in Glycerol

    Article • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, April 2013, Wiley

    Dr Evelina Colacino, Dr Jose A Mata

  42. Stereoisomerization of α-hydroxy-β-sulfenyl-α,β-dimethyl naphthoquinones controlled by nonbonded sulfur–oxygen interactions

    Article • Tetrahedron, March 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Jose A Mata

  43. Chiral Palladacycles with N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands as Catalysts for Asymmetric Hydrophosphination

    Article • Organometallics, February 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose A Mata

  44. Unconventional Reactivity of Imidazolylidene Pyridylidene Ligands in Iridium(III) and Rhodium(III) Complexes

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, September 2012, Wiley

    Dr Jose A Mata

  45. Heterobimetallic Iridium–Ruthenium Assemblies through an Ambidentate Triazole-Diylidene Ligand: Electrochemical Properties and Catalytic Behavior in a Cascade Reaction

    Article • Organometallics, September 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose A Mata

  46. Y-Shaped Tris-N-Heterocyclic-Carbene Ligand for the Preparation of Multifunctional Catalysts of Iridium, Rhodium, and Palladium

    Article • Organometallics, August 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose A Mata

  47. Rhodium and Iridium Complexes with ChelatingC–C′-Imidazolylidene–Pyridylidene Ligands: Systematic Approach to Normal, Abnormal, and Remote Coordination Modes

    Article • Organometallics, July 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose A Mata

  48. Alternative Energy Input for Transfer Hydrogenation using Iridium NHC Based Catalysts in Glycerol as Hydrogen Donor and Solvent

    Article • Organometallics, May 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Evelina Colacino, Dr Jose A Mata

  49. Dual Catalysis with an IrIII-AuIHeterodimetallic Complex: Reduction of Nitroarenes by Transfer Hydrogenation using Primary Alcohols

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, March 2012, Wiley

    Dr Jose A Mata

  50. ChemInform Abstract: Recent Developments in the Applications of Palladium Complexes Bearing N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands

    Article • ChemInform, January 2012, Wiley

    Dr Jose A Mata

  51. A Y-Shaped Tris-N-Heterocyclic Carbene for the Synthesis of Simultaneously Chelate-Monodentate Dipalladium Complexes

    Article • Organometallics, November 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose A Mata

  52. Catalytic 1,3-Difunctionalisation of Organic Backbones through a Highly Stereoselective, One-Pot, Boron Conjugate-Addition/Reduction/Oxidation Process

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, November 2011, Wiley

    Dr Jose A Mata

  53. Iridium NHC Based Catalysts for Transfer Hydrogenation Processes Using Glycerol as Solvent and Hydrogen Donor

    Article • Organometallics, October 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose A Mata

  54. Recent Developments in the Applications of Palladium Complexes Bearing N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands

    Article • Current Organic Chemistry, September 2011, Bentham Science Publishers

    Dr Jose A Mata

  55. Enantiomerically Pure Cyclopentadienyl- and Indenyl-Functionalized N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes of Iridium and Rhodium

    Article • Organometallics, August 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose A Mata

  56. Intramolecular Oxidation of the Alcohol Functionalities in Hydroxyalkyl-N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes of Iridium and Rhodium

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, August 2011, Wiley

    Dr Jose A Mata

  57. Shvo’s Catalyst and [IrCp*Cl2(amidine)] Effectively Catalyze the Formation of Tertiary Amines from the Reaction of Primary Alcohols and Ammonium Salts

    Article • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, August 2011, Wiley

    Dr Jose A Mata

  58. Double CH Bond Activation of C(sp3)H2 Groups for the Preparation of Complexes with Back-to-Back Bisimidazolinylidenes

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, June 2011, Wiley

    Dr Jose A Mata

  59. Synthesis and Properties of Chelating N-Heterocyclic Carbene Rhodium(I) Complexes: Synthetic Experiments in Current Organometallic Chemistry

    Article • Journal of Chemical Education, June 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose A Mata

  60. Mechanism of the Catalytic Hydrodefluorination of Pentafluoropyridine by Group Six Triangular Cluster Hydrides Containing Phosphines: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study

    Article • Organometallics, January 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose A Mata

  61. A Simple Route to Chelating, Structurally Different Triazole-Based Bis(N-heterocyclic carbene) Ligands and Their Coordination to PtII

    Article • European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, December 2010, Wiley

    Dr Jose A Mata

  62. An Ir-Pt Catalyst for the Multistep Preparation of Functionalized Indoles from the Reaction of Amino Alcohols and Alkynyl Alcohols

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, September 2010, Wiley

    Dr Jose A Mata

  63. One-Pot Preparation of Imines from Nitroarenes by a Tandem Process with an Ir-Pd Heterodimetallic Catalyst

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, July 2010, Wiley

    Dr Jose A Mata

  64. Preparation of Cp-Functionalized N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes of Ruthenium. Resolution of Chiral Complexes and Catalytic Studies

    Article • Organometallics, April 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose A Mata

  65. Perceptible Influence of Pd and Pt Heterocyclic Carbene-Pyridyl Complexes in Catalytic Diboration of Cyclic Alkenes

    Article • Chemistry - An Asian Journal, February 2010, Wiley

    Dr Jose A Mata

  66. ChemInform Abstract: Complexes with Poly(N-heterocyclic carbene) Ligands: Structural Features and Catalytic Applications

    Article • ChemInform, November 2009, Wiley

    Dr Jose A Mata

  67. Well-Defined Ir/Pd Complexes with a Triazolyl-diylidene Bridge as Catalysts for Multiple Tandem Reactions

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, October 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose A Mata

  68. Complexes with Poly(N-heterocyclic carbene) Ligands: Structural Features and Catalytic Applications

    Article • Chemical Reviews, August 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose A Mata

  69. Domino Approach to Benzofurans by the Sequential Sonogashira/Hydroalkoxylation Couplings Catalyzed by New N-Heterocyclic-Carbene-Palladium Complexes

    Article • Organometallics, August 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose A Mata

  70. Palladium Complexes with Triazolyldiylidene. Structural Features and Catalytic Applications

    Article • Organometallics, March 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose A Mata

  71. Homo- and Heterodinuclear Complexes with Triazolyl-diylidene. An Easy Approach to Tandem Catalysts

    Article • Organometallics, July 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose A Mata

  72. Alkenyl-functionalized NHC iridium-based catalysts for hydrosilylation

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2008, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Jose A Mata

  73. Aliphatic versus Aromatic C−H Activation in the Formation of Abnormal Carbenes with Iridium:  A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study

    Article • Organometallics, October 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose A Mata

  74. Enantioselective Preparation of a Chiral-at-Metal Cp*Ir(NHC) Complex and Its Application in the Catalytic Diboration of Olefins

    Article • Organometallics, August 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose A Mata

  75. Triazolediylidenes: A Versatile Class of Ligands for the Preparation of Discrete Molecules of Homo- and Hetero-Binuclear Complexes for Improved Catalytic Applications

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, May 2007, Wiley

    Dr Jose A Mata

  76. Structural and catalytic properties of chelating bis- and tris-N-heterocyclic carbenes

    Article • Coordination Chemistry Reviews, March 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Jose A Mata

  77. The active role of NHC ligands in platinum-mediated tandem hydroboration–cross coupling reactions

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2007, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Jose A Mata

  78. Catalytic Diboration of Unsaturated Molecules with Platinum(0)−NHC:  Selective Synthesis of 1,2-Dihydroxysulfones

    Article • Organometallics, November 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose A Mata

  79. Synthesis and Characterization of MoOI2(PMe3)3 and Use of MoOX2(PMe3)3 (X = Cl, I) in Controlled Radical Polymerization

    Article • European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, July 2006, Wiley

    Dr Jose A Mata

  80. An Experimental and Computational Study on the Effect of Al(OiPr)3 on Atom-Transfer Radical Polymerization and on the Catalyst?Dormant-Chain Halogen Exchange

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, April 2005, Wiley

    Dr Jose A Mata

  81. Design of single cyanide-bridged tetranuclear bimetallic rectangles exhibiting ferromagnetic coupling

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry Communications, April 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Jose A Mata

  82. The Radical Trap in Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization Need Not Be Thermodynamically Stable. A Study of the MoX3(PMe3)3Catalysts

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, April 2005, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose A Mata

  83. Donor/acceptor organotriiron(II) hydrazone chromophores: structural, spectroscopic and electrochemical properties

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, March 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Jose A Mata

  84. Reactivity Differences in the Syntheses of Chelating N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes of Rhodium Are Ascribed to Ligand Anisotropy

    Article • Organometallics, February 2004, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose A Mata

  85. Novel ferrocenyl-oxazoline ligands: first preparation of non-symmetrical bis(oxazoline)

    Article • Polyhedron, February 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Jose A Mata

  86. Preparation, characterization and electrochemical and X-ray structural studies of new conjugated 1,1′-ferrocenediyl-ended [CpFe-arylhydrazone]+salts

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2004, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Jose A Mata

  87. New Ruthenium(II) CNC-Pincer Bis(carbene) Complexes:  Synthesis and Catalytic Activity

    Article • Organometallics, March 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose A Mata

  88. Synthesis of a Dirhodium(I) Bisimidazolium Carbene Complex and Catalytic Activity toward Hydroformylation of Olefins. High-Pressure NMR Spectroscopy of the Catalyst under Catalytic Conditions

    Article • Organometallics, February 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose A Mata

  89. Pd-mediated synthesis of linked conjugated tri- and penta-ferrocenyl complexes

    Article • Inorganica Chimica Acta, January 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Jose A Mata

  90. A methylene-bis-triazolium ligand precursor in an unusual rearrangement of norbornadiene to nortricyclylElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: 1H and 13C{1H} NMR data for 3a and 3b. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b2/b210726k/

    Article • Chemical Communications, December 2002, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Jose A Mata

  91. Organodiiron(II)-complexes containing a long conjugated hydrazonato spacer. Synthesis, characterization, electrochemical and structural studies

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, October 2002, Elsevier

    Dr Jose A Mata

  92. Facile synthesis of first generation ferrocene dendrimers by a convergent approach using ditopic conjugated dendronsElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: molecular structure of 2. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/nj/b1/b108142j/

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, February 2002, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Jose A Mata

  93. Homodimetallic iron(II) hydrazones: syntheses, spectroscopic, electrochemical, and theoretical investigations. X-Ray crystal structure of both syn- and anti- rotamers of [(η5-Cp)Fe(η6-C6H5)–NHNC(Me)–(η5-C5H4) Fe(η5-Cp)]+PF6–

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, February 2002, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Jose A Mata, Professor Jean-Yves Saillard

  94. Palladium Complexes with Tridentate Pincer Bis-Carbene Ligands as Efficient Catalysts for C−C Coupling

    Article • Organometallics, February 2002, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jose A Mata

  95. Facile synthesis of bidimensional ferrocenyl-based branched oligomers by palladium-catalyzed coupling reactions

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, December 2001, Elsevier

    Dr Jose A Mata

  96. Preparation and properties of new ferrocenyl heterobimetallic complexes with counterion dependent NLO responses

    Article • Polyhedron, June 2001, Elsevier

    Dr Jose A Mata

  97. High yield synthesis of trinuclear [M3S4X3(diphos)3]+ (M=Mo, W; X=Cl, Br and diphos=dmpe, dppe) molecular clusters from solid state materials. Synthesis and structure of [W3S4H3(dppe)3](BPh4)

    Article • Polyhedron, March 2001, Elsevier

    Dr Jose A Mata

  98. Syntheses, characterization and second-order nonlinear optical behavior of new ferrocenyl-terminated phenylethenyl oligomers with a pendant nitro group

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2001, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Jose A Mata

  99. [Cr(dpa)(ox)2]–: a new bis-oxalato building block for the design of heteropolymetallic systems. Crystal structures and magnetic properties of PPh4[Cr(dpa)(ox)2], AsPh4[Cr(dpa)(ox)2], Hdpa[Cr(dpa)(ox)2]·4H2O, Rad[Cr(dpa)(ox)2]·H2O and Sr[Cr(dpa)(ox)2]2·...

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2001, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Jose A Mata

  100. Large second-order NLO properties of new conjugated oligomers with a pendant ferrocenyl and an end-capped pyridine

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2001, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Jose A Mata