Fernando Gomollón-Bel

While I was doing my PhD in organic chemistry looking for new fungicides, I started collaborating on several projects in science communication. I organised Pint of Science festivals in pubs, collaborated with blogs, newspapers and magazines, and even co-hosted a local science TV show in Spain.

After a fantastic experience as an intern in Chemistry World in 2016, I worked as a science communicator and press officer at ICIQ, then the Graphene Flagship project. But I love science too much, and a full-time post in scicomm is not enough! I still freelance for several publications, including Chemistry World. I love writing about chemistry, materials, surprising reactions and inspiring people.

Contact info

Email:: fer@gomobel.com

Research
Carbon dioxide electrolysers ready for fluctuating power from wind and solar
2022-06-07T13:30:00
First CO₂-to-fuel device that can deal with the intermittent currents coming from renewable energy sources
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Flaws fixed in venerable 84-year-old method of measuring porosity
2022-05-25T08:30:00
Simple software corrects calculations of surface area that were out by up to a factor of five
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Cooling effect discovered in breathing MOFs
2022-04-29T08:30:00
Materials with breathing-caloric effect could replace fluorinated hydrocarbon refrigerants
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Microscopy unveils piece-by-piece formation of 2D covalent polymers
2022-04-04T13:30:00
New results provide ‘fundamental insights’ on the growth of covalent organic framework monolayers
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Advanced microscopy tests 60-year-old mechanism of ethylene polymerisation
2022-03-15T15:12:00
Researchers have produced ‘remarkable images’ of the polyethylene production process
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Double-layer hollow spheres catalyse syngas conversion into clean fuels
2022-02-15T14:30:00
New catalyst for Fischer-Tropsch process exhibits exceptional performance and selectivity
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Phosphorene nanoribbons find their first use in a solar cell just 3 years after discovery
2022-01-14T10:33:00
Experiments match theoretical predictions and show great promise for further uses in electronics
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Case closed on how surfactant micelles create mesopores within zeolites
2022-01-10T14:30:00
Raman spectroscopy unveils key step in the formation of heterogeneous catalysts
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Painstakingly curated perovskite database of over 40,000 devices set to speed up solar research
2021-12-17T09:30:00
Gargantuan task of manually curating huge open-access platform could pay dividends by accelerating the discovery of new photoactive materials
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Mashed magnesium used to prepare Grignards without worrying about air
2021-12-10T09:30:00
Mechanochemical method avoids inert gas and dry solvents in classic organometallic reaction
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Clippanes join rotaxanes and catenanes in mechanically interlocked molecule family
2021-10-27T13:30:00
Keck-clip molecules consist of two entangled gold–carbene metallotweezers
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Meltable MOF glass made with ionic liquid
2021-10-26T13:30:00
New family of glassy porous materials can be melted and moulded into any shape
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Möbius metallacycles show their aromaticity with textbook reactivity
2021-10-11T08:30:00
First electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions with unusual molecules
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Peptide superstructures speed up Michael reaction
2021-09-30T08:30:00
A tripeptide that self-assembles into a supramolecular fibres accelerates an asymmetric benchmark reaction by up to 74%
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Enantioselective synthesis of elusive chiral nitrogen compounds discovered by chance
2021-09-08T13:30:00
An ‘elegant and simple’ way to make nitrogen stereocentres by supramolecular recognition
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Electrocatalysis offers green alternative for ethylene purification
2021-07-22T01:30:00
Copper catalysts enable selective and efficient acetylene reduction at ambient conditions
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Origin of mysterious alpha effect in nucleophilic substitution reactions unveiled
2021-06-30T13:31:00
Alpha nucleophiles’ ability to get close to electrophiles – rather than their intramolecular lone pair repulsion – gives them unusual reactivity
News
Citizen initiative yields new parliamentary science office for Spain
2021-06-17T09:21:00
New body will foster evidence-informed decision-making and awareness programmes for the public
Research
Iodine revealed to be killer species that destroys tin-based perovskites
2021-06-08T08:30:00
New insights into the mechanism that inactivates tin solar cells could lead to greener, more efficient devices
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Blue light triggers ‘unprecedented’ reaction in old catalyst
2021-06-03T08:30:00
Traditional iridium intermediate switches from allylic substitution to cross coupling when exposed to blue light

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