2026

Antibiotic-like properties of cationic linear-dendritic macromolecules having guanidinium peripheral groups
Javier Martín-Martín, Sara Bescós-Ramo, Almudena Terrel, Manuel Arruebo, Milagros Piñol, Cristina Yus and Luis Oriol
Mater. Today Chem., 2026, 51, 103342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtchem.2025.103342 

Enhancement of molecular conductance through a supramolecular five-molecule assembly
Enrique Escorihuela, Mauricio Regalado Aguilar, Biswajit Mondal, Sara Cuscó, Pilar Romero, Ross J. Davidson, Pilar Cea, Jordi Benet-Buchholz, Eliseo Ruiz, Albert C. Aragonès and Santiago Martín.
Cell Rep. Phys.Sci., 2026, 7, 103029. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrp.2025.103029

Fluorescence Transduction of Liquid Crystal Ordering Transitions for Biosensing 
Mauricio Vera-Arévalo and Alberto Concellón
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2026, 148, 3167-3173. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c16679

Exploring the functional potential of bent-core liquid crystal-based molecules with an amide linking group
Kristina Gak Simić, Ivana Đorđević, Paulina Rybak, Damian Pociecha, Raquel Giménez, Maria Blanca Ros and Nemanja Trišović
J. Mol. Liq., 2026, 444, 129175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2025.129175

Self-Assembled Nanostructured Microgels with Reconfigurable Morphologie
Cristina Álvarez-Solana, Alberto Concellón and M. Blanca Ros
Small 2026, 12, e00013. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202600013

Shape-Changing Multiphase Microparticles from Complex Liquid Crystal Emulsions
Marco Turriani, Camilla Parmeggiani, Daniele Martella and Alberto Concellón
Adv. Funct. Mater., 2026, 36, e32069. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202532069

New nanostructured ion-conductive bent-core liquid crystals containing lithium and sodium salts as soft electrolyte candidates
Carlota Auria-Soro, Nuria Cruz-Navarro, César L. Folcia, Isabel Sobrados, Alfonso Martinez-Felie, M. Blanca Ros and Amin Sharifi Haddad
J. Mat. Chem. A, 2026, 14, 11294. https://doi.org/10.1039/D5TA09556E

Decoding Heptazine Architectures: From Molecular Association to Structural Insight
Silvia del Moral-Peñas, Daniel Barrena-Espés, Julen Munarriz, Matthias Lehmann, Pilar Romero and José Luis Serrano.
Chem. – A Eur. J., 2026, e71350. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.71350

Shedding light on bacterial fitness in a tug-of-war with liquid crystal emulsions
Hannah Feldstein, Harikrishnan Vijayamohanan, Jan F. Totz, Alberto Concellón, Jie Li, Georgios Toupalas, Mathias Kolle, Timothy M. Swager.
Nat. Commun., 2026. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-75139-w

Peripheral Dendritic Functionalization Effects on the Self-Assembly and Thermoresponsive Behavior of Nonionic Amphiphilic Linear-Dendritic Block Copolymers in Aqueous Media
Javier Martín-Martín, Luis Folch-Cirujeda, Cristina Yus, Aurora Nogales, Tiberio A. Ezquerra, Miriam Abad, Víctor Sebastián, Luis Oriol, Milagros Piñol
Macromolecules 2026. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.macromol.6c00544