Dr Francisco Martin-Martinez

Research Highlights

1. Wan, C., Barreiro, D., Forner-Cuenca, A., Barotta, J., Hawker, M., Han, G., Loh, H., Masic, A., Kaplan, D., Chiang, Y., Brushett, F., Martin-Martinez, F., & Buehler, M. (2020). Exploration of Biomass-Derived Activated Carbons for Use in Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 8(25), 9472-9482.

   https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c02427, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55666
2. Tavakoli, M., Azzellino, G., Hempel, M., Lu, A., Martin-Martinez, F., Zhao, J., Yeo, J., Palacios, T., Buehler, M., & Kong, J. (2020). Synergistic Roll‐to‐Roll Transfer and Doping of CVD‐Graphene Using Parylene for Ambient‐Stable and Ultra‐Lightweight Photovoltaics. Advanced Functional Materials, 30(31), 2001924

   https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202001924, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55665
3. Martin-Martinez, F., Jin, K., Barreiro, D., & Buehler, M. (2018). The Rise of Hierarchical Nanostructured Materials from Renewable Sources: Learning from Nature. ACS Nano, 12(8), 7425-7433.

   https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.8b04379, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52277
4. Martin-Martinez, F. (2018). Designing nanocellulose materials from the molecular scale. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(28), 7174-7175.

   https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1809308115, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52267
5. Barreiro, D., Martín‐Moldes, Z., Yeo, J., Shen, S., Hawker, M., Martin-Martinez, F., Kaplan, D., & Buehler, M. (2019). Conductive Silk‐Based Composites Using Biobased Carbon Materials. Advanced Materials, 31(44), 1904720

   https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201904720, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52264
6. Williams, T., Senft, S., Yeo, J., Martin-Martinez, F., Kuzirian, A., Martin, C., DiBona, C., Chen, C., Dinneen, S., Nguyen, H., Gomes, C., Rosenthal, J., MacManes, M., Chu, F., Buehler, M., Hanlon, R., & Deravi, L. (2019). Dynamic pigmentary and structural coloration within cephalopod chromatophore organs. Nature Communications, 10(1)

   https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08891-x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53480
7. Yu, C., Qin, Z., Martin-Martinez, F., & Buehler, M. (2019). A Self-Consistent Sonification Method to Translate Amino Acid Sequences into Musical Compositions and Application in Protein Design Using Artificial Intelligence. ACS Nano, 13(7), 7471-7482.

   https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.9b02180, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53481
8. Chen, C., Martin-Martinez, F., Jung, G., & Buehler, M. (2017). Polydopamine and eumelanin molecular structures investigated with ab initio calculations. Chemical Science, 8(2), 1631-1641.

   https://doi.org/10.1039/C6SC04692D, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52282
9. Chen, C., Martin-Martinez, F., Ling, S., Qin, Z., & Buehler, M. (2017). Nacre-inspired design of graphene oxide–polydopamine nanocomposites for enhanced mechanical properties and multi-functionalities. Nano Futures, 1(1), 011003

   https://doi.org/10.1088/2399-1984/aa6aed, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52281
10. Barreiro, D., Martin-Martinez, F., Torri, C., Prins, W., & Buehler, M. (2018). Molecular characterization and atomistic model of biocrude oils from hydrothermal liquefaction of microalgae. Algal Research, 35, 262-273.

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2018.08.034, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52273

All Research

• A computational chemistry study into the research and design of sustainable steel coatings. (current)

  PhD

  Other supervisor: Prof Ian Mabbett

• Design and development of organic semiconducting materials for solar cells (current)

  PhD

  Other supervisor: Dr James Ryan

• Moving towards net zero in the sintering process and it's effects on sinter quality and productivity. (current)

  PhD

  Other supervisor: Prof Peter Holliman

• Development of biobased porous hydrochars (current)

  PhD

  Other supervisor: Prof Ian Mabbett

• Exploiting Sustainable Paint Technologies To Optimise Industrial Polyester Coatings (current)

  EngD

  Other supervisor: Prof Ian Mabbett

• Sustainable Paint - Removing the Reliance on Fossil Fuels (current)

  EngD

  Other supervisor: Prof Ian Mabbett

• CH-127 Chemical Practice

  This module will introduce students to the three broad employment areas for chemistry: research, teaching or industrial positions. The lecture portion will cover fundamental aspects of being a professional chemist including safety, report writing, project management, and teaching skills. Students will attend research seminars and workshops, industrial field trips, and supervise school pupils in the laboratory. Assessment will be by coursework and a written report.

• CH-240 Computational and Theoretical Chemistry

  The area of computational chemistry is of ever increasing importance in industry; from designer materials to prediction of likely drug targets, the falling cost of computational power is allowing the simulation of ever more complex molecular systems, lowering the cost of real-world research. This module will take the foundations of theoretical chemistry covered in Year One and further develop these in order to apply to in silico chemistry. Material, techniques and skills covered in the course of this module will build on and therefore require understanding of all prior modules. The module will be assessed by coursework (a presentation, laboratory experiments, laboratory report and assignments) and by examination.

• CH-343 Advanced Laboratory Experience

  This last formal lab module for those on the M Chem course consists of "project practicals" which can last from 3 to 10 weeks. These are intended to lay the groundwork for the more extensive research project carried out in the final year. The practicals change from one year to the next based on the current research of the department. They may be synthetic, analytical or purely involve extensive data treatment.

• CH-345 Materials Chemistry Project

  3rd year projects are the opportunity to bring all you've learnt during your degree together and apply that knowledge to solve a problem. In Swansea these projects can be embedded in active research groups across the colleges of science, engineering or medicine, allowing you to build a network and experience in your chosen specialism within the chemical sciences. These projects are your opportunity to demonstrate to employers that you have a full understanding of your course and are able to direct your own studies, manage an independent research project and effectively communicate your findings. This selection suggests an interest in a project embedded within a research group in engineering, focusing on materials chemistry or chemical engineering

• CH-414 Scientific innovation and entrepreneurship

  This is a seminar-based module that provides an introduction to the world of research, innovation and entrepreneurship, where students apply their chemical knowledge to tackle important scientific, societal and industrial challenges. Seminars and workshops will be provided partly by departmental staff and partly by invited external speakers including academics, industry professionals, grant-writing advisors, technology transfer officers, patent lawyers, venture capitalists, accomplished entrepreneurs and start-up CEOs and CTOs. The seminars will cover a broad range of complementary topics that are required to fund, manage and grow an academic or entrepreneurial project. Speakers will share their career path, failures, successes and how they and others have used their skills and ingenuity to have an impact on worldwide and local problems that society is facing. Some speakers could also provide a challenge or a case study for the students to work on and share with classmates. From these seminars, students will build up a strong portfolio of knowledge and transferable skills that they will then use it to write a impact analysis and business model canvas on a topic of their choosing, guided by mentor meetings to (1) discuss the broad topics before the specific problem is picked, (2) discuss the chosen problem before the exercises are done, and (3) discuss students¿ progress on the work. At the end of the module, they will pitch their project to a panel, where they will be questioned on their science, originality, business plan, budget, and impact.

• Research Affiliate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

  2020 - Present

• Advisor, Sweetwater Energy

  2016 - Present

• Global Challenges Research Grant (GCRF) 2020 - 2021

  Research collaboration to develop sustainable infrastructure in Nigeria, £30000

• Ser Cymru 2 - Accelerating AI research with general purpose GPU 2020 - 2021

  The project encompasses several research groups in Engineering, Medicine and Science, in Swansea and across Wales, with the common denominator of advancing Machine Learning and Deep Learning algorithms, with Prof. Biagio Lucini (PI), Dr Llion Evans, Dr Cinzia Giannetti, Dr Shangming Zhou , £581400

• Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Enablement Grant 2021 - 2022

  Growing Electrocatalysts, £10,000

• NSF Convergence Accelerator grant: Mind over Matter - Socioresilient Materials Design 2023 - 2024

  Mind over Matter: Socioresilient Materials Design (SMD): A New Paradigm For Addressing Global Challenges in Sustainability (MoMatS) - Project lead by MIT, and in collaboration with Cornell Univeristy , £750,000