Dr Laia Vila-Nadal

Lecturer in Molecular Metal Oxide Chemistry (School of Chemistry)

telephone: 01413303454
email: Laia.Vila-Nadal@glasgow.ac.uk

Chemistry, Room A4-38, Joesph Black Building

Biography

For further information, see: LVN group website

Research interests

Research in the LVN group is now mainly a computational chemistry group that centers on understanding the self-assembly mechanisms of inorganic metal oxide materials, aiming to design new materials with diverse applications, for instance, in energy storage, molecular electronics, sensing, etc. We aim to combine theory and simulations with experimental research to discover new molecules, describe their electronic structure, and describe new properties. We are interested in using robotics and 3D-printed reactionware with inorganic systems, with the ultimate goal of being able to program the assembly of new materials with properties (e.g. water oxidation catalysis and energy storage materials). We would like to combine those novel synthetic methods with theoretical predictions of some parameters, such as IR, UV-vis, together with real-time measurements. That approach would mean achieving effective navigation through the chemical space, defined by the chemical reactants, and allow for a greater parameter control in the synthesis, and ultimately the digitalization of chemistry.

We are constantly seeking new members with a broad range of experience – please contact Dr. Vilà-Nadal by email for more information and see our website for current vacancies.

Selected publications:

Memory devices

Nature, 2014, 515, 545–549. Doi: 10.1038/nature13951
J. Phys. Chem. C., 2021, 125, 6, 3599–3610 Doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c11038
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 2595–2601. Doi: 10.1021/jacs.7b11982

Molecular metal oxides self-assembly and inverse design

Int. J. Quantum Chem., 2021, 121, 5, e26493. (Perspective) Doi:10.1002/qua.26493
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 9379–9382. Doi: 10.1021/jacs.8b05059
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2009, 48, 5452–5456. Doi: 10.1002/anie.200901348

Molecular metal oxides as porous materials

Nat. Rev. Mat., 2017, 2, 17054. Doi: 10.1038/natrevmats.2017.54
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 17282–17286. Doi:10.1002/anie.201911170

Nitrogen activation and molecular metal oxides properties

Front. Chem., 2021, 9, 1–7 (Perspective) Doi:10.3389/fchem.2021.742565
Nat. Cat., 2018, 1, 208–213. Doi: 10.1038/s41929-018-0037-1
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2022, 144, 20, 8951–8960. Doi: 10.1021/jacs.1c10584

Research groups

Complex Chemistry

Publications

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Number of items: 46.

2025

Dixit, Ankit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6653-6460, Ghosh, Ramesh ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9586-8061, JACOBS, JAKE, Kumar, Naveen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4765-1789, Vila-Nadal, Laia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-7227, Asenov, Asen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9567-6366, Paul, Douglas J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7402-8530 and Georgiev, Vihar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6473-2508 (2025) Nanowire behavior under the influence of polyoxometalates: a comparative study of depletion and enhancement modes. Solid-State Electronics, 228, 109145. (doi: 10.1016/j.sse.2025.109145)

Lakhanpal, Vishal, Guillén-Soler, Melanie, Vilà-Nadal, Laia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-7227, Long, De-Liang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3241-2379 and Cronin, Leroy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8035-5757 (2025) Compression of molybdenum blue polyoxometalate cluster rings. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 147(12), pp. 10579-10586. (doi: 10.1021/jacs.5c00187) (PMID:40099841) (PMCID:PMC11951155)

2024

Jacobs, Jake, Vila-Nadal, Laia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-7227 and Georgiev, Vihar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6473-2508 (2024) Atomistic modeling of [W18O54(SeO3)2]4- polyoxometalates (POM) molecules in the presence of counter-cations. In: IEEE 24th International Conference on Nanotechnology (NANO), Gijon, Spain, 08-11 Jul 2024, pp. 141-145. ISBN 9798350386240 (doi: 10.1109/NANO61778.2024.10628858)

Thompson, Jake A. and Vila-Nadal, Laia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-7227 (2024) Computation of 31P NMR chemical shifts in Keggin−based lacunary polyoxotungstates. Dalton Transactions, 53(2), pp. 564-571. (doi: 10.1039/D3DT02694A) (PMID:38054391)

2023

Malcolm, Daniel and Vilà-Nadal, Laia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-7227 (2023) Computational study into the effects of countercations on the [P₈W₄₈O₁₈₄]⁴⁰⁻ polyoxometalate wheel. ACS Organic and Inorganic Au, 3(5), pp. 274-282. (doi: 10.1021/acsorginorgau.3c00014)

Thompson, Jake A., González-Cabaleiro, Rebecca and Vilà-Nadal, Laia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-7227 (2023) Reducing systematic uncertainty in computed redox potentials for aqueous transition-metal-substituted polyoxotungstates. Inorganic Chemistry, 62(31), pp. 12260-12271. (doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c01115) (PMID:37489885)

2022

Malcolm, Daniel and Vila-Nadal, Laia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-7227 (2022) Transition metal oxide–based storage materials. In: Ruiz Rubio, Leire, Vilas Vilela, José Luis, Artetxe, Beñat and Gutiérrez-Zorrilla, Juan Manuel (eds.) Polyoxometalates: Advances, Properties, and Applications. Jenny Stanford Publishing: Singapore, pp. 243-274. ISBN 9789814968140 (doi: 10.1201/9781003277446-6)

Chen, J.-J. et al. (2022) Effective storage of electrons in water by the formation of highly reduced polyoxometalate clusters. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144(20), pp. 8951-8960. (doi: 10.1021/jacs.1c10584) (PMID:35536652)

2021

González-Cabaleiro, Rebeca ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4000-5928, Thompson, Jake A. and Vilà-Nadal, Laia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-7227 (2021) Looking for options to sustainably fixate nitrogen. Are molecular metal oxides catalysts a viable avenue? Frontiers in Chemistry, 9, 742565. (doi: 10.3389/fchem.2021.742565)

Vilà-Nadal, Laia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-7227 (2021) POMzites: a roadmap for inverse design in metal oxide chemistry. International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, 121(5), e26493. (doi: 10.1002/qua.26493)

Lapham, Paul, Vilà-Nadal, Laia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-7227, Cronin, Leroy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8035-5757 and Georgiev, Vihar P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6473-2508 (2021) Influence of the contact geometry and counterions on the current flow and charge transfer in polyoxometalate molecular junctions: a density functional theory study. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 125(6), pp. 3599-3610. (doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c11038) (PMID:33633816) (PMCID:PMC7899180)

2020

Vila-Nadal, Laia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-7227 and Miras, Haralampos N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0086-5173 (2020) Coordination chemistry in polyoxometalates and metal clusters. In: Constable, E., Parkin, G. and Que, L. (eds.) Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry III. Series: Chemistry molecular sciences and engineering. Academic Press: Burlington. (Accepted for Publication)

2019

Zhan, Cai-Hong, Zheng, Qi, Long, De-Liang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3241-2379, Vilà‐Nadal, Laia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-7227 and Cronin, Leroy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8035-5757 (2019) Controlling the reactivity of the [P8W48O184]40– inorganic ring and its assembly into POMZite inorganic frameworks with silver ions. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 131(48), pp. 17442-6. (doi: 10.1002/anie.201911170) (PMID:31538679) (PMCID:PMC6900112)

Janusson, Eric ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3207-7067, de Kler, Noël, Vilà-Nadal, Laia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-7227, Long, De-Liang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3241-2379 and Cronin, Leroy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8035-5757 (2019) Synthesis of polyoxometalate clusters using carbohydrates as reducing agents leads to isomer-selection. Chemical Communications, 55(41), pp. 5797-5800. (doi: 10.1039/C9CC02361E) (PMID:31041957)

Mathew, Paven Thomas, Fang, Fengzhou, Vila-Nadal, Laia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-7227, Cronin, Lee ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8035-5757 and Georgiev, Vihar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6473-2508 (2019) First Principle Simulations of Current Flow in Inorganic Molecules: Polyoxometalates (POMs). In: 2019 Joint International EUROSOI Workshop and International Conference on Ultimate Integration on Silicon (EUROSOI-ULIS), Grenoble, France, 01-03 Apr 2019, ISBN 9781728116587 (doi: 10.1109/EUROSOI-ULIS45800.2019.9041869)

2018

Miras, Haralampos N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0086-5173, Vilà-Nadal, Laia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-7227 and Cronin, Leroy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8035-5757 (2018) Correction: Polyoxometalate based open-frameworks (POM-OFs). Chemical Society Reviews, 47(17), p. 6890. (doi: 10.1039/c8cs90091d) (PMID:30067251)

Christie, Lorna G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2686-335X, Asche, Silke, Mathieson, Jennifer S., Vila-Nadal, Laia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-7227 and Cronin, Leroy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8035-5757 (2018) Investigating the formation of giant {Pd72}Prop and {Pd84}Gly macrocycles using NMR, HPLC and mass spectrometry. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 140(30), pp. 9379-9382. (doi: 10.1021/jacs.8b05059) (PMID:30005574)

Georgiev, Vihar P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6473-2508, Vila-Nadal, Laia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-7227, Cronin, Leroy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8035-5757 and Asenov, Asen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9567-6366 (2018) Molecular Based Flash Cell for Low Power Flash Application: Optimization and Variability Evaluation. In: IEEE 12th Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference (NMDC 2017), Singapore, 2-4 Oct 2017, pp. 64-65. ISBN 9781538627723 (doi: 10.1109/NMDC.2017.8350505)

Martin-Sabi, Mercè, Soriano-López, Joaquín, Winter, Ross S., Chen, Jia-Jia, Vilà-Nadal, Laia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-7227, Long, De-Liang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3241-2379, Galán-Mascarós, José Ramón and Cronin, Leroy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8035-5757 (2018) Redox tuning the Weakley-type polyoxometalate archetype for the oxygen evolution reaction. Nature Catalysis, 1(3), pp. 208-213. (doi: 10.1038/s41929-018-0037-1) (PMID:30079397) (PMCID:PMC6075698)

Zheng, Qi, Vilà-Nadal, Laia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-7227, Lang, Zhongling, Chen, Jia-jia, Long, De-Liang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3241-2379, Mathieson, Jennifer S., Poblet, Josep M. and Cronin, Leroy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8035-5757 (2018) Self-sorting of heteroanions in the assembly of cross-shaped polyoxometalate clusters. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 140(7), pp. 2595-2601. (doi: 10.1021/jacs.7b11982) (PMID:29359931) (PMCID:PMC6075695)

2017

Vilà-Nadal, Laia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-7227 and Cronin, Leroy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8035-5757 (2017) Design and synthesis of polyoxometalate-framework materials from cluster precursors. Nature Reviews Materials, 2, 17054. (doi: 10.1038/natrevmats.2017.54)

Vila-Nadal, Laia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-7227 and Cronin, Leroy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8035-5757 (2017) Self-assembly of molecular metal oxide nanoclusters. In: Dronskowski, R., Kikkawa, S. and Stein, A. (eds.) Handbook of Solid State Chemistry. Wiley: Weinheim. ISBN 9783527325870 (doi: 10.1002/9783527691036.hsscvol4003)

Zhan, C. et al. (2017) A metamorphic inorganic framework that can be switched between eight single-crystalline states. Nature Communications, 8, 14185. (doi: 10.1038/ncomms14185) (PMID:28194009) (PMCID:PMC5316803)

2016

Cameron, Jamie M., Vilà-Nadal, Laia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-7227, Winter, Ross S., Iijima, Fumichika, Murillo, Juan Carlos, Rodríguez-Fortea, Antonio, Oshio, Hiroki, Poblet, Josep M. and Cronin, Leroy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8035-5757 (2016) Investigating the transformations of polyoxoanions using mass spectrometry and molecular dynamics. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 138(28), pp. 8765-8773. (doi: 10.1021/jacs.6b02245) (PMID:27321042)

2015

Sartzi, Harikleia, Miras, Haralampos N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0086-5173, Vila-Nadal, Laia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-7227, Long, De Liang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3241-2379 and Cronin, Leroy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8035-5757 (2015) Trapping the δ isomer of the polyoxometalate-based Keggin cluster with a tripodal ligand. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 54(51), pp. 15488-15492. (doi: 10.1002/anie.201505377) (PMID:26511859)

Zheng, Qi, Vila-Nadal, Laia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-7227, Busche, Christoph ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3493-2020, Mathieson, Jennifer S., Long, De-Liang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3241-2379 and Cronin, Leroy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8035-5757 (2015) Following the reaction of heteroanions inside a {W18O56} polyoxometalate nanocage by NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 127(27), pp. 8006-8010. (doi: 10.1002/ange.201502295)

Georgiev, Vihar P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6473-2508, Amoroso, Salvatore Maria, Ali, Talib Mahmood, Vila-Nadal, Laia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-7227, Busche, Christoph ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3493-2020, Cronin, Leroy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8035-5757 and Asenov, Asen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9567-6366 (2015) Comparison between bulk and FDSOI POM flash cell: a multiscale simulation study. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 62(2), pp. 680-684. (doi: 10.1109/TED.2014.2378378)

2014

Busche, C. et al. (2014) Design and fabrication of memory devices based on nanoscale polyoxometalate clusters. Nature, 515(7528), pp. 545-549. (doi: 10.1038/nature13951) (PMID:25409147)

Miras, Haralampos N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0086-5173, Vilà-Nadal, Laia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-7227 and Cronin, Leroy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8035-5757 (2014) Polyoxometalate based open-frameworks (POM-OFs). Chemical Society Reviews, 43(16), pp. 5679-5699. (doi: 10.1039/c4cs00097h) (PMID:25005364)

Georgiev, Vihar P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6473-2508, Markov, Stanislav, Vila-Nadal, Laia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-7227, Busche, Christoph ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3493-2020, Cronin, Leroy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8035-5757 and Asenov, Asen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9567-6366 (2014) Optimization and evaluation of variability in the programming window of a flash cell with molecular metal-oxide storage. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 61(6), pp. 2019-2026. (doi: 10.1109/TED.2014.2315520)

Cameron, Jamie M., Gao, Jing, Vila-Nadal, Laia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-7227, Long, De-Liang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3241-2379 and Cronin, Leroy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8035-5757 (2014) Formation, self-assembly and transformation of a transient selenotungstate building block into clusters, chains and macrocycles. Chemical Communications, 50(17), pp. 2155-2157. (doi: 10.1039/C3CC49293A)

Georgiev, Vihar P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6473-2508, Amoroso, Salvatore M., Vila-Nadal, Laia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-7227, Busche, Christoph ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3493-2020, Cronin, Leroy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8035-5757 and Asenov, Asen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9567-6366 (2014) FDSOI Molecular Flash Cell with Reduced Variability for Low Power Flash Applications. In: 44th European Solid-State Device Research Conference (ESSDERC), Venice, Italy, 22-26 Sep 2014, pp. 353-356. ISBN 9781479943760 (doi: 10.1109/ESSDERC.2014.6948833)

2013

Vilà-Nadal, Laia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-7227, Mitchell, Scott G., Markov, Stanislav, Busche, Christoph ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3493-2020, Georgiev, Vihar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6473-2508, Asenov, Asen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9567-6366 and Cronin, Leroy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8035-5757 (2013) Towards polyoxometalate-cluster-based nano-electronics. Chemistry: A European Journal, 19(49), pp. 16502-16511. (doi: 10.1002/chem.201301631)

Vilà-Nadal, L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-7227, Peuntinger, K., Busche, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3493-2020, Yan, J., Lüders, D., Long, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3241-2379, Poblet, J.M., Guldi, D.M. and Cronin, L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8035-5757 (2013) Polyoxometalate {W18O56XO6} clusters with embedded redox-active main-group templates as localized inner-cluster radicals. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 52(37), pp. 9695-9699. (doi: 10.1002/anie.201303126)

Georgiev, V. P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6473-2508, Markov, S., Vilà-Nadal, Laia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-7227, Asenov, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9567-6366 and Cronin, L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8035-5757 (2013) Molecular-Metal-Oxide-nanoelectronicS (M-MOS): Achieving the Molecular Limit. In: 16th International Workshop on Computational Electronics, Nara, Japan, 4-7 June 2013, ISBN 9783901578267

Georgiev, Vihar P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6473-2508, Markov, Stanislav, Vila-Nadal, Laia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-7227, Busche, Cristoph, Cronin, Leroy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8035-5757 and Asenov, Asen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9567-6366 (2013) Multi-scale computational framework for the evaluation of variability in the programing window of a flash cell with molecular storage. In: 2013 Proceedings of the European Solid-State Device Research Conference (ESSDERC), Bucharest, Romania, 16-20 Sep 2013, pp. 230-233. (doi: 10.1109/ESSDERC.2013.6818861)

2012

Vilà-Nadal, Laia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-7227, Romo, Susanna, López, Xavier and Poblet, Josep M. (2012) Structural and electronic features of Wells-Dawson polyoxometalates. In: Hill, Craig and Musaev, Djamaladdin G. (eds.) Complexity in Chemistry and Beyond: Interplay Theory and Experiment. Series: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics. Springer Netherlands: Dordrecht, pp. 171-183. ISBN 9789400755475 (doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-5548-2_10)

Vilá-Nadal, L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-7227, Mitchell, S.G., Long, D.L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3241-2379, Rodríguez-Fortea, A., López, X., Poblet, J.M. and Cronin, L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8035-5757 (2012) Exploring the rotational isomerism in non-classical Wells–Dawson anions {W18X}:: a combined theoretical and mass spectrometry study. Dalton Transactions, 41(8), pp. 2264-2271. (doi: 10.1039/c2dt11919f)

2011

Vila-Nadal, L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-7227, Wilson, E.F., Miras, H.N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0086-5173, Rodriguez-Fortea, A., Cronin, L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8035-5757 and Poblet, J.M. (2011) Combined theoretical and mass spectrometry study of the formation-fragmentation of small polyoxomolybdates. Inorganic Chemistry, 50(16), pp. 7811-7819. (doi: 10.1021/ic200969h)

Vilà-Nadal, Laia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-7227, Mitchell, S.G., Rodríguez-Fortea, A., Miras, H.N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0086-5173, Cronin, L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8035-5757 and Poblet, J.M. (2011) Connecting theory with experiment to understand the initial nucleation steps of heteropolyoxometalate clusters. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 13(45), pp. 20136-20145. (doi: 10.1039/c1cp21209e)

2010

Vilà-Nadal, Laia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-7227, Sarasa, José Pedro, Rodríguez-Fortea, Antoni, Igual, Joan, Kazansky, Leonid P. and Poblet, Josep M. (2010) Towards the accurate calculation of 183W NMR chemical shifts in polyoxometalates: the relevance of the structure. Chemistry: An Asian Journal, 5(1), pp. 97-104. (doi: 10.1002/asia.200900263)

López, Xavier, Vilà-Nadal, Laia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-7227, Aparicio-Anglès, Xavier and Poblet, Josep M. (2010) Theoretical view on the origin and implications of structural distortions in polyoxometalates. Physics Procedia, 8, pp. 94-103. (doi: 10.1016/j.phpro.2010.10.018)

McGlone, T., Vilà-Nadal, Laia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-7227, Miras, H.N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0086-5173, Long, D.L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3241-2379, Poblet, J.M. and Cronin, L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8035-5757 (2010) Assembly of titanium embedded polyoxometalates with unprecedented structural features. Dalton Transactions, 39(48), pp. 11599-11604. (doi: 10.1039/c0dt01327g)

2009

Vilà-Nadal, Laia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-7227, Rodríguez-Fortea, Antonio and Poblet, Josep M. (2009) Theoretical analysis of the possible intermediates in the formation of [W6O19]2–. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2009(34), pp. 5125-5133. (doi: 10.1002/ejic.200900714)

Vilá-Nadal, Laia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-7227, Rodriguez-Fortea, A., Yan, L.K., Wilson, E.F., Cronin, L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8035-5757 and Poblet, J.M. (2009) Nucleation mechanisms of molecular oxides: a study of the assembly-dissassembly of [W6O19]2- by theory and mass spectrometry. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 48(30), pp. 5452-5456. (doi: 10.1002/anie.200901348)

2008

Rodríguez-Fortea, Antonio, Vilà-Nadal, Laia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-7227 and Poblet, Josep M. (2008) Hydration of hydrogentungstate anions at different pH conditions: a Car−Parrinello molecular dynamics study. Inorganic Chemistry, 47(17), pp. 7745-7750. (doi: 10.1021/ic8007766)

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Articles

Busche, C. et al. (2014) Design and fabrication of memory devices based on nanoscale polyoxometalate clusters. Nature, 515(7528), pp. 545-549. (doi: 10.1038/nature13951) (PMID:25409147)

Miras, Haralampos N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0086-5173, Vilà-Nadal, Laia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-7227 and Cronin, Leroy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8035-5757 (2014) Polyoxometalate based open-frameworks (POM-OFs). Chemical Society Reviews, 43(16), pp. 5679-5699. (doi: 10.1039/c4cs00097h) (PMID:25005364)

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Conference Proceedings

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Grants

Current funding:

Probing the States of Single Molecules for Sensing and Multi-value Memory Applications EPSRC – EP/V048341/1; 10/2021 – 09/2025. Co-I with Prof Douglas Paul (PI), Prof Lee Cronin (Co-I), Prof A. Asenov (Co-I), and Dr Vihar Georgiev (Co-I) - Award: £1.6 M

Past funding:

EPSRC vacation Internship: Powering UP: screening for active Zr raw material Dr. Vilà-Nadal (PI) - Award: £4 k
ECR Capital Award (UR3 and Shadow Modular Grasper), UofG- EPSRC -2019. Co-I with Dr Gerardo Aragon-Camarasa (PI) - Award: £45k
CHEMIFY: A System to Produce Universal Digital Chemical Synthesis EPSRC – EP/S030603/1; 09/2019 – 08/2022. Co-I with Prof Lee Cronin (PI), Dr Phil Kitson (Co-I), and Dr Geoff Cooper (Co-I) - Award: £1.1 M
Integrated Discovery Chemputer Toward Addiction Free Opiates. US National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) ASPIRE Challenge 5. Part of the team with Prof Lee Cronin (PI). Award: $0.5M NIH
UofG Reinvigorating Research Call, 01/2022 – 06/2022 Dr. Vilà-Nadal (PI) - Award: £31 k
CoSE Rewards for Excellence, 2021, ECDP program Dr. Vilà-Nadal (PI) - Award: £6.5 k
ScotCHEM ECR equipment funding call 2022, link Dr. Vilà-Nadal (PI) - Award: £10 k
Metal Oxides by Design. link EPSRC DTP funding received for Daniel Malcolm PhD Scolarship.
Nitrogen fixation with metal oxides. link EPSRC DTP funding received for Jake Thompson PhD Scolarship.

Supervision

Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA):

Daniel Malcolm. July 2024 - to date. (LinkedIn).

PhD students Main Supervisor

Michael Nicolaou. Since September 2022- to date. (LinkedIn) together with Dr Emma Gibson (UofGla). Topic: Obtaing high value chemicals from lignocellulosic biomass. EPSRC DTP funded scholarship (link).

MSci and BSc Project Students

Stacey McLellan. Since September 2024 - to date. (LinkedIn) Colorimetric Detection of Zirconium: A Combined Experimental and Computational Approach

EPSRC Vacation Intern

Since June 2024

PhD students Second supervisor/Pastoral support (5% supevisory role)

Vishal Lakhanpal. Principal Supervisor: Lee Cronin
Ziao Xu. Principal Supervisor: Emily Draper
Amit Kahana. Principal Supervisor: Lee Cronin
Jishnu Gangardharan. Principal Supervisor: Mark Murrie
Connor MacDonald. Principal Supervisor: Emily Draper

Alumni:

Ms Katherine Hillian. October 2021 - May 2022. MSci Project: Ugi reactions with chromophores
Mr Aidan Delaney. October 2021 - April 2022. BSc Project: Modelling Single Atom Catalysts
Mr Antonio India. October 2020 - May 2021. MSci Project: Origami modelling of POMs
Mr Tobias Jütten. October 2022- May 2023. MSci Project: Scottish lignin structural modelling and sources
Mr Jake A. Thompson. October 2020 - November 2023. PhD student co-supervised with Dr Rebeca Gonzalez-Cabaleiro (TU Delft)
Dr Maria Jose Aliaga-Gosalvez. PDRA-full time. May 2022 - March 2023. Email: MariaJose.AliagaGosalvez@glasgow.ac.uk
Mr Jake Jacobs. April 2023 - August 2024. Part-time RA. Email: Jake.Jacobs@glasgow.ac.uk

PhD Thesis directed as principal supervisor

Thompson, Jake A. (2024) Using theoretical chemistry to model the redox properties of polyoxometalates and their potential as ammonia synthesis catalysts. PhD thesis, University of Glasgow.
Malcolm, Daniel (2024) Improving accuracy of polyoxometalate computational models. PhD thesis, University of Glasgow.

Summer Projects

2024 EPRSC Vacation Bursary Project: 8-10 weeks summer project. Supervisor. Dr Laia Nadal. Powering UP: screening for active Zr raw material
2017 EPRSC Vacation Bursary Project: 8-10 weeks summer project. Supervisors. Dr Laia Nadal and Dr Vihar Georgiev. Molecular Nano-Clusters with Embedded Spins as QBITs for Quantum Computing. The scheme supports undergraduate students to gain practical first-hand experience of research and encourages them to consider a research career.
2016 EPRSC Vacation Bursary Project: 8-10 weeks summer project. Supervisors. Dr Laia Nadal and Dr Vihar Georgiev. Molecular Nano-Clusters with Embedded Spins as QBITs for Quantum Computing. The scheme supports undergraduate students to gain practical first-hand experience of research and encourages them to consider a research career.

Teaching

Accolades:

2022 Nominated for a Student Teaching Award, in the category of Best College Teacher in the College of Science and Engineering
2021 Completed 60 credits on PGCAP and recognition as a UofG RET Fellow (Recognising Excellence in Teaching).

Academic Year 2024-25

Teaching:

LEVEL 1: Chemistry lectures in the SCIENCE FUNDAMENTALS-1X CHEM1002 - 6 (x2) Lecture series
LEVEL 2: Inorganic Tutorials
LEVEL 3:
- Main Group Chemistry (I2) - 8 Lecture series
- Inorganic Tutorials CHEM3
Academic demonstrator in Synthesis Labs (Levels 1-3)

Executive and Administrative Roles:

LEVEL 3:
- Inorganic Chemistry Lab Head
- Inorganic Paper setter
LEVEL 2: Deputy Class Head
LEVEL 5: Essay co-ordinator for the PGTs in the S5 Frontiers component of the Frontiers for the CHEM 3M cohort Frontiers of Chemistry
Advisor of Studies

Additional information

Esteem, External Apointments, and Positions:

Editorial Advisory Board Member. Chem Phys Chem. Since 2023
ACS member. Since 2017
EPSRC Peer Review College. Since 2024
UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships (FLF) Peer Review College (PRC). Since 2021
International expert for the Slovak Research and Development Agency (SRDA). Since 2024
International expert for National Science Centre, Poland (NCN) participation in evaluation panels for various calls. Since 2024.
European Research Council (ERC) for the evaluation of proposals. ERC-2022-STG - PE11 - Panel Member
International expert for European Science Foundation (ESF) the Research Foundation Flanders (Belgium). Since 2024
International expert for Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation). Since 2021
International expert for Agencia Estatal de Investigacion (AEI) (Spain). Since 2019. Panel Member.
Organiser of Scottish Computational Chemistry Symposium in Glasgow 2023

Laia Vila Nadal square photo

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