Prof. Jon M. Matxain

Profesor Pleno. Pol-KT Group Leader.
📍 Kimika Fakultatea, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU) PK 1072, 20080, Donostia, Basque Country
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  • Twitter: @TxoniMatxain

Main Research Interest

  • Polymeric Materials
  • Homogeneous Catalysis
  • Photochemistry

Scientific Career

  • 2016-present: Permanent Senior Researcher at the University of the Basque Country, Donostia, Basque Country.
  • 2014-2016: Senior Researcher at the University of the Basque Country, Donostia, Basque Country.
  • 2009-2013:   Ramon y Cajal Fellowship granted at the University of the Basque Country, Donostia, Basque Country.
  • 2007-2008:   Postdoc position in the Theoretical Chemistry Group at the University of the Basque Country, Donostia, Basque Country.
  • 2005-2006: Postdoc position in the Biophysical Chemistry Group at the University of Orebro, Sweden.
  • 2003-2004: Postdoc position in the Theoretical Chemistry Group at the University of the Basque Country, Donostia, Basque Country.
  • 1998-2002.: PhD position in the Theoretical Chemistry Group at the University of the Basque Country, Donostia, Basque Country.
  • 1996-1998: Undergraduate student in the Theoretical Chemistry Group, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.

General Quality Indicators (01-08-2023)

  •  Research Periods (1 period = 6 years): 4
  • Supervised PhD Thesis: 7
  • Supervised Master Thesis: 9
  • Supervised Final Year Works: 22
  • H index: 32 (WOS); 33 (Scopus)
  • i50 Index: 21 (WOS); 22 (Scopus)
  • i10 Index: 74 (WOS); 75 (Scopus)

Publication List

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8.

Gastearena, Xuban; Matxain, Jon M.; Ruipérez, Fernando

Exploring N2 activation using novel Lewis acid/base pairs: computational insight into frustrated Lewis pair reactivity (Journal Article)

In: Dalton Trans., vol. 54, no. 10, pp. 4338–4352, 2025, ISSN: 1477-9234.

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7.

Gastearena, Xuban; Barroso-Bujans, Fabienne; Ruipérez, Fernando; Matxain, Jon M.

Computational Analysis of the Lewis Acid-Catalyzed Zwitterionic Ring-Expansion Polymerization (ZREP) of Monosubstituted Ethylene Oxide (Journal Article)

In: J. Org. Chem., vol. 90, no. 7, pp. 2592–2601, 2025, ISSN: 1520-6904.

(Links | BibTeX | Tags: EJ1584, POL-KT)

6.

Almenara, N.; Garralda, M. A.; Lopez, X.; Matxain, J. M.; Freixa, Z.; Huertos, M. A.

Hydrogen Tunneling in Catalytic Hydrolysis and Alcoholysis of Silanes (Journal Article)

In: Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, vol. 61, no. 36, 2022, ISSN: 1433-7851, (Almenara, Naroa Garralda, Maria A. Lopez, Xabier Matxain, Jon M. Freixa, Zoraida Huertos, Miguel A. Huertos, Miguel A/K-4242-2014; Lopez, Xabier/G-5690-2015; Matxain, Jon M./J-8184-2014; Freixa, Zoraida/K-4294-2014 Huertos, Miguel A/0000-0002-5315-5642; Lopez, Xabier/0000-0002-2711-3588; Matxain, Jon M./0000-0002-6342-0649; GARRALDA HUALDE, MARIA ANGELES/0000-0001-6058-0412; Freixa, Zoraida/0000-0002-2044-2725 1521-3773).

(Links | BibTeX | Tags: EJ1584)

5.

Andrade-Sampedro, P.; Matxain, J. M.; Correa, A.

Ru-Catalyzed C-H Hydroxylation of Tyrosine-Containing Di- and Tripeptides toward the Assembly of L-DOPA Derivatives (Journal Article)

In: Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, vol. 364, no. 12, pp. 2072-2079, 2022, ISSN: 1615-4150, (Andrade-Sampedro, Paula Matxain, Jon M. Correa, Arkaitz Correa, Arkaitz/GQH-5958-2022; Correa, Arkaitz/B-4620-2014; Correa, Arkaitz/K-5787-2019; Matxain, Jon M./J-8184-2014 Correa, Arkaitz/0000-0002-9004-3842; Correa, Arkaitz/0000-0002-9004-3842; Correa, Arkaitz/0000-0002-9004-3842; Andrade-Sampedro, Paula/0000-0002-6643-1052; Matxain, Jon M./0000-0002-6342-0649 1615-4169).

(Links | BibTeX | Tags: EJ1584)

4.

Irigoyen, M.; Matxain, J. M.; Ruiperez, F.

Combined DFT and MD Simulation Protocol to Characterize Self-Healing Properties in Disulfide-Containing Materials: Polyurethanes and Polymethacrylates as Case Studies (Journal Article)

In: Frontiers in Materials, vol. 9, 2022, ISSN: 2296-8016, (Irigoyen, Mikel Matxain, Jon M. Ruiperez, Fernando Matxain, Jon M./J-8184-2014 Matxain, Jon M./0000-0002-6342-0649).

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3.

Telleria-Allika, X.; Azor, M. E.; Francois, G.; Bendazzoli, G. L.; Matxain, J. M.; Lopez, X.; Evangelisti, S.; Berger, J. A.

The Wigner localization of interacting electrons in a one-dimensional harmonic potential (Journal Article)

In: Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 157, no. 17, 2022, ISSN: 0021-9606, (Telleria-Allika, Xabier Azor, Miguel Escobar Francois, Gregoire Bendazzoli, Gian Luigi Matxain, Jon M. Lopez, Xabier Evangelisti, Stefano Berger, J. Arjan Berger, Arjan/N-2277-2015; Matxain, Jon M./J-8184-2014 Berger, Arjan/0000-0002-4823-520X; Escobar Azor, Miguel/0000-0002-8090-0820; Matxain, Jon M./0000-0002-6342-0649 1089-7690).

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2.

Telleria-Allika, X.; Mercero, J. M.; Lopez, X.; Matxain, J. M.

Building machine learning assisted phase diagrams: Three chemically relevant examples (Journal Article)

In: Aip Advances, vol. 12, no. 7, 2022, (Telleria-Allika, Xabier Mercero, Jose M. Lopez, Xabier Matxain, Jon M. Matxain, Jon M./J-8184-2014; Mercero, Jose M./E-6828-2010; , xabier/G-5690-2015 Matxain, Jon M./0000-0002-6342-0649; Mercero, Jose M./0000-0003-4857-6685; , xabier/0000-0002-2711-3588 2158-3226).

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Rogolino, A.; Claes, N.; Cizaurre, J.; Marauri, A.; Jumbo-Nogales, A.; Lawera, Z.; Kruse, J.; Sanroman-Iglesias, M.; Zarketa, I.; Calvo, U.; Jimenez-Izal, E.; Rakovich, Y. P.; Bals, S.; Matxain, J. M.; Grzelczak, M.

Metal-Polymer Heterojunction in Colloidal-Phase Plasmonic Catalysis (Journal Article)

In: Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, vol. 13, no. 10, pp. 2264-2272, 2022, ISSN: 1948-7185.

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