J. C. Lima, in collaboration with L.F. Velasco and C. Ania, from Instituto Nacional del Carbon, Oviedo, Spain, have published a paper on Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 1 – 4, entitled "Visible-Light Photochemical Activity of Nanoporous Carbons under Monochromatic Light".

Abstract: By using monochromatic light the ability of semi- conductor-free nanoporous carbons to convert the low-energy photons from the visible spectrum into chemical reactions (i.e. phenol photooxidation) is demonstrated. Data shows that the onset wavelength of the photochemical activity can be tuned by surface functionalization, with enhanced visible-light conver- sion upon introducing N-containing groups.