New projects & Milestones

Prof. Rodríguez-Viejo joined the ICN2 in 2021, were he started the new “Thermal Properties of Nanoscale Materials” group (while keeping his research group at the UAB). As a first effort, several members of his group (Dr Cristian Rodriguez-Tinoco and Dr Jordi Fraxedas) worked in building up at the ICN2 a new laboratory including a high-vacuum nanocalorimetric setup, to measure phase transitions in ultrathin layers, and a high-vacuum evaporation chamber, to allow for co-evaporation of small organic molecules and simultaneous characterization by in-situ nanocalorimetry.

The group also worked on upgrading a commercial Atomic Force Microscope for real-time imaging of temperature dependent phase transitions.

A milestone reached in 2021 was the fabrication of a prototype of liquid cell for Hard X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy using synchrotron radiation.