Nanodevices for Social Challenges
ICN2’s Severo Ochoa programme reinforced the institute’s scientific excellence, international leadership, and societal impact. Over this period, the programme focused on translating nanoscale knowledge into innovative devices and technologies addressing challenges in health, energy, the environment, and information and communication technologies.
It strengthened interdisciplinary collaboration, facilitated recruitment of talented researchers, enhanced infrastructure and equipment, and reinforced ICN2’s global visibility and technology transfer activities.
Application Domains
Enabling Research Areas
Cross-cutting Initiatives beyond research
- Recruitment and Training: co-funded PhDs and postdocs, enhanced staff recruitment and career development.
- Internationalisation: expanded ICN2’s international collaborations and participation in European research networks.
- Exploitation of Research Outcomes: promoted technology transfer, spin-offs, patents, and the practical application of research results.
- Dissemination of Research Outcomes: organised workshops, conferences, outreach activities, and communicated ICN2 research to society and industry.
Severo Ochoa Workshops
The ICN2 Severo Ochoa workshops brought together researchers, industry partners, and students to share progress, foster collaboration, and translate research into impact.
Severo Ochoa in numbers
854
Total publications
81%
First-quartile publications
47%
First-decile publications
10,132
Citations (2018)
5
Spin-offs created
3
Products reached the market
10
Patents granted
A springboard for scientific and institutional growth
The Severo Ochoa programme reinforced ICN2’s scientific identity and institutional development. It facilitated new research groups, strengthened international participation, increased scientific production and quality, and consolidated technology transfer.
Research
Severo Ochoa Workshop on the Present and Future of Nanomedicine
The event, which was organised by group leader Prof. Laura Lechuga and counted on the participation of many members of...
Virginia Greco
2 June 2022
Research
The ICN2 joins the International Network for Sustainable Nanotechnology
The ICN2 is now among the academic members of the N4SN consortium of leading organizations in the field of...
Àlex Argemí
13 January 2022
Research
A new Strategic Plan for the future of ICN2
After intense reflection and attentive consultation across the centre, the ICN2 has launched its second Strategic Plan...
Virginia Greco
4 February 2021
Research
New edition of the BIST Master of Multidisciplinary Research in Experimental Sciences
The Master is a joint effort of BIST and all the centers forming it to offer a training with a special focus on...
Oriol Roig
2 February 2021
Research
A roadmap for near future quantum materials research
A review published today in IOP’s Journal of Physics: Materials draws an outline of the state of the art of quantum...
Virginia Greco
19 January 2021
Research
Absence of magnetic proximity effect at the interface of a topological and a magnetic insulator
A study conducted by a team of researchers from the ICN2, in collaboration with colleagues from ALBA Synchrotron Light...
Virginia Greco
13 January 2021
Research
Ramon Tremosa, the Catalan Minister of Business and Knowledge, announced a new public-private investment fund
The M inister of Business and Knowledge of the Generalitat de Catalunya, Ramon Tremosa, visited ALBA Synchrotron on...
Joana Pi Suñer
17 November 2020
Research
Top female researchers in renewable energy discuss gender balance at the WiRE-SO workshop
The 2nd annual Women in Renewable Energy workshop, hosted under the umbrella of the ICN2 Severo Ochoa workshops, was...
Joana Pi Suñer
22 October 2020
Research
Prof. Kostas Kostarelos claims scientists should be back in the labs as ‘essentials’ to face COVID-19 emergency
In an opinion article published today by Nature Nanotechnology, Prof. Kostas Kostarelos shares his views on what may be...
Àlex Argemí
27 April 2020
Research
Barcelona equips itself with a European first-class collaborative microscopy platform
The ALBA Synchrotron will host two new major experimental facilities, one dedicated to materials science, valued at 4.1...
Francisco Paños
9 April 2020
Research
The ICN2 community collects personal protective equipment and gives it for medical uses
The ICN2 research groups responded massively to the call coordinated by our Health and Safety Area. While keeping a...
Àlex Argemí
21 March 2020
Research
The SOMM Alliance holds its first meeting on gender equality policies
The 1st Gender Equality Event of the Alliance of the SOMMa shared at CNIO the network's best practices in gender...
Àlex Argemí
31 October 2019
Business
An ICN2 graphene-based screening device is being showcased at the Graphene Marketplace hosted by Tetra Pak
Dr Ruslan Álvarez, from the ICN2 Nanobioelectronics and Biosensors Group, and Dr Cinzia Spinato, from the ICN2 Business...
Àlex Argemí
28 October 2019
Research
Focus on Women in 2D Materials Science
A recent study led by Dr. Zeila Zanolli of the ICN2 Theory and Simulation group, on spectroscopic properties of few...
Virginia Greco
30 September 2019
In the Media
i-Vision and InBrain projects hit the news after being granted by “la Caixa”
ICREA Prof. Jose Antonio Garrido, head of the ICN2 Advanced Electronic Materials and Devices Group, and Damià Viana, PhD...
Àlex Argemí
17 September 2019
Business
CaixaImpulse awards an ICN2 project on engineered graphene for neural interfaces
The selected InBrain Technologies project is led by Damià Viana, PhD student from the ICN2 Advanced Electronic Materials...
Àlex Argemí
16 September 2019
Research
The graphene-based retinal implants to restore vision awarded a “la Caixa” Health Research Grant
“La Caixa” Foundation has announced today the winners of the second edition of “la Caixa” Health Research Grants. IFAE...
Àlex Argemí
16 September 2019
Outreach
The ICN2 joins the Sabadell annual local festival
The Sabadell City Hall organaises every year a research and technology area during the city’s annual local festival. It...
Àlex Argemí
9 September 2019
Research
Official release of European Perovskite-PV White Paper
The European Perovskite Initiative (EPKI) has produced a white paper that encompasses the overall progression roadmap...
Àlex Argemí
9 September 2019
Research
The ICN2 receives its second Severo Ochoa Excellence Award
The ceremony celebrated at the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities was hosted by Minister Pedro...
Àlex Argemí
9 September 2019
Research
Nanotechnologies for the clean energy revolution
The first Severo Ochoa Workshop on Energy Storage and Harvesting organized by the ICN2 took place at the Contemporary...
Virginia Greco
16 July 2019
Research
The CSIC celebrates the awards received by its members
The yearly awards ceremony gathered 100 persons and institutions which received a highlighted award in 2018. The...
Àlex Argemí
3 July 2019
Business
Research meets industry at the Graphene 2019 Conference
Starting this morning in Rome, this edition of the Graphene Conference series (June 25-28) will bring together experts...
Virginia Greco
25 June 2019
Outreach
NanoEduca celebrated its fourth poster and video contest at CCCB
The program, meant to introduce nanoscience in the secondary classrooms, holds a yearly contest that awards the best...
Francisco Paños
9 May 2019
Research
Tuneable reverse photochromes in the solid state
A new technique allows the design of solid materials that are coloured in the dark. ICN2 researchers from the...
Francisco Paños
2 April 2019
Research
ULISSES searches for miniaturized, low-cost, and more efficient optical gas sensors
ICN2 is among the partners of the recently launched EU project ULISSES: Air sensors for everyone, everywhere. They will...
Francisco Paños
22 March 2019
Research
Gold nanoparticles to facilitate in-situ detection of amplified DNA at room temperature
The proposed nanobiosensor developed by ICN2 Nanobioelectronics and Biosensors Group led by ICREA Prof. Arben Merkoçi...
Francisco Paños
18 March 2019
Research
A review explores the chemistry behind catechol-based adhesion
Catechols play a key role in natural adhesion processes in wet conditions. Dr Javier Saiz-Poseu and Dr Daniel Ruiz...
Francisco Paños
14 March 2019
Research
Nanoporous graphene awarded third prize of La Vanguardia de la Ciencia award
Nanoporous graphene earned the third prize just after a test to predict response to immunotherapy drugs against cancer...
Àlex Argemí
4 March 2019
Research
Heat transport measured on suspended single-layer graphene membranes
The ICN2 Phononic and Photonic Nanostructures Group has published a work in 2D Materials presenting heat transport...
Àlex Argemí
28 February 2019
Research
The Young Academy of Europe is registered as a charity
Dr. Zeila Zanolli is the Treasurer of the Young Academy of Europe (YAE) and she was among the board members that signed...
Àlex Argemí
28 February 2019
Research
Prof. Pablo Ordejon receives the Narcís Monturiol Award 2018
The award recognises the contributions of the Director of ICN2 to the advancement of Science and Technology in Catalonia...
Àlex Argemí
19 February 2019
Research
Sound and light trapped by disorder
Researchers from the Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2) and the Centre de Nanosciences et...
Àlex Argemí
8 February 2019
Research
The INTERSECT Project will accelerate the deployment process of innovative materials and devices
The H2020 European Project Interoperable Material-to-Device simulation box for disruptive electronics (INTERSECT) will...
Àlex Argemí
5 February 2019
Research
MICROB-PREDICT - €15 million EU funded microbiome research project kicks off
22 European institutions join forces to tackle end-stage liver disease and liver failure with personalised microbiome...
Àlex Argemí
1 February 2019
Research
TOCHA will take a topological approach to the next generation of electronic, photonic and phononic devices
The European Project TOCHA, launched today through a kick-off meeting in Barcelona, proposes radically new technologies...
Àlex Argemí
31 January 2019
Research
The NEREID project has produced the “NanoElectronics Roadmap for Europe”
The roadmap highlights medium to long term recommendations for strengthening the European competitiveness in this domain...
Ana de la Osa
29 January 2019
Outreach
The ICN2 enters the “Nanolight Zone” in the new “Laura and Joan” storybook
The General Directorate for Research (Ministry of Business and Knowledge, Government of Catalonia) has launched a new...
Àlex Argemí
22 January 2019
