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Wednesday, 26 July 2017

La Caixa awards grants to three ICN2 PhD students

Last Friday several members of the ICN2 were at CaixaForum Madrid for the Obra Social La Caixa awards ceremony. Among those receiving grants to complete their doctoral studies were Xiaoman Mao, Marc Vila and Ramón García.

Wednesday, 19 July 2017

Could a new metal nanosponge material eliminate energy wastage in computing and mobile devices?

Currently some 40% of the electrical energy used by computers is dissipated as heat. The ICN2’s Theory and Simulation Group, led by CSIC Research Prof. and ICN2 Director Pablo Ordejón, and Prof. Josep Nogués of the Magnetic Nanostructures Group have lent their expertise to a project led by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona to develop and understand the properties of a new nanomaterial to address this efficiency issue.

Tuesday, 04 July 2017

New facilities and equipment at the ICN2

The ICN2 is currently implementing a project to develop a set of "Controlled Environment Nanotechnology Fabrication and Testing Facilities". The goal of CENanoTech is to transform two areas of the ICN2 building into controlled-atmosphere laboratories with state-of-the-art equipment.

Monday, 26 June 2017

A workshop update for Severo Ochoa research at the ICN2

Earlier this month was the ICN2’s third Severo Ochoa Scientific Workshop, an event that brought together researchers from all career stages and all of the institute’s research groups to share progress in their respective fields of study. We were also joined by top influencers in innovation and technology transfer in Spain and beyond.

Wednesday, 26 April 2017

Paper-based biosensor with smartphone readout

Researchers from the Nanobioelectronics and Biosensors Group at the ICN2 have published details of their new biosensor system in Scientific Reports by Nature. Paper embedded with a graphene structure is used together with a 3D-printable mini “darkroom” and smartphone technology to screen for different compounds found in food and environmental samples. The innovative system provides a low-cost portable alternative to lab testing for qualitative and quantitative pollutant detection and monitoring.

Tuesday, 18 April 2017

Optomechanical crystals to enable chaos-based secure data communications

Researchers from ICN2's Phononic and Photonic Nanostructures (P2N) Group published a study showing how the complex dynamics, including chaos, of optical nonlinearities can be controlled using optomechanical crystals and changing the parameters of the excitation laser. This discovery could allow information to be coded by introducing chaos into the light that carries it. 

Thursday, 19 January 2017

ICN2 at the focus of a new episode of LAB24

TVE offers through its 24h Channel the science dissemination program Lab24. In its latest episode this highly recognised program offers an extensive overview of the research performed at ICN2.

Friday, 16 December 2016

State of the art on graphene-based biosensors

Biosensing is growing on importance. Nanomaterials and, more specifically, graphene-based platforms have excellent properties for biosensing. In addition, flexible, abundant, low-cost and green materials, such as plastic and paper, can enhance this technology. Graphene-based biosensors will lead to breakthrough solutions for the real world, although their commercialization will imply diverse technical, production and market issues.

Wednesday, 23 November 2016

Surface hydrogen enables semiconductor nanowire subeutectic growth

Researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology and ICN2 Advanced Electron Nanoscopy Group have recently published an article in Nano Letters. They show an improvement made on the growth procedure of a semiconductor nanowire at subeutectic conditions using hydrogen. These results may have a positive effect on the CMOS technology.

Wednesday, 16 November 2016

Tip-assisted chemistry enables chemical reactions at femtoliter scale

The Chemical Communications journal reviews the advances made towards the confinement of chemical reactions within small droplets. The focus of the article falls to the tip-assisted chemistry, a technique recently amended by the ICN2 Nanostructured Functional Materials Group.

Monday, 14 November 2016

II Severo Ochoa Scientific Workshop

Doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers and Group Leaders from the ICN2 celebrated the second Severo Ochoa Scientific Workshop. Through more than 30 presentations, the attendance obtained a detailed picture of the ICN2 research done so far in the context of the Severo Ochoa award.

Thursday, 10 November 2016

Spin Hall effect in decorated graphene

ICREA Prof. Stephan Roche and ICREA Prof. Sergio Valenzuela, Group Leaders at ICN2, in collaboration with researchers from Delaware University and CEA have recently published an article in Physical Review Letters. They question the interpretation of large values from the Spin Hall effect (SHE) signals, reported experimentally in chemically decorated graphene. Further, they propose new device geometry to suppress background contributions on the non-local resistance to access the upper limit of SHE in two-dimensional materials.

Thursday, 03 November 2016

Manuel Cardona Lecture by Prof. Susan Trolier-McKinstry now available on YouTube

The online resources of the last Manuel Cardona Lecture with Prof. Susan Trolier-McKinstry are already available. Access the whole Lecture or a personal interview in the ICN2 YouTube Channel. Prof. Nazario Martín will offer the next Lecture on November 4: "Carbon Nanostructures for the Ébola Virus".

Tuesday, 18 October 2016

EXCELLENCE 2016 celebrated the potential of the research developed at UAB Campus

Representatives from the five Centres of Excellence “Severo Ochoa” and the two Units of Excellence “María de Maeztu” located at the UAB Campus shared strategies towards achieving a top level of scientific excellence. The event was held on Monday October 17 in Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), located at UAB Campus. The event counted on the presence of many other people from the scientific Spanish scene, such as Andreu Mas-Colell and Rolf Tarrach.

Tuesday, 11 October 2016

2D-nanocellulose: piezoelectric driven by a hydrogen bonds pattern

Researchers from ICN2 Phononic and Photonic Nanostructures Group publish in Scientific Reports findings providing the basis for new electromechanical designs using 2D-nanocellulose. In a longer-term perspective, the reinterpretation of electrical features for hydrogen bonds here introduced could pave the way in the understanding of life-essential molecules and events.

Friday, 07 October 2016

EXCELLENCE 2016 will celebrate the potential of the research developed at UAB Campus

Representatives from the five Centres of Excellence “Severo Ochoa” and the two Units of Excellence “María de Maeztu” located in the UAB campus will share strategies towards achieving a top level of scientific excellence. The event will occur on October 17 in Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), located at UAB Campus. October 14 is the deadline for the online registration. Dr. Carmen Vela, Secretaria de Estado de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación, will be attending the event together with other personalities.

Friday, 07 October 2016

ICN2 Open Knowledge Programme is back!

ICN2 has recently announced two consecutive series of lectures of the Open Knowledge Programme. The first one, which started today, offers an overview on nanofabrication processes, tools and facilities available in the UAB Campus. The next one, to be held in November 9, 10 and 11, will consist on a TBtrans and TranSiesta Tutorial. You are welcome to join these transversal educational activities!

Monday, 03 October 2016

A record photovoltaic effect observed in antiferroelectrics

An article in Advanced Materials, authored by ICN2 researchers Dr Amador Pérez-Tomás, Prof Mónica Lira-Cantú and ICREA Prof Gustau Catalan, reports the largest photovoltaic field ever observed in a photovoltaic device.