Severo Ochoa Programme 2018-2022 NEWS
Tuesday, 21 February 2023
European research centres and companies leading the development of supercomputing hardware and simulation software re-join forces in the third phase of the MaX European Centre of Excellence, funded by the European Union (grant agreement no. 101093374) and supported by the Euro HPC Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) and its member states. The MaX (“MAterials design at the eXascale”) Centre will continue to drive the evolution of materials science simulation software towards a new era of extremely increased computation power. This will open new opportunities for designing and testing materials for applications in crucial fields, such as clean energy, new IT technologies, and manufacturing as a whole.
Thursday, 16 February 2023
As discussed in a paper published in the ‘Elsevier Reference Module in Chemistry, Molecular Sciences and Chemical Engineering’, the peculiar properties of nanomaterials and their behaviour at the interface with water can strongly enhance decontamination and remediation techniques. The most relevant contributions in this field, as well as the connected challenges, are presented in this work, which have many researchers from the ICN2 among its authors.
Thursday, 09 February 2023
The thermal dissipation in new ultra-thin materials is extremely relevant for heat management of future electronic devices. A combination of characterization techniques allows studying how this and other properties vary as a consequence of increased thickness and change of crystallinity of the material.
Thursday, 26 January 2023
Experts in various branches of nanomedicine discuss recent developments and provide their vision about the future of the field in a Roadmap article published in the 'Journal of Physics, Materials'. Researchers from the ICN2 Nanostructured Functional Materials Group and the Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona contributed a section dedicated to the use of nanoparticles as carriers for drug delivery in Parkinson’s disease treatments.
Monday, 23 January 2023
Cooling Photonics has raised 630,000 euros of investment that will accelerate the entry into the market of its cooling technology, aimed at the energy, electrical charging, and aerospace sectors. The company has received support from ACCIÓ through the Startup Capital line, aimed at boosting the growth of emerging companies with high technological potential.
Wednesday, 11 January 2023
The R+D+I Energy for Society Network (XRE4S) provides consultancy and mentoring in industrial strategy, property protection, and market positioning to researchers who are interested in transferring their technologies to an existing company or founding a new one. Five spin-offs have been recently created with the support of XRE4S and one more (from the ICN2) may be established soon.
Friday, 23 December 2022
He carried our research on graphene-based devices for cell bioelectronics at the ICN2 in the Advanced Electronics Materials and Device Group. The prize was awarded on December 22.
Tuesday, 20 December 2022
A highly competitive process led to successful recommendation by the European Commission to provide up to 15M€ investment in INBRAIN Neuroelectronics. Funding will be used to support the development of the world’s first graphene intelligent brain network platform towards commercialization.
Thursday, 15 December 2022
The SMART-ER project has been granted funding by the Spanish Research Agency to produce photoresponsive materials based on a conceptually new paradigm. It will be led by the ICN2 Nanostructured Functional Materials Group (Nanosfun).
Thursday, 15 December 2022
Majorana anyons, theoretically predicted particles which are expected to show exotic properties with great potential for quantum computing applications, are both very elusive and difficult to distinguish from other quantum states. Researchers from ISTA, ICN2 and ICMM-CSIC combined two different measurement techniques to unmask an impostor Majorana particle, as described in a study published in ‘Nature’.
Monday, 12 December 2022
They developed their thesis project under the supervision of group leader Prof. José Garrido (ICN2) and Dr Anton Guimerà (IMB-CNM-CSIC).
Monday, 05 December 2022
'Científicas e Innovadoras' is a display and search engine for excellent female talent in Spain.
Thursday, 01 December 2022
A team of researchers led by members of the ICN2 NanoBiosensors and Bioanalytical Applications Group presents on the pages of ‘Sensors & Diagnostics’ an innovative photonic biosensor that can detect the presence of the SARS-COV-2 virus at very low concentrations in a sample. It can also provide a quantitative measure of the viral load in less than 20 minutes, which is crucial to prevent the spread of the infection and to intervene quickly with the appropriate treatment.
Wednesday, 16 November 2022
Thanks to this funding, researchers at the ICN2 will develop photo-sensitive materials for smart windows, membranes for skin regeneration and a device for rapid detection and discrimination of respiratory viruses.
Friday, 11 November 2022
The project eNLIGHT, led by Prof. Lechuga, will receive 30,000€ to develop an optical nanodevice that can provide rapid, effective and quantitative diagnosis of lung cancer from a small sample of human blood.
Wednesday, 09 November 2022
She will spend one year at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Information Technology and Media Technology of BUW, where she will take part in research on energy-efficient communication technologies and give lectures.
Tuesday, 08 November 2022
A paper recently published in 'Light: Science & Applications’ demonstrates that quantum materials of the topological insulator family can efficiently upconvert electromagnetic radiation in the terahertz (THz) regime. These results open new avenues for THz photonics technology and its application in sensing, homeland security and sixth-generation mobile communications. The study was conducted by a team of researchers coordinated by ICN2 group leader Dr Klaas-Jan Tielrooij.
Wednesday, 26 October 2022
Representatives of the institutes participating in the LEIT project, led by ICN2 group leader Prof. Dr Clivia Sotomayor-Torres, met to discuss recent results and future steps.
Wednesday, 19 October 2022
The workshop was organised by a new generation of nanophotonics researchers and funded by the Nanophotonics Europe Association, a network that emerged from the EU funded PhOREMOST project, in which Prof. Dr Clivia Sotomayor-Torres and other members of the research group that she leads at the ICN2 were involved.
Monday, 17 October 2022
In a paper published in ‘JACS’, an alternative method to synthesize complex metal-organic framework (MOFs), by assembling prefabricated “pores”, is proposed. The approach envisioned by a team of researchers from the ICN2 Supramolecular NanoChemistry and Materials Group provides greater control over the materials produced and their specific properties.
