Open Knowledge Programme 9 Meet the ICN2 Research Support Facilities

OK Program 9:
Meet the ICN2 Research Support Facilities

April, 2021. Promoted by the ICN2 Research Support Division.

In this new fully online edition of the OK Programme we invite you to learn from and interact with the experts managing relevant ICN2 Facilities within the ICN2 Research Support Division.

• Lecture 1: X-Ray Diffraction Facility at ICN2: Overview on tools and processes
  Speaker: Jessica Padilla, Research Technician of the ICN2 X-ray Diffraction Facility.

  The seminar provides an overview of the XRD Facility at ICN2 and technical details about the two Malvern- Panalytical diffractometers available in the Facility. It will offer a basic introduction on XRD technique and also the standard applications available inside the XRD Facility (phase and crystal structure identification, cell parameters and thickness determination, domain orientation/stress, etc…) for powder and thin films samples. The seminar will also present the in-situ capabilities available in the XRD Facility by means of several cases studies (applying temperature, light or gas environment).

• Lecture 2: Biolab Facility: Overview of Characteristics, Equipment & Service
  Speaker: Manuela Dietrich, Senior Laboratory Officer of the ICN2 Biolab Facility.

  The speaker describes the characteristics of the Biolab Facility, gives an overview of the available equipment and service offered, briefly shows the requirements and steps to obtain access to the facility, and discusses administrative aspects associated with work in the Biolab.

• Lecture 3: Molecular spectroscopies, optical microscopy and other physical techniques for the physicochemical characterization of micro/nanomaterials: a general overview
  Speaker: Javier Saiz-Poseu, Research technician of the ICN2 Molecular Spectroscopy Facility.

  The objective of this seminar is to provide general information about the equipment that can be found in the Molecular Spectroscopies and Optical Microscopies laboratories at the ICN2. This consisted of a brief description of the corresponding techniques and how could be applied for the physicochemical analysis of materials, both at the macro and the nanoscale.

• Lecture 4: Zetasizer Nano ZS: DLS and Zeta Potential theory and analysis of results
  Speaker: Javier Saiz-Poseu, Research technician of the ICN2 Molecular Spectroscopy Facility.

  In this seminar, the Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) and Zeta Potential theories are explained in order to shed some light on the Zetasizer Nano ZS operation. Once the fundamentals of both techniques are presented, some guidelines for the interpretation of the obtained results are provided.