NanoSeminars
The NanoSeminars were established to provide a platform for the exchange of knowledge and ideas, based around a lecture by a world-class invited researcher.
The ICN2 brings to you three thematic series:
- Nano in Medicine & Health
- Nano in Physics
- Nano in Chemistry and Materials
Through the NanoSeminars we intend to facilitate active participation and lively discussions on topics which are of common interest to the lectures, the attendees and the different institutions involved. In some events the main lecture by the guest scientist will be preceded by a short presentation related to the topic given by a junior researcher. This combination will give younger scientists the opportunity to gain visibility and will also contribute to articulate the discussion on the topic addressed in the lecture.
We are delighted to share with you these exciting events and get you involved. Learn below about the upcoming NanoSeminars and watch the recorded videos of the lectures (which are published shortly after the event is held).
Scheduled NanoSeminars
- 20/05/24 - Nanoseminar in Chemistry & Materials
Prof. Núria López, Institut Català d'Investigació Química (ICIQ)
NanoSeminars Archive
Dr Beatriz Pelaz 4 April 2024
Associate Professor at the Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC), Spain
Smart Nanocarriers for Living Cells Applications
Prof. Beatriz Noheda 21 March 2024
Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials & Groningen Cognitive Systems and Materials center (CogniGron) - University of Groningen, The Netherlands
The matter of future computers: oxide thin films for neuromorphic devices
The main lecture by the guest scientist was preceded by a short presentation by
Umair Saeed, Doctoral Student at Oxide Nanophysics, Nanomaterials Growth Unit, entitled:
"Antiferroelectrics as potential neuromorphic elements"
Catalin D. Spataru 07 March 2024
Sandia National Labs, Livermore CA
Electronic and transport properties of (meta-)graphene
The main lecture by the guest scientist was preceded by a short presentation by
Pedro Alcázar Guerrero, Doctoral Student at Theoretical and Computational Nanoscience Group, entitled:
"Disorder and Delocalization in Magic Angle Twisted Bilayer Graphene"
Dr Rebeca Marcilla 29 February 2024
Senior Researcher, Electrochemical Processes Unit, IMDEA Energy, Madrid
Promoting sustainability in battery technology through redox organic materials
Prof. Cristina Flors 01 February 2024
IMDEA Nanociencia, Madrid, Spain
Advanced combinations of fluorescence and atomic force microscopy to study Biology and Materials at the nanoscale
Prof. Ifan E. L. Stephens 18 January 2024
Imperial College London, UK
Common challenges in electrochemistry: From the production of green hydrogen and ammonia to batteries and back
The main lecture by the guest scientist was preceded by a short presentation by
Dr Camilo Arturo Mesa, Senior Postdoctoral Researcher at
NanoElectrocatalysis and Sustainable Chemistry group, ICN2, entitled:
"A brief introduction of electrochemistry for Power-to-X"
Prof. Jordi Sort 30 November 2023
Department of Physics, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
Voltage control of magnetism for low-power memory and neuromorphic applications
Prof. Andrea Baldi 2 November 2023
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
Plasmonic Photothermal Chemistry: Nanoscale and ultrafast heating with metal nanoparticles
Prof. Fritz C. Huguenin 14 September 2023
Associate Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences, and Letters of Ribeirão Preto University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil
Former Postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute of Physics of São Carlos/University of São Paulo.
Supervisor: Prof. Osvaldo Novais de Oliveira Jr.
Former Postdoctoral fellowship at ICN2/Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
Supervisor: Dr. Pedro Gómez-Romero.
Productivity Fellow of CNPQ/Brazil.
Advancing the kinetic investigation of MOS2 catalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction through electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
Prof. Paolo Samorì 13 July 2023
Institut de Science et d’Ingénierie Supramoléculaires (ISIS), University of Strasbourg & CNRS, Strasbourg (France)
Boosting 2D materials with molecules: from high-performance multiresponsive electronics to pressure sensing for health monitoring
Prof. Michael Debije 25 May 2023
Stimuli-responsive Functional Materials and Devices Dept. Chemical Engineering & Chemistry and Eindhoven Institute for Renewable Energy Systems (EIRES), Eindhoven University of Technology
The luminescent solar concentrator: shining new lights on an old idea
Prof. Georg S. Duesberg 29 March 2023
Institute of Physics, EIT 2, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Institute of Physics, Universität of the Bundeswehr Munich & SENS Research Center, Germany
2D materials for wearable sensors
The main lecture by the guest scientist was preceded by a short presentation by
Hugo Gómez Torres, Doctoral Student at Thermal Properties of Nanoscale Materials Group, entitled:
"Measurement of heat capacity in transition metal dichalcogenides by pulse heating technique"
Prof. Yvonne Perrie 02 March 2023
Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences
Microfluidic manufacturing of nanoparticles: Production considerations
The main lecture by the guest scientist was preceded by a short presentation by
Dr Yi David Ju, UoM Research Fellow visitor, entitled:
"Anti-PEG Antibodies Boosted in Humans by SARS-COV-2 mRNA Vaccines"
Prof. Simona Parrinello 26 January 2023
UCL Cancer Institute, London, UK
Injury programmes shape glioblastoma
The main lecture by the guest scientist was preceded by a short presentation by Dr Anita Liu,
Nanomedicine Lab, University of Manchester, UK, entitled:
"Nano-Omics for blood biomarker discovery in Glioblastoma"
Prof. Johan Christensen 15 December 2022
IMDEA Materials, Madrid, Spain
Topological sound and vibrations
The main lecture by the guest scientist will be preceded by a short presentation by Dr Guilhem Madiot,
Senior Postdoctoral Researcher at Phononic and Photonic Nanostructures Group at ICN2, entitled:
"Generation and control of acoustic phonons at the nanoscale"
Prof. Frank Niklaus 3 November 2022
Division of Micro and Nanosystems, KTH Royal Institute of Technology,
Stockholm, Sweden
Nanoelectromechanical System (NEMS) Sensors Based on Graphene Membranes
The main lecture by the guest scientist will be preceded by a short presentation by Dr. Kumara Cordero,
Postdoctoral Researcher at Oxide Nanophysics Group at ICN2, entitled:
"Effect of flexoelectricity on the nanomechanical properties of ferroelectric materials"
Prof. Francesca Brunetti 13 October 2022
CHOSE- Centre for Hybrid and Organic Solar Energy, Department of Electronic Engineering,
University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
Printed perovskite solar cells and modules on flexible substrates and their integration with energy storage systems
Prof. Norbert Koch 22 September 2022
Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Berlin, Germany
Ground state charge transfer phenomena for controlling energy levels of semiconductor heterojunctions
The main lecture by the guest scientist was preceded by a short presentation by Dr Cristian Rodriguez-Tinoco
UAB Senior Researcher at Group of Thermal Properties of Nanoscale Materials - GTNaM at ICN2, entitled:
"Nanocalorimetry and AFM as unique tools for a direct and visual evidence of dynamic heterogeneity in thin film organic glasses"
Prof. Jonathan Viventi 14 July 2022
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Duke University, North Carolina, USA
Flexible electronics for neural interfaces
The main lecture by the guest scientist was preceded by a short presentation by Eduard Masvidal
Postdoctoral Researcher at Advanced Electronic Materials and Devices Group at ICN2, entitled:
"Graphene microtransistors for DC-coupled brain electrophysiology"
François Léonard 16 June 2022
Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California, USA
Novel designs for single photon detection based on quantum and nanoscale systems
The main lecture by the guest scientist was preceded by a short presentation by Dr Sebastian Castilla
Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO), entitled:
"Electrical detection of high quality 2D polaritonic mid-infrared nanoresonators"
Prof. Udo Bach 19 May 2022
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Monash University, Australia
Lead Halide Perovskites
The main lecture by the guest scientist was preceded by a short presentation by Dr Maria Chiara Spadaro
Postdoctoral Researcher at Advanced Electron Nanoscopy group at ICN2, entitled:
"A detailed study of an alternative material for earth abundant and recyclable solar cells"
Dr Johannes Benduhn 05 May 2022
Dresden Integrated Center for Applied Physics and Photonic Materials (IAPP) Institute of Applied Physics, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
Narrowband organic photodetectors towards miniaturized, spectroscopic sensing
The main lecture by the guest scientist was not recorded due to confidentiality issues. Still you can enjoy the short preliminary presentation by Juliana de Fátima Giarola
Specialist Technician at NanoBiosensors and Bioanalytical Applications Group at ICN2, entitled:
"Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensor for Parkinson’s Disease Diagnosis".
Prof. Dr Bradley Nelson 21 April 2022
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
The Robotics Part of Micro and Nano Robotics
The main lecture by the guest scientist was preceded by a short presentation by Prof. Maria Jose Esplandiu
CSIC Scientific Researcher at Magnetic Nanostructures Group at ICN2, entitled:
"Unraveling the operating mechanisms of chemically powered micro-nano motors". Unfortunately it was not recoreded.
Prof. Nam-Gyu Park 07 April 2022
School of Chemical Engineering and Center for Antibonding Regulated Crystals Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea
A Game Changer in Photovoltaics: Perovskite Solar Cell
The main lecture by the guest scientist was preceded by a short presentation by Dr Sonia Ruiz Raga
Senior Researcher at Nanostructured Materials for Photovoltaic Energy Group at ICN2, entitled:
"Revealing the spiro-OMeTAD photodoping process in a perovskite solar cell with in-situ impedance spectroscopy and photoluminescence measurements"
Dr Costanza Toninelli 24 March 2022
CNR-INO and LENS, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
Integrated molecules for photonic quantum technologies
The main lecture by the guest scientist was preceded by a short presentation by Dr Martin Poblet
Senior Postdoctoral Researcher at Phononic and Photonic Nanostructures Group, entitled:
"Dielectric substrate characterization using plasmonic nanoantennas"
Dr Avi Schroeder 10 March 2022
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa
Barcoded Nanoparticles for Precision Cancer Medicine: Effects of tumor type and patient sex on anticancer efficacy
The main lecture by the guest scientist was preceded by a short presentation by Dr Hanan Abumanhal-Masarweh
Associate Researcher, Division of Pharmacy & Optometry, University of Manchester, entitled:
"Targeting the tumor-microenvironment using nanotechnology"
Prof. Liberato Manna 24 February 2022
Department of Nanochemistry, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy
Halide perovskite nanocrystals: Synthesis, the role of the surface, heterostructures
The main lecture by the guest scientist was preceded by a short presentation by Dr Sonia Ruiz Raga
Senior Researcher at Nanostructured Materials for Photovoltaic Energy Group at ICN2, entitled:
"Back contact electrode strategies for perovskite solar cells"
Dr Sayani Majumdar 10 February 2022
Microelectronics and Quantum Technologies,
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Neuromorphic Computing and Adaptive Sensing - A Device to Systems Level Perspective
The main lecture by the guest scientist was preceded by a short presentation by Aleandro Antidormi
Senior Postdoctoral Researcher at Theoretical and Computational Nanoscience Group at ICN2, entitled:
"Neuromorphic computing based on amorphous materials"
Prof. Anja Boisen 27 January 2022
Technical University of Denmark
Micro/Nano Engineering and Drug Delivery
The main lecture by the guest scientist was preceded by a short presentation by Enric Calucho
Doctoral Student at Nanobioelectronics and Biosensors Group at ICN2, entitled:
"Point-of-Care nanobiosensors: the necessary bridge between diagnostics and modern medicine"
Prof. Erik Johansson 13 January 2022
Angström Laboratory, Physical Chemistry, Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
Development of perovskite and quantum dot solar cells aiming towards interface control and environmentally friendly materials
The main lecture by the guest scientist was preceded by a short presentation by Fanny Baumann
Doctoral Student at Nanostructured Materials for Photovoltaic Energy group at ICN2, entitled:
"An open-access database and analysis tool for perovskite solar cells.
How the Perovskite Database was created and how it can be utilized"
Prof. Floris Zwanenburg 9 December 2021
Associate Professor at University of Twente’s MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology
Drienerlolaan 5, 7522 NB Enschede, The Netherlands
Silicon and Germanium Quantum electronics
The main lecture by the guest scientist was preceded by a short presentation by Dr Isaac Alcón, Postdoctoral Researcher at Theoretical and Computational Nanoscience Group, ICN2, entitled:
"Nanoporous graphene: A novel platform for carbon nanoelectronics"
Prof. George Malliaras 25 November 2021
Prince Philip Professor of Technology at the University of Cambridge, UK
Technology for Bioelectronic Medicine
Co-organised by ICN2 and Nanomedicine lab at the University of Manchester
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The main lecture by the guest scientist was preceded by a short presentation by Dr Samuel Flaherty, Postdoctoral Researcher at NanoNeuro team, Nanomedicine Lab, University of Manchester, entitled:
"Investigating the post stroke brain using graphene transistor arrays"
Prof. Eric Pop 28 October 2021
Electrical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, and SystemX Alliance Stanford University, Stanford, USA
What Are 2D Materials Good For?
The main lecture by the guest scientist was preceded by a short presentation by Dr Emigdio Chávez, Senior Postdoctoral Researcher at ICN2 Phononic and Photonic Nanostructures Group, entitled:
"Anisotropic thermal conductivity of layered 2D SnSe2"
Prof. Diego Ghezzi 14 October 2021
Medtronic Chair in Neuroengineering, EPFL Center for Neuroprosthetics and Institute of Bioengineering,
School of Engineering, Switzerland
Translational research in organic neuroprosthetics
The main lecture by the guest scientist was preceded by a short presentation by Dr Steven Walston, Senior Postdoctoral Researcher at ICN2 Advanced Electronic Materials and Devices Group, entitled:
"Graphene-based Neural Interface Devices"
Prof. Dr. Yana Vaynzof 30 September 2021
Technical University of Dresden, Germany
Reproducibility in Perovskite Solar Cells
The main lecture by the guest scientist was preceded by a short presentation by Dr. Masoud Karimipour, from the ICN2 Nanostructured Materials for Photovoltaic Energy Group, entitled:
"Perovskite Solar Cells: From materials to highly efficient and stable devices"
Aitor Lopeandía Fernández 16 September 2021
UAB Senior Researcher and member of the ICN2 Thermal Properties of Nanoscale Materials Group