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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. 

Wednesday, 28 September 2016

ICN2 creates new opportunities at GrapChina 2016

The ICN2 delegation included the Director and a nourished representation of Group leaders involved in different approaches to graphene research and applications. After a series of contacts with Chinese representations, GrapChina becomes a strategic event to develop new contacts with key players such as the China Innovation Alliance of the Graphene Industry (CGIA).

Monday, 26 September 2016

Bending semiconductors generates electricity

The discovery, published today in Nature, is a significant breakthrough in solid state physics and is also potentially relevant for technology. The phenomenon, called flexoelectricity, arises from the redistribution of atoms and electrons in a material when it is bent. This redistribution of charges can be used to generate an electrical current. It was already known that insulating materials can be flexoelectric. The surprise discovery is that semiconductors can also be flexoelectric, and moreover they can generate far more electricity than insulators.

Monday, 29 August 2016

A nanoplasmonic biosensor for early detection of colorectal cancer

The ICN2 Nanobiosensors and Bioanalytical Applications Group, led by Prof Laura M. Lechuga, proposed a nanoplasmonic biosensor for colorectal cancer autoantibody detection in an article published in Analytica Chimica Acta. There is an evident need for novel screening tools for a less invasive and more specific screening and diagnosis to fight against this cancer.

Thursday, 11 August 2016

An ultrasensitive and specific diagnostic sensor based on interferometric bimodal nanowaveguides 

Researchers from the ICN2 Nanobiosensors and Bioanalytical Applications Group, led by Prof Laura Lechuga, have designed a nanophotonic biosensor for ultrasensitive detection of microRNAs in complex media. Results published in ACS Sensors demonstrate that such devices can be used as an ultrasensitive and specific diagnostic tool for the prediction of diseases (such as cancer) with well-defined microRNA signatures.

Tuesday, 10 May 2016

Spin lifetime anisotropy of graphene is much weaker than previously reported

An article published today in Nature Communications presents a new method to determine the spin lifetime anisotropy of spin-polarized carriers in graphene using oblique spin precession. The work, led by ICREA research Prof Sergio O Valenzuela, Group Leader of the ICN2 Physics and Engineering Of Nanodevices Group, demonstrates spin-lifetime anisotropy measurements in graphene and discusses them in light of current theoretical knowledge.

Monday, 09 May 2016

Prof Albert Fert reflects on research, innovation and students

In November 2015 Prof Albert Fert visited ICN2. We had the opportunity to interview him and record his ICN2 Manuel Cardona Lecture entitled "Spin-orbitronics, a new direction for spintronics". Interacting with him is a gift for curious minds. Now you can watch on YouTube both his highly specialised talk and a relaxed interview. We hope you enjoy it!

Friday, 08 April 2016

Visual detection of volatile compounds in a piece of plasmonic nanopaper

ICN2 researchers from Nanobioelectronics and Bisoensors Group, led by ICREA Professor Arben Merkoçi in collaboration with researchers in Canada and Iran, report a novel sensing technology for the visual detection of volatile compounds in a piece of plasmonic nanopaper. Their results have been just published in Nanoscale.

Thursday, 10 March 2016

Spin manipulation in graphene by chemically-induced sublattice pseudospin polarization

Spin manipulation is one of the most critical challenges to realize spin-based logic devices and spintronic circuits. ICN2 researchers Dinh Van Tuan and ICREA Research Professor Stephan Roche, from the Theoretical and Computational Nanoscience group reveal that certain impurities such as fluorine ad-atoms could result in a remarkable variability of spin transport characteristics in graphene, as published recently in Physical Review Letters.

Thursday, 03 March 2016

A novel targeted anticancer therapy system based on carbon nanocapsules

Researchers from the Materials Science Institute of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) in collaboration with the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), the Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology (IBMC-CNRS) and King’s College London (KCL) have developed a novel nanocarrier anti-cancer platform for the targeted delivery of radioactivity.

Friday, 26 February 2016

Non-Invasive Photocurrent Characterization of Nanoscale Morphologies in CVD Graphene

A recent paper in Nature Communications reports a simple and robust technology using non-invasive opto-electronic nanoscopy to probe locally both the optical and electronic properties of graphene devices. The work results from an international collaboration led by ICFO, with ICN2 participating to the theoretical interpretation of the experiments.

Monday, 08 February 2016

ICN2 presents its Equal Opportunities and Diversity Management Plan

Lluis Rovira, Director of the CERCA Institution, chaired the event that introduced the result of two years of diagnosis and discussion within the ICN2 Equal Opportunities Committee. The Plan presented on february first seeks to ensure that ICN2 offers equal opportunities for men and women and to promote the development of women in the scientific career.

Friday, 05 February 2016

A cost-effective method for mass production of printed flexible graphene-based electronic devices

The ICN2 NanoBioelectronics and Biosensors Group, led by the ICREA Research Prof Arben Merkoçi, presents a versatile, low-cost and customizable method for patterning graphene oxide onto a myriad of substrates. The patented technique, published in ACS Nano, requires neither a clean room nor organic solvents. It consists of three easy steps: printing, filtering and pressing.

Thursday, 21 January 2016

Dr. Maurizia Palummo discusses novel semiconducting 2D materials for opto-electronics

Dr. Maurizia Palummo offered, on January 21, an ICN2 seminar about Transition metal dichalcogenides. She presented recent results obtained by her team and elucidated the time scale and microscopic origin of light emission in these two-dimensional systems. The speaker was invited by the ICN2 Theory and Simulation Group, led by Dr. Pablo Ordejón.