Severo Ochoa Programme 07/2018-06/2022 News ICT News Severo Ochoa ICT News - ICN2Wednesday, 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.
Wednesday, 21 September 2022
An introduction to the quantum materials research and the equipment used at the ICN2 was provided to the students of this year’s edition of the MQST by a few of our researchers. ICREA Prof. Stephan Roche, group leader at the ICN2 and a member of the Master’s Coordination Team, was the host of this meeting and guided tour.
Thursday, 15 September 2022
ICN2 group leader Dr Klaas-Jan Tielrooij is the author of a perspective article in the “News & Views” section of the latest issue of “Nature Materials” that summarizes and highlights the relevance of a study recently published in “Nature”. This work provides a proof-of-concept demonstration of an ultrafast logic gate, using graphene and short laser pulses, which has incredibly promising applications in ultrafast signal processing.
Monday, 08 August 2022
As reported today in an article in ‘Nature Nanotechnology’, a team of researchers led by scientists at the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) achieved the suppression of mechanical vibrations in a silicon nanostructured membrane by shaping it into a cloverleaf-like pattern. Unwanted vibrations compromise the performance of materials for micro- and nano-electromechanical systems. These results open the way to applications in nanotechnology, optical communications and quantum computing, among others. The publication was accompanied by a News and Views article highlighting the work.
Tuesday, 02 August 2022
In a study coordinated by ICREA Prof. Jordi Arbiol and his Advanced Electron Nanoscopy Group at the ICN2, and published in “Nature Communications”, arrays of core-shell nanowires made of two different semiconductors and grown horizontally on a planar surface are thoroughly analised by means of scanning transmission electron microscopy. This atomic-scale study is key to understanding how morphological characteristics affect opto-electronic, plasmonic, and quantum properties and how to control them for application in next-generation devices.
Thursday, 28 July 2022
The project, funded by the European Union through the FLAG-ERA initiative, has ICN2 senior researcher Dr Marianna Sledzinska as primary investigator. Over the next three years, MINERVA will study amorphous 2D materials for application in high performance electronics.
Thursday, 23 June 2022
After the enthusiastic reception of the first edition (Bilbao, 2021), this second appointment of the Quantum Matter Conference renews its success with great participation by representatives of academia, research and industry. The ICN2 is among the organisers of the event.
Wednesday, 08 June 2022
In this lecture, ICN2 Director Prof. Pablo Ordejón explained the role of nanotechnology in addressing major challenges in health, energy, environment, and other fields and provided examples of existing applications and new developments.
Tuesday, 19 April 2022
A theoretical analysis of magnetism, symmetry characteristics and spin transport in van der Waals materials provides guiding rules for benchmarking new tailor-made structures built by stacking different layers of atomic thickness. This work, published in ‘Nature Reviews Physics’, was carried out by researchers from the ICN2, the University College of London and the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz.
Wednesday, 06 April 2022
Vapour deposition allows producing glassy materials that show high density and excellent properties, in particular high thermodynamic and kinetic stability. Due to these advantages over liquid-cooled glasses, new applications are now within reach, particularly in the field of organic optoelectronic devices.
Thursday, 17 March 2022
The study reveals the thermal transport properties of ultrathin crystals of molybdenum diselenide.
Thursday, 10 February 2022
Elphbolt is the first software for simulating charge and thermal transport in solid materials that allows integrating the reciprocal effect of electrons and phonons into the calculations. This new free tool will enable detailed studies of transport phenomena in solids, with probable impact on the search for thermopower materials for green energy applications.
Monday, 07 February 2022
With €150,000 each, the SAFE-ON and COOLGRAELE projects will further develop the pioneering research carried out thanks to previous ERC funding and plan the transference of their technologies to the industry and, thus, the market.
Tuesday, 30 November 2021
Experts in quantum science and technology coming from academy and industry met in Bilbao on the occasion of Quantum 2021, a three-day event meant to become the first of a new series of international conferences dedicated to this emerging and promising field of research. The ICN2 is among the organizers.
Thursday, 04 November 2021
This year’s edition of the BIST annual conference discussed the current state of quantum technologies and the future plans for their development and application, with a special focus on projects ongoing in Catalonia. Representatives of research centres (including the ICN2) and the industrial sector were invited to contribute to the debate.
Wednesday, 28 July 2021
ICN2 researchers Dr Thomas Guillet, Christian Schäfer, and Peng Xiao will be able to complete a short stay at internationally renowned centres to develop part of their research and acquire new expertise. Applications for the Severo Ochoa Outbound Mobility Programme, which covers expenses up to 3000 euros, will be open until the end of September 2021.
Tuesday, 20 July 2021
In a review just published in Nature Nanotechnology, the recent progress and enormous potential of van der Waals heterostructures are highlighted. These artificial materials, made up of layers of different 2D crystals, can be designed to exhibit specific functionalities to be harnessed in spintronic and opto-spintronic devices.
Monday, 05 July 2021
The first edition of a new conference dedicated to topological quantum system was held between June 28 and July 1, 2021.
Monday, 07 June 2021
An article just published in “Nature Materials” discusses the implementation of a qubit system based on the interacting spins of holes, confined in a silicon-germanium quantum device. These qubits can be operated with small magnetic fields. Members of the ICN2 Advanced Electron Nanoscopy Group participated in the characterization of the fabricated structures.
