| Nanotechnology Activities Survey in Spain |
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| Name of the Laboratory |
SMOL Single Molecule Electronics
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| Department |
Física de la Materia Condensada |
| Institution |
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid |
| Institution (Acronym) |
UAM |
| Contact Person (e-mail) |
AGRAÏT, Nicolás / Rubio-Bollinger, Gabino |
| Address |
Francisco Tomás y Valiente 7, Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco |
| Country |
Spain |
| Phone |
+34 497 3800 |
| Fax |
+34 497 3961 |
| Website |
http://www.uam.es/nicolas.agrait |
| Main Research Areas |
* Quantum transport
* Atomic wires
* Single molecule electronics
* Graphene
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| Participating Projects |
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* Single-Atom and Single-Molecule Electronic Components (SASMEC)
Coordinator: N. Agrait: ESF/MEC (140.000 €)
* Fundamentals of Molecular Electronic Assemblies (ITN-Marie Curie)
Coordinator: N. Agrait: EC (250.000 €)
* Ciencia y Tecnología en el milikelvin (CITECNOMIK)
Coordinator: S. Vieira: CAM (600.000 €)
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| Three more relevant publications within 2006-2009 |
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* Hihath J, Arroyo C. R., Rubio-Bollinger G., Tao, NJ, Agrait N - Nano Letters 8, 1673-1678 (2008)
* M. Moreno-Moreno, A Castellanos-Gomez, G Rubio-Bollinger, J Gomez-Herrero, N Agraït - Small 5, 924-927 (2009)
* F. Giacalone, M. A. Herranz, L. Grüter, M.T. González, M. Calame, C. Schönenberger, C. R. Arroyo, G. Rubio-Bollinger, M. Vélez, N. Agraït, and N. Mart - Chem. Commum. 46, 4854-4856 (2007)
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| Instruments and equipment available |
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* STM a bajas temperaturas (250 mK)
* AFM-STM a bajas temperaturas (2 K)
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| Number of researchers (7) |
| Permanent positions (Prof, Dr) |
2 |
| PhD(contracted) |
1 |
| PhD Students |
3 |
| Technicians |
1 |
| Others |
0 |
| PhD 2006-2009 |
0 |
| PhD Ramon y Cajal (currently) |
0 |
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Nanotechnology for structural applications |
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Nano powered ceramics |
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Composite materials containing nanocrystals or powders |
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Materials based on carbon nanotubes or fullerenes |
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Nanoparticulate coatings |
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Other - specify: |
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NanoTechnology for information processing storage and transmission |
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Nanoelectronics, materials and devices |
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Optoelectronics/optical materials and devices |
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Magnetic materials and devices |
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Organic (opto) electronics |
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Other - specify: |
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Nano(bio)technology for medical applications |
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Drug encapsulation |
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Targeted drug delivery, molecular recognition |
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Other - specify: |
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Nanotechnology for sensor applications |
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Nanostructured sensors |
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Sensors based on biological molecules |
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Other - specify: |
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Nanotechnology for (electro)chemical processing technologies |
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Filtration |
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Catalysts or electrodes with nano-structured surface |
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Other - specify: |
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Long-term research with generic applications |
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Self- assembly |
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Quantum physics, mesoscopic systems, chemical |
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Interfacing to organic / biological molecules |
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Other - specify: |
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Instruments and equipment, supporting sciences and technologies |
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Analytical equipment and techniques |
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Powder production and processing |
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Deposition equipment and techniques |
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Patterning equipment and techniques |
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Other - specify: |
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