| Nanotechnology Activities Survey in Spain |
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| Name of the Laboratory |
Grupo de Teoría del Estado Sólido
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| Department |
DIPC, Dep. de Física de Materiales y Centro de Física de Materiales |
| Institution |
Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) & Centro de Física de Materiales CSIC-UPV/EHU |
| Institution (Acronym) |
DIPC-CSIC-UPV/EHU |
| Contact Person (e-mail) |
Andres Arnau Pino / Andres Ayuela Fernandez / Daniel Sánchez Portal / ECHENIQUE LANDIRIBAR, Pedro / Eugene Chulkov / Javier Aizpurua / José Mª Pitarke de la Torre / Maite Alducin / Ricardo Diez Muiño
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| Address |
Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal, 4 |
| Postal code |
20018 San Sebastián-Donostia |
| Province |
Guipuzcoa |
| Autonomous Region |
Pais Vasco |
| Country |
Spain |
| Phone |
+34-943 01 59 63 |
| Fax |
+34-943 01 56 00 |
| Website |
http://dipc.ehu.es/group/index.htm |
| Main Research Areas |
* Calculations of electronic structure, electron excited states and electron dynamics
* Nanophotonics, nanoplasmonics
* Theory of nanostructured materials (carbon nanotubes, surfaces, clusters, etc...)
* Reconstruction of clean and decorated surfaces/Adsorbates
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| Participating Projects |
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* coordinated project e-PHENOMENAS (Electron mediated Phenomena at nanostructures and surfaces)
Coordinator: Andres Arnau Pino (UPV/EHU, Spain) and Daniel Sanchez-Portal (CSIC-UPV/EHU, Spain): MEC (357.000 €)
* Nanoatenna
Coordinator: Javier Aizpurua (CSIC-UPV-EHU, Spain): European Commision (279.000 €)
* Nanogune - CONSOLIDER: Creacion de un nuevo centro de I+D para la coordinación, desarrollo y gestión de la investigación en nanociencias en el País Vasco
Coordinator: Pedro Echenique Landiribar (UPV/EHU, Spain): Nacional (300.000 €)
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| Three more relevant publications within 2007-2010 |
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* Diaconescu B, Pohl K, Vattuone L, Savio L, Hofmann P, Silkin VM, Pitarke JM, Chulkov EV, Echenique PM, Farías D, and Rocca M - Nature 448, 57 (2007)
* Schnell M, Garcia-Etxarri A, Huber AJ, Crozier K, Aizpurua J, and Hillenbrand R - Nature Photonics 3, 287 (2009).
* Lucia Vitali, Robin Ohmann and Klaus Kern , Aran Garcia-Lekue, Thomas Frederiksen, Daniel Sanchez-Portal and Andres Arnau - Nano Lett., DOI: 10.1021/nl903760k (web publication: January 19, 2010)
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| Instruments and equipment available |
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* computer clusters
* computer center at DIPC
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| funding 2007-2010 (In
thousand Euro) |
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MECD/MINECO/MINETUR |
CC.AA. |
UE |
Private |
Total for years |
2007 |
160 |
112 |
140 |
2 |
414 |
2008 |
194 |
112 |
17 |
0 |
323 |
2009 |
194 |
112 |
160 |
0 |
466 |
2010 |
194 |
112 |
160 |
0 |
466 |
Total for organism
type |
742 |
448 |
477 |
2 |
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| Number of researchers (51) |
| Permanent positions (Prof, Dr) |
15 |
| PhD(contracted) |
15 |
| PhD Students |
11 |
| Technicians |
3 |
| Others |
0 |
| PhD 2007-2010 |
7 |
| PhD Ramon y Cajal (currently) |
0 |
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| Participation in other Networks
nanoICT |
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| Useful web links or contacts for NANOSPAIN
Network
www.nanoict.org |
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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: Teoría
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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: Teoría
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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: Teoría
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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: Sofware for first-principles simulations
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