| Nanotechnology Activities Survey in Spain |
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| Name of the Laboratory |
Atomic Force Microscopy
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| Department |
Nanostructured materials |
| Institution |
Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Barcelona |
| Institution (Acronym) |
CSIC |
| Contact Person (e-mail) |
Ana Pérez / Esther Barrena / Markos Paradinas / OCAL GARCIA, Carmen / Sonia Matencio
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| Address |
Campus de la UAB, Bellaterra, Cerdanyola del Vallès |
| Postal code |
08193 |
| Province |
Barcelona |
| Autonomous Region |
Cataluña |
| Country |
Spain |
| Phone |
+34-935801853 |
| Fax |
+34-935805729 |
| Website |
http://www.icmab.es/ |
| Main Research Areas |
* Organic Self-Assembled Monolayers
* Atomic Force Microscopy. STM and NC-AFM in UHV
* Morphology and growth characterization
* Nanotribology and friction
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| Participating Projects |
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* Anchoring of metal-organic frameworks, MOFs, to surfaces - http://www.surmof.eu
Coordinator: C.Ocal (Spain): European Commission
* INVESTIGACION A ESCALA MOLECULAR MEDIANTE NC-AFM DE LAS IMPLICACIONES QUIMICAS Y FISICAS EN LA FOTOGENERACION Y COLECCION DE CARGA EN SISTEMAS FOTOVOLTAICOS ORGANICOS
Coordinator: E. Barrena: MINECO
* Funcionalizacion heterogénea de superficies mediante películas orgánicas y su uso como plantillas de crecimiento
Coordinator: C. Ocal: MEC
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| Three more relevant publications within 2010-2013 |
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* M. Paradinas, C. Munuera, Ch.Silien, M. Buck and C.Ocal - Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2013, 15 (4), 1302
* C. Ocal, R. Bachelet, L. Garzón, M. Stengel, F. Sánchez and J. Fontcuberta - Chemistry of Materials (2012), 24(21), 4177
* César Moreno, Carmen Munuera, Sergio Valencia, Florian Kronast, Xavier Obradors, Carmen Ocal - Nanoletters 10, 3828-3835 (2010)
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| Instruments and equipment available |
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* Scanning Force Microscope
* Conductive- Scanning Force Microscope
* Organic deposition chambers (UHV)
* Joint Scaning Tunneling Microscopy and NC_AFM in Ultra High Vacuum
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| Number of researchers (7) |
| Permanent positions (Prof, Dr) |
2 |
| PhD(contracted) |
0 |
| PhD Students |
3 |
| Technicians |
0 |
| Others |
1 |
| PhD 2010-2013 |
1 |
| 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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NanoTechnology for information processing storage and transmission
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Drug encapsulation
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Nanotechnology for sensor applications
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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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Long-term research with generic applications
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Self- assembly
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