| Nanotechnology Activities Survey in Spain |
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| Name of the Laboratory |
Instituto Nacional del Carbon
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| Department |
Materiales porosos funcionales |
| Institution |
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas |
| Institution (Acronym) |
CSIC |
| Contact Person (e-mail) |
Dr. Gregorio Marban Calzon / Dra Teresa Valdes-Solis / Dra. Marta Sevilla / FUERTES, Antonio B.
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| Address |
C/ Francisco Pintado Fe, 11 |
| Postal code |
33011-Oviedo |
| Province |
Oviedo |
| Autonomous Region |
Asturias, Principado de |
| Country |
Spain |
| Phone |
+34 985 119090 |
| Fax |
+34 985 2976662 |
| Website |
http://www.incar.csic.es/porosos |
| Main Research Areas |
* Synthesis of functional porous carbon nanostructures.
* Employ of graphitic carbon nanostructures as electrocatalyts supports
* Development of catalysts supported on carbon for their use in fuel cells
* Development of nanostructured catalysts
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| Participating Projects |
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* Un nuevo sistema catalítico para producción de hidrógeno a partir de bioalcoholes
Coordinator: Dr. Gregorio Marbán: MICINN
* Síntesis de materiales de carbono mediante carbonización hidrotermal de biomasa y su empleo en el almacenamiento de hidrógeno, captura de CO2 y adsorción de contaminantes
Coordinator: Dra. Marta Sevilla: MINECO
* Nuevas estrategias de síntesis de materiales compuestos formados por nanopartículas inorgánicas insertadas en matrices de silice, carbono o polímero
Coordinator: Dr. Antonio B. Fuertes: MICINN
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| Three more relevant publications within 2010-2013 |
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* M Sevilla, Y Linghui, F Tim Patrick, AB Fuertes, MM Titirici - RSC Advances, 3 (2013) 9904
* L Wei, M Sevilla, AB Fuertes, R Mokaya, G Yushin - Advanced Functional Materials, 22 (2012) 827-834
* P Valle-Vigón, AB Fuertes - RSC Advances, 1 (2011) 1756-1762
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| Instruments and equipment available |
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* Equipo de fisisorcion para el análisis de areas superficiales
* Equipo de quimisorción
* Espectrómetro de masas
* Analizador termogravimétrico
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| Number of researchers (7) |
| Permanent positions (Prof, Dr) |
3 |
| PhD(contracted) |
0 |
| PhD Students |
2 |
| Technicians |
0 |
| Others |
0 |
| PhD 2010-2013 |
1 |
| PhD Ramon y Cajal (currently) |
1 |
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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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