May 2012
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ICN to be represented at UAB-CEI’s 1st Workshop on Nanomedicine Jordi Reverter, Technology Transfer Manager at ICN, is on the Scientific Committee of the Workshop, to be held on 5 June on the Bellaterra campus of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Read more...
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ICN Group Leader named editor of Biosensors and Bioelectronics Prof Arben Merkoçi, who leads ICN’s Nanobioelectronics and Biosensors Group, has just been named one of ten editors at the prestigious, high-impact journal. Read more...
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ICN2 to have Director by late May The five candidates will be interviewed on 23 and 24 May. Read more...
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"Professors i Ciència" at ICN: where schoolteachers learn about nano ICN holds course for Professors i Ciència, the educational programme funded by CatalunyaCaixa to train secondary school teachers in new areas of science Read more...
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Gold nanoparticles and Cisplatin: a promising new cancer treatment Nanotargeting and Ferrer sign agreement to develop the treatment, based on the work of ICN Group Leader Víctor Puntes and colleagues at other centres. Read more...
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April 2012
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The quantum Hall effect and graphene nanoscrolls: mystery solved! Publishing in Physical Review Letters, ICN Group Leader Stephan Roche and colleagues explain why observation of the quantum Hall effect in suspended graphene has proven surprisingly difficult. Read more...
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ICN Director interviewed on radio station COMRàdio Prof Jordi Pascual was the guest on the latest edition of COMRàdio’s science programme “Eureka!”, hosted by Mònica López Read more...
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Nanomachines to clean up oil spills in water ICN Group Leader Arben Merkoçi, Prof Joseph Wang at UCSD, and co-workers report in ACS Nano the development and testing of “microsubmarines” that remove oil from contaminated water. Read more...
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TRAIN2 Workshop on Nanometrology - Call for registrations Call for registrations is open for TRAIN2 Workshop on Nanometrology, to be held on 3 and 4 May 2012 in Barcelona, Spain Read more...
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ICN Group Leader Gives Talk on Graphene at KITP Professor Stephan Roche's talk was part of a 3-month programme on graphene held at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics Read more...
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The most sensitive nanomechanical mass sensor ever built ICN Group Leader Adrian Bachtold and colleagues report in Nature Nanotechnology that their sensor, based on a 150 nm-long resonating carbon nanotube, has a sensitivity equal to the mass of one proton Read more...
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March 2012
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Graphene oxide efficiently quenches quantum dots via FRET Team including ICN researchers reports in Carbon that compared to other carbon-based materials, graphene oxide absorbs a far greater fraction of photons from quantum dots by Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET). Read more...
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ICN estará representado en la exposición “Aquí, nuestros inventos”. Entre los diversos inventos de que hablará la exposición hay un sistema anticancerígeno basado en el fármaco cisplatino y las nanopartículas de oro, desarrollado y patentado por el Prof. Víctor Puntes del ICN. Read more...
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ICN at this year’s Saló de l’Ensenyament (Education Show) For the second year in a row, ICN will participate in Saló de l’Ensenyament, to be held from 21 to 25 March at Fira Barcelona Montjuïc. Read more...
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Gold nanoparticles for removing mercury from polluted water ICN researchers and colleagues report in ACS Nano a gold nanoparticle-based system to remove mercury(II) from water. The system generates an easily removable and recyclable precipitate. Read more...
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February 2012
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ICN graduate student wins prize at VII Trobada de Joves Investigadors dels Països Catalans Doctoral student Marta Rubio honoured with Best Oral Communication Prize Read more...
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ICN Group Leader co-edits European policy report on Nanophotonics and Nanophononics Prof Dr Clivia M Sotomayor Torres co-edits nanoICT position paper calling for increased European support for Nanophotonics and Nanophononics R&D Read more...
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WAM NANO2012 - CALL FOR POSTERS Call for poster presentations is open for WAM-NANO 2012, to be held on 11 and 12 June 2012 in Barcelona, Spain Read more...
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ICN Group Leader Discusses Graphene on TVE 2 Programme Professor Stephan Roche was one of various experts to appear in a recent episode of TVE 2 programme Tres14 dedicated to the high-tech materials of tomorrow. Read more...
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January 2012
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ICN to participate in QNano Transnational Access The Transnational Access portion of the European Project QNano will provide nanoscience researchers with funded access to analytical services and equipment at fifteen top European facilities, including the ICN. Read more...
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Novel glucose biosensor based on bimetallic nanowires, CHEM. COMM. (2011) A new detection system for clinical analysis and biotechnological applications. Read more...
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December 2011
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IAAM Medal 2011 awarded to ICN and ICREA Prof. Arben Merkoçi IAAM Medal 2011 awarded in recognition of Prof. Merkoçi´s contributions in the fields of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology. Read more...
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The elusive magnon drag observed by ICN researchers, NATURE MAT. (2011) A 50-year quest to isolate the thermoelectric effect is now over Read more...
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Novel micromachines for capturing and manipulating bacteria, NANO LETTERS (2011) Researchers at the ICN have collaborated with a team at University of California San Diego in the development of new micromachines that effectively and selectively isolate the highly infectious Escherichia coli bacteria from complex samples. Read more...
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ICN Prof. Stephan Roche's contribution about Graphene at the CFIS Graduation Ceremony CFIS (Centre de Formació Interdisciplinària Superior , UPC) celebrated its third graduation ceremony last 16th December 2011 at the Cosmocaixa Auditorium and the event program included presentations on advances on the study of graphene. Read more...
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Carving at the Nanoscale, SCIENCE, 334 (2011) Researchers at the Catalan Institute of Nanotechnology (ICN) have successfully demonstrated a new method for producing a wide variety of complex hollow nanoparticles. The work has been published in Science. Read more...
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New insights in the life cycle of inorganic nanoparticles, SMALL (2011) New research results that will lead to improved understandings of the impact of nanomaterials on human health and more effective strategies for detoxification of nanoparticles have recently been published in the journal Small by researchers of ICN and the University of Salzburg. Read more...
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November 2011
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Lecture on Nanotechnology in Biology – Sociedad Catala de Biologia - Institut d’Estudis Catalans, Wednesday, 30th November, 2011. "Entre 1 i 100 nanòmetres: una dimensió de possibilitats infinites. La nanotecnologia i la nanociència avui." is the title of the talk given by Boaz Kogon, Strategy and Development Manager at ICN, to the Catalan Society of Biology. Read more...
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Prof. J. Pascual and Prof. V. Puntes bring Nanotechnology to Punto Radio On 18th November 2011, Prof. Jordi Pascual, Director of ICN and Prof. Victor Puntes, Inorganic Nanoparticles Group were invited to Punto Radio to talk about nanotechnology and its applications on the program “Luces en la Oscuridad” (Lights in the Darkness) . Read more...
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ICN hosts the TAILPHOX meeting in Barcelona Between 17 and 18 November 2011, about 20 representatives of 8 research institutes gathered in Barcelona to discuss the progress made in the TAILPHOX project and plan future research actions through to April 2012, when the project will end. Read more...
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11 Fellowships secured by ICN researchers during 2011 During 2011, a total of eleven ICN researchers, including predoctoral students, young postdoctoral researchers and technicians, secured fellowship funding with a combined value of over 790.000€ via participation in various calls. Read more...
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ERC Starting Grant awarded to ICN Prof. Dr. Adrian Bachtold Prof. Dr. Adrian Bachtold, Group Leader of the Quantum Nanoelectronics Research Group at ICN, has been awarded one of only eight ERC Starting Grants granted by the European Commission in Catalonia in 2011. Read more...
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October 2011
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CNBSS NanoSustainability Workshop and Launch Event Launch of the CNBSS on October 26th at the Palau de la Música in Barcelona and first NanoSustainability Workshop at the Centre d’Estudis i Recursos Culturals (CERC) Read more...
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NanoTOES - Project Meeting On October 26-28 2011, the 12th month project meeting organised by the ICN, will be held at the Centre d'Estudis i Recursos Culturals (CERC) and University of Barcelon (UB) Read more...
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V AIN WORKSHOP The fifth edition of the AIN Workshop (Industrial Applications in Nanotechnology), sponsored by NANOARACAT, ICN, INA and Centro Tecnológico LEITAT, will be held on 24th October 2011. Read more...
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Single molecule magnets couple up. PHYS. REV. LETT. 107 (2011) According to ICN group leader and ICREA Prof. Pietro Gambardella, single molecule magnets behaving as coupled but separate magnetic units from a ferromagnetic substrate raise the possibility of incorporating them into hybrid molecule/metal devices where each molecule stores a single bit of information. Read more...
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ICN Dr. Amelia Barreiro awarded the prestigious “Agustín de Betancourt y Molina” 2011 Prize for Young Researchers. ICN Dr. Amelia Barreiro receives the prestigious “Agustín de Betancourt y Molina” 2011 Prize for Young Researchers, awarded by the Spanish Royal Academy of Engineering and the “Pro Rebus Academiae” Foundation Read more...
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New book on graphene published with ICN contribution New book on graphene published with contributions from ICN Group Leader and ICREA Professor Stephan Roche Read more...
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ICN helps define the future call of CHIST-ERA on Green-ICT Clivia M. Sotomayor Torres, ICREA Professor and leader of the Phononic and Photonic Nanostructures(P2N) Group at the Catalan Institute of Nanotechnology (ICN), Barcelona delivers a keynote presentation "Phonon Engineering and Confined Acoustic Phonons in Si Membranes" Read more...
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Molecular sudoku. NAT COMMUN, 2 (2011) As reported in Nature Communications, a team of scientists from ICN, ICREA and UAB has investigated a special kind of sudoku formed by assembled tiny molecules. Its result has been a detailed picture of their interaction and electrical properties. Read more...
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September 2011
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New Advanced Equipment: desktop nanofabrication system NANOUP group has acquired an advanced nanolithographic instrument, the NLP 2000 System, provided by NanoInk. Inc. Read more...
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Dr. Daniel Maspoch appointed ICREA Research Professor Dr. Daniel Maspoch has been appointed ICREA Research Professor Read more...
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Keynote lecture at Eurotherm 91 by ICN Group Leader and ICREA Prof. Clivia M. Sotomayor Torres Eurotherm is the key European event for high-level scientific and technical interchange of ideas in thermal science and heat transfer. Read more...
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August 2011
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Cancer detection using nanoparticle-based sensors As reported in Chemical Society Review, a team of scientists led by ICREA Prof. Arben Merkoçi from the Catalan Institute of Nanotechnology (ICN )in collaboration with Prof. Anthony Turner from Cranfield University, UK and Linköping University and Maëlle Perfézou from Cranfield University, UK have reviewed the latest nanotechnology based cancer diagnostics which are increasingly offering relevant alternatives to traditional techniques. Read more...
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The Art of Magnetic Writing: a new method to write magnetic data. As reported in Nature, a team of scientists from the Catalan Institute of Nanotechnology, ICREA, and Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Mihai Miron, Kevin Garello, and Pietro Gambardella, in collaboration with Gilles Gaudin and colleagues working at SPINTEC in Grenoble, France, have discovered a new method to write magnetic data. Read more...
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July 2011
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New Solution to Graphene Bandgap Problem Graphene is one of the best electrical and thermal conductors on earth but his lack of switching capability hinders applications in active electronic devices. Read more...
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The first formal meeting of the Barcelona Nanotechnology Cluster – Bellaterra (BNC-b) will take place next 14th July 2011 The objective of the meeting is to reaffirm the identity of the BNC-b, helping contact between groups in the different institutions on the Autonomous University Campus Read more...
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Launch of NANOTEG, an ENIAC project to solve energy issues in the transport industry The ENIAC Project NANOTEG, a 13-partner consortium made of industrial, technologic and academic institutions, including ICN, was launched on 1st July 2011. Read more...
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June 2011
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Com Radio - EUREKA Entrevista amb el Dr. Victor F. Puntes, Investigador Principal del grup Nanopartícules Inorgàniques de l'ICN. Read more...
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Metal-biomolecule frameworks This cover image illustrates how biomolecules taken from nature can help with the synthesis of metal-organic frameworks . Read more...
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Evidencing a relation between intrinsic magnetism and quantum transport in weakly hydrogenated graphene-based materials A fascinating feature of Graphene is the possibility to produce magnetic ordering of local spins, by disrupting symmetries though defects. Read more...
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New Researchers Award 2009 - Real Sociedad Española de Física - awarded to Dr. Amelia Barreiro Dr Amelia Barreiro, received the award for her work in her doctoral thesis undertaken at the Catalan Institute of Nanotechnology (ICN) Read more...
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Exotic behaviour when mechanical devices reach the nanoscale NOVEL NANO-MECHANICS: Mechanical resonators are extensively used in high-tech industry, to mark time in electronic components, and to stabilise radio transmissions. Read more...
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NaNoNetworking Summit 2011 will take place in Barcelona next June 22nd - 23rd The N3Summit aims to become the main discussion forum for researchers of the different scientific areas related to nanoscale communication networks. Read more...
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The ICN present at the Festa de la Ciència in Barcelona The ICN present at the Festa de la Ciència in Barcelona Read more...
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May 2011
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GRAPHENE-CA appointed an EU Future Emerging Technology Flagship Pilot ICN is one of the 9 partners of the consortium leading the GRAPHENE-CA project Read more...
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April 2011
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L’ ICN presenta la nanotecnologia al Saló de l'Ensenyament 2011 La nanotecnología , jove i amb molt futur Read more...
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ICN's P2N Group at the NaPANIL Industrial Day Dr Nikos Kehagias, from ICN, contributed an invited talk entitled "Hybrid three dimensional nanofabrication techniques". Read more...
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March 2011
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Book Released - Nanotechnology: Engines On "Nanotechnology: Engines On" is a new book about how Nanotechnology is contributing to solve the energy challenges we currently face. Read more...
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Recent Trends in Macro-, Micro-, and Nanomaterial-Based Tools and Strategies for Heavy-Metal Detection ICN researchers publish at Chemical Reviews about the recent advances in the field of nanomaterials based heavy metal detection systems Read more...
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New Technique - Coordination polymer nanofibers assembled using microfluidic technologies For the first time, microfluidic techniques offering parallel synthesis and a high level of control have been used to assemble 1D coordination polymer nanofibers Read more...
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New Technology - Nanochannel/Nanoparticle Based Device for Cancer Biomarker Detection ICN researchers demonstrate a novel nanochannel/nanoparticle-based filtering and sensing platform for direct detection of a cancer biomarker in blood Read more...
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Nanoscale Metal-Organic Materials Nanoscale metal-organic materials being developed at the ICN offer exciting potential for future applications Read more...
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New Technique - Lithography-based approach for growing MOF crystals A novel, versatile pen-type lithography-based methodology has been developed to control the growth of Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) crystals on surfaces Read more...
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February 2011
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New Technology - Spin Ratchets ICN researchers pave the way for spin computers. A “Spin Ratchet”, a new electronic structure for generating spin current, is demonstrated for the first time. Read more...
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Interview with ICN Group Leader and ICREA Prof. Sotomayor Torres on “Beyond CMOS in Europe” ICREA Prof. Clivia M. Sotomayor Torres, Group Leader of the Phononics and Photonics Nanostructures Group (P2N) at ICN, and the head of the European Comission Nanoelectronics Unit, Dirk Beenaert explain, in a joint interview, the importance of having a clear vision of "Beyond CMOS" in Europe. Read more...
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1st Prize in the 8th National Scientific Photography Contest (FotCiencia) goes to the Inorganic Nanoparticles Group! "Noche estrellada de Van Gogh (Sterrennacht)" (Van Gogh's Starry Night), wins the first prize in the Micro(scale) Category. Read more...
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New Technology - Structured Graphene Devices for Mass Transport ICN researchers demonstrate for the first time controlled movement of metal atoms and clusters on graphene using electric currents Read more...
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Programa Joves i Ciencia 2011 - Caixa de Catalunya Gemma Aragay, estudiant del Nanobioelectronics & Biosensors Group de l’ICN avaluadora dels articles dels participants al programa d’enguany Read more...
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NanoTHERM: a new Spanish initiative tackles the energy challenge NanoTHERM, coordinated by the Phononics and Photonics Nanostructures (P2N) Group, led by ICREA Prof. Dr. Clivia Sotomayor Torres at the Catalan Institute of Nanotechnology (ICN) in Barcelona, is a CONSOLIDER-INGENIO 2010 project funded by the Spanish Ministry for Science and Innovation. Read more...
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December 2010
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ICN Researcher Damian Dudek wins a 2010 Raith Micrograph Special Art Award Damian Dudek, researcher at the Phononic and Photonic Nanostructures Group at ICN, has won a Special Art Award in the 7th edition of the Raith Micrograph Award competition. Read more...
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October 2010
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3rd best poster award at NNT2010 to ICN Dr. Nikolaos Kehagias (NNT) offers a unique opportunity for comprehensive overview and prospects of nanoimprint and nanoprint technology from basic research to application. Read more...
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September 2010
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ICN to coordinate new FP7 project NANO-TEC Initiative led by ICN’s Prof. Dr. Clivia Sotomayor Torres has just been awarded €720,000 in funding. Read more...
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