IMDEA Nanociencia is a private Foundation created by a joint initiative of the Regional Government of Madrid (CM) and the Ministry of Science and Education, now Science and Innovation (MICIIN), of the Government of Spain. IMDEA Nanociencia is currently mostly located in spaces of the Faculty of Sciences of the UAM and the Faculty of Chemistry of the UCM. The building of IMDEA Nanociencia is located on the campus of the UAM in Cantoblanco, near Madrid.
Center for Nanofabrication Campus of Excellence UAM+CSIC and Center for Ultra High Resolution Electron Microscopy.
Recruitment Procedure
Management Structure
Board of Trustees
Scientific Advisory Committee
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Adjunct Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Department University of California, Berkeley. Afdeling Natuurkunde en California Institute of Telecommunication and Information Technology (Calit2) University of California-San Diego.
- Programme 1: molecular nanoscience [14]
- Programme 2: scanning probe microscopies and surfaces [18]
- Programme 3: nanomagnetism [21]
- Programme 5: nanoelectronics and superconductivity [28]
- Management [32]
Following the recommendations of the Scientific Advisory Committee, approved by the Board of Directors of IMDEA-Nanociencia at the December 2007 meeting, the institute has started 6 research programs plus a horizontal program on nanofabrication. They are selected on the basis of their interest and the existing opportunities (and limitations) to achieve international impact. The required expertise includes the functionalization of various nanoforms of carbon, organometallic compounds and semiconducting quantum dots for self-organization on surfaces using covalent or supramolecular approaches and the implementation of various spectroscopic techniques, including spectroscopy on single molecules.
Among the practical objectives of the Program one can mention the optimization of organic solar cells and other functional organic devices.
Prof. Nazario Martín León
15Optical spectroscopy of
Prof. Johannes Gierschner
Femtosecond spectroscopy on molecular systems
Prof. Larry Luer
Hybrid systems based on semiconductor
Dr. Beatriz Hernández Juárez
Leonor de la Cueva
Supramolecular chemistry and self-assembly of
Dr. Emilio Pérez Álvarez
Dr. David Canevet
Dr. Fulvio Brunetti
Beatriz Isla
Design and synthesis of molecular nanostructures
Dr. Juan Luis Delgado de la Cruz
Dr. Pierre-Antoine Bouit
Carmen Villegas
Javier López
Pump probe and photoinduced absoption
Dr. Juan Cabanillas González
The use of advanced microscopies and atomic resolution spectroscopies is essential to characterize matter at the nanoscale. The scientists involved in this program develop advanced Scanning Probe Microscopes, mostly STM, AFM and photoelectron microscopy to investigate problems such as the epitaxial growth of graphene, the self-assembly of molecules on surfaces, the realization of inelastic spectroscopy at the level of single molecules or the spin-polarized imaging of magnetic nanostructures. The activities of this program have implications for aeronautical and energy applications and are closely related to those of programs 1 and 3.
Prof. Rodolfo Miranda Soriano
Nanotribology
Prof. Enrico Gnecco
Juan Manuel Benayas
Dr. Antonio Politano
Manuela Garnica
Sara Barja
Amjad Al Taleb
Modelling physical
Prof. Fernando Martín García
Daniele Stradi
Atomic and molecular self- assembly at surfaces
Dr. Roberto Otero Martín
Christian Urban
Fabiola Iacono
Jonathan Rodríguez
Marta Trelka
Pablo Nieto
21This Programme deals with the preparation and characterization of Advanced Magnetic
Growth and characterization of magnetic nanomaterials
Prof. Julio Camarero de Diego
Spintronics and biomedical applications
Dr. Alberto Bollero Real
Dr. Nikolai Mikuszeit
Erika Jiménez
Jose Luis Fernández
Cecilia Rodrigo
Growth & nanostructuring
Dr. Feng Luo
Dr. Paolo Perna
Davide Maccariello
Magnetic nanoparticles in biomedical applications
Dr. Francisco Terán Garcinuño
Magnetic nanoparticles in biomedicine. Cell-particle
Prof. Ángeles Villanueva Oroquieta
This program includes several lines of research dealing with the study of macromolecular complexes, their structure and functional properties, as well as their interaction with defined substrates to build synthetic tools. In the field of single-molecule analysis of macromolecular aggregates, there are groups working on AFM analysis of biological nanomachines, force spectroscopy analysis and manipulation of macromolecules and their aggregates, the study of nanomechanical properties of biological complexes of varying complexity, and optical optics. trapping based approaches to study the behavior of biological nanomotors. Other systems studied are tailor-made polypeptides of increasing complexity, designed to dissect relationships between molecular structure and functional properties.
A second area of focus in this program is the organization of macromolecular aggregates on well-defined substrates. Biological membranes, the protein folding and viral assembly pathways, the bacterial cytoskeleton and DNA structure are examples of self-organizing systems with highly specialized functions and properties. Several groups of the program are collaborating with the Institute's program of nanoacoustics for the study of organic surfaces as potential substrates for macromolecular ordered interaction, and the incorporation of macromolecules and biological assemblies into metallic nanoparticles as transporters.
Protein engineering and biofunctional
Alberto Sanz
Optical nanomanipulation in molecular and cell
Dr. Ricardo Arias-González de la Aleja
Dr. Elías Herrero
Silvia Hormeño
Adriana Martín de Aguilera
Modified oligonucleotides in nanobiomedicine: RNA
Dr. Álvaro Somoza Calatrava
Optical and magnetic tweezers
Dr. Borja Ibarra Urruela
José Alberto Morín
AFM / Fluorescence
Prof. Marisela Vélez Tirado
Dr. Santiago Casado
Mechanical properties of proteins
Prof. Mariano Carrión Vázquez
Electrical transport in nanosytems
Prof. Nicolás Agraït de la Puente
Alternative approaches to the silicon-based semiconductor industry may involve devices based on graphene nanostructures or single-molecule transport.
Electrical conductivity of single molecules
Dr. Teresa González Pérez
Dr. Edmund Leary
Siya Sherif
Prashant Verma
Fabrication and properties of nanostructured
Dr. David Pérez de Lara
Nanoacoustics develops phase-sensitive acoustic microscopy, imaging, and non-destructive testing, while the field of nanophotonics is both a Nobel Prize-winning science and a multibillion-dollar industry, supporting applications such as telecommunications, data storage, and materials processing. Nanostructures and nanostructured materials show a fascinating optical response, and nanoscale optics have already delivered many surprises, such as extraordinary optical transmission, superlensing, gigantic field enhancement, optical trapping and imaging with a resolution well above the diffraction limit. The growth and characterization of semiconductor nanostructures and photonic devices, such as LEDs, lasers, pillars and photonic crystal cavities is also relevant to activities in program 1).
Nanooptics and nanoacoustics
Prof. Reinhold Wannemacher
Optical properties of semiconducting
Dr. Daniel Granados Ruiz
Ramón Bernardo
Dr. José Luis Casillas
Dª Isabel Rodríguez
Dr. María Jesús Villa
Bonifacio Vega
3 infrastructure scientific
Scaninng Tunneling Microscpy
Atomic Force Microscpy
Single Molecule Conductivity
Fluorescence/Force Microscopy
Advanced Optical Characterization
Nanophotonics
Nanoacousticsannual report 2010nanoscience
Optical Manipulation of Biobjects
Kerr Magnetometry
Epitaxial Growth
Magnetic Hyperthermia Chemical Synthesis
- Scientific publications and patents [37]
- International congresses [44]
- Seminars & lectures [52]
- Seminars at imdea nanociencia [54]
- Scientific outreach activities [56]
- Workshops & courses (Co)-Organized by Imdea-Nanociencia [59]
- Institutional activities [60]
- Academic activities [61]
- Projects & fellowships [62]
- External contracts [64]
- Honors [64]
- Scientific publications and patents
- Scientific publications
- Book chapters
- Patent
- International congresses
- Invited & plenary talks
- Regular contributions
Characterization of single-molecule pentanedithiol compounds by inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy and first-principles calculations Arroyo CR, Frederiksen T, Rubio-Bollinger G, Velez M, Arnau A, Sánchez-Portal D, Agrait N. Experimental determination of the conductivity of single molecules Nichols RJ, Haiss W, Higgins SJ, Leary E, Martin S, Bethell D. Tripodal exTTF-CTV hosts for fullerenes E Huerta, H Isla, E M Pérez, C Bo, N Martín and J de Mendoza.
Panagdakkel ken estruktura dagiti bukod a naurnong a monolayer ti maysa a nagtaud a TTF iti Au(111) Christian Urban, David Ecija, Yang Wang, Martha Trelka, Iulian Preda, Antje Vollmer, Nicholas Lorente, Andres Arnau, Manuel Alcami, Leonardo Sori - ano , Nazario Martin, Fernando Martin, Robert Otero, Jose M. Dagiti endohedral a metalofullerene a donor-akseptor a konjugado ti lantanum ken pi a napalawa a tetrathiafulvalene Takano Y., Herranz M.A., Martin N., Radhakrishnan S.G., Guldi D.M., T. S., Akasaka T., J. Tait, Manuel Alcami, David Ecija, Martha Trelka, Jose Maria Gallego, Nian Lin, Mitsuharu Konuma, Ulrich Starke, Alexei Nefedov, Alejandro Langner, Christof Woll, Maria Angels Herranz, Fernando Martin, Nazario Martin, Klaus Kern ken Rodolfo Miranda .
Dagiti nabaliwan a siRNA para iti Panagsukima ti Domain ti PAZ Alvaro Somoza, Montserrrat Terrazas, Ramon Eritja. Organiko a Potoboltaiko: Ti Kemikal a Panag-asidegan: Ti Kemikal a Panag-asidegan iti Organiko a Potoboltaiko. Impluensia ti tengnga a densidad-ti-estado a kalupkop iti open-circuit a boltahe dagiti bulk heterojunction a selula ti init nga addaan kadagiti nadumaduma nga umawat ti fullerene G .
Experimental and Theoretical Study of Rotational Inelastic D2 Diffraction from NiAl(110) Guillaume Laurent, Daniel Barredo, Daniel Farí-as, Rodolfo Miranda Cristina Díaz Paula Rivière, Mark F. High Resolution Elastic and Rotational Inelastic Elastic2 (110) Daniel Barredo Guillaume Laurent, Pablo Nieto, Daniel Farías and Rodolfo Miranda.
Alicante, Spain
- Seminars & lectures
- Seminars at imdea nanociencia
- Scientific outreach activities 1. Talks
- Outreaching activities
- Workshops & courses (Co)-Organized by Imdea-Nanociencia
- Institutional activities
Luer First European Symposium on Computing Pi-conjugated Compounds, Institute of Molecular Science (ICMol), University of Valencia, Spain. Gilberto Teobaldi The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (ISIR), Osaka University, JAPAN & Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London, UK. Enrico Gnecco, National Center of Competence in Research “Nanoscale Science”, Department of Physics - University of Basel, Switzerland.
Soo Young, Park Department of Materials Science and Engineering Seoul National University, South Korea. Hirjibehedin, London Center for Nanotechnology Department of Physics and Astronomy Department of Chemistry UCL. Wolfgang Haiss, University of Liverpool, Department of Chemistry and Liverpool Institute for Nanoscale Science, Engineering and Technology (LINSET).
Wodtke, Universidad Georg-August de Göttingen e Instituto Max Planck de Química Biofísica, Göttingen, Alemania. Profesor invitado en el Instituto de Materia Condensada y Nanociencia de la Universidad Católica de Lovaina, Bélgica. José de la Venta, Departamento de Física, Universidad de California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA, EE. UU.
Pinzas ópticas para el análisis de moléculas individuales: una nueva visión de la replicación del ADN. Coorganización III. de las Escuelas Europeas 2010 sobre Nanociencia Molecular, Miraflores de la Sierra, Madrid, España.
Participation in the UAM+CSIC International Campus of Excellence
Academic activities 1. Participation in
- PhD Thesis
- Master
- Internships
5It was organized by the Universities of Zaragoza, Seville, Autónoma de Barcelona and the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) in Spain. Larry Luer, Marie Curie Research TrainingNetwork BIMORE: Bio-inspired approaches Network BIMORE: Bio-inspired approaches molecular (opto)electronics (coordination) http://www.bimore.eu. Growth and characterization of new nanomaterials based on self-assembled quantum dots and carbon nanotubes on solid surfaces".
IMDEA Nanociencia. Marie Curie Action
Julio Camarero invited researcher at
- Fellowships
- External contracts
- Honors
- Graphene: The Wonder Nanomaterial
Graphene came into the scientific and technological spotlight through an accidental discovery in a dark lab in Manchester: ultra-thin flakes of graphite, consisting of a few decoupled planes of graphene, unexpectedly exhibit the extraordinary transport properties predicted for a strictly two-dimensional layer of C atoms with a herringbone structure of atoms. Graphene is the latter case, an example that earned the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics to André Geim and Kostya Novoselov, who discovered it on a dark Friday afternoon in Manchester in 2004 and sparked a gold rush around the world. In the short time since its discovery, researchers have discovered that graphene's properties are truly extraordinary.
The current densities in graphene are 1 million times greater than in copper, although this property has not yet been exploited for practical applications. It has a strength 20 times greater than steel, yet it can be elastically stretched more than 20%. Because it is hard and flexible, important applications of graphene in strong, lightweight nanocomposite materials for aerospace applications are possible.
Graphene is 97% transparent to visible light, yet electrically conductive, making it an excellent candidate to replace current materials such as transparent electrodes in touch screens and solar cells. However, the production of graphene for most of these applications by mechanical exfoliation is a lengthy, costly and non-scalable procedure. It was essential to find practical methods to grow laterally extended single layers of graphene with sufficient structural perfection.
Research carried out at IMDEA Nanociencia played a recognized role in the discovery of a method to grow epitaxial single-layer graphene by chemical vapor deposition on many metal surfaces [1-3]. To this end, the self-assembled structures spontaneously produced by organic molecules deposited on graphene can be studied with unprecedented detail and control [9], something that may also be relevant for applications in organic solar cells and a variety of molecular sensors .
