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Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2)
@icn2.bsky.social
🔬 We study and apply the behaviour of matter at the #nanoscale.
🤝 Center of #iCERCA and member of #BIST, #SOMM_alliance and #ACER_Recerca.
🔗 Website: https://icn2.cat/en/?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=Social%2520&utm_campaign=Bio
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𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐚𝐭 𝐈𝐂𝐍𝟐❓

🧬 We advance both applied (in 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵, 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 and 𝗜𝗖𝗧) and fundamental research through #nanoscience and #nanotechnology.

💡 Join us as we explore the fascinating world of #nanoscale discoveries and their impact on our daily lives!
📢 WE'RE HIRING❗

🤔 Looking for your next career move?

➡️ 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧
🤝 Nanostructured Functional Materials Group, led by CSIC Prof. Daniel Ruiz Molina

🎯 Apply here! 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/hzyrxlgjsm
🔃 Or share this post with your connections!

#ResearchJobs #BarcelonaJobs
November 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
📅 Save The Date❗

🟩 Join us for this SustainableNano seminar by Javier Pérez (@icmm-csic.bsky.social)

📌 Sustainable #Nanoporous Materials: From Design to Application

📅 𝐖𝐞𝐝. 𝟑 𝐃𝐞𝐜. 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓
⏰ 3 PM

🔍 Abstract here 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/tbmaonpohr

#SustainableNano
November 26, 2025 at 9:02 AM
📣 #AMatS2025 started yesterday with interesting scientific talks & a presentation on the new #InCAEM facility.
 represented by ICREA Prof. @jarbiol.bsky.social 

📽️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69wkjCvphmI

🤝 ALBA Synchrotron IFAE @icmabcsic.bsky.social ICN2

🙏 Thank you to everyone who's joining!
November 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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📢After the InCAEM opening ceremony at the ALBA Synchrotron, the 4th edition of the #AMatS has officially started at the @uab.cat!

👨‍🔬👩‍🔬We wish everyone a good and productive congress!

@icn2.bsky.social

icmab.es/amats-2025-j...
November 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
🗣️ This week, we've been in #AbuDhabi at the #I2DM2025 Summit, an event bringing together worldwide leaders, top researchers, and industry, to explore the future of #AdvancedMaterials.

🤝 Organisers: Phantoms Foundation | Khalifa University | RIC2D

ℹ️ See how we participated! 👉 f.mtr.cool/btyhoplhjm
November 21, 2025 at 12:14 PM
📃 NEW PAPER OUT❗

🧠 The latest ICN2 study (AEMD Group) reports on the use of a thin-film #encapsulation strategy to enhance the long-term performance of #graphene-based neural interfaces.

🤝 @imb-cnm-csic.bsky.social  

ℹ️ https://f.mtr.cool/hxtuzhisyq

#BCI #BrainComputerInterfaces
November 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
🔬 PhD THESIS DEFENCE

🔹Student: Ferran Crugeira (Nanosfun Research Group)
🔹Directors: Dr Claudio Roscini and Dr Jordi Hernando Campos

📆 Friday, 21 Nov. 2025
⏰ 11 AM 
📍 Sala Josep Vendrell (Facultat de Ciències, @uab.cat)

🍀 Good luck, Ferran!

#Thermochromism #PhDthesis #Sensors
November 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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📢Next week, 24 to 26 November, will take place the 4th Advanced Materials in Spain Conference at @uab.cat Campus

👉The conference will begin with the #InCAEM Opening Ceremony at ALBA Synchrotron

@icn2.bsky.social

icmab.es/amats-2025-j...
November 18, 2025 at 7:10 AM
📃 NEW PAPER OUT❗

 🤔 A team led by Dr Marc G. Cuxart has shown that MnTe can change its #magnetic behavior when reduced to just a few atomic layers, which could be key in next-gen #Spintronics.

🤝 @imdeanano.bsky.social, CFM Materials Physics Center, ALBA Synchrotron

ℹ️ https://bit.ly/3JXmvFI
November 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
📰 LATEST NEWS❗

🥼 Some ICN2 #PhD students & senior members took part in the 9th edition of the #JPHD2025 as organisers, moderators, session chairs and speakers.

👏 Congratulations!

🔎 Read more: https://bit.ly/47G6A7V

🤝 @uab.cat | @icmabcsic.bsky.social | @imb-cnm-csic.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 11:16 AM
🗣️ La Dr Maria Soler i el Prof. Mariano Campoy (@icmabcsic.bsky.social) compartiran per a què serveix la #nanotecnologia en una xerrada de CIÈNCIA 𝗞𝗺.𝟬 (@csiccat.bsky.social @ajuntamentbcn.bsky.social). Ens veurem allà?

📅 Dimc. 3/12
🕧 18 h
📍 Biblioteca Sagrada Família (BCN)

🔍 https://bit.ly/3JAWXyi
November 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
📰 LATEST NEWS❗

Jessica Padilla & Jose Santiso from ICN2 helped organise the 8th Meeting of Technical Staff & #XRay Diffraction Services. The last day featured a tour around ALBA Synchrotron, Spain's only and largest facility of its kind.

🔍 Discover more: https://bit.ly/4rcYcon

#KnowledgeExchange
November 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
🗣️ SEMINARS 

Join us for this 𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 by Dr Inas Taha, Postdoc in the @gaen-research.bsky.social. Host: ICREA Prof. @jarbiol.bsky.social.

📆 Friday, 17 Nov. 2025
⏰ 11 AM 
📍 ICN2 Seminar Room
📝 Registration required! 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/axyjgktywn

#ICN2Seminars #WaterSensing #NanoscaleDevices
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
🏆 AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

👏 Congratulations to the 9 winners of the 𝑬𝒙𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑫𝒐𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑨𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 by the @uab.cat, recognising the best doctoral theses defended in the last couple of years.

🔍 https://bit.ly/4oqwe6y

#ScientificExcellence #PhDAwards
November 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 for the 20th National School on #MolecularMaterials (ENMM 2026) is now 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻!

📍 Sitges (Spain)
🗓️ 22 – 26 Feb. 2026
📝 Submit your abstract at https://f.mtr.cool/dmgmdqwqie

🤝 @rseq-quimica.bsky.social | @genam-rseq-rsef.bsky.social 

#ScientificCollaboration
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The NanoBioMed Conference will present the latest advances in #Nanobiotechnology & #Nanomedicine.

📍 Barcelona
📅 2-4 Dec. 2025
🔜 Abstract Submission: 14th Nov.

🤝 Phantoms Foundation, BOKU Vienna, ICN2 Prof. @arbenmerkoci.bsky.social @merkocigroup.bsky.social

ℹ️ https://f.mtr.cool/ckpgxahxwo
November 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
📰 ICN2 en la prensa❗ 

La Prof. de Investigación del CSIC, Laura M. Lechuga, ha hablado de su nueva tecnología basada en nanobiosensores que detectan tumores en una sola gota de sangre.

🔹 Agencia SINC: https://f.mtr.cool/hwuylpoebb
🔹 National Geographic España: https://f.mtr.cool/ssemdytrfv
November 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
🤔 According to Einstein, #QuantumPhysics can be spooky. Why is that?
⬇️ Explanation below!

📩 Download the poster! 👉 https://bist.eu/society/quantum-science-for-schools/
🖌️ Maria Picasso

🤝 @bist.eu @perimeterinstitute.ca @iciq.org IFAE @icfo.eu @icn2.bsky.social

#QuantumPosters #BISTCommunity
October 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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This poster explores entanglement, but stay tuned for more on other quantum concepts!

Download the poster for your classroom here: resources.perimeterinstitute.ca/products/ent...

Poster illustrations by @mariapicasso.com

@icfo.eu, @iciq.org, @icn2.bsky.social, Institut de Física d’Altes Energies
Entanglement
This poster was created as a collaboration between Perimeter Institute and Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology to celebrate the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology.  Recomme...
resources.perimeterinstitute.ca
October 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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📢 Download the 5th #QuantumPosters!

It dives into the fascinating idea of quantum entanglement — particles that stay connected even when they’re far apart 🤯

👉 bit.ly/4hzE8Yw

With #BISTCommunity @icfo.eu @iciq.org @icn2.bsky.social #IFAE, @perimeterinstitute.ca & @mariapicasso.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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⁉️Does Altermagnetism Persist at the 2D Limit? New article at Advanced Functional Materials 👇 @imdeanano.bsky.social @hitz-zentroa.bsky.social @icn2.bsky.social @cienciasuam.bsky.social
www.ifimac.uam.es/research-hig...
October 30, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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📢 A new #SpinOff company is launched by #BISTCommunity centre @icn2.bsky.social

Apeiron Intelligence has developed a pioneering platform integrating atomic-scale simulations and #AI tools to drive innovation in materials science and technology

👉 bist.eu/apeiron-inte...
October 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
📣 𝐀𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐒 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

🗣️ The @uab.cat Campus will host this event, bringing together top researchers & key players in the #AdvancedMaterials field.

📅 24-26 Nov. 2025

ℹ️ Event's website 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/tsneabxgrk
📝 Secure your spot! 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/bgpcyvjjrn

#ResearchNetworking
October 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
🔔 #ICN2Community Updates

Breaks from #lab work are ok! It's important to connect with colleagues, that's why this year ICN2 launched the new Social Activities Initiative, including ping-pong, hiking and more.

🏓 Our ping-pong tournament is in semi-finals & finals week! Who's going to win?
October 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM