IMDEA Materials Institute
@imdeamaterials.bsky.social
We are a non-profit research institute in Materials Science and Engineering. For news, job opportunities, social networks: http://linktr.ee/imdeamaterials
✍ Explainable #AI for materials discovery: application to #catalysts for the #HER and #ORR
In @chemicalscience.rsc.org, Prof. Javier LLorca and Dr. Valentín Vassilev Galindo, present a new approach to ML-assisted materials design focused on explainability.
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
In @chemicalscience.rsc.org, Prof. Javier LLorca and Dr. Valentín Vassilev Galindo, present a new approach to ML-assisted materials design focused on explainability.
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Explainable artificial intelligence for materials discovery: application to catalysts for the HER and ORR
The extraordinary progress of strategies coupling ab initio calculations and machine learning (ML) has opened the door for both fast and accurate chemical/physical property predictions and for the vir...
pubs.rsc.org
December 19, 2025 at 9:01 AM
✍ Explainable #AI for materials discovery: application to #catalysts for the #HER and #ORR
In @chemicalscience.rsc.org, Prof. Javier LLorca and Dr. Valentín Vassilev Galindo, present a new approach to ML-assisted materials design focused on explainability.
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
In @chemicalscience.rsc.org, Prof. Javier LLorca and Dr. Valentín Vassilev Galindo, present a new approach to ML-assisted materials design focused on explainability.
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
🗑️ ¿Cómo evitar que nos sepulte la montaña de basura que generamos?
En un artículo publicado en @es.theconversation.com, analizamos el reto de los residuos y la economía circular desde una perspectiva clave: la ciencia e ingeniería de materiales.
🔗 Leelo aquí: theconversation.com/como-evitar-...
En un artículo publicado en @es.theconversation.com, analizamos el reto de los residuos y la economía circular desde una perspectiva clave: la ciencia e ingeniería de materiales.
🔗 Leelo aquí: theconversation.com/como-evitar-...
Cómo evitar que nos sepulte la montaña de basura que generamos
En un mundo donde la producción de residuos crece más que la capacidad para gestionarlos, la amenaza de quedar enterrados bajo nuestra propia basura ya es un riesgo real.
theconversation.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:29 AM
🗑️ ¿Cómo evitar que nos sepulte la montaña de basura que generamos?
En un artículo publicado en @es.theconversation.com, analizamos el reto de los residuos y la economía circular desde una perspectiva clave: la ciencia e ingeniería de materiales.
🔗 Leelo aquí: theconversation.com/como-evitar-...
En un artículo publicado en @es.theconversation.com, analizamos el reto de los residuos y la economía circular desde una perspectiva clave: la ciencia e ingeniería de materiales.
🔗 Leelo aquí: theconversation.com/como-evitar-...
🔬 IMDEA Materials has developed a powerful new computational framework to simulate and predict how cracks initiate and propagate in materials subjected to cyclic loading.
All simulations were carried out using the #PhaseFieldX open-source package.
sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
All simulations were carried out using the #PhaseFieldX open-source package.
sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A phase-field approach to fatigue analysis: Bridging theory and simulation
This article presents a novel, robust and efficient framework for fatigue crack-propagation that combines the principles of Linear Elastic Fracture Me…
sciencedirect.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM
🔬 IMDEA Materials has developed a powerful new computational framework to simulate and predict how cracks initiate and propagate in materials subjected to cyclic loading.
All simulations were carried out using the #PhaseFieldX open-source package.
sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
All simulations were carried out using the #PhaseFieldX open-source package.
sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🙏 Yesterday, we were pleased to welcome a guest seminar from Prof. Dr. Dan Xiao from HTW Dresden on how the design and preparation of high-performance flame-retardant polymer composites and nanocomposites are being introduced through dynamic and static electron beam treatment.
December 16, 2025 at 9:16 AM
🙏 Yesterday, we were pleased to welcome a guest seminar from Prof. Dr. Dan Xiao from HTW Dresden on how the design and preparation of high-performance flame-retardant polymer composites and nanocomposites are being introduced through dynamic and static electron beam treatment.
🚨 #ATENEA Programme Applications FINAL DAY!
Today is the last day to send your applications for the IMDEA Materials, #MSCA Co-fund ATENEA postdoctoral fellowship programme!
🔗 For more information and to apply, see: atenea-cofund.eu
Today is the last day to send your applications for the IMDEA Materials, #MSCA Co-fund ATENEA postdoctoral fellowship programme!
🔗 For more information and to apply, see: atenea-cofund.eu
December 15, 2025 at 12:16 PM
🚨 #ATENEA Programme Applications FINAL DAY!
Today is the last day to send your applications for the IMDEA Materials, #MSCA Co-fund ATENEA postdoctoral fellowship programme!
🔗 For more information and to apply, see: atenea-cofund.eu
Today is the last day to send your applications for the IMDEA Materials, #MSCA Co-fund ATENEA postdoctoral fellowship programme!
🔗 For more information and to apply, see: atenea-cofund.eu
👩🎓 ¿Será mi vocación?
El 10 de diciembre, 80 estudiantes de los IES Antonio Gala e IES Miguel Delibes nos visitaron dentro del programa de la Comunidad de Madrid '¿Será mi vocación?', una iniciativa para acercar a los jóvenes al mundo profesional y despertar vocaciones.
El 10 de diciembre, 80 estudiantes de los IES Antonio Gala e IES Miguel Delibes nos visitaron dentro del programa de la Comunidad de Madrid '¿Será mi vocación?', una iniciativa para acercar a los jóvenes al mundo profesional y despertar vocaciones.
December 12, 2025 at 11:30 AM
👩🎓 ¿Será mi vocación?
El 10 de diciembre, 80 estudiantes de los IES Antonio Gala e IES Miguel Delibes nos visitaron dentro del programa de la Comunidad de Madrid '¿Será mi vocación?', una iniciativa para acercar a los jóvenes al mundo profesional y despertar vocaciones.
El 10 de diciembre, 80 estudiantes de los IES Antonio Gala e IES Miguel Delibes nos visitaron dentro del programa de la Comunidad de Madrid '¿Será mi vocación?', una iniciativa para acercar a los jóvenes al mundo profesional y despertar vocaciones.
👩🔬 IMDEA Materials Institute would like to congratulate our former predoctoral researcher, Meihui Zhou, who successfully defended her #PhD at the @urjc.bsky.social last week.
Her thesis was supervised by Prof. Dr. De-Yi Wang and Prof. Dr. Silvia González Prolongo.
Her thesis was supervised by Prof. Dr. De-Yi Wang and Prof. Dr. Silvia González Prolongo.
December 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
👩🔬 IMDEA Materials Institute would like to congratulate our former predoctoral researcher, Meihui Zhou, who successfully defended her #PhD at the @urjc.bsky.social last week.
Her thesis was supervised by Prof. Dr. De-Yi Wang and Prof. Dr. Silvia González Prolongo.
Her thesis was supervised by Prof. Dr. De-Yi Wang and Prof. Dr. Silvia González Prolongo.
👩🎓 We were pleased to welcome a visit yesterday of 80 students from IES La Senda in Getafe.
Such visits form an important part of our commitment to inspiring future generations of materials scientists and engineers.
Such visits form an important part of our commitment to inspiring future generations of materials scientists and engineers.
December 4, 2025 at 9:19 AM
👩🎓 We were pleased to welcome a visit yesterday of 80 students from IES La Senda in Getafe.
Such visits form an important part of our commitment to inspiring future generations of materials scientists and engineers.
Such visits form an important part of our commitment to inspiring future generations of materials scientists and engineers.
🌎 Los plásticos conquistaron el siglo XX con su versatilidad, pero hoy pagamos la factura.
Menos del 10% se recicla, toneladas acaban en mares y ríos, y los microplásticos llegan hasta nuestros órganos.
📰 Prof. José Manuel Torralba
🔗 laregion.es/opinion/plas... vía @laregion.es.
Menos del 10% se recicla, toneladas acaban en mares y ríos, y los microplásticos llegan hasta nuestros órganos.
📰 Prof. José Manuel Torralba
🔗 laregion.es/opinion/plas... vía @laregion.es.
Plásticos y microplásticos: un problema de escala universal que tiene solución
El siglo XX vio nacer a toda una familia de materiales de gran importancia en nuestra vida: los polímeros (o “plasticos”, como se conocen por la gente no especializada). Los plásticos aparecen para da...
laregion.es
December 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
🌎 Los plásticos conquistaron el siglo XX con su versatilidad, pero hoy pagamos la factura.
Menos del 10% se recicla, toneladas acaban en mares y ríos, y los microplásticos llegan hasta nuestros órganos.
📰 Prof. José Manuel Torralba
🔗 laregion.es/opinion/plas... vía @laregion.es.
Menos del 10% se recicla, toneladas acaban en mares y ríos, y los microplásticos llegan hasta nuestros órganos.
📰 Prof. José Manuel Torralba
🔗 laregion.es/opinion/plas... vía @laregion.es.
🤔 Ever wondered how we can tell which elements are in a material, and in what amounts?
👩🔬 In #BIOMET4D Science Explained, IMDEA Materials' Blanca Limones walks us through one of the key analytical techniques used in the Horizon Europe BIOMET4D project: ICP-OES.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGwo...
👩🔬 In #BIOMET4D Science Explained, IMDEA Materials' Blanca Limones walks us through one of the key analytical techniques used in the Horizon Europe BIOMET4D project: ICP-OES.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGwo...
Cell Culture Research - BIOMET4D Science Explained with Blanca Limones
YouTube video by IMDEA Materials Institute
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November 26, 2025 at 9:10 AM
🤔 Ever wondered how we can tell which elements are in a material, and in what amounts?
👩🔬 In #BIOMET4D Science Explained, IMDEA Materials' Blanca Limones walks us through one of the key analytical techniques used in the Horizon Europe BIOMET4D project: ICP-OES.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGwo...
👩🔬 In #BIOMET4D Science Explained, IMDEA Materials' Blanca Limones walks us through one of the key analytical techniques used in the Horizon Europe BIOMET4D project: ICP-OES.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGwo...
🏆 Prof. Javier LLorca’s Miguel Catalán Award 2025 consolidates his position as one of the leading scientific figures in the @comunidadmadrid.bsky.social.
However, this latest recognition is not just another accolade for this born-and-bred“madrileño”.
Read more: materials.imdea.org/from-madrid-...
However, this latest recognition is not just another accolade for this born-and-bred“madrileño”.
Read more: materials.imdea.org/from-madrid-...
November 26, 2025 at 8:25 AM
🏆 Prof. Javier LLorca’s Miguel Catalán Award 2025 consolidates his position as one of the leading scientific figures in the @comunidadmadrid.bsky.social.
However, this latest recognition is not just another accolade for this born-and-bred“madrileño”.
Read more: materials.imdea.org/from-madrid-...
However, this latest recognition is not just another accolade for this born-and-bred“madrileño”.
Read more: materials.imdea.org/from-madrid-...
👏 IMDEA Materials Institute would like to recognise and congratulate our doctoral researcher, Mingyang Zhang, who successfully defended her thesis entitled: "Fire-safe lithium-ion batteries: material, assessment, and mechanism" at @upm.es last week!
Great work, Mingyang!
Great work, Mingyang!
November 24, 2025 at 7:30 AM
👏 IMDEA Materials Institute would like to recognise and congratulate our doctoral researcher, Mingyang Zhang, who successfully defended her thesis entitled: "Fire-safe lithium-ion batteries: material, assessment, and mechanism" at @upm.es last week!
Great work, Mingyang!
Great work, Mingyang!
👋 Today, we present our High-Performance Polymers and Fire Retardants group, led by Prof. De-Yi Wang.
Founded by Prof. Wang in 2012, it focuses on application-oriented fundamental problems and novel technologies in fire safety engineering.
+info: materials.imdea.org/groups/hppn/
Founded by Prof. Wang in 2012, it focuses on application-oriented fundamental problems and novel technologies in fire safety engineering.
+info: materials.imdea.org/groups/hppn/
November 21, 2025 at 9:56 AM
👋 Today, we present our High-Performance Polymers and Fire Retardants group, led by Prof. De-Yi Wang.
Founded by Prof. Wang in 2012, it focuses on application-oriented fundamental problems and novel technologies in fire safety engineering.
+info: materials.imdea.org/groups/hppn/
Founded by Prof. Wang in 2012, it focuses on application-oriented fundamental problems and novel technologies in fire safety engineering.
+info: materials.imdea.org/groups/hppn/
🤝 We have taken a new step in strengthening international collaboration by signing a Framework Collaboration Agreement with INEGI, one of Portugal’s leading research and technology organisations in mechanical and industrial engineering.
+info: materials.imdea.org/imdea-materi...
+info: materials.imdea.org/imdea-materi...
November 20, 2025 at 10:42 AM
🤝 We have taken a new step in strengthening international collaboration by signing a Framework Collaboration Agreement with INEGI, one of Portugal’s leading research and technology organisations in mechanical and industrial engineering.
+info: materials.imdea.org/imdea-materi...
+info: materials.imdea.org/imdea-materi...
👩🔬 In this webinar, Dr. Gina Greenidge from the National Physical Laboratory hosts IMDEA Materials' Prof. Teresa Pérez Prado, to explore how additively manufactured Fe-based metallic glasses can improve the efficiency of electric motors via reduced energy losses.
🔗 youtu.be/xRn1V_6V_XM?...
🔗 youtu.be/xRn1V_6V_XM?...
Additive Manufacturing of energy-efficient electric motors with Prof. María Teresa Pérez Prado
YouTube video by IMDEA Materials Institute
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 11:36 AM
👩🔬 In this webinar, Dr. Gina Greenidge from the National Physical Laboratory hosts IMDEA Materials' Prof. Teresa Pérez Prado, to explore how additively manufactured Fe-based metallic glasses can improve the efficiency of electric motors via reduced energy losses.
🔗 youtu.be/xRn1V_6V_XM?...
🔗 youtu.be/xRn1V_6V_XM?...
🔌 Building the electric motor of the future: #AM2SoftMag
In the final episode of #AM2SoftMag: Science Explained, IMDEA Materials' Marcos Rodríguez presents this Horizon European project, uniting top research and industry partners from several European countries.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNyF...
In the final episode of #AM2SoftMag: Science Explained, IMDEA Materials' Marcos Rodríguez presents this Horizon European project, uniting top research and industry partners from several European countries.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNyF...
Building the electric motor of the future - AM2SoftMag Science Explained with Marcos Rodríguez
YouTube video by IMDEA Materials Institute
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:18 AM
🔌 Building the electric motor of the future: #AM2SoftMag
In the final episode of #AM2SoftMag: Science Explained, IMDEA Materials' Marcos Rodríguez presents this Horizon European project, uniting top research and industry partners from several European countries.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNyF...
In the final episode of #AM2SoftMag: Science Explained, IMDEA Materials' Marcos Rodríguez presents this Horizon European project, uniting top research and industry partners from several European countries.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNyF...
⏳ There is just 1 month remaining to apply for the #ATENEA MSCA Actions Co-Fund #postdoctoral #fellowship programme, coordinated by IMDEA Materials.
We especially encourage female candidates who can bring their talent and expertise to this wide-reaching MSE project.
We especially encourage female candidates who can bring their talent and expertise to this wide-reaching MSE project.
November 17, 2025 at 3:18 PM
⏳ There is just 1 month remaining to apply for the #ATENEA MSCA Actions Co-Fund #postdoctoral #fellowship programme, coordinated by IMDEA Materials.
We especially encourage female candidates who can bring their talent and expertise to this wide-reaching MSE project.
We especially encourage female candidates who can bring their talent and expertise to this wide-reaching MSE project.
👨🔬 Led by Dr. Pedro J. Díaz Payno, our new 'Tissue Engineering and Biomedical Materials' group aims to develop advanced biomaterials and organoids - miniature organ models - to regenerate tissues such as bone, cartilage, ligaments, and tendons.
📖 materials.imdea.org/towards-lab-...
📖 materials.imdea.org/towards-lab-...
Towards lab-grown organs: IMDEA Materials advances the field of tissue engineering
materials.imdea.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:29 AM
👨🔬 Led by Dr. Pedro J. Díaz Payno, our new 'Tissue Engineering and Biomedical Materials' group aims to develop advanced biomaterials and organoids - miniature organ models - to regenerate tissues such as bone, cartilage, ligaments, and tendons.
📖 materials.imdea.org/towards-lab-...
📖 materials.imdea.org/towards-lab-...
👏 Two of our predocs, Paula Chonillo and Yufei Liu, with Sepideh Khalatabad from UGent and Fan Chen from @universitedeliege.bsky.social, share thoughts on the big questions facing researchers!
Paula and Yufei are IMDEA Materials team members on #AID4GREENEST.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3zX...
Paula and Yufei are IMDEA Materials team members on #AID4GREENEST.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3zX...
AID4GREENEST This or That Video FINAL
YouTube video by AID4GREENEST Official Account
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November 14, 2025 at 11:22 AM
👏 Two of our predocs, Paula Chonillo and Yufei Liu, with Sepideh Khalatabad from UGent and Fan Chen from @universitedeliege.bsky.social, share thoughts on the big questions facing researchers!
Paula and Yufei are IMDEA Materials team members on #AID4GREENEST.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3zX...
Paula and Yufei are IMDEA Materials team members on #AID4GREENEST.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3zX...
1/2...🥳 Felicitamos a nuestro Director Científico, el Prof. Javier LLorca, !galardonado con el Premio Miguel Catalán de la @comunidadmadrid.extwitter.link!
El Prof. LLorca fue destacado por ser pionero en la aplicación sistemática de herramientas computacionales y estrategias de simulación...
El Prof. LLorca fue destacado por ser pionero en la aplicación sistemática de herramientas computacionales y estrategias de simulación...
November 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
1/2...🥳 Felicitamos a nuestro Director Científico, el Prof. Javier LLorca, !galardonado con el Premio Miguel Catalán de la @comunidadmadrid.extwitter.link!
El Prof. LLorca fue destacado por ser pionero en la aplicación sistemática de herramientas computacionales y estrategias de simulación...
El Prof. LLorca fue destacado por ser pionero en la aplicación sistemática de herramientas computacionales y estrategias de simulación...
🥽 During this year's #BIOMET4D project meeting at
RWTH Aachen University Hospital, researchers from IMDEA Materials and @upm.es stepped into the future of research training: Virtual Reality (#VR).
It’s a clear example of how such Horizon Europe projects enable international collaboration.
RWTH Aachen University Hospital, researchers from IMDEA Materials and @upm.es stepped into the future of research training: Virtual Reality (#VR).
It’s a clear example of how such Horizon Europe projects enable international collaboration.
November 12, 2025 at 8:53 AM
💡 What if we could #3Dprint the perfect magnetic material?
In this episode of #AM2SoftMag: Science Explained, IMDEA Materials' Saumya Sadanand explores how #additivemanufacturing is unlocking the potential of #BulkMetallicGlasses.
#3DPrinting
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ebr...
In this episode of #AM2SoftMag: Science Explained, IMDEA Materials' Saumya Sadanand explores how #additivemanufacturing is unlocking the potential of #BulkMetallicGlasses.
#3DPrinting
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ebr...
Additive Manufacturing of Bulk Metallic Glasses - AM2SoftMag Science Explained with Saumya Sadanand
YouTube video by IMDEA Materials Institute
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
💡 What if we could #3Dprint the perfect magnetic material?
In this episode of #AM2SoftMag: Science Explained, IMDEA Materials' Saumya Sadanand explores how #additivemanufacturing is unlocking the potential of #BulkMetallicGlasses.
#3DPrinting
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ebr...
In this episode of #AM2SoftMag: Science Explained, IMDEA Materials' Saumya Sadanand explores how #additivemanufacturing is unlocking the potential of #BulkMetallicGlasses.
#3DPrinting
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ebr...
🏆 We would like to congratulate the three winners of our annual Four Minute Thesis Talk (#4MT) event, held earlier this week: predoctoral researchers Wei Tang, Ángela García de la Camacha Díaz and Marcos Rodríguez Sánchez!
November 6, 2025 at 8:36 AM
🏆 We would like to congratulate the three winners of our annual Four Minute Thesis Talk (#4MT) event, held earlier this week: predoctoral researchers Wei Tang, Ángela García de la Camacha Díaz and Marcos Rodríguez Sánchez!
👩🔬 👨🔬 On Tuesday, IMDEA Materials held our annual Four Minute Thesis Talk (#4MT), with 13 of our predoctoral researchers taking part.
The 4MT event challenges young researchers to present their thesis clearly and engagingly to a non-specialist audience in just four minutes.
The 4MT event challenges young researchers to present their thesis clearly and engagingly to a non-specialist audience in just four minutes.
November 5, 2025 at 9:04 AM
👩🔬 👨🔬 On Tuesday, IMDEA Materials held our annual Four Minute Thesis Talk (#4MT), with 13 of our predoctoral researchers taking part.
The 4MT event challenges young researchers to present their thesis clearly and engagingly to a non-specialist audience in just four minutes.
The 4MT event challenges young researchers to present their thesis clearly and engagingly to a non-specialist audience in just four minutes.
🧲 They’re at the heart of modern technology. But, what exactly are soft magnetic materials?
In this week’s #AM2SoftMag: Science Explained, researcher Saumya Sadanand explains what makes Soft Magnetic Materials so special, and how they can boost motor efficiency.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFZm...
In this week’s #AM2SoftMag: Science Explained, researcher Saumya Sadanand explains what makes Soft Magnetic Materials so special, and how they can boost motor efficiency.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFZm...
What are Soft Magnetic Materials? - AM2SoftMag Science Explained with Saumya Sadanand
YouTube video by IMDEA Materials Institute
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🧲 They’re at the heart of modern technology. But, what exactly are soft magnetic materials?
In this week’s #AM2SoftMag: Science Explained, researcher Saumya Sadanand explains what makes Soft Magnetic Materials so special, and how they can boost motor efficiency.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFZm...
In this week’s #AM2SoftMag: Science Explained, researcher Saumya Sadanand explains what makes Soft Magnetic Materials so special, and how they can boost motor efficiency.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFZm...