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🔬 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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Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2) @icn2.bsky.social · Jan 7

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!

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Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2) @icn2.bsky.social · 5h

🏆 The Chemistry #NobelPrize honors #MOFs!

🔬 Some ICN2 groups in MOFs:
🔹 Daniel Maspoch: #Catalysis, gas capture, water purification
🔹 Dani Ruiz: anti-counterfeiting, #DrugDelivery
🔹 @icn2-neoenergy.bsky.social: #EnergyStorage

💡 Fun fact: Omar M. Yaghi gave an ICN2 #ManuelCardona seminar (2018)

Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2) @icn2.bsky.social · 1d

🗣️ #JPhD2025 9th Edition

📌 Don't miss the chance to share knowledge & meet other #PhDs!

6️⃣ 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 to register!
📅 Abstract Submission: 13 October
📍 @icmabcsic.bsky.social

🤝 ICN2 PhD students, @icmabcsic.bsky.social & @uab.cat

ℹ️ Registration link & dates here! 👉 f.mtr.cool/gjrqrpgyhh

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Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2) @icn2.bsky.social · 2d

📢 NEW JOB OFFER❗

➡️ 𝐏𝐡𝐃 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭
🤝 For our @wearenanoup.bsky.social, led by ICREA Prof. Daniel Maspoch

🎯 More details and application here! 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/jhrxugnirw
🔃 Feel free to spread the word with your contacts!

#PhDPosition #ClipOff #BarcelonaJobs

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Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2) @icn2.bsky.social · 2d

🏆 PREMIOS Y AYUDAS

El proyecto RETICAT, liderado por Daniel Maspoch (ICN2) y Miquel Costas (@univgirona.bsky.social) ha recibido una ayuda de casi 250.000 € en el marco del Programa #Fundamentos por la Fundación BBVA.

👏 ¡Enhorabuena!

🔍 Descubre su investigación: https://bit.ly/46MXN2d

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Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2) @icn2.bsky.social · 3d

📢 NEW AVAILABLE POSITION❗

➡️ 𝐏𝐡𝐃 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 (Automating acquisition in #STEM PECATHS Project)
🤝 For our @gaen-research.bsky.social group, led by ICREA Prof. @jarbiol.bsky.social

🎯 Apply here! 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/xdznkaohgs
🔃 Sharing is appreciated!

#PhDPosition #BarcelonaJobs

Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2) @icn2.bsky.social · 6d

🗣️ #ManuelCardona 𝗟𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀

4️⃣ days left!

Join us for this seminar by Prof. Tejs Vegge (DTU). Hosted by ICREA Prof. @mariaescesc.bsky.social (@nanoesc.bsky.social).

📆 06/10/2025
⏰ 11 AM
📍 ICN2 Seminar Room
📝 Register here to attend! 👉 https://bit.ly/4nnphTm
🔃 Sharing appreciated!

#Electrocatalysis

Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2) @icn2.bsky.social · 7d

📃 NEW PAPER OUT❗

🤔 How can we improve lithium-sulphur #batteries?

🔬 Led by Yu Jing (@gaen-research.bsky.social), the study shows a new method using 2 atom-catalysts to improve lithium-sulphur batteries' stability & charging speed.

🤝 @irec-energia.bsky.social

🔍 Info here! 👉 f.mtr.cool/ueulqqjypz

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Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2) @icn2.bsky.social · 7d

🔬 Looking for a #MSc in #Nanoscience❓

Profs. Javier Rodriguez & Aitor Mugarza will present the new MSc in Applied Nanoscience

🔹02/10/2025
🔹12h
🔹@uab.cat Science Faculty Room C0/-140.1, Josep Vendrell i Roca

🤝 @icmabcsic.bsky.social @imb-cnm-csic.bsky.social ALBA Synchrotron

MSc Start: Sept. 2026

Reposted by Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2)

BIST-Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology @bist.eu · 8d

👉 Guess whose 🐈‍ appears on the 4th #Quantumposters!

With #BISTCommunity @icfo.eu @icn2.bsky.social @iciq.org #IFAE & @perimeterinstitute.ca

Illustrated by @mariapicasso.com. Supported by @ajuntamentbcn.bsky.social

📥https://bist.eu/society/quantum-science-for-schools/

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Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2) @icn2.bsky.social · 8d

🤔 What does #Superposition describe in #QuantumScience?

⬇️ Find the answer below!

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

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

#BISTCommunity

Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2) @icn2.bsky.social · 8d

📃 NEW PAPER OUT❗

🔬 @magneticnanos.bsky.social, led by ICREA Prof. Josep Nogués, created a new reusable, energy-efficient technology to disinfect and clean indoor air, while also eliminating viruses.

🤝 @imb-cnm-csic.bsky.social, @irsicaixa.es, IGTP, @upna.bsky.social, UPNA

ℹ️ https://bit.ly/4gKSOUl

Reposted by Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2)

BIST-Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology @bist.eu · 8d

👉 Endevina quin 🐈‍ apareix al 4t #Quantumposters!

Amb #BISTCommunity @icfo.eu @icn2.bsky.social @iciq.org #IFAE & @perimeterinstitute.ca

Il·lustrat per @mariapicasso.com. Amb el suport de @ajuntamentbcn.bsky.social

📥 bist.eu/society/quan...

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Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2) @icn2.bsky.social · 9d

📢 La cap de #Marketing i Comunicació de l'ICN2, l'Anna Rovira, va participar en els Matins de Recerca (part de la #ResearchersNight el 26 Set.) al Col·legi Claret de Barcelona.

🔬 Va compartir amb alumnes de 2n de batxillerat com fer que la ciència arribi a la societat a través de la #Comunicació.

Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2) @icn2.bsky.social · 11d

🔎 Our #AnnualReport 2024 is out❗

🏆 Awards, fundings, grants & recognitions proof ICN2's #ScientificExcellence.
👀 Find some examples in the video below! ⬇️

ℹ️ More deets on our 2024! 👉 https://bit.ly/4ofdpDU
🔗 Full report here! 👉 https://bit.ly/46pcaeK

#CreatingImpact

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Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2) @icn2.bsky.social · 12d

🏆 PREMIOS Y RECONOCIMIENTOS

El Dr Marc Botifoll, antiguo PhD del @gaen-research.bsky.social (@jarbiol.bsky.social), ha recibido el Premio a la Mejor Tesis en Ciencia de Materiales del 2023/2024 por la Sociedad de #Microscopía de España (SME).

👏 ¡Enhorabuena!

🔗 https://bit.ly/3W9QUTO

#ICN2Alumni

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Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2) @icn2.bsky.social · 13d

🗣️ #ManuelCardona 𝗟𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀

Join us for this seminar by Prof. Tejs Vegge (DTU). Hosted by ICREA Prof. @mariaescesc.bsky.social (@nanoesc.bsky.social).

📆 06/10/2025
⏰ 11 AM
📍 ICN2 Seminar Room
📝 Register here to attend! 👉 https://bit.ly/4nnphTm
🔃 Sharing appreciated!

#Electrocatalysis

Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2) @icn2.bsky.social · 13d

🗣️ SEMINARS

Join us for this 𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 by Prof. Shinji Miwa from the University of Tokyo.

📆 26/09/2025
⏰ 12 PM
📍 ICN2 Seminar Room
📝 Register here to attend! 👉 https://forms.office.com/e/kLdh9NsmhH
🔃 Sharing is appreciated!

#Spintronics #CreatingImpact

Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2) @icn2.bsky.social · 15d

🏠 ICN2 Visits: Master Students in #QuantumScience & Tech

🎒 ICREA Prof. Stephan Roche & Roshan Krishna Kumar introduced ICN2 and former master's students now at ICN2 as PhD students also shared their experiences.

🔬 To wrap up, they also visited 3 #labs.

👋 Thanks for visiting!

Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2) @icn2.bsky.social · 15d

📘 NANOSEMINARS

We invite you to join us for this 𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 in #Chemistry & #Materials by Prof. Maria Laura Alfieri from University of Naples Federico II.

📆 25 September
⏰ 3 PM
🔃 is appreciated!
👉 Register https://forms.office.com/e/PLKt3Zuern

#Biomimetics #ScientificSeminar

Reposted by Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2)

PeCATHS Project EU @pecathseu.bsky.social · 15d

At PeCATHS, advanced materials characterisation is key to unlocking cleaner and more efficient energy pathways.

The ICN2 leads this effort, providing atomic-level insights into how catalysts, electrodes, and devices behave during energy conversion.

📖 Learn more about ICN2:
👉 lnkd.in/g_AVpY7i

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Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2) @icn2.bsky.social · 16d

🟩 SNSSN Network Events
🧲 How to make permanent #magnets sustainable?

📅 25 Sept. 2025
🕘 9 am-1 pm (CET)
📍 @imdeananociencia.bsky.social Conference Hall (Madrid) + Zoom

🤝 Organiser: #SNSSN network
📝 Register here! 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/ijlukccarl

#KnowledgeExchange

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Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2) @icn2.bsky.social · 17d

🗣️ Upcoming #ICN2Events | 𝟐𝟐-𝟐𝟔 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭.

🗓️ Save The Dates!
ℹ️ Further info, registration & abstracts here! ➡️ https://f.mtr.cool/mfprwqqqdm

𝗡𝗔𝗡𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗥
🔹 Tues. 23/09 👉 Prof. Maria Laura Alfieri

𝗦𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗥
🔹 Frid. 26/09 👉 Prof. Shinji Miwa

#KnowledgeExchange

Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2) @icn2.bsky.social · 19d

𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑟: 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐴𝐼 (𝐺𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑖 2.5 𝐹𝑙𝑎𝑠ℎ 𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑙).

Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2) @icn2.bsky.social · 19d

📰 LATEST NEWS❗

ICN2 joined the #LLM Hackathon in #MaterialsScience & Chemistry & built a tool with #TEM images + computer vision to study nanoparticle shape & catalytic activity. They added AI for easier interpretation.

🤝 Inorganic #Nanoparticles Group + ICN2 #AI Platform

ℹ️ https://bit.ly/46K724w