| Nanotechnology Activities Survey in Spain | 
               
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                | Name of the Laboratory | Nanomaterials | 
               
                | Department | Compounding | 
               
                | Institution | Asociación de Investigación de Materiales Plásticos y Conexas (AIMPLAS) | 
               
                | Institution (Acronym) | AIMPLAS | 
               
                | Contact Person (e-mail) | Raquel Llorens Chiralt | 
               
                | Address | C/Gustave Eiffel, 4 | 
			   
                | Postal code | 46980 | 
               
                | Province | Valencia | 
               
                | Autonomous Region | Valencia, Comunidad de | 
               
                | Country | Spain | 
               
                | Phone | +34961366041 | 
               
                | Fax | +34961366040 | 
               
                | Website | http://www.aimplas.es | 
               
                | Main Research Areas | * nanocomposites* Nanoparticles functionalization
 * functional coatings
 * Characterization of nanomaterials
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                | Participating Projects | 
               
                | * Gramofon: New Process for Efficient CO2 Capture by innovative adsorbents based on modified Graphene Aerogels and MOF materials - http://www.gramofonproject.eu/Coordinator: Adolfo Benedito: EU (4273.000 €)
 * OSIRYS - www.osirysproject.euCoordinator: Inma Roig: EU (9419.000 €)
 * JOSPEL - www.jospel-project.eu/Coordinator: Begoña Galindo: EU (6668.000 €)
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                | Three more relevant publications within 2014-2017 | 
               
                | * 				     				       Begoña Galindo, Adolfo Benedito, Fernando Ramos and Enrique Gimenez -   Polymer  Engineering & Science, DOI: 10.1002/pen.24365,2016                     
                   * 				     				       Begoña Galindo1, Adolfo Benedito1, Fernando Ramos2, Enrique Gimenez2, Vicente Compañ3 -  Composites Part B 98 (2016) 330e338                     
                                        
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                | Instruments and equipment available | 
               
                | * Syntesis Group* Functional printing and coatings department
 * Thermoset composites department
 * Chemical department
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                | Number of researchers (22) | 
               
                | Permanent positions (Prof, Dr) | 10 | 
               
                | PhD(contracted) | 6 | 
               
                | PhD Students | 1 | 
               
                | Technicians | 4 | 
               
                | Others | 0 | 
               
                | PhD 2014-2017 | 1 | 
               
                | PhD Ramon y Cajal (currently) | 0 | 
			  
               
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                | Participation in other Networks  Red de Excelencia Graphenet-Asociación Española de Productores y Usuarios de Grafeno, GRAFIP, Graphene Flagship. | 
			  
			  
			  
             
               
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				|  Nanotechnology for structural applications | 
				  
				|  |  Nano powered ceramics | 
				  
				|  |  Composite materials containing nanocrystals or powders | 
				  
				|  |  Materials based on carbon nanotubes or fullerenes | 
				  
				|  |  Nanoparticulate coatings | 
				  
				|  |  Other - specify: | 
				  
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				|  NanoTechnology for information processing storage and transmission | 
				  
				|  |  Nanoelectronics, materials and devices | 
				  
				|  |  Optoelectronics/optical materials and devices | 
				  
				|  |  Magnetic materials and devices | 
				  
				|  |  Organic (opto) electronics | 
				  
				|  |  Other - specify: | 
				  
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				|  Nano(bio)technology for medical applications | 
				  
				|  |  Drug encapsulation | 
				  
				|  |  Targeted drug delivery, molecular recognition | 
				  
				|  |  Other - specify: | 
				  
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				|  Nanotechnology for sensor applications | 
				  
				|  |  Nanostructured sensors | 
				  
				|  |  Sensors based on biological molecules | 
				  
				|  |  Other - specify: | 
				  
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				|  Nanotechnology for (electro)chemical processing technologies | 
				  
				|  |  Filtration | 
				  
				|  |  Catalysts or electrodes with nano-structured surface | 
				  
				|  |  Other - specify: | 
				  
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				|  Long-term research with generic applications | 
				  
				|  |  Self- assembly | 
				  
				|  |  Quantum physics, mesoscopic systems, chemical | 
				  
				|  |  Interfacing to organic / biological molecules | 
				  
				|  |  Other - specify: | 
				  
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				|  Instruments and equipment, supporting sciences and technologies | 
				  
				|  |  Analytical equipment and techniques | 
				  
				|  |  Powder production and processing | 
				  
				|  |  Deposition equipment and techniques | 
				  
				|  |  Patterning equipment and techniques | 
				  
				|  |  Other - specify: TSE (5 pilot/lab lines) | 
				  				
                
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