| Nanotechnology Activities Survey in Spain | 
               
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                | Name of the Laboratory | Bionanoplasmonics Laboratory | 
               
                | Department | Bionanoplasmonics Laboratory | 
               
                | Institution | CIC biomaGUNE | 
               
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                | Contact Person (e-mail) | LIZ-MARZÁN, Luis M. / LIZ-MARZÁN, Luis M. | 
               
                | Address | Paseo de Miramón 182 | 
			   
                | Postal code | 20009 Donostia - San Sebastián | 
               
                | Province | Guipuzcoa | 
               
                | Autonomous Region | Pais Vasco | 
               
                | Country | Spain | 
               
                | Phone | +34 943 005 300 | 
               
                | Fax | +34 943 005 301 | 
               
                | Website | http://www.bionanoplasmonics.com | 
               
                | Main Research Areas | * Colloidal metal nanoparticles* Directed self-assembly
 * Nanoplasmonics
 * SERS
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                | Participating Projects | 
               
                | * Development of plasmonic quorum sensors for understanding bacterial-eukaryotic cell relations (PLASMAQUO) - http://personal.cicbiomagune.com/llizmarzan/plasmaquo.htmlCoordinator: L.M. Liz-Marzán: European Research Council (ERC Advanced Grant 267867) (224763.000 €)
 * Self-Assembly in Confined Space (SACS) - http://www.fp7-sacs.com/Coordinator: L.M. Liz-Marzán: Unión Europea (Collaborative Project. Small or medium-scale focused research project, 310651-2) (254895.000 €)
 * Self-assembled virus-like vectors for stem cell phenotyping (SAVVY) - http://savvyproject.eu/Coordinator: L.M. Liz-Marzán: Unión Europea (Collaborative Project. Small or medium-scale focused research project, 310445-2) (468234.000 €)
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                | Three more relevant publications within 2012-2015 | 
               
                | * 				     'Monitoring Galvanic Replacement Through Three-Dimensional Morphological and Chemical Mapping'B. Goris, L. Polavarapu, S. Bals, G. Van Tendeloo, L.M. Liz-Marzán -  Nano Lett. 2014, 14, 3220–3226
 * 				     'Monodisperse Gold Nanotriangles: Size Control, Large-Scale Self-Assembly and Performance in Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering'L. Scarabelli, M. Coronado-Puchau, J.J. Giner-Casares, J. Langer, L.M. Liz-Marzán -  ACS Nano 2014, 8, 5833–5842
 * 				     'Glycans as Biofunctional Ligands for Gold Nanorods: Stability and Targeting in Protein-Rich Media'I. García, A. Sánchez-Iglesias, M. Henriksen-Lacey, M. Grzelczak, S. Penadés, L.M. Liz-Marzán -  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 3686–3692
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                | Instruments and equipment available | 
               
                | * Confocal Raman coupled to AFM/SNOM/TERS* FEG-TEM
 * Dark Field Microscope for Single Particle Spectroscopy
 * X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
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                | Number of researchers (31) | 
               
                | Permanent positions (Prof, Dr) | 1 | 
               
                | PhD(contracted) | 11 | 
               
                | PhD Students | 7 | 
               
                | Technicians | 3 | 
               
                | Others | 1 | 
               
                | PhD 2012-2015 | 8 | 
               
                | PhD Ramon y Cajal (currently) | 0 | 
			  
               
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                | Participation in other Networks  SoftComp (Network of Excellence), European Soft Matter Infrastructure (ESMI), Nanomed Spain, Ciber-BBN | 
			  
			  
			  
             
               
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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: | 
				  				
                
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