| Nanotechnology Activities Survey in Spain |
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| Name of the Laboratory |
'Materials + Technologies' Group
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| Department |
Ingeniería Química y del Medio Ambiente |
| Institution |
Universidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea |
| Institution (Acronym) |
UPV / EHU |
| Contact Person (e-mail) |
ECEIZA, Arantxa / Marian Corcuera
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| Address |
Escuela Politécnica. Plaza de Europa, 1 |
| Postal code |
20018-Donostia |
| Province |
Guipuzcoa |
| Autonomous Region |
Pais Vasco |
| Country |
Spain |
| Phone |
+ 34 943 017171 |
| Fax |
+ 34 943 017200 |
| Website |
http://www.ehu.es/GMT/ |
| Main Research Areas |
* Self-assembling and nanostructures in polymers
* Polymeric (nano)composites
* Bionanocomposites based on renewable materials
* Nanostructured thin films
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| Participating Projects |
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* Red de Excelencia NANOFUN-POLY. "Nanostructured and functional polymer-based materials and nanocomposites" - http://www.nanofun-poly.com/
Coordinator: Iñaki Mondragon: European Community
* NANOTRON. "Nanoscience and Nanotechnology for micro- and nanosystems" - http://www.nanotron.es/
Coordinator: Iñaki Mondragon: Gobierno Vasco y Diputación de Gipuzkoa
* POCO - "Carbon Nanotube Confinement Strategies to Develop Novel POlymer-matrix COmposites" - http://www.poco-project.org/
Coordinator: Iñaki Mondragon: European Community
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| Three more relevant publications within 2011-2014 |
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* I. Garcia, A. Tercjak, L. Rueda, I. Mondragon - Macromolecules/41/9295-9298/2008
* C. Ocando, A. Tercjak, M.D. Martín, J.A. Ramos, M. Campo, I. Mondragon - Macromolecules/42/6215-6224/2009
* A. Tercjak, J. Gutierrez, L. Rueda, L. Peponi, I. Mondragon - Macromolecules/42/3386-3390/2009
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| Instruments and equipment available |
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* Atomic force microscopy, Nanoscope IIIa Multimode and Nanoscope IVa Dimension 3100 (Veeco)
* Dielectric relaxation spectroscopy (Novocontrol)
* Reómetro ARES (TA Instruments)
* Ellipsometry, Sopralab
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| Number of researchers (53) |
| Permanent positions (Prof, Dr) |
15 |
| PhD(contracted) |
5 |
| PhD Students |
18 |
| Technicians |
1 |
| Others |
0 |
| PhD 2011-2014 |
13 |
| PhD Ramon y Cajal (currently) |
1 |
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| Participation in other Networks
Nanofun-Poly. Network of Excellence |
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| Other relevant information
Servicio General Macroconducta-Mesoestructura-Nanotecnología (Servicios Generales de Investigación - SGIker) asociado al grupo |
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Nanotechnology for structural applications
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Nano powered ceramics
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Composite materials containing nanocrystals or powders
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Materials based on carbon nanotubes or fullerenes
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Nanoparticulate coatings
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Other - specify:
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NanoTechnology for information processing storage and transmission
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Nanoelectronics, materials and devices
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Optoelectronics/optical materials and devices
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Magnetic materials and devices
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Organic (opto) electronics
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Other - specify:
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Nano(bio)technology for medical applications
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Drug encapsulation
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Targeted drug delivery, molecular recognition
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Other - specify: AFM for recognition
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Nanotechnology for sensor applications
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Nanostructured sensors
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Sensors based on biological molecules
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Other - specify:
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Nanotechnology for (electro)chemical processing technologies
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Filtration
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Catalysts or electrodes with nano-structured surface
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Other - specify:
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Long-term research with generic applications
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Self- assembly
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Quantum physics, mesoscopic systems, chemical
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Interfacing to organic / biological molecules
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Other - specify:
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Instruments and equipment, supporting sciences and technologies
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Analytical equipment and techniques
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Powder production and processing
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Deposition equipment and techniques
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Patterning equipment and techniques
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Other - specify:
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