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INL Researcher awarded with IAAM Scientist Medal

Oleksandr Bondarchuk, INL Facility Manager (PhD) at the Department of Advanced Electron Microscopy, Imaging and Spectroscopy (AEMIS), received the International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM) Scientist Medal, at its 20th Award Ceremony of the European Advanced Materials Congress, recently held in Stockholm, Sweden. The distinction was given to Oleksandr Bondarchuk for his research on “Materials for Electrical Energy Storage: ionic liquid thin films on HOPG and VN surfaces”. The jury considered this work relevant due to the increasing global demand for better alternatives to fossil fuels, leading to research on more effective, affordable and environmentally friendly energy storage technologies, which are one of the main lines of research at INL, proving that nanotechnology plays a relevant role in offering better and more efficient solutions for today’s energy needs while preserving the planet for future generations.

NNT2018 at INL

From September 18 to the 20 2018 INL will host NNT2018, the 17th International Conference on Nanoimprint and Nanoprint Technologies, the world’s leading symposium on nanoimprint and nanoprint. The date was selected to allow participants at NNT2018 to take part in the MNE 2018. This is the second time that NNT is hosted at INL and by building on the experience gained last time, it will enable us to meet in a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere. In addition to paper presentations and vendor exhibits of the most recent science & technology advances, NNT2018 will encompass a set of lectures aiming to provide both newcomers and long-standing participants a comprehensive overview of important technological basic concepts of INL, Nanoprinting, as well as an introductory lecture on the important and expanding field of paper electronics. You can still register!

INL-BINA 2nd Workshop – 5th and 6th September 2018

The first INL-BINA workshop was held at Bar-Ilan Institute for Nanotechnology & Advanced Materials (BINA), in Israel, at May 2nd and 3rd 2018, and the highlight was the signature of the Collaboration Agreement to foster cooperation between both research institutions, to entails the exchange of researchers, and to launch the Collaborative Research Call for Projects between both institutions. The 2nd workshop hosted at INL – International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, on September 5th and 6th 2018, was a success and we are glad to announce the selected Collaborative Projects to be supported: – Dr. Laura Rodiguez-Lorenzo and Dr. Adi Solomon for the project “Surface-enhanced Raman scattering sensing platform for multiplexed detection of aromatic pharmaceuticals.” – Dr. Marília Barreiros dos Santos and Prof. Ehud Banin for the project “Innovative antibacterial surfaces for water purification and monitoring technology”. – Dr. João Gaspar and Prof. Zeev Zalevsky for the project “HyperSpectrumMESMS: Realization of MEMS arrays for enhanced photonic sensing”. – Prof. Paulo Ferreira and Prof. David Zitoun for the project “Efficient catalysts for energy storage: tackling failure mechanisms from electron microscopy observation”. Congratulations to all!

Mission 10.000 Call for abstracts

INL Summit 2018 third day will be dedicated to Mission 10.000 – a nanoGateway International Conference. This main conference topic will be Nanotechnology: an enabler for bioeconomy and subjects as agriculture (including forestry sector), water resources and food industry will be discussed thro papers, oral presentations and many other sessions. This Mission is a collaborative multi-actor sector initiative to increase the impact of research on issues of social relevance, involving all the relevant actors to solve complex challenges. Submit your abstract on this Mission until September 15th and get involved in a unique conference. See you on October 17th, at Forum Braga! For more information, please visit the official website.

Call for projects Enhance Microalgae

The EnhanceMicroAlgae is a Project funded by Interreg Atlantic Area Programme. It aims to contribute to the competitiveness of the microalgae-based industry in the Atlantic Area through the transfer of technological and economic expertise to the commercial sector. This project will facilitate information transfer between a panel of experts and companies specialising in different areas like; nutritional, cosmetic, pharmaceutical, thus, encouraging business cooperation among the different countries. This consortium offers a wide range of skills and interests, with strong track records for science, production and exploitation of microalgae throughout the Atlantic Area. We will: – Undertake a comprehensive analysis of skills, skill gaps and opportunities in the microalgae sector – Develop case studies, supported by Decision Support Tools, to increase economic performance and competitiveness with the transfer of know-how from academic and technological centres to SMEs – Analyze critical factors of operation from an environmental point of view – Incorporate nanotechnology/new technologies (emerging and/or transferred from other sectors) to microalgae sector – Encourage the creation of spin-offs and self-employment. Looking for a partner to help you kick your project in the microalgae industry? EnhanceMicroAlgae is the project you’ve been waiting for. Chosen projects will be supported at three different levels: […]

INL DG pays tribute to a forgotten enabler: vacuum

Lars Montelius, Director-General (DG) of INL was interviewed by Physics World as President of IUVSTA – International Union for Vacuum Science, Technique and Applications and took the opportunity to underline the irreplaceable relevance of vacuum to modern science. By the occasion of IUVSTA 60th Anniversary, INL DG was happy to acknowledge that vacuum is now a technique so common which unfortunately leads to people to forget about how important it is. “Simply speaking, without vacuum many industries would not exist”, giving the semiconductor industry as an example. Nanotechnology is also a major beneficiary from the vacuum since it “is important if you want to understand materials at a very small scale”. And all this starts from a paradox: most of the things you now take for granted and so significantly changed your life for the better came from the void enabled by vacuum. And speaking about paradoxes, in this interview, Lars Montelius also notes “there is a gap emerging between being a heavy user of technology and being interested in contributing to developing that technology further”, adding that we need to “get more people into the field”. You can read the full interview here.

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