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Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2)
@icn2.bsky.social
🔬 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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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!
🏆 AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

👏 Congratulations to the 9 winners of the 𝑬𝒙𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑫𝒐𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑨𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 by the @uab.cat, recognising the best doctoral theses defended in the last couple of years.

🔍 https://bit.ly/4oqwe6y

#ScientificExcellence #PhDAwards
November 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 for the 20th National School on #MolecularMaterials (ENMM 2026) is now 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻!

📍 Sitges (Spain)
🗓️ 22 – 26 Feb. 2026
📝 Submit your abstract at https://f.mtr.cool/dmgmdqwqie

🤝 @rseq-quimica.bsky.social | @genam-rseq-rsef.bsky.social 

#ScientificCollaboration
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The NanoBioMed Conference will present the latest advances in #Nanobiotechnology & #Nanomedicine.

📍 Barcelona
📅 2-4 Dec. 2025
🔜 Abstract Submission: 14th Nov.

🤝 Phantoms Foundation, BOKU Vienna, ICN2 Prof. @arbenmerkoci.bsky.social @merkocigroup.bsky.social

ℹ️ https://f.mtr.cool/ckpgxahxwo
November 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
📰 ICN2 en la prensa❗ 

La Prof. de Investigación del CSIC, Laura M. Lechuga, ha hablado de su nueva tecnología basada en nanobiosensores que detectan tumores en una sola gota de sangre.

🔹 Agencia SINC: https://f.mtr.cool/hwuylpoebb
🔹 National Geographic España: https://f.mtr.cool/ssemdytrfv
November 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
🤔 According to Einstein, #QuantumPhysics can be spooky. Why is that?
⬇️ Explanation below!

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

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

#QuantumPosters #BISTCommunity
October 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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This poster explores entanglement, but stay tuned for more on other quantum concepts!

Download the poster for your classroom here: resources.perimeterinstitute.ca/products/ent...

Poster illustrations by @mariapicasso.com

@icfo.eu, @iciq.org, @icn2.bsky.social, Institut de Física d’Altes Energies
Entanglement
This poster was created as a collaboration between Perimeter Institute and Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology to celebrate the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology.  Recomme...
resources.perimeterinstitute.ca
October 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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📢 Download the 5th #QuantumPosters!

It dives into the fascinating idea of quantum entanglement — particles that stay connected even when they’re far apart 🤯

👉 bit.ly/4hzE8Yw

With #BISTCommunity @icfo.eu @iciq.org @icn2.bsky.social #IFAE, @perimeterinstitute.ca & @mariapicasso.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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⁉️Does Altermagnetism Persist at the 2D Limit? New article at Advanced Functional Materials 👇 @imdeanano.bsky.social @hitz-zentroa.bsky.social @icn2.bsky.social @cienciasuam.bsky.social
www.ifimac.uam.es/research-hig...
October 30, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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📢 A new #SpinOff company is launched by #BISTCommunity centre @icn2.bsky.social

Apeiron Intelligence has developed a pioneering platform integrating atomic-scale simulations and #AI tools to drive innovation in materials science and technology

👉 bist.eu/apeiron-inte...
October 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
📣 𝐀𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐒 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

🗣️ The @uab.cat Campus will host this event, bringing together top researchers & key players in the #AdvancedMaterials field.

📅 24-26 Nov. 2025

ℹ️ Event's website 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/tsneabxgrk
📝 Secure your spot! 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/bgpcyvjjrn

#ResearchNetworking
October 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
🔔 #ICN2Community Updates

Breaks from #lab work are ok! It's important to connect with colleagues, that's why this year ICN2 launched the new Social Activities Initiative, including ping-pong, hiking and more.

🏓 Our ping-pong tournament is in semi-finals & finals week! Who's going to win?
October 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
📢 NEW JOB POSITION❗

➡️ 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫
🤝 For our Supramolecular Nanochemistry and Materials Group, headed by ICREA Prof. Daniel Maspoch

🎯 Apply here! 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/gmtkipetqr
🔃 Or please, 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 this post with your contacts!

#PostdocPositions #BarcelonaJobs
October 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
🗣️ Upcoming #ICN2Events | 𝟐𝟕-𝟑𝟏 𝐎𝐜𝐭.

🗓️ Save The Dates!
ℹ️ Info, registration & abstracts here! ➡️ https://f.mtr.cool/zucshrcawb

SEMINAR
🔹𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬. 𝟐𝟖 👉 by Dr Demie M. Kepaptsoglou

PhD DEFENCE
🔹𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝. 𝟑𝟏/𝟏𝟎 👉 by Alba Cortés

#ScientificSeminar
October 25, 2025 at 8:40 AM
📃 NEW PAPER OUT❗

🔍 Dr Marc Botifoll (@gaen-research.bsky.social @jarbiol.bsky.social) and team quickly and automatically extracted (S)TEM data to generate #DigitalTwins, 3D models that replicate real-life materials. The goal is to simulate materials' properties.

ℹ️ https://f.mtr.cool/xnpvsmqkhq
October 24, 2025 at 10:50 AM
📃 NEW PAPER OUT❗

@mariaescesc.bsky.social @nanoesc.bsky.social analysed in Nature Catalysis how #electrolytes, the media where electrocatalytic reactions occur, determine the performance of renewable electricity-driven chemical transformations.

🤝 MIT & KTHuniversity
ℹ️ https://f.mtr.cool/wojhuuilbx
October 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
🤔 #Nanolitography? It's the family of lithographic techniques used to fabricate #nanodevices via top-down methods.

🤝 Represented by Dr Marianna Sledzinska, ICN2 is part of the NANOLITO Network & co-organises the Spanish #Workshop in Nanolithography

ℹ️ https://sites.google.com/gcloud.ua.es/nanolito/
October 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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🎉Ja està disponible el programa de la VIII Reunió de Personal Tècnic i Responsables de servei de Difracció

📜 Consulteu tots els seminaris:
www.reuniondifraccion-bcn25.cat/programa/

📚 I els abstracts:
tinyurl.com/5n8dx2wh

#DRX #CCiTUB @ub.edu @icmabcsic.bsky.social @icn2.bsky.social @uab.cat
October 22, 2025 at 7:48 AM
🗣️ SEMINARS 

Join us for this 𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 by Prof. Serhiy Cherevko from Helmholtz-Institut Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany). Hosted by @mariaescesc.bsky.social.

📆 23/10/2025
⏰ 3 PM 
📍 ICN2 Seminar Room
📝 Register here to attend! 👉 https://bit.ly/48U0amC
🔃 RT appreciated!

#Electrocatalysis #CreatingImpact
October 22, 2025 at 8:02 AM
📰 LATEST NEWS❗

🚀 A new #SpinOff is born! The Theoretical & Computational Nanoscience Group has launched Apeiron Intelligence, which will provide innovative solutions for #MaterialsDesign, combining AI with atomic-scale simulations. 

🍀 We wish the team all the best!

👉 https://f.mtr.cool/rwswsgkifg
October 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Desarrollan método para obtener gamma-valerolactona de biomasa por síntesis fototérmica en #reactor_solar
Es un preciado disolvente verde y precursor de biocombustibles y polímeros #químicaverde #R+DCSIC
@imb-cnm-csic.bsky.social
@icn2.bsky.social
@ub.edu

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October 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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A collaborative work from the #SNSSN and #RedNanoSegura networks, coordinated by @in2ub.bsky.social and @icmm-csic.bsky.social researchers.

The book gathers 80+ experts to explore nanotech’s path to sustainability #LibroBlancoNano @icn2.bsky.social

icmab.es/new-publicat...
ICMAB - New publication: The III Libro Blanco de las Nanotecnologías highlights the role of nanoscience in building a sustainable future
icmab.es
October 21, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Ciencia🤝Política 🟰 Sostenibilidad

La SNSSN ha publicado el Libro Blanco de las Nanotecnologías III, una obra referente para un futuro más #sostenible.

🤝 @icmabcsic.bsky.social @icmm-csic.bsky.social @in2ub.bsky.social 
ℹ️ https://bit.ly/4ndkD9C
📗 Consíguelo: https://bit.ly/4n7BA57

#LibroBlancoNano
October 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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📃 NEW PAPER OUT❗

The Inorganic Nanoparticles Group, led by CSIC Researcher Neus G. Bastús, developed a new method to control magnetite nanoparticle size, used in medicine & chemical processes.

🤝 @gaen-research.bsky.social (@jarbiol.bsky.social) & @icmabcsic.bsky.social

ℹ️ http://bit.ly/4o3vOCX
October 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM