IMDEA Materials Institute
@imdeamaterials.bsky.social
We are a non-profit research institute in Materials Science and Engineering. For news, job opportunities, social networks: http://linktr.ee/imdeamaterials
❤️ IMDEA Materials has hosted the latest project meeting of #CARDIOBOOST-CM as researchers advance in developing a new strategy for cardiomyocyte differentiation and cardiac regeneration.
Heart failure is a worldwide epidemic, resulting in a large burden for society...
A 🧵
Heart failure is a worldwide epidemic, resulting in a large burden for society...
A 🧵
January 16, 2026 at 8:12 AM
❤️ IMDEA Materials has hosted the latest project meeting of #CARDIOBOOST-CM as researchers advance in developing a new strategy for cardiomyocyte differentiation and cardiac regeneration.
Heart failure is a worldwide epidemic, resulting in a large burden for society...
A 🧵
Heart failure is a worldwide epidemic, resulting in a large burden for society...
A 🧵
IMDEA Materials has hosted a seminar by Dr. Daniel Garcia Gonzalez from @uc3m.es.
In his talk, 'Magneto-mechanics for biology: soft robotic platforms to control cellular mechanobiology', he introduced cutting-edge research in soft robotics, magneto-mechanics and biology.
@divulgauc3m.bsky.social
In his talk, 'Magneto-mechanics for biology: soft robotic platforms to control cellular mechanobiology', he introduced cutting-edge research in soft robotics, magneto-mechanics and biology.
@divulgauc3m.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 4:01 PM
IMDEA Materials has hosted a seminar by Dr. Daniel Garcia Gonzalez from @uc3m.es.
In his talk, 'Magneto-mechanics for biology: soft robotic platforms to control cellular mechanobiology', he introduced cutting-edge research in soft robotics, magneto-mechanics and biology.
@divulgauc3m.bsky.social
In his talk, 'Magneto-mechanics for biology: soft robotic platforms to control cellular mechanobiology', he introduced cutting-edge research in soft robotics, magneto-mechanics and biology.
@divulgauc3m.bsky.social
🍷🍫 ¿Es posible aprovechar los beneficios del vino o el chocolate…sin consumirlos?
Los #polifenoles, presentes en frutas, café, cacao o vino tinto, tienen efectos antioxidantes y antiinflamatorios clave para la salud intestinal y la microbiota...
🔗 theconversation.com/como-aprovec...
Los #polifenoles, presentes en frutas, café, cacao o vino tinto, tienen efectos antioxidantes y antiinflamatorios clave para la salud intestinal y la microbiota...
🔗 theconversation.com/como-aprovec...
Cómo aprovechar los polifenoles del vino o el chocolate sin consumir ni vino ni chocolate
Los polifenoles, compuestos antioxidantes que se encuentran en alimentos como el chocolate o el vino, tienen múltiples beneficios para la salud. Pero a veces nuestro cuerpo no consigue absorberlos y u...
theconversation.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:13 PM
🍷🍫 ¿Es posible aprovechar los beneficios del vino o el chocolate…sin consumirlos?
Los #polifenoles, presentes en frutas, café, cacao o vino tinto, tienen efectos antioxidantes y antiinflamatorios clave para la salud intestinal y la microbiota...
🔗 theconversation.com/como-aprovec...
Los #polifenoles, presentes en frutas, café, cacao o vino tinto, tienen efectos antioxidantes y antiinflamatorios clave para la salud intestinal y la microbiota...
🔗 theconversation.com/como-aprovec...
👨🔬 En su último artículo en La Región de Ourense, el Prof. José Manuel Torralba, Investigador Principal de IMDEA Materiales, revisita la construcción de uno de los edificios más icónicos de la arquitectura contemporánea: el @museoguggenheim.bsky.social.
🔗 www.laregion.es/opinion/fran...
🔗 www.laregion.es/opinion/fran...
Frank Gehri y su empeño por el titanio para el Guggenheim
Con la reciente desaparición del arquitecto Frank Gehri hemos revisitado la construcción del Guggenheim en Bilbao para volver a sorprendernos por su singularidad. No cabe duda que el Guggenheim ha cam...
www.laregion.es
January 14, 2026 at 5:42 PM
👨🔬 En su último artículo en La Región de Ourense, el Prof. José Manuel Torralba, Investigador Principal de IMDEA Materiales, revisita la construcción de uno de los edificios más icónicos de la arquitectura contemporánea: el @museoguggenheim.bsky.social.
🔗 www.laregion.es/opinion/fran...
🔗 www.laregion.es/opinion/fran...
📽️ In a follow-up from yesterday's post on IMDEA Materials' work developing novel bilayer ceramic coatings to increase titanium alloy micromachining tools, we bring you this interesting video.
Here, we can see a microcantilever bending test, which serves to measure...
Here, we can see a microcantilever bending test, which serves to measure...
January 14, 2026 at 9:02 AM
📽️ In a follow-up from yesterday's post on IMDEA Materials' work developing novel bilayer ceramic coatings to increase titanium alloy micromachining tools, we bring you this interesting video.
Here, we can see a microcantilever bending test, which serves to measure...
Here, we can see a microcantilever bending test, which serves to measure...
🔨 In a new study, published in 'Surface and Coatings Technology', researchers have developed a bilayer ceramic coating that significantly increases tool life during the micromachining of titanium alloys.
🔗 Read more at our website: materials.imdea.org/bilayer-cera...
🔗 Read more at our website: materials.imdea.org/bilayer-cera...
January 13, 2026 at 3:01 PM
🔨 In a new study, published in 'Surface and Coatings Technology', researchers have developed a bilayer ceramic coating that significantly increases tool life during the micromachining of titanium alloys.
🔗 Read more at our website: materials.imdea.org/bilayer-cera...
🔗 Read more at our website: materials.imdea.org/bilayer-cera...
👨🔬 As part of the Additive Manufacturing and Advanced Materials Competence Centre's (#AM2C3) Early Career Researchers exchange programme, IMDEA Materials Institute has been pleased to welcome doctoral student Kostas Georgiou from @ucy1.bsky.social for a 3-month stay.
January 12, 2026 at 9:31 AM
👨🔬 As part of the Additive Manufacturing and Advanced Materials Competence Centre's (#AM2C3) Early Career Researchers exchange programme, IMDEA Materials Institute has been pleased to welcome doctoral student Kostas Georgiou from @ucy1.bsky.social for a 3-month stay.
At IMDEA Materials, we believe that excellent research should not stop at the lab.
That’s why we've launched the"Materialise 2026 Proof-of-Concept (#PoC) call, accelerating the journey from scientific results to real-world applications.
🔗 materials.imdea.org/materialise-...
That’s why we've launched the"Materialise 2026 Proof-of-Concept (#PoC) call, accelerating the journey from scientific results to real-world applications.
🔗 materials.imdea.org/materialise-...
Materialise Call 2026
materials.imdea.org
January 8, 2026 at 10:15 AM
At IMDEA Materials, we believe that excellent research should not stop at the lab.
That’s why we've launched the"Materialise 2026 Proof-of-Concept (#PoC) call, accelerating the journey from scientific results to real-world applications.
🔗 materials.imdea.org/materialise-...
That’s why we've launched the"Materialise 2026 Proof-of-Concept (#PoC) call, accelerating the journey from scientific results to real-world applications.
🔗 materials.imdea.org/materialise-...
Unlocking #GreenHydrogen: looking beyond high-cost platinum
#Hydrogen generated from renewable-powered #electrolysis is currently considered central to the global transition toward carbon-free energy.
🔗 materials.imdea.org/imdea-materi...
#Hydrogen generated from renewable-powered #electrolysis is currently considered central to the global transition toward carbon-free energy.
🔗 materials.imdea.org/imdea-materi...
IMDEA Materials researchers unlock new strategy to boost green hydrogen production
materials.imdea.org
January 7, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Unlocking #GreenHydrogen: looking beyond high-cost platinum
#Hydrogen generated from renewable-powered #electrolysis is currently considered central to the global transition toward carbon-free energy.
🔗 materials.imdea.org/imdea-materi...
#Hydrogen generated from renewable-powered #electrolysis is currently considered central to the global transition toward carbon-free energy.
🔗 materials.imdea.org/imdea-materi...
🤖 ¿Gemelos digitales: ciencia o ficción?
En @laregion.es, el Prof. José Manuel Torralba analiza cómo los #gemelosdigitales han pasado de la ciencia ficción a ser clave en la medicina personalizada y la fabricación avanzada.
👉 Lee el artículo completo:
www.laregion.es/opinion/geme...
En @laregion.es, el Prof. José Manuel Torralba analiza cómo los #gemelosdigitales han pasado de la ciencia ficción a ser clave en la medicina personalizada y la fabricación avanzada.
👉 Lee el artículo completo:
www.laregion.es/opinion/geme...
Gemelos digitales: ¿ciencia o ficción?
Soy un fan absoluto de las obras de Isaac Asimov, que fue un visionario de muchas tecnologías que han ido apareciendo en las últimas décadas. Uno de sus temas favoritos, que se desarrolló con sus…
www.laregion.es
December 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🤖 ¿Gemelos digitales: ciencia o ficción?
En @laregion.es, el Prof. José Manuel Torralba analiza cómo los #gemelosdigitales han pasado de la ciencia ficción a ser clave en la medicina personalizada y la fabricación avanzada.
👉 Lee el artículo completo:
www.laregion.es/opinion/geme...
En @laregion.es, el Prof. José Manuel Torralba analiza cómo los #gemelosdigitales han pasado de la ciencia ficción a ser clave en la medicina personalizada y la fabricación avanzada.
👉 Lee el artículo completo:
www.laregion.es/opinion/geme...
1️⃣ A medida que 2025 llega a su fin, les traemos algunos de nuestros artículos más leídos de @es.theconversation.com in 2025.
Crisis mundial del #cobre: ¿tenemos suficientes materias primas, como el cobre, para realizar la #transiciónenergética?
theconversation.com/crisis-mundi...
Crisis mundial del #cobre: ¿tenemos suficientes materias primas, como el cobre, para realizar la #transiciónenergética?
theconversation.com/crisis-mundi...
Crisis mundial del cobre: ¿tenemos alternativas?
La transición energética ha disparado la demanda de cobre, y la producción ya no da abasto. El desarrollo de materiales alternativos puede paliar los efectos de la crisis.
theconversation.com
December 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
1️⃣ A medida que 2025 llega a su fin, les traemos algunos de nuestros artículos más leídos de @es.theconversation.com in 2025.
Crisis mundial del #cobre: ¿tenemos suficientes materias primas, como el cobre, para realizar la #transiciónenergética?
theconversation.com/crisis-mundi...
Crisis mundial del #cobre: ¿tenemos suficientes materias primas, como el cobre, para realizar la #transiciónenergética?
theconversation.com/crisis-mundi...
🔬 In situ multiscale #XCT degradation study of PEO-modified #WE43 scaffolds
How do microstructural features, geometric irregularities, and PEO-layer morphology affect hydrogen evolution and degradation behaviour in #mg scaffolds?
Find out more: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
How do microstructural features, geometric irregularities, and PEO-layer morphology affect hydrogen evolution and degradation behaviour in #mg scaffolds?
Find out more: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🔬 In situ multiscale #XCT degradation study of PEO-modified #WE43 scaffolds
How do microstructural features, geometric irregularities, and PEO-layer morphology affect hydrogen evolution and degradation behaviour in #mg scaffolds?
Find out more: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
How do microstructural features, geometric irregularities, and PEO-layer morphology affect hydrogen evolution and degradation behaviour in #mg scaffolds?
Find out more: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
✍ We are delighted to share some of the latest research results from Dr. Yuyao Liu, presenting an interface-engineered 3D-printed scaffold successfully combining mechanical strength with biofunctionality to support bone regeneration and vascularisation.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Interface-engineered 3D-printed PCEC/collagen composite scaffold for large bone defect repair under static and mechanical stimulation
The repair of large traumatic bone defects remains a huge challenge in orthopedic clinics due to the complicated environment of bone healing involving…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:33 AM
✍ We are delighted to share some of the latest research results from Dr. Yuyao Liu, presenting an interface-engineered 3D-printed scaffold successfully combining mechanical strength with biofunctionality to support bone regeneration and vascularisation.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
💡 Nuevo artículo del Prof. José Manuel Torralba en @es.theconversation.com: bacterias, sal y bambú frente al reto de los plásticos
📖 Puedes leer el artículo completo aquí: theconversation.com/bacterias-go...
Read the article in English: materials.imdea.org/greedy-bacte...
📖 Puedes leer el artículo completo aquí: theconversation.com/bacterias-go...
Read the article in English: materials.imdea.org/greedy-bacte...
Bacterias golosas, sal y bambú: prometedoras soluciones al problema de los plásticos
El material estrella que fue protagonista del siglo XX y hoy está en todas partes no es sostenible: está generando un problema medioambiental importante y además puede dañar nuestra salud. ¿En qué alt...
theconversation.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:36 AM
💡 Nuevo artículo del Prof. José Manuel Torralba en @es.theconversation.com: bacterias, sal y bambú frente al reto de los plásticos
📖 Puedes leer el artículo completo aquí: theconversation.com/bacterias-go...
Read the article in English: materials.imdea.org/greedy-bacte...
📖 Puedes leer el artículo completo aquí: theconversation.com/bacterias-go...
Read the article in English: materials.imdea.org/greedy-bacte...
✍ Explainable #AI for materials discovery: application to #catalysts for the #HER and #ORR
In @chemicalscience.rsc.org, Prof. Javier LLorca and Dr. Valentín Vassilev Galindo, present a new approach to ML-assisted materials design focused on explainability.
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
In @chemicalscience.rsc.org, Prof. Javier LLorca and Dr. Valentín Vassilev Galindo, present a new approach to ML-assisted materials design focused on explainability.
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Explainable artificial intelligence for materials discovery: application to catalysts for the HER and ORR
The extraordinary progress of strategies coupling ab initio calculations and machine learning (ML) has opened the door for both fast and accurate chemical/physical property predictions and for the vir...
pubs.rsc.org
December 19, 2025 at 9:01 AM
✍ Explainable #AI for materials discovery: application to #catalysts for the #HER and #ORR
In @chemicalscience.rsc.org, Prof. Javier LLorca and Dr. Valentín Vassilev Galindo, present a new approach to ML-assisted materials design focused on explainability.
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
In @chemicalscience.rsc.org, Prof. Javier LLorca and Dr. Valentín Vassilev Galindo, present a new approach to ML-assisted materials design focused on explainability.
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
🗑️ ¿Cómo evitar que nos sepulte la montaña de basura que generamos?
En un artículo publicado en @es.theconversation.com, analizamos el reto de los residuos y la economía circular desde una perspectiva clave: la ciencia e ingeniería de materiales.
🔗 Leelo aquí: theconversation.com/como-evitar-...
En un artículo publicado en @es.theconversation.com, analizamos el reto de los residuos y la economía circular desde una perspectiva clave: la ciencia e ingeniería de materiales.
🔗 Leelo aquí: theconversation.com/como-evitar-...
Cómo evitar que nos sepulte la montaña de basura que generamos
En un mundo donde la producción de residuos crece más que la capacidad para gestionarlos, la amenaza de quedar enterrados bajo nuestra propia basura ya es un riesgo real.
theconversation.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:29 AM
🗑️ ¿Cómo evitar que nos sepulte la montaña de basura que generamos?
En un artículo publicado en @es.theconversation.com, analizamos el reto de los residuos y la economía circular desde una perspectiva clave: la ciencia e ingeniería de materiales.
🔗 Leelo aquí: theconversation.com/como-evitar-...
En un artículo publicado en @es.theconversation.com, analizamos el reto de los residuos y la economía circular desde una perspectiva clave: la ciencia e ingeniería de materiales.
🔗 Leelo aquí: theconversation.com/como-evitar-...
🔬 IMDEA Materials has developed a powerful new computational framework to simulate and predict how cracks initiate and propagate in materials subjected to cyclic loading.
All simulations were carried out using the #PhaseFieldX open-source package.
sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
All simulations were carried out using the #PhaseFieldX open-source package.
sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A phase-field approach to fatigue analysis: Bridging theory and simulation
This article presents a novel, robust and efficient framework for fatigue crack-propagation that combines the principles of Linear Elastic Fracture Me…
sciencedirect.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM
🔬 IMDEA Materials has developed a powerful new computational framework to simulate and predict how cracks initiate and propagate in materials subjected to cyclic loading.
All simulations were carried out using the #PhaseFieldX open-source package.
sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
All simulations were carried out using the #PhaseFieldX open-source package.
sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🙏 Yesterday, we were pleased to welcome a guest seminar from Prof. Dr. Dan Xiao from HTW Dresden on how the design and preparation of high-performance flame-retardant polymer composites and nanocomposites are being introduced through dynamic and static electron beam treatment.
December 16, 2025 at 9:16 AM
🙏 Yesterday, we were pleased to welcome a guest seminar from Prof. Dr. Dan Xiao from HTW Dresden on how the design and preparation of high-performance flame-retardant polymer composites and nanocomposites are being introduced through dynamic and static electron beam treatment.
🚨 #ATENEA Programme Applications FINAL DAY!
Today is the last day to send your applications for the IMDEA Materials, #MSCA Co-fund ATENEA postdoctoral fellowship programme!
🔗 For more information and to apply, see: atenea-cofund.eu
Today is the last day to send your applications for the IMDEA Materials, #MSCA Co-fund ATENEA postdoctoral fellowship programme!
🔗 For more information and to apply, see: atenea-cofund.eu
December 15, 2025 at 12:16 PM
🚨 #ATENEA Programme Applications FINAL DAY!
Today is the last day to send your applications for the IMDEA Materials, #MSCA Co-fund ATENEA postdoctoral fellowship programme!
🔗 For more information and to apply, see: atenea-cofund.eu
Today is the last day to send your applications for the IMDEA Materials, #MSCA Co-fund ATENEA postdoctoral fellowship programme!
🔗 For more information and to apply, see: atenea-cofund.eu
👩🎓 ¿Será mi vocación?
El 10 de diciembre, 80 estudiantes de los IES Antonio Gala e IES Miguel Delibes nos visitaron dentro del programa de la Comunidad de Madrid '¿Será mi vocación?', una iniciativa para acercar a los jóvenes al mundo profesional y despertar vocaciones.
El 10 de diciembre, 80 estudiantes de los IES Antonio Gala e IES Miguel Delibes nos visitaron dentro del programa de la Comunidad de Madrid '¿Será mi vocación?', una iniciativa para acercar a los jóvenes al mundo profesional y despertar vocaciones.
December 12, 2025 at 11:30 AM
👩🎓 ¿Será mi vocación?
El 10 de diciembre, 80 estudiantes de los IES Antonio Gala e IES Miguel Delibes nos visitaron dentro del programa de la Comunidad de Madrid '¿Será mi vocación?', una iniciativa para acercar a los jóvenes al mundo profesional y despertar vocaciones.
El 10 de diciembre, 80 estudiantes de los IES Antonio Gala e IES Miguel Delibes nos visitaron dentro del programa de la Comunidad de Madrid '¿Será mi vocación?', una iniciativa para acercar a los jóvenes al mundo profesional y despertar vocaciones.
👩🔬 IMDEA Materials Institute would like to congratulate our former predoctoral researcher, Meihui Zhou, who successfully defended her #PhD at the @urjc.bsky.social last week.
Her thesis was supervised by Prof. Dr. De-Yi Wang and Prof. Dr. Silvia González Prolongo.
Her thesis was supervised by Prof. Dr. De-Yi Wang and Prof. Dr. Silvia González Prolongo.
December 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
👩🔬 IMDEA Materials Institute would like to congratulate our former predoctoral researcher, Meihui Zhou, who successfully defended her #PhD at the @urjc.bsky.social last week.
Her thesis was supervised by Prof. Dr. De-Yi Wang and Prof. Dr. Silvia González Prolongo.
Her thesis was supervised by Prof. Dr. De-Yi Wang and Prof. Dr. Silvia González Prolongo.
👩🎓 We were pleased to welcome a visit yesterday of 80 students from IES La Senda in Getafe.
Such visits form an important part of our commitment to inspiring future generations of materials scientists and engineers.
Such visits form an important part of our commitment to inspiring future generations of materials scientists and engineers.
December 4, 2025 at 9:19 AM
👩🎓 We were pleased to welcome a visit yesterday of 80 students from IES La Senda in Getafe.
Such visits form an important part of our commitment to inspiring future generations of materials scientists and engineers.
Such visits form an important part of our commitment to inspiring future generations of materials scientists and engineers.
🌎 Los plásticos conquistaron el siglo XX con su versatilidad, pero hoy pagamos la factura.
Menos del 10% se recicla, toneladas acaban en mares y ríos, y los microplásticos llegan hasta nuestros órganos.
📰 Prof. José Manuel Torralba
🔗 laregion.es/opinion/plas... vía @laregion.es.
Menos del 10% se recicla, toneladas acaban en mares y ríos, y los microplásticos llegan hasta nuestros órganos.
📰 Prof. José Manuel Torralba
🔗 laregion.es/opinion/plas... vía @laregion.es.
Plásticos y microplásticos: un problema de escala universal que tiene solución
El siglo XX vio nacer a toda una familia de materiales de gran importancia en nuestra vida: los polímeros (o “plasticos”, como se conocen por la gente no especializada). Los plásticos aparecen para da...
laregion.es
December 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
🌎 Los plásticos conquistaron el siglo XX con su versatilidad, pero hoy pagamos la factura.
Menos del 10% se recicla, toneladas acaban en mares y ríos, y los microplásticos llegan hasta nuestros órganos.
📰 Prof. José Manuel Torralba
🔗 laregion.es/opinion/plas... vía @laregion.es.
Menos del 10% se recicla, toneladas acaban en mares y ríos, y los microplásticos llegan hasta nuestros órganos.
📰 Prof. José Manuel Torralba
🔗 laregion.es/opinion/plas... vía @laregion.es.
🤔 Ever wondered how we can tell which elements are in a material, and in what amounts?
👩🔬 In #BIOMET4D Science Explained, IMDEA Materials' Blanca Limones walks us through one of the key analytical techniques used in the Horizon Europe BIOMET4D project: ICP-OES.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGwo...
👩🔬 In #BIOMET4D Science Explained, IMDEA Materials' Blanca Limones walks us through one of the key analytical techniques used in the Horizon Europe BIOMET4D project: ICP-OES.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGwo...
Cell Culture Research - BIOMET4D Science Explained with Blanca Limones
YouTube video by IMDEA Materials Institute
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:10 AM
🤔 Ever wondered how we can tell which elements are in a material, and in what amounts?
👩🔬 In #BIOMET4D Science Explained, IMDEA Materials' Blanca Limones walks us through one of the key analytical techniques used in the Horizon Europe BIOMET4D project: ICP-OES.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGwo...
👩🔬 In #BIOMET4D Science Explained, IMDEA Materials' Blanca Limones walks us through one of the key analytical techniques used in the Horizon Europe BIOMET4D project: ICP-OES.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGwo...