It is a pioneering facility that houses two high-end electron microscopes: one to resolve the structure of large protein and nucleic acid complexes and the other to study materials at the atomic scale. Created thanks to the joint action of several research institutions, including the CSIC, it is located at the ALBA Synchrotron (Cerdanyola, Barcelona) and is open to the entire scientific community.

The certification ensures the quality of the service provided and the improvement and extension of this quality to future services. The characterization and preparation of nano and biomaterials (Soft) technical service is run by the Nanomol Research Unit of the Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB, CSIC) and CIBER-BBN.

A technical device invented by scientists at the Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Barcelona (ICMAB) can measure piezoelectricity directly. The new microscope achieves an accurate characterisation of piezoelectric materials, enhancing the predictions of its performance in real device.

The CSIC’s Institute ‘Eduardo Torroja’ in Madrid has obtained a new certification from the Spanish certification body ENAC for essays and calibration of building materials.

The Nanoquim Platform laboratory, at the CSIC’s Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, is specialized in nanostructured materials preparation. Here it is possible to obtain nanoparticles, nanowires, nanocoatings or molecular assemblies by different chemical processes.

Next June 27th , the Nanoquim Workshop will take place at the Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona. It is a good opportunity to know the services offered by this Clean Room focused on material nanostructuration.

Scientists at MATGAS, a non-profit making interest group, are working to transform CO2 into a resource. This gas can be used for water treatment, to obtain polymers or value added materials, to preserve food, to extract selected compounds from food or to clean microchips.

Una imagen obtenida en el Centro Nacional de Microelectrónica del CSIC obtiene el primer premio de fotografia del congreso internacional Micro-Nano Engineering 2008. La imagen corresponde a unas nanoestructuras, más pequeñas que un cabello humano, y con una inesperada apariencia.