New materials Projects
Organic molecular metal that change colour and electrical properties with an electric field
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21 Nov 2018
Scientists at the Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) have demonstrated the capacity of an organic material to quickly and reversibly change its colour and electrical properties upon the application of an electric field. The reported results constitute a proof-of-concept that opens up new possibilities for the design and fabrication of organic electrochromic and rectifying devices for electronics.
A method that accelerates production and evaluation of materials for solar cells
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12 Nov 2018
A method for obtaining and evaluating organic materials for photovoltaic applications 50 times faster than conventional methods has been developed. The study has been published in the Advanced Electronic Materials journal and performed in the framework of the ERC project FOREMAT, led by Mariano Campoy-Quiles, scientist at the ICMAB-CSIC.
New boost to future calcium batteries
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17 Jul 2018
A recent study demonstrates the feasibility of the electrochemical extraction of calcium from a metal oxide, which could be used as a cathode (positive electrode) for calcium batteries.The study was carried out in collaboration with Toyota Motor Europe, and has resulted in a patent.
Extremely sensitive radiation detectors to explore the universe
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26 Oct 2018
The Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona of the CSIC leads the development in Spain of a ultrasensitive sensors which will be used in the forthcoming European space missions. They are extremely sensitive and miniaturized microcalorimeters, like small thermometers, and can even detect the energy of one single photon. They find also applications in others fields, such as nanotechnology, biomedicine or security.
Minimalist biostructures designed to create nanomaterials
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15 Jun 2018
Researchers from the IBB-UAB and from the ICMAB-CSIC have obtained four molecules of only seven amino acids with the ability to self-assemble, which enables a fast and non expensive process to obtain nanomaterials for biomedical and nanotechnological purposes. They have used them to create one of the most resistant bionanomaterials described until now.
