New materials Laboratories
JEMCA, electron microscopy to advance research in structural biology and new materials
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03 Mar 2023
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.
ICMAB's Soft Service obtains the ISO 9001:2015 Quality Certification
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06 Apr 2022
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 laboratory from the Institute ‘Eduardo Torroja’ obtains another ENAC certification
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28 Mar 2019
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.
A microscope to measure accurately the piezoelectric properties of materials
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22 Oct 2019
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.
Nanoquim: advanced materials at nanometric scale
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27 Jun 2013
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.
