Materiales para un mundo sostenible

The Madrid Institute of Materials Science (ICMM-CSIC) pursues a cross-cutting approach to develop new materials for a range of energy storage and harvesting devices, as well as synthetic and applied targets from a chemical perspective for Environmental Remediation and Green Processes.

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Energy storage and harvesting: ​

This group develops materials for emerging technologies study of materials and surfaces for high-power RF in Space missions, in cooperation with the European Space Agency and Industry. The research comprises silicene nanostructures and coatings characterized using STM and synchrotron light, and analyzed using roughness nanoengineering. In addition, highly scaled n-FET devices are being developed through a "Beyond CMOS" approximation, based on the heterogeneous integration of epitaxial III-V/high-k nanostructures on Si substrates.

Contact: Isabel Montero @email 

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Founded by Prof. E. Ruiz-Hitzky 40 years ago, the Group (meet its People) has evolved and has researchers with extensive experience in chemical synthesis, structural and textural characterization of inorganic, organic and organic-inorganic materials, developing advanced functional materials for a sustainable world. Its research focuses on the development of new hybrid, biohybrid and porous nanostructured materials, mainly related to silica, zeolites, clays, carbons and oxides, and more recently, involving also functional organic compounds, with a main focus on applications related to energy production and storage, recovery of agricultural residues, water remediation or biomedicine. A key point on the activities is the use of green routes for the preparation of materials and the consumption of natural resources (clays, biomass...) and agricultural residues as they offers many possibilities and advantages towards sustainability, e.g. more sustainable materials for green electronics, clean energy generation or tissue engineering. If you want more info, please check its webpage.

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The interdisciplinary research of the Sol-Gel Group (webpage) covers a very broad spectrum, ranging from basic materials chemistry to their possible application as optical or electrooptical devices and novel materials for scientific space missions.

The research activity of the SGG is devoted to the preparation of new materials via the Sol-Gel method, the characterization of their physicochemical properties, and those of their possible applications as optical or electrooptical devices have been realized, for example, in the study of novel coatings with potential applications for smart windows applications, protection coatings with implications for a protected environment, optical coatings for optical lenses, photochromic materials, etc. Meet its People.

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Our main research interest lies in the synthesis of new materials for sustainability, following a structure-based property driven approach.

The group is composed of researchers with recognized expertise in fields such as synthesis of materials, heterogeneous catalysis, crystallography, gas sorption, optoelectronics, or simulation.

1.- Design, synthesis and processing of new reticular materials (MOFs, COFs) and other porous materials such as POPs (Porous Organic Polymers), nanoparticles, thin films, mixed matrix membranes.

2.- Atomic level, advanced structural studies on porous functional materials.

3.- Bottom-up synthesis of organic and hybrid porous materials from pre-functionalized building units (chiral, photoactive, etc.)

4.- Structural simulation and calculation of materials

5.- Property tuning by organic ligand functionalization, surface modification, etc.

6.- Properties evaluation: catalytic activity, optics, magnetism, conductivity, sorption, etc, for sustainability.

7.- Design and synthesis of organic semiconductors for applications in flexible electronics devices (OLEDs, OFETs, OPVs) and photocatalysis.

8.- Organic materials with stimuli-responsible optical properties and their use as smart materials or sensing of chemical analytes or physical phenomena (pressure, temperature).

The group owns scientific equipment obtained from and used for the realization of competitive research projects obtained for over 20 years.

The group owns equipment with specific features, which typically requires a technician for their optimal performance. It is thus necessary the need for a graduated technician with knowledge in use and maintenance of the equipment:

  • X-ray single crystal diffractometer, with cryogenic temperature system
  • NMR spectrometer
  • Chromatographic equipment: GC-MS, HPLC
  • Gas sorption instrument

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The main objective of the activities of this research group is the development of novel materials based on electroactive oxides (ferroelectrics, multiferroics, ionic conductors) aimed at their integration in intelligent and sustainable electronic devices related not only to DIGITAL INFORMATION but also to HEALTH monitoring applications, not forgetting the contribution of these materials to a relevant complementary aspect such as self-powering of these devices through ENERGY harvesting. All this research is clearly positioned within the framework of the global CSIC area called MATERIA, willing to contribute to any possible interdisciplinary thematic platform that it may be created at CSIC to respond to the challenges of the sustainable development goals involving, for example, the promotion of healthy lives and well-being for all at all ages, the access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy, or fostering innovation. 
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Photochemistry, photovoltaics and catalysis​

This group develops materials for emerging technologies study of materials and surfaces for high-power RF in Space missions, in cooperation with the European Space Agency and Industry. The research comprises silicene nanostructures and coatings characterized using STM and synchrotron light, and analyzed using roughness nanoengineering. In addition, highly scaled n-FET devices are being developed through a "Beyond CMOS" approximation, based on the heterogeneous integration of epitaxial III-V/high-k nanostructures on Si substrates.

Contact: Isabel Montero @email 

tba

Founded by Prof. E. Ruiz-Hitzky 40 years ago, the Group (meet its People) has evolved and has researchers with extensive experience in chemical synthesis, structural and textural characterization of inorganic, organic and organic-inorganic materials, developing advanced functional materials for a sustainable world. Its research focuses on the development of new hybrid, biohybrid and porous nanostructured materials, mainly related to silica, zeolites, clays, carbons and oxides, and more recently, involving also functional organic compounds, with a main focus on applications related to energy production and storage, recovery of agricultural residues, water remediation or biomedicine. A key point on the activities is the use of green routes for the preparation of materials and the consumption of natural resources (clays, biomass...) and agricultural residues as they offers many possibilities and advantages towards sustainability, e.g. more sustainable materials for green electronics, clean energy generation or tissue engineering. If you want more info, please check its webpage.

Contact: 

The interdisciplinary research of the Sol-Gel Group (webpage) covers a very broad spectrum, ranging from basic materials chemistry to their possible application as optical or electrooptical devices and novel materials for scientific space missions.

The research activity of the SGG is devoted to the preparation of new materials via the Sol-Gel method, the characterization of their physicochemical properties, and those of their possible applications as optical or electrooptical devices have been realized, for example, in the study of novel coatings with potential applications for smart windows applications, protection coatings with implications for a protected environment, optical coatings for optical lenses, photochromic materials, etc. Meet its People.

Contact: 

Our main research interest lies in the synthesis of new materials for sustainability, following a structure-based property driven approach.

The group is composed of researchers with recognized expertise in fields such as synthesis of materials, heterogeneous catalysis, crystallography, gas sorption, optoelectronics, or simulation.

1.- Design, synthesis and processing of new reticular materials (MOFs, COFs) and other porous materials such as POPs (Porous Organic Polymers), nanoparticles, thin films, mixed matrix membranes.

2.- Atomic level, advanced structural studies on porous functional materials.

3.- Bottom-up synthesis of organic and hybrid porous materials from pre-functionalized building units (chiral, photoactive, etc.)

4.- Structural simulation and calculation of materials

5.- Property tuning by organic ligand functionalization, surface modification, etc.

6.- Properties evaluation: catalytic activity, optics, magnetism, conductivity, sorption, etc, for sustainability.

7.- Design and synthesis of organic semiconductors for applications in flexible electronics devices (OLEDs, OFETs, OPVs) and photocatalysis.

8.- Organic materials with stimuli-responsible optical properties and their use as smart materials or sensing of chemical analytes or physical phenomena (pressure, temperature).

The group owns scientific equipment obtained from and used for the realization of competitive research projects obtained for over 20 years.

The group owns equipment with specific features, which typically requires a technician for their optimal performance. It is thus necessary the need for a graduated technician with knowledge in use and maintenance of the equipment:

  • X-ray single crystal diffractometer, with cryogenic temperature system
  • NMR spectrometer
  • Chromatographic equipment: GC-MS, HPLC
  • Gas sorption instrument

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Environmental remediation​

This group develops materials for emerging technologies study of materials and surfaces for high-power RF in Space missions, in cooperation with the European Space Agency and Industry. The research comprises silicene nanostructures and coatings characterized using STM and synchrotron light, and analyzed using roughness nanoengineering. In addition, highly scaled n-FET devices are being developed through a "Beyond CMOS" approximation, based on the heterogeneous integration of epitaxial III-V/high-k nanostructures on Si substrates.

Contact: Isabel Montero @email 

The interdisciplinary research of the Sol-Gel Group (webpage) covers a very broad spectrum, ranging from basic materials chemistry to their possible application as optical or electrooptical devices and novel materials for scientific space missions.

The research activity of the SGG is devoted to the preparation of new materials via the Sol-Gel method, the characterization of their physicochemical properties, and those of their possible applications as optical or electrooptical devices have been realized, for example, in the study of novel coatings with potential applications for smart windows applications, protection coatings with implications for a protected environment, optical coatings for optical lenses, photochromic materials, etc. Meet its People.

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Green chemistry​

This group develops materials for emerging technologies study of materials and surfaces for high-power RF in Space missions, in cooperation with the European Space Agency and Industry. The research comprises silicene nanostructures and coatings characterized using STM and synchrotron light, and analyzed using roughness nanoengineering. In addition, highly scaled n-FET devices are being developed through a "Beyond CMOS" approximation, based on the heterogeneous integration of epitaxial III-V/high-k nanostructures on Si substrates.

Contact: Isabel Montero @email 

tba

Founded by Prof. E. Ruiz-Hitzky 40 years ago, the Group (meet its People) has evolved and has researchers with extensive experience in chemical synthesis, structural and textural characterization of inorganic, organic and organic-inorganic materials, developing advanced functional materials for a sustainable world. Its research focuses on the development of new hybrid, biohybrid and porous nanostructured materials, mainly related to silica, zeolites, clays, carbons and oxides, and more recently, involving also functional organic compounds, with a main focus on applications related to energy production and storage, recovery of agricultural residues, water remediation or biomedicine. A key point on the activities is the use of green routes for the preparation of materials and the consumption of natural resources (clays, biomass...) and agricultural residues as they offers many possibilities and advantages towards sustainability, e.g. more sustainable materials for green electronics, clean energy generation or tissue engineering. If you want more info, please check its webpage.

Contact: 

The interdisciplinary research of the Sol-Gel Group (webpage) covers a very broad spectrum, ranging from basic materials chemistry to their possible application as optical or electrooptical devices and novel materials for scientific space missions.

The research activity of the SGG is devoted to the preparation of new materials via the Sol-Gel method, the characterization of their physicochemical properties, and those of their possible applications as optical or electrooptical devices have been realized, for example, in the study of novel coatings with potential applications for smart windows applications, protection coatings with implications for a protected environment, optical coatings for optical lenses, photochromic materials, etc. Meet its People.

Contact: 

Our main research interest lies in the synthesis of new materials for sustainability, following a structure-based property driven approach.

The group is composed of researchers with recognized expertise in fields such as synthesis of materials, heterogeneous catalysis, crystallography, gas sorption, optoelectronics, or simulation.

1.- Design, synthesis and processing of new reticular materials (MOFs, COFs) and other porous materials such as POPs (Porous Organic Polymers), nanoparticles, thin films, mixed matrix membranes.

2.- Atomic level, advanced structural studies on porous functional materials.

3.- Bottom-up synthesis of organic and hybrid porous materials from pre-functionalized building units (chiral, photoactive, etc.)

4.- Structural simulation and calculation of materials

5.- Property tuning by organic ligand functionalization, surface modification, etc.

6.- Properties evaluation: catalytic activity, optics, magnetism, conductivity, sorption, etc, for sustainability.

7.- Design and synthesis of organic semiconductors for applications in flexible electronics devices (OLEDs, OFETs, OPVs) and photocatalysis.

8.- Organic materials with stimuli-responsible optical properties and their use as smart materials or sensing of chemical analytes or physical phenomena (pressure, temperature).

The group owns scientific equipment obtained from and used for the realization of competitive research projects obtained for over 20 years.

The group owns equipment with specific features, which typically requires a technician for their optimal performance. It is thus necessary the need for a graduated technician with knowledge in use and maintenance of the equipment:

  • X-ray single crystal diffractometer, with cryogenic temperature system
  • NMR spectrometer
  • Chromatographic equipment: GC-MS, HPLC
  • Gas sorption instrument

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Porous materials and membranes​

This group develops materials for emerging technologies study of materials and surfaces for high-power RF in Space missions, in cooperation with the European Space Agency and Industry. The research comprises silicene nanostructures and coatings characterized using STM and synchrotron light, and analyzed using roughness nanoengineering. In addition, highly scaled n-FET devices are being developed through a "Beyond CMOS" approximation, based on the heterogeneous integration of epitaxial III-V/high-k nanostructures on Si substrates.

Contact: Isabel Montero @email 

tba

Founded by Prof. E. Ruiz-Hitzky 40 years ago, the Group (meet its People) has evolved and has researchers with extensive experience in chemical synthesis, structural and textural characterization of inorganic, organic and organic-inorganic materials, developing advanced functional materials for a sustainable world. Its research focuses on the development of new hybrid, biohybrid and porous nanostructured materials, mainly related to silica, zeolites, clays, carbons and oxides, and more recently, involving also functional organic compounds, with a main focus on applications related to energy production and storage, recovery of agricultural residues, water remediation or biomedicine. A key point on the activities is the use of green routes for the preparation of materials and the consumption of natural resources (clays, biomass...) and agricultural residues as they offers many possibilities and advantages towards sustainability, e.g. more sustainable materials for green electronics, clean energy generation or tissue engineering. If you want more info, please check its webpage.

Contact: 

The interdisciplinary research of the Sol-Gel Group (webpage) covers a very broad spectrum, ranging from basic materials chemistry to their possible application as optical or electrooptical devices and novel materials for scientific space missions.

The research activity of the SGG is devoted to the preparation of new materials via the Sol-Gel method, the characterization of their physicochemical properties, and those of their possible applications as optical or electrooptical devices have been realized, for example, in the study of novel coatings with potential applications for smart windows applications, protection coatings with implications for a protected environment, optical coatings for optical lenses, photochromic materials, etc. Meet its People.

Contact: 

Our main research interest lies in the synthesis of new materials for sustainability, following a structure-based property driven approach.

The group is composed of researchers with recognized expertise in fields such as synthesis of materials, heterogeneous catalysis, crystallography, gas sorption, optoelectronics, or simulation.

1.- Design, synthesis and processing of new reticular materials (MOFs, COFs) and other porous materials such as POPs (Porous Organic Polymers), nanoparticles, thin films, mixed matrix membranes.

2.- Atomic level, advanced structural studies on porous functional materials.

3.- Bottom-up synthesis of organic and hybrid porous materials from pre-functionalized building units (chiral, photoactive, etc.)

4.- Structural simulation and calculation of materials

5.- Property tuning by organic ligand functionalization, surface modification, etc.

6.- Properties evaluation: catalytic activity, optics, magnetism, conductivity, sorption, etc, for sustainability.

7.- Design and synthesis of organic semiconductors for applications in flexible electronics devices (OLEDs, OFETs, OPVs) and photocatalysis.

8.- Organic materials with stimuli-responsible optical properties and their use as smart materials or sensing of chemical analytes or physical phenomena (pressure, temperature).

The group owns scientific equipment obtained from and used for the realization of competitive research projects obtained for over 20 years.

The group owns equipment with specific features, which typically requires a technician for their optimal performance. It is thus necessary the need for a graduated technician with knowledge in use and maintenance of the equipment:

  • X-ray single crystal diffractometer, with cryogenic temperature system
  • NMR spectrometer
  • Chromatographic equipment: GC-MS, HPLC
  • Gas sorption instrument

People

More info.

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