The Madrid Institute of Materials Sciences (ICMM-CSIC) is glad to invite you all to our annual colloquium regarding the Nobel Prizes.
When: January, 26 - 12 PM (coffee at 11.30 AM)
Where: Salón de Actos, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM-CSIC). Calle Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, 3. Campus de Cantoblanco, Madrid.
Program:
11.30: Coffee for all the attendees
12.00: The Nobel Prize 2025 in Physics: John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis.
Speaker: Ramón Aguado Sola
Title: Pendulums and Quantum Eggs on a Chip: The Rise of Superconducting Qubits
Abstract: How do you make quantum phenomena visible in a circuit you can hold in your hand? In the mid-1980s, John Martinis, Michel Devoret, and John Clarke answered this relevant question by revealing tunneling and energy quantization in superconducting circuits—systems large enough to see. The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics honors these pioneering experiments that brought quantum mechanics to the macroscopic world and paved the way for the superconducting qubits driving today’s quantum revolution.
12.40: The Nobel Prize 2025 in Chemistry: Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi.
Speaker: Felipe Gándara Barragán
Title: The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Metal–Organic Frameworks, Networks that Build New Rooms for Chemistry
Abstract: In this talk I will follow the scientific path that led to the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, from the first coordination networks deliberately designed by Robson to realize specific topologies, to the demonstration of permanent porosity by Kitagawa and Yaghi, and the emergence of reticular chemistry as a new field. Rooted in curiosity driven, fundamental research in coordination chemistry and crystallography, treating metal clusters and organic linkers as building units for networks with targeted topologies has changed the way we think about coordination compounds, turning them into modular platforms for designing
13.15: Round table and questions
13.30: End of the event.
