The research staff of the Institute of Materials Science of Madrid is divided into 30 research groups, each assigned to one department for administrative purposes.
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Head: Jesus Mª Gonzalez Fernandez
Groups:
- Advanced Force Microscopy Methods and Optomechanics
- Growth and properties of heterostructures in the nanoscale
- Low-dimensional Advanced Materials
- Materials for Medicine and Biotechnology
- Surface Engineering and Advanced Coatings
- Surface Nanostructuring for Space and Terrestrial Communications
- SpLine - Spanish CRG BM25 beamline at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility ESRF (Grenoble, Francia)
Frontiers in materials chemistry
Head: Berta Gómez-Lor
Groups:
- Energy conversion, harvesting and storage
- Functional and supramolecular materials
- Nanostructured Hybrid, Biohybrid and Porous Materials
- Group of Bioinspired Materials
Low dimensional systems
Head: José Ignacio Martínez Ruiz
Groups:
- ESISNA - Interdisciplinary Studies based on nanoscopic systems
- 2D Foundry
- SANDMAN - Surface Science and Nanocharacterization
Materials for optoelectronics
Head: Asunción Alicia de Andrés Miguel
Groups:
- Photonic Crystals Group
- Group of Research on Rare earth-based laser and luminescent materials REALM
- Nanocharacterization of materials (NanoCarma)
- Sol-Gel Group
- Heterostructures for optics and optoelectronics
Multifunctional materials
Head: Rafael Perez del Real
Groups:
- Multidisciplinary studies on Ceramics
- Nanomagnetism and Magnetization processes Group
- Electroactive oxides for smart devices
Theory and Simulation of materials
Head: Elsa Prada Nuñez
Groups:
- Field Theories in Condensed Matter Physics
- Multiscale Materials Modelling
- Novel Platforms and Nano-devices for Quantum Simulation and Computation
- Photon and electron propagation in nanostructures
- Quantum Dynamics of Materials (QUDYMA)
- Simulation and Modeling of Materials
- Theory of quantum materials and solid-state quantum technologies
