institut català de nanociència i nanotecnologia (icn2)
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Institut Català de Nanociència i
Nanotecnologia
Pablo Ordejón - Director
ICN2: Contextual Background
• Move towards a knowledge-based economy (Lisbon [2000] andBarcelona [2003] EU agreements for 2020)
• Improve economic competitiveness and social welfare
• CERCA centres: Non-profit foundations created by the Catalan Government since early 2000’s to promote R&D excellence
• ICREA programme to attract talent: 240 professorships
(41% in CERCA institutes; ~10% of applicants selected;
48% foreign nationality; 62% recruited from abroad)
• Largest public Science institution in Spain; 3rd largest in Europe
• Basic and Applied R&D; Technology Transfer; Sci/Tech Consulting; Training; Dissemination of Scientific Culture, etc.
• Physical, Natural, Life and Social Sciences; Humanities; and
Food/Agriculture
• Major research infrastructure: laboratories, technical facilities, libraries, databases and public repositories
ICN2 Introduction
Mission:• To lead the advance of N&N by generating new
fundamental knowledge, concepts and ideas. • To facilitate the adoption and integration of
nanotechnologies in society and industry.
Core activities:• Excellence research in Nanoscience
• Pushing the frontiers of Nanotechnology
• Advanced Training
• Technology Transfer
• Science and Society - Public Outreach
ICN2: In numbers
Annual Budget: ~10 M€Sources: Patrons: 50%, Competitive Funding: 45%, Tech Transfer (contracts, IP): 5%
Total staff: ~ 200Demographics: 45% foreigners, 44% female, 70% are 35 or younger,
Researchers: 170 (130 staff + 40 visiting), working language is English
Research Groups: 17
Technical Divisions: 3
Distinguished Awards: 6 ERC (3 current + 3 past); “Severo Ochoa” Award
Scientific Output: ~170 indexed publications/year (average IF~6.5)
ICN2 is in the top-ten of all Spanish R&D centres in all measures of excellence,
3rd place in Excellence Rate (% of papers among the 10% most cited in their fields)**SCIMAGO Institutions Ranking 2013
Total laboratory space: ~2,000 m2
Key facilities: electron microscopes (SEM, S/TEM, TEM, STM, AFM), R2R NIL; FIB;
XPS; Nanomoke, wet chemistry labs, access to clean rooms (UAB and CNM)
Courtesy del Prof. Helmut Dosch
Max Planck Institute for Metal Research
Stuttgart (Alemania)
Manipulation at the atomic and molecular scale (Top-down and Bottom-up)
Scanning Probe MicroscopiesThin Film Technologies (PLD, MBE, CVD...)NanolithographySelf-Assembly Chemical synthesis of nano-objects
Manipulation at the atomic and molecular scale (Top-down and Bottom-up)
Scanning Probe MicroscopiesThin Film Technologies (PLD, MBE, CVD...)NanolithographySelf-Assembly Chemical synthesis of nano-objectsCharacterization of Nanostructures
Advanced Electronic NanoscopyScanning Probe Microscopies and SpectroscopiesChemical AnalysisSpectroscopies
Characterization of Nanostructures
Advanced Electronic NanoscopyScanning Probe Microscopies and SpectroscopiesChemical AnalysisSpectroscopies
Fundamental Physical Phenomena
Electronic and other excitations (electronics, spintronics, phononics, photonics, ...)Quantum confinementNon-scalable behaviour
Fundamental Physical Phenomena
Electronic and other excitations (electronics, spintronics, phononics, photonics, ...)Quantum confinementNon-scalable behaviour
Nano-materials with new properties
BiosensingActing on biological processes:
Drug DeliveryToxicity / Safety / Environment
Energy storageCatalysisOptical nano-materials
Nano-materials with new properties
BiosensingActing on biological processes:
Drug DeliveryToxicity / Safety / Environment
Energy storageCatalysisOptical nano-materials
Devices from Nanostructures
NanofabricationIntegration - nano-micro-macroDesign / function
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Exploring and exploiting the new phenomena that arise from the behaviour of matter at the nanoscale (1-100 nm)
ICN2 Research Lines: 17 Research Groups
ICN2 Services and
Technical Divisions
Nanoscience Instrument Development
Design and development of advanced state-of-the-art instruments for nanoscience and nanotechnology.
Nanofabrication and Flexible Printing Platform
Design and development of nanofabrication methods for nanoscienceand nanotechnology research and applications.
Nanomaterials Growth
Facility to grow nanostructured materialsby means of several growth techniques(PLD, CVD, ...), and characterize them(XDR, PES, ...)
Electron Microscopy
Scientific and technical support to the research lines of ICN2 and neighboring research centres
General Scientific Services
Instrumentation for Physical and Chemical Characterization
ICN2: Frontier research
Biosensing and Bioelectronics
Chemical Synthesis of Nanostructures
Materials at the Nanoscale
Microscopy (AFM, SEM, TEM, STM, etc.)
Nanoelectronics
Nanofabrication (FIB) & Nanolithography
Nanomagnetism
Phononics and Photonics
Theory and Simulation
Spectroscopy (Raman, XRD, XPS, etc.)
Spintronics
Surface Properties
ICN2: Materials
Biomolecules (DNA, RNA, proteins, etc.)
Carbon nanotubes
Graphene
Ferroics (magnetic, electric)
Inorganic nanoparticles
Inorganic thin films
Metal-organic frameworks
Organic polymers and O/I hybrids
Semiconductors
Thermoelectric materials
Topological insulators
Analytical instruments
Biosensors
Drugs and drug-delivery vectors
Medical diagnostics
Nanoparticles for Health and Environment
Flexible and printed electronics
Memory devices
Metamaterials and smart materials
Smart City devices
Energy harvesting, conversion and storage
Paints and coatings
Photochromes
ICN2: Devices and end-products
Nanodevices for Societal Challenges
ICN2 will use scientific knowledge generated in-house to develop new, disruptive solutions for the design, fabrication and integration of devices in three Core Areas:
Energy ICTLife
• Energy: fuel cells, thermoelectrics, photovoltaics, batteries, supercapacitors, energy harvesting, thermal management, etc.
• Life Sciences: biosensors, drug delivery, theranostics, environment, etc.
• ICT: new approaches for memory and logic devices, waveguides, LEDs, lasers, etc.
Nanodevices for Societal Challenges
ICN2 will use scientific knowledge generated in-house to develop new, disruptive solutions for the design, fabrication and integration of devices in three Core Areas:
Nanodevices for Societal Challenges
Energy ICTLife
Nanomaterials Growth
Nanofabrication
Characterization & Metrology
Theory & Simulation
Progress in the three Core Areas will be supported by four Transversal Platforms:
Collaboration with Industry
INDUSTRY PRODUCTACADEMIA
OPEN INNOVATION: TWO-WAY COLLABORATION
WORKING WITH INDUSTRY
Technology Transfer
ACADEMIA-INDUSTRY: our collaboration model…
Nephrotoxicity is the main limitation of current chemotherapy with cisplatin
Chemotherapy and Nephrotoxicity
Glomerular Filtration
Cisplatin - Au NPs (ICREA Prof. V. Puntes)
Aurocis
- Aurocis does not pass through the glomerular filter, which prevents kidney damage
- Cisplatin - NP link is pH sensitive: only breaks after cell uptake; Thus it is inactive whilecirculating through the organism, avoiding unspecific release. It also targets preferenciallytumor cells, as they have a more acid character than normal cells.
- Free Cisplatin binds to albumina, lending it inactive. Binding to gold NPs prevents this.
Cisplatin - Au NPs (ICREA Prof. V. Puntes)
Spin-off of ICN2 (V. Puntes)Novel cancer treatments using AuNPs as drug delivery vector
A specific drug-NP complex (based on Cisplatin) has been identified and is in the stage of animal testing
If tests are successful, production and commercialization will be done by Ferrer (pharma company)
Cisplatin - Au NPs (ICREA Prof. V. Puntes)
Photoprotective Coatings: Photochromes
Requirements:
Light induced conversion from colorless to colored state
T-type photochromes: transparent colored
Fast color darkening and fading kinetics
Limitations in solid matrices: steric effects provoke slow switching
Encapsulating Photochromes (Daniel Ruiz-Molina)
Microcapsules: Interfacial polymerization of oil-in-water emulsions
Encapsulating Photochromes
Protective lenses / screens
Smart Windows - Greenhouses Clothing
Ophthalmic lenses
Biocides (ICREA Prof. Daniel Maspoch)
Skin: Antiseptics
EtOH H2O2
Markets demand Biocides of long-life antimicrobial activity. 100 disinfectant companies in Europe with 10.000 employees (2011). Disinfectant production achieved a turnover of € 3 billion € in 2011.
Nosocomial infection (surgical wounds, urinary and respiratory tract). Mayor causes of death and increase morbidity in hospitalized patients. Suffered by 8.7% of hospital patients. Cost: 5-10 Bi$/year, 100.000 death/year (in the US alone).
Surfaces: Disinfectants
Encapsulating Biocides (ICREA Prof. Daniel Maspoch)
ClO2/O/W
ClO2
Oil
Water
Double emulsion technology
Encapsulating Fragrances (ICREA Prof. D. Maspoch)
Micro and Nano-encapsulation of fragrances for softeners
Licensing Agreement:• Royalties for ICN2 in sales of products• Expected ICN2 earnings: 0.1 M€/year• A plant is in production, and commercial
products are already available.• First royalties received in 2013
Encapsulating Biocides (ICREA Prof. D. Maspoch)
Micro and Nano-encapsulation for fungicidal paints
Licensing Agreement:• Royalties for ICN2 in sales of products• Product (Fungipol CP) already commercialized by Chemipol
Graphene at ICN2:The whole innovation value chain
Comunitat Emergent Grafè
ICN2
National Center Microelectronics
UAB
MATGAS
Materials Science Institute
ALBA Synchrotron
A cluster with nearly 750 scientists and technicians in the areas of
Materials, Micro and Nanotechnologies
THANK YOU
Pablo Ordejón
Director
Jordi Reverter
Technology Transfer
[email protected] / +34 93 7372613
Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2)
ICN2 Building, Campus UAB – 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona (SPAIN)
www.icn2.cat