Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2)

L’Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2), membre del Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), dedica la seva recerca al comportament de la matèria a la nanoescala. L’Institut crea coneixement bàsic i desenvolupa dispositius en àrees tan diverses com Ciències de la Vida (medicina, salut i medi ambient), Energia i Tecnologies de la Informació i les Comunicacions. Aquesta investigació puntera té un enorme potencial per a canviar la vida quotidiana.

Els Patrons de l’ICN2 són la Generalitat de Catalunya, el Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), i la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). L’Institut ha estat reconegut com a Centre d’Excel·lència Severo Ochoa pel desenvolupament d’un programa de "Nanodispositius per a Reptes Socials" (2014-2018).

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2025-03-25
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Improved Mn4+/Mn2+ Contribution in High-Voltage Zn-MnO2 Batteries Enabled by an Al3+-Ion Electrolyte / Chang, Xingqi (Institut de Recerca en Energia de Catalunya) ; Chacón-Borrero, Jesús (Institut de Recerca en Energia de Catalunya) ; Shang, Jian (Chinese Academy of Sciences. Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology) ; Xiao, Ke (Institut de Recerca en Energia de Catalunya) ; et al Mostra tots els 18 autors
Rechargeable aqueous Zn-MnO2 batteries are attracting attention as a cost-effective and safe energy storage solution, but their commercialization faces challenges due to limited stability, output voltage, and energy density. [...]
2024 - 10.1002/aenm.202402584
Advanced Energy Materials, Vol. 14, Issue 48 (December 2024) , art. 2402584  
2025-03-25
05:20
The nanoparticle-Protein Corona untold history (1907-2007) / Casals, Eudald (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron. Institut de Recerca) ; Vitali, Michele (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron. Institut de Recerca) ; Puntes, Víctor (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia)
The adsorption of biomolecules, primarily proteins, on the surfaces of nanoparticles plays a crucial role in elucidating the safe application of nanotechnology, especially in medicine. Termed the "Protein Corona" since 2007, this phenomenon remains of general interest and continues to be subject to intensive research today. [...]
2024 - 10.1016/j.nantod.2024.102435
Nano Today, Vol. 58 (October 2024) , art. 102435  
2025-03-25
05:20
Flexoelectric Enhancement of Strain Gradient Elasticity Across a Ferroelectric-to-Paraelectric Phase Transition / Harbola, Varun (Stanford University. Department of Physics) ; Pesquera, David (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ; Xu, Ruijuan (North Carolina State University. Department of Materials Science and Engineering) ; Ashby, Paul D. (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Molecular Foundry) ; et al Mostra tots els 6 autors
We study the temperature dependent elastic properties of Ba0. 8Sr0. 2TiO3 freestanding membranes across the ferroelectric-to-paraelectric phase transition using an atomic force microscope. The bending rigidity of thin membranes can be stiffer compared to stretching due to strain gradient elasticity (SGE). [...]
2024 - 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c02946
Nano letters, Vol. 24, Issue 33 (August 2024) , p. 10331-10336  
2025-03-25
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3 p, 139.9 KB Metal poles around the bend / Catalan, Gustau (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia)
Electric dipoles are common in insulators, but extremely rare in metals. This situation may be about to change, thanks to flexoelectricity.
2024 - 10.1038/s41567-024-02402-6
Nature Physics, Vol. 20, Issue 3 (March 2024) , p. 358-359  
2025-03-25
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Iron Hexadecafluorophthalocyanine Nanoparticle/Porous Carbon Composites as Cathode Materials for Li-S Batteries / Xu, Zhanwei (Shaanxi University of Science and Technology) ; Niu, Hang (Shaanxi University of Science and Technology) ; Zhang, Ying (Shaanxi University of Science and Technology) ; Chen, Siyu (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ; et al Mostra tots els 8 autors
The shuttle behavior and sluggish conversion kinetics of polysulfides (LiPSs) significantly hinder sulfur utilization and cycle stability of lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries. Herein, iron hexadecafluorophthalocyanine (FePcF) nanoparticles were in situ tailored on oxidized apple pomace carbon (OAPC) with a 3D porous structure to construct a high-performance FePcF/OAPC sulfur host for advanced Li-S batteries. [...]
2024 - 10.1021/acsanm.4c04071
ACS applied nano materials, Vol. 7, Issue 18 (September 2024) , p. 22052-22060  
2025-03-25
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Efficient nitrate-to-ammonia conversion for circular nitrogen economy / Costa, Gabriel F. (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ; Nagao, Raphael (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia)
The development of an economically feasible system for the electrochemical treatment of nitrate-rich wastewater is hampered by the complexity of the matrices. The use of membrane-free systems can be beneficial to avoid contamination by organic impurities and dissolved salts, but their implementation is challenging considering that ammonia is susceptible to anodic oxidation. [...]
2024 - 10.1016/j.checat.2024.101193
Chem Catalysis, Vol. 4, Issue 11 (November 2024) , art. 101193  
2025-03-25
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Long-Term Intracellular Tracking of Label-Free Nanoparticles in Live Cells and Tissues with Confocal Microscopy / Gustà, Muriel F. (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ; Ernst, Lena M. (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron) ; Moriones, Oscar Hernando (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ; Piella, Jordi (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ; et al Mostra tots els 7 autors
The label-free imaging of inorganic nanoparticles (NPs) using confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) provides a powerful and versatile tool for studying interactions between NPs and biological systems. [...]
2024 - 10.1002/smtd.202301713
Small Methods, Vol. 8, Issue 10 (October 2024) , art. 2301713  
2025-03-18
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17 p, 5.3 MB A 1024-Channel 10-Bit 36-μW/ch CMOS ROIC for Multiplexed GFET-Only Sensor Arrays in Brain Mapping / Cisneros-Fernández, Jose (Institut de Microelectrònica de Barcelona) ; Garcia Cortadella, Ramon (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ; Illa, Xavi (Institut de Microelectrònica de Barcelona) ; Martinez-Aguilar, Javier (Institut de Microelectrònica de Barcelona) ; et al Mostra tots els 12 autors
This paper presents a 1024-channel neural read-out integrated circuit (ROIC) for solution-gated GFET sensing probes in massive muECoG brain mapping. The proposed time-domain multiplexing of GFET-only arrays enables low-cost and scalable hybrid headstages. [...]
2021 - 10.1109/TBCAS.2021.3113556
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, Vol. 15, Issue 5 (October 2021) , p. 860-876  
2025-03-06
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20 p, 1004.2 KB Optimal model of semi-infinite graphene for ab initio calculations of reactions at graphene edges by the example of zigzag edge reconstruction / Polynskaya, Yulia G. (Kintech Lab Ltd) ; Lebedeva, Irina V. (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ; Knizhnik, Andrey A. (National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute") ; Popov, Andrey M. (Institute for Spectroscopy of Russian Academy of Sciences)
We investigate how parameters of the model of semi-infinite graphene based on a graphene nanoribbon under periodic boundary conditions affect the accuracy of ab initio calculations of reactions at graphene edges by the example of the first stage of reconstruction of zigzag graphene edges, formation of a pentagon-heptagon pair. [...]
2022 - 10.1016/j.comptc.2022.113755
Computational and theoretical chemistry, Vol. 1214 (August 2022) , art. 113755  
2025-03-05
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29 p, 1.8 MB Laser ablation fingerprint in low crystalline carbon nanotubes : A structural and photothermal analysis / García-Merino, J. A. (Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana (Xile)) ; Villarroel, Roberto (Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana (Xile)) ; Chávez Ángel, Emigdio (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ; Hevia, Samuel A. (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
Carbon nanotubes (CNT) hold promise as photothermal materials due to their cost-effectiveness, stability, and broad optical absorbance. Here, we investigate the structural and morphological modifications in low-crystalline vertically aligned CNT synthetized via chemical vapor deposition on n-type Si substrates at 750 °C, followed by annealing treatment with near-infrared laser radiation. [...]
2024 - 10.1016/j.optlastec.2024.111255
Optics & laser technology, Vol. 178 (November 2024) , art. 111255  
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