Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2)

The Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), member of the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), carries out research into the behaviour of materials at nanoscale. The institute creates basic knowledge and develops devices in a wide range of fields, from life sciences (medicine, health and the environment) to energy and information and communications technologies. This cutting-edge research has enormous potential to change everyday life.

The trustees of the ICN2 include the Generalitat of Catalunya, the Spanish National Research Council (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, CSIC) and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). The institute is recognised as a Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence for the development of the “Nanodevices for social challenges” programme (2014-2018).

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2024-06-23
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6 p, 5.9 MB Post-Synthetic Modification of Aerogels Made of Covalent Cross-linked Metal-Organic Polyhedra / Khobotov-Bakishev, Akim (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Química) ; Samanta, Partha (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ; Roztocki, Kornel (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Química) ; Albalad, Jorge (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ; Royuela, Sergio (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Departamento de Química Inorgánica) ; Furukawa, Shuhei (Kyoto University. Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry) ; Zamora, Félix (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Departamento de Química Inorgánica) ; Carné-Sánchez, Arnau (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Química) ; Maspoch, Daniel (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia)
Aerogels are porous ultralight materials known for their high porosity, wide range of pore sizes, low density, and good macroscopic mechanical properties, all of which make them promising candidates for shaped adsorbents, catalysts, and insulators, among other applications. [...]
2024 - 10.1002/adfm.202312166
Advanced Functional Materials, Vol. 34, Issue 8 (February 2024) , art. 2312166  
2024-06-23
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11 p, 3.8 MB Self-Degradable Photoactive Micromotors for Inactivation of Resistant Bacteria / Yuan, Xiaojiao (The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology) ; Suárez-García, Salvio (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ; De Corato, Marco (University of Zaragoza. Department of Science and Technology of Materials and Fluids) ; Muñoz, Andrés Camilo (The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology) ; Pagonabarraga, Ignacio (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Física de la Matèria Condensada) ; Ruiz-Molina, Daniel (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ; Villa, K. (The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology)
Pathogenic bacteria pose a significant threat to human health, and their removal from food and water supplies is crucial in preventing the spread of waterborne and foodborne diseases. Recently, silver-based photocatalytic micromotors have emerged as promising candidates for inactivating pathogenic microbes due to their high antibacterial activity. [...]
2024 - 10.1002/adom.202303137
Advanced optical materials, Vol. 12, Issue 16 (June 2024) , art. 2303137  
2024-06-07
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17 p, 5.8 MB Inhibitory behaviour and adsorption stability of benzothiazole derivatives as corrosion inhibitors towards galvanised steel / Deng, Qiushi (RMIT University (Melbourne, Austràlia)) ; Gorges, Jan-Niclas (BASF SE) ; Eiden, Philipp (BASF SE) ; Chen, Xiao-Bo (RMIT University (Melbourne, Austràlia)) ; Keil, Patrick (RMIT University (Melbourne, Austràlia)) ; Cole, Ivan (RMIT University (Melbourne, Austràlia)) ; Castillo-Robles, José María (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ; Martins, Ernane (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ; Ordejon, Pablo (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia)
An in-depth understanding of corrosion inhibitor behaviour(s) at the metal-solution interface governed by unique molecular features is the key premise to realising molecular tailoring for pronounced metal protection. [...]
2023 - 10.1039/d3me00153a
Molecular Systems Design and Engineering, Vol. 9, Issue 1 (October 2023) , p. 29-45  
2024-06-07
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9 p, 2.6 MB Low disorder and high valley splitting in silicon / Degli Esposti, Davide (Delft University of Technology. QuTech and Kavli Institute of Nanoscience) ; Stehouwer, Lucas E.A. (QuTech and Kavli Institute of Nanoscience. Delft University of Technology) ; Gül, Önder (QuTech and Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research) ; Samkharadze, Nodar (QuTech and Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research) ; Déprez, Corentin (Delft University of Technology. QuTech and Kavli Institute of Nanoscience) ; Meyer, Marcel (Delft University of Technology. QuTech and Kavli Institute of Nanoscience) ; Meijer, Ilja N. (Delft University of Technology. QuTech and Kavli Institute of Nanoscience) ; Tryputen, Larysa (QuTech and Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research) ; Karwal, Saurabh (QuTech and Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research) ; Botifoll, Marc (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ; Arbiol, Jordi (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ; Amitonov, Sergey V. (QuTech and Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research) ; Vandersypen, Lieven M. K (Delft University of Technology. QuTech and Kavli Institute of Nanoscience) ; Sammak, Amir (QuTech and Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research) ; Veldhorst, Menno (Delft University of Technology. QuTech and Kavli Institute of Nanoscience) ; Scappucci, Giordano (Delft University of Technology. QuTech and Kavli Institute of Nanoscience)
The electrical characterisation of classical and quantum devices is a critical step in the development cycle of heterogeneous material stacks for semiconductor spin qubits. In the case of silicon, properties such as disorder and energy separation of conduction band valleys are commonly investigated individually upon modifications in selected parameters of the material stack. [...]
2024 - 10.1038/s41534-024-00826-9
npj Quantum Information, Vol. 10 (March 2024) , art. 32  
2024-06-07
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9 p, 4.5 MB Membrane based In-situ reduction of graphene oxide for electrochemical supercapacitor application / Lin, Tongxi (University of New South Wales Sydney) ; Ren, Xiaojun (University of New South Wales Sydney) ; Wen, Xinyue (University of New South Wales Sydney) ; Karton, Amir (University of New England) ; Quintano, Vanesa (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ; Joshi, Rakesh (University of New South Wales Sydney)
Reduced graphene oxide (rGO) is a widely studied electrode material for energy storage, however, its strong re-stacking tendency during chemical reduction always leads to a degraded specific surface area and thus limits its performance. [...]
2024 - 10.1016/j.carbon.2024.119053
Carbon, Vol. 224 (April 2024) , art. 119053  
2024-06-07
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19 p, 9.2 MB Metal- and covalent-organic framework mixed matrix membranes for CO2 separation : A perspective on stability and scalability / Shan, Meixia (Delft University of Technology. Chemical Engineering Department) ; Geng, Xiumei (Zhengzhou University. School of Chemical Engineering) ; Imaz, Inhar (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ; Broto-Ribas, Anna (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ; Ortín-Rubio, Borja (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ; Maspoch Comamala, Daniel (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ; Ansaloni, Luca (SINTEF Industry) ; Peters, Thijs A. (SINTEF Industry) ; Tena, Alberto (University of Valladolid) ; Boerrigter, Marcel E. (Leitat Technological Center) ; Vermaas, David A. (Delft University of Technology. Chemical Engineering Department)
Membrane technology has attracted great industrial interest in carbon capture and separation owing to the merits of energy-efficiency, environmental friendliness and low capital investment. Conventional polymeric membranes for CO separation suffer from the trade-off between permeability and selectivity. [...]
2024 - 10.1016/j.memsci.2023.122258
Journal of Membrane Science, Vol. 691 (February 2024) , art. 122258  
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10 p, 6.5 MB Elucidating the Lithiation Process in Fe3−δO4 Nanoparticles by Correlating Magnetic and Structural Properties / Ulusoy, Seda (Uppsala University. Department Materials Science and Engineering) ; Feygenson, Mikhail (Uppsala University. Department Materials Science and Engineering) ; Thersleff, Thomas (Stockholm University. Department Materials and Environmental Chemistry) ; Uusimaeki, Toni (Stockholm University. Department Materials and Environmental Chemistry) ; Valvo, Mario (Uppsala University. Department Chemistry) ; Gómez Roca, Alejandro (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ; Nogués, Josep (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ; Svedlindh, Peter (Uppsala University. Department Materials Science and Engineering) ; Salazar-Alvarez, German (Uppsala University. Department Materials Science and Engineering)
Due to their high potential energy storage, magnetite (FeO) nanoparticles have become appealing as anode materials in lithium-ion batteries. However, the details of the lithiation process are still not completely understood. [...]
2024 - 10.1021/acsami.3c18334
ACS applied materials & interfaces, Vol. 16, Issue 12 (March 2024) , p. 14799-14808  
2024-06-07
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18 p, 1.9 MB Gold and titania nanoparticles accumulated in the body induce late toxic effects and alterations in transcriptional and miRNA landscape / Soltysova, Andrea (Slovak Academy of Sciences) ; Ludwig, Nicole (Saarland University) ; Diener, Caroline (Saarland University) ; Sramkova, Monika (Slovak Academy of Sciences. Department of Nanobiology) ; Kozics, Katarina (Slovak Academy of Sciences. Department of Nanobiology) ; Jakic, Kristina (Slovak Academy of Sciences. Department of Nanobiology) ; Balintova, Lucia (Slovak Academy of Sciences. Department of Nanobiology) ; Bastús, Neus G. (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ; Moriones, Oscar Hernando (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ; Liskova, Aurelia (Slovak Medical University in Bratislava) ; Krivosikova, Zora (Slovak Medical University in Bratislava) ; Rollerova, Eva (Slovak Medical Univerity in Bratislava. Department of Toxicology) ; Manova, Alena (Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava) ; Dubaj, Tibor (Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava) ; Puntes, Víctor (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ; Šimon, Peter (Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava) ; Wsolova, Ladislava (Slovak Medical University in Bratislava) ; Tulinska, Jana (Slovak Medical University in Bratislava) ; Smolkova, Bozena (Slovak Academy of Sciences. Department of Molecular Oncology) ; Meese, Eckart (Saarland University) ; Gabelova, Alena (Slovak Academy of Sciences. Department of Nanobiology)
The growing production of nanomaterials and their presence in consumer products raises fear about their impact on human health and the environment. Of particular concern are those nanomaterials that exhibit poor excretion and tend to accumulate in living organisms. [...]
2024 - 10.1039/d3en00954h
Environmental science. Nano, Vol. 11, Issue 3 (March 2024) , p. 1296-1313  
2024-06-07
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14 p, 3.1 MB Microscopic understanding of the in-plane thermal transport properties of 2H transition metal dichalcogenides / Farris, Roberta (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ; Hellman, Olle (Weizmann Institute of Science. Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science) ; Zanolli, Zeila (Utrecht University. Chemistry Department) ; Saleta Reig, David (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ; Varghese, Sebin (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ; Ordejon, Pablo (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ; Tielrooij, Klaas-Jan (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ; Verstraete, Matthieu J (ITP Utrecht University. Physics Department)
Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are a class of layered materials that hold great promise for a wide range of applications. Their practical use can be limited by their thermal transport properties, which have proven challenging to determine accurately, both from a theoretical and experimental perspective. [...]
2024 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.109.125422
Physical review B, Vol. 109, Issue 12 (March 2024) , art. 125422  
2024-06-07
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10 p, 3.7 MB Metal-Organic Framework-Based Antimicrobial Touch Surfaces to Prevent Cross-Contamination / Fonseca, Javier (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Química) ; Cano-Sarabia, Mary (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ; Cortés Garmendia, M. Pilar (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia) ; Saldo Periago, Jordi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments) ; Montpeyó, David (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Bioquímica i de Biologia Molecular) ; Lorenzo, Julia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina "Vicent Villar Palasí") ; Llagostera, Montserrat (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia) ; Imaz, Inhar (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ; Maspoch, Daniel (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia)
Infection diseases are a major threat to global public health, with nosocomial infections being of particular concern. In this context, antimicrobial coatings emerge as a promising prophylactic strategy to reduce the transmission of pathogens and control infections. [...]
2024 - 10.1002/adma.202403813
Advanced materials, (May 2024) , art 2403813