We are looking for a Ph.D. student to study the mechanics of nanowire network materials using WAXS/SAXS and in-situ electron microscopy. For more details and to apply, click here.
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MNG represents IMDEA Materials at the NT ’23 Conference in Arcachon, France
Several members of the group, including Dr. Anastasiia Mikhalchan, Dr. Miguel Vázquez Pufleau, Shegufta Tahsin Upama, and group leader Dr. Juan José Vilatela presented their latest work at NT '23, the 23rd international conference on the Science and Applications of Nanotubes and Low-Dimensional
Miguel’s new industrial journal article on spark discharge
MNG postdoctoral research associate Dr. Miguel Vázquez Pufleau recently published his work on generating nanoparticle catalysts using the spark discharge method. His co-authors were Andrew Johnston and Dr. Juan José Vilatela. You can read the PDF article (in Spanish) attached below, as well as
Dr. Micah Green visits IMDEA and gives a seminar on Radiofrequency heating
We were honored to host our collaborator Dr. Micah Green on May 11-12, 2023. Dr. Green is a professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, where he leads a group on nanomaterials processing for multifunctional composites and films. He
Nabil presents at the Workshop on Aerogels Characterization and Modelling
Our Ph.D. student Nabil attended the Workshop on Aerogels Characterization and Modelling organized by the AERoGELS COST Action at the University of Debrecen in Debrecen, Hungary from March 29-31, 2023. Nabil gave an oral presentation about his current work, titled “Measuring the conditions of
Afshin, Nabil, and JuanPe attend the International SAXS Symposium 2023
Last week, several of our group members attended SAXS Excites, the International SAXS Symposium 2023, on April 4 - 5, 2023, at Graz University of Technology in Graz, Austria. Senior research associate Dr. Afshin Pendashteh presented his work on using X-ray scattering to track density
Postdoc position available
We are hiring a postdoctoral research associate to study the 3D structure of nanowire aggregates using scattering methods (WAXS/SAXS and SLS). For more details and to apply, click here.
After 3 long years, we resumed the MNG tradition of the Scientific Retreat
On Feb 13, the entire MNG group headed over to the Technical University of Madrid (UPM) for a day-long session of brainstorming, learning, and team-building. This resumes our group's tradition of the yearly scientific retreat following a 3-year hiatus due to COVID.We would like to give special
Elena talks to IMDEA Materials about the importance of communicating science to the public
In honor of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (Feb 11), MNG predoctoral student Elena Sánchez talked IMDEA Materials about her work in the lab and beyond to effectively communicate science to the public. Read her interview (in Spanish) here.
We are hiring!
We have two available postdoc positions: Nanostructured network electrodes to realize the high energy density 3b/4a batteryBiologically testing microelectrodes and a flexible battery for an implantable medical device to treat brain tumors You can find the details and apply at the following
Congratulations to Yunfu for winning the 2021 Ph.D. thesis award (UPM)!
Dr. Yunfu Ou, a former member of MNG, received the 2021 Ph.D. thesis award from the Madrid Polytechnic University (UPM). This annual award is granted to the four best Ph.D. theses at the university.
Check out our newly released interview on RTVE about the DOMMINIO project
You can see the full interview on Spanish TV channel, RTVE here. MNG senior research associate, Dr. Anastasiia Mikhalchan, is working alongside Prof. Carlos González and Ph.D. student Moisés Zarzoso on the European Union's DOMMINIO project. Her research involves the development of sensors for the
Congratulations to Richard for successfully defending his Ph.D. thesis!
Dr. Richard S. Schäufele defended his thesis titled "Synthesis and Characterisation of Inorganic Nanowires and their Assembly into Macroscopic Structures." We thank his committee members and wish him the best in his future endeavors!
Anastasiia talks to National TV about her work on the DOMMINIO project
Last week, MNG senior research associate, Dr. Anastasiia Mikhalchan talked to the Spanish TV channel, RTVE about her work on the European Union's DOMMINIO project. Her research involves the development of sensors for the structural health monitoring of composite aircraft components.
Isabel represents IMDEA Materials at the 13th European Night of Researchers in Madrid
On September 30, Ph.D. students Isabel Gómez Palos and Lola Martin represented IMDEA Materials at the 13th European Night of Researchers in Madrid. Isabel was one of the seven IMDEA Institutes researchers who were selected to talk to the public about the five EU Missions that are part of their
Shegufta shares her work on Joule heating carbon nanotube fabric composites at the International Renewable Energy Storage conference (IRES 2022)
Last week, Ph.D. student Shegufta Tahsin Upama presented her work on using non-conventional heating to process carbon nanotube fabric/inorganic composites at the International Renewable Energy Storage Conference (IRES 2022) in Düsseldorf, Germany.
CompositesWorld highlights the work of our group on intelligent sensors for aviation composites
CompositesWorld, one of the world's leading composites magazines, highlights the work of our group in the development of carbon nanotube fibre-based sensors for the structural health monitoring of next-generation composite airframe parts, the research we do within the frame of the European Union’s
Miguel shares his work on catalyst generation and 1D nanomaterial synthesis at the 11th International Aerosol Conference (IAC 2022) in Athens, Greece
Earlier this month, MNG postdoctoral research associate Dr. Miguel Vázquez Pufleau presented his recent work on catalyst generation and 1D nanomaterial synthesis at the 11th International Aerosol Conference (IAC 2022), which took place in Athens, Greece on 4-9 Sept. 2022. His co-authors were
We were honoured to share our work at The 22nd International Conference on the Science and Applications of Nanotubes and Low-Dimensional Materials in Suwon, Korea.
Congratulations to Shegufta for winning the Best Question Award at the Woman in Renewable Energy (WiRE) conference, celebrated as satellite event of the E-MRS Spring Meeting on June 2nd, 2022
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Last week we shared our work at two excellent conferences! ChemOnTubes in Donostia and the Nanowire Week in Chamonix, France. Discussions are always very constructive with the CNT and NW community.
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We are looking for 2 PhD students to work on nanowire assembly and synthesis for energy applications.
Find more information on: Open position: PhD candidate - Gas-phase assembly of nanowires into macroscopic structures Open position: PhD candidate on inorganic nanowire synthesis for energy
Congratulations to Shegufta on winning the Public Choice Award in the 1st edition of THESIS TALK (3MT) in IMDEA Materials.
Shegufta did a great job presentig her research in non-conventional heating of CNT/inorganic hybrids, highlighting its importance in the production of batteries electrodes. The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition is an internationally recognized research communication competition developed by the
We are delighted to receive an ERC Consolidator Grant to establish a universal route for the gas-phase assembly of one-dimensional nanomaterials into kilometric yarns.
Keep an eye our website for PhD/postdoc positions opening soon. UNIYARNS will be the second European Research Council (ERC) grant awarded to Juan José Vilatela, who in 2016 was awarded a Starting Grant entitled STEM to study structural energy harvesting composite materials. After a successful
Materials Horizons highlights our work on nanowire synthesis and assembly
You can check out our infographic highlighting a new universal route to produce continuous sheets of inorganic nanowires in their social media channels: Materials Horizons blog post Twitter post Facebook post
MNG postdoctoral associate Miguel Vazquez has been awarded a Marie Curie Fellowship. Congratulations!
FOTOART Workshop 2022 – Nanomaterials for Photocatalysis
On 14, 15 and 16 March 2022 the FOTOART Workshop 2022 will take place at Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM-CSIC) The groups involved in the project will present their main characterisation techniques and methodologies. Miguel Vazquez, post-doc of MNG group, will talk about
See an article on our industrial project on flexible batteries (in Spanish)
Full imformation: https://www.europapress.es/motor/sector-00644/noticia-grupo-antolin-colabora-imdea-desarrollar-baterias-flexibles-adaptables-interior-coche-20210624141716.html
KIST – IMDEA conference 2021
Next Wednesday 25th May we will have our first KIST-IMDEA Conference, including results of our collaboration on developing high-performance CNT fibres and opportunities for joint research in strategic areas related to composite materials.
Six research teams, including IMDEA Materials’ MNG group, win Carbon Hub funding
Carbon Hub, Rice University’s zero-emissions research initiative, has awarded seed grants for six projects that will rapidly advance its vision for transforming the oil and gas sector into a leading provider of both clean hydrogen energy and solid carbon products that can be used in place of
Congratulations to Isabel for the award of a prestigious PhD scholarship from UPM to study new synthesis methods of nanostructured networks for energy applications
Open PhD position on printable nanostructured sensors for structural composites
This is a PhD project at the interface between nanotechnology, 3D printing and advanced methods for aerospace composite sensing. It will be carried out jointly at the research groups of Prof. C. González and Dr Juan J. Vilatela, as part of a European consortium of leading companies and academic
Alfonso and Juan Carlos, former members of the group, win awards for the best PhD theses at UPM in 2018/2019. Congratulations to both
Alfonso and Juan Carlos won the Best PhD Thesis Award with their work titled "Energy Harvesting Materials Based on Carbon Nanotube Fibre for Tough Electronics" and "Microstructure-properties relations for hierarchically structured CNT fibres", respectively. Congratulations!
Congratulations to Yunfu on the defence of his PhD thesis and a big thank you to his examiners
Yunfu defended his thesis titled "Hybrid FRP/CNT veil hierarchical composites with enhanced interlaminar properties and integrated multifunctionalities" Congratulations Yunfu!!
Anastasiia’s work on multifunctional CNT fabrics featured by the European Commission
You can read the information in: https://cordis.europa.eu/article/id/422564-new-aviation-fabrics-serve-dual-structural-and-electrical-roles
Demonstration of a new method to fabricate flexible sheets of Silicon nanowires produced floating in the gas phase
The article is now published: Richard S. Schäufele, Miguel Vazquez-Pufleau, Juan J. Vilatela - Tough sheets of nanowires produced floating in the gas phase. Materials Horizons , 2020. DOI: DOI: 10.1039/D0MH00777C
Juan José Vilatela featured as an emerging investigator by RSC Materials Horizons
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2020/MH/D0MH90064H#!divAbstract
Yunfu Ou, winner of the 1st place Poster Prize at CNPComp2019.
Congratulations to Yunfu Ou for his 1st Place Poster Prize at the 8th International Conference on Carbon NanoParticle based Composites, CNPComp2019.
Interview in RNE to Cleis Santos
Interview to Cleis Santos in RNE Cleis has been interviewed in the radio! She´s been talking about the water purification technology she is developing http://mvod.lvlt.rtve.es/resources/TE_SMANRNE/mp3/5/0/1562581545505.mp3
Interview to Dr. Cleis Santos
Check the interview to Cleis Santos! She is currently working on the development of a non - contaminated method to produce purified water. http://www.mujeresaseguir.com/newsletter-preview?p=20190703145235
2019 Edition of the IMDEA Materials Scientific Imaging Contest
Congratulations to Anastasiia Mikhalchan & María Vélez, both winners of the "2019 Edition of the IMDEA Materials Scientific Imaging Contest (1st prize category: Materials Characterization)" and Moumita Rana (category: People´s Choice Prize)
PhD and Postdoc vacancies
We are looking for an enthusiastic PhD student to work on structural battery electrodes: http://jobs.materials.imdea.org/offer/92 And for a postdoc in aerosol synthesis of nanoparticles for nanofibre growth: http://jobs.materials.imdea.org/offer/93
Congratulations to Alba Martínez!
Alba Martínez has received the price "I Edición Premios UDC Sostenibilidad a Trabajos Fin de Máster 2018" for her work entitled "Synthesis and study of new materials with barocaloric properties" Congratulations for the good work!
Our paper amongst the most highly accessed Materials science articles in Nature Scientific Reports in 2018
Our paper “Energy storage in structural composites by introducing CNT fiber/polymer electrolyte interleaves” by Evgeny Senokos, Yunfu Ou, Juan José Torres, Federico Sket, Carlos González, Rebeca Marcilla and Juan José Vilatela has been amongst the 25 most highly accessed Materials science articles
Congratulations to Juan Carlos
Congratulations to Juan Carlos for his PhD defense last Thursday! Nice research work about "Microstructure-properties relations for hierarchically structured CNT fibres " supervised by Alvaro Ridruejo and Juan José Vilatela.
Cleis Santos wins the “IMDEA Materials Innovation Award 2018”
Congratulations Cleis!
Juan José Vilatela receives “The Miguel Catalán Award” from Comunidad de Madrid
Juan José Vilatela receives "The Miguel Catalán Award" from Comunidad de Madrid in a ceremony at Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Congratulations!
Congratulations to Juan José Vilatela
We are happy to announce that our group leader, Juan José Vilatela, has been awarded with the “Miguel Catalán Award” for young researchers under 40 years old at Comunidad de Madrid. Congratulations!!
Congratulations to Alfonso
Congratulations to Alfonso for his PhD defense last friday! Nice research work about "Energy Harvesting Materials Based on Carbon Nanotube Fibre for Tough Electronics" supervised by Juan José Vilatela.
Congratulations to Evgeny
Congratulations to Evgeny for his PhD defense last friday!
Evgeny Senokos PhD defense will take place September 7th – 12:00 at Escuela de Caminos, Canales y Puertos (UPM)
Evgeny Senokos will present his research work entitled "Development of multifunctional, flexible and structural supercapacitors based on carbon nanotube fiber". The research was performed under the supervision of Juan José Vilatela (IMDEA Materials) and Rebeca Marcilla (IMDEA Energy).
Dr. Cleis Santos has been awarded the MCA Seal of Excellence
Dr. Cleis Santos has been awarded the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Seal of Excellence for her MCA proposal. The Seal of Excellence is the high-quality label awarded to projects submitted to Horizon 2020 which were deemed to deserve funding but did not receive it due to budget limits. It recognises
First International Workshop on Multi-functional Nanocarbon Fibres at IMDEA Materials
The First International Workshop on Multi-functional Nanocarbon Fibres (27-29 June 2018) will gather leading researchers around the globe working on nanocarbons, with a view to developing the next generation of functional carbon fibres and fabrics and discussing future challenges. This workshop
Dr. Victor Reguero receives the special prize to a thesis
Dr. Víctor Reguero has been awarded with the special prize from the Carlos III Universtiy for his PhD thesis entitled "Synthesis, structure and scalability of macroscopic carbon nanotube fibres"
Congratulations to Alicia
Congratulations to Alicia Moya on the defense of her PhD thesis this last Monday.
Congratulations to Victor
Congratulations to Victor Reguero on the defense of his PhD thesis last Friday.
2016 ESCM young investigator award for Dr. Juan José Vilatela
Juan José has received the young investigator award from the European Society of Composite Materials (ESCM). This award recognizes the accomplishments of a young researcher who has made significant contributions in the field of composite materials and is presented every two years in the European
2015 Madrid Science week
The group takes part in the 2015 Madrid Science week, including a visit of the public to our fibre spinning rig and an interview for the National Radio click here (in Spanish).
Cover of Chemistry of Materials
The drive to produce materials for energy management devices that can withstand large and repeated strains/stresses calls for mechanically lightweight robust electrodes and current collectors. In this Perspective, Vilatela and Marcilla explore the use of fibers of carbon nanotubes as ideal current
Congratulations to Hangbo
Congratulations to Hangbo on submitting his PhD thesis and receiving cum laude mention after his viva examination.
PhD defense – Hangbo Yue
Hangbo Yue will defend his PhD thesis entitled "Polymer interaction with macroscopic carbon nanotube fibres and fabrication of nanostructured composites" next Friday 11th of September at 11.00 hrs., in the Polytechnic University of Madrid, (Escuela de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, (Green Room)). His
The electric thermoset curing technology developed by the group is now under trials at Airbus Operations
IMDEA Materials to validate electric curing technology for qualified aerospace epoxy resin at AIRBUS Getafe site IMDEA Materials, in cooperation with the R&T Materials & Processing unit of AIRBUS Operations, has completed the first validation trials at AIRBUS Getafe facilities of an
Dr. Bélen Alemán awarded with the prize for the best oral contribution
Belén Aleman was awarded with the prize for the best Oral Contribution at the VII AUSE Conference and II Alba User Meeting with the presentation entitled "Synchrotron WAXS/SAXS analysis of CNT fibre based nanocomposites"
Alba synchrotron’s newsletter
The group’s work on multiscale characterisation of CNT fibres featured in Alba synchrotron’s newsletter. You can read it online or download it here.
