Elena Sánchez and Felipe Lozano took part in the III Seminar for Young Materials Researchers (YOUMAT25), held on April 28 and 29, 2025, at the Materials Science Institute of Madrid (ICMM), CSIC.Elena Sánchez presented her work on low-pressure solid-state cells to study the Si–Li alloy reaction

Our research group has recently published a study titled “Fractal Scaling in the Gas‐Phase Agglomeration of Nanowires” in the journal Small (https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202409673). In this work, led by Nabil Abomailek and Isabel Gómez-Palos along with Cristian Carnicero, María Murillo, Richard

On May 21, Dr. Tilve delivered a comprehensive presentation at the Institute of Applied Magnetism (IMA) as part of the IMAnate series. He began by discussing his work on combining nanocarbon materials with polymers to create conductive nanocomposites capable of absorbing microwaves. This research

Congratulations to Clarissa Giudici on the defense of her thesis on "A Modular and Hierarchical Kinetic Modeling Framework for CNT Synthesis in Floating Catalyst CVD Reactors", done at Politecnico di Milano and IMDEA Materials.

IMDEA Materials Principal Investigador, Dr. Juan José Vilatela, recently joined a panel at the Carbon Hub at Rice University´s 5th Annual Meeting.There, he discussed some of the most relevant scientific questions to materialise emission-free advanced materials. He also presented IMDEA Materials'

Members of our group, in collaboration with the Institute of Advanced Composite Materials, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, have published the work titled Highly conductive hybrid carbon nanotube fibers: Strategies and future directions for replacing copper with next-generation conductors

On March 10th, members of our research group participated in the 2nd European School on Advanced Materials (ESAM2025) in Almagro, Ciudad Real. Our group leader, Dr. Juan José Vilatela, was invited to deliver a full course on “Assembly and Large-Scale Application of Nanomaterials as the Polymers of

Congratulations to Shegufta Tahsin Upama on the defense of her thesis on High-Performance Composites Based on CNT Fabrics and Ceramic Matrices, done at IMDEA and Texas A&M University.

The Multifunctional Nanocomposite Group is proud to announce that Isabel Gómez Palos has successfully defended her doctoral thesis titled "Expanding the floating catalyst synthesis of inorganic 1D nanomaterials and their assembly into macroscopic networks". The defense took place on January 27 at

From January 23 to 24, 2024, members of our research group participated in the 2nd International Conference on Advanced Materials & Energy Storage (ICAMES–2025), held at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid in Leganés. Group leader Dr. Juan José Vilatela was invited to deliver a talk (Anodes of 100%

Two of our group members recently assisted the HeteroNanoCarb 2025 conference, held in Benasque (Spain) from the 13th to the 17th of January. Prof. Juan José Vilatela presented a talk entitled "Fibres of Carbon Nanotube Intercalation Compounds and the Prospect of Replacing Copper". He showed

The workshop “Materials for Better Defense” will take place on December 5, featuring cutting-edge topics such as advanced battery technologies for vehicles and lightweight aircraft, the latest advancements in material characterization, and the performance of steel under extreme

Congratulations to Raúl de Armas Rodríguez on successfully completing his first-year assessment on October 14. His research, titled Computational Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Inorganic Nanowire Growth, will begin with an introduction to the fundamental concepts essential for understanding the

Our PhD student, Rafael Tomey, presented his cutting-edge research at the EMRS 2024 Fall Meeting, held from September 16 to 19 at the University of Technology in Warsaw, Poland. The presented work is titled "On 100% Pure Silicon Nanowire (Si NW) Electrodes as High-Performance Anodes for

From September 2 to September 6, 2024, two PhD students, Elena Sánchez-Ahijón and Rafael Tomey, along with Dr. Zahid Ali Zafar, a postdoctoral researcher, represented our research group at the XXX International Summer School "Nicolás Cabrera" on Energy Storage Systems to Face the Climate Challenge:

Dr. David Tilve Martínez delivered an invited talk on "Nanostructured Networks to Overcome the Limits of Traditional Materials: Multiscale Studies and Industrialisation Progress" on behalf of our group at the prestigious European-Korean Conference on Science and Technology, 2024. His presentation

We are thrilled to announce the publication of three cutting-edge papers from our team: 1️⃣ Dr. David Tilve explores a novel method for producing silicon nanowire (SiNW) dispersions, enabling the creation of macroscopic materials like transparent films and sheets. This scalable technique offers