Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC)

Información generál

The Institute of Materials Science (ICMAB) is a research institute recognized since 2016 as a Severo Ochoa Center of Excellence, and focused on basic and applied science in functional materials and nanomaterials.

The ICMAB,which is already more than three decades old, keeps its initial enthusiasm, which makes it a very attractive place to work for young researchers.

At present the ICMAB includes about 300 people with nearly 60 scientists as permanent staff.

The initial and ongoing mission of the ICMAB is “to generate new knowledge in Materials Science and transfer it to the society, particularly to industry within the European Research Area“. Training and outreach activities are also priorities of the center.

Materials Science has evolved dramatically in the last 20 years and the cutting edge activities in this area are now deeply rooted in the nanoscience revolution.

The research areas are focused on materials for energy transport, storage and conversion (superconductors, solar cells, thermoelectrics...), sustainable and low cost electronics (oxides, molecular compounds...) and biomaterials for smart nanomedicine (drug delivery, tissue regeneration, nanocapsules...).

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