The Nanooptics Group of CIC nanoGUNE is involved in the Work Package 8: Photonics and Optoelectronics in the Graphene Flagship Core 3 project, the fourth funding cycle of the €1 Billion research initiative funded by the European Commission. The mission of Work Package Photonics and Optoelectronics is to develop GRM-based components for photonic and optoelectronic applications and to integrate them into photonic circuits, imaging arrays and optical sensors. NanoGUNE works on infrared sensing and is involved in infrared and terahertz detectors.

A team of researchers from Université Grenoble Alpes - CNRS - Spintec, Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS-Thales, and Université d'Evry, and also including Dr. Diogo. C Vaz, currently at CIC nanoGUNE, reports on an alternative strategy to achieve low-power spin detection in a non-magnetic system. The results have now been published in Nature.

The nanomaterials group in nanoGUNE, led by Mato Knez, has developed a new technology called SCIP that allows an improvement of the mechanical properties of polymers. The technology can be directly applied to functionalize textile, opening new perspectives in product development in the sports/fashion or personal protection sector.

CIC nanoGUNEk 2020ko Master Beken eskaintza ireki du Fisika, Kimika, Biologia, Materialen Zientzia eta Nanozientzia arloeetak ikasleei beren Master Tesia magnetismoaren, optikaren, materialen eta bioingeniaritzaren arloetan garatzeko aukera eskainiz, guztia nanoeskalan.

CIC nanoGUNE nanozientziako euskal zentroak eta Intel multinazionalak, zirkuitu integratuen munduko fabrikatzaile handienak, gogor lan egiten dute azken urte eta erdian, etorkizuneko gailu elektronikoetara begira dagoen teknologia batean: MESO teknologia. Teknologia horrek logika eta memoria zirkuitu berean integratzen ditu, eta horretarako bit magnetikoetan gordetako informazioa irakurri eta idatzi behar du. Bi funtzioek tentsio berean lan egitea behar dugu, zirkuituak funtziona dezan. Nature Electronics aldizkarian argitaratu berri den azken lanean, “irakurketa” eragiketarako irteera-tentsioa 10.000 aldiz handitzea lortu du taldeak.

BRTA aliantzan integratutako zentro teknologikoek eta ikerketa kooperatiboko zentroek parte hartzen dute SARS-CoV-2 birusak sortutako larrialdiaren inpaktua murrizteko helburua duten zenbait ekimen zientifikotan eta teknologikotan.

Juan Manuel Gomez, Pre-doctoral Researcher at the Nanodevices group at nanoGUNE, received his PhD at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) after the defense of his thesis project at the beginning of 2020. His research work, entitled “Spin-transport in magnetic insulator/heavy metal heterostructures" has been developed under the supervision of Felix Casanova, Ikerbasque Research Professor and group co-leader at the nanoGUNE's Nanodevices group. 

CIC nanoGUNEk, BerriUp-ek —Donostiako startupen azeleragailua— eta Grapheneak —grafenoa ekoizten eta merkaturatzen duen nanoGUNEko lehen startup-a— lankidetza-hitzarmen bat sinatu dute grafenoaren ikerketarekin lotutako proposamenak bultzatzeko. Horretarako, Global Graphene Call izeneko deialdia jarri dute martxan lehen aldiz, grafenoarekin lotutako enpresa-ideiak garatzeko.

The winter school was held in San Sebastian from 12 to 14 February.