IMDEA Materials Institute

🙌 IMDEA Materials Institute would like to congratulate Isabel Gómez Palos, who successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis "Expanding the floating catalyst synthesis of inorganic 1D nanomaterials and their assembly into macroscopic networks" at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid earlier this week! Isabel has been a valued member of the institute's Multifunctional Nanocomposites research group during her time at IMDEA Materials, and we wish her all the best for the future! Her thesis was advised by Dr. Juan José Vilatela and Dr. Álvaro Ridruejo. 📸 A thank you to Felipe Lozano Steinmetz for the photos from Monday's defence.

💡 En el marco de la Jornada de Planes Complementarios en la Comunidad de Madrid, y más concretamente, la Mesa Redonda sobre Investigación e Innovación: un reto global, Miguel Angel Rodiel, Director de Tecnología y Proyectos de IMDEA Materiales, ha compartido los principales resultados obtenidos por el Instituto en el proyecto #MAD2D. Este proyecto, que forma parte del Plan Complementario de Materiales Avanzados, investiga nanomateriales con funcionalidades avanzadas que incluyen, entre otros, grafeno y otros materiales 2D, materiales inteligentes y materiales nanostructurados. En su intervención, Miguel Ángel destacó el impacto científico y tecnológico que ha supuesto este proyecto colaborativo tanto para el Instituto IMDEA Materiales como para las empresas con las que se han establecido colaboraciones. MAD2D ha permitido a IMDEA Materiales entrar en tres áreas de gran interés para la región:  ➡️ Estudio de nuevos catalizadores para la producción de H2 mediante técnicas innovadoras ➡️ Desarrollo e integración de materiales avanzados nanoestructurados en baterías de ion litio de estado sólido ➡️ Implementación de un laboratorio robotizado autónomo para el descubrimiento acelerado de materiales avanzados La jornada contó con la participación de representantes de IMDEA Energy, IMDEA Nanociencia, IMDEA Networks Institute y IMDEA Software Institute, quienes compartieron sus avances en investigación e innovación en los distintos planes complementarios en los que han participado.

👨🔬 Felicitamos a nuestro Director, el Prof. Jose Manuel Torralba, ¡quien ha sido elegido académico de número de la Real Academia de Ingeniería (RAI) de España! La designación reconoce su larga trayectoria y contribución en el campo de la metalurgia y la tecnología de polvos. 🔩 Su investigación se ha centrado en la metalurgia de polvos, con un interés particular en el desarrollo y caracterización de polvos metálicos y en métodos avanzados de consolidación como la sinterización asistida por campo eléctrico, la inyección de metales y la fabricación aditiva. Recientemente, se ha involucrado en proyectos donde la sostenibilidad adquiere un papel clave. 🙌 En IMDEA Materiales, estamos muy orgullosos de contar con su liderazgo y su incansable esfuerzo por impulsar el conocimiento y la investigación en nuestro campo. ¡Enhorabuena, Prof. Torralba! Puedes leer más en nuestra página web: https://lnkd.in/dtGTti9e Covadonga Rosado, Miguel Angel Rodiel

👏 The annual #IRIDISCENTE project meeting wrapped up at ArcelorMittal in Avilés yesterday afternoon, with the sun breaking through the clouds for just long enough to grab a quick photo of the team behind this ambitious research effort! The meeting was a wonderful opportunity for the many IRIDISCENTE partners to meet and hold face-to-face discussions on the current state and future of the project. Yesterday's afternoon session saw a continuation of the final work package presentations, while attendees were also provided the opportunity to visit some of ArcelorMittal's additive manufacturing R&D facilities. We would like to thank all project partners for their attendance and participation, with a special thank you to the team from ArcelorMittal, in particular, David De Castro Mazariegos and Laura del Río Fernández for their outstanding organisation of the event. Several IMDEA Materials researchers were present in the institute's role as co-coordinators of the project, including Profs. Jose Manuel Torralba and Javier Segurado, Drs. Damien Tourret, Alberto Meza and Eduardo Roque Rodríguez, along with Sama Safarloo and Mohammad Zarghami. It is only onwards and upwards from here for IRIDSCENTE in 2025! AIMEN Centro Tecnológico, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Universidad de Burgos, TheNextPangea S.L., Renishaw, Blesol Tech, AENIUM , IDAERO SOLUTIONS, ALFA MIMtech, SYSPRO. IRIDISCENTE (PLEC2023-010190) is funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and the MIG-20232094 project funded by the Science and Innovation Missions Program within the framework of the TransMisiones 2023 initiative, funded by MCIN/CDTI.

🤝 The #IRIDISCENTE project is currently celebrating its second annual meeting at ArcelorMittal R&D in Avilés. Today's morning session saw presentations related to the project’s ongoing work in the development of data-based machine learning models for the value chain of new materials, as well as the application of the project’s safe and sustainable by design (#SSBD) strategy, among a host of topics. IRIDISCENTE aims to develop a digital methodology to automatically and intelligently design, process and characterise new safe and sustainable metallic materials with improved properties, through the efficient flow of data along the material value chain, establishing the basis for the effective industrial use of Artificial Intelligence (#AI) technologies. Those presenting in the morning’s session include David De Castro Mazariegos and Miguel Carmody Rodríguez, Patricia De La Fuente Gamero, Israel Carreira-Barral, Santiago Muiños Landin, Víctor Gonzalo Cristóbal, David N. and Andrea Trapote Fernández. IRIDISCENTE is co-coordinated by IMDEA Materials Institute and ArcelorMittal and includes partners AIMEN Centro Tecnológico, the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, the Universidad de Burgos, TheNextPangea S.L., Renishaw, Blesol Tech, AENIUM , IDAERO SOLUTIONS, ALFA MIMtech and SYSPRO. The meeting continues this afternoon with additional presentations and a visit to ArcelorMittal's research and development facilities.

💡 IMDEA Materials has unveiled its inaugural internal Proof-of-Concept (PoC) call, #Materialise 2025, an ambitious initiative designed to address one of the most significant challenges in the journey from research to market: the so-called “valley of death.” Backed by €50,000 in funding, and support from external consultants and assistance from IMDEA Materials’ Technology Transfer and Innovation Office, this program aims to de-risk early-stage research by developing its commercial potential and transforming it into practical applications or commercial products. The ultimate goal is to enable pathways such as spin-offs, license agreements, and partnerships, strengthening the Institute’s position in technology transfer. Read more at our website ⬇️ Información en español: https://lnkd.in/daf44yCa Miguel Angel Rodiel, Germán Infante

🚀 2024: Un Año de Innovación en Materiales y Ciencia desde IMDEA Materiales En este post, reflexionamos sobre nuestras contribuciones en The Conversation ES en 2024, donde nuestros investigadores abordaron temas clave en la ciencia de materiales y su impacto en el mundo. Puedes econtrar todos los artículos aquí: https://lnkd.in/dQVmbwNE Jose Manuel Torralba 👉 Los supermateriales que transformarán nuestras vidas en 2025 👉 Ochenta años de la carta de Roosevelt para la ciencia: ¡que tomen nota los políticos! 👉 Por qué Elon Musk usa acero inoxidable para sus nuevas naves espaciales 👉 Diamantes accesibles: el debate sobre el lujo y los avances tecnológicos Jimena de la Vega 🔋 ¿Son realmente seguras las baterías de los vehículos eléctricos? (3 diciembre 2024) Anastasiia Mikhalchan ♻️ Antes de salvar el mundo con nanotubos de carbono, ¿sabemos si son reciclables? Pedro J. Navarrete Segado 👉 Órganos impresos, bisturíes a medida y otras aplicaciones médicas de la impresión 3D Jesús Ordoño, PhD 🌌 Radiación, la amenaza invisible para la colonización de Marte De-Yi Wang 🔥 El incendio de Valencia: peligro de los materiales inflamables en la construcción Monica Echeverry Rendon 🦠 Nuevos materiales para combatir la gripe y el resfriado antes de contagiarnos José Ignacio Delgado Castaño 🦷 ¿Qué pasa con los alineadores dentales transparentes? 🤔 Cada artículo es un testimonio de nuestro compromiso con el avance de los materiales y su impacto positivo en la sociedad. ¿Cuál de estas innovaciones te parece más emocionante? ¡Comparte tus pensamientos con nosotros! 👇

📢 Final Call for Abstract Submissions! The countdown is on! This is the final week to submit your abstracts for this year's "Artificial Intelligence, Modelling and Data Science in Advanced Alloy and Process Design" Symposium at FEMS - Federation of European Materials Societies #EUROMAT2024! Don’t miss this opportunity to share your expertise and contribute to the conversation on sustainable materials development and innovative processes. 🔗 Submit your abstracts now: https://lnkd.in/dc5ysJr2 The symposium, organised by Prof. Ignacio Romero from IMDEA Materials Institute, Dr. Michael Sluydts from ePotentia and Fraunhofer IWM’s Dr. Dirk Helm, forms part of EUROMAT2024's #Characterisation, Modelling and Artificial Intelligence Area. For a complete symposium description, see: https://lnkd.in/dqFBRJRf ⏳ Deadline: Don't delay—abstract submissions close this Friday, January 31! Ghent University, University of Oulu, EurA AG, OCAS NV, REINOSA FORGINGS & CASTINGS SL, UNE - Asociación Española de Normalización, Université de Liège, AddMorePower Horizon Europe project 101091621, CoBRAIN Project, DiMAT, D-STANDART Project, Knowskite-X, MatCHMaker - HorizonEU, The European Steel Technology Platform (ESTEP).

🔬 Recent advancements in #thermoplastics within the #polyaryletherketone (#PAEK) family have enhanced additive manufacturing (AM) potential in fields like aerospace and defence. #Polyetheretherketone (#PEEK), the best-studied PAEK, faces limitations in AM due to its fast crystallisation, which causes poor inter-filament bonding and warping. This study from IMDEA Materials researchers Lucía Doyle, Javier García Molleja and Juan Pedro Fernandez Blazquez, alongside colleagues from AIMEN Centro Tecnológico, investigates alternative, slow-crystallising PAEK polymers: polyetherketoneketone (PEKK-A) and AM-200, a PEEK-based copolymer. The article, highlighted in Polymers MDPI, also features the work of researchers Xabier Perez Ferrero, Ricardo Losada and Pablo Romero Rodríguez. You can read the complete publication at MDPI Polymers ⬇️

👏 IMDEA Materials Institute would like to recognise the work of researcher Blanca Limones Ahijón, who recently completed her First Year Assessment (FYA)! 👩🔬 Blanca is part of our Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine research group, led by Dr. Jennifer Patterson, where she is a member of the IMDEA Materials team on the #CARDIOBOOST-CM project, coordinated by CNIC - Spanish National Center for Cardiovascular Research / Centro Nac. Investigaciones Cardiovasc. as well as the #BIOMET4D project (EIC Pathfinder grant no. 101047008).   Her FYA was focused on research related to the CARDIOBOOST-CM project, more specifically, the development and characterisation of self-assembling #hydrogels based on Low Molecular Weight Gelators (LMWG), evaluating their mechanical properties, biocompatibility, and suitability for cell encapsulation, as well as identifying challenges such as hydrogel stability and cell viability. These findings are directly linked to the ultimate goal of creating tailored biomimetic hydrogels for tissue engineering applications, particularly for supporting the survival and proliferation of stem cell-derived #cardiomyocytes. This cell differentiation strategy is currently being developed by CARDIOBOOST-CM, funded by the Comunidad de Madrid. Find out more, here: https://lnkd.in/dqF4Mvpb 🙏 We also thank Dr. Juan Pedro Fernandez Blazquez from IMDEA Materials and Dr. Silvia Martin-Puig from the CARDIOBOOST-CM project and the Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas de Madrid - CSIC for serving as key readers. Severo Ochoa Molecular Biology Centre (CBM), Universidad Complutense de Madrid