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Tribute to Carmen Ocal

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On February 14, a tribute to the recently retired scientist and founder of the PCSI group, Prof. Carmen Ocal, was held at the Institute of Materials Science in Madrid. Organized by the scientists Carmen Munuera (ICMM), Agustina Asenjo (ICMM), Juan de la Figuera (IQF Rocasolano) and Esther Barrena (ICMAB), the event counted with the contribution of her colleagues, students, friends and collaborators, who highlighted the important educational, research and social work of Carmen Ocal throughout her scientific career. For more information on the event:
https://www.icmab.es/tribute-to-carmen-ocal-upon-her-retirement-organized-at-icmm-csic

PhD Researchers meeting (JPhD2024) at ICMAB-Barcelona (Spain)

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The PhD student, Alba Cazorla from the PSCI group, was part of the organizing committee of the JPhD2024, which will be held at ICMAB from 27th to 29th November 2024.

JPhD2024 was aimed to exchange knowledge about scientific research from different fields, share research works and communicate among the PhD researchers of the UAB Campus in an academic and scientific environment. The meeting integrated the entire UAB research framework and was open to other institutes and universities as well.

The conference was a 2-day long in person event framed with oral presentations, poster sessions, workshops, and interesting scientific plenary talks regarding current scientific issues given by established researchers in their own fields. A visit to ALBA Synchrotron was also planned. The plenary talks were given by Albert Figuerola (IN2-UB), Cristina Fornaguera (IQS), Mariela Menghini (IMDEA), Daniel Pérez (ALBA) and Pelayo García (ICFO).

Shunya Yan, new doctor in the PSCI group

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On October 18, Shunya Yan defended her thesis entitled “Polymorphism in Organic Semiconductor Thin Films: A Nanoscale Investigation of Thermal and Interfacial Effects”. Her thesis work was supervised by Dr. Esther Barrena.

The members of the thesis committee were:
Dra. Carmen Munuera, ICMM, Spain
Dr. Cristian Rodríguez, ICN2, Spain
Dra. Mercedes Linares, Graz University of Technology, Austria

Shunya Yan got the highest score for her work. Congratulations!

Daniel Martin awarded in outreach by the RSEF-BBVA Foundation

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The jury of the 2024 Awards of the Spanish Royal Society of Physics-BBVA Foundation has awarded physicist Daniel Martín Jiménez, from the PCSI group (ICMAB-CSIC), the prize in the category of Best Contribution to Dissemination in the publications of the Spanish Royal Society of Physics[1]. In this context, the specialist in Nanotechnology presented his work entitled “Molecular Chefs”. The jury unanimously highlighted “the originality of Daniel Martín’s article, published in the journal of the Spanish Royal Society of Physics, in presenting the fundamentals and practical application of nanotechnology. The parallelism established between nanotechnology and molecular cuisine, two fields in which Spain stands out internationally, allows the reader to become familiar with the basic procedures of these disciplines in a pleasant, close and rigorous way.

September 6, Prof. Camen Ocal retired. All the best for the new path in her life!

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On 6th September, Prof. Camen Ocal retired. She has been a research professor at ICMAB-CSIC, leading the PCSI Group since 2007. Throughout her career, she has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to science, exemplifying how to conduct excellent, rigorous and honest research. Equally dedicated to promoting gender equality in science and education, she has been an inspiring role model.  She has directed the work of 12 PhD students who currently hold positions in scientific and technological centres or universities. The group is very grateful for her work during all this time, and we wish her all the best for the new path in her life!

Science in the mirror

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Ciencia ante el espejo (Science in the mirror)

Daniel Martín-Jiménez  contributions to this Blog from CSIC in Catalonia, created to explore the different angles of reflection from which we see, think and tell science. Blog in Spanish.

«Aventureros al tren: juego de mesa, viajes de servicio y sostenibilidad», 22th Sep 2025
«Ciencia y Cine: entre el Sincrotrón ALBA y Noche en la Tierra», 2nd Apr 2025
«Ciencia, poesía y feminismo: dos libros para el 11F», 8th Feb 2024
«Pintura y tecnología: pintar ya no es lo que era», 23th Oct 2023
«Poesía sobre física», 27th Jul 2023

Revista Española de Física

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PCSI members are active partners of the Royal Spanish Society of Physics (RSEF) and contribute to science outreach in Spanish through publications in the Revista Española de Física
Los sabios ciegos y los materiales avanzados
Daniel Martín-Jiménez
Revista Española de Física. Vol 39, No 2 (2025)
La nanotecnología posibilita la creación de nuevos materiales funcionales que son aplicados en los campos de las comunicaciones, la energía y la salud. Para tener una comprensión más precisa de las propiedades de estos materiales avanzados, es necesario emplear diversas metodologías que permitan caracterizarlos de forma integral. El proyecto InCAEM tiene como objetivo crear una plataforma única en España para una caracterización avanzada multitécnica y correlativa de materiales, con radiación sincrotrón, métodos computacionales, microscopías electrónicas y de sondas de barrido dentro de las instalaciones del sincrotrón ALBA. Esta plataforma estará disponible para cualquier usuario en 2026 a través de propuestas enviadas a la oficina de usuarios de ALBA.
Noticias
Pilar López Sancho, Carmen Ocal, Alberto Ruiz Jimeno
Revista Española de Física. Vol 39, No 1 (2025)
Noticia sobre el nombramiento de la Profesora Eloísa López Pérez como Miembro Distinguida de la Real Sociedad Española de Física.
Reseña de libros de interés: “El Universo en Octasílabos”
Daniel Martín-Jiménez
 Revista Española de Física Vol 37, No 3 (2023)
Reseña del libro “El Universo en Octasílabos” de Silvano Andrés de la Morena
Cocineros Moleculares
Daniel Martín-Jiménez
Revista Española de Física. Vol. 37 nº2 (2023)

Award for the Best Outreach Contribution in the Publications of the Royal Spanish Society of Physics

En los últimos veinte años ha surgido una nueva rama en nanotecnología que, valiéndose de procesos fisicoquímicos muy parecidos a los que hay en una cocina corriente, se encarga de sintetizar en superficies novedosos compuestos moleculares 2D. Los investigadores en esta nueva rama utilizan “cazuelas”, “sartenes” y hasta “tenedores” para crear con gran precisión grandes moléculas a través de acoplamientos de compuestos orgánicos más pequeños. Se espera que las moléculas sintetizadas tengan propiedades fisicoquímicas que contribuyan al futuro desarrollo de la electrónica.
Avances en la física de superficies
Esther Barrena, L. Aballe, M.C. Asensio
Revista Española de Física. Vol 31, No 3 (2017): Física de la Materia Condensada.
Edición especial de la revista sobre La Física de la Materia Condensada, donde se analiza los avances en la física de superficies.