The 4th Conference on Advanced Materials in Spain (AMatS 2025) took place from 24th to 26th November 2025 at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), bringing together researchers, professionals, and institutions working at the forefront of advanced materials science.

AMatS 2025 began with the InCAEM Opening Ceremony at the ALBA Synchrotron, including talks and a guided tour of the new InCAEM facilities—Spain’s latest infrastructure for in situ correlative studies of energy materials.

The fourth edition aimed to be a discussion forum on the then-current status and perspectives of the different types of advanced materials. On that occasion, the organizers provided a high-level platform where recognized experts and participants shared new developments, research, and testing technologies that contributed to and inspired further advancements in advanced materials.

The program included:

• 3 plenary lectures, 3 invited talks, and 7 presentations by Advanced Materials Plan coordinators
• ~50 contributed talks, flash communications, and poster sessions
• A Gala Dinner, networking events, and a poster welcome session

This conference was a unique opportunity to explore the latest scientific trends, engage with leading experts, and connect with major institutions such as ICMAB-CSIC, ICN2, ALBA, and PIC-IFAE.

Conference chairs:

Lucía Aballe (ALBA-CELLS), Jordi Arbiol (ICREA, ICN2) and Caterina Biscari (ALBA-CELLS)

Local Organizing / Scientific Committee:

Aitor Mugarza (ICREA, ICN2), Ester Barrena (ICMAB-CSIC), Gonzalo Merino (PIC, IFAE), Ana Belén Martínez (ALBA-CELLS), Ana de la Osa (ICN2), Anna May (ICMAB-CSIC), Sebastián Grinschpun (IFAE), Alba Garzón (ICN2), Belén Ballesteros (ICN2), Daniel Martín Jiménez (ICMAB-CSIC), Emigdio Chavez (ICN2), Marc G. Cuxart (ICN2), Martin Eriksen (PIC, IFAE), Albert Moreno (ICMAB-CSIC) and Oriol Roig (ICMAB-CSIC)

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).

Following the spirit of the previous editions, IPOE is entirely devoted to the physical phenomena occurring at organic/organic, organic/inorganic and organic/metallic interfaces, as motivated by their essential role in many (bio-)physico-chemical processes, ranging from solar energy conversion to biosensing. Discover how nature can aid male health. Explore natural alternatives and compare options Ninainrome.com/general/relation-entre-les-acariens-et-le-syndrome-de-kartagener Learn about the impact of certain medications on intimacy. Choose wisely for a healthier lifestyle. The conference covers a broad range of areas related to both experimental and theoretical aspects of these processes, comprising the following topics (but not limited to): Charge separation mechanisms, Organic/organic interfaces, Charge generation mechanisms, Solar energy conversion, Energy transfer processes,  Energy landscape at interfaces, Molecular spintronics, Materials for interface engineering, Organic and Hybrid SCs, O&H LEDs, OFETs, Interfacial versus bulk properties, Experimental probes, Hybrid organic/inorganic interfaces, Molecular modeling and theoretical models, Metal/organic interfaces

IPOE-2024 is a single-session conference, comprising a invited lectures, oral contributions, and a poster session.

The conferences is followed by ample time devoted to questions , in addition to discussions during a poster session. We hope that new insights will emerge from this conference, providing additional design criteria for novel materials fulfilling optimized interfacial properties. As such, the conference is open to all confirmed and young researchers from a broad diversity of domains, ranging from design and synthesis of novel materials, to theoretical and experimental characterizations.

Invited speakers. 

Conference chairs:

Esther Barrena (ICMAB-CSIC) and Marta Mas-Torrent (ICMAB-CSIC)

Local Organizing / Scientific Committee:

Núria Crivillers, Carme Martínez Domingo, Dean Kos, Maria Elisabetta Giglio, Maria Jesús Ortiz, Lluís Casabona, Alba Cazorla, Daniel Martín Jiménez,  Min Zhang, Alexandra Harbuzaru, Mayla Metitiero, Shunya Yan, Rodrigo Arilla, Georgios Atsas and Diego Gutiérrez.

Symposium @ RSEF Physics Biennial: Scanning Probe Microscopy: a tool to understand and fabricate materials for future electronics (July 15-19, 2024, San Sebastian/Donostia, Spain)

Scope: In recent years, improvements in the miniaturization and assembly processes of matter, as well as the use of novel chemical species, have placed nanotechnology as a major producer of new materials: customized organic molecules, nanowires, 2D materials and materials for energy, among others. These new materials are expected to be part of future electronic devices addressing some of humanity’s current challenges, such as electronic efficiency, energy storage, climate change and disease control. Scanning probe microscopies (SPM) play a key role in the characterization and fabrication of these materials. These techniques provide valuable information at the nanometer scale about the structure and physical properties of materials. It also enables structure-property correlations, which is crucial for understanding the behavior of materials and is a source of inspiration for the design of new ones with specific properties. In addition, SPM studies on materials can be performed in situ on working devices, such as transistors, photodetectors or batteries. This symposium will cover SPM works for the production, characterization and test of materials for future electronics.

The symposium includes a Special Session: SPM techniques + synchrotron radiation.

 

Keynote speaker:  Daniel Ebeling from Justus-Liebig University 

Invited speakers:

• Fabian Schulz (CIC nanoGUNE),
• Sara Barja (Donostia International Physics Center)
• Carmen Munuera (Madrid Institute of Materials Science)
• Eider Berganza (Madrid Institute of Materials Science)
• Marc González Cuixart (Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology)
• Aitor Mugarza (Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology).
• And the contribution of  Niklas Friedrich (CIC nanoGUNE) as the winner of the best experimental thesis of GEFES in 2023.

 

Organizing Committee:

Héctor González Herrero, Atom by Atom lab at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, UAM

Daniel Martín Jiménez, PCSI group at Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, ICMAB-CSIC

Ana Pérez Rodríguez, Nanotechnology group at Universidad de Salamanca, USAL

Sponsors:

División de Física de la Materia Condensada (GEFES), Asociación Usuarios Sincrotrón España (AUSE), Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Barcelona (ICMAB), Condensed Matter Physics Center-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (IFIMAC-UAM), The Spanish Vacuum Society (ASEVA).