PhD in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Participating entities

  1. Jaume I University of Castellón (coordinating university), Catalan Institute of Chemical Research, Mondragón Technological Research Center, University of Castilla La Mancha, Miguel Hernández University of Elche, University of Alacant, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Institute of Photo Sciences, University Polytechnic of Cartagena, Pablo Olavide University of Seville, Rovira University i Virgili of Tarragona, Center for Electrochemical Technologies of San Sebastián and the Institute of Materials Sciences of Seville.
  2. University of Valencia (coordinating university), Autonomous University of Madrid, Complutense University of Madrid, National Center for Biotechnology (CSIC), University of Alicante and University of Zaragoza.
  3. University of Valencia (coordinating university), University of Cadiz, University of Cardenal Herrera CEU, Complutense University of Madrid, University of Girona and University of the Balearic Islands.
  4. 1. Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Materiali (Italy); 2. Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia (Italy); 3. UNIZAR, University of Zaragoza (Spain); 4. MAN, University of Manchester (United Kingdom); 5. LEIDENUNIV, Universiteit Leiden (Germany); 6. ITN, Technological and Nuclear Institute (Portugal); 7. University of Berne (Switzerland); 8. University of Basel (Switzerland); 9. University of Geneva (Switzerland); 10 University of Friborg (Switzerland); 11 University of Bucharest (Romania); 12. University Alexandru Ioan Cuza (Romania); 13. University of Wroclaw (Poland); 14. Jagiellonian University(Poland); 15. Adam Mickiewicz University (Poland).
  5. Universitat de València (UV), the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) and the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC).

Other collaborations.

Apart from the above collaborations, there are collaborative activities with numerous Spanish and foreign groups and agreements with companies. Most collaborations with European groups take place within the framework of research projects of the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Union.

Some of them are listed below:

Spain

  • Prof. Manuel G. Basallote, University of Cadiz.
  • Prof. Julia Pérez Prieto, ICMol, University of Valencia.
  • Prof. Larry Falvello, University of Zaragoza.
  • Prof. Victor Polo, University of Zaragoza.
  • Prof. Juan Andrés Bort, Universitat Jaume I.
  • Prof. Vicent Sixte Safont, Universitat Jaume I.
  • Prof. Rita Hernandez#Molina, University of La Laguna
  • University of Barcelona: groups led by Professors Santiago, Alvarez, Joan Ribas and Albert Escuer (Department of Inorganic Chemistry of the Faculty of Chemistry), in the use of coordination chemistry in molecular magnetism.
  • University of the Basque Country: group led by Professor Pascual Román (Department of Inorganic Chemistry of the Faculty of Sciences)
  • University of Granada: group led by Professor Enrique Colacio (Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences), in molecular nanomagnetism.
  • Prof. Nazario Martin (UCM), in fullerene chemistry.
  • Profs. Teodomiro Navarrete and Juan Casado (UM), in Raman spectroscopy.
  • Prof. Enrique Guitian (US) in benzyne chemistry.
  • Prof. J. Barberá (UZ), in liquid crystals.
  • Prof. Garcia Fierro (CSIC), in XPS analysis.
  • Dr. Victor Climent University of Alicante
  • Prof. Sebastián Vieira, Prof. Nicolas Agrait, Prof. Gabino Rubio#Bollinger, Andres Buendia, Autonomous University of Madrid, in surface physics.

Foreign.

  • Prof. Vladimir Fedin, Nikolaev Institute, RAS of Novosirsk, Russia.
  • Prof. Vladimir Fedorov, Nikolaev Institute, RAS of Novosirsk, Russia.
  • Dr. Maxim Sokolov, Nikolaev Institute, RAS of Novosirsk, Russia.
  • Prof. Marc Fourmigué, University of Rennes, France.
  • Dr. Narcis Avarvari, CIMMA, University of Angers, France.
  • Prof. Jerôme Lacour, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
  • Prof. Juergen Meyer, University of Tubingen, Germany.
  • Prof. Manuel Almeida, Instituto Tecnologico e Nuclear, Sacavem, Portugal.
  • Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France: Professor Michel Verdaguer, Directeur de Recherche CNRS Yves Journaux (Laboratoire de Chimie Inorganique et Matériaux Moléculaires, Unité CNRS 7071) and Maitres de Conférences Rodrigue Lescouëzec and Jacqueline Vaissermann.
  • Universite de Paris#Sud, Orsay, France: group led by Professor Talal Mallah (Laboratoire de Chimie Inorganique, CNRS UMR 8613)
  • Institut Nationale Polytechnique de Toulouse, Toulouse, France: group led by Professor Alain Gleizes (ENSI Arts Chimiques et Technologiques)
  • Università degli Studi della Calabria, Cosenza, Italy: group led by Professor Giovanni De Munno (Dipartimento di Chimica)
  • Università degli Studi di Messina, Messina, Italy: group led by Professor Francesco Nicolò (Dipartimento di Chimica Inorganica, Chimica Analitica e Chimica Physics)
  • Università degli Studi di Firenze, Firenze, Italy: group led by Professor Dante Gatteschi, Roberta Sessoli (Dipartimento di Chimica)
  • Universitetet I Bergen, Bergen, Norway: group led by Professor Jorunn Sletten (Kjemisk Institutt)
  • University of Syracuse, New York, USA: group led by Professor Rob P. Doyle (Department of Chemistry)
  • University of Wrolaw, Wroclaw, Poland: group led by Prof. Jerzy Mrozinski (Faculty of Chemistry)
  • University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania. Group led by Professor Marius Andruh (Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Faculty of Chemistry)
  • Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia: group led by Professor Natalia Kuzmina (Department of Chemistry)
  • University of the Republic, Montevideo, Uruguay: group led by Professor Carlos Kremer (Chair of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry)
  • Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, USA: group led by Professor Paul Rillema (Department of Chemistry)
  • University of Houston#Clear Lake, Houston, Texas, USA: group led by Professor Jack Y. Lu (Department of Chemistry)
  • Memorial University, St. John's, Canada: group led by Professor Laurence K. Thompson (Department of Chemistry)
  • Institute of Chemistry of the Universidade Federal de Goiás (Dr. Danielle Cangussu) and Department of Chemistry of the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais de Belo Horizonte (Prof. Dr. Humberto O. Stumpf), Brazil.
  • University of Concepción, Faculty of Chemical Sciences, Chile (Profs. Drs. Claudio Jiménez and Julio Belmar),
  • Prof. Sumio Iijima (Meijo Univ, Japan) on carbon nanostructures, electron microscopy and carbon nanotube-based photovoltaic cells.
  • Prof. Osamu Ito (Tohoku Univ, Japan), on photophysical measurements of molecular magnetic materials.
  • Prof. Ollé Inganas (Linkopin Univ. Sweeden), on fullerene-based photovoltaic cells.
  • Prof. Robert Deschenaux (Neuchatel Univ. Switzerland), in liquid crystals.
  • Prof. Eichi Fukuzumi (Osaka, Univ. Japan) on photophysical measurements on photovoltaic cells.
  • Prof. Jean François Nierengarten (Univ. Luois Pasteur, Strasburg, France) on fullerene derivatives.
  • Prof. Luis Echegoyen (Clemsom Univ USA): in electrochemistry of carbon nanoforms.
  • Prof. Jan van Ruitenbeek (Univ Leiden, Germany)
  • Prof. Douglas Natelson (Rice Univ, USA)

COST PoCheMon Action (Polyoxometalate Chemistry for Molecular Nanoscience)

Polyoxometalates (POM) are molecular metal oxides with nanometric dimensions. Their exceptionally versatile properties provide the basis for advances in catalysis, alternative energies, magnetic, electronic and photonic devices, and applications in biomedicine as antitumor and antiretroviral agents.

The main objective of this project is to promote molecular nanoscience based on POMs by creating a world-leading network for education and research in POM chemistry. This first COST action in this field aims to consolidate the European POM community and promote strategic and efficient research through collaboration, thus creating an accessible knowledge base for the generation of cutting-edge technologies through links with complementary disciplines and companies. Through a coordinated mobility programme, the emergence of new scientific collaborations, training exchanges and the rapid dissemination of results is intended, thus promoting the basic skills and capabilities of young researchers.

The participating institutions of this COST action are: KU Leuven (Belgium), University of Zagreb (Croatia), CNRS-Université de Lyon (France), LCPQIRSAMC, Université de Toulouse (France), Université Pierre et Marie Curie (France), University of Versailles (France), Augsburg University (Germany), Jacobs University (Germany), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany), RWTH Aachen University (Germany), University of Bielefeld (Germany), NCSR (Greece), Trinity College Dublin (Ireland), Ben-Gurion University (Israel), Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel), Università degli studi di Padova (Italy), University of Aveiro (Portugal), University of Bucharest (Romania), ICIQ (Spain), ICMol- Universitat de València (Spain), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain), Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Spain), Acal Energy Limited (United Kingdom), University of Glasgow (United Kingdom), University of Liverpool (United Kingdom), Newcastle University (United Kingdom), University of Zurich (Switzerland), Jagiellonian University (Poland).

Agreements with companies.

“ELECTROPRINT” Project: Production of OLEDs and Molecular Solar Cells using printing techniques and their characterization”. Agreement between ICMol and the Technological Institute of Optics, Color and Image (AIDO) belonging to the Technological Institutes Network of the IMPIVA Network of the Generalitat Valenciana.

“INFINITEX” Project: Research into New Functionalities and Intelligence Implemented in Textiles. Agreement between ICMol and the commercial entity Grupo Antolín
Engineering, SA (ANTOLÍN) within the National Strategic Consortia in Technical Research (CENIT) program.

Agreement with Nippon Shokubai Co. Ltd. Agreement between ICMol and this company for the training of a Japanese researcher for 2 years to learn the OLED technique.

Doctoral Schools.

Royal Decree 99/2011 on doctoral studies provides for the creation of doctoral schools that universities must promote, taking into account Public Research Organizations, as well as other institutions in which research is carried out, such as companies, hospitals, foundations, etc. In this regard, the Senate of the University of Valencia approved, at its meeting on March 1, 2012, the modification of the Statutes of the University of Valencia, in order to include the possibility of creating Doctoral Schools, which constitutes a first step towards their creation and the affiliation of doctoral programs to them at this University. Once the Valencian Government develops the regulation for the creation of these, the University of Valencia has announced the creation of a Doctoral School. Other universities are also in the process of creating doctoral schools that allow the integration of doctoral programs. In this sense, in a first stage the doctoral program would be integrated in Valencia in the "UVEG Doctoral School", in Alicante in the "UA Doctoral School", in Castellón in the "UJI Doctoral School", in La Laguna in the "ULL Doctoral School", in Castilla la Mancha in the "UCLM International Doctoral School".

In a second stage, and as we anticipated when describing the context of the PhD programme, our interuniversity programme aims to be the core of an international PhD school in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology that integrates European universities and research centres working on the molecular aspects of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.