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The Physics Department of UFMG is a research-oriented educational institution in Brazil. Its graduation program in Physics and Astronomy is ranked among the best in Brazil by CAPES, the national agency for graduation of the Brazilian Ministry of Education.
The Department presents intense activity in the field of nanoscience, both experimental and theoretical. In the Department there are 34 experimental researchers and 10 theoretical ones working in the field. Including the technicians and students there are around 120 people working with nanoscience and nanotechnology in the department.
The main activities and areas of interest include new semiconductor materials and devices, polymers, carbon based nanomaterials, composites, nanostructured devices and sensors.

Prof. Wagner Rodrigues – Director of the Workshop

 

 

The Department of Materials of the Imperial College is the oldest and largest department of its kind in the UK. Departmental research and teaching in materials science and engineering are exceptionally broad both in terms of the materials studied - metals, ceramics, polymers, glasses, composites, semiconductors nanomaterials and biomaterials, and in terms of the disciplines embraced - physics, chemistry and many engineering disciplines. New materials, such as high temperature superconductors, 'smart' materials, hybrid and composites, bioactive materials and nano-materials are continually being researched and developed. The department comprises several Research Groups, with over 120 staff and about 250 undergraduate and postgraduate students. It has world-class experimental facilities in areas of processing and characterisation of materials, including the Materials Processing and Characterization (MPAC) laboratory housing large scale processing equipment and the Harvey Flower Electron Microscopy suite; and physical characterization laboratories accommodating surface analysis (SIMS and FIB-SIMS), XRD, thermal methods and X-ray Microtomography.

Prof. John Kilner

 

The Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB), is a research centre which depends on the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC). The Institute was set up in 1987 and subsequently, in April 1991, the laboratories were opened on the campus of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). Since the Institute foundation until February 2008, it has been directed by Prof. Carlos Miravitlles, the coordinator of this Coordination Action.
The mission of ICMAB is to carry out research aimed at obtaining and characterizing materials and nanomaterials of industrial interest. At present there are 47 permanent scientific staff and a total of 214 people divided in eight departments, general services and technical and scientific services. 2.731 scientific papers have been published by ICMAB’s researchers in Journals included in the SCI, with 32.039 cites (h-index of 67), and an average of citations per item of 11.73. Thus, ICMAB is the most active institute in Materials Science in Spain.

Prof. Carlos Miravitlles – Coordinator of EULASUR Project