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Molecular Nanoscience Organic Materials HEAD: Prof. Jaume Veciana • vecianaj@icmab.es
The composition of the Department of Molecular Nanoscience and Organic Materials (DNMMO) has considerably increased since 2005 as a consequence of the intense R&D activity realised. Thus, two new Tenured Scientists were incorporated to the staff and two colleagues were promoted to Research Professor and Scientific Researcher positions. Three more researchers were permanently hired by the CIBERBBN consortium with destination to DNMMO, two colleagues joined the Department as “Juan de la Cierva” fellows and around 30 scientists, as PostDocs and PhD students, of 12 different nationalities participated actively in the R&D activities. The main goal of the research developed at DNMMO was to prepare and study nanostructured functional molecular materials in order to gain and widen the knowledge in this field. This research was especially relevant in areas like Nanomaterials, Molecular Electronics, Supramolecular Chemistry and Biomaterials.
The activities developed formed an important part of the 2005-2010 Strategic Research Plan of the ICMAB and also were firmly set to the “NMP” priority area of the VI and VII FP of the EU. The latter fact allowed participating actively in various European projects, like: 1 Integrated Project, 1 Network of Excellence, 1 STREP project, and 3 Marie Curie networks. The interdisciplinary nature of the research allowed us to become members of the “Networking Research Centre on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN)” consortium that gathers the most active Spanish players working in this area. Beneficiaries of the work carried out were industrial companies, given that some of obtained results had many practical uses. A proof of this potential are the contracts made by different enterprises as well as the entrance, as the NANOMOL Centre, into the Network of Technological Innovation of CIDEM. The research activities developed in the DNMMO were centred basically in the synthesis, self-
FIGURE 1: POLYMORPHIC SUPRAMOLECULAR ARRANGEMENTS OF A TTF DERIVATIVE ORGANIZED ON THE SURFACE OF A HIGHLY ORIENTED PYROLITHIC GRAPHITE.
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