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IMDEA Nanociencia celebrates Science Week 2025 with three guided tours of its facilities
14.11.2025
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Prof. Daniel Granados welcomed the students to IMDEA Nanociencia. |
- Students from secondary schools and colleges in Madrid visited IMDEA Nanoscience once again during Science Week.
- During the visit, various workshops were held, with special emphasis on the celebration of ‘100 years of Quantum Physics’.
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Madrid, November14th, 2024.
IMDEA Nanociencia is once again participating in Science and Innovation Week with educational activities aimed at schoolchildren and the general public. On this occasion, primary school pupils from Peñalar School in Torrelodones (Madrid), IES Condestable Álvaro de Luna Secondary School in Illescas (Toledo) and Manyanet School in Alcobendas (Madrid) took part, with a total of 178 pupils visiting the Institute.
Three sessions were held on 5, 6 and 14 November, which included a welcome from the deputy directors and researchers at IMDEA Nanoscience, Daniel Granados, Emilio Pérez and Enrique Cánovas. After the welcome, visitors were able to take part in workshops to learn more about nanoscience.
On 6 November, a workshop on conductive molecules was held with Edmund Leary, leader of the Molecular Electronics group; Mario Martínez showed the Nanobiotechnology group's laboratory, led by Álvaro Somoza; and a workshop on chemistry was held with Alejandro López, from the Low-Dimensional Materials Chemistry group led by Emilio Pérez. Ana Pizarro, leader of the Molecular Metal Drugs group, together with Alfonso Annunziata, demonstrated the effects of therapeutic molecules on cells. Francisco Terán, leader of the Nanomagnetism for Biomedical and Technological Applications group, demonstrated the curious properties of magnetic materials. A workshop on magnetic fields and metal detectors was held with Andrés Valera and Javier de Vicente from the IMDEA Nanociencia Electronics workshop.
On 14 November, the workshops were adapted for people with visual impairments. The ‘Touch Nanoscience’ workshops focused on learning about different aspects of nanoscience with all the senses. A ‘Braille STM’ workshop was held with Manuela Garnica, Fabián Calleja and Joan Ripoll from the Nanometric Imaging of 2D Materials group.
Alba Frutos and Koen Lauwaet, from Professor David Écija's Nanoarchitectonics on Surfaces group, also participated. The workshop on nuclear magnetic resonance spectra was led by Zulay Pardo, with the participation of Cristina Arenas, Silvia Miranda, Teresa Naranjo and David Jimenez Merino, from the Low-Dimensional Materials Chemistry group, led by Emilio Pérez, and Helena Montes, from Systems Chemistry Laboratory group. Finally, a workshop on carbon forms was held, a workshop with 3D molecules led by José Silva, leader of the First Principles Modelling for Quantum Materials group, and Pierre Pantaleón and Federico Escudero, from Francisco Guinea's Theoretical Modelling group. The visit ended with a tour of the MBE with Cristina Navío, a researcher from the Permanent Magnets and Applications group.
Thematic workshop ‘100 years of quantum physics’
The day of 5 November was particularly significant, as it paid tribute to a century of quantum physics. On this occasion, Professor Daniel Granados Ruíz, leader of the Quantum Devices and Photonics group, gave a specialised talk on quantum physics, which became a workshop thanks to the participation of the students in his illustrative explanations.
Two workshops were the highlights of the day. On the one hand, Warren Smith, from the Mechanics workshop, explained static electricity using a van Graff generator. On the other hand, Ramón Bernardo, Julia García and Ruth Martínez, from Daniel Granados' Quantum Devices and Photonics group, introduced students to the concepts of energy quantisation with strings and Chladni plates.
Madrid Science and Innovation Week is a scientific outreach and citizen participation event organised by the Community of Madrid through the Madri+d Knowledge Foundation, whose objective is to actively involve society in the processes of research and development in science, technology and innovation.
IMDEA Nanoscience has participated in the initiative every year since 2007, offering activities for all audiences, in which more than 4,000 students and 70 educational centres have already taken part.
Más información:
Contacto:
Oficina de Divulgación y Comunicación de IMDEA Nanociencia
divulgacion.nanociencia [at]imdea.org
Fuente: IMDEA Nanociencia.
El Instituto IMDEA Nanociencia es un centro de investigación interdisciplinar en Madrid dedicado a la exploración de la nanociencia y el desarrollo de aplicaciones de la nanotecnología en relación con industrias innovadoras. IMDEA Nanociencia es un centro de Excelencia Severo Ochoa desde 2017, máximo reconocimiento a la excelencia investigadora a nivel nacional.
