ACTIVITIES

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RESEARCH LINES

The group undertakes diverse research lines, and a generic list is provided below. For more information on any of these topics, please CONTACT us.

   
GRAPHENE: NEW INCORPORATION STRATEGIES FOR POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES
POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES WITH CARBON NANOTUBES
POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES BASED ON INORGANIC FULLERENES AND NANOTUBES
POLYMER BLEND NANOCOMPOSITES
IR MICROSPECTROSCOPY USING SYNCHROTRON RADIATION (MIRAS)
CHEMICAL FUNCIONALIZATION OF POLYMERS AND NANOPARTICLES
"CLICK" CHEMISTRY FOR THE DESIGN OF NEW FUNCIONAL MATERIALS
NEW MATERIALS FROM BIO-DERIVED WASTE REVALORIZATION

 

RESEARCH PROJECTS

The most recent Research Projects are presented below:

National Projects

HIERARCHICAL MULTIFUNCTIONAL POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES BASED ON GRAPHENE: DEVELOPMENT, MORPHOLOGY, SOLID-STATE PROPERTIES
MAT2013-47898-C2-2-R
01/01/2014 - 31/12/2016
Subproject in a Coordinated Project of the MINECO entitled:
NANOSCALE PROPERTIES OF HIERARCHICAL POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES BASED ON GRAPHENE
IPs: Dr. Horacio Salavagione, Prof. Marian A. Gómez-Fatou
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IDEAPOLNAN: INTERPHASE-DRIVEN ENHANCEMENT OF ADVANCED POLYMER BLEND AND NANOCOMPOSITE MATERIALS
MAT-2010-02170-C02-00
01/01/2011 - 30/09/2014
Coordinated Project of the Ministry of Economy and Competitivity (MINECO)
Project leader: Dr. Gary Ellis
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BLENDYNIT: NANOCOMPOSITE DESIGN STRATEGIES BASED ON POLYMER BLEND DYNAMICS AND ASYMMETRIC INTERPHASE MODIFICATION
MAT-2010-02170-C02-01
01/01/2011 - 30/09/2014
Subproject 1 of the Coordinated Project of the MINECO
Project Leader: Dr. Gary Ellis
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DEVELOPMENT OF NEW POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES BASED ON GRAPHENE FOR ADVANCED APPLICATIONS
MAT-2009-09335
01/01/2010 - 31/12/2013
Project of the Ministry of Economy and Competitivity (MINECO)
Project Leader: Dr. Horacio Salavagione
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NEW POLYMER BLEND NANOCOMPOSITES VIA NANOPARTICLE DEPLOYMENT AND SYNERGETICS
201160E003
01/01/2011 - 31/12/2012
Proyecto Intramural Especial of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
IP: Dr. Gary Ellis
MÁS INFORMACIÓN

 

International Projects

NANOCOMPOSITE ENHANCEMENT OF NATURALLY DERIVED MESOPOROUS CARBONS
i-LINK-0636
January 2013 - December 2014
CSIC i-LINK+ International Collaboration with the University of York, UK
IP: Dr. Gary Ellis
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BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER BLEND NANOCOMPOSITES FOR ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
I-20110152 EC
Julio 2011 - Julio 2012
EU financed Access to DESY Synchrotron, Hambourg, Germany
Project Leader: Dr. Mohammed Naffakh
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SYNCHROTRON INFRARED MICROSPECTROSCOPY STUDIES ON FUNCTIONAL POLYMER BLEND - NANOFILLER HYBRIDS AND BIOCOMPOSITES FOR TISSUE ENGINEERING APLICATIONS
SM-7860
1st semester 2012
EU financed Access to DIAMOND Synchrotron, Oxfordshire, UK
Project Leader: Dr. Gary Ellis
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KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER

INDUSTRY
The group has maintained throughout its history an intimate relationship with the polymeric materials industrial sector through more than 30 Research Contracts with various companies, such as...

  REPSOL DOW Chemical La Seda de Barcelona  

... centred on diverse matierials, including polyolefins (polypropylene, polyethylene and copolymers), synthetic rubbers (SBS, SEBS), polyamides and polyesters, for various application areas, and in various forms, such as blends and composites, fibres, monolayer and multilayer films, etc.

Por otra parte se ha mantenido relaciones de cooperación técnica con diferentes empresas.

 

PATENTS
The group has developed a series of patents that are described below:

MESOPOROUS MATERIALS FROM NANOCOMPOSITE ENHANCED POLYSACCHARIDES
Owners: CSIC y Universidad de York, UK
Ref: UK Pat. App. 0436P/GB del 15/09/2014
Not licensed
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NANOCOMPOSITE MATERIALS OF POLYPROPYLENE AND CARBON NITRIDES, PROCEDURE FOR OBTAINMENT THEREOF AND APPLICATIONS
Owner: CSIC y UAM
Ref: 10834268 del 04/07/2012
Not licensed

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MATERIAL NANOCOMPUESTO REFORZADO CON UN DERIVADO POLIMERICO INJERTADO EN UN NANOMATERIAL DE CARBONO
Owner: CSIC
Ref: 201030947 y PCT/ES11/070443 del 20/06/2011
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MATERIALES NANOCOMPUESTOS DE POLIAMIDAS Y FULERENOS INORGANICOS CON PROPIEDADES TERMICAS, TRIBOLOGICAS Y MECANO-DINAMICAS MEJORADAS Y SU APLICACION COMO RECUBRIMIENTOS
Owner: CSIC
Ref: 200930434 y PCT/ES10/070480 del 09/07/2010
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MATERIALES NANOCOMPUESTOS DE POLIPROPILENO Y NITRUROS DE CARBONO, PROCEDIMIENTO PARA SU OBTENCION Y APLICACIONES
Owner: CSIC y UAM
Ref: PCT/ES10/070797 del 03/12/2010
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PROCEDIMIENTO DE OBTENCION DE MATERIALES NANOCOMPUESTOS DE POLIMEROS CLORADOS Y NANOESTRUCTURAS DE CARBONO
Owner: CSIC
Ref: 201031055 del 12/07/2010
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MATERIAL POLIMERO EN POLVO MODIFICADO POR PLASMA PARA USO COMO AGENTE COMPATIBILIZANTE EN MEZCLAS Y COMPOSITES POLIMERICOS
Owner: CSIC
Ref: PCT/ES09/070384 del 16/09/2009
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