According to the Standard Model of particle physics, quarks are confined into groups forming more complex objects, such as protons and neutrons. Immediately after the Big Bang occurred, the universe was at extremely high temperatures and filled with a …
GEFES, the Condensed Matter Physics Division of the Spanish Royal Physics Society distinguishes, on a bi-annual basis, the scientific work carried out by its youngest members by making a special mentions of their work as demonstrated in the form of art…
Analytical optical methods are vital to our modern society as they permit the fast and secure identification of substances within solids, liquids or gases. These methods rely on light interacting with each of these substances differently at different p…
In the last decades, topological insulators have attracted great interest and also have promising applications in topics such as metrology or quantum computation. These exotic materials go beyond the standard classification of phases of matter: they ar…
Clarivate Web of Science has released its annual list of Highly Cited Researchers, including two ICREA Group Leaders at ICFO and a new Group Leader who will join ICFO’s faculty at the start of 2021:
Koppens and Lewenstein have been named Highly Cited Researchers have demonstrated significant and broad influence as reflected in their publication of multiple highly cited papers over the last decade. These highly cited papers rank in the top 1% of citations for a field of fields and publication year in the Web of Science.
ICREA Professors Koppens and Lewenstein conduct research on Quantum Nano-Optoelectronics and Quantum Optics respectively, while Dr. García de Arquer will establish a research program at ICFO focusing on CO2 Mitigation Accelerated by Photons (CO2MAP).
To determine this 2020 list of influential researchers, Clarivate surveyed papers published and cited during 2009 to 2019 that at the end of 2019 ranked in the top 1% by citations for their Essential Science Indicators (ESI). Researchers are selected for their exceptional influence and performance in one of more of the 21 fields used in the ESI.
Congratulations Frank, Maciej and Pelayo!
Machine Learning (ML) has the main goal of analyzing and interpreting data structures and patterns in order to learn from them, reason and carry out a decision-making task that is completely independent from human reasoning and engagement. Even though …
We congratulate Dr. Zahra Khanian who defended her thesis in an online presentation at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona due to social distancing to contain the Coronavirus pandemic.
Dr. Khanian received her MSc in Electrical Engineering from S…
Quantum mechanics sets an upper bound on the amount of charge flow as well as on the amount of heat flow in ballistic one-dimensional channels. The two relevant upper bounds, that combine only fundamental constants, are the quantum of the electrical co…
Diffusion refers to numerous phenomena, by which particles and bodies of all kinds move throughout any kind of material, has emerged as one of the most prominent subjects in the study of complex systems. Motivated by the recent developments in experime…
We congratulate Dr. Gorka Muñoz Gil who defended his thesis today in ICFO’s auditorium with online participations due to social distancing to contain the Coronavirus pandemic.
Dr. Muñoz received his MSc in Photonics from the joint Photonics pro…
About one hundred years ago, scientists of the time tried to explore and understand the nature and behavior of the elements that make up the world that is governed by the laws of quantum physics. Nowadays and with a robust and solid understanding of ho…
ICFO’s NEST program, supported by Fundació Cellex and Fundació Mir-Puig, allows the institute to offer outstanding opportunities for young scientists aiming to start and lead an independent research group. We are very pleased to announce a new member o…