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Capacities
ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences
University Technology Center Other SME Big Industry
characterization nanocomposites nanosensors synthesis/func. nanophotonics
nanobiotechnology nanoadditives nanometrology nanosimulation nanoencapsulates
Address:
Av. Carl Friedrich Gauss, num. 3
08860 Castelldefels (Barcelona)
Tel.: +34-935534001
Fax: +34-935534000
http://www.icfo.eu/
Contact:
Gonçal Badenes
Chief Scientist, Nanophotonics Lab
e-mail: goncal.badenes@icfo.es
Organization profile
The Institute of Photonic Sciences was created in 2002 by the regional Government of Catalonia, Spain -
through the Department of Universities and Research - and the Technical University of Catalonia. ICFO
is a research centre of excellence devoted to the study of the optical sciences, with the mission to
become one of Europe’s foremost photonics research centres. The centre has a triple mission of frontier
research, post-graduate education, and knowledge and technology transfer. ICFO collaborates actively
with many leading research centres, universities, hospitals, health care centres, and a variety of private
corporations worldwide.
Opening: April 2002
Activity Areas
Research at ICFO is organized in four wide-scope areas: Nonlinear Optics, Quantum Optics, Nano
Photonics and Bio Photonics. Research is organized in 3 major programs: Light for Health, Light for
Energy and Light for Information.
Employees
ICFO currently hosts more than 250 researchers, including group leaders, post-doctoral researchers,
PhD students and research engineers, organized in 20 research groups working in 60 state-of-the-art
research laboratories, equipped with the latest experimental facilities and supported by a range of
cutting-edge facilities for nanofabrication, characterization, imaging and engineering. The Institute is
located in a specially designed, 14.000 m2-building situated in the Mediterranean Technology Park in the
metropolitan area of Barcelona.
Main capacities in nanotechnology / nanoscience
The Nanophotonics Fabrication Laboratory (NPL) at ICFO is a transversal facility devoted to the
fabrication and characterization of nanostructured photonic devices. This laboratory, which is open to
users both within and outside ICFO, includes state of the art nanofabrication tools and techniques for a
wide range of optical applications, ranging from biosensing to optical communications, and spanning a
broad range of materials, including polymers, semiconductors, metals, or crystals, among others. All
these tools and facilities are housed in a class-10000 clean-room environment. The laboratory also
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