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Capacities
INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH OF
CATALONIA (ICIQ)
University Technology Center Research center SME Large Company
characterization nanocomposites nanosensors synthesis/func. nanophotonics
nanobiotechnology nanoadditives nanometrology nanosimulation nanoencapsulates
Address:
Av. Paisos Catalans, 14
43007 Tarragona, Spain
Tel.:+34 977 920 200
Fax: +34 977 920 224
Webpage: www.iciq.es
Contact:
Eva M. Alcázar Expósito
Research Projects Manager Technician
e-mail: ealcazar@iciq.es
Organization profile
The Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) is a non-profit organization founded in 2004 by
the Generalitat de Catalunya devoted to research in the area of chemistry. The institute is sponsored by
leading chemical and pharmaceutical companies and it is funded by the Generalitat de Catalunya, the
European Union (FEDER funds) as well as by competitive research funding and the revenues from
industrial collaborations.
ICIQ hosts 18 research groups covering three main research areas:
Catalysis of the chemical process: Health and Sustainability.
Supramolecular chemistry: Nanoscience and New Materials.
Renewable energies: Molecular Photovoltaic and Artificial Photosynthesis.
ICIQ has consolidated its position as one of the top level institutions for chemical research.
Main capacities in nanotechnology / nanoscience
Synthesis of metal nanoparticles modified by ligands.
- Synthesis of superparamagnetic nanoparticles.
- Functionalization of nanoparticles for copper catalyzed alkyne-azide cycloaddition (CuAAC)
reactions (Click Chemistry).
- Preparation of functional nanoparticles for chemical and biomedical applications using CuAAC
reactions.
- Synthesis and design of functional molecules and supramolecules at the nanometer scale.
- Molecular inclusion and molecular encapsulation. Towards the development of nano-scale
reaction vessels for applications in catalysis and as a tool to perform organic reactions in water.
- Design and development of synthetic strategies for the preparation of planar and curved
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