BCMaterials has recently become an institution associated with the Adagio program. This initiative’s purpose is to offer scholarships to post-doctoral researchers so they can develop scientific projects for 3 years in the field of advanced manufacturing. The Adagio program (Advanced Manufacturing Research Fellowship Program in the Basque – New Aquitaine Region) is an MSCA co-fund initiative promoted by the University of the Basque Country/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea and the University of Bordeaux in France.

On June 20 and 22, some of the main European experts in neutron sciences met at the IMoH 2022 congress, 1st International Meeting on Challenges and Opportunities for HICANS. The event, held in the auditorium of the Martina Casiano building, headquarters of BCMaterials, was an international pioneer because of its specific focus on HICANs.

  We want to welcome our new administrative officer Eder Ruiz. We hope you enjoy and learn a lot with us during your internship.

BCMaterials has signed an agreement with the Basque Paper Cluster Association to become a member of this institution. The objective of joining the cluster is to add value to the paper sector in the Basque Country, through BCMaterials' knowledge of new sustainable materials that can lead to industrial applications. The Basque Paper Cluster Association r is a non-profit organization founded in 1998 by 19 companies.

We want to congratulate David Payno Zarceño, pre-doctoral reseracher of BCMaterials, for becoming new doctor on 29th April. David made an excellent defense of his thesis called "Improving kesterite for its use in low-cost superstrate solar cells". This is the culmination of a great work carried out in all these years in our center. Congratulations, David!

BCMaterials Annual Report 2021 is already available in our website https://www.bcmaterials.net/transparency/. The report reflects how 2021 was an excellent year for our center in terms of scientific discoveries and applications, research outputs and increasing figures of merit.

Daniel Domenech Azorín joined BCMaterials as a new Pre-Doctoral researcher. Daniel will work on current induced magnetic domain walls in nanostructures and thin films with José María Porro, Ikerbasque Research Associate. Welcome, Daniel!!

Three new visitors have begun their research stay at BCMaterials in early April: Rita Policia, Luca Andreo and Mahdi Gassara. Rita Policia, coming from Universidade do Minho in Portugal, will work on printable electroluminescent and electrochromic materials and devices.

An international and interdisciplinary team of scientists, comprising Stefan Wuttke, Ikerbasque Research Professor at BCMaterials, and Steven Boxer from Stanford University (USA), has received a prestigious three-year Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) Grant.

   

• From June 20 to 22, the event will bring together some of the leading European experts in neutron sciences
• The UPV-EHU Campus in Leioa, venue for the international meeting
• First meeting in Spain dedicated monographically to the HICANS, compact facilities that access to experimentation with neutrons for scientists and students

From June 20 to 22, the Campus of the University of th