Lively presentations and discussion on Innovation and Technology Transfer Workshop, 9/10/2019 at the University of Minho, Portugal . Thanks a lot for the nice invitation and the really interesting day!

And the best poster award goes to…… A. Valverde, R. Fernandez de Luis, R. Gonçalves, M. M. Silva, A. Fidalgo, C. M. Costa and S, Lanceros-Mendez for innovation in battery  separator membranes based on MOF´S! Congratulations!...in the week in which the work on Lithium-ion batteries was awarded with the Nobel prize!

Lanceros-Mendez has given an invited talk in the area of printed batteries at the International Conference Mission 10000: Batteries, International Nanotechnology Laboratory. The perfect event for meeting friends and colleagues, discussing future research plans, great innovation and success…..

A contribution from BCMaterials and colleagues, "Ionic-Liquid-Based Electroactive Polymer Composites for Muscle Tissue Engineering", was selected as journal cover in ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 20191102649-2658. Congratulations to the authors. DOI: 10.1021/acsapm.9b00566

Invited talk on Advanced Manufacturing Tecnologies for Smart Sensors and Actuators at the SPIE meeting on Security and Defence, Strasbourg, France, 9/9/2019-12/9/2019.

Invited talk on “Polymer-based Magnetoelectric Materials for Sensors, Actuators and Energy Harvesting: Materials, applications, challenges” at the 3rd Energy Harvesting Society Meeting 2019 in Falls Church, VA, USA. Really great conference, shaping the future in this interesting and growing area!

A contribution from BCMaterials and colleagues, "Environmentally Friendly Printable Piezoelectric Inks and Their Application in the Development of All-Printed Touch Screens", was selected as journal cover in "ACS Applied Electronic Materials", 2019, 1, 8, 1678-1687. Congratulations to the authors. DOI: 10.1021/acsaelm.9b00363

Invited talk on “Polymer nanocomposite based smart and multifunctional materials” at the 9th International Workshop on Polymer Metal NanoComposites, 21-24/07 in Helsinki, Finnland. Thanks a lot Mady Elbahry for the invitation and the interesting conference in a great environment! See you again, soon! Workshop

Professor Jose Luis Endrino, Ikerbasque Professor of BCMaterials, has attended the "Engineering Summer School" giving a talk with the title "Low Friction Materials and the benefits of Surface Engineering", at Concord College, Shrewsbury (England) on August 8. Event Link

A contribution from BCMaterials and colleagues, "Nanoparticle Characterization: What to Measure?", was selected as journal cover in "Advanced Materials", Volume31, Issue32, August 9, 2019, 1901556. Congratulations to the authors. DOI: 10.1002/adma.201901556