BCMaterials
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| Established | April 25, 2012 |
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| Director | José Manuel Barandiarán |
| Location | Leioa, Basque Country, Spain |
| Website | http://bcmaterials.net |
BCMaterials, which stands for Basque Center for Materials Applications & Nanostructures - BCMaterials Materials Fundazioa, is an autonomous research center located on the Basque Country, Spain. It covers all aspects of research in Functional Materials with advanced Electric, Magnetic and Optical properties; from basic aspects to applications. Special activity is devoted to thin films materials and characterization techniques involving Large International Facilities, like neutron and synchrotron radiation sources.
Aiming a world leadership in Materials Research, the BCMaterials is currently developing his activity in three main lines, namely:
All of these lines already count with a number of high level researchers and facilities that are shared with the University of the Basque Country. Specific facilities are a clean room for thin film deposition and nanolithography, Sputtering, Pulsed Laser Deposition and Spin Coating as well as lift-off and RIE facilities for lithography, profilometry, Atomic/Magnetic Force Microscopy, SQUID and Magneto Optical Kerr Effect (MOKE) magnetometry, etc.
Ikerbasque, the Basque Foundation for Science, accorded in March 2011 the creation of a new center of research: the Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures. The center will make part of the BERC’s (Basque excellence Research Centers) network.
On April 2012, the BCMaterials Foundation has been put forward by the contributions of Ikerbasque and the University of the Basque Country. This foundation supports the BCMaterials activities and provides a way for fluid interplay with other academic departments and institutes, technological centers, industry and public institutions.
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