Catalan Institute of Nanotechnology


The Catalan Institute of Nanotechnology was established in 2003 by the Catalan government and the Autonomous University of Barcelona, with the aim of attracting skilled international researchers to create a hub for nanoscience and nanotechnology research.

Research areas

Research focused in the following areas:
Following collaborations between the ICN and the Spanish government's Centre for Research in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, the ICN and the Spanish Research Council signed a memorandum of understanding of their official collaboration in 2006. This agreement was formalised in 2011, when CSIC representatives joined the ICN's board of patrons, and then in 2013, when the ICN changed its name to the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.