Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC)
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Condensed Matter Physics Center at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. www.ifimac.uam.es
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UltraBat, OPERA and Opincharge are organizing a webinar series: "Time and Length-Scale Operando Bridging Techniques to Study Battery Interfaces", running from autumn 2025 to spring 2026.
1st one - Thursday, 23 October 2025, at 3:00 PM 👇 @uam.es
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The experimental activity @uam.es was led by Carlos Antón Solanas @cantonso.bsky.social with 8 students: Adolfo Menéndez Rúa, Juan Vidal Martínez-Pons, Raúl Díez Martínez, Alejandro Izquierdo Molina, Diego Marni Sobrino, Andrea Herrero Otermín, Marcos Puerto Matías, Lucía Lázaro Gutiérrez.
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The project's suitcase was at IFIMAC quantum optics laboratory from 15 July to 30 August 2024 (its fourth stop @cienciasuam.bsky.social ), where measurements were made to check that the source was working properly before it was sent on to the next place.
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The device, which was made at TU Berlin, can show how quantum communication and computation work. It has been used to help people understand more about the 2025 International Year of Quantum Science and Technology. #IQY2025
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QuanTour has been recognised for its important work in quantum science, where they took a special kind of light source (a quantum dot-based single-photon source) through 12 laboratories in 12 European countries over 12 months.
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📢Seminar 15 October at 15h, Faculty of Science, Seminar Room Module 5 @cienciasuam.bsky.social @uam.es
Emanuele Galiffi will talk about Changing matter, faster than light. See you there!👇
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Our researchers continue to contribute to this field within our centre and the newly funded knowledge-based company Porous Energy, drawing inspiration from the Laureates work.
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The chemistry of these frameworks represents a paradigm shift towards a new era of bespoke materials, where scientific innovation and creative imagination converge to engineer a cleaner, more liveable future.
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There are three applications which hold the greatest potential for a more sustainable planet: selective CO2 capture, water harvesting from the air and hydrogen storage.
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The impact is substantial: at present, more than 100,000 MOFs are recognised, and hundreds of laboratories are exploring their applications.
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The 2025 Nobel Laureates in Chemistry established a rational approach to material construction. As Yaghi summarised, the challenge lies in designing and modifying materials with control.
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By selecting different building blocks, it is possible to adjust their physical and chemical properties in order to selectively absorb compounds, separate industrial gas mixtures, purify water, create sensors, transport and release drugs, or accelerate catalytic reactions.
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These customisable porous networks are known as metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) and covalent organic frameworks (COFs).
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Do you remember the LEGO pieces from your childhood? Replace them with molecules that bond in two or three directions and you get ordered materials with cavities of defined sizes and shapes — true crystalline 'molecular sponges' with exceptional properties.
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The 2025 @nobelprize.bsky.social in Chemistry was awarded today to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi “for the development of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs)”.🧵
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Inspired by their work, our theoretical and experimental researchers continue to explore this exciting field by studying superconducting circuits that incorporate advanced, novel materials.
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At IFIMAC, we are especially pleased with this award due to the longstanding relationship and fruitful scientific collaboration with one of the laureates, Prof. Devoret.
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Together, the work of Clarke, Devoret, and Martinis has reshaped our understanding of the limits of quantum physics and opened the way to a new generation of quantum technologies based on superconductors.
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These qubits are now used in many experimental quantum processors. The same principles have also made it possible to create ultra-precise quantum sensors that can detect extremely weak magnetic fields or even individual photons.
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The impact of these discoveries has been enormous. The quantum circuits developed from those early experiments led to superconducting qubits, one of the most promising technologies for building quantum computers.
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These experiments proved that the laws of quantum mechanics are not limited to tiny systems, but can also describe larger, carefully designed circuits that are well isolated from their surroundings.
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Their research began in the 1980s and 1990s, when Clarke, Devoret, and Martinis studied Josephson circuits, in which electric current can pass through a thin insulating barrier thanks to quantum tunneling.
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Normally, quantum effects - that dominate the world of atoms - disappear in large systems composed of many particles. But the laureates showed that electrical circuits made from superconducting materials can behave like artificial atoms, with discrete energy levels and truly quantum properties.