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T'agradaria desenvolupar la teva pròxima recerca artística a l'ICFO? 🎶🎨🔬

ICFO participa com una de les cinc institucions científiques col·laboradores de la primera convocatòria internacional de residències de Platform Dalí, el programa impulsat per la Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí que promou el diàleg entre art, ciència i cultura contemporània.

Sota la pregunta Què és real?, la convocatòria convida artistes de qualsevol disciplina i nacionalitat a desenvolupar una residència de recerca i creació de 12 mesos en una de les institucions col·laboradores, entre les quals ens trobem.

🔗 Informa't, consulta les bases i presenta la teva candidatura abans del 7 de setembre de 2026 a 👇

Platform Dalí Els artistes de qualsevol nacionalitat i disciplina estan convidats a presentar la seva candidatura a la convocatòria inaugural de residències de Platforma Dalí

📝Supersolidity meets magnetism in an optical lattice

For the first time, a numerical simulation shows a phase of matter that combines lattice supersolidity and magnetism.

In a recent Physical Review Letters publication, however, an international team of researchers, including Prof. at ICFO Maciej Lewenstein, have theoretically studied and simulated phases of matter that, for the first time, combine supersolidity and magnetism. The researchers have also proposed a concrete experimental set-up based on magnetic atoms (in particular, dysprosium) for the creation and detection of such states.

ICFO News 👉 https://www.icfo.eu/news/2695/supersolidity-meets-magnetism-in-an-optical-lattice/140/

📸 Local density and current flux patterns for the ferro- (top) and ferri- (down) magnetic phases.

📝 From a sphere to a tetrahedron: a novel quantum dot growth strategy for SWIR detection

ICFO researchers, Dr. Taewan Kim, Dr. Jae Taek Oh, Hao Wu, Marta Martos Valverde, and Dr. Debranjan Mandal, led by ICREA Prof. Gerasimos Konstantatos, have proposed a novel method to synthesize indium arsenide colloidal quantum dots for SWIR detection that overcomes previous limitations.

Presented in Advanced Materials, this safe and economic alternative to conventional synthesis methods paves the way for high-performance SWIR optoelectronics.

ICFO News 👉 https://www.icfo.eu/news/2693/from-a-sphere-to-a-tetrahedron-a-novel-quantum-dot-growth-strategy-for-swir-detection/140/

📸 TEM images of the tetrahedral CQDs, absorbing wavelengths of around 1730nm. Source: Advanced Materials.

Congratulations to New ICFO PhD Graduate!

We congratulate Dr. Álvaro Moreno Abajo who defended his thesis this morning in ICFO’s Auditorium.

Dr. Moreno Abajo obtained his MSc in Photonics from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, before joining the Quantum Nano-Optoelectronics research group led by ICREA professor Dr. Frank Koppens. His thesis titled "Optical investigation of 2D materials with in-plane engineering: exciton confinement and chirality sensing" was supervised by ICREA Prof. Dr. Frank Koppens and Prof. Dr. Antoine Reserbat-Plantey.

Congratulations Álvaro!!! 👏👏👏

ICFO News 👉 https://www.icfo.eu/news/2692/congratulations-to-new-icfo-phd-graduate/140/

ARQ Quantum Technologies wins Photonics21 Innovation Award 2026 🏆

Arq Quantum Technologies, ICFO’s newly created spin-off that focuses on quantum networks, in particular quantum repeaters, has been awarded the Photonics21 Innovation Award 2026 during the Photonics Partnership Annual Meeting held in Brussels on 9–10 June.

💬 As Samuele Grandi, co-founder and CEO of the company comments, “We are deeply grateful for the Photonics21 Innovation Award 2026. As an early-stage company, having our integrated repeater node recognized as a genuine technical breakthrough by the European photonics community is an important validation of our approach and our team's work.”

ICFO News 👉 https://www.icfo.eu/news/2691/arq-quantum-technologies-wins-photonics21-innovation-award-2026/880/

Congratulations to New ICFO PhD Graduate!

We congratulate Dr. Miguel Dosil García who defended his thesis this morning in ICFO’s Auditorium.

Dr. Dosil García obtained his MSc in Advanced Materials, Nanotechnology and Photonics from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, before joining the Functional Optoelectronic Nanomaterials research group led by ICREA professor Dr. Gerasimos Konstantatos. His thesis titled "Optical Spectroscopy of Infrared-Emitting Colloidal Quantum Dots: From Ensemble to Single Particles" was supervised by ICREA Prof. Dr. Gerasimos Konstantatos.

Congratulations Miguel!!! 👏👏👏

ICFO News 👉 https://www.icfo.eu/news/2690/congratulations-to-new-icfo-phd-graduate/880/

Congratulations to New ICFO PhD Graduate!

We congratulate Dr. María Hernandez Ruiz who defended her thesis this afternoon in ICFO’s Auditorium.

Dr. Hernández Ruiz obtained her MSc in Optical Fiber and Photonic Engineering from the University of Southampton; and she joined the Atomic Quantum Optics team led by Prof. Dr. Morgan Mitchell. Her thesis titled “Cavity-Enhanced, Optically Pumped Magnetometry and its Miniaturization” was supervised by Prof. Dr. Morgan Mitchell and Dr. Vito Giovanni Lucivero.

Congratulations Maria!!! 👏👏👏

ICFO News 👉 https://www.icfo.eu/news/2689/congratulations-to-new-icfo-phd-graduate/140/

🏆 ICFO Prof. F. Pelayo García de Arquer has received the 10th Banc Sabadell Foundation Prize for Science and Engineering for his pioneering advances in nanoscience for sustainable development and new optoelectronic devices.

The jury highlighted his “extraordinary impact on the international scientific community and his contributions in the field of technology transfer in areas as critical and socially relevant as decarbonization”, underscoring his “vision, leadership, and ability to create and energize multidisciplinary teams.”

García de Arquer receives this award alongside UPF ICREA Prof. Marc Güell Cargol, who has been honored with the 21st Biomedical Research Prize.

Congratulations!! 🙌

ICFO News 👉 https://www.icfo.eu/news/2687/f-pelayo-garcia-de-arquer-honored-by-the-banc-sabadell-foundation/140/

Congratulations to New ICFO PhD Graduate!

We congratulate Dr. Anubhav Srivastava who defended his thesis this morning in ICFO’s Elements Room.

Dr. Srivastava obtained his MSc in Physics from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, before joining the Quantum Optics Theory research group led by ICREA professor Dr. Maciej Lewenstein. His thesis titled "Quantum simulations of spin systems for optimal quantum metrology" was supervised by ICREA Prof. Dr. Maciej Lewenstein and Dr. Marcin Płodzień, PhD.

Congratulations Anubhav!!! 👏👏👏

ICFO News 👉 https://lnkd.in/eTxxKYAM