ACTIVITIES

In this section details of some of the activities undertaken within the framework of the Research Project are presented.

 

     
Dissemination of Results   Knowledge Transfer   Meetings   Scientific Collaborations   Teaching / Training

 

KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER

2014

Patents

MESOPOROUS MATERIALS FROM NANOPARTICLE ENHANCED POLYSACCHARIDES
Inventors: Peter S. Shuttleworth, Gary J. Ellis, Horacio J. Salavagione (CSIC), Vitaliy L. Budarin, James H. Clark (Univ. York)
Ref: 0436P/GB (UK).
Priority date: 15-09-2014
Owners: University of York - CSIC

 

DISSEMINATION OF RESULTS

2014

International Conferences & Symposia

14th International Conference on Plasma Surface Engineering PSE-2014
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 15-19 September 2014
"Polarization dependent NEXAFS and optical properties of ZnO films prepared by oblique angle magnetron sputtering"
R. Escobar Galindo, I. Caretti, A. Pérez-Checa, D. Toledano, J. Cascales, I. Jiménez, O. Sánchez (Invited lecture)

"Crystalline perfection of ultrathin BN films grown by ion beam assisted deposition"
I. Jiménez, J. Cascales, I. Caretti, R. Torres, R Escobar (Oral)

"Texture control of h-BN films by ion beam assisted deposition"
J. Cascales, I. Caretti, R. Torres, R Escobar, I. Jiménez (Poster)

International Conference on Diamond and Carbon Materials
Madrid, Spain, 8-11 September 2014,
"Graphene growth on insulating and metallic substrates by carbon evapporation"
J. Cascales, R. Torres and I. Jiménez (Poster)

"Graphene/BN multilayers by sequential carbon and boron evaporation"
J. Cascales, R. Torres and I. Jiménez (Poster)

MACRO2014
Chiang-Mai, Thailand, 6-11 July 2014

"Interphase-driven enhancement of properties in polymer nanocomposites based on graphene and carbon nanotubes"
H.J. Salavagione, A. Diez-Pascual, M. Castelaín, P.S. Shuttleworth, G. Martínez, C. Marco, G. Ellis, M.A. Gómez-Fatou (Oral)

16th European Conference on Composite Materials (ECCM16)
Seville, Spain, 22-26 June 2014

"Graphene based polymer nanocomposites: chemical incorporation strategies and
property enhancement"

H.J. Salavagione, M. Castelaín, P.S. Shuttleworth, G. Martínez, M.A. Gómez-Fatou,
C. Marco, G. Ellis (Oral)

2nd International Conference on Structural Nano Composites, NANOSTRUCT2014
Madrid, Sapin, 20-21 May 2014

"Influence of carbon nanotubes on the properties of epoxy based composites reinforced
with a semicrystalline thermoplastic"

Díez Pascual, Ana M.; Shuttleworth, Peter S.; Gónzalez-Castillo, Eduin; Marco, Carlos; Gómez-Fatou,Marian; Ellis, Gary (Oral)

"Development of Hemp oil – based bioplastics: a thermal and spectroscopic study"
Shuttleworth, Peter S.; Díez Pascual, Ana M.; Ellis, Gary (Poster)

2013

International Conferences & Symposia

Nanoscale Multilayers'13: International Workshop on the Mechanical Behaviour of Nanoscale Multilayers
Madrid, Spain, 1-4 October 2013

"Wear Resistance of Carbon/Boron Nitride Nanometric Multilayers
"
Ignacio Jimenez; Ricardo Torres; Ignacio Caretti; José Cascales (Conferencia invitada)

Trends in Nanotechnology, TNT-2013
Sevilla, Spain, 9-13 septiembre 2013

"Controlling the orientation of boron nitride and carbon layers in BN/graphene stackings"

J. Cascales, R. Torres, R. Escobar, I. Caretti and I. Jiménez (Poster)

EUROFILLERS 2013
Bratislava, Sovakia, 25-29 August 2013

“Development of novel epoxy-based composites reinforced with a semicrystalline thermoplastic and carbon nanotubes”

A.M. Díez-Pascual, E.I. González-Castillo, P.S. Shuttleworth, C. Marco, M.A. Gómez-Fatou, G. Ellis (Short lecture)

3rd INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM FRONTIERS IN POLYMER SCIENCE
Sitges, Spain, 21-23 May 2013

“Synchrotron IR microspectroscopy and microfocus x-ray scattering studies on isotactic polypropylene: The beta-cylindritic morphology”

G. Santoro, S. Yu, S.V. Roth, C. Krycha, U. Schade, C. Marco, G. Ellis (Poster)

“Thermal and spectroscopic study of curing mechanisms for the development of Hemp oil – based bioplastics”
P.S. Shuttleworth, A.M. Díez-Pascual, G. Ellis (Poster)

“Graphene chemistry for attachment to polymers”
H.J. Salavagione, G. Martínez, M. Castelaín, G. Ellis, J.L. Segura, M. Gómez, C. Marco,  E. Coskun (Poster)

12TH ANNUAL IUPAC/UNESCO CONFERENCE ON MACROMOLECULES AND MATERIALS
Stellenbosch, South Africa. March 25-28, 2013

“Influence of carbon nanotubes on the properties of fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites”
Gómez-Fatou, Marián A; Diez-Pascual, Ana María; Naffakh, Mohammed; Ellis, Gary; Marco, Carlos; González-Domínguez, José Miguel; Martínez, Teresa; Ashrafi, Behnam; Johnston, Andrew; Simard, Bernoit (Talk)

2012

International Conferences & Symposia

COINAPO 2012: TOPICAL MEETING ON COMPOSITE MATERIALS OF INORGANIC NANOTUBES AND POLYMERS
Rehovot, Israel, 19-21 November 2012
“Progress in the Research of Polymer Nanocomposites based on Inorganic Fullerene-like Nanoparticles and Nanotubes”
Mohammed Naffakh (Plenary lecture)

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES EMTECH 2012
Cambridge, Boston (USA), 24-26 de Octubre de 2012
“Development of nanocomposites for the aeronautic industry”
A.M. Díez-Pascual (Invited oral communication)

PSE-2012, 13th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PLASMA SURFACE ENGINEERING
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, Septiembre 10-14, 2012
“Wear resistant carbon and B-C-N nanostructured films: nanocomposites and multilayers”
Ignacio Jimenez, Ricardo Torres, José Cascales, Ignacio Caretti, Josephus G. Buijnsters (Invited lecture)

“Bonding structure of B-C-N ternary compounds grown by ion beam assisted deposition and their tribomechanical properties”
Ignacio Caretti, Ignacio Jiménez (Oral communication)

“An EPR/ENDOR study of free radicals in X-ray and plasma irradiated polymer powders”
Ignacio Caretti, Ignacio Jiménez, Sabine Van Doorslaer (Poster)

“Coordination chemistry of titanium and zinc in Ti(1-x)Zn2xO2 (0≤x≤1) ultrathin films grown by DC reactive magnetron sputtering”
Miriam Yuste, Ignacio Caretti, Ricardo Torres, Olga Sánchez, Ignacio Jiménez, Ramón Escobar (Poster)

“Plasma modification of polypropylene microparticles for use as a polar compatibilizer in polymer/clay nanocomposites”
Ignacio Jimenez, Zulima Martín, Ricardo Torres, Ignacio Caretti, Marian Gómez-Fatou (Poster)

POLYMERS IN MEDICINE 2012
Praga, República Checa, 1-5 de julio de 2012
“Hydrolytic degradation of nanocomposites of poly(L-lactic acid) and layered double hydroxides modified with chloramphenicol succinate”
Oyarzabal, A; Mugica, A; Zubitur, M (Poster)

WORKSHOP OPTOCOAT-2012
Alicante, España, 31 de mayo de 2012
“Structural and photocatalytic properties of multiwalled titanate-based nanotubes”
Ignacio Caretti, Stefan Ribbens, Evi Beyers, Sepideh Zamani, Evi Vinck, Angel R. Landa Canovas, Ricardo Torres, Ignacio Jiménez, Pegie Cool and Sabine Van Doorslae (Oral communication)

CHEMONTUBES 2012: INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON THE CHEMISTRY OF NANOTUBES AND GRAPHENE
Arcachon, France, 1-5 de Abril de 2012
"A Polymer/Solvent Synergetic Effect to Improve the Solubility of Modified Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes"
Salavagione, H; Martínez, G; Marco, C (Poster)

POLYCHAR 20 – WORLD FORUM ON ADVANCED MATERIALS
Dubrovnik, CROATIA, 26-30 March 2012
"Structure and properties of poly(phenylene sulphide) and poly(ether ether ketone) composites reinforced with single-walled carbon nanotube buckypaper"
Gómez-Fatou, Marián A; Díez-Pascual, Ana M; Guan, Jingwen; Simard, Benoit; Marco, Carlos; Ellis, Gary (Oral communication)

11th EUROPEAN CONGRESS ON POLYMER BLENDS
Donostia-San Sebastian, SPAIN. 26-28 March 2012
“Single-walled carbon nanotubes and inorganic fullerene-like WS2 nanoparticles for multifunctional poly(phenylene sulphide) hybrid nanocomposites"
Naffakh, Mohammed; Diéz-Pascual, Ana M; Marco, Carlos; Ellis, Gary (Poster)

"Crystallization behaviour of poly(p-dioxanone)/layered double hydroxide nanocomposites"
Zubitur, Manoli; Cortázar, Milagros; Múgica, Agurtzane (Poster)


National Conferences & Symposia

EMTECH 2012 Spain
Málaga, 22-23 November 2012
“Nanocompuestos polimericos para la industria aeronautica”
A.M. Díez-Pascual (Invited oral presentation)

NANOCARBON COMPOSITES 2012
Valencia, Sapin, 5th October 2012
“Hybrid Thermoplastic Based Nanocomposites with Carbon Nanotubes and Inorganic Fullerene-like Nanoparticles: Rheological and Tribological Properties”
A.M. Díez-Pascual; M. Naffakh; M. A. Gómez-Fatou; C. Marco; G. Ellis (Poster)

XII CONGRESO NACIONAL DE MATERIALES
Alicante, Spain, 30th May – 1st June 2012
“Funcionalización covalente y no covalente de nanotubos de carbono de cara simple dirigida a su integración en resinas epoxy”
González-Dominguez, JM; Antón-Casaos, A; Martínez Fernandez de Landa, MT; Diéz-Pascual, AM; Gómez-Fatou, M. (Oral communication)

MIRAS-2012. 3RD SPANISH MEETING ON SYNCHROTRON RADIATION INFRARED MICROSPECTROSCOPY
Valencia, Spain, 19-20 April 2012
“Studying chain orientation and crystalline superstructure in semicrystalline polymers using polarization-modulated synchrotron IR microspectroscopy”
Gary Ellis, Gonzalo Santoro; Carlos Marco; Martin Schmidt;Ulrich Schade (Poster)


2011

International Conferences & Symposia

ITFPC-MIATEC-2011 (Innovations in Thin Film Processing and Characterisation, ITFPC y Magnetron, Ion processing and Arc Technologies European Conference, MIATEC 2011
Nancy, France. November 2011
"Structure and surface elastic properties of boron nitride - carbon multilayers"
R. J. Jiménez Riobóo, R. Torres, I. Caretti, S. Álvarez-García, A. De Andrés, I. Jiménez

WIRMS 2011 (6th Workshop on Infrared Spectroscopy and Microscopy with Accelerator-Based Sources)
Trieste, Italy. 4-8 September, 2011
“Polarization-modulated synchrotron infrared microspectroscopy for the study of crystalline morphology in some semicrystalline polyolefins”
Santoro, Gonzalo; Schmidt, Martin; Schade, Ulrich; Marco, Carlos; Ellis, Gary (Poster)

EUROPEAN MRS SPRING MEETING
Niza, France. 9-13 May, 2011.
"Structure and properties of BN/C and B/C multilayers for use as protective coatings"
Torres, R; Caretti, I; Escobar, ; Jiménez, I

44TH ESR CONFERENCE (44th Annual International Meeting of the ESR Spectroscopy Group of the Royal Society of Chemistry)
York, UK. 3-7 April, 2011.
"
An EPR/ENDOR study of free radicals in X-ray and plasma irradiated polymer powders
Caretti, I; Van Doorslaer, S; Jiménez, I

POLYCHAR 19 – WORLD FORUM ON ADVANCED MATERIALS
Kathmandu, Nepal. 20-24 March, 2011.
“Nanoreinforced epoxy composite materials using aminated SWCNTs through different functionalization approaches”
Martínez, M Teresa; González-Domínguez, José M; Ansón, Alejandro; Díez-Pascual, Ana M; Gómez, Marián A. (Talk)

“New strategies for the development of PEEK/SWCNT nanocomposites”
Gómez, Marián A; Diez-Pascual, Ana María; Naffakh, Mohammed; Martínez, Gerardo; Ellis, Gary; Marco, Carlos; González-Domínguez, José Miguel; Martínez, Teresa; Martínez-Rubi, Yadienka y Simard, Bernoit (Talk)

WORKSHOP ON IR SPECTROSCOPY - SCIENCE USING IR SYNCHROTRON LIGHT: A USER'S PERSPECTIVE Basel, Switzerland. 1-2 February, 2011
“Synchrotron IR Microspectroscopy: A powerful tool for polymer science”
Ellis, Gary (Invited lecture)

 

National Conferences & Symposia

XI REUNIÓN DEL GRUPO ESPAÑOL DEL CARBÓN
Badajoz, 23-26 October, 2011.
“Diseño de materiales compuestos avanzados usando nanotubos de carbono con grupos amino”
González-Domínguez, José M; Ansón,  Alejandro; Díez-Pascual, Ana M; Gómez, Marián A; Martínez, M Teresa. (Poster)

V REUNIÓN AUSE
Valencia, 6-9 September, 2011.
“X-ray spectromicroscopy (STXM) of polypropylene/clay nanocomposites”

Martín, Zulima; Gómez, Marián A; Jiménez, Ignacio. (Poster)

"XANES analysis of multilayers in B-C-N system at nanometric resolution"
Torres, R; Escobar, R; Caretti, I; Brun, N; Serin, V; Jiménez, I.

 

PROJECT MEETINGS

  • Periodic sub-project meetings
  • Technical and Informative Seminars:
    • "RF-Plasma modificación of carbon nanotubes and polymers (I)", Ignacio Jiménez (03/07/2011)
    • "Raman microspectroscopy of carbon nanotubes and graphene", Gary Ellis (29/02/2012)
    • "Infrared microspectroscopy: Laboratory vs Synchrotron", Gary Ellis (12/07/2012)
    • "Nanocompuestos de altas prestaciones basados en poli(éter éter cetona)", Ana Díez-Pascual (19/09/2012)
    • "Mesoporous carbons", Peter Shuttleworth (25/10/2012)
    • "Polymer coatings: Methodologies", Ignacio Jiménez (16/01/2012)
    • "Nanocompuestos epoxi-termoplástico-MWCNT: Evaluación y caracterización, Ana Díez-Pascual (16/04/2013)
    • "Real-time monitoring of curing processes by FTIR", Gary Ellis, Julio 2013
Next seminar....   Next meeting....
TBA   TBA
  • Meetings with the industrial sector
  • Meetings with National and International Groups
    • VII Framework Programme
    • i-LINK Project
      • Kick-off Meeting, York, UK - 26/03/2013
      • Kick-off Meeting, Madrid - 10/04/2013

 

SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATIONS

Within the framework of the Project there are several active collaborations with colleagues from other Research Centres and Universities, both National and International. Some of these collaborations, and the people involved, are presented below.

National Collaborations

 
Institute of Carbon Chemistry of Zaragoza, CSIC

“Polymer nanocomposites with carbon nanotubes”
Teresa Martínez, Alejandro Ansón-Casaos, Jose Miguel González Domínguez
Mª Ángeles Gómez, Ana M Diez-Pascual, Mohammed Naffakh (UPM)

 
Institute of Polymer Science & Technology, CSIC
“Graphene-based and CNT-based polymer nanocomposites”
Horacio J Salavagione
Gerardo Martínez, Carlos Marco, Gary Ellis, Mª Ángeles Gómez Rodríguez
 
Institute of Structure of Matter, CSIC
“Nanoindentation of polymer nanocomposites”
Araceli Flores, Fernando Ania
Mª Ángeles Gómez Rodríguez, Ana Díez-Pascual
 
   

International Collaborations

 
Synchrotron SOLEIL (IRIS Beamline), París, FRANCE

“Synchrotron Infrared Microspectroscopy: Developments in polymeric materials. Design of an IR beamline for the Spanish Synchrotron ALBA.”
Paul Dumas
Gary Ellis

 
Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin, BESSY-II Synchrotron, Berlin, GERMANY

“Microscopic characterization of anisotropic polymers via polarization modulated synchrotron IR radiation”
Ulrich Schade
Gary Ellis, Gonzalo Santoro, Peter Shuttleworth, Carlos Marco

 
University of York, Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, York, UNITED KINGDOM

“Nanocomposite enhancement of naturally-derived materials”
James Clark, Vitaly Budarin
Peter Shuttleworth, Gary Ellis, Horacio Salavagione, Marián Gómez, Carlos Marco

 
CEA-LETI, Grenoble, FRANCE

“Development of novel phase-change materials from coated polymers for energy conversion”
Laurent Bedel
Ignacio Jímenez, Ignacio Carreti

 
Universidad de Antwerp, BELGIUM

“Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) measurements”
Sabine Van Doorslaer
Ignacio Jímenez, Ignacio Carreti

 

Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, SLOVENIA

“MoS2 inorganic nanotubes based materials”
Maja Remškar
Mohammed Naffakh (UPM)
 
University of Central Lancaster, Dept. Forensic & Investigative Sciences, UK
“Study of the flammability properties of PEEK/CNT nanocomposites”
Richard Hull, Parina Patel
Ana Díez-Pascual, Mohammed Naffakh (UPM), Gary Ellis
 
NRCC, Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, Ottowa, CANADA
“Nanocomposites with carbon nanotubes for applications in aerospace transport”
Benoit Simard
Mª Ángeles Gómez, Carlos Marco, Gary Ellis, Gerardo Martínez, Ana Diez, Mohammed Naffakh (UPM)
 

 

TEACHING / TRAINING

 

PhD THESES

DEVELOPMENT OF THERMOSET/THERMOPLASTIC BLEND NANOCOMPOSITES WITH CARBON-BASED FILLERS
Eduin Iván González Castillo
Director: Gary Ellis
In progress...

CRECIMIENTO DE GRAFENO Y MULTICAPAS GRAFENO / BN
Director: Ignacio Jiménez Guerrero
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
In progress...

SISTEMAS NANOESTRUCTURADOS BASADOS EN BORO, CARBONO Y NITRÓGENO
Ricardo Torres Guzmán
Director: Ignacio Jiménez Guerrero
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
23rd March 2012
Sobresaliente Cum Laude por unanimidad

MODIFICACÓN DE LAS PROPIEDADES TÉRMICAS, MECÁNICAS Y SUPERFICIALES DE MEZCLAS DE POLIPROPILENO Y ELASTÓMEROS
Nuria Fanegas Martín
Supervisors: Mª Angeles Gómez Rodríguez y Ignacio Jiménez Guerrero
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
17th May 2011
Sobresaliente Cum Laude

PREPARACIÓN Y CARACTERIZACIÓN DE NANOCOMPUESTOS POLIMÉRICOS DE iPP Y PET CON NANOTUBOS DE CARBONO: ESTUDIO MEDIANTE MICROESPECTROSCOPÍA VIBRACIONAL
Gonzalo Santoro Domingo
Supervisors: Gary Ellis y Mª Angeles Gómez Rodríguez
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
12th December 2011
Sobresaliente Cum Laude

MASTERS PROJECTS

DESARROLLO DE MEZCLAS TERMOPLÁSTICO-TERMOENDURECIBLE CON NANOCARGAS DE CARBONO
Eduin Iván González Castillo
UIMP-CSIC
Director: Gary Ellis
17th May 2013

PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NYLON-6/SEBS NANOCOMPOSITES WITH MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES
Alberto Vara
UIMP-CSIC
Supervisors: Peter Shuttleworth & Gary Ellis
May 2014

FINAL YEAR PROJECTS

NANOCOMPUESTOS ASIMÉTRICOS CON MEZCLAS POLIMÉRICOS INCORPORANDO NANOTUBOS DE CARBONO
Jorge Gregorio Zaplana
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, EUIT Aeronáutica
Supervisors: Peter Shuttleworth & Gary Ellis
9th June 2014