Director: Lluis Tornercontact: director@icfo.eu

MOST RELEVANT SCIENTIFIC PROYECTS 2012 -2013

ICFO’s research can be divided into four broad thematic areas: Nonlinear photonics, quantum photonics, nano-photonics and biophotonics. To further promote interactions among ICFO groups and multidisciplinary research projects, 3 focus programs were established

ICFO AT A GLANCE

SPIN OFFS

ICFO is proactive in fostering entrepreneurial activities and spin-off creation, with five start-up companies to date and additional initiatives in various stages of incubation.

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ICFO receives important support for prototyping, tech transfer and incubation from Prova’t, La Caixa Obra Social + Generalitat de Cataluya, and Valtec.

INDUSTRIAL LABORATORIES

The Corning-ICFO collaboration includes multi-year sponsorship of a Chaired Faculty Professorship, a Corn-ing Surfaces Laboratory, and sponsored research pro-

jects of mutual interest.

THE NIKON CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN STORM @ ICFO is a unique partnership between ICFO and Nikon Instruments Europe, allowing researchers access to groundbreaking Nikon N-STORM super-resolution microscopy systems to develop unique techniques for advanced imaging and prob-ing, early diagnosis and new therapies in healthcare.

OVER 30 PROJECTS ARE CURRENTLY RUNING WITH INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS.Salient examples are the collaborations with BASF (Germany) in photovoltaics and sensing; IBM (USA) in the field of renew¬able energies; Zeiss (Germany) in advanced lithography, Alter Technology (Spain) in the aerospace sector; TFM Solar (Spain) in organic photovoltaics in buildings; Emxys (Spain) in fiber sensing for space vehicles; COMSA EMTE (Spain) in sensors for industrial plants; ABB (Switzerland) in electric field sensing in high-voltage infrastructures; BBraun (Spain) in the medical sector.

LEADING NEW ADVANCES WITH GRAPHENE

We elucidated, developed and characterized the first hy-brid graphene-quantum dot phototransistor and observed ultrahigh sensitivity and unprecedented gain [as published in Nature Nanotechnolo 7, 363 (2012)]

Co-leaders of Optoelectronics work package in the Gra-phene Flagship

• European Research Council grants: Adv & Con: 4; StG: 7; PoC: 3

• 12 ICREA Professors @ ICFO

• A portfolio of over 50 patent families

• A Corporate Liaison Program: 30 members including industrial and technological partners, venture capital and investors, and patrons and

sponsors.

• Select honors and awards: Photonics21 European Student Innovation Award 2011 and 2012; City of Barcelona Science Award 2011; Príncipe

de Girona Award 2011; Huygens Science Prize 2011; Polish Science Foundation Award 2011; TR35 MIT-Spain Award 2012; ICO Award 2012;

Fem Talent 2013; Gutenberg Science Award 2013; EPS Quantum Electronics Prize 2013; SPIE Photonics Innovation Village first runner-up,

among others

• Nature Publishing Index Top 200 in 2012 and 2013

• Top ranking research institute in the world in Physics as per Mapping Scientific Excellence ranking of the Max Planck Society

MONITORING BLOOD FLOW TO BABIES BRAIN.

An Optical Neuro-Monitor of Cerebral Oxygen Metabo-lism and Blood Flow for Neonatology

PHOTOVOLTAIC WINDOWS.

Obtaining the materials needed for fully solu-tion-processed high performance transparent Organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells, an important step forward for a module production.

TECHNOLOGIES

EARLY CANCER DETECTION.

Ultrasensitive cancer-marker sensing plat-forms for early detection and accurate treat-ment monitoring.