Notable IMB-CNM contribution to the 50th International Micro and Nano Engineering Conference in France

The 50th International Micro and Nano Engineering Conference took place in Montpellier between the 16th ant 19th September. Once again, a broad representation of the Institute of Microelectronics of Barcelona significantly contributed to the success of the MNE with a notable participation to enhance collaboration and present recent work, with members from seven out of the eight research groups attending. 

The conference received over 400 abstracts and it hosted the presentation of 236 posters and 150 oral presentations. The showcase of IMB-CNM research included the following:

Oral Presentations

• Hole Patterning by the Combination of Thermal Scanning Probe Lithography and Directed Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers, by Iker Uranga Granados, Jordi Llobet, Joan Bausells, Francesc Perez Murano and Marta Fernández Regúlez.
• Aptasensor based on Graphene Solution Gated Field Effect Transistors (GSGFETS) for Neurotransmitters Detection, by Sergi Brosel, Xavi Illa, Rosa Villa Sanz, Anton Guimerà Brunet and Elisabet Prats Alfonso (also CIBER-BBN).
• Biodegradable and Self-powered Electrochemical Glucose Sensors, by David Batet, Neus Sabaté and Gemma Gabriel Buguña.
• VOC Sensing by Competitive Swelling of Bimorph Polymeric Mechanochromic Cantilevers, by Ferran Pujol and Mar Alvarez.
• Development of Radiochromic Sensors on Flexible Substrate for Real-Time Dose Verification in Radiotherapy, by Silvia Mena Fernández, Alexandre Moreno, Consuelo Guardiola and Xavier Muñoz-Berbel.
• Optimized Microfabricated Silicon Nitride Membranes For Hard X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy In Liquid Cells, by Olga Muntada López, Sara Durán Ibáñez, Ricad Noy and Francesc Pérez-Murano.
• Resonant Piezoelectric Microdevices For Electrical Cell Stimulation, by Marc Navarro Pons, Laura Lefaix, Marcos Duque Duque and Gonzalo Murillo.
• Novel Microdetectors for Advanced Radiotherapy Modalities at IMB-CNM, by Consuelo Guardiola, Carla Riera Llobet, Marcio Jiménez Venegas, Paula Ibáñez García, Celeste Fleta.

*This list includes only the names of the IMB-CNM people involved, the first name is the person in charge of the presentation. 

Poster sessions

• A Miniaturized Ion Sensing Probe With Integrated Microfluidics For ISFET-Refet Differential Measurements, by Javier Cuenca, Alfredo Cadarso, Manuel Gutiérrez-Capitán, Josep Maria Margarit Taulé, Francesc Serra-Graells and Antoni Baldi.
• Frequency Response Evaluation Of Graphene-Electrolyte Interface In Solution Gated Transistors, by Leo Salgado Chane-Pane, Xavi Illa, Rosa Villa, Elisabet Prats-Alfonso (also CIBER-BBN), Sergi Brosel-Oliu, Gemma Gabriel and Anton Guimerà-Brunet.
• Nanofabricated Antibacterial Polymeric Surface Combining Biomimetic Nanotopography and Plasmonic Photothermia, by Sergi Brosel-Oliu, Mar Álvarez, Borja Sepúlveda and Ferran Pujol.
• Electrospun Silk Fibroin for Green Bioelectronics and Smart Sensors, by Marc Navarro, Carla Blanes, Sara Santiago, Pablo Rodríguez Núñez, Silvia Mena Fernández, Xavier Muñoz-Berbel and Gonzalo Murillo Rodríguez.
• Non-Professional Phagocytic Hela Cells Internalize Silicon Chips Greater than 75 percent of their Volume, by Adrian Rodríguez Lau, Marta Duch, María Isabel Arjona, Juan Pablo Agusil, Ana Sánchez, Sergi Sánchez and José Antonio Plaza.

Session chairs

• Researcher Mar Álvarez was Chair of the "Manufacturing Technologies for a Sustainable Future" Session.
• Researcher Francesc Pérez Murano was Chair of the "Micro & Nano-Structuration / Prototyping" Session.

• MNE 2024 Opening session
• Group picture at MNE 2024, from left to right: Francesc Pérez-Murano, Javier Cuenca, Adrián Rodríguez, Iker Uranga, Ferran Pujol, Olga Muntada, Antoni Baldi, Iñigo Martín, Joan Bausells, Marc Navarro, Jordi Antoja, Xavier Muñoz-Berbel, Mar Álvarez, David Batet, Sergi Brosel, Gonzalo Murillo, Leo Salgado Chané-Pane y Silvia Mena.
• Mar Álvarez during a talk at MNE 2024.
• David Batet during a talk at MNE 2024.
• Sergi Brosel during a talk at MNE 2024.
• Silvia Mena during a talk at MNE 2024.
• Iker Uranga during a talk at MNE 2024.
• Leo Salgado Chane-Pane during a poster presentation at MNE 2024.