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Professor Elvira Fortunato and Professor Rodrigo Martins are leading, on the European side, the Sino-European Flexible Electronics Joint Laboratory, established in Hefei, China. This laboratory will focus on «research into flexible and sustainable electronics, with applications including skin-adaptable biomedical membranes and lightweight flexible photovoltaic cells suitable for space use», pointed out Professor Elvira Fortunato.

This ambitious initiative, funded by a €2 million ERC Consolidator Grant, aims to revolutionize solar energy harvesting. By improving solar cells with advanced light management, the project could have a major impact on how we produce and use clean energy.

🎧 Listen to the full interview here: https://www.rtp.pt/play/p783/e820174/antena2-ciencia

🎄 A Heartfelt Christmas: CENIMAT Supports FACIT

This year, we decided to do something a little different for Christmas at CENIMAT — something that truly captured the holiday spirit. Instead of the traditional gift exchange, we came together to support FACIT, an association dedicated to helping students and staff in need within the NOVA FCT community. Click to read more.

We’re thrilled to announce our last MEON Seminar of the year titled: "Next-Gen Solar-Powered CO2-to-Fuel Conversion using Nanostructured Bio-Based Aerogels". This session will feature Dr. Ana Inês Paninho, researcher at CENIMAT|i3N within the M-ECO2 PRR Project.

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Professor Elvira Fortunato was invited to participate in the Forbes Portugal Annual Summit 2024 «Reimagine Portugal», as a speaker in the session: The Leader’s Experience - IA.

We are beyond proud to share that our former researcher, Iñigo Ramiro, post-doctoral fellow at CENIMAT|i3N through a MSCA Fellowship between 2021 and 2023, has been awarded with an ERC Consolidator Grant.
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We are delighted to announce that Professor Elvira Fortunato and Professor Rodrigo Martins represented i3N as keynote speakers at XPANSE 2024, one of the most influential global platforms for innovation and technology organized at Abu Dhabi, as guest honors, fully supported by the organization.