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The submission of abstracts for participants is currently open until February 5, 2026. The conference will take place from 7–11 June 2026 at the Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa. We kindly invite you to submit an abstract presenting your research work and to take part in ESEAC 2026.

NANOMAT Talk #20 will take place on April 30 at 14h00. We are pleased to welcome Dr. Filipe Neves, a researcher at LNEG (National Laboratory of Energy and Geology), for a seminar titled “Communicating Science Creatively: Lessons from the START Project - Using Comics and Games for Scientific Communication.”
NANOMAT-Talks are open to the entire community. Don't miss it.

Francisco Sousa was honored with the “Outstanding Poster Award” at the 52nd German Liquid Crystal Conference, held at the University of Luxembourg from April 8 to 10, 2026.

On April 23, at 14:00, NANOMAT Talk #19 will take place, featuring Dr. Ana Paula Serro, Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Instituto Superior Técnico (University of Lisbon).

The seminar, titled “Engineering drug-eluting ophthalmic lenses: from materials design to clinical safety and efficacy”, will take place in the Leopoldo Guimarães Amphitheater.

The article explores Professor's trajectory from a student at NOVA FCT to a world-renowned leader in Materials Science. It focuses on the groundbreaking INVISIBLE project, which led to the creation of the first paper transistor - a feat that earned the European Commission’s Horizon Impact Award for its rapid transition from lab discovery to industrial application with partners like Samsung.

CENIMAT-i3N recently had the pleasure of welcoming Prof. Ute Kaiser, Full Professor at Ulm University, Germany, and Head of the Group of Materials Science Electron Microscopy, for a scientific visit aimed at strengthening future collaboration.

The work stems from the PhD research of Diogo Carvalho, supervised by Maria Rosário P. Correia (i3N) and Paulo Fernandes (i3N and NOA-INL).