Revealing the Role of Exciton Diffusion in Photocatalysis
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Revealing the Role of Exciton Diffusion in Photocatalysis
When a photocatalytic material absorbs light, it creates excitons: tiny packets of energy that…
The SUPERQUMAP COST Action, lead by Ifimac Researcher Hermann Suderow, Celebrates the Closing Meeting
After 12 international meetings, from 60 to 1000 participants, more than 80 visiting grants,…
Testing the Bell Inequality with Time-Entanglement of Single Photons Emitted from a Quantum Dot
A collaboration between BAQIS (Beijing) and IFIMAC-UAM, published in Optica, reports a Bell inequality…
Congratulations to our member Snezana Lazic on securing funding for the BLAST project – EIC Pathfinder 2026!
Congratulations to our member Snezana Lazic on securing funding for the BLAST project (Battery-Compatible…
PhD Position in Attosecond Molecular Dynamics
We are pleased to announce an open PhD position at IFIMAC and the Faculty…
The Birth of Phononic Atomic-Size Contacts
In the 1990s the scanning tunneling microscope (STM) and break-junction techniques made possible to…
The Magneto-Optical Activity of Any Dipolar Particle Has a Universal Upper Bound
Based on energy conservation, we prove that the magneto-optical activity of any dipolar nanoparticle…
Excitonic Order in Quantum Materials
The excitonic insulator is a many-body ground state of condensed, spontaneously formed excitons (electron–hole…
Domain-Selective Enhancement of Second Harmonic Generation in Monolayer MoS2 via Ferroelectricity-Controlled Photodoping
Hybrid heterostructures combining two-dimensional semiconductors with ferroelectric materials offer a versatile route to actively…
From Island to Island: How Energy Travels in a Fragmented Crystal
This study reports a new class of two-dimensional lead-bromide perovskite based on monovalent 4-aminomethylbenzoic…
Towards 3D Luminescence Thermometry
Title: Towards 3D Luminescence Thermometry When: Friday, October 16, 2026, 12:00h. [Coffee at 11:45h]…
Researchers’ Night, 2026
In our workshop at the Researchers’ Night at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, we…
Open PhD Position on “Leading-Edge Computational Techniques for Non-Linear Attosecond Dynamics” (Quantum Algorithms for Chemistry)
Open PhD position: 48-month duration, expected starting date December 1st, 2026. Research Project “Leading-edge…
Quantum Nanophotonics 2027 (March 28-April 2)
Quantum Nanophotonics 2027 explores the frontiers at the interface between the fields of Quantum…
Interview with Janine Splettstösser
Join IFIMAC PhD students Jaime E. Sustaeta Osuna, Paula Obladen, Pablo Diez Silva, and…
Janine Splettstösser: What Constrains the Precision of a Quantum Heat Engine?
In small-scale thermodynamic devices, fluctuations play an important role (in contrast to standard classical…