What an incredible afternoon yesterday! 🎉 The SMSLab team swapped the lab for a culinary escape room with #ColorsbybyExperiencity 👨‍🍳 👩‍🍳 We then wrapped up the day with our traditional Meme Competition: Summer Edition. Would you like to see some of the best memes? 👀

Our own Sol Carretero Palacios recently participated in the workshop Advances in Interfacial Forces and Casimir Interactions, held at Aspenäs Herrgård, Gothenburg. She presented her work on the role of Casimir–Lifshitz forces in ice premelting and interfacial water films.

A fantastic first step for Carmen into solid-state NMR! We are very excited about this new collaboration with Juan Carlos Muñoz and deeply grateful for his support and expertise. Many thanks as well to @iqf-csic.bsky.social and its technical staff for making these measurements possible!

Our own Jaime Bueno recently represented SMS Lab at Artificial Intelligence Photonics 2026 #AIPhotonics26 in San Sebastián @dipcehu.bsky.social. He presented his work highlighting how generative Al can help explore new photonic designs with tailored optical responses.

Earlier this month, our group leader, Miguel Anaya, participated as an invited speaker in El Camino de la Ciencia, a Young Researchers’ Meeting organised by the Real Academia Sevillana de Ciencias and the @unisevilla.us.es 🧵

¡No te puedes perder hoy a partir de las 13:00 horas a nuestra compañera Guadalupe Vega ( @smslab.bsky.social ) en riguroso directo hablando sobre materiales 2D! 🚨https://www.youtube.com/live/_zPNbqZcXvg

Last week, @buriedinthesun.bsky.social represented SMSLab at PRAD Workshop 2026, the European meeting on perovskite radiation detectors. Sol delivered an oral presentation entitled “Compositional design of multi-cation vacancy-ordered double perovskites for radiation detection”.

A few weeks ago, the SMSLab had an excellent retreat to Hoyos (hometown of Miguel)! We visited several towns in Extremadura, hiked a mountain, visited a castle, swam in a natural pool, ate some top-tier barbecue (thanks Miguel) and brought out our competitive spirits with board games.

Recently, Sol Fernández @buriedinthesun.bsky.social , Carmen Hidalgo, and Guadalupe Vega presented their thesis work at both the 1st ETSi Young Researchers Meeting 2026 @unisevilla.us.es and the 12th edition of Beer & Science, organised by the Faculty of Physics @fisicaus.bsky.social

We are elated to introduce Myrrelot Burggraaf, who joined our group as an Erasmus+ student from Universiteit Utrecht, where she is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Nanomaterials Science. 🧵

We are pleased to share the symposium “Soft Materials for Emerging Optoelectronics”, organized by our own Susana Ramos Terrón and Miguel Anaya within the framework of the RSEF Biennial Meeting 2026.

Would you like to enjoy a drink while learning something new? Next Monday, you are all warmly invited to Pint of Science Sevilla to attend the talk by Miguel Anaya: "Perovskites: Materials for the Energy of the Future"

This week, we had the pleasure of taking part in the Seville Science Fair with our colleagues from @icmsevilla.bsky.social , running experiments and interactive activities to bring materials science closer to younger generations.

Big shoutout to our owns Sol and Jaime, who represented our group last week at SPIE Photonics Europe 2026 in Strasbourg! It was great to see their work receive such positive feedback and spark exciting discussions with the photonics community.

We are elated to share that our Miguel Anaya has been featured in Químicos del Sur as one of the young researchers awarded in the 2024 edition of the Real Maestranza de Caballería de Sevilla and Real Academia Sevillana de Ciencias Awards.

We are very happy to share that earlier this year, Victoria Esteso accepted a position as Assistant Professor at the @uclm.es (Albacete). We are looking forward to all the great things she will accomplish in this new stage of her career and are excited to keep collaborating!

Today we say goodbye (for now 😉) to the @diamondlightsource.bsky.social . Over the past six weeks, our own Guada has been working closely with the I141 beamline team, developing advanced algorithms for synchrotron data analysis and reconstruction.

Delighted to see Sol Carretero featured in the 2025 New Principal Investigators collection by the Royal Society of Chemistry! A well-deserved recognition of her outstanding work in nanophotonics and advanced optical materials. Congratulations, Sol! 👏 @icmm-csic.bsky.social @csic.es

📢We are pleased to share that our group has been awarded a Proof of Concept project, PORETECTION. This project will shape a significant part of our work over the next two years. It will also open up opportunities for new investigation lines and collaborations.

We are pleased to share that doctoral student Sol Fernández recently completed a productive research stay at the Institute of Materials Science of Madrid (ICMM) in January. @icmm-csic.bsky.social @icmsevilla.bsky.social @fisicaus.bsky.social @unisevilla.us.es

We are proud to share that our Sol Carretero participated in the 5th Conference for the International Day of Gifted Children, joining a roundtable discussion on methodologies to promote more inclusive science and education. @icmm-csic.bsky.social @csic.es

We would like to warmly congratulate our own Guadalupe Vega on receiving the Youth Award for Scientific Culture, which Miguel Anaya collected on her behalf while she is currently working in the UK. This recognition highlights the excellent work Guada has carried out at the SMSLab at ICMS

Last week our own Sol Carretero and Jaime Bueno attended #NanoLight2026, where they were joined by colleagues from the nanophotonics community for several days of engaging discussions and new ideas.

Congratulations to all the students awarded the Real Maestranza de Caballería prizes for the best academic records at the @unisevilla.us.es Special congratulations to Irene Vigneron, who completed her Bachelor’s thesis with us at the @icmsevilla.bsky.social @fisicaus.bsky.social @csic.es

Great couple of weeks at @diamondlightsource.bsky.social carrying out experiments at the i07 GIWAXS beamline and ePSIC electron microscopy facility. 🔬 We are very grateful to the beamline teams for their support and to Diamond for their continued trust in our work.

We finally put the "ski" in perovskites: the first SMS Lab Ski Project 2026 has been successfully completed ❄️☃️. Plenty of snow, plenty of laughs, and we’re already planning the next trip!!! @fisicaus.bsky.social @unisevilla.us.es @icmsevilla.bsky.social

Last February 11th, to celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, part of our team visited IES Luca de Tena and IES Llanes to share our passion for science with the next generation. 🧵

Groundbreaking study! The junior members of @smslab.bsky.social recently discovered historical artifacts right here in our own centre! Now that's some real interdisciplinary research 😂 😂 😂

@smslab.bsky.social is full of inspiring, amazing women, brilliant both inside and outside the lab, and a role model for everyone around them. Today we celebrate #11F2026, but you make a difference every single day 💜 #WomenInScience #GirlsInScience #WomenInSTEM

Take a look at this incredible (and delicious!) perovskite photodetector cake aka "Cake-skite" 🍰 ✨ 🧵

It was our immense pleasure to help organize and participate in what we hope will be the first of many activities to strengthen our research center

Are you interested in joining the SMSLab (smslab.es) as postdoc? We are happy to support applications for a contract in the new call from the Junta de Andalucía. 3 years contract with plans for a permanent position in Seville.🧵 www.juntadeandalucia.es/organismos/u...

The @smslab.bsky.social wishes you all happy holidays and a wonderful New Year 🎄 @fisicaus.bsky.social @unisevilla.bsky.social @icmsevilla.bsky.social

The great news keeps coming! We could not be prouder of our own Guadalupe Vega for being awarded the Youth Scientific Culture Award 2025 from the city council of Seville (Premios Joven a la Cultura Científica)!

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🏆Nuestra compañera Guadalupe Vega (@smslab.bsky.social) ha sido la ganadora de nuestro concurso de 'Ciencia en memes' con una viñeta sobre la experiencia del último año de tesis ¡Enhorabuena!🥳 divulgacion.icms.us-csic.es/guadalupe-ve...

It was a real pleasure to attend the award ceremony yesterday where Susana Ramos was recognised with the Best Doctoral Thesis Award 2023–2024 by the Western Andalusia Territorial Section #STAOC of the Real Sociedad Española de Química @rseq-quimica.bsky.social

We are very proud of Carmen Hidalgo for being awarded a highly competitive FPU fellowship. She will pursue her PhD between SMSLab and the COLMAT group under the supervision of Prof Ocaña and Prof Anaya! This is only the start of a very exciting project on nanoengineered emitters.

Congratulations to Amel Van Den Berg for being awarded with a JAE-Intro fellowship to work with us on the development of new perovskite inspired materials at @icmsevilla.bsky.social. A well-deserved recognition of her talent and dedication. Great news for all of us too!

The good news continues with Miguel Anaya's recent promotion to Associate Professor at the @unisevilla.bsky.social We can't celebrate this any other way than with some pizza! 🥳 🍕 @fisicaus.bsky.social @icmsevilla.bsky.social

Warm congratulations to our Amel, Carmen, @buriedinthesun.bsky.social and Guada, awarded in the IV Scientific Photography Contest CRAI Divulga Ciencia! Feel free to take a look at her photos, now displayed at the CRAI Antonio de Ulloa building

A huge thank-you to the @imncsic.bsky.social for the warm welcome during Miguel Anaya’s seminar last week. It was wonderful to share our research and exchange ideas with such an engaged audience. We look forward to future interactions and joint opportunities!!

⚛️ Irene Vigneron González ( @smslab.bsky.social ) 🎓 Top student in Physics ✅ Bachelor’s thesis at ICMS: "Confined single-crystal FAPbBr₃ perovskite memristor" #Physics #ICMSResearch

📐 María del Carmen Mendoza (@smslab.bsky.social ) 🏅 Top student in Physics + Materials Engineering ✅ Bachelor’s thesis at ICMS: "Optimisation of the fabrication of single photon emitters based on organic materials" #Photonics #ICMS

Great participation of our own Carmen Hidalgo in the scientific talks to the great students at IES Reino Aftasí and IES Federico Mayor Zaragoza. We love sharing our nanophotonics experience 🤗 @icmsevilla.bsky.social

We’ve had fantastic days full of insightful discussions in Toledo! Many thanks to the organizers for such a great meeting and for giving us the opportunity to present our work to the nextP\Vnet. Hopefully the beginning of future collaborations! @fisicaus.bsky.social @unisevilla.bsky.social

Great news to close the weekend! Our own students Irene (Physics) and MariCarmen (Physics + Materials Engineering) have just been awarded the 🏆Extraordinary Graduate Prize🏆 for the best academic record in their cohort. We are so proud of you! @unisevilla.bsky.social @fisicaus.bsky.social

Last week Ismael, Amel and Susana visited #ALBAsynchrotron to carry out experiments at BL11 on thin film for X-Ray detectors. Many thanks to the beamline staff for their asistance, it's a pleasure and a privilege to keep coming back! 🔬📸

Great way to start the week: our new SMSLab website is now live! 🎉💻 Dive into our research, team members, and latest news at smslab.es

🥳Huge congratulations to our own Susana for winning the STAOC Award for the Best Doctoral Thesis! 🏆🏆 A well-deserved recognition of her outstanding research and dedication @fisicaus.bsky.social @unisevilla.bsky.social @cienciasuco.bsky.social @uco.es #ICMS #STAOC-RSEQ