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

👀 Check us out! Our own Dr. Sol Carretero has been featured in the "New Principal Investigators" series by @rsc.org @rscadvances.rsc.org, including a highlight of our recent work on plasmon-enhanced perovskite LEDs! blogs.rsc.org/ra/2025/10/0...

📢 MOFs pioneers receive The @nobelprize.bsky.social in chemistry! Metal organic frameworks (MOFs) are one of our favourite materials at @smslab.bsky.social . These systems show extremely versatile properties that we use to play with photons. 🧵

Starting the school year fresh, ready, and 📸photogenic! @fisicaus.bsky.social We are excited to welcome new group members and jump back into classroom learning, with our group members teaching across Physics, Chemistry, Materials Engineering, and more. See you around campus! 🧑‍🎓

✨🧑‍🔬We are also elated to welcome Aaron Bayles to the SMSLab! He joins us from Rice University with a Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship #MSCA @ec.europa.eu to continue his work on the synthesis of aluminium nanoparticles. @unisevilla.bsky.social @fisicaus.bsky.social

🥳✨We are delighted to welcome Susana Ramos to the SMSLab! She joins us from the University of Córdoba @uco.es @cienciasuco.bsky.social with a Juan de la Cierva fellowship @ageinves.bsky.social to continue her research on perovskite-based devices. @unisevilla.bsky.social @fisicaus.bsky.social

What an outstanding achievement!! 🌟 Our own Marta Zarzuela has just been awarded the 2025 FEMS Master Thesis Award, competing among the best materials science students in Europe 🏆 Huge congratulations from all of us 🎉👏 #FEMSEuromat2025 @FEMS_EU @SOCIEMAT @icmm-csic.bsky.social

📢📢New publication! We present a theoretical study on how silver plasmonic nanoparticles increase the quantum yield of green-emitting perovskite LEDs and how this can contribute to these devices operating at lower injection currents than previously reported @rscadvances.rsc.org @rsc.org

🎉🎉 Congratulations to our postdoctoral researcher Victoria Esteso for being awarded a Junta de Andalucía Postdoctoral Fellowship #JuntadeAndalucia. We are elated that she will continue her research with @smslab.bsky.social at @unisevilla.bsky.social @fisicaus.bsky.social

📢📢New publication! We demonstrate a narrowband perovskite photodetector with tunable spectral response, controlled via film thickness and light incidence angle. Now online at @pubs.acs.org. Great collaboration with StranksLab group @samstranks.bsky.social. More details: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Big congratulations to our own Irene Vigneron González for winning the @gefes-rsef.bsky.social research award to work with us on developing multistate perovskite-based memristors 🔬 🏆! A fantastic recognition of her talent and dedication — well done! 👏 🎉

These last weeks we have been visiting @diamondlightsource.bsky.social to carry out several experiments at beamlines b21, i14 and i15-1.🔬Many thanks to all the beamline staff for their assistance. Always a privilege to work at such a world-class synchrotron facility!🙌🙌

Recently, our master students Carmen and Guada have successfully completed their master thesis at @unisevilla.bsky.social @fisicaus.bsky.social @etsii-us.bsky.social 🎓🎓. Huge congrats to both on this important achievement – wishing you all the best for what’s ahead!!

In the last days our students Irene, MariCarmen and Amel @unisevilla.bsky.social @fisicaus.bsky.social have passed their bachelor thesis with flying colours 💯👩‍🎓. Congratulations to the new graduates and good luck in your next steps!!🫂🫂

What a joy for all of us to see you receive this well-deserved award! 🏆 🏆 You are a true role model for every member of @smslab.bsky.social. It's a constant pleasure to work with you. Congratulations, Miguel @anayalab.bsky.social ! #HQS @unisevilla.bsky.social @fisicaus.bsky.social

Great participation of @SMSLabNews at the IX Spanish Conference on Nanophotonics (CEN2025) @uam.es @cienciasuam.bsky.social, represented by Luisina, Victoria, and Sol! Excellent talks, posters, and plenty of scientific discussions!

🚀 Great talk by our very own Victoria at the #Sci-Talks hosted by ICMS! She explored how the dielectric function shapes optical design and its connection to Casimir forces.

Excited to share that Carmen and Guada have recently been awarded the Introduction to Research Fellowship to further fund their work with us. Thanks @unisevilla.bsky.social for the continuous support! 🎉Huge congrats to them!!

Last week, members of @smslab.bsky.social (represented by Luisa and Amel) took part in La Semana de la Ciencia en el Cole, organized by CEIP Rico Cejudo. What a great opportunity to inspire young minds!!🧠👩‍🔬

Great days of sharing our work and connecting with colleagues at the 2nd meeting of the Spanish Advanced Photovoltaic Network, hosted by @imdeananociencia.bsky.social. Thanks to @buriedinthesun.bsky.social, Guada, and @anayalab.bsky.social for representing us! @fisicaus.bsky.social

Sol Carretero needs our vote! 🗳️ Watch her 60-second video and help her win the 'Nanoscientists in 60 Seconds' contest @icmm-csic.bsky.social ✌️🏆✨https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW5U67rPkUM

🥳We're very excited that Luisa will be staying with us for the next 3 years as an expert in electron microscopy 🔬, helping us understand our nanostructured semiconductors!

Last week, Jaime Bueno and Leo Rosado attended the III Seminar for Young Materials Researchers (YOUMAT25) at @icmm-csic.bsky.social. It was a great opportunity to connect with fellow students 🧑‍🔬 in the field and share our latest work ☀️🔬

Last Thursday our own Irene gave a talk at the Ciclo de charlas bimestrales de estudiantes de doctorado y de Grado @fisicaus.bsky.social @unisevilla.bsky.social. She presented her work on the development and characterization of memristors. Very well done, Irene!!👏👏👩‍🔬

Last week we were at the #23FeriaCiencia @feriaciencia.bsky.social!! Teaming up with the ICMS to share the magic of materials science. Everyone’s welcome to come explore the wonders of materials and light with us!! 👨‍🔬 👩‍🔬 More outreach activities of ICMS can be found here: lnkd.in/diQ-tApW

Today we’re celebrating! 🎉 Our own Carmen Hidalgo has won the image contest to represent ICMS at the #23FeriaCiencia @feriaciencia.bsky.social! Her design beautifully captures the diverse research groups at ICMS. Huge congrats, Carmen — we’re so proud of you! 🙌✨

Having a good time🎶🎶🙃

Exciting opportunity for Guada attending the Fundamentals of PyMCa & MANTiS for XRF and XANES Data Interpretation Workshop 2025 at @diamondlightsource.bsky.social, organized by beamlines I14 & I18. A perfect chance to exchange insights and discuss results! 🙌🙌

Today we say goodbye to our Marta Zarzuela 😓She saw the birth of our group and has been key in establishing our perovskite and plasmonics synthesis lab. It's been fantastic having her with us and we wish her all the best on her new journey with @ematsarabals.bsky.social –we know you'll keep shining!

Recently, @buriedinthesun.bsky.social presented her work at the PhD Talks organized by ICMS. Great talk followed by lots of interesting questions and discussion. Congrats Sol! 👏✨

🔊🔊New publication! Sol Carretero and Victoria Esteso explore how the Casimir–Lifshitz free energy mechanism governs ice growth and melting near metallic and oxidized surfaces. More details in: journals.aps.org/prb/abstract...

🎉 Huge congrats to Susana and Guada for receiving the Extraordinary PhD and Bachelor's Degree Awards, respectively, from the University of Córdoba! @uco.es @cienciasuco.bsky.social So well deserved — impressive work! 👏✨