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In simple terms, our scientists developed reflective surfaces by arranging and rearranging crystal atoms to obtain the optimum reflective brilliance, hence our light is the closest to sunlight. This explains the massive brightness our light produces and why plants grow 33% faster with 75% less electricity.

A new molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) equipment has been installed at the Institut Catalŕ de Nanocičncia i Nanotecnologia (ICN2). This acquisition has been led by ICREA Research Prof. Sergio Valenzuela, Group Leader of the Physics and Engineering of Nanodevices Group, and it has been possible thanks to his European Research Council Starting Grant.

Artificial catalysts imitate natural photo-synthesis.

This is a microscope image of a cell with silver nanoparticles with green fluorescence and red-stained nucleus.

Professor Chunlei Guo has developed a technique that uses lasers to render materials hydrophobic, illustrated in this image of a water droplet bouncing off a treated sample.

A microscopic image shows the extensive infiltration of robust blood vessels (red) in a new hydrogel scaffold developed at Rice University to help the healing of internal injuries. The purple cells are pericyte-like cells that surround new endothelial cells, helping to stabilize the vessels. The green cells are circulating through the new vascular system.

Sketch of organic semiconductor thin film shows that the interfacial region between larger domains (blue and green) consists of randomly oriented small, nano-crystalline domains (purple).