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Sharon Monaci presents IONBIKE results at UNAM
02/04/2025
During her current secondment at Universidad Autónoma de México (UNAM, Mexico), Dr. Sharon Monaci had the opportunity to presented “Innovative Ion Based Materials for Multidisciplinary Applications” to the UNAM community, based on IONBIKE 2.0 results to date.
New IONBIKE paper in ACS Applied Polymer Materials
03/03/2025
Partners CONICET-UNL, UPV/EHU-POLYMAT and University of Cambridge have collaborated in a piece of research about a biobased eutectogel that demonstrated excellent suitability as inks for VAT photopolymerization 3D printing, enabling the fabrication of structured hydrophobic gel electrodes.
For more details click here.
End of Dr. Elena Gabirondo’s secondment at Universidade de Coimbra
26/02/2025
Dr. Elena Gabirondo, a postdoctoral researcher at POLYMAT-UPV/EHU, has recently finished a long secondment at Universidade de Coimbra.
During her time under the supervision of Prof. Liliana Tomé, Elena focused on the development of hydrophobic eutectogels for efficient contaminant sorption from water, with an emphasis on stability and adsorption properties. Additionally, degradable Poly(ES) materials were synthesized and characterized, exploring their potential for sustainable and eco-friendly applications.
IONBIKE partners met at IMIL2024
25/11/2024
IMIL2024 , the 7th edition of the Iberoamerican Meeting on Ionic Liquids, was recently held in Coimbra, Portugal.
This event was co-organised by IONBIKE 2.0 partner University of Coimbra and it provided great interaction opportunities for researchers engaged in various facets of ionic liquids, deep eutectic solvents and associated ionic structures.
Representatives from partners UC (Portugal), UPV/EHU-POLYMAT (Spain), DEAKIN (Australia), CONICET-UNL (Argentina) and UAM (Mexico) gathered at this networking event to share their knowledge.
Congratulations to Naroa Lopez on getting her PhD
08/11/2024
We´re thrilled to announce that PhD candidate Naroa Lopez Larrea from UPV/EHU-POLYMAT successfully defender her thesis entitled “Multifunctional and 3D printable pedot- based materials for bioelectronics“, performed under the supervision of Prof. David Mecerreyes and Dr. Nerea Casado.
The two secondments that Naroa did as part of our former IONBIKE RISE project enabled her to get an International Thesis minor at UPV/EHU.
Sahika Inal, who hosted Naroa while at KAUST (Saudi Arabia), was part of Naroa’s PhD evaluation committee.
Prof. Cristina Pozo-Gonzalo returns to DEAKIN
07/11/2024
Following her previous secondment earlier this year, Cristina Pozo-Gonzalo from ICB-CSIC (Spain) is back at DEAKIN University this month. This time to focus on the electrochemistry and physical properties of new borates salts in organic media.
Home, sweet home
24/10/2024
Antonela Gallastegui, a Postdoctoral Candidate at POLYMAT-UPV/EHU (Spain), is happy to be back to CONICET-Universidad de Rio Cuarto in Argentina, where she is originally from.
Antonella (centre) is depicted here with Gonzalo Cagnetta and Emilia Zambroni, former IONBIKE project secondees, whom she spent time with in 2022 and 2023 during their secondments at POLYMAT, Spain.
During her stay, Antonela will be developing bio-based poly(ionic liquid)s from deep eutectic monomers for healing applications.
IONBIKE secondees’ reunion at Universidad de Rio Cuarto
18/10/2024
Tijs Lap, a final year Doctoral Candidate at POLYMAT-UPV/EHU (Spain), is currently spending six weeks at CONICET-Universidad de Rio Cuarto in Argentina.
Tijs is delighted to meet again with former IONBIKE project secondees Gonzalo Cagnetta, Emilia Zambroni and Rocío N. Abalos whom he spent time with in 2022 and 2023 during their secondments at POLYMAT, Spain.
Yuliana Pairetti visits CONICET-Universidad de Rio Cuarto
02/09/2024
Yuliana Pairetti, a Doctoral Candidate at POLYMAT-UPV/EHU (Spain), is spending a month research stay at CONICET-Universidad de Rio Cuarto in Argentina. During her visit, she is carrying out additional characterisations of protic ionic polymer membranes, which were synthesized at her home institution. These membranes are intended for applications in the energy sector, and her work aims to further refine their properties and enhance their potential for energy-related technologies.
POLYMAT welcomes Emmanuel Odella
14/08/2024
Emmanuel Odella, a Posdoctoral Candidate at Universidad de Rio Cuarto-CONICET (Argentina), is currently in Spain for a 5-month stay at University of the Basque Country-POLYMAT. He is researching the development of conjugated polymer nanoparticles for 3D printing applications, as well as the synthesis of new eutectogels.
New IONBIKE paper in Journal of Materials Chemistry C
19/07/2024
Partners UPV/EHU-POLYMAT, University of Cambridge and CONICET-UNL have collaborated in a piece of research about dry ionic conductive elastomers based on polymeric deep eutectic solvents for bioelectronics.
For more details click here.
Rajat Rai visits University of Cambridge
14/06/2024
Rajat Rai, a Doctoral Candidate at UPV/EHU-POLYMAT (Spain), is currently at University of Cambridge (UK) for a 3-month stay. He is researching the application of PEDOT/Biopolymer dispersion in the field of (bio)electronics. His aim is to make electrodes out of this material for electrophysiological measurements, specifically with muscle tissue, as well as in neural implants for neural mapping.
New IONBIKE paper in Biomaterials
27/05/2024
Partners UPV/EHU-POLYMAT, University of Cambridge and CONICET-UNL have collaborated in a piece of research about 3D printed PEDOT:PSS-based conducting and patternable eutectogel electrodes for machine learning on textiles.
For more details click here.
Latin-American Symposium of Polymers
13/05/2024
We are thrilled to announce the SLAP 2024 | Latin-American Symposium of Polymers, to be held in Puerto Varas, Chile, from December 2nd to 6th, 2024.
This meeting will serve as networking event for the IONBIKE 2.0 Consortium.
All the information is here.
Iberoamerican meeting on Ionic Liquids
13/05/2024
Cambridge Bioelectronics Symposium
24/04/2024
We’re thrilled to announce the second International Eutectogels Symposium, taking place from July 1st to 3rd, 2024, in Cambridge, UK.
All the information here.
Prof. Cristina Pozo-Gonzalo back at DEAKIN University
25/01/2024
Cristina is back at DEAKIN University for a few weeks to meet old colleagues and collaborators. We are thrilled to welcome the first secondment of the European project IONBIKE 2.0 🙂