Past Highlights
2008
A theoretical prediction by nanoGUNE's director, J. M. Pitarke, in collaboration with F. J. Garcia-Vidal and J. Pendry leads to the darkest material
31/01/2008In a recent letter published by the Journal Nano Letters it is reported the experimental observation of an extremely dark material made by a low-density nanotube array (read the abstract here). ...
Rainer Hillenbrand, new nanoGUNE Nanooptics Group Leader
01/02/2008Starting February the first, Dr. Rainer Hillenbrand has taken on his new responsibilities as the Group Leader of the Nanooptics Research Group at nanoGUNE. He previously worked at the Max-Planck Institut für Biochemie in Martinsried (near Munich), where he was the head of the nanophotonics group. ...
Kursaal Congress Centre awards nanoGUNE
29/04/2008The third edition of the Kursaal Prizes for the Promotion of Conferences awarded nine institutions. The award-ceremony, that was celebrated at Kursaal on April 28, was chaired by the Major of the Provicial Council of Gipuzkoa. ...
Alexander Bittner, new nanoGUNE Self-Assembly Group Leader
01/06/2008Starting June the first, Dr. Alexander Bittner has taken on his new responsibilities as the Group Leader of the Self-Assembly Group of nanoGUNE. ...
Terahertz goes nano
07/10/2008A joint team of the Nanooptics Laboratory at nanoGUNE and the Nanophotonics Group at the Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry (Germany), in collaboration with the DIPC – CSIC UPV/EHU and Infineon Technologies AG (Munich), has recently achieved nanoscale resolved imaging in the terahertz (THz) frequency range (wavelengths between 30 and 1000 μm) by the use of near-field microscopy. ...
Luis Hueso, new nanoGUNE Nanodevices Group Leader
01/12/2008Starting December 1st, Dr. Luis E. Hueso has taken on his new responsibilities as the Group Leader of the Nanodevices Group. Dr. Hueso joins nanoGUNE from the University of Leeds (UK), where he was a lecturer in Condensed Matter Physics. ...
NanoGUNE celebrates 'Day One'
01/12/2008On December 1, the Director of nanoGUNE, José M. Pitarke, has made ‘Day One’ speech that celebrates the occupancy of the new nanoGUNE building and represents the starting point of a new period of activity. ...
Presentation of the nanoBasque Strategy
03/12/2008On December 3, the nanoBasque Strategy was presented to the public in a ceremony chaired by the President of the Basque Government, Juan José Ibarretxe, and the Major of the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa, Markel Olano. ...