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BCMaterials, which stands for Basque Center for Materials Applications & Nanostructures - BCMaterials Materials Fundazioa, is an autonomous research center located on the Basque Country, Spain. It covers all aspects of research in Functional Materials with advanced Electric, Magnetic and Optical properties; from basic aspects to applications. Special activity is devoted to thin films materials and characterization techniques involving Large International Facilities, like neutron and synchrotron radiation sources.
Aiming a world leadership in Materials Research, the BCMaterials is currently developing his activity in three main lines, namely:
- Active (smart) materials
- Advanced functional materials
- Functional Materials for applications to energy, sensors, accelerators.
All of these lines already count with a number of high level researchers and facilities that are shared with the University of the Basque Country. Specific facilities are a clean room for thin film deposition and nanolithography, Sputtering, Pulsed Laser Deposition and Spin Coating as well as lift-off and RIE facilities for lithography, profilometry, Atomic/Magnetic Force Microscopy, SQUID and Magneto Optical Kerr Effect (MOKE) magnetometry, etc.
Ikerbasque, the Basque Foundation for Science, accorded in March 2011 the creation of a new center of research: the Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures. The center will make part of the BERC’s (Basque excellence Research Centers) network.