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Integrating advanced methods, research infrastructures and know-how to gain fundamental knowledge in nanoscience and nanotechnologies, and to design advanced materials and biosystems

Advanced Infrastructures

IOM manages and operates strategic scientific infrastructures for the national and international communities

Open Access

IOM research facilities for experimental and theoretical nanoscience are open for access to the scientific and industrial communities through dedicated access portals

Development of Methods and Instrumentation

IOM has a longstanding tradition in designing and implementing new methods for research infrastructures, numerical modelling, HPC and data management.

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20.01.2025

Workshop: Electronic and magnetic characterization of nanomaterials and their heterostructures with electron and photon based spectroscopies

Il CNR-IOM, nell'ambito del progetto NFFA-DI, organizza il workshop "Electronic and magnetic characterization of nanomaterials and their heterostructures with electron and photon based spectroscopies", che si terrà il 20 e 21 gennaio 2025 a Venezia, presso l'Università Ca' Foscari.

Studenti norvegesi in visita al CNR-IOM

Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship a ricercatrice IOM

EuChemS ChemBioLife Young Investigator Award 2024-2025

Mission Areas

Energy and Environment

Chemical physics of materials, interfaces, and surfaces down to single atoms

Quantum Materials

Understanding and controlling quantum systems to enable novel technologies

Sensors and Devices

Exploring and tailoring the electronic, optical and magnetic properties of matter at the nanoscale

bIOMed

Biophysics, Nanomedicine, and Soft Matter

>350

Publications per year

>8000

Average citations per year

146

Staff members

89% scientific & technical - 11% administrative

75

Associated members

54 research associates & 21 PhD students

>18 M€

Funding from projects in 2023

81 active projects in 2023

>200

National and international users

accessing IOM facilities every year

Latest Publications

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Physical Review Letters, 134-6, 2025 doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.066501

Strain-Induced Enhancement of the Charge Density Wave in the Kagome Metal S c v 6Sn6

Tuniz Manuel, Consiglio Armando, Pokharel Ganesh, Parmigiani Fulvio, Neupert Titus, Thomale Ronny, Chaluvadi Sandeep Kumar, Orgiani Pasquale, Sangiovanni Giorgio, Wilson Stephen D., Vobornik Ivana, Salvador Federico, Cilento Federico, Di Sante Domenico, Mazzola Federico

Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 22-224, 2025 doi:10.1098/rsif.2024.0630

Determination of in cellulo proteome molecular dynamics in different halophilic Archaea

Carr� Lorenzo, Natali Francesca, Zaccai Giuseppe, �umaku Vaitson, Franzetti Bruno

Applied Surface Science, 693, 2025 doi:10.1016/j.apsusc.2025.162804

Influence of the substrate in the on-surface synthesis and air stability of 1D metal-organic oligomers

G�mez-Fern�ndez J.M., Mart�nez J.I., Zamalloa-Serrano J.M., Naranjo T., L�pez-Calixto C.G., Schio L., Floreano L., Mendieta-Moreno J.I., Palacio I., de la Pe�a O'Shea V.A., Liras M., Mart�n-Gago J.A., L�pez M.F., S�nchez-S�nchez C.

Headquarters

Istituto Officina dei Materiali - CNR-IOM

Q2 Building - Area Science Park Strada Statale 14 km 163,5 - 34149 Basovizza - Trieste

Other units

CNR-IOM Trieste-SISSA

c/o Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati - SISSA Via Bonomea, 265, 34136 Trieste TS

CNR-IOM Perugia

c/o Dipartimento di Fisica e Geologia, Università di Perugia, Via Alessandro Pascoli, 06123 Perugia PG

CNR-IOM Grenoble OGG

c/o ESRF, 71, Avenue des Martyrs CS40220, 38043 Grenoble, France

CNR-IOM Cagliari

c/o Dipartimento di Fisica, Cittadella Universitaria, 09042 Monserrato, Cagliari

CNR-IOM Genova

Corso Ferdinando Maria Perrone, 24, 16152 Genova GE