LNNano opens call for proposals for Electron Microscopy facilities

Researchers can submit proposals between September 25 and October 29, 2023 The Brazilian Nanotechnology National Laboratory (LNNano) informs the opening of the call for the use of its open facilities. The LNNano electron microscopy facilities cover a broad range of capabilities focused in, but not limited to, Materials Science and Structural Biology. Researchers with approved…

Nanotechnology, agriculture, and environmental specialists from around the world gather at the CNPEM for the SPSAS

The Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) held the Sao Paulo School for Advanced Science in Nanotechnology, Agriculture, and the Environment, SPSAS NanoAgri&Enviro) from July 3 to 14, 2023. This event received funding from the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and brought together approximately 90 participants from teaching and research institutions in…

LNNano researcher wins the 2022 Professor José Leite Lopes Award

The researcher Gabriel Ravanhani Schleder, from the Data Theory and Science Group at the Brazilian Nanotechnology National Laboratory (LNNano), part of the Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), won the Professor José Leite Lopes Award for Best Doctoral Dissertation in 2022 for his study entitled “Machine Learning for Materials Science: 2D Materials…

Cryo EM Training at Thermo Fisher Scientific Reduces Learning Curve for Brazilian Lab

ThermoFisher in 01/19/2023 Cryo EM training to help expand structural breakthroughs in Brazil Purchasing a cryo-transmission electron microscope (cryo-TEM) can be a big decision, but usually it’s just the first step. Equally important is the cryo-EM training required to operate and maintain these instruments as organizations move ahead with their research. That was the challenge facing the Brazilian…

Área de Microscopia eletrônica no LNNano

Call for Proposals for Electron Microscopy Facilities

The Brazilian Nanotechnology National Laboratory (LNNano) announces the call for the use of open facilities. The LNNano electron microscopy facilities cover a broad range of capabilities focused in, but not limited to, Materials Science and Structural Biology.   New to this call Researchers with approved proposals will be able to request financial assistance for travel…

Brazilian Centre for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Instruct-ERIC

CNPEM is a non-profit organization, funded by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovations (MCTI) to operate four  laboratories: Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS)/Sirius, Brazilian Biosciences National Laboratory  (LNBio),Brazilian Nanotechnology National Laboratory (LNNano) and Brazilian Biorenewables National Laboratory (LNBR). This partnership becomes the 11th MOU that Instruct-ERIC holds with a global structural biology facility, and…

Monoatomic nanowire is obtained from ceramic material by CNPEM researchers

Paper published in the journal Physical Review Letters highlights how state-of-the-art electron microscopy and computer simulations revealed unprecedented properties of zirconium dioxide The development of new technologies – whether faster and more efficient electronic devices, better catalysts for the chemical industry or alternative energy sources – increasingly depends on the detailed understanding of the behavior…

CNPEM develops new material with high efficiency for use in green hydrogen production

Discovery, which combines low-cost and abundant materials, begins to be incorporated into prototype solar reactor for artificial photosynthesis Researchers from the Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), organization under supervision of the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovations (MCTI) have just published a paper in the Journal of Materials Chemistry A,…