Established in 2014, the CeFEMA – Center of Physics and Engineering of Advanced Materials integrates about 40 scientists from the Physics, Chemical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering Departments of Instituto Superior Técnico of the Lisbon University, as well as from Évora and Algarve Universities and also from Lisbon and Setúbal Polytechnic Schools. It also integrates a variable number of graduate and undergraduate students and research collaborators. At present CeFEMA is organized in five Research Groups and the research is focused on seven Research Topics.
Research Topics
CeFEMA is developing research involving intergroup and external collaborations in the following multidisciplinary topics: Topological Phases of Matter, Nanostructured Fluids and Soft Matter, Non-Equilibrium Matter and Processes, Energy Conversion and Storage, Advanced Materials Micro and Nanofabrication, Artificial Organs and Physics of Information and Quantum Technologies.
Research Groups
CFNMRS — Complex Fluid, NMR and Surfaces Group
The core of the CFNMRS group is composed by researchers of the Condensed Matter and Nanotechnology Scientific Area of the IST and Physics Department.
LASYP — Laser-Assisted Synthesis and Processing Group
The Laser-Assisted Synthesis and Processing Group includes two poles, one at Instituto Superior Técnico and the second one at Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa.
MemChem — Membrane, Chemical and Electrochemical Processes Group
MemChem is pioneering sustainable and medical innovations across four core research domains.
NanoMatter — Multiscale Nanostructured Materials Group
The group is focused on materials engineered so that multiple length scales are simultaneously explored.
TheorPhys — Theoretical Physics Group
The members of the Theoretical Physics Group are experts in the area of Quantum Matter and Information, in particular in the topics of Condensed Matter Physics and of Hadronic and Nuclear Physics, where CeFEMA is a leading research unit of IST.
Physics of Information and Quantum Technologies
CeFEMA is launching new activities in quantum (Q) technologies, both in terms of fundamental research and its potential technological applications.