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Established in 2014, the CeFEMA – Center of Physics and Engineering of Advanced Materials integrates about 50 scientists from the Physics, Chemical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering Departments of Instituto Superior Técnico and the Physics Department of the Faculty of Sciences. 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 Faculdade de Ciências.

MemChem — Membrane, Chemical and Electrochemical Processes Group

MemChem is pioneering sustainable and medical innovations across four core research domains.

Subgroups: SMEA, GEECS

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.

Research at CeFEMA is organized in a matrix structure with 6 Research Topics and Groups