ICIQ’s headquarters are located in a 12 800m² building, in Tarragona , incorporating the latest innovations in safety, sustainability and engineering. The versatile design of the laboratories and efficient resource management, particularly energy and water, are some of the outstanding features of the building. The institute can accommodate up to 23 multidisciplinary research teams and hosts a business incubator for join research projects with industry. Besides, ICIQ has his own PhD fellowship program and offers post-doctoral stays.

• Rational design of tailor-made catalysts and new processes
• Synthesis or target molecules
• Membrane reactive separation
• Catalysts screening and profiling
• Multi-component reaction technology
• Process intensification: microfluidics
• Photocatalysis  

NANOSCIENCE  

• Design of new materials
• Design of sensors and probes
• Inhibition or stabilisation of biologically active compounds
• Design of separation agents and methods
• Drug delivery systems
• Design of new materials
• Systems chemistry

RENEWABLE ENERGIES and ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

• Molecular photovoltaic’s
• Light-emitting molecular devices
• Hydrogen generation
• Artificial photosynthesis
• Design of sensing and scavenging methods for target pollutants
• Redesign of chemical processes to produce lower environmental impact
• Capture, abatement and utilization of greenhouse gases

THE RESEARCH SUPPORT AREA

The Research Support Area provides the scientific instrumentation required to support the research undertaken by the different groups as well as the technological platforms developed at the Institute. Each unit has state-of-the-art equipment and is managed by a highly specialised technician.

·        NMR

·        High Resolution Mass Spectrometry

·        X-Ray Diffraction

·        Chemical Reaction Technologies

·        Chromatography, Thermal, Analysis & Electrochemistry

·        Heterogeneous Catalysis

·        Photophysics

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