An article published in Nature Communications (see Nat. Comm. 2017, 8, 2266, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02437-9), led by R. Dörner (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main) and F. Martín (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid) reports on the first visualization on the square of the wave function of the hydrogen molecule.
Upon publication, media appearances have been found at Phys.org, ChemistryWorld, EuropaPress, LongRoom.
Fernando Martin has explained the findings derived from the XCHEM project funded by the European Research Council in the outreach science program #ConCiencia, “A matter of time”: http://www.telemadrid.es/…/conciencia-una-cuestion-de-tiempo
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© Casa de S.M. el Rey – Premio Rey Jaime I de Investigación Básica 2017: Fernando Martín García, Doctor en Ciencias Químicas, es catedrático de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Es uno de los pioneros en el establecimiento de los fundamentos teóricos de una nueva disciplina científica, la attoquímica, que consiste en observar y manipular el movimiento electrónico en átomos y moléculas en el tiempo en que se modifican, que es dividir un segundo por un millón de billones, el attosegundo, para así controlar las propiedades químicas de las sustancias y modificar su comportamiento natural. El jurado del premio ha decidido por unanimidad destacar el trabajo de Martín “por fundar el campo de la attoquímica teórica que hace posible calcular el movimiento de los electrones y, por tanto, la predicción de reacciones químicas”
La reina doña Letizia entrega el galardón a Fernando Martín. Foto © Casa de S.M. el Rey
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The publication of a review on the foundations of a new scientific discipline that pursues to control the movement of electrons in molecules using attosecond methodologies (see Chem. Rev., 2017, 117 (16), pp 10760–10825, DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00453), has appeared, among others, in the following media:
Institutional web sites (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid) scientific news Agencies (SINC, Madrimasd), radio promammes (Radio Euskadi, La mecanica del caracol) various scientific blogs and digital media (Noticias Informativos Telecinco, Innovaticias, Innovaspain, Noticias Cuatro, NewTech, Noticias de la Ciencia, Madrid Norte, Te interesa, Ecodiario, La informacion).
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The award of the King Jaime I Prize in Basic Research to Prof. Fernando Martin was published, among others, in the following media:
Institutional web sites (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, IMDEA-Nanoscience, Spanish Supercomputing Network, or the IFIMAC Condensed Matter Centre), the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry (RSEQ) and its journal, Anales de Química 113, 2 (2017), and the Spanish Royal Society of Physics (RSEF).
It has also appeared in several national and regional radio promammes (OndaCero, RNE -España Vuelta y Vuelta (13/07/2017), Radio5-RNE-El Laboratorio de JAL (12/07/2017), RNE-Radio Exterior-Marca España (03/07/2017), CADENA SER VALENCIA, 06/07/2017), various scientific blogs and digital media (Agencia EFE, Eldiario.es, ABC, El Pais, El mundo, Levante, El Periodico, Publico, 20minutos, La Vanguardia, Cadena SER noticias, OndaCero Noticias, Ultima hora, Diario Informacion, Las provincias, DiarioSur, Diario Vasco, Hoy.es, Larioja.com, Diario Montañes, Acceso360) and printed press (Diario de Cadiz, 20170607-prensa-Diario_de_Cadiz-recorte).
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Interview to Prof. Martin at the Spanish radio program “España Vuelta y Vuelta”, on July 13, 2017, at RNE.
Jose Antonio Lopez talks about the award in his radio programme “El Laboratorio de JAL”, at RNE-Radio-5, on July 12, 2017.
Appearance at the Spanish radio program “Marca España”, on July 3, 2017, at RNE-Radio Exterior.
Upon publication of the results on the first real-time observation of the birth and subsequent evolution of an electronic wave packet (see Science 354 , 734-738 (2016), DOI: 10.1126/science.aah5188) , which results from an international cooperation betwen french and spanish researchers (among them L. Argenti, A. Jimenez and F. Martín) a mention to the results has been published, among others, in the following media:
Institutional web sites (CNRS, CEA Recherche, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, IMDEA-Nanoscience, or the IFIMAC Condensed Matter Centre) scientific news Agencies (SINC, Madrimasd) and other agencies (europapress, abc), Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry (RSEQ-STSM), and national and regional radio promammes (Radio5-RNE-Entre Probetas, Radio5-RNE-El Laboratorio de JAL, Radio Extremadura) various scientific blogs and digital media (La Vanguardia, La informacion, Teinteresa, El economista, Noticiero Universal, Noticias de la ciencia, Meneame, Nanothech Web, FisicaHoy), and scientific networks (COST Action CM1204). Other news articles citing the article can be checked at the publisher’s web site.
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http://www.madrimasd.org/cienciaysociedad/mediateca/default.asp?videoID=2605
This news was also part of the TV program of The National Distance Education University (UNED) on February 17, 2017, at La2 (RTVE).
Upon publication of the results on the concerted motion of the two helium electrons (see Nature, 516, 374-378, 2014; doi:10.1038/nature14026), co-authored by the XChem team members L. Argenti and F. Martín, a mention to the results has been published, among others, in the following media:
Institutional web sites (Max Planck Gesellschaft, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, IMDEA-Nanociencia, or the website dedicated to Higher Education in Madrid) scientific news Agencies (SINC, Madrimasd) and other agencies (europapress), National Newspapers (El País-Materia), Spanish Royal Society of Physics (January 2015 Newsletter), National Radio (Radio5-RNE), various scientific blogs and digital media (La quimica y la ciencia, Noticias de la ciencia, Tendencias21, FisicaHoy, ScienceNewsLine), and scientific networks (COST Action CM1204). Other news articles citing the article can be checked at the publisher’s web site.
Several european researchers have been able to induce and observe the ultrafast motion of electrons in a biomolecule (the aminoacid phenylalanine) on an attosecond timescale.
Charge migration in molecules precedes structural rearrangements which are the basis of many biological processes. According to the results presented, charge migration from one end of the phenylalanine molecule to the other takes around 3-4 femtoseconds (one femtosecond = 1.000 attoseconds). This is the fastest process ever observed in a biological structure.
The numerical simulations carried out allowed those researchers to identify, unambiguously, that this fast charge migration is solely due to the electronic motion of the electrons induced by the attosecond pulse, rather than to structural changes. The ability to provoke and observe purely electronic dynamics in biomolecules is crucial for future applications in attosecond science. This charge migration may, as an example, initiate a chemical reaction.
The work, published in Science on October 17th, results from a theoretical/experimental collaboration among researchers involved in the ERC funded projects XCHEM (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) and ELYCHE (Politecnico di Milano), and from the Ultrafast group at Queen’s University of Belfast, the Theoretical Chemistry group at the Università di Trieste and the Attosecond Physics Group at the Institute of Photonics and Nanotechnologies IFN-CNR of Milano and Padova.
This information has appeared in several institutional websites (UAM, IMDEA-Nanoscience, QUB-Ulfrafast-group, Politecnico de Milano, CNR, IFN-CNR, who also published press releases (UAM, IMDEA-Nanoscience, Polimi and QUB).
Several media have echoed the news, appearing articles in scientific news’ agencies (SINC, Madrimasd), learned societies of chemistry and physics, european research networks (XLIC), digital media (Tendencias Cientificas, Amazing NCyT, BetaWired, Ideal, Solociencia), specialized blogs (Blog in Bio-Science+Technology), newsletters (COST CM1204 Action Newsletter nº3, Boletín campus UAM+CSIC), radio (Radio Exterior-RNE, Radio5-RNE, Radio San Vicente), YouTube (uam-csic channel) and social networks (UCC-UAM, UAM-Gazette.Twitter – SINC, XLIC, etc).
Following the press release published at Queen’s University of Belfast, several English-written online sites have highlighted the importance of the work, “the fastest process ever observed in a biological structure”, “a groundbreaking discovery that has implications for understanding how radiotherapy kills cancer cells” (see PhysOrg, ScienceDaily, Chemistry2011, Nanotechnology News, H202UK)
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Shigeru Sasaki, Vice President of Fujitsu Laboratories inaugurates the UAM-Fujitsu cooperation agreement in Scientific Computing and Big Data.
The activities in relation with UAM-Fujitsu agreement were officially inaugurated past March 17, 2014 with a meeting among representatives from Autonomous University of Madrid, Sciences Faculty, other research centers and universities in Madrid region and Fujitsu.
Shigeru Sasaki, in his lecture “People-centered innovation”, showed the latest developments and research lines being developed by Fujitsu to solve the problems affecting society from the point of view of computing and computer science.
Shigeru Sasaki stressed that the collaboration between UAM and Fujitsu is very important because each country has its own problems and needs their own solutions. This cooperation will lead to significant business opportunities.
This information was published in the University and Sciences Faculty web sites.
Fernando Martín (Professor at Universidad Autonoma de Madrid and Principal Investigator of XCHEM project) and Ricardo A. Matute (postdoctoral researcher in the team of the awarded Arieh Warshel, at Southern California University) reflect on the events which have led to the award of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry to three computational chemists (Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt, Arieh Warshel) for the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems.
The recent contributions of Computational Chemistry to the interpretation of experimental results from all areas of chemistry has been enormous, and the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry is a great recognition of the discipline.
The development of Computational Chemistry has been boosted by recent progress in High Performance Computing (HPC). In Spain, this kind of calculations can be done on supercomputers of the Spanish Supercomputing Network, as Mare Nostrum in Barcelona, or XCHEM supercomputer at the Autonomous University of Madrid (see figure). XCHEM supercomputer has been funded by the European Research Council through the program Advanced Grants.
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