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Table of Contents Second Annual Report on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Latin America ICPCNanoNet Second annual report on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Latin America Second Annual Report on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Latin America Publication 4th June 2010 The report will be available for download at www.icpc-nanonet.org Editors Rachel Newton and Shirley Xie, Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação (SPI) – [email protected] Author Ineke Malsch, Malsch TechnoValuation – [email protected] Acknowledgements The authors of this report would like to express their gratitude to the following individuals for their valuable feedback and information provided in the process of producing this report: Lesley and Alexey Ivanov (partners), Gerd Bachmann (VDI, Germany), Daniel Lupi (FAN, Argentina), Paulo Martins (USP, Brazil), Rolvin Salas (Costa Rica Institute of Technology) and Fernando Gomez Baquero (NanoColombia). About ICPCNanoNet The ICPCNanoNet project is funded by the European Commission under the 7th Framework Programme and aims to provide wider access to published Nanoscience and Nanotechnology research and opportunities for collaboration between organisations and scientists in the EU and International Cooperation Partner Countries (ICPC). Read more at www.icpc-nanonet.org and www.nanoarchive.org. The ICPCNanoNet consortium consists of: The Institute of Nanotechnology (UK) - www.nano.org.uk Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação (Portugal) - www.spi.pt St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University (Russia) - www.eltech.ru Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (India) - www.jncasr.ac.in Chinese Society of Micro-Nano Technology (China) - www.csmnt.org.cn MERIT of Universiteit Maastricht (Netherlands) - www.merit.unu.edu Malsch TechnoValuation (Netherlands) - www.malsch.demon.nl NanoAfNet (Africa) For further information please contact Lesley Tobin: [email protected] Second Annual Report on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Latin America Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary ...............................................................................................................5 1.1. About this report ..............................................................................................................5 1.2. Countries covered in this report ......................................................................................5 1.3. Potential areas for collaborative activities .......................................................................6 1.4. N&N publications .............................................................................................................9 1.5. Regional initiatives ..........................................................................................................9 1.6. Most recent developments in N&N activity................................................................... 11 2. Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 15 3. N&N Publications ................................................................................................................ 16 4. Regional Initiatives ............................................................................................................. 27 4.1. Activities of regional organizations and networks ........................................................ 27 4.2. Developments in S&T agreements .............................................................................. 27 4.3. Multi-country funding programmes ............................................................................... 29 5. Argentina ............................................................................................................................. 31 5.1. Overview of recent N&N activity ................................................................................... 31 5.2. Recent activities of organizations active in N&N .......................................................... 40 6. Brazil .................................................................................................................................... 54 6.1. Overview of recent N&N activity ................................................................................... 54 6.2. Recent activities of ten organizations active in N&N .................................................... 60 7. Chile ..................................................................................................................................... 70 7.1. Overview of recent N&N activity ................................................................................... 70 7.2. Recent activities of organizations active in N&N .......................................................... 75 8. Colombia .............................................................................................................................. 78 8.1. Overview of recent N&N activity ................................................................................... 78 8.2. Recent activities of organizations active in N&N .......................................................... 83 9. Costa Rica............................................................................................................................ 86 Second Annual Report on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Latin America 9.1. Overview of recent N&N activity ................................................................................... 86 9.2. Recent activities of organizations active in N&N .......................................................... 88 10. Ecuador ................................................................................................................................ 96 10.1. Overview of recent N&N activity ................................................................................... 96 10.2. Recent activities of organizations active in N&N .......................................................... 97 11. El Salvador........................................................................................................................... 99 11.1. Overview of recent N&N activity ................................................................................... 99 11.2. Recent activities of organizations active in N&N ........................................................ 100 12. Mexico ................................................................................................................................ 101 12.1. Overview of recent N&N activity ................................................................................. 101 12.2. Recent activities of organizations active in N&N ........................................................ 106 13. Peru .................................................................................................................................... 111 13.1. Overview of recent N&N activity ................................................................................. 111 13.2. Recent activities of organizations active in N&N ........................................................ 113 14. Uruguay .............................................................................................................................. 115 14.1. Overview of recent N&N activity ................................................................................. 115 14.2. Recent activities of organizations active in N&N ........................................................ 117 15. Venezuela........................................................................................................................... 119 15.1. Overview of recent N&N activity ................................................................................. 119 15.2. Recent activities of organizations active in N&N ........................................................ 125 Appendices ................................................................................................................................ 126 Details of conferences and workshops (June 2009 onwards) .............................................. 126 Second Annual Report on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Latin America ICPCNanoNet Region Report on Latin America 1. Executive Summary 1.1. About this report This report, provided in the context of the ICPCNanoNet project, is the second of four annual reports that aim to describe the situation with regard to Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (N&N) in the International Co-operation Partner Countries (ICPC) of Latin America. It is designed to provide support to the development collaborative activities between the EU and this region. In this context, it draws on an assessment of the facilities and expertise available, the existing projects, programmes, and networks as well as the existing collaborations in order to identify potential areas of synergy for mutually beneficial collaboration. This report presents new developments since the publishing of the first annual report introduces further analysis regarding promising areas for collaborative activities. 1.2. Countries covered in this report The region itself encompasses 17 international partnership co-operation countries, as identified by the European Commission.1 Argentina Ecuador Panama Bolivia El Salvador Paraguay Brazil Guatemala Peru Chile Honduras Uruguay Colombia Mexico Venezuela Costa Rica Nicaragua 1 http://ec.europa.eu/research/iscp/pdf/icpc_countries_en.pdf 5 Second Annual Report on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
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