Laboratorio de Nuevos Materiales Nanoestructurados y Catálisis Heterogénea, División de Materiales Avanzados, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, A.C.

Abstract

The Nanostructured New Materials and Heterogeneous Catalysis Laboratory (LANOCAT, for its acronym in Spanish) was created in 2010 in the Advanced Materials Department of The Institute for Scientific and Technological Research of San Luis Potosi, (IPICyT, for its acronym in Spanish). During the seven years of activity, the equipment of this laboratory give support to national and international researchers and students via collaborations or research grants. In this document, the laboratory infrastructure is described with the research areas such as nanomaterials synthesis, materials characterization, surface science and the nanoscience and nanotechnology applications focusing on heterogeneous catalysis. A brief introduction about ipicyt, the Nanoscience and Materials Graduate Program of the Advanced Materials Department which is recognized as of high quality by the National Quality Graduate Program of the National Council of Science and Technology (PNPC-CONACyT, for its acronym in Spanish). In addition the research lines cultivated in the Department will be briefly described. Finally, the national laboratories that have been established at the ipicyt are outlined. The latter give strong support to perform original and cutting edge research together with the activities of Innovation and Knowledge Transfer Department which is also described because it helps the transfer process from fundamental science towards technological development and innovation; this contributes to sustainable scientific, technological growth and to the internationalization of our Institute and science in Mexico.