InCAEM is a new project which will provide you new exciting microscopy tools and methodologies for your research to develop and understand advanced materials for energy applications within the umbrella of ALBA. As part of the frame project Materiales Avanzados within the Planes Complementarios call, InCAEM is the Catalan branch, funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU in the frame of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (PRTR) and the Regional Government of Catalonia.
InCAEM has four partner institutions (ALBA, ICN2, ICMAB and PIC-IFAE) and in its frame we will develop instrumentation and methodologies which will be put at the service of the whole scientific community. Several new instruments will be added to the suite available at the ALBA premises, such as a state-of-the-art (Scanning) Transmission Electron Microscope for in situ studies in gas and liquid environments, and scanning probe microscopes (STM and AFM) combined with Raman microspectroscopy (Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy) and with functional sample environments. Several ALBA beamlines will be adapted to perform multi-modal experiments, i.e., studies of the same samples and processes in different beamlines and in the off-line microscopes. In addition, data infrastructure and methods will be developed for advanced data analysis both in situ and ex situ.
The project started in October 2022 and is planned to finish at the end of September 2025, at which point the developed capabilities will be offered to external users. The goal of the workshop is 1.) to introduce the new capabilities, 2.) to discuss new access models to fully benefit from this tools, 3.) give you a platform to voice additional needs, and 4.) to disseminate the new, upcoming methodologies and tools.
