“NanoSpace Training School on Advanced Characterization of Carbon Materials” ; 20-22 January 2026, Benasque (Pyrenees, Aragon), Spain

[agarcia]

Dear colleagues,

We are very happy to announce the “NanoSpace Training School on Advanced
Characterization of Carbon Materials”; a COST NanoSpace Winter School on
advanced characterization techniques of carbon materials and their
potential applications in astrochemistry. The School will be held 20-22
January 2026 in Benasque (Pyrenees, Aragon), Spain.

All detailed information about the NanoSpace Training School on Advanced
Characterization of Carbon Materials; i.e., programme, organising
committee, registration, logistics, etc. can be found on the school’s
website at https://benasque.org/2026nanospace/ (also available via the
NanoSpace website; https://research.iac.es/proyecto/nanospace/).

The list of confirmed topics and lecturers/trainers is the following:

• Introduction to Carbon Nanomaterials ─ Chris EWELS, CNRS-IMN, France
• Kicking Out Electrons: What Photoemission Tells Us About Carbon
Materials ─ Paola AYALA, Vienna Univ., Austria
• Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) - Imaging and Spectroscopy on
Carbon Nanomaterials ─ Raúl ARENAL, INMA-CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza,
Spain
• Modelling for Experimentalists: The Case of Carbon Defects ─ Chris
EWELS, CNRS-IMN, France
• Probing the Matter with infrared and Raman Spectroscopies: from
Molecules to Solids ─ Cedric PARDANAUD, CNRS-PIIM, France
• Scanning Probe Microscopy/Spectroscopy (AFM, STM-STS, KPM...) Studies
on Carbon Materials ─ José Ángel MARTIN-GAGO, ICMM-CSIC, Spain
• First principles modelling of electronic, structural, and vibrational
properties of carbon materials ─ Vincent MEUNIER, Penn State Univ., USA
• Spectral features and Photophysics of Laboratory Analogues of
Carbonaceous Nanograins ─ Thomas PINO, CNRS-ISMO, France
• Laboratory IR Spectroscopy of Astrophysically Relevant Molecules and
Ions using Fancy Lasers ─ Jos OOMENS, HFML-FELIX, The Netherlands

***Short description of the NanoSpace Training School on Advanced
Characterization of Carbon Materials:

This NanoSpace Training School on Advanced Characterization of Carbon
Materials is organized by the COST Action NanoSpace (CA21126). The main
goal of the Advanced Characterization of Carbon Materials Training
School is to provide specialized knowledge to PhD students and young
researchers, systematically addressing the description of
(nano)materials and the principal and advanced methods and techniques
for their characterization and study, with a special emphasis on their
potential applications in astrochemistry.

The School will be in person with attendance limited to 33 trainees and
with priority given to PhD students and Young Researchers, who are
strongly encouraged to participate. There is no registration fee and the
NanoSpace COST Action will provide financial support (i.e. reimbursement
after the event, covering full or partial travel, accommodation, and
subsistence costs) for a significant number of participants (at least
~15-20), with high priority to those with a primary affiliation in an
institution located in an Inclusiveness Target Country (ITC) / Near
Neighbour Country (NNC) participating in the Action. The information
requested in the registration form will be used to select the final list
of registered participants as well as those eligible for financial
support, which will be notified in advance of the Training School (i.e.,
by 5th December 2025). The attendees are expected to arrange their own
travel and accommodation.

***Registration Deadline: 30th November 2025

***Contact emails: are...@unizar.es, aga...@iac.es

Looking forward to meet you in Benasque (Pyrenees, Aragon)!
Kind regards,
Anibal García-Hernández, NanoSpace Action Chair on behalf of the
Organizing Committee
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