Center for Research in Multiscale Science and Engineering

The CCEM



The Center for Research in Multiscale Science and Engineering (CCEM) has as a main objective to foster cutting-edge research, develope innovative technologies, optimize laboratory resources and support higher education at the national and international levels. Research at the CCEM focuses in three scientific fundamental and applied pillars: health, energy and environment.

Health

  • Development of biomaterials for tissue and organs regeneration and/or functional repair.
  • Engineering aspects of materials with specific characteristics for biomedical applications.
  • Study, rational design and material characterization of multiple order-parameter phase transitions through a synergistic research approach combining experimental techniques, and advanced first principle simulations based on density functional theory. Break down the complexity of materials problems and guide the development of future materials in the field of health.
  • Development of innovative approaches for the research of new biocompatible polymers and nanocomposites for biomedical applications.

Environment

  • Innovation of novel materials and devices concepts for ultra-high efficiency and sustainable solar cells for clean energy production.
  • Soft materials for energy storage: Electrochemical supercapacitors and batteries based on conducting polymers.
  • Rational design, material characterization and phase transition studies for energy applications. Thermal response of materials to an applied pressure and/or external field close to first-order phase transitions.

Energy

  • Reparation, characterization, and evaluation of catalysts to operate in a heterogeneous phase in reactions of fundamental and industrial interest.
  • Development of innovative approaches for the research of new biodegradable-biobased polymers. Study of the interrelationship between synthesis-processing-structure and properties.
  • Development of advanced bioceramics for catalytic processes based on CO2 and N2 fixation.
  • Production of stable catalysts by tuning the composition.
  • Development of separation processes and technologies for promoting resource recovery schemes from urban and industrial cycles.