ESMolNa-ESAM-2026

19^th European School on Molecular Nanoscience (ESMolNa 2026)

3^rd European School on Advanced Materials (ESAM 2026)

12^th Workshop on 2D Materials (W2DM 2026)

17^th - 22^nd May 2026 - Gandia (Valencia,Spain)

Registration

PROGRAM

Important Dates

Pre-registration

March 24^th 2026

Abstracts submission

March 31^st 2026

Final registration

April 15^th 2026

Registration fee payment

April 24^th 2026

Molecular Nanoscience & Advanced Materials

The molecular region of Nanoscience is still a region that has been scarcely explored in Nanoscience, maybe because the larger structural and electronic complexity of molecules, compared with that found in simpler atom-based nano-objects and nanostructures, make them more difficult to study at the nanoscale with the currently available instrumental techniques. Albeit it is in this molecular region where molecular chemists, biologists, physicists and engineers working in Nanoscience may find the best opportunities to interact and to converge. Areas like supramolecular chemistry, molecular electronics and molecular magnetism are expected to converge in this region.

The development of materials with advanced functionalities is a current challenge in science, which has a strong impact in our technological society. The design of these materials and the fabrication of devices with improved properties and efficiencies can cover the social needs related with energy, information technologies, health and environment. This school comprises the preparation, multi-scale characterization and applications of different kinds of materials of current interest: from graphene and other 2D materials, to multifunctional materials with advanced functionalities of direct application in energy, information technologies, health and environment.

The School

The joint 19^th European School on Molecular Nanoscience & 3^rd European School on Advanced Materials (ESMolNa & ESAM 2026) intends to provide a suitable framework to show and extensively discuss the state-of-the-art in these multidisciplinary areas.

By bringing these two scientific events together, the school will strengthen collaboration between the advanced materials and molecular nanoscience communities, generating synergies that drive innovation and the exchange of ideas.

Lectures are aimed at the post-graduate level as they will be presented to an audience primarily formed by post-graduate, PhD students and postdoctoral fellows. In fact, these schools will be the last part of two intensive Advanced Courses of three weeks organized in the frame of the Master in Molecular Nanoscience and Nanotechnology and the Master in Advanced Materials respectively. This meeting also intends to be a forum where the active European scientific groups working in these areas will have the opportunity to meet and informally discuss with the younger generations.

The Workshop on 2D Materials

The 12^th Workshop on 2D Materials (W2DM2026) will take place on May 21^st and 22^nd 2026, having the first day a joint program with ESMolNa & ESAM 2026.

Graphene and other two-dimensional (2D) materials represent one of the priority areas of the European Commission, as shown by the 'Graphene flagship'. Due to the exceptional mechanical and electronic properties of graphene, research about this material has been at the forefront of this area during the last years. However, other 2D materials, like metal chalcogenides or molecular-based layers are emerging. In these materials a wide range of properties can be found, including superconductivity and magnetism. The research community exploring graphene and other 2D materials is increasing, due to the incorporation of researchers from a variety of fields like materials science, physics, chemistry and engineering. Moreover, there is a big interest in the construction of functional heterostructures and devices based on 2D materials, including their integration with graphene.

During the W2DM2026 collaboration among participant researchers will be promoted, in order to face the huge scientific challenges encountered in this field, both from an experimental and theoretical point of view.

Confirmed Plenary Speakers