Nanocoatings that can stop viruses and bacteria from infecting surfaces such as door handles and ATMs are being developed by an international team of scientists as part of the Surface Transfer of Pathogens (STOP) project. The aim is to prevent infections from occurring through contact with contaminated surfaces and thus improve the protection of human health. The research involves a team from the Institute of Electronics of BAS which will seek to address the problem by surface structuring to improve antimicrobial activity. The STOP project is funded by the EU and involves 15 organisations from industry and academia. "The 'Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung' (BAM) in Germany and the University of Birmingham (UoB) are leading the research. Different surfaces in areas frequented by many people, [...]

A delegation from the Turkish University Çankırı Karatekin, led by the Rector Prof. Harun Çifçi, visited the laboratories of the Institute of Electronics of BAS and got acquainted with the latest scientific achievements of Bulgarian researchers. Director Assoc. Prof. Tatiana Kutsarova presented the activities and the coordinators of the scientific teams at the Institute. The possibilities were discussed for cooperation in the field of new materials and coatings, methods and technologies in the field of materials science, electron-beam technologies, remote sensing of the atmosphere and non-linear optics with applications in industry, biomedicine and the environment, on which the scientists of the Institute of Electronics are working. A total of five patents and utility models were supported by IE in the past year, and another 7 [...]

The International Scientific Conference MetMat2022, dedicated to methods and materials for clean technologies, took place from 7 to 10 September in the city of Sandanski. The scientific forum is organized by the Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry at BAS which is one of the leading scientific organisations in Bulgaria in the field of materials chemistry. The MetMat2022 training workshop was implemented within the framework of the European Twinning on Materials Chemistry Enabling Clean Technologies (TwinTeam) project, coordinated by the IGIC-BAS. The forum was held in a hybrid format - in-person and online and brought together about 85 scientists who presented and discussed current trends in the development of next generation materials in three main areas - A: Materials and thin films for environmental protection, [...]