Quantum Beams & Computation for Sustainable Materials group


Based in the Materials Physics Center in Donostia San Sebastián, we are focused on the use and development of neutron-based and computation techniques to improve our knowledge of energy materials

Recent & Upcoming Events

May 20, 2026
Pint of Science 2026
Pint of Science 2026

Umbertoluca participated in Pint of Science as a volunteer.

May 5, 2026
Researcher Dr. Rita Omamuyovwi Akemu joins our group as a visitor

We welcome Dr. Rita Omamuyovwi Akemu from Covenant University, Nigeria, who was awarded a “Woman for Africa” grant to join our group.

Apr 20, 2026
Neutron Activation Analysis Workshop
Neutron Activation Analysis Workshop

Our group hosted a two-days workshop on Neutron Activation Analysis by Dr. Carlo Cazzaniga from the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source (UK). This was part of the ongoing CFM Neutron Scattering Series. Funding was provided by Estrategia IKUR 2030.

Apr 15, 2026
Seminar by Prof. Elisa Borfecchia
Seminar by Prof. Elisa Borfecchia

Prof.ssa Elisa Borfecchia (University of Turin, Italy) visited us and gave a seminar as part of the ongoing CFM Colloquium Series

Feb 4, 2026
Seminar by Prof.a Elena Solana Madruga
Seminar by Prof.a Elena Solana Madruga

Prof.a Elena Solana Madruga (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) visited us and gave a seminar as part of the ongoing Neutron Scattering Series.

Dec 16, 2025
Neutron Scattering Seminar
Neutron Scattering Seminar

Umbertoluca gave a seminar titled “High-pressure neutron scattering to study plastic phases” at CFM, as part of the ongoing Neutron Scattering Series.

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Latest Publications

Cristina Maciá-Castelló, Daniel, Mattia Gaboardi, Jorge S. Dolado, Yasuo Wakabayashi, Tomonori Fukuchi, Yujiro Ikeda, Yoshie Otake, Felix Fernandez-Alonso (2026). Optimization of the limits of detection and quantitation on pulsed compact neutron systems – the cases of chlorine and sulfur in cementitious media. Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 141, 511 (2026).

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Margherita Simoni, Felix Fernandez-Alonso, Tommaso Giovannini, Matthew Krzystyniak, Jose Ignacio Marquez Damian, Anna Marsicano, Marco Martellucci, Triestino Minniti, Roberto Senesi, Matteo Sorbara, Giovanni Romanelli (2026). Molecular contributions to the thermal neutron cross sections of O2, N2, and air. J. Chem. Phys., 164, 134109 (2026).

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Umbertoluca Ranieri, Simone Di Cataldo, James Spender, Dominique Laniel (2026). High-pressure synthesis of an arsenopyrite-type polymorph of rhenium disulfide recoverable to ambient conditions. Phys. Rev. Materials (2026).

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F. J. Villacorta, I. Bustinduy, F. Sordo, M. Pérez, J. M. Porro, V. Petrenko, S. Lanceros-Méndez, M. Cárdenas, Felix Fernandez-Alonso, A. Maestro, A. Arbe, J. Colmenero (2026). The instrument suite and science case for ARGITU, the Spanish high-current accelerator-driven neutron source. J. Appl. Cryst., 59, 410-418 (2026).

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Mattia Gaboardi, Valerio Di Lisio, Balthasar Braunewell, Jay Siegel, Daniele Cangialosi, Felix Fernandez-Alonso (2026). Curvature-induced vitrification and polymorphism in corannulene. Commun. Chem., 9, 173 (2026).

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Jonathan F. Gebbia, Ares Sanuy, Michela Romanini, David Aguilà, Phillipe Negrier, Stephane Massip, María Del Barrio, Felix Fernandez-Alonso, Sanghamitra Mukhopadhyay, Markus Appel, Claudio Cazorla, Luis Carlos Pardo, Josep Lluís Tamarit (2026). Solid-solid phase transitions across orientationally disordered phases: The case of tetrachloro-m-xylene. Phys. Rev. E, 113, 024101 (2026).

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Guido Goracci, Nick Adams, Tomas Stephen Northam de la Fuente, Amaia Iturrospe Ibarra, José Antonio Ibáñez-Gómez, Arantxa Arbe Mendez, Karen Allacker, Jorge Sánchez Dolado (2026). Carbonated alkali-activated cementitious material with radiative cooling properties for urban heat mitigation. Cleaner Materials 19, 100380 (2026).

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Lorenzo Monacelli, Maria Rescigno, Alasdair Nicholls, Umbertoluca Ranieri, Simone Di Cataldo, Livia Eleonora Bove (2025). Hydrogen bond symmetrization in high-pressure ice clathrates. Phys. Rev. B, 112, 214106 (2025).

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Pelayo Marin-Villa, Pablo Gila-Herranz, Monica Jimenez-Ruiz, Alexandre Ivanov, Jeff Armstrong, Kacper Drużbicki, Felix Fernandez-Alonso (2025). Molecular Derailment via Pressurization in Methylammonium Lead Iodide. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 16, 10906-10914 (2025).

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Mattia Gaboardi, Valerio Di Lisio, Balthasar Braunewell, Jay Siegel, Daniele Cangialosi, Felix Fernandez-Alonso (2025). Curvature-induced vitrification & polymorphism in corannulene, the simplest geodesic polyarene. ChemRxiv. 2025; doi:10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-gdq9l.

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