Katherine Villa
@katheVillag
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Group Leader @ICIQchem. PI #ERCStG PhotoSwim @villagroup_. Photocatalysis / Self-propelled microswimmers / Solar fuels / Environmental remediation. ⚡💧☀️
Tarragona, Spain
Joined May 2011
Super excited 🤩 and grateful to have been awarded an #ERCStG for my project, PhotoSwim, to develop optical rechargeable nanoswimmers @ERC_Research. Big thanks to my mentors, collaborators and my institution @ICIQchem 🤖⚡️🔋.
📢 The ERC's 2022 Starting Grant competition results are now revealed. Over €636 million to fund the best ideas of younger scientists. Find out who, where and why 👉 . 🇪🇺#EUfunded @HorizonEU #FrontierResearch #ERCStG
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Check out our new work on "Thermometric Based-Microswimmers with Chemical and Optical Engines" 🌡just out in @Advintellsyst! . @ERC_Research @MSCActions @ICIQchem.
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Temperature sensing at small scales is typically performed using passive luminescent particles. Here, an alternative approach is demonstrated by integrating upconversion thermometry into self-prope...
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RT @ICIQchem: #ICIQJobs . ✨ We're hiring a Postdoc in Prof. @katheVillag’s group!. 🔬 Work on photoactive microswimmers for pollutant detect….
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Excited to have contributed to this Perspective on the future of #nanomotors @NatureNano. A truly collaborative effort with @ayusmansen, @SamuelNanobots, and other leaders in the field. @ICIQchem.
New Perspective:.A roadmap for next-generation nanomotors. "to inspire future generations of researchers to advance both fundamental understanding & practical breakthroughs, thereby engineering a paradigm shift in #nanomotor research.". #SystemsMaterials
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🚨We're hiring! Join our group at @ICIQchem as a postdoc to work on photoactive microswimmers for pollutant detection & environmental sensing. @ERC_Research . More info at: #postdocjobs #micromotors #environmentalchemistry #nanoscience #AcademicTwitter.
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Looking for an exciting research opportunity in one of the leading scientific research institutes? Come join Prof. Villa's group at ICIQ!
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RT @ICIQchem: #ICIQJobs. ⚠️ ICIQ SEVERO OCHOA PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS FOR RESEARCHERS TRAINING – 2025 CALL. 🧪 Research with @Echavarren_Lab….
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RT @ComissioEuropea: 🔬🧠Set investigadors a Catalunya i un a les Balears rebran subvencions de la UE per dur la seva recerca al mercat. 📝L'….
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RT @_BIST: Three #BISTCommunity researchers receive @ERC_Research Proof of Concept Grants #ERCPoC 👏 . 🏆 Katherine Villa (ICIQ).🏆 Manuel Sal….
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RT @ERC_Research: 📣 Out now! First results of the 2025 ERC Proof of Concept call. 150 grants – each worth €150,000 – will help ERC grantee….
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RT @ICIQchem: #ICIQNews. 🏅 Prof. @katheVillag has been awarded a prestigious @ERC_Research Proof of Concept Grant. 🛵The project aims to dev….
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Very glad to have participated as a keynote speaker at the International #materialschemistry conference #MC17 @RoySocChem in Edinburgh, and to present our work on photoactive micromotors for selective reactions and colloidal self-assembly. @ICIQchem
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Just out in @ChemCommun! Lanthanoid-doped BiVO₄ microswimmers with built-in photon upconversion enable light-driven motion without multi-component assembly. ⚡️🟢 @ICIQchem @MSCActions @ERC_Research @goncalvesjm_.
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We report a one-step synthesis of lanthanoid-doped BiVO4 microswimmers that integrate photon upconversion and light-driven propulsion within a single particle. Yb3+/Er3+ doping enables near-infrare...
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RT @katheVillag: Fully funded PhD position available at @ICIQchem! .Join us to explore magnetically-modulated #photocatalysis for selective….
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RT @nanomotorupdate: Unraveling Charge Transport in Heterostructured Nanomotors for Efficient Photocatalytic Motion | Nano Letters | June 1….
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Photocatalytic micro/nanomotors have emerged as promising tools for environmental remediation, biosensing, and targeted delivery. To enhance their light-driven propulsion, significant efforts have...
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Fully funded PhD position available at @ICIQchem! .Join us to explore magnetically-modulated #photocatalysis for selective oxidation of organic molecules 🌱⚡.Under the supervision of @JRGM_ICIQ and myself. #PhD #phdchat #chemtwitter #AcademicTwitter . 🔗
#ICIQJobs. ⚠️ ICIQ SEVERO OCHOA PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS FOR RESEARCHERS TRAINING – 2025 CALL. 🧪 Research with @Echavarren_Lab, @BuresGroup, @JulioLloret, @GroupLlobet, @JRGM_ICIQ and @monicahperez.🔹 6 PhD positions available. Apply now 🔗
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Big thanks to our amazing collaborators! @nikinikki87 @ICFOnians @EsplandiuJose and Jordi @icn2nano.
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🚨 Just accepted in @NanoLetters ! We show how Schottky-barrier-mediated charge transport enhances visible-light motion in Fe₂O₃-Pt-TiO₂ nanomotors, revealed by situ NAP-XPS and fs-TAS. @ERC_Research @ICIQchem .
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Photocatalytic micro/nanomotors have emerged as promising tools for environmental remediation, biosensing, and targeted delivery. To enhance their light-driven propulsion, significant efforts have...
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It was a pleasure to participate in the ICRA Frontier School 2025 @IcraWater in Girona and share our work on photoactive systems for water purification. Many thanks to @WolfgangGernjak for the kind invitation! @ICIQchem
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#ICIQJobs. ✨We're hiring a Postdoc in Prof. @katheVillag’s group!. 🔬Design and control light-driven micromotors under structured light. 🔹Combine experiments with simulations at the microscale. Apply now!🔗 @iCERCA @_BIST @SOMM_alliance @thepostdoctoral
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RT @villagroup_: Our group is participating in #EMRSspring2025! 💡 Anthony and Neus presented our works on light-driven micromotors and 3D-p….
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