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Zoom Meetings: Congratulations to Victor Lepeintre (ULB) for an excellent talk on Gold Nanorods Shielded by Calixarenes: New Horizons in Photothermal Engineering! A brilliant showcase of innovation at the interface of supramolecular chemistry and nanotechnology @COSTprogramme

LucesCostAction Zoom Meetings: 🎤 Excited for the talk by Maria Amparo (BAM – Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung): 3D-printed SAF biosensor for immuno-detection 🧬🖨️ A cutting-edge merge of additive manufacturing & bioanalytics! @COSTprogramme

📣 The final 2025 call for Conference Grants is still open! If you're an early-career researcher or from an ITC/NNC, you can get support to present your work at conferences. 🗓 Apply by: June 30, 2025 📢 Presentation window: Aug 1 – Oct 31, 2025 🔗 lucescostaction.com/conference-gra…

🔔 Reminder: The last STSM call of the year is still open! Don’t miss your chance to visit a lab abroad, learn new techniques, or build collaborations through a LUCES STSM Grant. 📅 Apply by: June 30, 2025 🗓 Mobility window: Aug 1 – Oct 31, 2025 🔗 lucescostaction.com/stsm-grants

🚨 LUCES Small Workshop Call is OPEN! We’re funding 1–2 small meetings to foster collaboration among WG members. A great chance to exchange ideas & plan future projects! 📅 Deadline: July 13, 2025 🗓 Meeting window: Aug 1 – Oct 15 🔗 lucescostaction.com/workshops-3 @COSTprogramme

👏 Fantastic talk by José Manuel Marín-Beloqui (Univ Málaga) on Counterintuitive Fluorescence Blue-Shift in Symmetry Breaking Dicationic Bis(indolinium) with Two-Photon! Really intriguing photophysics insights. Thanks for sharing! #Fluorescence #Photophysics #ScienceTalks

👏 Great Zoom talk by Sara Garrido Rodríguez (ICMAB-CSIC) on Fluorescent Quatsome Nanovesicles for Advanced Bioimaging Applications! Fascinating insights into cutting-edge bioimaging nanotech. Thanks for sharing your work! #Nanotech #Bioimaging #ICMAB

Excellent talk delivered by our WG member Dr Imma Ratera from ICMAB-CSIC at @QuimicaUB on nanoarchitectonic molecular materials for biomedical applications 📢📢. Thanks for coming! 👏👏

🚨 Excited to share our latest work on heteronuclear Pt(II)-Ag(I) complexes for efficient light-emitting electrochemical cells (LECs) ✨ Great collaboration with @AriadnaLaz Fernando B. Dias & co @LUCESCOSTAction ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

🚨 Just out online! Our latest chapter in Adv Organomet Chem explores the luminescence and supramolecular behavior of gold(I) complexes ✨ Thanks to JC Lima for this nice collaboration! @geqo_rseq @LUCESCOSTAction @GroupSuns 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/bs.ado… sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

📣An international conference entitled “Aqueous Systems: The Frontier and Beyond” is organized in Kalamata, Greece, during June 16 – 21, 2025. A Conference at the Cutting Edge of Molecular Science – Kalamata, Greece, June 15 – 21, 2025. Check it out!👇 voices.uchicago.edu/aqueous-sys/

👏 Fantastic #LucestCost Zoom Meeting talk by M. Colaço (NOVA School of Science and Technology) on light-switchable cucurbituril host–guest systems in water! Elegant supramolecular design with photoresponsive binding, enzyme-like catalysis, and nanocontrol of guest exchange.

👏 Big thanks to Giovanni Schievano (ICMAB-CSIC) for a fascinating #LucestCost Zoom Meetings talk on luminescent radical-based organic nanoparticles for nanothermometry! 💡 A great showcase of innovation at the intersection of #luminescence and #nanotechnology. @COSTprogramme

🏆 Congratulations to the #LUCESCOSTAction Best Poster Award winners! 🎉 Lea Fritz (Loughborough University, UK): Luminescent lanthanide probes for recognition of environmentally relevant anions 🎉 Filip Grdović (Ruđer Bošković Institute, HR): Toward chiral coordination cages

🔵 Final talk at #LUCESCOSTAction: Přemysl Lubal (Masaryk University, CZ) presenting “Application of Ln(III) Complexes of Tetraazamacrocyclic Ligands as Analytical Chemosensors”! Closing the session with cutting-edge luminescent sensing strategies! ✨🔬 @COSTprogramme

🔬 Up next at #LUCESCOSTAction: Jadranka Blaževska Gilev (Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, MK) presenting “Polymer-Based Chemical Sensors”! Exploring smart materials for advanced sensing applications! ✨🧪 @COSTprogramme

🧪 Continuing at #LUCESCOSTAction: Avni Berisha (University of Prishtina, KV) presenting “Interactions of Diamondoids with 2D Carbon Nanomaterials: An Ab Initio Study”! Diving into nanoscale interactions with cutting-edge theory! ✨🧠 @COSTprogramme

🌍 Back to #LUCESCOSTAction talks: Cláudia Lopes (CICECO & University of Aveiro, PT) presenting “Microtubular Silicates for the Recovery of Economically Valuable Metals from Contaminated Waters”! Sustainability and innovation in action! ✨💧 @COSTprogramme

⚡ Flash presentations underway at #LUCESCOSTAction! Young researchers showcasing their cutting-edge work in just a few minutes — energy, innovation, and brilliant ideas lighting up the session! 🌟🧪 @COSTprogramme

📸 A great moment at #LUCESCOSTAction in Zadar! We gathered for the official group photo during the coffee break — celebrating collaboration, science, and new connections (and Guilia's birthday😀)! 🌟🤝 @COSTprogramme