The A-LEAF project aims to design, build and validate a photoelectrochemical device capable of transforming CO2 into added value products in a sustainable and cost-effective way to be transferred to the European industry. The basic idea is to reproduce the process of plant photosynthesis to obtain clean fuels using as raw materials sunlight, water and CO2. In this way, the research will contribute to the transition from the current energy model, based on fossil fuels, to a sustainable and environmentally friendly model based on solar energy.

Dr Beatriz Julián participated in the 3rd International Conference NANOAPP 2017 organized in Hotel Golf, Bled, Slovenia from 14th to 18th June.
NANOAPP 2017 gathered world-renowned scientists in Nanomaterials and was focused on the synthesis and applications of novel nanomaterials for energy, environment, medicine, biotechnology, sensors and textiles. Great emphasis was placed on hybrid materials, which have already demonstrated good promise in addressing and offering solutions in each of these priority areas.

La revista TALENTO, editada por el ayuntamiento de Castellón, ha seleccionado una lista de nombres de castellonenses que 'triunfan aquí, y más allá de nuestras fronteras.' En el ámbito de las ciencias, destaca Macarena Poyatos, investigadora química del INAM.
'Durante años hemos centrado nuestro interés en la preparación de catalizadores homogéneos. Un catalizador homogéneo es un compuesto metálico que es capaz de aumentar la velocidad de una reacción química.