Materials Science on research in Spain. Evolution on thirty last years. (1980-2010).

摘要

The great development experienced by material research in Spain during the last 30 years has been, in great part, a consequence of the initiative of the National Research Council of Spain (CSIC) of including Material Science as a priority area in its Scientific Programme in the years 1980. Four new institutes for research in advanced materials were created in 1985-1986 in Barcelona, Madrid, Sevilla and Zaragoza, the last two in cooperation with the respective universities. A Scientific Advisory Committee, whose members were scientists of great prestige at the international level, was nominated by the CSIC in order to guarantee a high standard in the research activities of the new centres. Sources for funding material research projects existed at three levels: a) the Framework Programme of the European Union; b) the National Programme for Scientific Research and Tchnological development of the Spanish Governement and c) the Institutional Research Programme of the CSIC. An important increase of the research activity has taken place during the last 30 years, as indicated by the number of papers published in international journals, Finally, an analiysis of the actual situation of research activities in material research concerning the public sector (universities and research organisms) and the industrial sector, is presented.