The INC has a team highly qualified scientists and engineers working at the frontiers of Materials Science. Its members publish in highly recognized specialized journals and collaborate with companies and other institutions in realizing technical projects. The INC favors a multidisciplinary approach to Science and Technology, which is particularly useful in an area such as Materials Science, where approaches from different disciplines meet to develop new solutions.

The Institute has promoted the set-up and construction of important infrastructures of the Campus UAM+CSIC:
• CMAM
• Nanolitography service now at the SIDI.