Collaborations

Collaboration has been central to SCML activities since their inception. SCML International maintains active scientific partnerships with academic institutions in Europe and internationally.

Current collaborations include partners at the University of São Paulo (USP) and the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in Brazil, ESPCI Paris, the University of Bayreuth in Germany, Charles University in Prague, and the University of Copenhagen. In parallel, SCML International collaborates closely with major international research infrastructures, including the Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS), the MAX IV Laboratory in Sweden, the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source in the United Kingdom, and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble.

These collaborations are based on complementary expertise, shared access to advanced research infrastructure, and long-standing scientific trust, and they continue independently of formal institutional employment. Many partnerships share an interest in earth-abundant and bio-sourced material platforms, linking fundamental soft-matter and materials physics with long-term sustainability considerations.

Collaborative activities include joint experimental programmes, access to large-scale facilities through competitive beamtime, joint supervision of early-career researchers, and coordinated proposal development. This distributed collaboration model reflects established practice in soft- matter and materials physics, where scientific leadership and experimental execution are commonly shared across institutions and facilities.

SCML International welcomes new collaborations that align with its scientific scope, distributed research model, and long-term sustainability perspective.