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"MOLECULAR-SCALE ELECTRONICS: Concepts, Contacts and Stability ""MOLESCO""" (MOLESCO)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

"The MOLESCO network will create a unique training and research environment to develop a pool of young researchers capable of achieving breakthroughs aimed at realising the immense potential of molecular electronics. In part this will involve the major challenges of design and fabrication of molecular-scale devices. To deliver this step-change in capability, MOLESCO will coordinate the activities ...
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Mechanically Interlocked Carbon Nanotubes (MINT)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

"We present a plan to design, synthesize and exploit the properties of mechanically interlocked carbon nanotubes (MINTs).The scientific aim of the project is to introduce the mechanical bond as a new tool for the derivatization of carbon nanotubes. The mechanical link combines the advantages of covalent and supramolecular modifications, namely: kinetic stability (covalent) and conserved chemical s ...
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Advanced DNA imaging: improving spatial resolution and contrast through photoswitching (ImaginDNA)

Start date: Feb 1, 2013, End date: Jan 31, 2017,

Fluorescence microscopy is one of the most convenient and widespread tools used in the life sciences. An important challenge, however, is to improve its spatial resolution, which is limited to about 200 nm. Recent “super-resolution” techniques such as photoactivation-localization microscopy (PALM) can provide images with a spatial resolution of tens of nm. Most studies performed with these techniq ...
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Polymer - Carbon Nanotubes Active Systems for Photovoltaics (POCAONTAS)

Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

Organic solar cells (OSC) feature several advantages over “classical” silicon solar cells: low cost, energy effective production, low weight and semi-transparency. This makes them apt for novel applications like, building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) with high market potential. However, both the efficiency and the long-term stability must be enhanced for OSCs to become profitable. POCAONTAS wil ...
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Nanocrystalline Permanent Magnets Based on Hybrid Metal-Ferrites (NANOPYME)

Start date: Dec 1, 2012, End date: Nov 30, 2015,

This project addresses the design and development of permanent magnets without rare earths but consisting on hybrid nanostructures based on metals and metal ferrite oxides. The metallic nanostructures offers high magnetization values while the ferrite oxide one provides high anisotropy. We intend to design and process novel permanent magnets based on traditional hard ferrites and additional new m ...
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Photogenerated Hydrogen by Organic Catalytic Systems (PHOCS)

Start date: Dec 1, 2012, End date: Nov 30, 2015,

Aim of the project “Photogenerated Hydrogen by Organic Catalytic Systems (PHOCS)” is the realization of a new-concept,photoelectrochemical system for hydrogen production, based on the hybrid organic/inorganic and organic/liquid interfaces. PHOCS takes the move from the recent demonstration of reduction/oxidation reactions taking place, under visible light and at zero bias, at the interface of an o ...
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Reenergize productivity, efficiency and competitiveness of European economy through Cloud Computing (CLOUDCATALYST)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Oct 31, 2015,

CloudCatalyst aims to provide useful tools to foster the adoption of Cloud Computing in Europe. CloudCatalyst will set up a cross-border advice and support service targeting two main groups:1) Software developers, researchers, start-ups, and other Cloud entrepreneurs interested in accelerating the development and deployment of Cloud Computing and internet services,2) End-users from large industrie ...
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Multifunctional Nanotechnology for selective detection and Treatment of cancer (MULTIFUN)

Start date: Jun 13, 2011, End date: Jun 12, 2015,

The aim of the MultiFun consortium is to develop and validate a novel and minimally-invasive nanotechnology system to improve cancer diagnosis and treatment. MultiFun nanotechnology is based on multifunctionalised magnetic nanoparticles to selectively target and eliminate breast and pancreatic cancer (stem) cells. The improved magnetic features of the MultiFun magnetic nanoparticles will lead to p ...
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Revolutionizing Understanding of Organic Solar Cell Degradation to Design Novel Stable Materials (SolarRevolution)

Start date: May 6, 2013, End date: May 5, 2015,

SolarRevolution aims to revolutionise the understanding of bulk-heterojunction organic solar cell (OSC) degradation by developing a detailed knowledge of the chemical and physical processes involved. This knowledge will be applied to the rational design of novel materials to give OSCs 20-year lifetimes and allow mass-market uptake of this low-cost, low-energy-footprint, transparent, lightweight an ...
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Fabrication and development of nanotoxicology-test bacterial arrays for the investigation of antibiotics against multi drug-resistant bacteria (NANOTESTS)

Start date: Mar 1, 2012, End date: Feb 28, 2015,

"Bacterial resistance to antibiotics is one of medicine's most vexing challenges. Most antibiotics initially work really well, killing more than 99.9% of microbes they target. But through mutation and the selection pressure exerted by the antibiotic, a few inevitably manage to survive, and flourish as antibiotic-resistant strains. Hence, new strategies to design antibiotic to combat drug-resistant ...
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Protein design to generate bio-functional nanostructures (Bionanotools)

Start date: Jul 1, 2010, End date: Jun 30, 2014,

The main objective of my research project is to understand how the structure and function of proteins are defined by their sequence and to apply learned rules to design new protein-based nanotools. In particular, I will focus on a type of proteins called tetratricopeptide repeats (TPR). They present a simple modular structure, where a small structural unit is repeated in tandem. Overall TPR domain ...
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DOTUBE: Interactions between semiconductor nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes (DOTUBE)

Start date: Jul 1, 2009, End date: Jun 30, 2012,

"Many applications in Nanotechnology require the complete understanding of the material`s surface in order to control further interactions against specific targets. The goal of the proposal is to understand the interaction between CdSe nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes (or graphene) as well as the chemical reactivity of such composites. We will investigate the ligand environment of the CdSe nanop ...
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