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Nanomechanics of proteins involved in viral and bacterial infections (InfeMec)

Start date: Mar 1, 2015, End date: Feb 28, 2019,

Viruses and bacteria utilize proteins to attach and infect cells and tissues. Viruses have envoloped proteins that especifically recongnize receptors in the surface of the target cells. HIV-1 recognices receptor CD4 in the surface of T cell throghout its envolope glycoprotein gp120. In the case of bacteria, they attach to tissues using long filament called pilus. Bacterial pilus type 1 is composed ...
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Quantum nanoantennas for atomic scale optical spectroscopy (ANTOMIC)

Start date: Mar 1, 2014, End date: Feb 28, 2018,

"The interaction of light with structures much smaller than its wavelength, i.e. far below the diffraction limit, is enhanced by the effect that electromagnetic fields cause in the charge of the object. The excitation of plasmons enhances and focuses the light in the proximity of the nanostructure, mediating the energy exchange between photons and electrons. As the size of metal nanostructures and ...
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Electronic stopping power from first principles (ElectronStopping)

Start date: Mar 1, 2014, End date: Feb 28, 2018,

Ions traveling through matter at enough speed give rise to non-adiabatic processes by which the electrons of the system become excited. The quantitative understanding of these processes and the ability to reproduce them accurately on the computer is of direct relevance to, among others, the nuclear and space industries and to cancer radiotherapy with ions. In spite o this importance, ab initio cal ...
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Artificial Enzymes: Protein-Encapsulated Inorganic Nanoparticles (ARTEN)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

"Enzymatic catalysis is one of the key processes for biochemical conversion in nature and of utmost importance for any form of life. The base for this kind of conversion is the enzyme itself, which is a very specialized protein targeting another molecule, peptide, or protein in a very specific way to convert it into a product with a minimum of activation energy. The latter point is very critical a ...
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Spintronics in Graphene (SPINOGRAPH)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

"The “Spintronics in Graphene” Training project (SPINOGRAPH) will create a European network of experts providing state-of-the-art training for early stage researchers (ESR) and Experienced Researchers (ER) in the blooming field of Spintronics in Graphene. The huge success of spintronics in metals which, starting from the pioneering discovery of Giant Magnetoresistance (GMR), has revolutionized t ...
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Thin-film Hybrid Interfaces: a training initiative for the design of next-generation energy devices (THINFACE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

Organic thin-films constitute a fast growing area of electronic and opto-electronic devices that offer cost-effective and flexible solutions for e.g. improved energy efficiency and energy harvesting. Due to the achievements made during the past decade, the development of such sustainable energy devices has already reached an early commercialization stage, however, in order to further boost their u ...
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Spin Transport in Organic Semiconductors (SPINTROS)

Start date: Apr 1, 2011, End date: Mar 31, 2016,

"Spintronics is an area of electronics that aims to exploit the spin of the electron. Although it is one of the areas selected to play a role in the post-CMOS electronics, spintronics still has to prove its full potential in many fields. A particularly important is the long distance spin transport and manipulation. Organic semiconductors (OSC) can play an important role in the development of spint ...
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Fundamentals and Applications of Nano-Carbon Electron Emitters (FANCEE)

Start date: Apr 1, 2012, End date: Mar 31, 2016,

Development of efficient electron sources is crucial for a wide range of applications including integrated vacuum microelectronics, MEMS, bright flat panel displays, energy conversion devices, and compact microwave amplifiers. In the search for new cathodes capable to produce a strong electron flux at low energy consumption, carbon materials possessing extraordinary field emission properties have ...
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Magnetic order induced in nonmagnetic solids (MAGNONMAG)

Start date: Apr 1, 2012, End date: Mar 31, 2016,

Our aim is to establish long lasting collaboration in the frames of a research program the goal of which is to develop novel methods of control and manipulation of the magnetic degree of freedom in nominally nonmagnetic materials, in view of their potential for nanotechnology and nanoscience. The principal objective of the MagNonMag project is to bring together leading research groups in the field ...
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Graphene-Based Revolutions in ICT And Beyond (GRAPHENE)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Mar 31, 2016,

This Flagship aims to take graphene and related layered materials from a state of raw potential to a point where they can revolutionize multiple industries – from flexible, wearable and transparent electronics, to new energy applications and novel functional composites.Our main scientific and technological objectives in the different tiers of the value chain are to develop material technologies fo ...
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Near-field Spectroscopic Nanotomography at Infrared and Terahertz Frequencies (TERATOMO)

Start date: Nov 1, 2010, End date: Oct 31, 2015,

Fundamental understanding and engineering of composite materials, biological structures and buildingblocks for electrical and optical devices of nanoscale dimensions necessitate the availability of advancedmicroscopy tools for mapping their local chemical, structural and free-carrier properties. But while opticalspectroscopy, particularly in the infrared (IR) and terahertz (THz) frequency range, h ...
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Transparent Electrodes for Large Area, Large Scale Production of Organic Optoelectronic Devices (TREASORES)

Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Oct 31, 2015,

Description TREASORES: producing cheaper large area organic optoelectronic devices using roll-to-roll processes; developing new transparent, conductive, flexible electrodes and better barrier films.TREASORES (Transparent Electrodes for Large Area, Large Scale Production of Organic Optoelectronic Devices) is a project that seeks to develop ...
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Probing the effect of Time Reversal Symmetry breaking by the application of a local magnetic field in topological insulators (MAGNETOP)

Start date: May 1, 2012, End date: Aug 31, 2015,

Electronic states that could propagate long distances without power dissipation and with spin coherence (i.e. without losing information about their spin state) would be desirable for the design of energy efficient electronic devices and to make reality theoretical proposals of quantum computation devices. Topological insulators are recently discovered materials that may potentially offer these fo ...
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Quantum Nano-Electronics Training (Q-NET)

Start date: Apr 1, 2011, End date: Mar 31, 2015,

Q-NET will provide initial training in the general field of Quantum Nano-Electronics, in particular spintronics, molecular electronics, single-electronics, quantum dots and nanowires, nano-cooling. The recruited researchers will be trained to state-of-the-art technologies of nanofabrication, near-field microscopies, transport measurement under extreme conditions (low temperatures, magnetic field, ...
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High Efficiency LIght-emitters with Organic Spintronics (HELiOS)

Start date: Aug 1, 2011, End date: Jul 31, 2014,

Organic semiconductors (OS) are organic materials with semiconductor properties. They are expected to change the electronics as we conceive it at the moment. OS allow producing flexible, large-area and low-cost devices and they are currently used in displays in mobile phones, MP3 players, digital cameras, radios, etc.Spintronics (“spin-based electronics”) is a new electronics paradigm that deals w ...
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NANOTECHNOLOGICAL TOOLKITS FOR MULTI-MODAL DISEASE DIAGNOSTICS AND TREATMENT MONITORING (NAMDIATREAM)

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

NAMDIATREAM will develop a cutting edge nanotechnology-based toolkit for multi-modal detection of biomarkers of most common cancer types and cancer metastases, permitting identification of cells indicative of early disease onset in a high-specificity and throughput format in clinical, laboratory and point-of-care devices. The project is built on the innovative concepts of super-sensitive and highl ...
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Next Generation Hybrid Interfaces for Spintronic Applications (HINTS)

Start date: Jun 1, 2011, End date: May 31, 2014,

The development of conceptually new materials following a “double beyond” trend, that is going “beyond CMOS” with “beyond silicon” materials, is one of the most challenging issues for the next generation of products for Information and Communication applications. Future devices for information processing able to increase the public wealth and occupation require a further material downscaling, toge ...
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Development of a high sensitive and specific nanobiosensor based on surface enhanced vibrational spectroscopy dedicated to the in vitro proteins detection and disease diagnosis (Nanoantenna)

Start date: Oct 1, 2009, End date: Mar 31, 2013,

The main goal of our proposal is to develop a novel optical nanobiosensor based on extraordinary vibrational signal enhancement of the proteins to be detected. To reach vibrational signal enhancement, we will exploit the optical properties of specially designed metallic nanoparticles which should act as nanoantenna and the associated field enhancement to obtain a direct detection of proteins bound ...
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MAGNETIC NANOCONTAINERS FOR COMBINED HYPERTHERMIA AND CONTROLLED DRUG RELEASE (MAGNIFYCO)

Start date: Sep 1, 2009, End date: Feb 28, 2013,

The aim of this project is the assembly and the fabrication of a new generation of multifunctional nanostructures for performing combined hyperthermia and controlled drug release, specifically targeted to cancer cells. The “magnetic nanocontainers” we intend to develop can perform at the same time cell recognition, hyperthermia treatment, and, as a consequence of the heat and /or cell environment ...
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Knowledge and Excellence in European Nanotechnology - Regions (KEEN-REGIONS)

Start date: Jun 1, 2009, End date: May 31, 2012,

EU Commissioner Janez Potonik stated that “nanotechnology is an area which has highly promising prospects for turning fundamental research into successful innovations.” The potential applications of nanotechnology are wide-ranging and rapidly increasing, demonstrating a field that has the potential to act as a powerful catalyst for economic development. To gain a competitive position in this exci ...
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