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Coherent manipulation and control of heat in solid-state nanostructures: the era of coherent caloritronics (COMANCHE)

Start date: May 1, 2014, End date: Apr 30, 2019,

"Electronic nanodevices have demonstrated to be versatile and effective tools for the investigation of exotic quantum phenomena under controlled and adjustable conditions. Yet, these have enabled to give access to the manipulation of charge flow with unprecedented precision. On the other hand, the wisdom dealing with control, measurements, storage, and conversion of heat in nanoscale devices, the ...
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Sound-Light Manipulation in the Terahertz (SouLMan)

Start date: Apr 1, 2013, End date: Mar 31, 2018,

The interaction of electromagnetic radiation with the mechanical vibrations of solids affects and determines many different physical phenomena. At the microscopic level, scattering of light with phonon excitations is a well known process exploited in semiconductor devices like Raman amplifiers and acousto-optic modulators. At the macroscopic scale, the interaction is mediated by the radiation pres ...
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Next-generation polymer nanofibers: from electrified jets to hybrid optoelectronics (NANO-JETS)

Start date: Mar 1, 2013, End date: Feb 28, 2018,

"This project ultimately targets the application of polymer nanofibers in new, cavity-free lasers. To this aim, it wants to tackle the still unsolved problems of the process of electrospinning in terms of product control by the parameters affecting the dynamics of electrified jets. The electrospinning is based on the uniaxial elongation of polymeric jets with sufficient molecular entanglements, in ...
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MODeling Electron Non-Adiabatic DYNAmics (MODENADYNA)

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2017,

"The aim of this project (MODENADYNA) is to push Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory (TDDFT) beyond the present 'state of the art' by implementing a novel computational scheme to MODel Electron Non-Adiabatic DYNAmics due to electron-electron scattering processes. This goal matches the needs of: (i) going beyond the simplest adiabatic approximation -- commonly adopted in the description of ult ...
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Thermodynamics of Mesoscopic Quantum Systems (TherMiQ)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

A quantum technology going beyond microscopic borders will be confronted with aspects of thermodynamics that are yet to be understood. This is important, both from a fundamental perspective and with a view to development of quantum devices. Here we propose a comprehensive research programme -- which we dub TherMiQ -- aimed at developing a general framework that brings together thermodynamics and t ...
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Molecular Quantum Spintronics (MoQuaS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

MoQuaS aims at developing devices and protocols to read out and process quantum information using individual molecular spins embedded in electronic circuits. To this end, prototypical hybrid nano-devices addressing single molecular spins will be designed and reliable methods for their realization will be developed. Core of such nano-architectures are magnetic molecules, specifically functionalized ...
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STRATEGY TO INHIBIT TGF-Beta IN LIVER DISEASE (IT-LIVER)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

Chronic liver diseases (CLD) and their end-stages, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), are leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide with enormous socio-economic costs. Patients with liver cirrhosis are at high risk of deadly hepatic failure and over 80% of HCC develop on a cirrhotic background. HCC ranks as the 5th most common cancer and with >600,000 deaths per annum it const ...
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Indirect Excitons: Fundamental Physics and Applications (INDEX)

Start date: Nov 1, 2011, End date: Oct 31, 2015,

Indirect excitons are bosonic quasi-particles in semiconductors with unique properties: they have long lifetime and spin-relaxation time, can travel over large distances before recombination, can be cooled down to low temperatures and form a quantum gas, and can be controlled by voltage in-situ. Due to these properties, they form a model system both for the studies of fundamental properties of lig ...
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Time dynamics and ContROl in naNOStructures for magnetic recording and energy applications (CRONOS)

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

The CRONOS project seeks to develop a quantitative, flexible and fully atomistic theory of ultrafast dynamics in real materials. Our effort will create the necessary knowledge for advancing two technological areas crucial for the economic future of Europe and the well being of its citizens: new materials for solar energy harvesting and ultra-high density magnetic data storage. In particular we wil ...
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Nanoelectronics: Concepts, Theory and Modelling (NanoCTM)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

The NanoCTM network will tackle major challenges in the theory of nanoelectronics. Ten internationally-leading European theory-of-condensed-matter groups from nine different countries [including one of Europe’s leading industrial electronics-research groups (QinetiQ)] have joined forces as full participants, combining theoretical expertise in nanowires, quantum dots, carbon-based electronics, and ...
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Development of Density Functional Theory methods for Organic Metal Interaction (DEDOM)

Start date: Jul 1, 2008, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

"First principles Density-Functional Theory (DFT) methods have been widely applied for computing electronic and optical properties of different systems. Recently theoretical modeling of metal-organic interfaces received a much attention due to their importance in different nanoscience fields. However, common (i.e. local and semi-local) approximations to the exchange-correlation (XC) functional of ...
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Beyond CMOS Nanodevices for Adding Functionalities\nto CMOS (NANOFUNCTION)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2013,

Description NANOFUNCTION addresses the merging of advanced More than Moore (MtM) devices with Beyond-CMOS. Topics: Si nanowires for sensing, on-chip energy harvesting, nano-cooling and porous Si for RF passives.The NANOFUNCTION project aims to integrate at the European level the excellent European research laboratories in order to strengt ...
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A Brain-Chip Interface for High-resolution Bi-directional Communication (CyberRat)

Start date: Jan 1, 2008, End date: Dec 31, 2011,

We intend to create an innovative interface between a semiconductor chip or an ensemble of semiconductor chips and the brain of a living rat. Small CMOS chips featuring stimulation and recording sites integrated at high-density (1000 elements spaced only 5-10 micrometers) will be implanted in several brain areas, either independently or simultaneously, thus obtaining an unprecedented control of ne ...
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Molecular Spin Clusters for Quantum Information Processing (MolSpinQIP)

Start date: Apr 1, 2008, End date: Sep 30, 2011,

Molecular spin clusters are prototypical systems exhibiting coherent dynamics of the electronic spin. The pattern of the lowest lying spin states is well defined and controlled at the synthetic level. The chemical bottom up approach used for the synthesis of molecules also allows to reduce intrinsic sources of decoherence and to build links between clusters, thus creating entanglement of spin stat ...
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Radiochemistry on chip (ROC)

Start date: Sep 1, 2008, End date: Aug 31, 2011,

The aim of this project is the design, fabrication and implementation of a microdevice able to synthesise radiopharmaceuticals for Positron Emission Tomography (PET) analysis, a technique usually employed in medicine for its unsurpassed sensitivity and specificity. We propose to develop a modular microfluidic architecture which can be used for standard synthesis protocols as well as for R&D of new ...
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Atomic functionalities on silicon devices (AFSID)

Start date: Feb 1, 2008, End date: Jul 31, 2011,

In this project, we wish to take advantage of a fundamental figure-of-merit of the CMOS transistors, the doping modulation, to propose new functionalities arising from the control of a single charge and spin on individual dopants in silicon. The ultimate electrical switch is an atomic point contact. It has been realized and operated several times in laboratories at low temperature under the form o ...
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The European Spallation Neutron Source (ESS) (NeutronSourceESS)

Start date: Apr 1, 2008, End date: Mar 31, 2010,

The European Spallation neutron Source (ESS) will be the world’s most powerful source of neutrons. Its design parameters makes it the most cost-effective top tier source for 40 years or more. A genuine pan‑European facility, it will serve a user community of 5,000 users annually across many areas of science and technology. Neutron beams produced by reactors are inherently intensity-limited. The ES ...
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Spectroscopy of ordered and quasi ordered complex solids (SOQCS)

Start date: Sep 1, 2008, End date: Aug 31, 2009,

"Complex oxides with competing interactions are one of the biggest challenges in condensed matter physics and at the same time promising materials for applications. The recent developments in ARPES (angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy) studies of cuprates opens a direct window on how strong correlations renormalize energy bands, and may provide important clues into the unusual properties of ...
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