Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-actions-marie-curie-participations-et-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Projet SolVa (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : SIGNED

To combat global warming, achieving net-zero or net-negative CO2 emissions is imperative. The EU, aligning with the Paris Agreement, aims to reduce emissions by 40% and increase renewables share to 32% by 2030. Another challenge that the globe faces is the massive accumulation of PET plastic waste, prompting the EU to seek innovative recycling solutions. Solar-powered photoelectrochemical systems offer a clean, cost-effective alternative by converting CO2 into fuels while simultaneously recycling PET waste into high-value products. Moreover, by integrating PET oxidation, it aims to overcome the substantial overpotential loss associated with conventional oxygen evolution reactions at photoanode, making the process more efficient. Therefore, Solar-to-Value (SolVa) missions to develop a co-planar photocathode-photoanode architecture based on halide perovskites, creating an interdisciplinary solution for an efficient PEC CO2R-PET oxidation system. To facilitate these processes, advanced and selective electrocatalysts: Fe and Cu single atoms on N-doped carbon catalysts for CO2 reduction and NiFe-based catalysts for PET oxidation, will be integrated into the photocathode and photoanode, respectively. To ensure the stability of the perovskite-based photoelectrodes, protective layers of ITO will be deposited, preventing direct contact of thin-films with the electrolyte. The successful realization of this project holds the promise of developing standalone monolithic PEC cells for CO2R-PET oxidation. This can also extend the anodic recycling process to PV modules/spent Li-ion batteries and integrate it with cathodic CO2R through proper modifications of electrocatalysts and electrolytes. SolVa addresses two pressing global issues in a single innovative system, ultimately promoting a sustainable and circular economy.

Mots clés : photoelectrochemical cells, co2 reduction, plastic recycling, pet oxidation, electrocatalysis, single atom catalysts, photovoltaics, solar fuels, integrated energy conversion systems

Participants :
- Institut de micro-électronique et composants (Belgique) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 191760.0 €
- Imperial College London (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet PulseLiSSBs (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Lithium metal solid-state batteries (LiSSBs) are promising candidates for next-generation batteries due to their high energy density and non-flammable nature. They hold promise for accelerating the storage of clean energy sources like tidal, wind, and solar energy, as well as advancing the development of electric vehicles. Pulsed current charging is expected to extend battery lifetime and enhance safety. Although some reports have pointed this out, the lack of comprehensive mechanistic understanding and electrochemical model development makes it difficult to draw scalable conclusions or determine the optimal frequency of pulse charging. The primary goal of this proposal, “Pulse Charging for Lithium Metal Solid-State Batteries (PulseLiSSBs)”, is to extend the lifetime of LiSSBs by optimizing the battery charging protocols. This requires first understanding the internal electrochemical mechanisms under pulse charging and studying the impact of pulsed current on the lithium metal anode interface, contact impedance, and dendrite growth through experiments and electrochemical modelling. Finally, by simulation, the optimized parameters for pulsed current frequency and duty cycle will be selected. PulseLiSSBs project will be executed by experienced researchers who will work closely with a supervisor with a strong background in battery mechanism analysis, electrochemical modelling, and charging strategies. The fellow will also benefit from the research team's experience in Denmark and Germany, where Denmark has a robust battery testing research group, and Germany has a strong team focused on battery mechanism analysis. The project aligns with the Horizon Europe mission and can contribute to the EU's 2050 Climate-neutrality Goals and the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals.

Mots clés : battery, pulse charging, solid state battery, electrochemical modelling

Participants :
- Imperial College London (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 260347.92 €
Projet Bim-CH-Act (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Chemistry
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The catalytic and selective functionalisation of C–H bonds of organic molecules is a key enabling technology that has the potential to contribute to the sustainable production of commodity chemicals. This proposal targets the selective catalytic functionalisation of vinylic C–H bonds of unactivated olefins (e.g. ethylene, propylene) with novel heterometallic complexes based on abundant and inexpensive elements (e.g. Fe, Al or Ga). Despite appearing simple, this transformation is unprecedented. With nearly all systems studied to date, competitive π-coordination of the olefin to the metal site inhibits catalytic C–H functionalisation. In this project, the cooperativity between two adjacent metals will be used to create new mechanistic pathways that circumvent this issue. The proposal is divided into three distinct work packages focussing on (i) the development of new heterometallic complexes, (ii) their application in stoichiometric vinylic C–H activation and (iii) establishment of catalytic turnover for C–H functionalisation of unactivated olefins. Ultimately the new understanding and new methodology will be applied to the production of vinyl-alkoxysilanes, high-demand and industrial relevant polymer building blocks, from C–H functionalisation of ethylene. Successful realisation of this proposal will provide the fellow with additional know-how in bimetallic chemistry, C–H activation, and catalysis, expanding his skill set beyond his expertise in organometallic and main group chemistry. Additional experience and training in aspects of leadership, teaching and management will complement the fellow’s education to a degree of professional maturity, making him highly competitive for independent funding and positions in academia.

Mots clés : bimetallic chemistry vinylic c h activation main group ligand catalytic silylation

Participants :
- Imperial College London (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 260347.92 €
Projet BREATHO (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Chemistry
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Electrochemical ceramic devices (ECDs) are crucial for advancing the transition to a zero-pollution, sustainable future by converting energy from clean sources like hydrogen and producing green hydrogen through water splitting. A significant challenge lies in the high operating temperature (preferably 700-1000 °C), where sluggish cathodic reactions, such as oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), are pivotal obstacles. Cost-effective p-type and n-type mixed electronic and ionic conducting oxides (p-MEIOs and n-MEIOs) suffer from electron depletion and insufficient oxygen vacancies during ORR, respectively. Gathering all desired features in a single oxide conductor has proven impractical. BREATHO pioneers a transformative solution by integrating p-MEIO and n-MEIO into vertically aligned nanocomposites (VANs), which feature densely ordered S-scheme heterojunctions with enriched mobile charge carriers, creating synergistic sites that significantly enhance ORR below 600 °C. These VANs will be deposited as thin films onto diverse substrates using Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD), followed by thorough investigations into their local chemistry, structure, and cathodic kinetics using advanced nanoscale characterization techniques, e.g., Plasma Focused Ion Beam Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy (PFIB-SIMS), Isotopic Exchange Depth Profiling (IEDP), low-energy ion scattering spectroscopy (LEISS), and atom probe tomography (APT). The performance of VANs as cathodes will be evaluated in metal-supported fuel cells concerning the resistance to chromium poisoning. BREATHO’s bottom-up research methodology, drawing from a convergence of interdisciplinary approaches, aims to overcome the persistent challenges in ECDs. This paradigm is anticipated to set a new benchmark in translating cutting-edge material design concepts into functional, real applications. Additionally, the emergent "1+1>2" effect achieved in composites provides valuable scientific insights benefiting a broad spectrum of fields.

Mots clés : p type and n type mixed electronic and ionic conducting oxides heterojunction vertically aligned nanocomposites oxygen reduction cathode solid oxide fuel cells synergistic effects thin films

Participants :
- Imperial College London (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 276187.92 €
Projet SynConT (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Prosthetic devices and their assistive technologies (ATs) have been socially demanded by several factors, including higher rates of traumatic amputations from accidents and an aging population. Regarding upper limb prosthetics, the amputation statistics show that the major cause is traumatic incidents, such as workplace or road accidents, particularly affecting the working-age population. The demand also has accelerated while human life expectancy increases, and society enters an aging demographic. By 2070, the share of the population aged 65 and over is expected to grow from 20% in 2019 to nearly 30%. The Global incidence of traumatic amputations has increased including upper-limb amputation around 16.4%. To this demand, the European orthopedic prosthetics market is projected to grow (Compound annual growth rate (CAGR): 5.4%) from 2024 to 2030 and over 75000 prosthetists are required globally to support individuals with traumatic amputations1. Advancements in upper-limb prosthetics improve healthcare, rehabilitation, daily life, and workforce participation for amputees, benefiting society and boosting economic growth. In this proposal, A Synergetic SPC (SSPC) based novel framework is proposed and it will offer highly accurate, robust, and object interactive advantages. SSPC will overcome LMs by 1) Design a signal processing algorithm for the acquisition of muscle unit activation and Machine learning (ML)-based intention estimation model by spatial and temporal signal consideration, 2) Vision-aid real-time grasping assistance algorithm, and 3) Design SSPC framework. (a) Offline simulation analysis and (b) Real-time clinical trials will be conducted as solid support of “Synergistic Control Technology: Muscle Activation-Based Intention Estimation and Vision-aid Assistance in Upper Limb Prosthetics (SynConT)”. It will contribute to prosthetics technology beyond the state of the art and bring it to daily life.

Mots clés : prosthetics, assistance grasping, intention estimation, signal processing, biomedical engineering, neurorehabilitation technology

Participants :
- Imperial College London (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 260347.92 €
Projet PPA (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2022)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : CLOSED

In the internet era, vast troves of sound recordings and musical scores have become available to virtually anyone, but drawing connections between these two mediums to develop insights about performance style and artistic expression has remained a difficult and time-consuming task. Currently, music scholars rely on general--purpose sound editing tools for annotating musical elements in recordings (such as downbeats, pitch, or note onsets); however, these annotations often must be entered manually, and these tools do not incorporate one vital element needed for analyzing recordings: musical score information. This approach can be labor intensive and inefficient, and limits the scope of the data that can be analyzed. To help address this need, we seek this fellowship to develop PPA, a prototype open--source software tool for annotating and analyzing recorded music performances, bringing innovations from the interdisciplinary Music Information Retrieval (MIR) community to scholars and musicians in the humanities. Provided with a (digital) musical score and a performance of that score, the software will automatically generate meaningful AI--driven annotations about (e.g.) note onsets, dynamics, articulations, or tempo, fully integrated with the score. With an easy--to--use graphical user interface, the software will display and visualize the score, the audio, and the selected annotations in intuitive ways designed to streamline performance analysis. Besides developing the prototype, we propose to conduct use-case studies, gathering evidence to illuminate ways PPA can be used to assist musicology scholarship, and to inform future development of the software.

Mots clés : digital humanities, data science, music informatics, performance science

Participants :
- Académie de musique et des arts du spectacle de Vienne (Autriche) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 99450.52 €
Projet MicroTherM (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Two-phase immersion cooling is an emerging technology to deal with ever-increasing heat load of electronics clusters, in which heat is dissipated through boiling on hot surfaces. Due to highly-dense layout of the electronics, scenarios of confined space and vertical surfaces are commonly encountered in the two-phase immersion cooling. A key physical process related to boiling is near-wall liquid microlayer dynamics, serving as a major heat transfer mechanism to bubble growth, which needs explored. This project will develop advanced optical diagnostics to achieve high-resolution measurement of liquid microlayer in confined boiling. Through the present project, it is expected to extend the liquid microlayer insights from pool boiling to confined boiling, and comprehensively understand the dependence of the microlayer on the confined space, surface orientation and surface wettability, filling the research gap of lacking insights into the liquid microlayer in confined conditions. and enriching relevant theory to develop two-phase cooling technologies. Such better understanding of the microlayer could show a direction to enhance bubble growth and consequently boiling performance by altering boiling surfaces to trigger early microlayer evaporation and augmentation.

Mots clés : electronics cooling, boiling heat transfer, bubble dynamics

Participants :
- Imperial College London (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 276187.92 €
Projet MeiCoH (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Life Sciences
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The cohesin complex is an essential component of mitotic and meiotic chromosomes due to its ability to control the topology of DNA. The core cohesin complex is a ring-like structure composed of two structural maintenance of chromosome proteins plus a kleisin that recruits additional subunits that control the loading and activity of cohesin on DNA. Recent single-molecule approaches show that cohesin displays two primary activities in vitro: ATP-dependent DNA translocation, leading to the formation of DNA loops, and topological entrapment of two DNA molecules, which can explain sister chromatid cohesion. These experiments used cohesin complexes containing the mitotic kleisisin RAD21, but higher eukaryotes express meiosis-specific kleisins, including RAD21L and REC8 in mammals, that are essential for fertility. Although in vivo experiments in mouse and C. elegans suggest that REC8 and RAD21L complexes display functional specialisation, the molecular activity of these complexes remains unknown. The goal of this project is to perform a biochemical and biophysical characterisation of human cohesin complexes containing the REC8 and RAD21L kleisins. To this end, I will combine bulk biochemical approaches with single-molecule methods (TIRF microscopy, optical tweezers) to determine the ATPase activity, complex formation with cohesin regulators (SA3, PDS5, NIPBL), topological DNA entrapment, and loop formation activity of human REC8 and RAD21L complexes. This project will provide mechanistic insights into the mechanisms that ensure fertility in humans.

Mots clés : cohesin meiosis chromosome structure single molecule imaging infertility

Participants :
- UK Research and Innovation (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 260347.92 €
Projet PolyMat4Bat (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The development of new energy vehicles is a strategic initiative addressing oil security, air pollution, and industrial upgrading, and is pivotal for achieving Europe's carbon neutrality goal by 2050. All-solid-state lithium metal batteries have significant advantages in energy density, safety, wide temperature range, and environmental adaptability. However, the interface between lithium metal and Li6.4La3Zr1.6Ta0.5O12 (LLZTO) still faces chanllenges, such as high impedance, side reactions, mechanical decay, lithium dendrites, and poor interfacial stability. Notably, the modification of this interface using self-healing polymers effectively alleviates the inevitable physical or chemical fatigue and interface damage, although it may introduce issues such as uneven Li+ nucleation and flammability. To address these challenges, the overarching goal of the ambitious yet feasible project (PolyMat4Bat) is to develop rapid self-healing, flame-retardant, and high-performance polymer films (CLSHPFs), which will be utilized between lithium metal and LLZTO. Specifically, this project will systematically investigate the self-healing mechanisms of CLSHPFs. The introduction of B-O bonds, Si-O bonds, and phosphorus-based structure is expected to enhance fire safety and chemical stability. Furthermore, electrochemical characterization, theoretical calculations, and in-situ/ex-situ characterization techniques (XPS, SEM, TEM, and Raman, etc) will be employed to elucidate the electrochemical reaction mechanisms, interface stability, dendrite growth inhibition, and Li+ deposition behavior. PolyMat4Bat is a typical multidisciplinary approach requiring complementary expertise from the host (flame-retardant molecular design, fire chemistry, polymer chemistry) and the researcher (electrodes design, battery assembly, and electrochemical characterization technologies), contributing to the achievement of the “Sustainable Development Goals” and “European Green Deal” of EU policies.

Mots clés : flame retardancy fire safety self healing polymer all solid state lithium metal batteries

Participants :
- Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies (Espagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 194074.56 €
Projet FireDesign (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Chemistry
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Polymeric materials show advantages of high performance and low cost and have been widely used in modern society. Epoxy resin (EP) as one of the most important polymers, has been widely employed in construction, automotive, and aerospace industries, etc. In Europe, EP market has exceeded 410.60 kilo tons per year. However, the intrinsic flammability of EP makes them potential hazards to human life and property. Due to environmental concerns, incorporating phosphorus-containing flame retardants (P-FRs) into EP has been approved as an efficient approach to improve their fire safety. However, customized target P-FRs design is still hindered due to limited known structures and mechanisms. For example, in EP, two P-FRs with similar chemical structures but different chemical surroundings showed more than 10 times difference in flame-retardant efficiency. Therefore, how to reveal the structure–property relationship of P-FRs and achieve new high-efficiency P-FRs design based on subtle differences in these chemical surroundings (such as group positions, spatial configuration, etc.) pose significant challenges. The overarching goal of the ambitious yet feasible project (FireDesign) is to design novel high-efficiency P-FRs using machine learning (ML) and genetic algorithms (GA). More specific objectives include: O1) to establish the linkage between chemical structure of P-FRs and their flame retardancy efficiency, and to predict target properties of flame-retardant EP by ML; O2) to design optimal P-FRs molecular structures by GA in tandem with ML-based predictive model; O3) to synthesize high-efficiency P-FRs according to the designed molecular structures. FireDesign is a typical multidisciplinary approach requiring complementary expertise from the host (flame-retardant design, fire chemistry, polymer processing) and the researcher (ML, data mining, and GA), contributing to the achievement of “The Materials 2030 roadmap”and“Green and Digital strategies” of EU policies.

Mots clés : new flame retardants, design, high efficiency, machine learning, genetic algorithm

Participants :
- Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies (Espagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 209914.56 €