Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Self-assembly of confined colloidal objects for the study of nano-optic phenomena (PHOTONANOFLUIDIX)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Switzerland
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-IEF-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2009-05-01
End date: 2011-04-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 250701.34
EU funding (EUR): 250701.34
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

We have demonstrated the presence of attractive interactions arising in low ionic strength solution between charged soft-matter objects and highly curved regions of like-charged confining surfaces. These unexpected interactions result in stretching of DNA and trapping of colloidal particles in solution in a nanofluidic slit. This proposal seeks to further understand the attractive interactions arising between colloidal objects and like-charged confining walls in low-ionic-strength solution, in order to better control the underlying self-assembly process. The controlled self-assembly of arrays or arbitrary arrangements of discrete charged metal or dielectric nano-objects will permit the investigation of plasmonic and photonic phenomena in two dimensions, e.g., plasmonic coupling of resonantly excited metal nanoparticles, modification of fluorescence emission of single emitters diffusing in solution very close to discrete metal nano-objects, realization of novel ordered and disordered arrangements of nano-objects (e.g. dielectric particles like TiO2) for studying light scattering phenomena in two dimensions. One of the chief advantages of the self-assembly technique described here over conventional fabrication techniques is that the substrate surface structure which directs self-assembly of the optically active element acts as a “rewritable surface” enabling the investigation of the plasmonic and photonic properties of ensembles of particles of similar surface charge but variable dielectric properties.

Keywords: soft matter and polymer physics,applied optics,nanodevices,optofluidics,confined colloids,like-charge attraction,nanoslits,nanofluidics,self-assembly,plasmonics,photonics,single molecule detection.
Experimental constraints on magma flow conditions during highly-explosive basaltic eruptions. (BEACON)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Germany
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-IEF-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2009-12-01
End date: 2012-01-31
Duration (months): 26.0
Total project cost (EUR): 160996.91
EU funding (EUR): 160996.91
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Basaltic eruptions are commonly regarded as the weakest form of explosive volcanism, as the low viscosity of the magma allows a large fraction of primary gas phases to escape quietly. Nevertheless, basaltic eruptions of highly-explosive nature have occurred in historic times or the near past (e.g. Etna 2001, 2002-03; Stromboli 2003, 2007) and brought harm to populations and infrastructures. These occurrences draw attention on poorly-defined volcanic processes, which may cause a shift of the eruption style of basaltic volcanoes into explosive behaviours proper of their silicic counterpart. Observed rapid fluctuations in the eruptive behaviour of basaltic volcanoes suggest that the eruption style is modulated by variable two-phase flow (melt-bubbles) conditions and the mechanism by which the magma fragments. What governs the transition from intermittent (Hawaiian and Strombolian) eruptions to more violent and possibly sustained (sub-Plinian and Plinian) activity remains largely uncertain. Textural observations of tephra suggest that increased viscosity and brittle fragmentation of microlite-rich magma may be crucial for such transition. To define the constitutional conditions for violent basaltic explosive activity, we will experimentally investigate the influence of rheological changes in the rising magma on conduit flow, fragmentation, and, ultimately, the eruptive style. The fragmentation mechanism of the magma will be investigated on the base of its rheological behaviour modelled as a non-Newtonian multiphase suspension (melt-bubbles-crystals). This will be achieved through a two-fold approach: 1) state-of-the-art rheological characterization and 2) rapid decompression (shock-tube) experiments on both analogues materials and natural samples. Comparing features of natural pyroclasts and deposits will provide key parameters to be used to scale the fragmentation experiments and place them in the field of modelling of eruption dynamics.

Keywords: volcanology,explosive basaltic eruptions,fragmentation,non-newtonian,rheology,multiphase suspensions,experimental volcanology,natural hazards (geophysics)
Exhaust Pipe noise radiation Modelling by Innovative Computational Aeroacoustics (EXPLICA)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Belgium
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-IEF-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2009-07-01
End date: 2011-06-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 158422.68
EU funding (EUR): 158422.68
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

As outlined in the Strategy Paper ‘Research for a Quieter Europe in 2020’, written by the CALM network and funded by the European Commission Research Directorate-General, significant research investments are needed to further reduce the road traffic noise in Europe. A major contributor to the noise, especially in urban environments, is the vehicle exhaust system. Noise attenuation of vehicle combustion engines is achieved by incorporating efficient mufflers in the exhaust systems. However, these mufflers might become flow-excited noise generators, aero-acoustic noise sources, themselves. At the host institute, a state-of-the-art hybrid method to study this noise generation has recently been developed. The radiation of the generated sound to the environment is mainly originating from the tailpipe end of the exhaust pipe. The tailpipe end jet flow has a pulsating nature and a temperature different from the ambient temperature. These aspects influence the noise radiation to the environment, yet to what extent is so far an open question. In EXPLICA, the state-of-the-art method developed at the host institute will be used to compute this exhaust pipe noise radiation. The research Fellow already is an expert in applied acoustics and has a high interest in the field of fluid dynamics. EXPLICA provides the opportunity for the researcher to combine both domains and to be hosted at an internationally renowned research group in the field of aeroacoustics. Apart from a well established scientific training environment, the researcher will also be able to participate in a professional organisation of complementary skills training. Combination of the unique scientific perspective, the international experience and the opportunity to set up an own network of aeroacoustic experts, will provide the researcher with very good career perspectives with respect to building up his own academic career.

Keywords: computational aeroacoustics,exhaust pipe noise,numerical modelling,virtual prototyping,flow acoustics
ERA-AGE Extension (ERA-AGE 2)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: General Activities
Destination: ERANET
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Partnership: ERA-AGE 2 (ERA-NET)
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Austria,Finland,France,Luxembourg,Romania,Sweden,Romania,Israel,Italy,Latvia,Spain,Bulgaria
Call:  (FP7-ERANET-2008-RTD, 2008)
Start date: 2009-04-01
End date: 2012-09-30
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1906760.4
EU funding (EUR): 1699998.63
Participants: 15
Project status: CLOSED

The main aim of this proposal is to enable the continuation of the highly successful ERA-AGE ERA-NET in order to secure, for the long term, the European Research Area in the ageing field. The existing consortium has not only met but also exceeded all of its goals and is now committed to the joint funding of Europe’s first research programme on ageing. This application is intended to deliver the joint programme (a parallel ERA-NET Plus proposal concerns its joint funding) together with a second round of the pioneering FLARE (Future Leaders of Ageing Research in Europe) post-doctoral programme and the light touch infrastructure necessary to ensure that European potential in this critical field is realised. The partnership will also be extended to include three new members. This proposal has the enthusiastic support of all ERA-AGE partners.

Keywords: era-age ext. flare 2 neda multidisciplinary transnational european programme knowledge transfer
REINFORCING FAMILY BONDING: INTERNATIONAL TRAINING OF BEHAVIOURAL AND AFFECTIVE EVIDENCE BASED INTERVENTION AGAINST EARLY ADOLESCENTS RISK BEHAVIORS (RFB_IT_BAI_EARB)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Sweden
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-IEF-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2009-12-15
End date: 2011-12-14
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 163868.25
EU funding (EUR): 163868.25
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The present proposal is aimed at increasing the expertise of the researcher in the field of prevention against drug use and problem behaviours in adolescence. For this purpose, the researcher is supposed to go to the Orebro (Sweden) University to learn about two kinds of prevention programs against problem behaviours in adolescence. Both of them are tested to be effective in preventing youth’s internalizing and externalizing problems. They are focused on family, even though they are based on different theoretical principles. As they are tested prevalently in North Europe and US countries, this proposal will allow to transfer this knowledge to the South Europe and find out what are the best way to implement them in different countries. Indeed, one of the goal is to learn about those programs in order to implement them in the origin country of the researcher (Italy). Specifically, the training in the host country will include a phase of learning and a phase of supervision of the results obtained in Italy. In the first phase, the researcher will be taught about the content of the programs. Moreover, it will be discussed together with Orebro staff the best way to implement such programs in a different country such as Italy. In the second phase, the researcher will be taught about new techniques to analyse data. This knowledge will allow to evaluate what program is more effective in decreasing problem behaviors. Particularly, it will be possible to know what components of these programs are more effective. The goal is to find a way to integrate these kinds of programs in order to augment their effectiveness. This proposal is of relevance for Europe as it will allow to experiment new kinds of prevention programs in European areas that are not reached by this knowledge. Moreover, the study of the best solution between different kind of interventions to prevent drug use and problem behaviours might provide instruments that will make prevention more effective.

Keywords: developmental psychology,prevention,adolescence,risk behaviors
Diversity patterns across lineages and evolutionary hierarchies in marine unicellular eukaryotes (MASTDIEV)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Spain
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-IEF-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2010-02-01
End date: 2012-01-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 154102.06
EU funding (EUR): 154102.06
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Microbes dominate the biomass of oceans, having vital roles in the functioning of ecosystems and the biogeochemical cycling. Yet, little is known about the total extent and structuring patterns of their genetic diversity, especially at the species and population levels. Pointing into this research direction, this proposal has two general aims: (a) to go deeper into assessing the extent of picoeukaryotic (2-5µm cell size) diversity in marine environments and (b) to investigate genetic patterns at the species and population levels. The chosen lineage for this study is the MArine STramenopiles -4 (MAST-4), a recently discovered group of heterotrophic picoeukaryotes that can be relative abundant (and therefore important) in marine environments. Two novel molecular techniques are considered for this proposal: (1) Pyrosequencing and (2) Single-Cell-Whole-Genome-Amplification. The use of these new techniques and several standard ones, together with the availability of a unique marine environmental DNA set of samples from a variety of geographic locations around the world, will allow a strong assessment of the extent of the MAST-4 diversity, with the potential to unveil new lineages as well as genetic structuring patterns at the species and population levels. The genetic patterns found at different evolutionary hierarchies will be correlated with environmental data in order get insight into ecological adaptation and evolutionary diversification.

Keywords: marine biodiversity,microbial,aquatic ecology,marine ecosystems (climate change),biogeography,phylogeny,environmental genomics
Atom interferometry at the Heisenberg limit using an in-cavity Bose-Einstein condensate and quantum non demolition detection (QNDINTERF)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: France
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-IEF-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2009-09-01
End date: 2011-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 165444.54
EU funding (EUR): 165444.54
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Inertial sensors using ultracold neutral atoms and atom interferometry techniques have demonstrated performances competing or even beating the more conventional light based interferometers. To further improve their sensitivity, quantum-non demolition (QND) detection schemes are presently investigated in order to engineer the initial state creating correlations between the atoms. Spin squeezed samples have been recently obtained, and it allowed to surpass the shot-noise detection limit. In this new regime the limit is set by the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, which states a 1/N ultimate signal-to-noise ratio. Implementing quantum limited atom interferometry will be a groundbreaking achievement, opening the door to many new advances in terms of both scientific discoveries and technological applications. The proposal merges atom interferometry and QND measurements with cavity cooling quantum electrodynamics (QED), in order to exploit the high degree of control of the atom-radiation interaction. A high finesse cavity will serve both to confine the atomic ensemble with an optical dipole trap, eventually reaching Bose-Einstein Condensation (BEC), and to develop new schemes of QND detection taking advantage of the gain factor provided by the cavity. The ultracold atomic sample will then be levitated against gravity with a sequence of coherent vertical momentum transfers, obtained by periodically shining the freely-falling atoms with phase-locked Raman beams. Keeping the resonance condition for the number of atoms versus time results in the determination of the gravity acceleration, and the measurement will be non-destructive. Finally the gravimeter will be loaded with a squeezed atomic sample, obtained through a QND measurement. Sub--shot--noise sensitivity approaching the Heisenberg limit should then be achieved for the interferometer, whereas a QND detection scheme will allow continuous readout interferometry.

Keywords: atom interferometry,quantum state engineering and measurements,quantum noise,quantum non demolition detection,qnd,bose-einstein condensate,bec,cavity quantum electrodynamics,qed
A toxico-genomic study of the model brown alga Ectocarpus siliculosus (ECTOTOX)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-IEF-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2009-10-01
End date: 2012-11-05
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 181350.76
EU funding (EUR): 181350.76
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Sequencing the genome of the model brown alga Ectocarpus siliculosus has afforded an unprecedented opportunity to investigate the molecular basis for metal tolerance in brown algae using a functional genomics approach. Despite the ecological relevance of brown seaweeds as pre-eminent primary producers, key bio-engineers and components of biofouling communities of temperate coastal waters, and their ability to grow in metal-polluted waters our attempts to unravel the underlying mechanisms of metal-tolerance have, until now, been hampered from a lack of genomic information. Four key objectives are proposed for this study: establish the degree of metal-tolerance (Cu, Cd), from measurements of growth and photosynthesis, in strains of E. siliculosus that have been collected from pristine and polluted sites and are maintained, axenically, in the Plymouth culture collection; investigate the cellular responses to oxidative stress resulting from metal-exposure by measuring the various components of the reactive oxygen scavenging system using biochemical assays and fluorescent cellular probes; investigate the involvement of the thiol- proteins, phytochelatins and glutathione, in metal homeostasis and detoxification, and activity of the enzyme phytochelatin synthase in different tolerant and non-tolerant strains; evaluate the expression patterns of specific genes (γ-Glutamylcysteine Synthetase, Glutathione Synthetase, Phytochelatin Synthetase) under metal stress conditions. The results of this research will offer new insights on the evolution of metal-tolerance and on the metal-induced defence mechanisms in a phylogenetically distinct and ecological important group of marine organisms. Moreover, the findings can be exploited for developing more sensitive monitoring tools to assess the health status of transitional marine waters.

Keywords: metal toxicity,oxidative stress,phytochelatins,gene expression,ectocarpus siliculosus,bioindicators
Interaction between the Gas DiffusionLayer and the Gas Flow Channel of polymer electrolyte fuel cell (IGDL/GFC)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Italy
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-IEF-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2009-09-07
End date: 2010-09-06
Duration (months): 12.0
Total project cost (EUR): 72435.16
EU funding (EUR): 72435.16
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Reaching high and stable efficiency with a Polymer Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) during unsteady load operations is a delicate task because the transport of product water by the electrochemical reaction has to be precisely managed. Two fuel cell components and their mutual interaction play a key role in the water management: the Gas Diffusion Layer (GDL), the support of the electrode, and the Gas Flow Channel (GFC) on the cathode side ensuring gas distribution over the electrode active area. The present proposal focuses on fundamental experiments to gain further insights into multi-phase flows (gas /liquid) in porous media (GDL) and channels (GFC). A model fuel cell will be specially designed and built to allow the separate study of water transport in GDL/GFC without being dependent on electrochemical reactions. Flow visualisation studies of basic and innovative flow fields and GDL under thermally controlled conditions and a large variety of flow conditions will be undertaken. Most promising GDL/GFC arrangements will be finally tested in real electrochemical environment. Our aim is to contribute to the conception of new geometrical designs of GFC with corresponding GDL and to find the operational conditions minimizing energy consumption. The fellowship will be the starting point of a strong collaboration between LTN-Polytech’Nantes (France) and CNR-ITAE (Italy) where the final objectives are to design and build a high efficiency stack. This stack will be used in the power train of a fuel cell powered prototype car running a world energetic car race, the Shell Eco Marathon. The fellowship will be an opportunity for the fellow to acquire competences on fuel cell electrochemistry and stack design in a leading European research centre on fuel cell involved in the Joint Initiative Technology “Fuel Cells and Hydrogen” starting in 2008. Expected results will contribute to Europe competitiveness in the energy domain through this program.

Keywords: fuel cell system components,fluid dynamics,thermal engineering,fuel cell electrochemistry