Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Single Molecule Nanoscale Sensors for Improved Therapies and Diagnostics (NanoPD)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Physical and analytical chemical sciences
Panel description: Analytical chemistry, chemical theory, physical chemistry/chemical physics
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: ERC Consolidator Grant (ERC-2016-COG, 2016)
Start date: 2017-10-01
End date: 2024-03-31
Duration (months): 78.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1997680.0
EU funding (EUR): 1997680.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

One of the most significant challenges facing the healthcare community is the accurate and selective detection and quantification of trace levels of analyte. This can have enormous impact with numerous application, especially in the context of biosensing, where applications can range from early stage detection of disease to the identification of new markers amongst others. These challenges are compounded when the analysis of real samples or even complex mixtures are required. To address this need, single molecule or near single molecule methods are currently being heavily pursued which allows for the discrimination of events with low copy numbers by removing the “clouding” associated with ensemble averaging. Although strategies for detecting single molecules have existed for a number of years, efficient and cost-effective label-free methods without the need for chemical modification are lacking especially when considering smaller molecules directly in unprocessed clinical samples. As part of this proposal, I intend to address this limitation by developing new strategies in single molecule nanoscale sensing which will be both highly sensitive and selective for improved therapeutics and diagnostics applications.

Keywords: single molecule sensing,nanopores,biosensors,parkinson s disease,dopamine,diagnostics
Two-tip STM conductance characteristics of individual planar graphene nanoribbon (GNR CONDUCTANCE)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Standard European Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Physics
Countries involved: France
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2019, 2019)
Start date: 2021-01-01
End date: 2022-12-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 196707.84
EU funding (EUR): 196707.84
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

I will explore intrinsic charge conductance characterization of electrically decoupled individual graphene nanoribbon (GNR) in the lateral planar configuration by using two-tip scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) approach. For this purpose, on-surface synthesized GNRs of width ~1-2 nm and length <20-100 nm on metallic Au (111) surface will be considered. A unique two-tip STM microscope, which has been standardized at the host’s lab (in CEMES-CNRS), will be used for its excellent vertical (z) stability (Δz <2 pm) of piezo scanners to control the tip-to-GNR contacts. With ultimate precision, the proposed approach reserves atomic cleanliness under ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) starting from on-surface GNR synthesis on metallic Au(111) surface till the end of two-tip STM conductance characterization. We will use intermediate atomic thin layers of insulating gap sodium chloride (NaCl) to electrically decouple GNR from the Au(111) surface during charge conductance measurements with electrically disconnected substrate (floating substrate potential). We focus on the fundamental challenges associated with the two-tip charge conductance measurements of GNR, notably, establishment of stable STM tip point contacts to the GNR. Indeed, different types of contact configurations are expected depending on the tip-to-GNR distance, such as tunneling, van der Waals, chemical and mechanical, which can be monitored by recording the jump-to-contact characteristics (tunneling current vs tip height (I-z) spectra). Conductance characteristics of GNR are investigated in tip-to-tip configuration through planar GNR, which include current-voltage (I-V), voltage dependent resistance R(V), conductance G = I/V, differential conductance (dI/dV), current decay with tip-to-GNR distance (dI/dz), etc. Overall, we are determined to provide an atomic clean approach to explore the conductance characteristics of molecular GNR (width ~1-2 nm and length <20-100 nm).

Keywords: graphene nanoribbons,molecular graphene,on surface synthesis,conductance,2 probe measurements,4 probe stm,scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy
RISEWISE Special Needs - Networking Sport and Technology to support Women with Disability (RISEWISE Special)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Countries involved: Italy
Call: MSCA Special Needs Allowance (H2020-IBA-MSCA-SNLS-2019, 2019)
Start date: 2019-06-01
End date: 2021-02-28
Duration (months): 21.0
Total project cost (EUR): 33750.0
EU funding (EUR): 33750.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions pay particular attention to physical accessibility and inclusion and foresee financial support for the additional costs entailed by recruited or seconded researchers/staff members with disabilities. This grant will cover the additional costs that the staff member with disabilities faces due to the increased mobility costs.

Keywords: accessibility,women,disability,rise,gender,inclusion
Colloidal two-dimensional InP nanocrystals (InPlane)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Standard European Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Chemistry
Countries involved: Germany
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2020, 2020)
Start date: 2021-04-01
End date: 2023-03-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 162806.4
EU funding (EUR): 162806.4
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) attract immense interest both from the scientific community and industrial companies/startups, due to their unique optical properties that are tunable in a wide range through changing their composition, size, shape, etc. However, currently, the implementation of the well-developed NCs in consumer products is hindered by the presence of toxic cadmium and the development of “Cd-free” NCs, investigation and optimization of their properties are important challenges in the field. Among the most promising “Cd-free” alternatives are indium phosphide (InP) NCs but despite all advances in their synthesis, there is still a need to achieve narrow fluorescence of such NCs – a parameter crucial for their applications in light-emitting devices (e.g. in displays). In this project, we propose a novel approach to solve this issue, which consists in the chemical synthesis of two-dimensional InP nanoplatelets (NPls). To achieve this, two strategies will be examined: recrystallization of small InP NCs and cation exchange. The research of the first strategy will involve studying precursor reactivity, searching for a suitable promoter of anisotropic growth, and on the optimization of the reaction conditions. The cation exchange strategy will focus on the investigation of the incorporation of indium ions into the pre-synthesized Cu3-xP NPls to achieve complete cation exchange. In the next stages, further work will concentrate on the optimization of obtained NPls for practical applications through achieving spectral tunability by alloying and through maximizing photoluminescence quantum yield and stability by covering InP NPls with a wide bandgap shell. Additionally, to demonstrate the application potential of the prepared NPls and related heterostructures the extensive characterization of chemical and physical properties of InP NPls will be conducted with the specific focus on the properties relevant for light-emitting applications.

Keywords: semiconductor nanocrystals,colloidal synthesis,indium phosphide,nanoplatelets,optical properties,photoluminescence
HOLIstic optimisation of SHIP design and operation for life cycle (HOLISHIP)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Smart, green and integrated transport
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Germany,Italy,Germany,Germany,Spain,Italy,Germany,Germany,Italy,Germany,Germany,Germany,Cyprus,Malta,Belgium,Greece,Norway,Finland,Greece,Greece,Croatia,Norway,France,France,France,France,Netherlands,Netherlands,Netherlands,Netherlands,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Liberia
Call: System modelling and life-cycle cost optimisation for waterborne assets (H2020-MG-2015_TwoStages, 2015)
Start date: 2016-09-01
End date: 2020-12-31
Duration (months): 52.0
Total project cost (EUR): 11431746.0
EU funding (EUR): 11431746.0
Participants: 49
Project status: CLOSED

Most maritime products are typically associated with large investments and are seldom built in large series. Where other modes of transport benefit from the economy of series production, this is not the case for maritime products which are typically designed to refined customer requirements increasingly determined by the need for high efficiency, flexibility and low environmental impact at a competitive price. Product design is thus subject to global trade-offs among traditional constraints (customer needs, technical requirements, cost) and new requirements (life-cycle, environmental impact, rules). One of the most important design objectives is to minimise total cost over the economic life cycle of the product, taking into account maintenance, refitting, renewal, manning, recycling, environmental footprint, etc. The trade-off among all these requirements must be assessed and evaluated in the first steps of the design process on the basis of customer / owner specifications. Advanced product design needs to adapt to profound, sometimes contradicting requirements and assure a flexible and optimised performance over the entire life-cycle for varying operational conditions. This calls for greatly improved design tools including multi-objective optimisation and finally virtual testing of the overall design and its components. HOLISHIP (HOLIstic optimisation of SHIP design and operation for life-cycle) addresses these urgent industry needs by the development of innovative design methodologies, integrating design requirements (technical constraints, performance indicators, life-cycle cost, environmental impact) at an early design stage and for the entire life-cycle in an integrated design environment. Design integration will be implemented in practice by the development of integrated design s/w platforms and demonstrated by digital mock-ups and industry led application studies on the design and performance of ships, marine equipment and maritime assets in general.

Keywords: ship design optimisation,life cycle design,virtual vessel framework,virtual testing
Propagation of atmospheric ROssby waves - connection to prEdictability of Climate exTremes (PROTECT)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Reintegration panel
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: Spain
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2018-11-05
End date: 2020-11-04
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 158121.6
EU funding (EUR): 158121.6
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Extreme weather events, such as heatwaves, droughts and flooding, have a devastating impact on humanity, causing increased mortality and suffering, as well as economic losses. Skillful predictions of such events, with sufficient lead-time for adaptation procedures can provide huge benefits to humankind. Recent extreme events, including the severe European and Russian heatwaves, have been found to be associated with particular atmospheric wave dynamics, specifically the propagation of Rossby waves along atmospheric waveguides. Our proposed research will explore the seasonal predictability of extreme events through a lens of atmospheric waveguides and Rossby wave propagation. We will answer four key research questions: I. What is the predictability of dominant modes of variability in waveguide geometry? II. How does the frequency of extreme events as a function of location relate to waveguide geometry in both observations and forecast systems? III. How do the results from I and II combine to provide predictability on the likelihood of extreme events? IV. How does model resolution impact Rossby wave propagation and the relationship to extreme events? Both re-analysis (observational) data, and seasonal forecast model data will be used. We will calculate the Rossby refractive index and analyze its spatial and temporal variability, quantifying the predictability in waveguide geometry. Extreme events (heatwaves, cold snaps, droughts and blocking events) will be identified in the datasets, with lag-lead regression and composites revealing the connections to the waveguide geometry. We will create empirical models to predict the frequency of extreme events, evaluate their reliability, and compare to these to existing dynamical forecasts. Our goal is to harness the increased understanding of climate extremes that atmospheric dynamics can bring, to help improve the predictability of extreme events, reducing their human and societal impacts.

Keywords: atmospheric rossby waves,rossby refractive index,seasonal predictability,climate extreme events,climate model data,re analysis data
Speech Prosody in Interaction: The form and function of intonation in human communication (SPRINT)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: The Human Mind and Its Complexity
Panel description: Cognitive science, psychology, linguistics, theoretical philosophy
Countries involved: Netherlands,Netherlands,United Kingdom,United Kingdom
Call: ERC Advanced Grant (ERC-2018-ADG, 2018)
Start date: 2019-10-01
End date: 2024-09-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2481196.0
EU funding (EUR): 2141250.0
Participants: 4
Project status: SIGNED

Intonation, the modulation of voice pitch, is essential for communication as it conveys information that helps listeners make inferences about the pragmatic intent of the speaker. Despite increased understanding of intonation’s importance, there is little agreement even about essential aspects of its structure and meaning. This is in large part because research has focused either on the form of intonation, often taking a reductive approach to meaning, or has concentrated on meaning but without full scrutiny of form. Crucially, most research has eschewed the study of intonational variability, seeing it as a problem, rather than a natural facet of speech production that needs to be understood and accounted for. Examining all three aspects in tandem is critical for understanding how intonation is structured and functions in communication: considering meaning in the study of intonational form (i.e. phonetics and phonology) can help delimit intonational categories and uncover the limits of within-category variability; in turn, a robust understanding of form will lead to insights into intonational pragmatics. The present proposal will take exactly this integrative approach, based on the PI’s recent research, to examine intonational phenomena attested in English and Greek that have vexed researchers for some time (uptalk, high accents, question tunes). Two varieties per language will be studied, Standard Southern British, Bristol English, Standard Athenian, and Corfiot Greek. Their systematic differences with respect to the phenomena under investigation will allow me to examine cross-linguistic differences, and dialectal variation and its role in communication. The investigation will involve phonetic and pragmatic analysis and modelling, followed by series of behavioural and neurophysiological experiments. Together, these methods will shed light onto the realization, structure and function of intonation, and lead to a robust model of intonational phonology and pragmatics.

Keywords: intonation,prosody,communication,english,greek
ThermoacOustic instabilities contRol in sequential Combustion cHambers (TORCH)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Products and processes engineering
Panel description: Product and process design, chemical, civil, environmental, mechanical, vehicle engineering, energy processes and relevant computational methods
Countries involved: Switzerland
Call: ERC Consolidator Grant (ERC-2018-COG, 2018)
Start date: 2019-09-01
End date: 2024-08-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2585170.0
EU funding (EUR): 2585170.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

A new type of combustor architecture for large gas turbines has emerged in recent years: sequential combustion systems operated at constant pressure. This major technology change results from the need for more operationally and fuel flexible gas turbines, for future sustainable energy networks. As for regular gas turbines, the risk of combustor breakdown due to thermoacoustic instabilities is a major challenge. While the harmful consequences of these instabilities in novel sequential combustors can be as dramatic as in conventional systems, the associated physics is considerably complexified, because the two flames not only “talk” together via sound waves, but also via entropy waves. Our aim is to propose, investigate and develop novel active and passive control technologies, tailored for this new generation of combustors, in order to suppress their thermoacoustic instabilities. It brings significant scientific challenges in fluid mechanics, acoustics, combustion, nonlinear dynamics and control theory. We will address the problem of controlling these instabilities on two unexplored fronts: First, we intend to significantly move forward the state-of-the-art in passive control of combustion instabilities, by creating acoustic metamaterials with unprecedented acoustic damping properties, and capable of long term operation in harsh environments. Second, we plan to address scientific challenges, required to successfully achieve active combustion control in sequential combustors, by distributing non-equilibrium plasma discharges to locally and dynamically enhance the autoignition chemistry. To achieve these ambitious goals, a combination of experimental, numerical and theoretical methods will be applied with the aim to ultimately establish the potential and limitations of these novel technologies. This research deals with new areas in the field of thermoacoustics, and builds upon the PI’s scientific expertise in combustion and acoustics and on his technological know-how.

Keywords: gas turbine,combustion,acoustics,thermoacoustic instabilities,acoustic metamaterials,plasma assisted combustion
Social Media and Traditional Media in China: Political and Economic Effects (MEDIACHINA)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Individuals, Markets and Organisations
Panel description: Economics, finance and management
Countries involved: Sweden
Call: ERC Advanced Grant (ERC-2016-ADG, 2016)
Start date: 2018-01-01
End date: 2024-06-30
Duration (months): 78.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1716970.0
EU funding (EUR): 1716970.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

How is political accountability and firm performance in an autocracy affected by media? This project will analyse how economic and political outcomes in China are affected by social and traditional media. It will also use media content to measure factors that are otherwise difficult to observe, such as political networks and the trade-off between political and economic goals in Chinese firms. An explosion of social media use in China has produced an information shock to society and its leaders, also supplying a data shock to researchers, which is magnified by the digitization of traditional media content, and coupled with new methods for analysing this type of data, originating from the in big data and machine-learning literatures. As a result, a large set of previously unanswerable questions are now open for research. In Qin, Strömberg and Wu (2016) we document this information shock, using a data set of over 13 billion social media posts from Sina Weibo (the Chinese equivalent of Twitter). We show that millions of posts concern sensitive topics such as organized protests and explicit accusations of top leaders of corruption. Traditional media is silent on these issues. We argue that the likely reason for the lighter censoring of social media is that the central government finds the information useful for monitoring officials, firms, and citizen unrest. In this project, I will analyze the effect of this information shock on protests and strikes, the sales of counterfeit and substandard medicines, the promotion of local leaders, and coverage of censored events in traditional media. Together with a set of collaborator, I will study the effects of social media using the staggered introduction of Sina Weibo across geographic regions. I will also study the content, entry and exit of general-interest newspapers that are all controlled by different politicians. This is to investigate the trade-off between political and economic goals and political connections.

Keywords: political economics,media,china