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Ni-rich, Engineered Cu-ZrN@NiCo LDHs Bifunctional Cathode Catalyst for High-Performance Metal-Air Batteries. (NEC2-MABs)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
Programme: Widening participation and spreading excellence
Theme: Attracting and mobilising the best talents
Destination: Attracting and mobilising the best talents
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Chemistry
Countries involved: Czechia
Call: Fostering balanced brain circulation – ERA Fellowships (HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-TALENTS-04, 2022)
Start date: 2023-08-01
End date: 2025-07-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 166278.72
EU funding (EUR): 166278.72
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The most critical challenges faced by human beings are shortage of green and sustainable energy. One of the most critical aspects of research has focused on the generation of clean and sustainable energy and storing these energies for further use. The European Union's, 8th EAP 2050 priority objective is to achieve climate neutrality in the union and aims to accelerate the green transition and restore the environment. It can be achieved by emerging new technologies in energy generation and storage systems. The battery devices that have aesthetic appeal and multi-functionality inspired the rapid development of sustainable energy sources. State-of-the-art commercial lithium-ion batteries have an energy density of 300 Wh kg-1, which falls short of the expected energy target i.e. 400 Wh kg-1. Metal-Air batteries (MABs) e.g. Li-O2 aqueous battery shows higher theoretical specific energy (3582 Wh Kg-1) and energy density (2234 Wh I-1); it is about 10 times higher than most batteries in the market today, but only two-fold improvements have been practically reached to date. Therefore, there is a lot of scope for the development of MABs. It has the capability to fulfill the energy demand rising from portable electronic devices, electrified transportation, and grid-scale applications as immersed by the European Battery Alliance. The most challenging issue in the development of MABs is the use of precious metal catalysts and insufficient catalytic activity toward the cathode catalysis. Therefore, we need to develop new cathode catalysts in the field of rechargeable MABs that are environmentally benign, safe, possess high energy density and long cycle life, and consist of low-cost materials. In this project, we aim to develop a transition metal-based, Ni-rich advanced cathode catalyst with engineered morphology and improved catalytic active surface area for cathode catalysis. The resulting MABs can store maximum energy while keeping the high power density and long life cycle.

Keywords: metal air batteries,oer,orr,zrn,nico ldhs,galvanic replacements,kirkendall diffusion,engineered morphology
Interoperable electron Microscopy Platform for advanced RESearch and Services (IMPRESS)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Research infrastructures
Theme: Research infrastructures
Destination: Technology and infrastructures
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Italy,Germany,France,Finland,Spain,Czechia,Netherlands,United Kingdom,Belgium,Norway,Austria,Greece
Call: R&D for the next generation of scientific instrumentation, tools and methods (HORIZON-INFRA-2022-TECH-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-02-01
End date: 2028-01-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 9633919.26
EU funding (EUR): 9633918.75
Participants: 26
Project status: SIGNED

IMPRESS (Interoperable electron Microscopy Platform for advanced RESearch and Services) aims to co-develop and deliver advanced transmission electron microscopy (TEM) instrumentation, methods and tools that will revolutionize the way in which TEMs are used by all new and well-established scientific communities, integrate them with other instrumentation at analytical research infrastructures (RIs) and create new business opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises. The core of the project is the development of a standardized cartridge-based interoperable platform for TEM that is based on common interfaces and data formats, is flexible and adaptable and allows users to perform advanced correlative experiments using different instruments and to co-develop methodological options that are not yet satisfied by commercially available electron microscopes. The solutions will be delivered at technology readiness level 8 through a pre-commercial procurement. The project also involves the co-development of new electron sources, techniques based on adaptive optics and event-driven detectors, application-relevant in situ/operando sample environments and software for simulation of experiments and remote access based on artificial intelligence. By the end of the project, these developments will be integrated with the new cartridge-based platform, in order to make them available to all users of RIs and other TEMs owners. An open knowledge and innovation hub for TEM will be created and a training programme will promote the new solution, to initiate RI staff in their use and to provide both materials and life science communities with optimized tools for tackling societal challenges, especially in the energy and health sectors. The project will exploit synergies and collaboration with five RIs of European dimension for the benefit of users from diverse scientific communities and will pave the way towards a new cooperative model for the development and operation of RIs for TEM

Keywords: advanced transmission electron microscopy,correlative,multi modal multi scale characterisation analytical research infrastructures,instrumentation and methodology co development,interoperability
Advancing orbitronics by pushing electron orbital angular momentum to terahertz speed (ORBITERA)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Condensed Matter Physics
Panel description: Structure, electronic properties, fluids, nanosciences, biological physics
Countries involved: Germany
Call: ERC ADVANCED GRANTS (ERC-2023-ADG, 2023)
Start date: 2025-01-01
End date: 2029-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2494296.0
EU funding (EUR): 2494296.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The spin angular momentum (S) of the electron has significantly extended conventional electronics, which relies on the electron charge (C), by new, so-called spintronic functionalities. Examples include magnetization switching, the transport of S and its detection, even down to femtosecond time scales. To boost the efficiency of spintronics, the so far neglected yet equally fascinating and important orbital angular momentum (L) of electrons is considered to be a powerful pathway. Orbitronic phenomena such as L-based transport, torques and magneto-optic effects have much larger magnitude than their S counterparts and may, thus, efficiently complement or even replace spintronic functionalities. Microscopically, L is completely different from S. Its dynamics involves new physics that needs to be understood, in particular on ultrafast time scales. In the ORBITERA project, my team and I will obtain unprecedented insights into L dynamics by using femtosecond optical pulses and terahertz (THz) electric fields, which couple directly to the motion of conduction electrons at their natural frequencies and relaxation rates. We will tackle important challenges of general orbitronics and, in particular, separate L- and S-based effects despite their identical macroscopic symmetry properties, build ultrafast generators and detectors of exclusively L currents, reveal the nature of L transport (e.g., ballistic, diffusive, tunneling), measure the magnetic moments forming an L current, probe the interaction of L with the crystal lattice, temporally resolve L-S and L-C interconversion, and apply THz L torque to ultimately switch magnetic order ultrafast. By establishing THz orbitronics, new methodology (such as ultrafast drivers of L currents and L-conductance spectroscopy at 0.1-50 THz) and applications (such as the detection of THz electric fields without relying on the weak spin-orbit coupling) will be developed that can be used by a community beyond specialized THz labs.

Keywords: orbitronics,spintronics,terahertz,ultrafast
Flexible Dimensionality of Representational Spaces in Category Learning (DimLearn)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: The Human Mind and Its Compl exity
Panel description: Cognitive science, psychology, linguistics
Countries involved: Germany
Call: ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS (ERC-2023-COG, 2023)
Start date: 2025-02-01
End date: 2030-01-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2141929.0
EU funding (EUR): 2141929.0
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Our visual system frequently has to classify complex, high dimensional inputs. A key learning objective of the brain is thus to identify diagnostic dimensions. Often, tasks require simultaneous consideration of multiple dimensions. Yet, learning many dimensions is computationally challenging. Here, I ask how the visual system tackles the challenge of learning high dimensional tasks. Some theories suggest that the brain does so by compressing dimensions, while others suggest dimensionality expansion. Yet, dimensionality compression and expansion both have advantages and disadvantages, and some studies find dimensionality compression where others find expansion. This raises the hitherto unanswered question what determines whether the brain invokes either of the two strategies. I hypothesize that instead of settling on a single strategy, the brain can reap the benefits of dimensionality compression and expansion by flexibly adjusting dimensionality to the task at hand. This entails the novel prediction of flexible neural codes that can switch dimensionality. To test this theory, I build on a multimodal, multispecies approach I have developed to study learning: using the paradigmatic case of visual category learning, I will establish the effect of task dimensionality on the structure of mental representations in behavior, I will determine how task dimensionality transforms neural activity using neuroimaging in humans, I will identify the neural building blocks of flexible dimensionality using electrophysiology and causal perturbations in rhesus monkeys, and I will unravel computational principles of flexible dimensionality with artificial neural networks. This combination of species and techniques is ideally suited to unravel the neural mechanisms for coping with high dimensional tasks. By elucidating the flexibility of mental and neural representations, I aim to reveal a hitherto unknown principle governing learning and stimulate future educational applications.

Keywords: vision dimensionality category learning human macaque monkey fmri electrophysiology microstimulation psychophysics artificial neural networks
Microwave Metadevices based on Electrically Tunable organic Ion-electron Conductors (MiMETIC)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Materials Engineering
Panel description: Advanced materials development: performance enhancement, modelling, large -scale preparation, modification, tailoring, optimisation, novel  and combined use of materials, etc.
Countries involved: Italy
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2023-STG, 2023)
Start date: 2024-09-01
End date: 2029-08-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2216250.0
EU funding (EUR): 2216250.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

MiMETIC will lay the foundation for a new generation of electrically reconfigurable microwave devices actively tuned by organic electrochemical transistors, a class of electronic devices that exploits the unique properties of organic mixed ion-electron conductors. The project will study the unexplored fundamental properties of these emerging materials in the microwave spectrum, as well as address the groundbreaking implications of this novel metadevice tuning strategy within the fields of tunable/programmable metasurfaces for large-area microwave optics, wireless communication and untethered bioelectronic interfaces. Indeed, despite their widespread use in printed electronics, energy harvesting, organic bioelectronics and neuromorphic devices, the exceptional potential of organic electronic materials and transistors has in fact been largely overlooked in the context of microwave technology. The ambitious plan of MiMETIC has thus the following objectives: i) the microwave characterization of organic mixed conductors across the 1-100 GHz range, thus validating this metadevice tuning strategy in a frequency range that is expected to have significant relevance for present and future wireless technologies (e.g. 5G and 6G); ii) the realization of reconfigurable metasurfaces on large-area and thin flexible substrates, adopting only high-throughput deposition techniques; iii) the demonstration of a novel class of microwave devices and metadevices that exploit the unique capabilities of organic mixed conductors, in particular towards the realization of wireless bioelectronic interfaces for healthcare and distributed sensing, as well as of neuromorphic and exotic photonics. MiMETIC will thus expand the already remarkable technological significance of organic mixed ion-electron conductors by establishing a new generation of microwave devices and metadevices with radically enhanced pervasiveness and utility, as well as create new interdisciplinary research opportunities.

Keywords: microwave metadevices organic electrochemical transistors organic mixed ion electron conductors organic semiconductors printed electronics organic elctronics organic bioelectronics
Optimized Nanofluids for Efficient Solar Thermal Energy Production (ONESTEP)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Norway,France
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-05-01
End date: 2025-10-31
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 263638.8
EU funding (EUR): 263638.8
Participants: 4
Project status: SIGNED

As part of its Green Deal, the EU aims to decarbonize energy production by 55% compared to 1990 levels and must turn to renewable energy sources. While the northern European countries have some access to these sources, they do not have consistent amounts of sunlight for photothermal energy (PE) generation. Novel approaches are under development to allow these regions to benefit from solar resources. Solar radiation-induced boiling in nanofluids can be used for PE steam generation as it facilitates more efficient solar collector technology. However, knowledge of the mechanisms behind this boiling is severely lacking because the methods to measure these systems are inaccurate at scale and cannot be used for practical, opaque nanofluids, limiting the focus to macroscopic properties. Understanding these mechanisms is the key to advancing PE technologies. Therefore, this project endeavours to develop and use new methods to qualify and quantify the photothermal boiling process in nanofluids at the microscale. I will move from Canada to Europe to complete this ambitious project with three specific aims. First, I will characterize two novel candidate nanofluids: plasma-functionalized graphene and carbon nanofibers (mass-produced by the project exploitation partner). Second, I will develop new, distinct measurement techniques that separate this study from existing ones which only measure temperature and steam flow rate. One method will use bubble bursting acoustics to quantity the number and size of bubbles. The other will use a medical X-ray technique, computed tomography, to image photothermal boiling for the first time. Finally, I will perform boiling tests to determine potential mechanisms and extend the existing models. With these objectives fulfilled, new information and methodologies will be developed for future research, I will gain new skills and competencies to prepare me for a future in industrial research, and Europe will be ONESTEP closer to a greener future.

Keywords: nanofluid solar collector thermosyphon photothermal boiling
Well-being improvement through the Integration of healthcare and reSearch Data and models with Out border for chronic iMmune-mediated diseases (WISDOM)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Health
Theme: Health
Destination: Unlocking the full potential of new tools, technologies and digital solutions for a healthy society
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Sweden,Finland,Germany,Denmark,Italy,Estonia,Belgium,United Kingdom,Spain,Iceland
Call: Better integration and use of health-related real-world and research data, including genomics, for improved clinical outcomes (HORIZON-HLTH-2023-TOOL-05, 2023)
Start date: 2023-12-01
End date: 2028-11-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 9598516.5
EU funding (EUR): 9598516.5
Participants: 15
Project status: SIGNED

Enabling integration of medical and research data, secure data sharing and leveraging responsible state-of-the-art artificial intelligence (AI)-mediated models opens immense possibilities to mitigate the impact of chronic immune-mediated diseases (CIMDs) affecting 10% of Europeans. Eight European universities, leaders in the medical and analytical field, three SMEs, one research institute and one company, at the forefront of clinical AI implementation, data infrastructure, and security, and a Patient Organisation formed the consortium WISDOM. The consortium's overarching aim is to convert complex biological information from the existing data sources into actionable insights. WISDOM builds on the premise that computational tools can provide valuable knowledge and guide decision-making at critical stages in the individual patient journey, from diagnosis to treatment initiation and optimisation. To unlock the potential of the existing data, WISDOM will address barriers of data integration and accessibility and deploy novel approaches for data processing, harmonisation, integration, and secure, trustworthy data sharing with federated access. WISDOM aims to develop computational risk stratification and outcome prediction models and tools in different CIMD use cases, building on large EU-funded multimodal datasets, and prospectively validate them on technical, clinical and user aspects to facilitate data-driven and patient-focused diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring. WISDOM aims to promote the widespread utilisation of data and facilitate responsible and critical assessment of the use of AI in healthcare using an end-user guided approach leveraging collaboration among clinicians, researchers, legal and AI experts, patient associations and rich stakeholder expertise. WISDOM’s ultimate ambition is to revolutionise the integration, management, and analysis of health data across diseases and borders to promote personalised interventions and well-being.

Keywords: multiple sclerosis,rheumatoid arthritis,myastenia gravis
Gravitational waves and primordial black holes from cosmological phase transitions (CosmoBubbles)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Physics
Countries involved: Italy
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021 (HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-09-01
End date: 2026-08-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 172750.08
EU funding (EUR): 172750.08
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

In 2015, nearly a century after their existence was predicted by Einstein's theory of general relativity, the LIGO detectors observed gravitational waves directly for the first time. The significance of these observations can be compared to the pioneering observations of astronomical objects made by Galileo Galilei in the 17th century at visible wavelengths of light. Both observations opened a new window to the Universe, and, in the same way observations made across the electromagnetic spectrum have revolutionised our view of the Universe, it is expected that observational advances in gravitational wave astronomy will result in great scientific breakthroughs. Gravitational wave astronomy has potential for solving some of the biggest questions in astrophysics, cosmology and fundamental physics. This, however, requires theoretical studies that allow us to understand the observations and their implications. This project includes such studies quantifying connections between the following three topics: GWs, primordial black holes (PBHs) and cosmological phase transitions. First, considering formation of GWs in cosmological phase transition, we develop new approaches for the calculation of the resulting GW spectrum, which allow for efficient studies of the parametric dependences of the spectrum. Second, considering formation of PBHs in cosmological phase transitions, we quantify the phase transition and collapse dynamics with numerical simulations to determine whether PBHs can form and, if yes, what are their properties and whether this process can be probed through GWs. These studies may lead to important developments in our understanding of what is dark matter, and the results of this project are necessary for deploying the full potential of the current and future GW observatories.

Keywords: gravitational waves,primordial black holes,cosmological phase transitions