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Plasmonics of Quantum Materials: from surface plasmon condensation to quantum metamaterials (QUOMATERS)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Outgoing Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Spain
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IOF, 2012)
Start date: 2014-03-01
End date: 2017-07-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 265736.7
EU funding (EUR): 265736.7
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

Interfacing quantum optics with nanotechnology could boost the prospects for the integration of scalable quantum information technologies. Quantum information processing is a key future technology that promises superior communication and computing performance beyond classical information. Any candidate to realize its full potential will require solid-state coherent units with long-range interactions. The most promising approaches rely on photons and spins. Recent demonstrations of the quantized character of surface plasmons – oscillations of electrons bound to photons – have spurred research in miniaturized quantum optics with plasmons, known as quantum plasmonics. Despite the interest, experiments aiming at nanoscale quantum circuits and communication with plasmons are still in their infancy because of the difficult generation of a coherent interaction between different single-plasmon nanosources. Here we propose a conceptually new route to quantum plasmonics that harnesses the properties of quantum materials. These are tunable quantum systems with properties that emerge from the strong interaction between coherent units, with macroscopic states that are determined by collective quantum many-body physics. We will create a unique quantum state: a Bose-Einstein condensate of surface plasmons for which quantum properties become apparent in a many-emitter system. This will allow the construction of a quantum metamaterial, a reconfigurable optical material that exploits coherence. Topological insulators – another fascinating quantum material that is metallic on its surface, insulating in its bulk and locks electronic spin to current direction – will be shown to support plasmons and spin-plasmons (a plasmon travelling with a spin wave). This will bridge spintronics and nanophotonics, the two most promising approaches for integrated quantum information. Both plasmonic quantum materials will be novel resources for classical and quantum nanophotonic devices.

Keywords: p108 optics and quantum optics,plasmonics,nano-optics,metamaterials,g205 micro- and nanoelectronics - optoelectronics,nanophotonics
High Performance Energy Harvesters (HIPER)

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-2012-IEF, 2012)
Start date: 2013-08-30
End date: 2014-11-29
Duration (months): 15.0
Total project cost (EUR): 138504.0
EU funding (EUR): 138504.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Micro-electro-mechanical-systems (MEMS) impact everyone every day. Mobile phones, laptops, hearing aids, watches, automotive and medical devices are only few examples of portable goods that include MEMS. Such products mostly rely on batteries as their source of power, and the need for battery replacement/recharging, and environmental concerns, are increasingly an issue. Harvesting energy from every day motion, otherwise left unused, is a recent approach to supply energy for portable goods, ranking as one of the current top 10 technologies according to EE Times. Nevertheless, the energy efficiency of energy harvesters has not been sufficient thus far, particularly if the harvesters are not operating in their natural frequency. In addition, energy harvesting is a cross-disciplinary field with both structural and electrical challenges creating additional difficulties in solving the energy efficiency problem. This research proposal aims at tackling both mechanical and electrical challenges at the same time. The stiffness of the MEMS energy harvester will be removed, or tuned to a pre-defined nonlinear behaviour using static balancing theory. This is an entirely new approach the present applicant has been working with for the last four years at Delft University of Technology. The electronic tuning will be achieved via the transducer, a method for which the host group at Imperial College London is famous. The present proposal shall develop an efficient energy harvester to harvest from low and wide range frequency of human body motion. Being a straightforward method, this approach is not only essential for MEMS medical devices, but will also serve as a framework to guide other industrial applications.

Keywords: g313 micro(system) engineering
Molecular origins of electrochemical energy storage properties in lithium-ion batteries and supercapacitors (IONELECTRO)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Incoming Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: France
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IIF, 2012)
Start date: 2013-04-01
End date: 2014-09-30
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 145534.95
EU funding (EUR): 145534.95
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The need for materials with improved electrochemical energy storage properties has become increasingly critical as society grapples with limited fossil fuel reserves and the threat of climate change. Lithium-ion batteries and supercapacitors are related energy storage systems that store energy electrochemically. Recently, researchers have shown that amorphous structures, defects, non-stoichiometric domains, interfaces between components, and surface modifications may play critical roles in their energy storage properties. However, such systems are difficult to characterize at a molecular level because such structural features lack long-range molecular order and are characterized by broad distributions. The objective of this project is to measure, understand, and control how specific molecular-level properties of complex, heterogeneous materials for lithium-ion batteries and supercapacitors affect their energy storage capabilities, charging/discharging rates, ion transport properties, chemical/structural stabilities, and cycle lifetimes. Molecular compositions, structures, interactions, and dynamics of the charge carriers and electrodes will be established by multi-dimensional, pulsed-field gradient, and in situ solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Molecular insights from NMR will be correlated with macroscopic material, electrochemical, and device properties, yielding new understanding of their molecular origins. The results are expected to aid the rational design of novel lithium-ion batteries and supercapacitors with greater energy densities, power densities, and operational lifetimes. This project will strengthen the European Research Area’s excellence and competitiveness in materials for electrochemical energy storage. It will provide European scientists with powerful diagnostic tools to better understand the molecular origins of electrochemical energy storage properties in state-of-the-art electrode and electrolyte systems.

Keywords: energy,lithium-ion battery,supercapacitor,electrode,electrolyte,ion,nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy,molecular,diffusion,imaging,in situ nmr
BioElectrochemical system for Enzyme catalyzed CO2 sEquestration for the recovery of commercially viable carbonated water and methanol (ELECTROENZEQUEST)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Incoming Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Belgium
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IIF, 2012)
Start date: 2013-05-01
End date: 2015-04-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 177000.0
EU funding (EUR): 177000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Increasing energy demand and depleting fossils has put forward the necessity of searching alternatives. Recently, bioelectricity production through bioelectrochemical systems (BES) has gained prominence in the recent bioenergy scenario due to its sustainable nature. BES is electrochemical devices that convert chemical energy to electricity using biochemical pathways and redox enzymes. Enzymatic fuel cells works with the help of purified enzymes to catalyze the oxidation of fuel at the anode and reduction of the electron acceptor at cathode. Numerous chemical transformations are reported to be catalyzed by redox-active enzymes including both the reduction and oxidation of substrates. However, all these enzymes require pure substrates for their function which is not economic for large scale applications. In the present study, carbon dioxide (CO2) is considered as substrate for both anodic oxidation as well as cathodic reduction that yield carbonated water and methanol respectively. The proposed work signifies the importance of CO2 sequestration in the present scenario of environmental pollution problems such as global warming as well as need of alternative biofuels. The work plan will investigate the feasibility and mechanisms of atmospheric CO2 sequestration through enzyme-cocktails (multiple enzymes at once) at anodic oxidation process to harness bioelectricity along with the carbonated water, having multiple applications, and cathodic reduction for the synthesis of methanol, without using external energy. Carbonic anhydrase (CA) will be used as anodic biocatalyst for sequestering CO2 to generate carbonated water along with generation of protons (H+) and electrons (e-). On the other hand, three enzymes, viz., Formate dehydrogenase (Fate DH), formaldehyde dehydrogenase (Fald DH) and alcohol dehydrogenase (Alc DH), individually and in combination at cathode as terminal electron acceptor for the reduction of H+ and e- coming from anode converting CO2 into methanol.

Keywords: v101 environment and sustainability,v408 biotechnology - bioreactors - applied microbiology,v407 environmental biotechnology - bioremediation - biodegradation
Decoding the transcriptional networks controlling the adult Drosophila midgut compartmentalization (GUTENCODE)

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-2012-IEF, 2012)
Start date: 2013-05-01
End date: 2015-04-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 184709.4
EU funding (EUR): 184709.4
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

In recent years, the contribution of gut to health and disease, as well as the mechanisms important for gut homeostasis, like the maintenance of intestinal stem cells, have just began to be unraveled. Due to its general importance, studies addressing intestinal organization and physiology and, more generally, the question of how this organ functions as a whole, will become one of the most promising areas of research. In all animals, the mature gut is characterized by a succession of distinct compartments, which all fulfil important physiological function. However, how gut compartmentalization and the specialization of the different regions are controlled is largely unsolved in both Drosophila and mammals. The host lab has recently defined different sub-domains of the adult Drosophila midgut using both morphological and genetic criteria. This proposal aims to further unravel gene regulatory networks that control formation and function of each compartment, using a combination of state-of-the-art genetic, genomic, molecular and computational approaches. First, cis-regulatory elements (CREs) specific for different gut compartments will be systematically identified using ChIP-seq; second, key transcription factors interacting with compartment-specific CREs will be elucidated by yeast one-hybrid screens; third, the function of key transcriptional regulators in gut formation and maintenance, in particular the HOX transcription factors, will be studied using molecular, biochemical and genetic tools; and finally, I will apply computational tools to globally predict compartment-specific CREs based on the co-occupancy of key transcription factors identified above. This study will significantly advance our understanding of the mechanisms underlying the gut function, and will also have a major impact on understanding regulatory programs crucial for proper gut function in mammals.

Keywords: developmental biology,gene regulatory network,development genetics of adult organ in animals,hox gene
Gender-Sensitive Biography of the Polish Actress Irena Solska (1877-1958) (SOLSKA)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Incoming Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Poland
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IIF, 2012)
Start date: 2013-09-01
End date: 2015-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 185581.8
EU funding (EUR): 185581.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The project’s aim is to write a gender-sensitive biography of Irena Solska (1877-1958) who was an outstanding actress of the 20th century theatre in Poland. Due to extensive library and archive research, this project will propose new readings of many empirical facts and data; its objective is also to introduce documents that by the moment unknown or known only in fragments and/or by description. Beside it, this biography will have ambition to become an exemplary case study as for the theatre processes that took part at the beginning of the 20th century (marked by the change from the performer-centred theatre model to the director-centred one); to revise the legends and stereotypical views that have been functioning about Irena Solska in Polish society and internationally and to introduce her name to broader European public. The life and work of Irena Solska will be explored in the context of the European theatre that at the begining from the turn of the centuries was involved in the common process of transtion from a performer-centred model to a director-centred one. The investigation of the gender implications of this process is the main innovation of this project. Above it, the project will address many different aspects of Solska’s biography that at the moment are highly understudied. The research will be conducted in the vein of gendering theatre history, and at the intersection with many other disciplines – such as history of women, visual culture studies, studies of women’s autobiographical writings, Holocaust studies, memory studies. By addressing some key problems in theatre history of the 20th century theatre, the project aims at creating long term collaboration between specialists interested in gendering of theatre studies in Europe and Russia that will be mutually beneficial. As for the knowledge transfer to Europe, the experience of Russian theatre historiography in exploration of the turn to the director-centred perspective will of primary importance.

Keywords: s306 performing arts,s310 history of art and architecture,s312 cultural memory - intangible cultural heritage,gender studies,biography
Determinants of the switch from R5- to X4-tropic virus in HIV-1 infected individuals (SWITCHR5-X4)

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: Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IEF, 2012)
Start date: 2013-10-01
End date: 2016-12-15
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 183469.8
EU funding (EUR): 183469.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

HIV-1 variants utilizing CCR5 (R5) are predominant during early infection, emergence of CXCR4 (X4) strains typically occurs later. Although R5 to X4 switch is strongly correlated with increased rates of disease progression, it remains largely unknown which factors are causing the switch. Based on our preliminary data we postulate that both host (immune activation) and viral factors (target cell affinity) are required for switching. A) We hypothesize that high levels of immune activation predispose for a coreceptor switch.This will be longitudinally analysed in the Amsterdam Cohort. In parallel, the occurrence of R5-X4 switching will be investigated in African Cohorts with high TB prevalence inducing significant levels of immune activation. B) Our observation that CCR5-inhibitor therapy results in rapid outgrowth of pre-existing X4-variants without affecting the viral setpoint suggests direct competition between R5 and X4-using variants. We will study if increased target cell affinity of the X4 virus facilitates the coreceptor switch. This will be analyzed with the affinofile assay to determine relative envelope affinities for CD4 and CCR5 or CXCR4 between R5 and X4-variants from the same patients and the absence and presence of factors influencing co-receptor switch as identified in part A will also be tested. Finally relative envelope affinity for its different binding partners (CD4 and the coreceptors) will be verified with solubilized coreceptors using surface plasmon resonance. This study will provide important insights into determinants of coreceptor switching and ultimately in our understanding of HIV-1 pathogenesis.

Keywords: l101 molecular biology and interactions,l608 virology
On-line Genomes between Personalized, Preventative and Participatory Medicine: A Biopolitical and Biosocial Analysis of Direct-to-Consumers Genetic Testing (OLGENOME)

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-2012-IEF, 2012)
Start date: 2013-09-01
End date: 2015-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 202405.8
EU funding (EUR): 202405.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The research proposal intends to investigate the emerging field of personalized, preventative and participatory medicine through the analysis of a new generation of genetic testing, known as direct-to-consumers genetic testing (DCGT). DCGT can be bought directly on the Internet and provides information about personal susceptibility to widespread multifactorial (i.e. not only genetic) diseases. Merging the advancement of molecular genetics in reducing the cost and time of DNA sequencing with the extensive diffusion of information technologies, DCGT is dramatically expanding the number of people who will get a genetic test. It is thus popularizing a large amount of health-related genomic data, which can be shared and discussed through a growing number web sites, blogs, and social networks specifically dedicated to genomics. Assuming a biopolitical and biosocial perspective, this research will consider, first, the capacity of DCGT to disseminate the logic of genomic risk and susceptibility in our daily life, by turning DCGT users in “asymptomatic patients” who intervene on their own bodies, thoughts, conducts and lifestyles by actively taking and demanding responsibility from their own medical futures (and those of their families and groups). Second, it will analyse biosocial interactions and digital subjectivities as instances of participatory medicine aimed at establishing new forms of cooperation between laypeople, patients, doctors, and researchers. On one hand the popularization of genomics seems to reinforce the privatization of care and thus threat universal health care by instilling the compulsion for perfect fitness with imprecise and/or pointless information. On the other it could empower patients and laypeople, letting them to be more actively involved in healthcare and biomedical research. This project intends to conduct deep qualitative research into the practices that inform these possibilities.

Keywords: s114 social studies of science and technology,new genetics and society,ethnography and qualitative research,personalized medicine,participatory medicine,biopolitics,biosociality
Handy natural ventilation rate calculator based on computational fluid dynamics (HNVR-CALCULATOR)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Incoming Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Belgium
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IIF, 2012)
Start date: 2013-08-07
End date: 2015-08-06
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 177000.0
EU funding (EUR): 177000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Considering crop and animal production, IAQ, gas emissions, associated health effects and socio-economic problems, one of the biggest issues, these days, in Europe as well as in the world is to measure the ventilation rate of naturally ventilated buildings. Among various direct and indirect methods, the CFD approach can produce the most practical and timely solutions because of its outstanding potential for analyzing complex air flows. In this project, the candidate will develop a free simulation tool to predict the ventilation rate of naturally ventilated agricultural buildings, such as greenhouses and livestock houses. As next generation of CFD approaches, the free simulation tool, HNVR calculator, will be built of automated user interfaces and the CFD technique so that users can directly use the program without CFD experts in simulating the air flows in and around the buildings with convenience and stable accuracy of the results. Regarding the ventilation researches, the host institute, M3-BIORES in KU LEUVEN, has accumulated knowledge and experiences over the decades, whereas the applicant has been working on simulation research and its applications. Therefore the applicant will provide new perspectives on solving problems by bring the state-of-art knowledge and experience to the host institute. In addition, active knowledge transfer between them will create a synergetic effect on completing this project and enhance the European host Institute’s position at the forefront of advances in this field. This project will also encourage long term collaborations between the European host group and the Korean research group (Aero-Environmental and Energy Engineering Lab.) which is one of the biggest leading group in the field of agricultural engineering in Korea.

Keywords: v401 agriculture related to animal husbandry,v403 agriculture related to crop production,ventilation rate,computational fluid dynamics