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Slow excitonics for minimalistic and sustainable photonic and optoelectronic systems (SLOWTONICS)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Systems and Communication Engineering
Panel description: Electrical, electronic, communication, optical and systems engineering
Countries involved: Germany
Call: ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS (ERC-2022-COG, 2022)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2028-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1999264.0
EU funding (EUR): 1999264.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Modern technology should not only provide improved efficiency but follow sustainable and minimalistic design principles for an optimised ecological footprint. Photonic applications, e.g., used for information processing in logistics or sensor systems, currently require more and more complex technological solutions to speed up data storage and processing while creating nonrecyclable waste. SLOWTONICS aims at providing a paradigm shift based on biocompatible organic optoelectronic and photonic components. The design principle of digital luminescence developed in my research group combines easily processable excitonic states at long lifetimes (> 1 µs) with a programmable oxygen-based switch of the luminescence to create a unique programmable photonic framework. By using organic semiconductors, such systems offer a low ecological footprint, small material consumption, and a high degree of material tuneability for tailor-made technological solutions. First prototypes of programmable luminescent tags have demonstrated the potential of this technology yet missing the requirements for industrial application. Based on the existing expertise of my research group in the fields of organic optoelectronics and spectroscopy of soft luminescence materials, SLOWTONICS will overcome current limitations, to realize industry-relevant systems for optical data storage and exchange, and extend the application of digital luminescence towards luminescent security label and multi-component sensor systems. Once having developed novel communication components, we attempt to realize these designs made only from materials found in nature. This is an essential ultimate step because a world with an ever-growing demand for information requires systems that provide functionality and allow for responsible use. Our approach aims at systems that have material footprints of < 0.1 mg/system, making them truly minimalistic and sustainable.

Keywords: organic semiconductors,organic electronics and photonics,phosphorescence,persistent luminescence,triplet excitons
Fundamental, topological and modular models for circuit QED (FTMcQED)

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: Germany
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2026-04-01
End date: 2028-03-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 202125.12
EU funding (EUR): 202125.12
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Superconducting circuits have become a leading platform for quantum computation and simulation due to their scalability and the precise control provided by Josephson junctions (JJs), their fundamental nonlinear element. Despite significant progress, several fundamental questions about their theoretical modelling remain unresolved, including how to accurately describe their behaviour across different energy scales. In particular, key issues involve understanding the spectra of quantum macroscopic circuit variables (e.g. the flux difference across a JJ), and the relationship between classical and quantum dynamics in long-distance superconducting networks. Resolving these open questions is crucial for understanding quantum many-body phenomena and for the design of distributed chiral networks. The FTMcQED project will address these challenges by focusing on two main areas. First, I will tackle the long-standing debate over extended vs. compact variable descriptions of flux and charge variables in superconducting circuits and explore its implications for many-body quantum systems (e.g., dissipative quantum phase transitions). This involves developing a geometrically and topologically consistent quantisation method to derive canonical quantum Hamiltonians for superconducting circuits, while properly accounting for parasitic effects. Second, I will construct modular, effective models for nonreciprocal, dissipative superconducting networks (e.g., waveguide QED) using electrical engineering techniques. To achieve these objectives, I will employ a combination of advanced analytical and numerical methods, enabling a systematic investigation of collective topological effects in both discrete and continuous models. This project aims to contribute to the fundamental understanding and development of new quantum devices, including broadband quantum-limited amplifiers and detectors, as well as novel families of superconducting qubits with enhanced noise suppression.

Keywords: superconducting circuits,circuit quantum electrodynamics,topological geometrical properties,quantum dissipative phase transitions,waveguide qed,blackbox models,electrical engineering
Child Disability and Family Life (Frailife)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Human Mobility, Environment, and Space
Panel description: Human geography, demography, health, susta inability science, territorial planning, spatial analysis
Countries involved: Italy
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2022-STG, 2022)
Start date: 2023-05-01
End date: 2028-04-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1401938.0
EU funding (EUR): 1401938.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Across the European Union, approximately 4% among individuals under age 16 have a disability, and over 15 million school-age children are known to have special educational needs. Disabilities limit children in their everyday activities and impact families in myriad ways. FRAILIFE aims to comprehensively analyze the effects of a child disability on family members – parents, siblings, and grandparents – in Europe, using high-quality data (registers, surveys, social media), innovative research designs and methods. By focusing on the impact of child disability on family members’ life course trajectories, health outcomes, and social participation, FRAILIFE speaks to both general family processes and the special case of Europe’s frailest families. The existing literature on families with a disabled child is scattered, built on small convenience samples, and often focused on a specific disease; the findings are inconclusive and non-generalizable. FRAILIFE elevates the evidentiary standard by: i) using a population approach, which compares families with and without a disabled child and provides opportunities to uncover heterogeneous effects; ii) going beyond simple associations between child disability and family outcomes to establish causal pathways, identify underlying mechanisms, and uncover causal effects; iii) investigating both short- and long-term consequences of child disability on families; iv) adopting a comparative perspective to uncover the moderating effects of institutions and culture. Beyond the specific insights about the networked consequences of disability, this project contributes to the field of family demography, as the analysis of extremely frail families has relevance for the general functioning of all families facing adverse events. FRAILIFE will bring families with a disabled child out of their invisibility, offering new and important insights on their functioning, characteristics, and challenges, while informing effective family-centered policy

Keywords: family,child disability,life course,demography
Functionalized low-cost graphene sponge electrodes for sustainable water treatment and complete defluorination of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) FOCUS4PFAS (FOCUS4PFAS)

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: Spain
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021 (HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01, 2021)
Start date: 2023-09-01
End date: 2025-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 165312.96
EU funding (EUR): 165312.96
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The presence of toxic, carcinogenic and bioaccumulative per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in our water cycle is one of the major challenges that the humanity is facing in the 21st century, and there are no established (waste)water treatment technologies capable of their degradation. Here, we will address this challenge by developing low-cost graphene sponge electrodes tailored to achieve efficient electrosorption/adsorption and subsequent electrochemical degradation of PFAS. Emphasis will be placed on the removal and degradation of more polar, shorter-chain (e.g., <C6) PFAS, as well as PFAS more recently introduced by the industry. Preliminary experiments performed in the host group demonstrate that graphene sponge electrodes are capable of defluorinating PFAS even in low-conductivity water. Given that they are electrochemically inert towards chloride, thus effectively overcoming a major limitation of electrooxidation processes –formation of toxic chlorinated byproducts, the progress made in this project on the functionalization and tailoring of graphene sponge electrodes for PFAS removal from water will enable a major leap towards a wide-scale implementation of electrochemical processes, and allow treatment even of the complex brackish, PFAS-laden waters. The applicant’s background on target and non-target/unknown analysis of organic contaminants in (waste)water using LC-HRMS, besides QSAR tools for the identification of toxicity alerts and the host group’s expertise on nanoelectrochemical system using low-cost reduced graphene oxide (RGO)-based electrodes for water treatment will ensure the success of this project. FOCUS4PFAS will strengthen the research on chemical-free water treatment technology for complete defluorination of PFAS, including the very polar homologues, and their removal from the contaminated water. FOCUS4PFAS will provide new opportunities for decentralized (waste)water treatment, reuse, and source control of contaminated waste streams.

Keywords: pfas defluorination electrooxidation reduced graphene oxide coated sponge electrochemical water treatment chlorine free electrochemical system
Physical analysis of Long-Runout landSLIDEs in tectonically-active regions (LR-SLIDE)

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: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Switzerland
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-11-01
End date: 2027-10-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 276187.92
EU funding (EUR): 276187.92
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Long-runout landslides pose a growing global threat to the safe development of tectonically active regions, but are difficult to prevent technically. Risk mitigation is crucial to avert catastrophic losses from such severe geohazards, but is constrained by an incomplete understanding of physical mechanisms behind long-runout landslides, largely due to the absence of direct physical observations of the long-runout process. To bridge this gap, integrating advanced optical and mechanical sensing techniques into hypergravity centrifuge modelling offers a promising avenue for detailed physical observations. This project aims to achieve three key objectives: (1) Establish a geological conceptual model for long-runout landslides, (2) Develop a high-ratio climatic chamber model under hypergravity centrifuge condition, and (3) Quantify physical mechanisms of the fluidized transition process driving long-runout movement. To accomplish these goals, remote sensing techniques combined with advanced data-processing methods will be employed to enhance data-collection completeness for geological conceptual model. Hypergravity climatic centrifuge modelling will be utilized to elucidate the coupled triggering effect and complicated fluidized transition process of rock mass. A predictive physical model, involving initiation and runout phases of landslides, will incorporate infrastructure resilience perspectives, thus complementing physics-based risk scenarios development. This project will be co-supervised by Prof. Madabhushi at the University of Cambridge and Prof. Jaboyedoff at the University of Lausanne. Our interdisciplinary team, encompassing geodetic, geological and geotechnical engineering, is well-positioned to advance geohazard risk management. This work will enhance the fellow’s career prospects, facilitate knowledge transfer between the fellow and host institutions, and deliver significant scientific and socio-economic impacts for global geohazard reduction.

Keywords: natural hazard landslides centrifuge modelling hypergravity climatic chamber remote sensing
REinforce Science-Policy interfaces in innovative ways to boost effectiveness and INterconnectedness of biodiversity and climate policies (RESPIN)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
Theme: Bio-Environment
Destination: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Germany,Belgium,France,Hungary,Finland,Spain,Congo, The Democratic Republic of the,United Kingdom,Colombia,Bulgaria
Call: Reinforcing science policy support with IPBES and IPCC for better interconnected biodiversity and climate policies (HORIZON-CL6-2023-BIODIV-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2027-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3760084.57
EU funding (EUR): 3588576.11
Participants: 11
Project status: SIGNED

In order to inform global action on biodiversity and climate protection, IPBES, IPCC and corresponding national processes were created to improve the science-policy interface (SPI) between knowledge holders and decision makers. Nevertheless, there are large differences in the capacities and experiences among countries in supporting and engaging in IPBES and IPCC processes. In addition, the knowledge systems on climate and biodiversity remain fragmented despite thematic and procedural overlaps in both domains. The aim of this project is to systematically evaluate and process existing experiences to provide other countries and stakeholders guidance and inspiration for SPI development. RESPIN will assess existing potentials and barriers to foster SPI processes around biodiversity and climate change to provide an improved access to information for decisions at EU, national and subnational levels. This project will: (1) empower knowledge holders to enhance the representation across regions, knowledge systems and stakeholder groups in SPI processes, considering the interlinkages between biodiversity and climate; (2) empower decision makers at different levels across the globe to uptake the knowledge and capacity building provided by IPBES and IPCC; (3) develop future perspectives for SPI engagement at EU level, enhancing EU capacities to incorporate IPBES and IPCC functions in their knowledge procedures and funding provisions; and (4) develop and disseminate online capacity building programs to up-scale best practices and translate relevant project outputs for key stakeholders and decision-makers across the globe. In sum, RESPIN will develop new SPI formats for integrated IPBES and IPCC processes, provide training and digital guidelines and develop action agendas with strategic partners to ensure integrated SPI processes on global, national and subnational levels.

Keywords: transdisciplinarity knowledge transfer capacity building,policy integration,co design and participation,biodiversity and climate governance
Polarized 2D Materials Inspired by Naturally Occurring Phyllosilicates (POL_2D_PHYSICS)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Condensed Matter Physics
Panel description: Structure, electronic properties, fluids, nanosciences, biological physics
Countries involved: Austria
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2022-STG, 2022)
Start date: 2023-05-01
End date: 2028-04-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1499630.0
EU funding (EUR): 1499630.0
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Since the last decade, the number of isolated two dimensional (2D) materials keeps growing exponentially. The research community relies predominantly on synthetic single crystals, remaining limited to the variations of only several material classes. Naturally occurring van der Waals (vdW) crystals – 2D minerals – offer wider structural and compositional variety, but remain largely unexplored. Further, developing nanotechnology based on non-toxic and abundant surface minerals found in soils and clays will ensure sustainable, environmentally friendly, and biodegradable electronics. Recently, the focus of 2D electronics is largely on novel semiconductors, and spontaneously polarized materials. The number of vdW insulators is extremely disproportional to both semiconductors and metals. Almost exclusively the entire field relies on hexagonal boron nitride. Surely, this cannot be the only technologically relevant system, and new members would also open unexplored pathways in device design and functionality. With my project POL_2D_PHYSICS, I aim to introduce and establish a class of phyllosilicates as a multifunctional 2D materials platform. My project will explore their limits with respect to three applications: as gate dielectrics, as magnetic insulators, and as ferroelectric insulators. Starting from minerals, I will study their structure property relation. To bridge the gap between an interesting concept and a potential future technology, I will develop pathways to synthesize phyllosilicate single crystals and thin films with targeted properties for applications in 2D electronics. If successful, the project will develop scalable novel concepts in charge transfer doping, and implement the proposed materials class into multifunctional 2D polarization electronics. With high risk goals of delivering novel and air stable multiferroic and neuromorphic systems, POL_2D_PHYSICS has the potential to fundamentally impact the future of 2D electronics.

Keywords: 2d materials nanoelectronics van der waals heterostructures 2d insulators gate dielectrics 2d magnetic insulators 2d ferroelectrics 2d multiferroics phyllosilicates layered minerals charge transfer doping
Quantum Internet Alliance (QIA)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Digital, Industry and Space
Theme: Digital
Destination: Digital & Emerging Technologies for Competitiveness and Fit for the Green Deal
Action type: Framework Partnership Agreement
Countries involved: Netherlands,Denmark,Germany,France,Luxembourg,Austria,Italy,Spain,Portugal
Call: Framework Partnership Agreements in Quantum Communications (FPA) (HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02, 2021)
Start date: 2022-10-01
End date: 2026-09-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 0.0
EU funding (EUR): 0.0
Participants: 47
Project status: SIGNED

The Internet has had a revolutionary impact on our world. The vision of a Quantum Internet is to provide fundamentally new Internet technology by enabling quantum communication between any two points on earth. In synergy with the ‘classical’ Internet that we have today, a Quantum Internet will connect quantum processors to achieve unparalleled capabilities that are provably impossible using classical communication. The mission of the Quantum Internet Alliance (QIA) is to build a global Quantum Internet made in Europe – by developing a full-stack prototype network, and by driving an innovative European Quantum Internet ecosystem capable of scaling the network to world-leading European technology. Building on its proven track record in teamwork, which has already resulted in world first Quantum Internet technology, QIA advances this mission in two complementary objectives: The first is the realization of a full-stack prototype network able to distribute entanglement between two metropolitan-scale networks via a long-distance backbone (>500 km) using quantum repeaters. The second is the establishment of a European platform for Quantum Internet development, which will act as a catalyst for a European Quantum Internet Ecosystem including actors all along the value chain. QIA’s network will enable advanced quantum-network applications and prepare the ground for secure quantum computing in the cloud, thanks to our new generation of end nodes including both processing nodes and low-cost photonic client devices. Nodes in the metropolitan network will be interconnected via hubs that allow the scalable connection of hundreds of end nodes, paving the way for early adopters. The long-distance backbone will be realized using fully functional quantum repeaters unlocking Pan-European end-to-end quantum communication. QIA’s prototype network will operate on standard optical fibers and serves to validate all key sub-systems, ready to be scaled by European industry.

Keywords: quantum internet,quantum processors,quantum repeaters,quantum entanglement based networks,quantum communication