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Synthetic Expansion of Magnetic Molecules Into Spintronic Devices (MOLSPINTRON)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Materials and Synthesis
Countries involved: Germany
Call:  (ERC-2012-StG_20111012, 2012)
Start date: 2012-11-01
End date: 2017-10-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1467200.0
EU funding (EUR): 1467200.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Molecular spintronics is emerging as a rapidly growing field at the interface of inorganic molecular chemistry, surface sciences, and condensed matter physics fueled by both the fundamental interest in the underlying charge and spin transport mechanisms, and the prospects of the combined exploitation of molecular charge and spin states in a revolutionary new class of molecular-based ultra-low power devices translating their spin/charge response characteristics into novel, non-trivial functionalities. The research project proposes a range of innovative synthetic functionalization strategies of magnetic molecules that allow for targeted multi-terminal contacting of individual molecules in an approach representing a paradigm shift from existing top-down contact techniques in molecular spintronics. The project aims to reverse this existing approach and focuses on multi-step growth, controllable at the molecular level, of metallic electrode structures directly originating at a molecular magnet, as well as on controlled anchoring of the magnetic molecules to metal oxide surfaces of gate electrodes. Central to the proposal are magnetically functionalized polyoxometalates which provide a range of advantages relevant to molecular spintronics such as high stability, redox activity, structural versatility, tuneability of their molecular magnetic structures, as well growth strategies of metallic nanostructures such as quantum size-effect-controlled growth of metallic island structures. The synthetic expansion of molecule-attached metal nanocluster precursor structures into functional multi-terminal contacts addressable by multi-tip STM setups will lead to a breakthrough in reproducible charge transport measurements of single magnetic molecules and access to their fascinating Kondo physics, while the targeted technological breakthrough targets a chemically controlled integration of single magnetic molecules into nanostructured environments of spintronic devices.

Keywords: metal oxide cluster chemistry,molecular spin electronics,molecular self-assembly
In silico and in vitro Models of Angiogenesis: unravelling the role of the extracellular matrix (MATRIX)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Products and process engineering
Countries involved: Belgium
Call:  (ERC-2012-StG_20111012, 2012)
Start date: 2013-04-01
End date: 2018-03-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1497400.0
EU funding (EUR): 1497400.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels from the existing vasculature, is a process that is fundamental to normal tissue growth, wound repair and disease. The control of angiogenesis is of utmost importance for tissue regenerative therapies as well as cancer treatment, however this remains a challenge. The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a one of the key controlling factors of angiogenesis. The mechanisms through which the ECM exerts its influence are poorly understood. MAtrix will create unprecedented opportunities for unraveling the role of the ECM in angiogenesis. It will do so by creating a highly innovative, multiscale in silico model that provides quantitative, subcellular resolution on cell-matrix interaction, which is key to the understanding of cell migration. In this way, MAtrix goes substantially beyond the state of the art in terms of computational models of angiogenesis. It will integrate mechanisms of ECM-mediated cell migration and relate them to intracellular regulatory mechanisms of angiogenesis. Apart from its innovation in terms of computational modelling, MAtrix’ impact is related to its interdisciplinarity, involving computer simulations and in vitro experiments. This will enable to investigate research hypotheses on the role of the ECM in angiogenesis that are generated by the in silico model. State of the art technologies (fluorescence microscopy, cell and ECM mechanics, biomaterials design) will be applied –in conjunction with the in silico model- to quantity cell-ECM mechanical interaction at a subcellular level and the dynamics of cell migration. In vitro experiments will be performed for a broad range of biomaterials and their characteristics. In this way, MAtrix will deliver a proof-of-concept that an in silico model can help in identifying and prioritising biomaterials characteristics, relevant for angiogenesis. MAtrix’ findings can have a major impact on the development of therapies that want to control the angiogenic response.

Keywords: angiogenesis,extracellular matrix,multiscale,multiphysics,hydrogel,cell mechanics,mass transport,fluorescence microscopy,in vitro,cell culture
Partially Coherent Many-Body Nonequilibrium Dynamics for Information Applications (PACOMANEDIA)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Condensed matter physics
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (ERC-2012-StG_20111012, 2012)
Start date: 2012-10-01
End date: 2017-09-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1245078.0
EU funding (EUR): 1245078.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

I propose to investigate two closely connected themes which aim to exploit the full potential of quantum mechanics in information technology. Both the themes concern the exploitation of the nonequilibrium dynamics of many strongly coupled quantum systems which is recently becoming feasible to observe in a plethora of engineered systems. As one broad objective, I plan to examine automata made from a multiple quantum units such as nanomagnets for transporting bits and performing classical (Boolean) reversible logic. In a similar vein, coding of bits in domains of engineered quantum many-body systems and their exploitation for Boolean computing will be explored, as well as examine the quantum nonequilibrium dynamics of a processor which combines transport and processing together. The open nature of the constituent quantum systems will be an integral part of our calculations which will be set in a regime where dissipation (decay of energy from the system) is not significant, though dephasing (loss of quantum coherence) may be substantial. I foresee the advantage of such automata in highly energy efficient and fast computation whose speed is set by the couplings of the quantum many-body system. The second broad objective seeks to overcome a formidable obstacle in the physical implementation of quantum computation, namely the high control demanded on every quantum bit and their interactions with other quantum bits. I plan to offer and investigate an alternative paradigm where the information is processed by harnessing the minimally controlled dynamics of quantum many-body systems. In this context, I will look both at general questions such as to whether a network of interacting spins can serve as an automata for running an entire quantum algorithm, whether magnon wavepackets can be used like photons for linear optics-type quantum computation, as well as the realization of such ideas in a variety of available quantum many-body systems.

Keywords: many-body dynamics
Integration of a HOt STrEam Liner into the Turbine Exit Casing (TEC) (HOSTEL)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Joint Technology Initiatives (Annex IV-SP1)
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Clean Sky
Action type: Article 171 of the Treaty
Partnership: CLEAN-SKY (Art-185)
Countries involved: Sweden,Sweden
Call:  (SP1-JTI-CS-2011-03, 2011)
Start date: 2012-03-01
End date: 2014-05-31
Duration (months): 27.0
Total project cost (EUR): 499999.2
EU funding (EUR): 374999.3
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

Conventional perforate acoustic liners are presently used in hot areas of aero-engines. However, current liner technology regarding linear liners for engine intakes (“cold stream”) does not meet the thermal and other functional requirements valid for engine exhaust areas (“hot stream”). It has however been shown, that a liner top sheet assembly consisting of a layer of metallic foam in combination with perforate, shows acoustic characteristics that are nearly independent of both flow and temperature. The objective of this proposal is to integrate such an acoustic absorber into the TEC structure to demonstrate the performance in a relevant environment. This technology will enable the extension of the acoustically treated area to strongly reduce the noise radiation from the core duct ("hot stream").

Keywords: acoustic liner,turbine exit casing absorbent,silencer
RESOURCE EFFICIENT AND SAFE FOOD PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING (RESFOOD)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Environment (including Climate Change)
Destination: Improving resource efficiency
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Netherlands,Spain,Israel,Belgium,Belgium,Türkiye,Spain,Netherlands,Netherlands,United Kingdom,Germany
Call:  (FP7-ENV-2012-two-stage, 2012)
Start date: 2012-11-01
End date: 2015-10-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5958053.82
EU funding (EUR): 4335900.0
Participants: 18
Project status: CLOSED

RESFOOD adresses on the most important topics in the food chain food towards resource efficient and safe food production and processing, leading to maximised resource productivity and recycling and re-use of valuable materials by research and demonstration of the proposed green solutions: Increased output with reduced input. Many natural resources (e.g. minerals, water, soil, biomass, land and fuels (energy) are used to grow and process food products, but in many cases their usage is highly inefficient, due to the lack of technological solutions and knowledge in combination with uncertainties about health and safety issues. Another important challenge in the food chain management is the large amount of wasted food. RESFOOD will overcome the main bottlenecks and barriers leading to an Resource Efficient Food Chain by: • Developing innovative technologies for re-use of Nutrients, Energy, Water and Biomass, reducing input, maximizing resource productivity and minimizing waste • Develop new methods for improving the disinfection processes for vegetables ensuring appropriate monitoring of health and safety risks. • Validate the solutions in five on site pilot demonstrations, also including Life Cycle Assessment In the RESFOOD resource efficiency concept the focus is a cascade approach: Look first for the most efficient solutions with the lowest effort, like direct re-use of warm and cold water (and energy) nutrients and biomass, followed by more complex solutions like withdrawal of useful products and energy from the water and the recovery of high valuable components from food waste (biomass). This will lead to 30 to 75 % reduction of water, energy and nutrients use, 25 to 80 % less emissions to surface- and ground water, 20-30 % reduction of the use of fertilizer products and overall 20 to 30 % more crop per resource input, combined with better controlling and reducing food health and safety risks.

Keywords: resource efficiency,food chain,horticulture,food processing,biomass,nutrients,water,food health and safety
Advanced Model Development and Validation for Improved Analysis of Costs and Impacts of Mitigation Policies (ADVANCE)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Environment (including Climate Change)
Destination: Coping with climate change
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,Austria,Netherlands,Italy,European organisations area,United Kingdom,France,Greece,France,Norway,Germany,Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-ENV-2012-two-stage, 2012)
Start date: 2013-01-01
End date: 2016-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 7425559.92
EU funding (EUR): 5699168.32
Participants: 16
Project status: CLOSED

Integrated assessment and energy-economy models have become central tools for informing long-term global and regional climate mitigation strategies. There is a large demand for improved representations of complex system interactions and thorough validation of model behaviour in order to increase user confidence in climate policy assessments. ADVANCE aims to respond to this demand by facilitating the development of a new generation of integrated assessment models. This will be achieved by substantial progress in key areas where model improvements are greatly needed: end use and energy service demand; representation of heterogeneity, behaviour, innovation and consumer choices; technical change and uncertainty; system integration, path dependencies and resource constraints; and economic impacts of mitigation policies. In the past, methodological innovations and improvements were hindered by the unavailability of suitable input data. The ADVANCE project will make a large and coordinated effort to generate relevant datasets. These datasets, along with newly developed methodologies, will be made available to the broader scientific community as open-access resources. ADVANCE will also put a focus on improved model transparency, model validation, and data handling. A central objective of ADVANCE is to evaluate and to improve the suitability of models for climate policy impact assessments. The improved models will be applied to an assessment of long-term EU climate policy in a global context, and disseminated to the wider community. The ADVANCE consortium brings together long-standing expertise in integrated assessment and energy-economy modelling with a strong expertise in material flows, energy system integration, and energy service demand.

Keywords: climate policy,model development,mitigation pathways,validation,mitigation costs,integrated assessment,energy demand,energy-economy models,model transparency,uncertainty,technological change
New Directions in Seismic Hazard assessment through Focused Earth Observation in the Marmara Supersite (MARSITE)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Environment (including Climate Change)
Destination: Protecting citizens from environmental hazards
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Türkiye,Germany,France,Italy,France,Italy,France,Italy,France,France,France,Switzerland,United Kingdom,Italy
Call:  (FP7-ENV-2012-two-stage, 2012)
Start date: 2012-11-01
End date: 2016-04-30
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 7769608.6
EU funding (EUR): 5965286.45
Participants: 21
Project status: CLOSED

The recent devastating earthquakes and associated tsunamis in Japan, Indonesia, and Haiti, which killed more than half a million people, highlighted how mankind is still far away from a satisfactory level of seismic risk mitigation. Among the regions around the Mediterranean Sea for which earthquakes represent a major threat to their social and economic development, the area around the Marmara Sea, one of the most densely populated parts of Europe, is subjected to a high level of seismic hazard. For this region the MARSITE project is proposed with the aim of assessing the “state of the art” of seismic risk evaluation and management at European level. This will be the starting point to move a “step forward” towards new concepts of risk mitigation and management by long-term monitoring activities carried out both on land and at sea. The MARSITE project aims to coordinate research groups with different scientific skills (from seismology to engineering to gas geochemistry) in a comprehensive monitoring activity developed both in the Marmara Sea and in the surrounding urban and country areas. The project plans to coordinate initiatives to collect multidisciplinary data, to be shared, interpreted and merged in consistent theoretical and practical models suitable for the implementation of good practices to move the necessary information to the end users.

Keywords: supersite,seismic hazard,marmara region,real-time monitoring
Odour MoNitoring and Information System based on CItizEN and Technology Innovative Sensors (OMNISCIENTIS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Environment (including Climate Change)
Destination: Mobilising environmental knowledge for policy, industry and society
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Belgium,France,Austria,Luxembourg,Belgium,Belgium,Belgium
Call:  (FP7-ENV-2012-two-stage, 2012)
Start date: 2012-10-01
End date: 2014-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1600337.84
EU funding (EUR): 1243566.3
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

Odours from industry or livestock breeding are a great deal of annoyance for neighbours in rural and urban locations. The level of annoyance depends in a complex way on the release and strength of odour emissions, their dispersion under ambient atmospheric conditions and finally on the exposure and perception of citizens. OMNISCIENTIS brings together state of the art technologies and open communication capabilities in order to mitigate odour annoyance. The project enables a feedback of citizens, enhance knowledge on odour measurement and management, aims to support harmonization of legislations at EU level and provide savings to industrials. The core is an information system allowing inhabitants to act as human sensors with sociological behaviour; indicating odour perception, discomfort and nuisance. It provides a dedicated tool to consider odour acceptability, based on a community-based opinion. Due to the subjective nature of odour perception odour monitoring and fast modelling is used to assist and adjust the information given by citizens via smartphones and measurements. Innovative in-situ sensors are improved to monitor ambient odour exposures. A specific odour dispersion model system is developed to obtain interrelated spatial odour exposure levels. The fast and innovative model system is used to evaluate measures acting on the time of release, acting on the way of release. OMNISCIENTIS is applied in several case studies in Belgium, France and/or Austria. The case studies are part of Living Lab from the beginning of the project. This approach ensures involvement of stakeholders and particularly citizens in the decision process and supports dissemination actions. The results are conveyed to relevant stakeholders and published. The dissemination strategy comprise scientific workshops and conferences, written reports and publications, internet presentations, media mailing lists and press briefings, and presentations for the public.

Keywords: odour,monitoring and information system,community-based monitoring,citizens,innovative sensors network,electronic nose,smartphone,odour dispersion model,living lab,legislation harmonization
ECO-efficient management of WAter in the MAnufacturing industry (ECOWAMA)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Environment (including Climate Change)
Destination: Improving resource efficiency
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,Spain,Germany,Netherlands,France,Germany,Germany
Call:  (FP7-ENV-2012-two-stage, 2012)
Start date: 2012-10-01
End date: 2016-09-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5145470.44
EU funding (EUR): 3869999.0
Participants: 11
Project status: CLOSED

The ECOWAMA Project proposes a new eco-efficient closed cycle management model for the treatment of effluents of the metal and plastic surface processing industry (STM). Such STM waste water is extensively contaminated with oils and greases, organic loading, a salt fraction and especially with heavy metals (e.g. nickel, copper, zinc and others). Hence STM enterprises have high interest on efficient, cost-effective and sustainable treatment of their effluents. ECOWAMA’s approach combines wastewater treatment with recovery of ultrapure water, highly valuable metals and energy. Therefore an environmental friendly, effective and innovative system will be developed including Electrocoagulation, Electrooxidation and Electrowinning technologies. Additionally hydrogen produced during Electrocoagulation/Electrooxidation processes will be used to deal as feed for fuel cells to generate electricity which reduces the energy demand of the whole process. Pre- and post-treatment will be carried out to remove oils/greases and conductivity. The heavy metals will be separated from the waste water stream through an electro-precipitation process. After metal dissolution from precipitation sludge a novel electrowinning process using novel electrodes, optimised geometry and process management will reduce the dissolved metal ions to a solid aggregate state with high purity. The outcome of this is a valuable raw material that can be easily sold or reused for STM operations. Due to the extremely high level of prices for metals at the global market ECOWAMA’s participants and post-project clients will have strong economic benefits beside the positive environmental impacts of the process.

Keywords: eco-efficient closed cycle water management,industrial wastewater treatment,metal recovery,electrowinning,electrooxidation,fuel cell,resource efficiency,energy efficiency