Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Electronic Transport in Organic Materials (ELECTROMAT)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Life-long training and career development
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Serbia
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2011-CIG, 2011)
Start date: 2011-08-01
End date: 2015-07-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 100000.0
EU funding (EUR): 100000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Organic semiconductors are materials of great promise for the use in solar cells, TV displays and home lighting. The main advantage over their inorganic counterparts is that they are abundant and devices based upon them can be easily and cheaply processed from solution by well established techniques such as spin-coating and ink-jet printing. Since the operation of all electronic devices is based on the process of charge transport in the material, it is important to understand these processes in order to be able to rationally design organic electronic devices. The main research objective of this proposal is to develop a theoretical and computational framework that links the atomic structure of the organic material to its electrical properties. Such a development would enable the researchers to predict the charge transport properties of the material based on the chemical formula of the polymer or molecule. We plan to investigate: (i) the nature of charge carriers in organic crystals and their electrical transport properties; (ii) the electronic structure and carrier transport in completely disordered polymers; (iii) carrier transport in crystalline regions of a polymer material; (iv) the role of grain boundaries in organic crystals and the role of interfaces between ordered and disordered regions in polymer materials. We will use the combination of the methods for large scale electronic structure and electronic transport calculations recently developed by the applicant, as well as some standard methods such as density functional theory, molecular dynamics, configuration Monte Carlo, etc. The realization of the project is expected to lead to the reintegration of the applicant into the ERA and to the formation of his own research group. This will contribute to EU scientific excellence and EU competitiveness by the virtue of the applicant's expertise in important, but largely unexplored field of simulations of electronic transport in organic materials.

Keywords: electronic transport,organic semiconductors,conjugated polymers,density functional theory,solar cells,light-emitting diodes,electron-phonon interaction,molecular dynamics,electronic structure
Geothermal ERA NET (GEOTHERMAL ERA NET)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Energy
Destination: Horizontal programme actions
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Partnership: GEOTHERMAL ERA NET (ERA-NET)
Countries involved: Netherlands,Switzerland,Italy,Germany,France,Iceland,Türkiye,Slovakia,Slovenia,Portugal,Hungary
Call:  (FP7-ERANET-2011-RTD, 2011)
Start date: 2012-05-01
End date: 2016-10-31
Duration (months): 54.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2365068.61
EU funding (EUR): 1999958.0
Participants: 12
Project status: CLOSED

The proposed ERA-NET will deepen the cooperation of national program owners and administrators and thus be an enabler for the integration of national research and development agendas into a coherent European geothermal R&D program. Countries participating in the first instance in this ERA NET are chosen on the basis of their ambitions to include geothermal energy into their goals for 2020 and 2050 on the reduction of CO2 emissions. A cornerstone of the implementation will be the broadening of this ERA NET partnership by including additional European national program owners to ensure the appropriate geographic balance and complementarily. The Geothermal ERA-NET will focus on the utilization of geothermal energy, from direct heating use up to higher enthalpy resources and their corresponding use (e.g. power generation). To ensure appropriate linkages to related R&D activities (renewable heating and cooling via ground storage heat pumps, power distribution and transmission) the interface with related ERA-NETs such as ERACOBUILD or SmartGrids will be maintained to avoid overlap. The ERA NET will include technical and non-technical issues as long they can be considered to be exclusively applied to the support of geothermal energy utilization. A significant instrument will be the EERA Joint Programme on Geothermal Energy whose aim it is to contribute via research and development to the renewable energy targets for 2020 and beyond in member and associated states. Coordination activities will focus on implementation of commonly agreed objectives and joint activities and funding of joint transnational research actions

Keywords: geothermal energy,era net,coordination
Unlocking the potential of ultra-high-field MRI through manipulation of radiofrequency excitation fields in human tissue (MREXCITE)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Diagnostic tools, therapies and public health
Countries involved: Germany,Germany
Call:  (ERC-2011-ADG_20110310, 2011)
Start date: 2012-05-01
End date: 2017-04-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2099996.46
EU funding (EUR): 2099996.46
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

In the past three decades, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become a vital tool for clinical diagnosis and research. A major current trend is the introduction of magnets with much more powerful static magnetic fields, including magnets at 7 Tesla (7T) and higher. Advantages of higher magnetic fields include higher signal-to-noise ratios enabling improved spatial and temporal resolution, and new, unique tissue contrasts due to enhanced sensitivity to tissue susceptibility differences. Unfortunately, the radiofrequency (RF) fields used to excite tissue at higher magnetic fields are subject to interference and penetration effects, leading to signal dropouts which vary from subject to subject depending on body habitus. These effects imply that the inherent advantages of 7T often cannot be leveraged to realise practical imaging benefits. A fair evaluation of the diagnostic potential of 7T cannot be achieved, as image quality improvements are handicapped and often counteracted by these unresolved technical hurdles. 7T MRI cannot be considered for routine clinical use or even effectively evaluated for such use until these hurdles have been overcome. Preliminary research indicates that these effects can be addressed by use of parallel transmission strategies. The goal of the proposed project is to develop a highly optimized multi-channel transmit/receive RF coil for body MRI at 7T. This coil should then be used to exploit and manipulate the complex RF field patterns at 7T using parallel transmission approaches. In contrast to previous approaches, a hybrid method including both static and dynamic shimming of the RF field will be investigated. We hypothesise that such an approach would greatly enhance the flexibility of RF manipulation while limiting overall system complexity. It can be conjectured based on the known properties of ultra-high-field MRI that success would have ground-breaking impact on the diagnosis and characterisation of manifold disease processes.

Keywords: high magnetic field,radiofrequency,coils,electromagnetic simulations,parallel transmission
Study of the Listeria monocytogenes gene expression profile in ready-to-eat foods of animal origin by the application of the omics and the bioinformatics/biostatistics disciplines (LISGENOMICS)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Life-long training and career development
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Italy
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2011-CIG, 2011)
Start date: 2011-12-01
End date: 2014-05-01
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 50000.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Although the rate of food contamination with Listeria monocytogenes is low, the mortality rate that is caused by this microorganism is high, and for this reason, it is placed on the top of the list of pathogens of concern for the public health and consequently for the food industry. L. monocytogenes has emerged as a food-borne pathogen the last decades, due to changes in food processing, consumer habits and the demand for minimally processed foods. The molecular mechanism of virulence has gained a lot of attention and many steps of this complex process have been elucidated to various levels. All L. monocytogenes strains found in foods should be considered to be pathogenic. However, the relative virulence of individual L. monocytogenes isolates can vary substantially. The genetic basis underlying these virulence differences is not yet understood. Differences in gene content exist between strains of different serovars and origins. Differences among strains could also be due to different gene expression/regulation of the core genes of the microorganism. The ability to rapidly determine the pathogenic potential of L. monocytogenes strains is integral to the control and prevention campaign against listeriosis. Throughout the years, different approaches have been employed to assess virulence: in vivo bioassays, in vitro cell assays and targeting virulence-associated proteins and genes. However, these methods have disadvantages such as the need for laboratory animals (bioassays) and the time constraints. Furthermore, targeting virulence genes gives only an indication of the virulence potential of strains. Nowadays, powerful alternatives such as microarrays and reverse transcriptional quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) are available that can assist in the definition of the virulence potential of L. monocyotogenes strains by the means of modelling.

Keywords: food products,food microbiology,food safety,food science,transcriptomics,genomics,molecular biology
Monolithic Integrated Antennas (MIANT)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Life-long training and career development
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Bulgaria
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2011-CIG, 2011)
Start date: 2011-09-01
End date: 2015-08-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 100000.0
EU funding (EUR): 100000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The wired chip-to-chip and on-chip interconnects limit the performance of modern integrated circuits. An interesting technique or avoiding this bottleneck is the implementation of wireless intra- and inter-chip interconnects. An efficient wireless link between two or more integrated circuits requires the integration of the transceiver circuitry, as well as the antennas. The latest CMOS technology generations support integration of high-frequency circuitry well into the millimetre-wave range. An area-efficient way to integrate the antennas is to share chip area between the integrated circuit and the antenna. This is achieved by cutting the circuitry ground supply plane into patches and using these patches as antenna electrodes. Here it is assumed that the circuit ground plane is manufactured in the top metallisation layer of the CMOS process. The goal of the project is to investigate the monolithic integrated antennas using the CMOS circuit ground plane as antenna electrodes. The antenna input impedance will be evaluated numerically and experimentally for various antenna geometries. The influence of the substrate and the chip dicing in the antenna radiation parameters will be studied. The interference between the integrated CMOS digital circuits and the wireless chip-to-chip link will be estimated. These studies will give sound theoretical basis for the implementation of wireless chip-to-chip interconnects. The project will be an important step in the career development of the applicant. He will be joining a leading research institution, where he will be managing his own projects and will be involved in teaching activities. The applicant is moving from Germany - a country with sound reputation in science and research, to his home country of Bulgaria. There is a huge potential for transfer of both technical and administrative knowledge to the host institution and enhancement in the networking opportunities for development of an innovation society throughout the Union.

Keywords: electrical engineering,wireless chip-to-chip interconnects,integrated antennas
Connecting numerical simulations of black holes with experiment and observations (CBHEO)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Life-long training and career development
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Spain
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2011-CIG, 2011)
Start date: 2011-09-01
End date: 2015-05-31
Duration (months): 45.0
Total project cost (EUR): 93750.0
EU funding (EUR): 93750.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

We propose to perform numerical simulations of black holes in the framework of general relativity for the purpose of using them in the analysis of gravitational wave data from gravitational wave detectors, LIGO, VIRGO and LISA, and for the analysis of experimental data from parton-parton collisions as performed at the LHC. The analysis of observational data from gravitational wave detectors relies heavily on so-called matched filtering which cross correlates the data stream against theoretically predicted waveforms. Determination of source parameters in such observations requires accurate template banks over the parameter space of the possible sources. We will use numerical simulations of astrophysical black-hole binary systems for comparison with semianalytic predictions from post-Newtonian theory, the effective one body method and perturbative methods. The combination of analytic and numerical results will enable us to generate template banks of complete waveforms, including inspiral, merger and ringdown. We plan to study the improvements in parameter estimation in gravitational wave observations achieved by using such complete waveforms. We further plan to obtain accuracy requirements on the theoretical waveform predictions that ensure their suitability for their use in parameter estimation. Second, we propose to model parton-parton collisions by colliding black holes. Motivation for this study is the possibility of formation of black holes in the collision experiments as predicted by theories of gravity with extra dimensions which have been proposed to solve the hierarchy problem in physics. The key output from our simulations are the scattering threshold and the amount of energy and angular momentum lost in gravitational waves. The results will be made available for the attempt to identify the signature of black-hole formation in the data analysis of the collision experiments.

Keywords: general relativity,black holes,gravitational wave astronomy,numerical relativity,high energy physics
Innovative Robotic Artefacts Inspired by Plant Roots for Soil Monitoring (PLANTOID)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Future and Emerging Technologies
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Italy,Spain,Italy,Switzerland
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2011-C, 2011)
Start date: 2012-05-01
End date: 2015-04-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2091887.0
EU funding (EUR): 1619924.0
Participants: 4
Project status: CLOSED

We aim at designing, prototyping, and validating a new generation of ICT hardware and software technologies inspired from plant roots, called PLANTOIDS, endowed with distributed sensing, actuation, and intelligence for tasks of environmental exploration and monitoring. PLANTOIDS take inspiration from, and aim at reproducing, the amazing penetration, exploration, and adaptation capabilities of plant roots. Plants have evolved very robust growth behaviours to respond to changes in their environment and a network of highly sensorized branching roots to efficiently explore the soil volume, mining minerals and up-taking water. PLANTOID has two major goals: 1) to abstract and synthesize with robotic artefacts the principles that enable plant roots to effectively and efficiently explore and adapt to underground environments; 2) to formulate scientifically testable hypotheses and models of some unknown aspects of plant roots, such as the role of local communication among root apices during adaptive growth and the combination of rich sensory information to produce collective decisions. The PLANTOID artefact will be composed of a network of sensorized and actuated roots, displaying rich sensing and coordination capabilities as well as energy-efficient actuation and high sustainability, typical of the Plant Kingdom. Each PLANTOID root will consist of an apex that comprises sensors, actuators, control units, and by an elongation zone that mechanically connects the apex and the trunk of the robot. The new technologies expected to result from PLANTOID concern energy-efficient actuation systems, chemical and physical micro-sensors, sensor fusion techniques, kinematics models, and distributed, adaptive control in networked structures with local information and communication capabilities. The foundational research program of PLANTOID will be carried out by a consortium of engineers, plant biologists, and computer scientists with demonstrated experience in interdisciplinary work.

Keywords: bio-robotics,microsensors,collective behaviour,actuators,plants
Mechanistic aspects of protons in hard materials for clean energy applications (PROTONICS)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Life-long training and career development
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Sweden
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2011-CIG, 2011)
Start date: 2011-08-01
End date: 2015-07-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 100000.0
EU funding (EUR): 100000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Research on ''clean energy materials'' is an important and growing area in the field of materials science, much due to the need of developing cleaner and more sustainable sources of energy, which is one the the major challenges in the 21st century. The performance of alternative energy technologies depends on the properties of their component materials. For the development of next-generation devices, the discovery and optimization of new materials are critical to future breakthroughs. This depends on a better understanding of the basic science that underpins applied research, but such understanding is often lacking. In view of this lack of knowledge, this proposal aims at elucidating key fundamental properties, such as local structure, structural disorder and conduction mechanisms in two classes of energy-related materials, namely proton-conducting oxides, targeted as electrolytes for intermediate-temperature fuel cells, and ''complex'' metal hydrides, targeted as media for on-board hydrogen storage. The goal is to develop an atomic-scale understanding of the proton (hydrogen) diffusion mechanism and apply this knowledge to the rational design of new materials with higher proton conductivities or more favorable hydrogen sorption properties. The primary tools to this end involve the use of neutron and synchrotron x-ray scattering techniques, available at international large-scale research facilities, and vibrational spectroscopy (Raman and infrared), available at the host organisation, Chalmers University of Technology.

Keywords: energy,neutron,x-ray,synchrotron,perovskite,proton conducting,metal hydride,fuel cell,electrolyte,hydrogen storage,hard,structure,dynamics,diffusion,spectroscopy,raman,infrared
History Books in the Anglo-Norman World c.1100-c.1300 (HISTORY BOOKS)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Life-long training and career development
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Ireland
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2011-CIG, 2011)
Start date: 2011-09-01
End date: 2016-01-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 100000.0
EU funding (EUR): 100000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

This project will examine surviving medieval manuscripts in order to investigate the writing of history in areas controlled by the Anglo-Norman Empire in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. In this period, history (referring to both the recent past and stretching back to biblical chronology), seems to have become a major interest for both the educated elite and a growing semi-literate population. New chronicles and annals were produced, together with accounts of the histories of particular peoples, nations and subjects. Much historical writing in this period dealt with issues of conquest and identity, which was often allied to geography, ethnicity or particular institutions. In addition to the very well-known Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in its many versions, some twelfth-century writers achieved recognition for their work on historical topics. In the thirteenth century their work, together with that of earlier writers, most notably Bede, was taken up and developed by writers such as Matthew Paris, and many monastic chroniclers. At the same time some of this material began to be illustrated, both with figurative imagery and with technical diagrams. This project will investigate the surviving volumes in which such works are contained. It will address their size and layout, the materials used in their production, and in particular their decoration, to consider the circumstances in which they were produced and circulated, the audiences for the material, and attitudes to both particular ideas and stories, and to historical writing in general. In particular it will consider how images, and the manuscripts in which they appeared, were used to express particular ideas about the diverse communities encompassed by the Anglo-Norman Empire as its boundaries expanded in the twelfth century, before shrinking in the thirteenth century.

Keywords: humanities,art history,medieval history,paleography,social history,latin literature