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Secure and protected interoperability (SPIN)

Start date: Jul 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

The objective of the proposed project as a whole (phase 1-3) is to plan, develop, secure and bring to the global market an interoperability platform as a service that enables secure and protected information sharing and cooperation between sovereign partners, their products, systems, services and/or apps, with, up to military grade security. inclose will address security and integrity challenges i ...
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Thermoelectric power generation from anomalous Nernst effect based on rare earth free hard magnetic materials (THERMO-SPIN)

Start date: Mar 1, 2014, End date: Feb 29, 2016,

This project offers to explore a physical effect, the so called anomalous Nernst effect (ANE), forthermoelectric power generation. The research plan involves prototyping a simple, laminar thin filmstructure to exploit thermal electricity from waste heat. These cheap, easily available thermoelectric devicescould play an important part in meeting Europe 2020 targets to increase energy efficiency by ...
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Merging Nanoporous Materials with Energy-Efficient Spintronics (SPIN-PORICS)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2020,

This Project aims to integrate engineered nanoporous materials into novel energy-efficient spintronic applications. Magnetic storage and magneto-electronic devices are conventionally controlled by means of magnetic fields (via electromagnetic induction) or using spin-polarized electric currents (spin-transfer torque). Both principles involve significant energy loss by heat dissipation (Joule effec ...
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Higher Spin Gravity and Generalized Spacetime Geometry (High-Spin-Grav)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2021,

Extensions of Einstein’s gravity containing higher spin gauge fields (massless fields with spin greater than two) constitute a very active and challenging field of research, raising many fascinating issues and questions in different areas of physics. However, in spite of the impressive achievements already in store, it is fair to say that higher spin gravity has not delivered its full potential ye ...
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Spin-Selection using Chirality: A Supramolecular Approach (Supra spin-selection)

Start date: Mar 1, 2016, End date: Feb 28, 2018,

Organic electronics which exploits charges (electrons or holes) of π-conjugated molecules/polymers has garnered attention in the past decade due to the low cost, ease of processability and most importantly the flexibility to tune the electronic properties through chemical synthesis. In addition to charge, spin as a quantum number provides exciting opportunities to store data in memory devices, in ...
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Creative Spin

Start date: Jan 31, 2013, End date: Apr 29, 2015,

Culture and Creative Industries (CCIs) are recognised as an important sector for economic growth. The challenge now is how to best connect CCIs with other sectors to stimulate “spillover” (or indirect) effects. Cities can act as a “testbed” for culture as a new source of innovation and inspire a sustainable and integrated model of socio-economic development. Partners will identify beneficial compl ...
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Natural speech comprehension: Comprehension of speech in noise (SPIN)

Start date: Oct 1, 2008, End date: Sep 30, 2013,

The SpiN project stands at the frontier between experimental linguistics and cognitive neuroscience research. It aims at achieving a critical break-through in the domain of speech-in-noise comprehension by setting up a dedicated interdisciplinary research team. The comprehension of speech in noise is a complex task even for normal hearing people and it is the primary and principal problem experien ...
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Sustainable Production through Innovation in Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SPIN)

Start date: Aug 31, 2009, End date: Jan 23, 2012,

...matchmaking events were held bringing together suppliers of innovation supporting sustainable production as well as appliers of these innovations from the BSR. The 2 main matchmaking instruments of SPIN, the SPIN Database and the SPIN Toolbox, were operational and accessible via the SPIN website. Still it has remained a challenge how the demand side (the SMEs in the BSR) can be reached most effect ...
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Spin effects for quantum optoelectronics (SPIN-OPTRONICS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2009, End date: Sep 30, 2013,

...f ten leading European teams in order to achieve a critical mass in the new research field of Spin-Optronics, a vast novel research area at the crossroads of fundamental physics of quantum-mechanical spin, optoelectronics and nanotechnology, and establish the European leadership in this area on a world-wide scale. All three main directions of the Network research activities – growth and technology ...
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Schizophrenia Psychological Interventions Network Meta-Analysis of randomized evidence (SPIN-MA)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

Schizophrenia is a severe mental illness with a huge burden on society. Consideration for multi-disciplinary and psychological treatments is raising, but a comprehensive evidence base on their efficacy is lacking from the literature. Taking advantage of my background in psychology and mental health research, I will apply an innovative statistical methodology to compare all existing psychological i ...
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Symmetry Principles in Nature (SPIN)

Start date: May 1, 2014, End date: Apr 30, 2019,

Symmetries have traditionally played a very important role in our understanding of physics, both classical and quantum. As we move towards the next frontier of defining a quantum theory of gravity, it is clear that they will continue to play a predominant role. The current project is aimed at obtaining a comprehensive understanding of the dynamics of strongly coupled quantum systems, exploiting v ...
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KASK Spin off

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

The aim of Kask Spin-off is to improve the knowledge within the existing companies in the KASK region of how to generate and grow profitable spin-off companies. Furthermore the project will try to improve the environment in which the companies shall operate to optimize growth. In addition to the companies involved, the incubator personnel in the region will have improved tools and procedures for h ...
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Peer learning on technology transfer companies support (Spin-off growth)

Start date: Dec 1, 2016, End date: Nov 30, 2017,

The objective of the project is to improve and enhance the innovation support actions, activities and services addressed to Universities and Research Centers (U&RC) Spin-off, by the different entities which aim is creation and support of innovative companies.During 12 months and through the use of Twinning Advance Methodology, the partners seek identify and share best practices based on its experi ...
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Doped Magnetic ZnO p-n Junction Heterostructures for Nano-Spintronic Devices (MAJIC-SPIN)

Start date: Jul 1, 2008, End date: Jun 30, 2010,

...nologies. One of today’s major challenges for the development of future technologies is the realization of devices that control not only the electron charge, as in present electronics, but also its spin, setting the basis for future spintronics. Spintronics represents the concept of the synergetic and multifunctional use of charge and spin dynamics of electrons, aiming to go beyond the traditional ...
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REGional Innovation pOlicy, knowledge Spillovers, Productivity, and INstitutions (REGIO_SPIN)

Start date: Sep 2, 2013, End date: Sep 1, 2015,

The main aim of the REGIO_SPIN project is that of increasing the capacity of policy makers to design appropriate regional innovation policies in the European Union (EU). Regarding innovation policies, a paradigm shift in regional policy has occurred over the last decade in the EU, bringing innovation at the core of the regional agenda. The availability of Structural Funds, as the instrument for th ...
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Nanoscale solid-state spin systems in emerging quantum technologies (Spin-NANO)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

This network brings together world-leading experts in nano-science and technology from 6 European countries in order to achieve breakthroughs in understanding and successful utilization of nanoscale solid-state spin systems in emerging quantum technologies. The proposed innovative science in the supra-disciplinary field of physics and applications of spin nano-systems will underpin breakthrough de ...
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Spin Currents (SpinIcur)

Start date: Dec 1, 2012, End date: Nov 30, 2016,

SPINICUR (from spin currents) is a training network of European experts dedicated to providing state-of-the-art education and training for early stage and experienced researchers. We have concentrated on an aspect of spintronics – pure spin currents – and specific technical goals in order to secure a very high level of industrial involvement and strong network connectivity through a sharp focus. ...
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Coherent spin manipulation in hybrid nanostructures (COSPINNANO)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Aug 31, 2015,

The rapid development of novel nanoelectronic devices utilizing the spin degree of freedom of the charge carriers and thus reaching beyond the limitations of traditional semiconductor based technologies is one of the central issues in nowadays spintronics. A special emphasis is put on the fabrication and investigation of hybrid nanostructures exploiting the complementary benefits of metallic, semi ...
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Spin effects in transport through magnetic nanostructures in the Kondo regime (SPINKOND)

Start date: Feb 1, 2012, End date: Jan 31, 2016,

...te the search for new information and storage technologies. Spintronics is one of the major new directions that emerged in recent years - it aims at using the additional degree of freedom, namely the spin, to store and process information. One of the most promising candidates for future spintronics devices are nanostructures such as molecules and quantum dots. However, in order to exploit such dev ...
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Particle-Surface Interactions in Near Field Optics: Spin-orbit Effects of Light and Optical/Casimir Forces (PSINFONI)

Start date: Mar 1, 2017, End date: Feb 28, 2022,

PSINFONI aims to open new avenues of research in ultrafast routing and polarization synthesis of light in nanophotonics, and in the manipulation, sorting, levitation and trapping of nanoparticles, molecules, or single atoms near novel nanomaterial surfaces. To this end, we will explore the fundamentals and applications of a range of novel nanophotonic phenomena: (i) spin-orbit interactions of ligh ...
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Few Spin Solid-State Nano-systems (S^3NANO)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

"This network brings together an exceptionally strong group of world leading experts in nano-science and technology in order to achieve breakthroughs in understanding and successful utilisation of nanoscale systems in future devices. The focus of the consortium is on few spin nano-systems in solid-state materials including III-V semiconductors and Carbon-based structures: carbon nano-tubes, graphe ...
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Spin triplet pairings in ferromagnet Josephson junctions (SPIN3)

Start date: Apr 1, 2015, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

For a long time, the coexistence of conventional superconductivity and ferromagnetism was believed to be impossible. Cooper pairs in normal superconductors are formed by two electrons with antiparallel spins in a singlet configuration while ferromagnets favour parallel alignment of electron spins. In 2001 it was theoretically predicted that under certain conditions both phases could coexist in hyb ...
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Optoelectronic detection of single spin in silicon (ODESI)

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2018,

"Quantum physics, when applied to computing, is projected to lead to revolutionary enhancements in computational speed and power. However, to construct such a "quantum" computer, its building blocks, called qubits, have to be resistant to environmental disturbance; they need to hold the information encoded within them for long periods. One of the most promising ways to create such qubits consists ...
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Electron-lattice-spin correlations and many-body phenomena in 2D semiconductors and related heterostructures (FLATLAND)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2021,

...t as they show a variety of many-body phenomena and correlation effects. Key properties are: i) additional internal degrees of freedom of the electrons, described as valley pseudospin and layer pseudospin, ii) electronic many-body effects like strongly-bound excitons and trions, and iii) electron-lattice correlations like polarons. While these phenomena represent intriguing fundamental solid state ...
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Electromagnetic and spin wave interactions in magnetic nanostructure-based metamaterials and devices (EMSWIM)

Start date: Apr 1, 2008, End date: Mar 31, 2012,

"The proposal is focused on the fundamental and applied research of electromagnetic and spin wave processes in laterally patterned periodic nanostructures and derived metamaterials and devices, with particular interest in magnetic materials. The research aims at the development and computer implementation of a theoretical approach capable of modeling the electromagnetic response of the nanostructu ...
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Chiral Induced Spin Selectivity (CISS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

The overall objective is to fully understand the Chiral Induced Spin Selectivity (CISS) effect, which was discovered recently. It was found that the transmission or conduction of electrons through chiral molecules is spin dependent. The CISS effect is a change in the pradigm that assumed that any spin manipulation requiers magnetic materials or materials with high spin-orbit coupling. These unexp ...
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Spin torque oscillators with applications in non digital computing science and communications (SpinTorqOsc)

Start date: Apr 1, 2011, End date: May 31, 2014,

The project aims at studying spin-wave excitations from nanocontacts and implementing biological inspired computations with wavefronts in nano-structures, likely in terms of spin waves in ferromagnetic films. This implies building a bridge between Mathematical Neuroscience and Applied Physics. It is also of great importance to create a new research line at the \emph{Magnetics Laboratory Group} at ...
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Single spin manipulation in locally oxidized p-type semiconductor heterostructures (SSM-iLOPSH)

Start date: Sep 1, 2008, End date: Aug 31, 2010,

Exploring the different relaxation mechanisms leading to spin decoherence and thus the realization of long spin lifetimes in single electron nanodevices is one of the central issues in nowadays spintronics. Although such effects have been widely studied in 2DEG-based nano-constrictions, the possibility of the utilization of stronger correlation phenomena characteristic to valence band holes on the ...
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Entrepreneurship Training and Coaching for University Spin-Offs

Start date: Oct 1, 2011,

Several studies show that university spin-offs (USOs) do not grow. Knowing the importance of USOs for a competitive knowledge based Economy it becomes critical to find ways to improve their growth through the development of Key Entrepreneurial Skills (KES). This is the main reason for our project SPIN-UP. The project aims at preparing a comprehensive and effective Entrepreneurship Training and Coa ...
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Spin Torque Oscillators for Wireless and Radar Applications (SPINAPPS)

Start date: Mar 1, 2008, End date: Feb 29, 2012,

Nanoelectronics will pave the way for industrial innovation in Europe in the next decade, and novel nanoelectronics areas such as spintronics offers solutions to many current problems by means of smaller, lighter, faster and better performing materials, components and systems. Applied spintronics is expected to make some essential contributions to solving increasingly acute problems of miniaturiza ...
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Mreža univerzitetnih spin-off inkubatorje (INNOVIN)

Start date: Feb 28, 2005,

Tesno èezmejno sodelovanje treh inkubatorjev je doprineslo dober prispevek k dvigovanju prepoznavnosti in kvalitete storitev, ki so bile s pomoèjo ustanovitvenih centrov raznoliko dopolnjene in izboljðane. Celotna zmogljivostna paleta je bila na voljo vsem potencialnim ustanoviteljem podjetij iz akademskega podroèja v obmejni regiji. Aktivnosti, ki so bile v èasovnem obdobju skupaj izvedene, so no ...
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Spin-charge conversion and spin caloritronics at hybrid organic-inorganic interfaces (SC2)

Start date: Aug 1, 2014, End date: Jul 31, 2020,

Organic semiconductors are enabling flexible, large-area optoelectronic devices, such as organic light-emitting diodes, transistors, and solar cells. Due to their exceptionally long spin lifetimes, these carbon-based materials could also have an important impact on spintronics, where carrier spins, rather than charges, play a key role in transmitting, processing and storing information. However, t ...
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Spin Orbitronics for Electronic Technologies (SORBET)

Start date: Nov 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2020,

Spintronics is a vibrant field of research that involves the intimate interaction of magnetic structure on the atomic scale with spin currents and spin-polarized charge currents. SORBET is focussed on an emerging sub-field of spintronics, namely that of spin orbitronics. Recent discoveries in this field concern the interplay of several distinct spin orbit coupling derived phenomena that, together, ...
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Terahertz RAdio communication using high ANistropy SPIn torque REsonators (TRANSPIRE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

Current and future technological and societal demands require the transfer of vast amounts of data at speeds currently not available due to a lack of technology operating in the terahertz (THz) gap. TRANSPIRE will develop nano-scale THz-oscillators based on a new class of magnetic materials, which will function in this exact range and meet these demands. This will enable new functionalities with ...
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TOPOLOGICAL EFFECTS IN MATTER WITH STRONG SPIN-ORBIT COUPLING (TEMSSOC)

Start date: Aug 1, 2010, End date: Jul 31, 2013,

This theoretical project addresses novel quantum phases of matter whose low energy properties are dominated by topological excitations: Majorana fermions in topological insulators, skyrmions in chiral magnets and magnetic monopoles in pyrochlore magnets. It is motivated by the recent experimental discovery of topological insulators (HgTe/CdTe,Bi1-xSbx or Bi2Se3), the mounting evidence for skyrmion ...
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Imaging magnetic fields at the nanoscale with a single spin microscope (IMAGINE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2020,

Detecting and imaging magnetic fields with high sensitivity and nanoscale resolution is a topic of crucial importance for a wealth of research domains, from material science, to mesoscopic physics, and life sciences. This is obviously also a key requirement for fundamental studies in nanomagnetism and the design of innovative magnetic materials with tailored properties for applications in spintron ...
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Towards long-lived hyperpolarized spin-state (PHIPSPIN)

Start date: May 1, 2011, End date: Apr 30, 2012,

"Currently the relatively low sensitivity of magnetic resonance is a main obstacle, which prevents the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) detection of molecules with low physiological concentration, as for example molecules related to neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer or Parkinson. Due to this there are currently worldwide attempts to increase the sensitivity by hyper-polarization techniques ...
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Silicon Spin Quantum Bits (SISQ)

Start date: Aug 1, 2011, End date: Jul 31, 2015,

The objective is realising the first silicon single-electron spin quantum bits, which will be a significant step towards the realization of the first generation quantum computers. Quantum computers are expected to dramatically outperform the largest classical supercomputers in solving specific important problems. Applications involve data encryption (for intrinsically secure communication), the ef ...
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Topological Spin Solitons for Information Technology (TOPFIT)

Start date: Mar 1, 2012, End date: Feb 28, 2017,

"Present day limitations of information technology based on magnetic materials may be traced to the notion, that all magnetic materials known until recently exhibit conventional, i.e., topologically trivial, forms of magnetic order. Only two years ago the first example of an entirely new form of magnetic order has been discovered, which is composed of topologically stable spin solitons (so called ...
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Cooperación transnacional para la generación y desarrollo de Spin-offs de base tecnológica (EIBT) y su integración en la economía del SUDOE (EIBT-SUDOE)

Start date: Dec 31, 2010, End date: Jun 29, 2013,

El objetivo del proyecto EIBT-SUDOE es mejorar los sistemas de acompañamiento a la creación y desarrollo de Spin-Offs de Base Tecnológica en las regiones del SUDOE. Se pretende contribuir así a un aumento significativo de la generación y consolidación de nuevas empresas de base tecnológica y a su integración en el tejido económico regional y transnacional. Se pretende asimismo facilitar y difundir ...
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