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BEST-4U – Bifacial Efficient Solar cell Technology with 4 terminal architecture for Utility scale

Duration: From 1 Apr 2020 to 31 Mar 2023  (3.0 years) Funding Institution: Programma PON «R&I» 2014-2020 ARS01_00519 Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca(MUR) Contact persons: G. Calogero and M.Striccoli Website:  active-matter.eu ERC sectors: PE – Physical Sciences and Engineering (subfields: PE4_18 Environment chemistry, PE4_15 Photochemistry, PE8_6 Energy processes engineering , PE8_11 Environmental engineering)  Field of Specialization: Energy The PON Best4U project sees the […]

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Capitale naturale e risorse per il futuro dell’Italia (FOE 2020)

Duration: From 01 Jan 2020 to 31 Dec 2029 (10 years) Funding Institution: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) Principal Investigator: Fabio Trincardi (ISMAR) Contact person in IPCF: G. Barcaro ERC Sector: PE4_13 Theoretical and Computational Chemistry In our country, awareness is growing of how it is now unavoidable to connect development with the circular economy, […]

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NUSTEO – New therapeutic strategies in ophthalmology: bacterial, viral and microbial infections

Duration: From 14 Jan 2020 to 30 Jun 2023  (3.5 years) Funding Institution: PO FESR SICILIA 2014-2020. Action 1.1.5 Contact person: G. Lombardo  Website:  www.ipcb.ct.cnr.it/Nusteo The project aims to design and development of two new pharmacological formulations based on povidone iodide (PVP-I) in the ophthalmology sector for the prevention and treatment of bacterial, viral and microbial infections which, […]

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SPACE TWEEZERS – Spectroscopy of Planetary and AtmospheriC particulatE by optical Tweezers

Duration: From 02 Dec 2019 to 15 May 2023 (3.5 years) Funding Institution: Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) and Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF) through ASI-INAF Initiative “Accordo Attuativo ASI-INAF n. 2018-16-HH.0” Contact person: O. M. Maragò Website:  www.spacetweezers.org In this research we used OT to trap and spectroscopically characterize extraterrestrial dust particles and/or their analogs. This study gives solid ground for […]

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Mussel-inspired functional biopolymers for underwater adhesion, surface/interface derivatization and nanostructure/composite self-assembly (MUSSEL)

Duration: From October 2019 to October 2023  (3.0 years) Funding Institution: MIUR – PRIN 2017 Contact person: V. Villari (referente IPCF per l’Unità di Ricerca IPCB di Pozzuoli (NA)) The MUSSEL project involves 6 Research Units. The aim of the CNR Research Unit (composed of different Institutes) is the study of Polydopamine structure and Polydopamine […]

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NiFTy – New-Generation Nanostructured Fluorinated Materials for 19F-MRI and their Biophysicochemical Interactions

Duration: From October 2019 to October 2023 (4 years) Funding Institution: MUR-PRIN Contact person: C. Ingrosso The aim of Nifty is the development od novel fluorinated tracers and nanosystems, 19F-MRI active, overcoming limitations of conventional agents, paving the way for multifunctional fluorinated nanomaterial (F-NM) based platforms, applicable to different fields of medicine, with the additional […]

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Active Matter – Initial Training Network: From Fundamental Science to Technological Applications (ActiveMatter ITN)

Duration: From September 2019 to February 2024 (4.5 years) Funding Institution: European Commission, Program H2020-EU-1.3 Excellent Science- Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Contact person: M.A. Iatì and O. M. Maragò Website:  active-matter.eu This is an MSCA ITN project composed by 14 Beneficiaries and 9 Partner Organisations from 9 different countries, and focuses on experimental, theoretical and computational […]

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Self-aggregation of active particles with complex shapes into controlled optical potentials

Duration: From 01 Jun 2019 to 31 Dec 2022 (3.5 years) Bilateral agreement: CNR/Tubitak (Turkey) Funding Institution: CNR and TUBITAK-Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey Contact person: O. M. Maragò (IPCF) – Luca Biancofiore (University of Bilkent – TR) In this project we aim to extend the study on Janus particles to non-spherical active particles, like elongated Janus particles, Janus micro- and […]

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SEAVIEW

Duration: From November 2018 to September 2023  (5.0 years) Funding Institution: EU-funded – FESR (Fondo europeo di sviluppo regionale) Contact person: A. Irrera (DSFTM) List of partners:  Tecnav Systems Dune Global Power Italia S.r.l. Università degli Studi di Palermo Website:  https://www.globalpoweritalia.it/seaview The SEAVIEW project aims to design, build and test in an industrial and real environment the demonstrator […]

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INCIPIT- INtegrated Conductive and biomimetic polymeric Interfaces able to serve as micro-nanostructured Patches for myocardIal regeneraTion

Duration: From September 2019 to February 2024 (4.5 years) Funding Institution: M-ERA.NET 2, Horizon 2020, MIUR-FIRST Contact person: C. Cristallini Website: incipit ERC sectors: Physical Sciences and Engineering; Life Sciences The aim of the project is the implementation of bioartificial scaffolds with the potential to serve as acellular patches for in vivo cardiac regeneration. The INCIPIT cardiac […]

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