Objective To ensure the long-term advancement of information technology, radically new concepts, materials and processing methods are required to circumvent the fundamental limitations of traditional, silicon-based electronics. One of the most promising approaches is to explicitly exploit the spin of charge carriers in spin electronics, or spintronics. In this rapidly expanding field, there is a strong need for the development of novel, multifunctional materials and (hybrid) heterostructures with desirable magnetic and transport properties. Organic semiconductors, which form the basis of the by now well established field of organic electronics, are especially promising for spintronics applications, not in the least due to the low spin-scattering amplitudes attainable in these materials.As we learned from the development of organic electronics, understanding and tuning the properties of hybrid inorganic-organic interfaces is of fundamental importance for the optimisation of device performance and stability. OFS PIN specifically aims at the development of new knowledge in the field of organic-inorganic based multifunctional materials combining unusual magnetic, electric and optical properties. This proposal is strongly motivated by the recent results obtained in the field of Organic Spintronics, were the pioneering role of Europe was established by two of the presenting partners in OFSPIN. The project will build the knowledge foundations necessary for the development of an interdisciplinary technology based on novel organic and inorganic functional materials, that will evolve into a sustainable technological platform for spintronics and quantum computing. Fields of science natural sciencesphysical scienceselectromagnetism and electronicsspintronicsengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcomputer hardwarequantum computersnatural sciencesphysical scienceselectromagnetism and electronicssemiconductivityengineering and technologynanotechnologynano-materials Programme(s) FP6-NMP - Nanotechnologies and nanosciences, knowledge-based multifunctional materials and new production processes and devices: thematic priority 3 under the 'Focusing and integrating community research' of the 'Integrating and strengthening the European Research Area' specific programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) NMP-2004-3.4.2.1-1 - Interfacial phenomena in materials Call for proposal FP6-2004-NMP-TI-4 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE EU contribution No data Address Piazzale aldo moro 7 Roma Italy See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all BAYERISCHE JULIUS-MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITAET WUERZBURG Germany EU contribution No data Address Sanderring 2 Wuerzburg See on map Total cost No data LINKOEPINGS UNIVERSITET Sweden EU contribution No data Address Hus origo campus valla Linkoeping See on map Total cost No data THALES SA France EU contribution No data Address Rue de villiers 45 Neuilly sur seine See on map Total cost No data CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS) France EU contribution No data Address Rue michel-ange 3 Paris See on map Total cost No data FUDAN UNIVERSITY China EU contribution No data Address 825 zhang heng road - zhangjiang high-tech park Shanghai See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI PARMA Italy EU contribution No data Address Via università 12 Parma See on map Total cost No data