Descrizione del progetto
Sviluppare metamateriali per le comunicazioni
I materiali artificiali glissosimmetrici, noti anche come metamateriali, sono contraddistinti da un simmetria particolare all’interno delle proprie celle elementari costitutive che conferisce loro proprietà elettromagnetiche straordinarie. Il progetto GENIUS, finanziato dall’UE, analizzerà questo tipo di metamateriali per utilizzarli in sistemi a radiofrequenza con applicazioni nelle comunicazioni aerospaziali e nei rilevamenti del settore automobilistico. Questi materiali consentono la propagazione in una larghezza di banda molto ampia e presentano una forte capacità di isolamento e un elevato assorbimento, caratteristiche che è possibile impiegare nei sistemi a radiofrequenza moderni. Il progetto formerà dottorandi e dottorande sulle proprietà fisiche di sistemi elettromagnetici complessi e sulla progettazione di dispositivi mediante diversi metodi di modellizzazione. GENIUS sarà l’unico programma di formazione internazionale che si basa sul connubio tra fisica dei metamateriali e progettazione di radiofrequenze orientate alle applicazioni.
Obiettivo
GENIUS (Glide-symmetric mEtamaterials for iNnovative radIo-frequency commUnication and Sensing) is an Industrial Doctoral Programme led by top European actors of research and innovation in the field of radio-frequency (RF) systems with applications to aerospace communications and automotive sensing proposing novel scientific tools provided by glide-symmetric (GS) artificial materials (or metamaterials). It has recently been discovered that these metamaterials, characterized by a special symmetry inside their constitutive unit cells, possess marvelous electromagnetic (EM) properties (propagation in an ultra-large bandwidth, strong isolation and high absorption features) capable to address the open challenges of modern RF systems, motivated by the increasing demand of ubiquitous connectivity, and the growing automation of transports.
GENIUS aims at training highly skilled and creative researchers capable to propose out-of-the-box solutions to industrial needs by means of their knowledge of physical properties of complex EM systems. The design of devices will be enabled by the development of suitable modelling methods (circuit-based, integral-equation-based, quasi-optical) shedding light on the properties of GS materials and providing fast and reliable data on their behaviour. The inter-sectoral character of the training reflects its inter-disciplinarity content: researchers will benefit of academic expertise in GS metamaterials, of the industrial knowledge of applicative needs and of fabrication and test facilities not commonly found at individual institutions.
GENIUS will be the only international training program bringing together metamaterial physics and application-oriented RF design. Its researchers will benefit of a dense network of contacts with scientists acquired during network-wide training events suitably complementing the skills acquired through research, to improve their career prospects in the European and worldwide innovation sector.
Campo scientifico
- natural sciencesphysical scienceselectromagnetism and electronicselectromagnetism
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationsradio technologyradio frequency
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationsradio technologymicrowave technology
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationsradio technologyradar
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationsradio technologysatellite radio
Parole chiave
Programma(i)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Meccanismo di finanziamento
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-DN-ID - HORIZON TMA MSCA Doctoral Networks - Industrial DoctoratesCoordinatore
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