Description du projet
Un réseau de formation innovant en physique de la matière molle
La matière molle fait référence aux matériaux (polymères, gels, mousses, etc.) qui se déforment facilement sous l’effet de fluctuations thermiques et de forces extérieures. La matière quantique fait référence aux matériaux présentant de fortes corrélations électroniques ou des propriétés collectives régies par la mécanique quantique (atomes ultra-froids, isolants topologiques, supraconducteurs, etc.). L’on retrouve des analogies frappantes dans l’organisation des mésophases dans ces deux mondes en dépit de la nature et des échelles de longueur très différentes de leurs constituants (de l’échelon subatomique à l’échelle macromoléculaire). L’ingrédient clé à l’origine de ces analogies est le caractère ultra-mou des interactions à l’œuvre. Le projet QLUSTER, financé au titre du programme MSCA, vise à établir un cadre commun de concepts et de méthodes permettant de comprendre ces phénomènes, en créant des liens permanents entre des communautés qui ont jusqu’ici évolué séparément.
Objectif
QLUSTER is constituted as a collaborative network for advancing research in fundamentals and applications, training ESRs with broad skillsets and high adaptability to the increasingly knowledge-based economy of the EU, and with a strong commitment to communicating science to society. Despite similarities in phenomena, language and methods employed to study clustering and mesophase organization across widely different length scales — from subatomic to macromolecular — a coherent effort to bring distinct communities in classical and quantum soft matter together has not been yet undertaken. Our objective is to advance the fundamentals in such fields far beyond the state of the art, cross-fertilizing and creating permanent ties between communities that have evolved separately so far, and fostering the transfer of knowledge essential for a broad range of applications. The ambitious research and training programme will address the properties of classical and quantum soft matter systems under a common framework based on the underlying ultrasoft interactions of the constituents. Ultrasoftness is the key factor leading to the observed complexity in the dynamics, structure, and response to external drives of these different entities (complex polymers, soft colloids, Rydberg atoms in optical lattices, vortex matter in superconductors, etc). QLUSTER comprises a unique theory/experiment balanced team of specialists in quantum optics, polymer physics and macromolecular chemistry among others, providing a valuable platform for communication between the different communities of research in ultrasoft matter. The impact in the academic and private sector of the EU will be broad. There are no previous examples of similar initiatives in the world and QLUSTER will put the EU in a privileged position, through fostering transfer of fundamentals and methods, to innovate in large-scale sectors as e.g. tyre manufacturing, and to find innovative applications of quantum science.
Champ scientifique
- natural sciencesphysical sciencescondensed matter physicssoft matter physics
- natural scienceschemical sciencespolymer sciences
- natural sciencesphysical sciencesclassical mechanicsstatistical mechanics
- natural sciencesphysical sciencesquantum physicsquantum optics
- natural sciencesphysical scienceselectromagnetism and electronicssuperconductivity
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Programme(s)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Régime de financement
MSCA-DN - MSCA-DNCoordinateur
28006 Madrid
Espagne