Objective
Emergent phenomena arising from excitation, correlation, and coherence of electrons, spin, photons and nuclei may open unexplored paths to exploit advanced quantum materials. Modelling and understanding ultrafast non-equilibrium dynamics is the key to quantum computing, to new paradigms for information storage and retrieval, to novel opto-electronic devices for efficient light emission and renewable energy production, and to efficient single-photon quantum emitters.
The TIMES doctoral network will merge different areas of expertise in many-body and time-dependent electronic structure methods to define a new paradigm for the atomistic modelling of nonequilibrium processes in condensed matter. This is an area where the theoretical state-of-the-art is lacking in predictive power. On one hand modeling crucial dynamical processes such as the ones involving energy exchange between electronic and nuclear degrees of freedom out-of-equilibrium remains out of reach for current first-principles approaches. On the other hand, phenomenological and second-principles models lack the granularity required to quantitatively capture the evolution of complex materials.
TIMES will develop first-principles theoretical and computational tools to tackle the coherent and correlated electron-nuclei dynamics
stimulated by ultrafast laser pulses for the understanding of complex quantum states and emergent phenomena in a diverse range of
functional materials like perovskites, 2D materials, Weyl semimetals, Dirac materials and topological insulators. For this purpose,
TIMES will train a new generation of scientists capable of devising novel theoretical and computational frameworks to simulate
nonequilibrium phenomena. TIMES will synergize theoretical and numerical developments with High Performance Computer Centers, SMEs, and big-data facilities across Europe. The network activities will benefit of synergistic collaborations with leading experimental groups in ultrafast spectroscopy.
Fields of science
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energy
- engineering and technologynanotechnologynano-materialstwo-dimensional nanostructures
- natural sciencesphysical sciencesopticslaser physicsultrafast lasers
- natural sciencesphysical sciencestheoretical physicsparticle physicsphotons
- natural sciencesphysical sciencesopticsspectroscopy
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Programme(s)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Funding Scheme
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-DN - HORIZON TMA MSCA Doctoral NetworksCoordinator
46010 Valencia
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Participants (9)
00185 Roma
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7610001 Rehovot
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80539 Munchen
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75794 Paris
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00133 Roma
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3400 Klosterneuburg
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24118 Kiel
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90133 Palermo
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20122 Milano
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Partners (10)
20018 Donostia San Sebastian
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
3001 Leuven
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40033 Casalecchio Di Reno Bo
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41121 Modena
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20122 Milano
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10117 Berlin
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BT7 1NN Belfast
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31062 Toulouse Cedex 9
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13284 Marseille
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20148 Hamburg
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