Objective Ellipsometry and polarimetry have enormous capabilities for characterization of multifunctional materials, devices, processing and phenomena at the nanoscale, with consideration of the nanostructure-properties-functionality relationship, which can be addressed non-destructively, non-invasively, in non-contact, in-line and in real-time without any specific condition requirements for measurements and without any sort of environmental impact. This Coordination action is aimed at expressing, assessing and spreading capability of ellipsometry/polarimetry in serving nanomaterial scientists, producers and end-users to address complexity of a large variety of multifunctional nanostructures, hybrid systems, interface behaviours, surface-related phenomena, molecular self-assembling: for all those systems, ellipsometry/polarimetry is beyond just dimension at the nanoscale yielding information on compositional, optical, electrical, magnetic characteristics associated to the specific nanostructure. This CA identify European expertise and establish a platform for (1) coordination of research on ellipsometry for a large variety of nanomaterials, devices and technologies (2) dissemination and development of actions to allow nanomaterials scientists, students, SMEs and end-users approaching and exploiting ellipsometry and polarimetry for designing nanomaterials and nanodevices with unexplored functionalities and for controlling/implementing related production technologies. Advantages that this CA include improvement of knowledge of chemical and physical properties of nanomaterials, new controlled procedures of production, and more sustainable products. The technological impact is huge involving the major production areas and industries of a developed economy such as health-(medicine, biotechnology), environment-(hazardous gas sensing-monitoring), energetics-(photovoltaics), components-(semiconductor, coating industries), which all produce and use multifunctional nanostructure Fields of science engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcoating and filmsnatural sciencesphysical scienceselectromagnetism and electronicssemiconductivityengineering and technologynanotechnologynano-materialssocial scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economyengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energysolar energyphotovoltaic Keywords ellipsometry in-line real-time non-destructive characterisation interface phenomena multifunctional multifunctional nanomaterials polarimetry process control Programme(s) FP7-NMP - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies Topic(s) NMP-2007-2.1-3 - Characterisation of nanostructured materials Call for proposal FP7-NMP-2007-CSA-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CSA-CA - Coordination (or networking) actions Coordinator CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE EU contribution € 230 000,00 Address PIAZZALE ALDO MORO 7 00185 Roma Italy See on map Region Centro (IT) Lazio Roma Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Maria Losurdo (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS France EU contribution € 160 000,00 Address RUE MICHEL ANGE 3 75794 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Julie Zittel (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITAT LINZ Austria EU contribution € 136 000,00 Address ALTENBERGER STRASSE 69 4040 Linz See on map Region Westösterreich Oberösterreich Linz-Wels Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Kurt Hingerl (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FUR ANALYTISCHE WISSENSCHAFTEN-ISAS-EV Germany EU contribution € 153 000,00 Address BUNSEN KIRCHHOFF STRASSE 11 44139 Dortmund See on map Region Nordrhein-Westfalen Arnsberg Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Jasmin Gleissner (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Masarykova univerzita Czechia EU contribution € 80 000,00 Address Zerotinovo namesti 9 601 77 Brno See on map Region Česko Jihovýchod Jihomoravský kraj Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Josef Humlicek (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTITUT ZA FIZIKU Serbia EU contribution € 111 000,00 Address PREGREVICA 118 11080 Beograd See on map Region Србија - север Београдски регион Београдска област Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Rados Gajic (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data HORIBA FRANCE SAS France EU contribution € 170 000,00 Address 14 BOULEVARD THOMAS GOBERT PASSAGE JOBIN YVON CS 4 91120 Palaiseau See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Essonne Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Lydie Vinot (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTITUTE OF NANOTECHNOLOGY United Kingdom EU contribution € 160 000,00 Address RICHMOND STREET 50 GRAHAM HILLS G1 1XP Glasgow See on map Activity type Other Administrative Contact Ottilia Saxl (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data