Imaging, spectroscopy and theory of caged atoms: a multi-faceted phd training programme

Project Information

NANOCAGE

Grant agreement ID: 506854

Project closed

Start date 1 June 2004

End date 31 May 2008

Funded under

• Human resources and Mobility in the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration "Structuring the European Research Area" under the Sixth Framework Programme 2002-2006

Total cost € 1 094 200,00

EU contribution € 1 094 200,00

Coordinated by

THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
United Kingdom

Objective

This early stage training (EST) project comprises four hosts with internationally leading expertise in complementary areas ofnanoscale science and technology (viz., the Nanoscience Group, University of Nottingham, UK (NOTTM);Forshungszentrum Juelich, Germa ny (FZJ); National Microelectronics Research Centre (NMRC), Cork, Ireland, and QueenMary and Westfield College, London, UK (QM)). The importance of training in nanoscience for the European Research Area(ERA) cannot be understated: as highlighted in a recen t Institute for Prospective Technological Studies report produced bythe Commission, although nanotechnology plays a central role in the development of future information and communicationtechnologies (ICTs), the US currently occupies a predominant position in the ICT sector. The NANOCAGE project wepropose represents a unique opportunity to bring together a number of leading European nanoscience groups on a researchproblem which involves not only a novel materials system but a variety of cutting edge spectro scopie techniques.Interpretation of the spectroscopie measurements will in turn be facilitated by the application of a number of powerfultheoretical methods. This combination of interdisciplinary research, challenging experimental techniques, an exotic mat erialssystem (as described below), and comprehensive theoretical work will provide an exceptionally strong PhD trainingprogramme in nanoscience within the multi-host EST network.The network comprises a 'critical mass' of researchers who - through a combina tion of a broad range of experimental andtheoretical techniques - will address fundamental and pressing issues related to the structure, interactions, and dynamics ofendofullerenes on metal and semiconductor surfaces. Endofullerenes represent a remarkable form of matter where an atomor cluster of atoms is encapsulated within a fullerene cage. With potential applications ranging from 'tracers' in biological#

Fields of science

CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques.

• engineering and technology › nanotechnology
• natural sciences › physical sciences › optics › microscopy
• natural sciences › physical sciences › electromagnetism and electronics › semiconductivity
• natural sciences › physical sciences › electromagnetism and electronics › microelectronics
• natural sciences › physical sciences › optics › spectroscopy

Keywords

• Fullerenes
• Hartree-Fock
• Nanotechnology
• Risk Assessment
• chemisorption
• density functional theory
• molecular manipulation
• near-field optics
• scanning probe microscopy
• synchrotron-based spectroscopy

Programme(s)

• FP6-MOBILITY - Human resources and Mobility in the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration "Structuring the European Research Area" under the Sixth Framework Programme 2002-2006

Topic(s)

• MOBILITY-1.2 - Marie Curie Host Fellowships - Early stage research training (EST)

Call for proposal

FP6-2002-MOBILITY-2
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Funding Scheme

EST - Marie Curie actions-Early-stage Training

Coordinator

THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: UNIVERSITY PARK ; NOTTINGHAM ; United Kingdom
• Total cost: No data

Participants (3)

FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JUELICH GMBH

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Leo-Brandt-Str. ; JUELICH
• Total cost: No data

QUEEN MARY AND WESTFIELD COLLEGE

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: MILE END ROAD ; LONDON
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK -, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, CORK

Ireland

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Lee Maltings, Prospect Row ; CORK
• Total cost: No data