Objective The main objective is the study of structural and magnetic properties of classical magnets and ferroelectrics at nanometer scale as well as a study of their potential applications. For this purpose new types of nanocomposites with materials embedded in porous matrixes with typical pore diameters of a few nm will be prepared by an original technology. The present project focuses on magnetic and structural ordering as well as phase transitions in the classical ferromagnets (Fe, Ni), antiferromagnets (MnO, CoO, FeO) and ferroelectrics (NaNO2, KH2PO4) embedded in nanoporous matrixes. We will utilize as matrixes a porous glass with irregular system of pores, novel mesoporous materials MCM-41 and SBA-15, artificial opals and a natural mineral - chrysotile asbestos with regular system of nano-channels and highly oriented nanopores in polymeric " track membranes" and porous alumina.The aims of our investigations are to evidence and characterize:- The effect of finite size and pore topology on temperature shift and character of phase transition in confined magnetic and ferroelectric materials;- The effect of finite size on fundamental properties of magnets and ferroelectrics: magnetic moment, type of ordering, size of nanoparticle and magneto-ordered area, thermal vibration amplitudes;- The effect of magnetic and crystal symmetry on phase transition in confinement;- The new peculiarities of nanostructured materials, which are absent in bulk materials, namely, the unusually low thermal expansion coefficients observed in the embedded metals or the super-high dielectric permittivity observed in embedded ferroelectrics.The same compounds MnO and NaNO2 embedded in the different matrixes: glasses, mesoporous materials, opals, asbestos, track membranes and porous alumina will be studied to determine the effect of mean pore diameter and topology of cavities. To study the effect of magnetic symmetry, antiferromagnets with characteristics embedded in the same matrix will be studied.All teams presented in the project actively carry out researches in the field of nanomaterials. The knowledge obtained by the present study will enable us to define and to evaluate the possible ways top use these systems for technical applications. Programme(s) IC-INTAS - International Association for the promotion of cooperation with scientists from the independent states of the former Soviet Union (INTAS), 1993- Topic(s) 1B - Condensed Matter, Optics and Plasma Physics NANO - NANO : Nano-scale Materials and Structures Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator Center national de la recherche scientifique; Commissariat de l'Energie Atomique EU contribution No data Address Centre d'Etudes de Saclay 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette France See on map Total cost No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Cnetre national de la recherche Scientifique. Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique France EU contribution No data Address Orme des Merisiers CEA/Saclay 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette See on map Total cost No data Hahn-Meitner Institute Germany EU contribution No data Address Glienicker Strasse 100 14109 Berlin See on map Total cost No data Institute Josef Stefan Slovenia EU contribution No data Address Jamova 39 1000 Ljubljana See on map Total cost No data Rostov State University Russia EU contribution No data Address 194 Stachki Street 344090 Rostov-on-Don See on map Total cost No data Russian Academy of Sciences Russia EU contribution No data Address Politekhnicheskaya 26 194021 St. Petersburg See on map Total cost No data Russian Academy of Sciences Russia EU contribution No data Address Orlova Roscha 188350 Gatchina, St. Petersburg region See on map Total cost No data Universite Paris Sud France EU contribution No data Address Batiment 349 91405 Orsay See on map Total cost No data