Objective The opportunity to modify the excitation spectra in materials with modulated properties has stimulated striving research activity in the area of artificial nanostructures with novel functionalities - so called metamaterials. Magnetic materials with modulated properties also possess properties that cannot be reduced to those of their constituents. The best example is the phenomenon of giant magneto-resistance (GMR), the discovery of which was marked by the Nobel Prize in Physics last year. Similar to photons in photonic crystals, the spectrum of magnons (spin waves) in periodic magnetic nano-materials shows a tailored band structure. The latter consists of bands of allowed magnon states and band gaps in which there are no allowed magnon states. By analogy to studies of other band-gap materials, the field of research is called magnonics. Further development and application of magnetic nano-structures requires a thorough understanding of the relation between their physical and chemical structure and useful magnetic functionalities. The ability to accurately predict properties of fabricated magnetic nano-structures and complete devices theoretically would generate huge savings of resources, but remains illusive at present. The goal of this project is to consolidate efforts of European and Indian researchers with a broad range of leading expertise to create, to validate and to implement a flexible computational framework for modelling of dynamics in realistic magnetic nano-materials and complete devices. The framework will be validated via comparison of computational results against those obtained experimentally or using analytical theories. We will model magnetic dynamics in topologically complex nanostructures, in view of applying them in design of realistic devices. This project will provide a computational foundation for creation of not only novel high speed magnetic technologies but also of those at interfaces with photonics, plasmonics, phononics, and electronics. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencescomputational scienceengineering and technologynanotechnologynano-materialsnatural sciencesphysical sciencestheoretical physicsparticle physicsphotons Keywords magnonics micromagnetics nanomagnetism Programme(s) FP7-NMP - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies Topic(s) NMP-2008-2.6-2 - Computational Material Science - Coordinated Call with India Call for proposal FP7-NMP-2008-EU-India-2 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project Coordinator THE UNIVERSITY OF EXETER EU contribution € 218 924,00 Address THE QUEEN'S DRIVE NORTHCOTE HOUSE EX4 4QJ Exeter United Kingdom See on map Region South West (England) Devon Devon CC Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Enda Clarke (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (3) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON United Kingdom EU contribution € 291 404,00 Address Highfield SO17 1BJ Southampton See on map Region South East (England) Hampshire and Isle of Wight Southampton Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Sandra Rees (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FERRARA Italy EU contribution € 202 208,00 Address VIA ARIOSTO 35 44121 Ferrara See on map Region Nord-Est Emilia-Romagna Ferrara Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Mauro Gambaccini (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIWERSYTET IM. ADAMA MICKIEWICZA W POZNANIU Poland EU contribution € 187 400,00 Address ULICA HENRYKA WIENIAWSKIEGO 1 61 712 POZNAN See on map Region Makroregion północno-zachodni Wielkopolskie Miasto Poznań Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Maciej Krawczyk (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
