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Hybrid supramolecular/plasmonic switches as luminescence sensors and watermarkers – SupraSwitch
One of the current challenges of applied plasmonics is to control the molecular configuration around nanostructures as a promising route to drive their functionality. Our idea is to couple metal nanoparticles with fluorophores and to achieve distance control between them through the use of stimuli-responsive molecules like ß-cyclodextrin/guest and poly(N-isopropylacrylamide).
Microbial biocatalysts for wood waste decontamination – WoodWaste
Optimization of the use of microorganisms as biocatalysts for the decontamination of treated wood
Combination of Vertical and Horizontal GaN Transistors for Efficient Power Conversion Electronics – C-PI-GaN
enabling the integration of a driver circuit featuring GaN HEMTs for very high speed switching. The result
Speed-up parallel programing with broadcast communications based on hybrid radio network on chip – RAKES
Speeding-up parallel programing with broadcast communications based on hybrid wireless/wired network
PIGIMMUNITY: a systems biology approach to boost innate immunity in the pig – PIGIMMUNITY
Stimulation of innate immunity has been identified as a promising prophylactic and/or therapeutic strategy to combat infectious diseases. In this regard, flagellin, a specific agonist of the innate immune system, emerges as a possible alternative strategy to increase resistance to both respiratory and intestinal diseases. PIGIMMUNITY proposes a systems biology approach to determine the factors that control flagellin-induced modulation of the immune system
Dissecting the molecular interactions of mitochondrial glutaredoxin S15 in plants – mitoglu
Several metabolic pathways and cellular processes in plants depend on the functioning of iron-sulfur (Fe-S) proteins, whose cofactors are assembled through dedicated assembly machineries present in the cytosol, plastids and mitochondria. To cite only a few examples, Fe- S proteins are present in the photosynthetic and respiratory electron transfer chains and they are needed for sulfur and nitrogen assimilation, or co-enzyme synthesis such as biotin and lipoic acid.
Dynamic coding of tactile-to-motor transformation in human and macaque posterior parietal cortex – DYN-T2M
Experiments exploit a common set of critical features. Delayed movement tasks involving pro and ant
Lab-in-Droplet platform for glycoprotein biomarker discovery: from device conception towards diagnostic applications – DropLab
This Lab-in-Droplet will unprecedentedly offer both efficient sample treatment and resolute analytes separation within sub µL droplets. This will be the first platform able to couple sample treatment and analyte separation modules without any problem of working volume mismatch, thus solving the instrumental and methodological bottlenecks currently encountered in analytical module integration.
Programmable metasurfaces for friction control – Prometaf
Despite centuries of research, the friction of dry macroscopic contact interfaces remains imperfectly understood and thus poorly mastered. Although the optimization of the devices involving functional contacts would enable significant energy savings, there is currently no established method to prepare an interface with pre-defined frictional properties. The aim of PROMETAF is precisely to propose a simple, generic, ground-breaking surface design strategy to obtain such interfaces.
Chirped Pulse And Resonator In one Spectrometer: A novel combined molecular jet chirped pulse/cavity Fourier Transform MicroWave spectrometer for fast scan, high-resolution, and chiral discrimination – PARIS-FTMW
The chirped Pulse And Resonator In one Spectrometer (PARIS) applies an innovative and resource-efficient approach: Using a smart design, most electronic components are used in a dual-purpose spectrometer while almost all vacuum equipment are shared. Therefore, PARIS is built at much lower costs than two individual spectrometers and exceeds the advantages of both techniques individually: Rapid broadband capabilities, intensity reliability, as well as unrivalled resolving power and sensitivity.