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Advanced Nanoscale Thermal Imaging and CHaracterization Instruments – ANTICHI
For fundamental thermal science and numerous nanomaterials no mature solution to the issue of thermal measurement at the nanoscale currently exists. In ANTICHI our goal is to provide a versatile instrument that allows analysing in highly controlled experimental conditions thermal mesoscale processes
First Encounters in Complex Environments – ComplexEncounters
The goal of the project is to calculate analytically the statistics of encounter times between random walkers in complex environments. The first passage time (FPT), defined as the first time for two random walkers to meet « by chance », is a key property of random walk theory, notably in the context
Colloidal control of multi-phase flow in geological porous media – COCONUT
The COCONUT project aims at developing predictive capabilities to understand how colloids (nanometals, fine particles, bacteria, viruses, asphaltenes..) control immiscible two-phase flow in complex geological formations. Colloids (including nanoparticles) have an incredible potential to remobilize n
Modelling and Analysis of the Combustion of aeronautics fuels and Alternative Hydrocarbons in Conventional and Hybrid Compression Ignition engines – MACH2
To reach the objectives set by the ACARE European Commitment to reduce drastically CO2 and nitrogen oxide emissions, but also noise of the air transport sector in 2020, the aeronautics industry is looking forward breakthrough powertrain technical solutions. For light aircrafts (helicopters, general
Investigations of three-dimensional thermoelectric nanomaterials – 3D-ThermoNano
Thermoelectricity has seen a renewed emphasis in the last decade due to significant advances in materials nano-fabrication processes with improved performances. This growing interest is reinforced by the fact that the solid-state thermoelectric (TE) devices can convert waste heat from sources such a
QUAntum Simulations and Assessment of NanOdeVice Architectures – QUASANOVA
During more than four decades, the scaling of the transistors induced an improvement of their performances. However, it is unanimously recognized that new architectures will be necessary to reach gate length of the order of 10 nm as planned in the next generations of transistors. In this context, th
Sub-Exponential Approximate and Parameterized Algorithms – S-EX-AP-PE-AL
The topic of this project is the design of efficient approximation algorithms for NP-hard combinatorial optimization problems. Such problems abound in all fields of science and engineering - in fact the vast majority of interesting problems are NP-hard and therefore do not admit fast (polynomial-tim
Hamilton-Jacobi et théorie KAM faible : à l'interface des EDP, systèmes dynamiques lagrangiens et symboliques – KAMFAIBLE
The goal of our project is to bring together the French mathematicians who work in areas related to the Hamilton-Jacobi Equation: Dynamical Systems, PDE, and Optimal Control in order to enhance further progress in this subject which has known dramatic development in the last ten years. The area now
SIlicon Carbide NAnoProbes and optical Signal Enhancement for intracellular transport investigation in 3D cultures of neurons – SINAPSE
An important issue of this study is to explore physical possibilities to access optical information in thick biological tissue. The objective is to be able to measure the parameters of intraneuronal transport in complex and mature networks, in order to compare different conditions. The microscopy se
The "GLoC" concept for studying key processes of multiphase reactive transport applied to CO2 geological storage – CGSµLab
The CGSµLab project mainly aims to create real Geological Laboratories on a Chip (GLoCs), able to study at small scales the key processes and mechanisms involved in deep CO2 storage. Experiments performed with these GLoCs, in addition to the ones in capillary tubes, will allow to understand and desc
