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Spins and Semiconductors at the Atomic Scale – SSAS
In the context of spintronics development using semiconductors, new phenomena have been discovered and begin to be explored at the nanoscale. Spin injection in semiconductors from a ferromagnetic metal and semiconductors doping with magnetic atoms opened the way to new devices conception using both
Information eNergy Conversion at the single quAntum Level – INCAL
« Information is physical » : by postulating the physical nature of information in 1961, Landauer was solving the paradox of Maxwell’s demon and successfully merging thermodynamics and information sciences. Of particular relevance is Landauer’s limit, which sets the smallest possible amount of work
Detection and identification of individual biomolecules translocating through a carbon nanotube – Nanophoresis
Novel analysis techniques are actively sought to hold the promise of personalized DNA sequencing and high-throughput screening of proteins at affordable cost and viable time. Among those, nanopore sensing of single biomolecules represents a path-breaking technology because it represents a label-free
Gap-Plasmon Physics – PGP
Spreading metallic cubes on a dielectric covered metallic surface allows to change the apparent color of the surface - turning gold red, for instance. Light actually sneaks under the cube even if the gap under the cube is a small as a few nanometers. When the light has the right color, the gap begin
Single NANO-object for studying the interaction between acoustic VIbration and Plasmon : towards Low Frequency Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy – NANOVIP
This proposal aims to study the dynamical behaviours of single nanoparticles ranging from 50 to 250 nm. The realization of this project will first need the development of a new technique to study single metallic nano-object dynamic, which will be subsequently be applied to a large variety of nano-ob
Tomographic Atom Probe and Optical specTroscopy: a couplEd appRoach – TAPOTER
The main goal of this project is the development of a new instrument coupling the capabilities of Atom Probe Tomography (APT) and optical spectroscopy, in particular photoluminescence and absorption spectroscopy. The main ambition is to answer to open questions about the physics of ultrafast laser-m
Exploring anti-viral properties of liposomal nano-silver in pulmonary surfactant-like phospholipids – SILVERFLU
Influenza (the flu) affects annually 10% of the worldwide population and is associated with high mortality in at risk populations due partially to an exacerbated inflammatory host response. When influenza virus enters in the host, it replicates in epithelial cells of both the upper and lower respira