ECONAM

Electromagntetic Characterization Of NAnostructured Materials (ECONAM)

Coordinatore	AALTO-KORKEAKOULUSAATIO    more  Organization address address: OTAKAARI 1 city: ESPOO postcode: 2150 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Ari Cognome: Sihvola Email: send email Telefono: +358 9 4512261 Fax: +358 9 4512267
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Finland [FI]
Sito del progetto	http://econam.metamorphose-vi.org/
Totale costo	666˙699 €
EC contributo	600˙000 €
Programma	FP7-NMP Specific Programme "Cooperation": Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies
Code Call	FP7-NMP-2007-CSA-1
Funding Scheme	CSA-CA
Anno di inizio	2008
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2008-04-01   -   2011-03-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	AALTO-KORKEAKOULUSAATIO  Organization address address: OTAKAARI 1 city: ESPOO postcode: 2150 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Ari Cognome: Sihvola Email: send email Telefono: +358 9 4512261 Fax: +358 9 4512267	FI (ESPOO)	coordinator	0.00
2	Nome Ente NON disponibile  Organization address address: ESKISEHIR YOLU 8 KM city: ANKARA postcode: TR-06800 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Ekmel Cognome: Ozbay Email: send email Telefono: 90-312-290-1966 Fax: 90-312-290-1015	TR (ANKARA)	participant	0.00
3	FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY HELLAS  Organization address address: N PLASTIRA STR 100 city: HERAKLION postcode: 70013 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Zinovia Cognome: Papatheodorou Email: send email Telefono: +302810 391522 Fax: +30 2810 391555	EL (HERAKLION)	participant	0.00
4	INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL AND APPLIED ELECTROMAGNETICS OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ITAE  Organization address address: Izhorskaya Street 13/19 city: MOSCOW postcode: 125412 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Andrey Cognome: Lagarkov Email: send email Telefono: +7 495 484 23 83 Fax: + 7 495 484 26 33	RU (MOSCOW)	participant	0.00
5	Karlsruher Institut fuer Technologie  Organization address address: Kaiserstrasse 12 city: Karlsruhe postcode: 76131 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Martin Cognome: Wegener Email: send email Telefono: -4680 Fax: -9760	DE (Karlsruhe)	participant	0.00
6	QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST  Organization address address: University Road city: BELFAST postcode: BT7 1NN contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Pauline Cognome: Mccann Email: send email Telefono: +44 28 9097 5429 Fax: +44 28 9097 5431	UK (BELFAST)	participant	0.00
7	UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI ROMA TRE  Organization address address: VIA OSTIENSE 161 city: ROMA postcode: 154 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Lucio Cognome: Vegni Email: send email Telefono: -57336970 Fax: -57336993	IT (ROMA)	participant	0.00
8	UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW  Organization address address: University Avenue city: GLASGOW postcode: G12 8QQ contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Nigel Cognome: Johnson Email: send email Telefono: + 44 141 330 4110 Fax: + 44 141 330 6004	UK (GLASGOW)	participant	0.00
9	VIRTUAL INSTITUTE FOR ARTIFICIAL ELECTROMAGNETIC MATERIALS AND METAMATERIALS - METAMORPHOSE VI AISBL  Organization address address: Place du Levant 3 city: LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE postcode: 1348 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Vladimir Cognome: Podlozny Email: send email Telefono: +358 9 451 2937 Fax: +358 9 451 2152	BE (LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE)	participant	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Nanostructured electromagnetic materials are rapidly maturing and become increasingly employed for design of the electronic and optical components, integrated circuits and functional devices. A broad class of applications is based upon the specialised electromagnetic materials that provide the necessary functionality for electronic devices and constitute the physical layer of the technologies dealing with electromagnetic signals. For such applications, the electromagnetic parameters of materials are of the primary concern. Characterisation and metrology of the engineered nanostructured electromagnetic media have become the critical aspects of their development and utilisation in practical applications. The main project objective of this project is to consolidate efforts and bring coordination in the European work towards development, testing, and dissemination of methods and tools for electromagnetic characterisation and metrology of nanostructured composite materials. The main novel characterisation approaches are focused on intrinsically interrelated developments and harmonisation of the material phenomenological models, standardisation of characteristic parameters and measurement techniques for evaluating the specified parameters. The main impact will be in development and dissemination of novel techniques for electromagnetic characterization of nanostructured materials and preparation of standards in the field of nanomaterials characterisation. This will complement the known techniques for characterization in terms of particle and reactivity by developing unified approaches to characterization in terms of permittivity, permeability, chirality parameter, surface impedance, grid impedance and similar.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

Electricity and magnetism are responsible for many of the functions of today's high-tech devices. EU-funded scientists developed novel materials' testing techniques and a one-stop website with links to tutorials, facilities and more.

Descrizione progetto (Article)

Exploiting the electromagnetic (EM) properties of materials is fundamental to the development of novel components for devices such as computers, communications gadgets and biomedical imaging instrumentation. With the advent of nanotechnology, scientists and engineers have the ability to manipulate and create materials that are at the nano-scale, or atomic and molecular level. However, characterisation of relevant EM properties at the nanoscale level poses significant challenges for conventional measurement techniques.

The EU-funded project 'Electromagnetic characterisation of nanostructured materials' (ECONAM) was designed to coordinate the development and standardisation of testing methods for EM characterisation of nanostructured materials. In addition, project partners aimed at the widespread distribution of results to the research community, industry and standardisation bodies. ECONAM website (http://econam.metamorphose-vi.org) presents all project results in an easy-to-use format with general topics regarding characterisation, organised in three sections for beginners, specialists and industry members.

Generally relevant topics include a glossary of technical terms, classification of materials, experimental measurement methods and a section on choosing appropriate measurement techniques. Beginners will find links to information including introductory lectures on chosen topics, a comprehensive bibliography, a roadmap and tutorial for the experimental characterisation of materials. Specialists have easy access to overviews from expert groups, special conference sessions and materials from short courses. There is also a link to a comprehensive database of European test facilities and access rules to facilitate planning and contact. Industrialists will also have access to specific fields of application including cloaks and optical nanocircuits. Although the project term has officially finished, the website continues to serve as a virtual European facility for characterisation as well as for providing metrology services for large industry and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

ECONAM's novel techniques for characterisation of the EM properties of nano-structured materials and interfaces are expected to have important impact on the development of novel applications for telecommunications, imaging, sensing and more. In the long term, the adoption of standardised testing protocols and measurements will facilitate reliable and reproducible results to enhance efficient and effective sharing of knowledge.