Awarded Projects

Investigation of processes at nanosurfaces is highly challenging since atoms in the bulk typically dominate the signal measured in experiments, and here molecular ab-initio level simulations can produce valuable information.

In the context of aeronautics and air transport, the industry has to face new challenges regarding performance and sustainability.

Radiotherapy (RT) is one of the most frequently used methods for cancer treatment (above 50% of patients will receive RT).

Contact line phenomena entail multi-physics processes that operate at disparate scales, often posing formidable large-scale computing challenges.

Marine ecosystems are fundamental components of the Earth system, providing valuable ecosystems services. However, human activities have drastically changed the structure and functioning, as well as the health and productivity of oceans and coastal regions.

With the downscaling of silicon transistors into sub 5 nm size, quantum effects in conductivity start to play a major role, making the transistors increasingly unreliable. Emerging technologies in this field rely on crystalline oxides such as LiNbO3 or BaTiO3.

Realizing the green transition requires not only materials with tailored functionalities, but also that we use less of these materials, which in turn requires that they can be designed to achieve a combination of high strength and toughness.

This project will establish fundamental physical design rules for defect-induced functional materials for energy conversion and energy-efficient electronics.

The objective of this project is to design bimetallic alloys capable to act as catalysts for the Hydrogen Evolution and Oxygen Reduction Reactions (HER and ORR, respectively) by means of the application of elastic strain engineering.