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European Project

Biofilm-resistant materials for hard tissue implant Applications (Bioremia)

  • Financial entity: European Commission (Marie Sklodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks (ITN-ETN). Total budget: 4.029.973€; Budget assigned to our group: 501.809€
  • Duration: 2020 - 2024
  • Principal Investigator: Dr. Mariana Calin, IFW Dresden
  • Personnel involved: Aleksandra Barkowska, Michael Escobar, Jordina Fornell, Eva Pellicer, Jordi Sort
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  • Name of the project: BIOREMIA

BIOREMIA provides top-level multidisciplinary skills to 15 Early-Stage Researchers through an ambitious research and training programme in the area of biofilm-resistant materials for bone-related implant applications.

Magnetoelectrics beyond 2020: a training programme on energy-efficient magnetoelectric nanomaterials for advanced information and healthcare technologies (BeMAGIC)

  • Financial entity: European Commission Marie Sklodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks (ITN-ETN). Total budget: 3.954.491€; Budget to our Group: 671.809€.
  • Duration: 2019 - 2024
  • Principal Investigator: Prof. Jordi Sort
  • Personnel involved: Sofia Martins, Zhengwei Fan, Enric Menéndez, Aliona Nicolenco, Jordi Malapeira, Julius de Rojas, Eva Pellicer, Jordi Sort
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  • Name of the project: BeMAGIC
  • Led by: J. Sort
  • Publications: 12
  • Excerpt: BeMAGIC is a highly interdisciplinary European Training Network whose primary aim is the training of young researchers in the utilization of magnetoelectric (ME) nanomaterials to face important societal challenges linked to energy-efficiency, data security and health.
BeMAGIC is a highly interdisciplinary European Training Network whose primary aim is the training of young researchers in the utilization of magnetoelectric (ME) nanomaterials to face important societal challenges linked to energy-efficiency, data security and health.

Ni-based ferromagnetic coatings with enhanced efficiency to replace Pt in energy and digital storage applications (Nickeffect)

  • Financial entity: European Commission, HORIZON-CL4-2021-Resilience. Total budget: 4.844.680€; Budget to our Group: 419.092€.
  • Duration: 2022-2026
  • Principal Investigator: Dr. Maria Lekka
  • Personnel involved: Roger de Paz, Aitor Arredondo, Enric Menéndez, Eva Pellicer, Jordi Sort
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  • Name of the project: Nickeffect

NICKEFFECT, a new project co-funded by the European Commission’s Horizon Europe programme, aims to develop novel ferromagnetic Ni-based coating materials to replace the scarce and costly Platinum and ensure high efficiency in key applications. 

Voltage-Reconfigurable Magnetic Invisibility: A New Concept for Data Security Based on Engineered Magnetoelectric Materials (ERC-AdG, REMINDS)

  • Financial entity: European Research Council, Advanced Grant (2.500.000 €).
  • Duration: 2023-2028
  • Principal Investigator: Prof. Jordi Sort
  • Personnel involved: Nicolau López, Christina Stefani, Zheng Ma, Enric Menéndez, Eva Pellicer, Jordi Sort
  • Name of the project: REMINDS

With the advent of Big Data, information is facing new, potentially more damaging, security threats. The current trend to enhance data protection is to use increasingly complex mathematical algorithms to encrypt information.