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A Training Programme on 5R's Implementation in Micro and Nanorobotic Design, Manufacturing, and Application (GREENS)

  • Financial entity: Horizon Europe (251,971.20 €)
  • Duration: 2025-2029
  • Principal Investigator: Dr. Maria Gich (Universitat de Barcelona)
  • Personnel involved: Carolina Ugarte, Jordi Sort, Eva Pellicer
  • Name of the project: GREENS

The project aims to revolutionize the field of micro/nanorobotic technologies by integrating the 5Rs principle (Reduce, Recycle, Rethink, Repair, and Reuse) into every stage of design, fabrication, and application.

Fostering the next generation of talented young researchers in novel materials, innovative strategies and energy solutions (PHYNEST)

  • Financial entity: Horizon Europe (€3,960,000)
  • Duration: 2026-2030
  • Principal Investigator: Prof. Eva Pellicer
  • Personnel involved: Irena Spasojevic, Alberto Quintana, Eva Pellicer, Enric Menéndez, Jordi Sort
  • Name of the project: PHYNEST

PHYNEST is a Horizon Europe MSCA COFUND doctoral programme coordinated by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. It is designed to nurture the next generation of scientific leaders in physics and materials science, who are committed to finding sustainable energy solutions for a greener future.

Magneto-ionic data-security device integrated on flexible substrates (ERC-PoC, SECURE-FLEXIMAG)

  • Financial entity: European Research Council, Proof of Concept Grant (150.000 €)
  • Duration: 2025-2026
  • Principal Investigator: Prof. Jordi Sort
  • Personnel involved: Irena Spasojevic, Huan Tan, Enric Menéndez, Jordi Sort
  • Name of the project: ERC-PoC, SECURE-FLEXIMAG

The ERC-funded SECURE-FLEXIMAG project aims to enhance data security and promote technology transfer through research in magneto-ionics using rigid and flexible substrates

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
  • Website: Visit Website
  • 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
  • Website: Visit Website
  • 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

REMINDS proposes a new concept to boost data security: to act directly at material level, in the way information is stored. The project is built on the disruptive idea of using voltage to activate/deactivate magnetism via strain or ion migration effects and it tackles novel strategies to control the mutual interactions between ferromagnetic, antiferromagnetic and ferroelectric materials.