EspLORE @ NanoLab Talk

Posted on June 10, 2020January 30, 2021 by Carlo Casari

Talk entitled: “Confined one-dimensional linear carbon chains” given by prof. Lei Shi from Sun Yat-sen University (China) When: Friday 12th of June 2020 at 11.00 (CET) Where: In teleconference (the link is on the abstract) NanoLab Talks are organized at the Micro- and Nanostructured Materials Laboratory (NanoLab) at the Department of Energy of Politecnico di Milano (www.nanolab.polimi.it). The EspLORE@NanoLab Talks cover topics of interest for the EspLORE project. Abstract: Lei...

EspLORE @ NanoLab Talk

Posted on May 11, 2020May 11, 2020 by Carlo Casari

We restarted the NanoLab Talks in teleconference. Talk entitled: “Recent advances on sp-carbon nanostructures: modeling of structural, electronic and vibrational properties” given by Alberto Milani, Politecnico di Milano (EspLORE Team) When: Friday 8th of May 2020 at 10.00 Where: In teleconference NanoLab Talks are organized at the Micro- and Nanostructured Materials Laboratory (NanoLab) at the Department of Energy of Politecnico di Milano (www.nanolab.polimi.it). The EspLORE@NanoLab Talks cov...

Welcome Alessandro to the team

Posted on May 11, 2020May 11, 2020 by Carlo Casari

We welcome on board Alessandro Vidale as a new research collaborator working on the PoC PROTECHT project. Alessandro Vidale was born in 1991 in Milano, Italy. He currently works as a research fellow at the Micro and Nanostructured Materials Lab (NanoLab) of the Department of Energy, Politecnico di Milano. He received his Master’s degree in Materials Engineering and Nanotechnology in December 2018 with a thesis focused on the manufacture and characterization of linear sp carbon chains embedded...

EspLORE for independency of ERC

Posted on April 16, 2020April 16, 2020 by Carlo Casari

After the recent resignation of the scientist Mauro Ferrari as President of the European Research Council (ERC) we want to reaffirm independency of ERC. We signed the petition together with more than 300 italian ERC grantees to support ERC as the only European agency that finances research based on a Bottom-up approach, solely based on the ideas coming from the proponents. The petition (italian and english version) The petition on Italian newspaper (in italian)

EspLORE opportunities for talented researchers

Posted on April 12, 2020April 12, 2020 by Carlo Casari

EspLORE is looking for talented Post Docs to apply for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) european fellowship. We partipate to the MSCA EF MASTER CLASS 2020 @ POLIMI organized by Politecnico di Milano. The aim of the Master Class is to attract and train young and talented researchers to successfully applying for MSCA European Fellowship with the Politecnico di Milano as host institution. Promising candidates will be invited for 3 days (10-12 June 2020) to meet with their supervisors, to...

This is Politecnico, this is us

Posted on April 8, 2020April 8, 2020 by Carlo Casari

On the Polimi web page these 200 faces from their homes represent the community of Politecnico di Milano. In this picture there are some of the team working on the EspLORE project: Andrea, Anna, Carlo B. and Carlo C. as well as collegues and friends. Together with all the polytechnic community we go on studying, teaching, working and do research, even if remotely, for the time being. https://www.polimi.it/en/opening-details/article/10/il-politecnico-ce-8479/

EspLORE virtual meeting under Covid-19 restrictions

Posted on March 17, 2020March 17, 2020 by Carlo Casari

Today our periodic EspLORE meeting has been done in distance mode to comply with Covid-19 restrictions in Italy. Thanks to efforts put by Politecnico di Milano to provide tools for teleworking we were able to meet, discuss and chat in a virtual meeting room. We are trying to go on with the project activities even without accessing to the labs.

PoC PROTECHT project at the start

Posted on March 1, 2020February 28, 2020 by Carlo Casari

The project PROTECHT has started on 1st of Msrch 2020. PROTECHT is a ERC Proof-of-Concept project granted with the aim at exploiting EspLORE research outputs for possible business opportunities. In a 18 months activity funded with € 150.000 PROTECHT will exploit novel anticounterfeiting solutions for identity documents.

EspLORE @ IWEPNM Winter School

Posted on February 25, 2020March 2, 2020 by Carlo Casari

Due to the recent risks related with the Covid-19 our attendance to the conference has been cancelled. We will be present at the 34th International Winterschool on Electronic Properties of Novel Materials (IWEPNM) in Kirchberg in Tirol, Austria from 7 to 14 march 2020 with two contributuions. Aberto Milani: From 1D carbyne to hybrid 2D sp-sp2 carbon-based nanostructures: a density functional theory investigation of structural, electronic and vibrational properties Carlo S. Casari: Raman ...

MSCA opportunity @ EspLORE

Posted on February 19, 2020 by Carlo Casari

A new opportunity for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) individual fellowship 2020 is open at the EspLORE project. Politecnico di Milano is launching the third edition of the Master Class (MSCA EF MASTER CLASS 2020 @ POLIMI) for potential applicants to the MSCA - European Individual Fellowship call 2020. Look for "Development of sp-carbon linear nanostructures and functional nanomaterials" in the framework of the ERC EspLORE. The aim of the call is to attract and train young and talente...