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ASTROPHYSICAL ICES IN THE LAB: A DEEP LOOK Reference: i-Link 1027 The Molecular Physics Department of this Institute is the Spanish partner of this recently approved CSIC i-link project. Professor Naoki Watanabe of the Institute of Low Temperature Physics of the Hokkaido University at Sapporo (Japan) is the leader of the foreign team. See details in the web. Execution time: 01/01/2016 to 12/31/2017 Team: |
UNIVERSAL PROPERTIES OF FEW-BODY SYSTEMS IN NUCLEAR PHYSICS Reference: i-Link 1056 The ultimate goal of this proposal is to isolate the universal features of open quantum systems, i.e. the mechanisms that are general for quantum mechanics and not specific to a particular physical system. The universal aspects of the physics of complex systems can only be separated out if one is able to simplify the description with a reduced number of parameters directly related to physical scales. This procedure is quite general in science when one attempts to find general scaling laws governing complex systems. In particular, we shall focus on Nuclear Physics, where systems like 6He, 11Li, 14Be, 20C, or 22C, fall within this category and can be treated as three-body neutron–neutron–core systems. Execution time: 01/01/2016 to 12/31/2017 Team: |
VIBRONIC MODELS FOR EFFICIENT ENERGY TRANSFER Reference: i-Link 0938 In the photosynthesis, a photon of solar light excites and electron to a high-energy orbital of a chlorophyl molecule. The energy of this excitation must be transferred through different molecules until it reaches the reaction center where it can be transformed into chemical energy for the plant to store and use. This energy transfer occurs with great efficiency in spite of being a process ocurring at room temperature and in the presence of vibrations and disorder. The objective of this project is to develop specific methods to simulate these systems for applications to the theoretical study of photosynthesis and for the design of artificial light-harvesting devices. Execution time: 01/01/2015 to 12/31/2016 Team: |
SURFACE-ENHANCED OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY APPLIED TO THE STRUCTURAL Reference: i-Link 0646 This project was aimed at the application of surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) effect in the detection of peptides with therapeutic interest, such as somatostatin, and the use of metal nanoparticles as platforms for drug delivery. The adsorption of these peptides on plasmonic nanoparticles is of a great interest in the design of novel delivery platforms for theranostic treatments. Moreover, the interaction mechanism and structure of these peptides only can be revealed by the use of SERS. Execution time: 01/01/2013 to 12/31/2014 Team: Activities: |
COSMOLOGY OF QUANTUM GRAVITY MODELS Reference: i-Link 0484 We shared the expertise of various researchers and centres of investigation to construct theoretical models of cosmology, and in some cases their experimental predictions, stemming from several scenarios of quantum gravity and exotic geometries, including multi-fractal spacetimes, loop quantum gravity, non-local gravity, massive gravity, braneworld and non-commutative cosmology. To this purpose, the code CosmoMC has been installed in the cluster of CFMAC. We also studied theoretical aspects of the geometries of string theory and discrete-gravity frameworks. Thanks to this initiative, the CSIC academic contacts and collaboration network with the area of East Asia has been boosted. Execution time: 01/01/2013 to 12/31/2014 Team: Congresses: |