The M-ERA.NET project THERMOSS has as core concept to develop and deliver new energy harvesting thermoelectric materials and modules based on n-Mg2X(X:Si,Sn) and p-Cu12-x(Co,Ni,Zn)xSb4S13-zSez systems. Focus will be put on the materials/modules design/synthesis, optimization, properties and characterization as well as the investigation of possible applications. Specific research objectives are (a) optimized synthesis of cost-effective highly …
The ISOLTOPSUP is a FCT project that has as the main scientific goal the identification, preparation and study of high-quality topological insulators. Emphasis in made on novel compounds that have recently been theoretically suggested as very promising, like 5f (uranium) compounds that are semiconductors, non-magnetic and feature a large spin-orbit coupling favoring band inversion at …
The scope of the FCT project Exhaust2Energy is to propose a novel automotive exhaust heat thermoelectric generator concept based on low profile modules and low thermal resistance heat source and heat sink heat exchangers based on temperature controlled phase change heat transfer. The generator was designed for application into a conventional or hybrid vehicle in …
To carry out the transition to a decarbonised energy supply implies continuous innovation in materials and in low-carbon energy technologies. LocalEnergy is a FCT project that is in line with this strategy, by addressing the development and exploitation of environmental-friendly and scalable low-cost technologies related to energy conversion. The goal and research focus of LocalEnergy …
The SPINCROSSOVER project has two distinct objectives: The first one is to enhance the knowledge regarding the main structural features that control the spin crossover (SCO) transition and the second is to use that knowledge to create guidelines for the intelligent design of SCO materials, with special attention to materials able to retain metastable high-spin …
NEUTRABILITY is a FCT project aiming at of designing new soluble Single Component Molecular Metals (SCMM) and test them as components of the active layer of optimize organic electronic devices. Coordinator at IST: Dulce Belo – dbelo@ctn.tecnico.ulisboa.pt
This project aims at exploring the physical properties of a novel type of quasi-two-dimensional (2D) electronic systems with a bilayer structure, intermediate between the single layer and 3D solids. These bilayer systems are based on an entirely new type of structures among molecular materials recently developed by our group, exhibiting unprecedented properties associated with a …
The Low Temperature and High Magnetic Field Laboratory- Network of Extreme conditions” is a FCT infrastructure project hosting different equipment for measurements at low temperatures down to 0.3 K and under high magnetic fields up to 18 T, including a He liquefier, several magnetometers (SQUID, extraction, and AC susceptibility) electronic transport and magnetotransport characterization, and …
Microplastics have been drawing increasing global attention due to their ubiquity and potential impacts on human health and environment. The iMPact project aims firstly, to investigate the contribution of the road traffic as a potential vector of plastic pollution in the environment, and secondly, to extend the knowledge on microplastics found in the air and …
HypnosAir is a FCT project that aims to understand which environmental factors can influence sleep quality and to define the real contribution of sleeping environments to human daily exposure to air pollutants. Project Coordinator: Nuno Canha – nunocanha@ctn.tecnico.ulisboa.pt www.hypnosair.com