PARTICIPANTS LIST

Partic. Role*

Partic. no.

Participant name

Participant short name

Country

Description 

C

1

NATIONAL HELLENIC RES. FOUNDATION

NHRF

EL

Co-ordinator. Fabrication of nanocomposites in form of multilayer interferometric and diffractive structures using laser deposition, sol-gel technology, hybrid material synthesis, surface processing and spectroscopic analysis (from UV to far-IR); first tests of functionalities. Supported by ACR12 ORC developing electrooptic interface structuring and optics integration.

P

2

THALES RESEARCH. & TECHNOLOGY - France

TRT

F

Contractor. Development of special receptive polymer surfaces for nitroaromatic detection enabling optical interrogation via selective holographic grating sensitisation and selective sensing

Exploitation

P

3

JENASENSORIC eV

JENASENSORIC

 

D

Contractor . Manufacturing planar opto-chemical sensors based on novel materials and interfaces.

Exploitation

P

4

CYBERNETIX SA.

CYBERNETIX

F

Contractor . Integration of evanescent wave geometries and new materials into CO and VOC sensors targeting application in extreme conditions

Exploitation-Dev and User of technology

P

5

3D DIGITAL DESIGN & DEV. Ltd.

3D LTD

UK

Contractor. Novel integrated data acquisition and control systems, test-bed.

Exploitation Dev-User of Technology

P

6

FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY-HELLAS

FORTH

EL

Contractor. Fabrication of nanoparticles using CVD technology, testing their nonlinear optical functionalities. Complemented by AC13 (BIU) targeting on the synthesis of protecte d nanoparticles

P

7

INSTITUTE OF ELECTRON TECHNOLOGY

IET

PL

Contractor. Materials tailoring using reactive sputtering & oxidation techniques and microelectronics processing methodologies together with thorough characterisation of their properties.

P

8

WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE

WIS

IL

Contractor . Fabrication ultrathin layers, investigations of surface plasmon interactions.

P**

9

UNIV. DE DROIT, D’ ECONOMIE ET DES SCIENCES D’ AIX MARSEILLE / INST. FRESNEL

UDESAM- UMR6133

F

Contractor. Development of evanescent wave-coupling schemes for optical properties evaluation and functional testing in waveguides. Complemented by S1 IPASCR supplying coatings and polymers produced by laser sputtering.

P

10

UNIVERSITY OF LECCE

UNILE

I

Contractor . Ultra high vacuum laser processing for the production of reactive nanomaterials for subsequent encapsulation and nanocomposites. Complemented by S2 AMRI performing detailed structural and surface analysis and giving feedback for optimisation.

P

11

NATIONAL INST LASER PLASMA & RADIATION PHYSICS

NILPRP

RO

Contractor. Investigations of the applicability of laser plasma interactions for nanocomposite control. In parallel, S3 IEBAS will optimise oxides formation processes.

A

12

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON OPTOELECTRONICS RES. CENTR.

ORC

UK

Contractor . Optoelectronics and waveguide technologies and electrooptics.

A

13

BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY

BIU

IL

Contractor. Chemical methods for the production of nanomaterials, protection of nanomaterials and functionality

P**

14

CENTRE NAT. DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE /INST. FRESNEL

CNRS-DR12

F

Contractor. Jointly operating IF. Participates with zero effort

S

S1

INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS, ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC

IPACSCR

CZ

Subcontractor. Thin Films materials development

S

S2

ADVANCED MATERIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE

AMRI

GB

Subcontractor. Materials testing and characterization

S

S3

INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONICS, BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

IEBAS

BG

Subcontractor. Thin Films materials development

 

*C = Coordinator (or use C-F and C-S if financial and scientific coordinator roles are separate)

P - Principal contractor

A - Assistant contractor

S - Subcontractor

** UDESAM and CNRS are operating jointly the participating INSTITUT FRESNEL/ TEAM “C.O.M.”. CNRS participates with null effort. “IF” standing for “Institut Fresnel” is the partner’s short name used in text for consistency.