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US - Italy collaborations in materials science
nanoscience and nanotechology Elisa Molina
ri INFM University of Modena e Reggio Emilia, I
taly www.nanoscience.unimo.it on behalf of t
he Italian coordination group for US-Italy
collaborations in materials research
Carlo Taliani (CNR), Elisa Molinari (INFM), Dante
Gatteschi (INSTM)
1st US-Italy Meeting on Materials Science
Nanoscience Nanotechnology, Washington, March
14-15, 2002
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• nanoscience and nanotechology research in Italy
• university research coordinated by
• INFM (mostly physicists) www.infm.it
• INSTM (mostly chemists) www.instm.it
• public research institutes / centers
• CNR approx 9 institutes with research in
  nanosci nanotechnol
  
• see www.cnr.it
• INFM 3 national centers and laboratories (5 more
  in 2003)
  
• see www.infm.it
• beamlines at Elettra Synchrotron Light
  Laboratory
  
• www.elettra.ts.it
• industrial laboratories

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Science Nanoscience Nanotechnology,
Washington, March 14-15, 2002
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education in physics and chemistry in Italy

• approx 30 universities awarding
• first-level (Laurea) and PhD degrees
• in Physics 1311 Laurea/year
• in Chemistry 1331 Laurea/year

Source MIUR. Data refer to year 2000 (Laurea)
year 1999 (PhD) 205, 53.
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Science Nanoscience Nanotechnology,
Washington, March 14-15, 2002
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research key topics

• organic and biomolecular materials and devices
• molecular nanotechnologies for information
  storage and transmission
  
• coherent nanoelectronics, spin electronics
• optoelectronics, photonics, quantum electronics
  
  
• nanomechanics
• low-dimensional and mesoscopic systems
• nanostructured surfaces and interfaces
• nanoscale composites
• low-temperature physics and superconductivity
• magnetism and strongly correlated systems
• semiconductor physics and advanced devices
• biophysics, nanobiotechnology
• nanolithography and nanofabrication
• ...
• modeling, theoretical and computational physics,
  chemistry and material science
  
• syncrotron radiation for materials science,
  nanoscience and nanotechnology
  

and a few examples
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Science Nanoscience Nanotechnology,
Washington, March 14-15, 2002
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research examples organic nanostructures
Bologna Uni, INSTM, ISM-CNR etc www.u
nibo.it, www.ism.bo.cnr.it (e.g. Balzani, molecul
ar motors) Firenze Uni, INSTM (e.g. Gattesch
i, molecular nanomagnets www.chim1.unifi.it/Lamm/
) . . .
.
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Science Nanoscience Nanotechnology,
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research examples nanofabrication advanced s
emiconductor nanodevices

Trieste TASC-INFM www.tasc.infm.it
Pisa NEST- INFM www.nest.infm.it Lecce NN
L- INFM www.nnl.it Roma IFN-CNR www.ifn.cnr.i
t ...
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Science Nanoscience Nanotechnology,
Washington, March 14-15, 2002
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research examples ab-initio computational studie
s, modeling

Trieste SISSA www.sissa.it, INFM www.dem
ocritos.infm.it Modena Uni, INFM www.s3.infm
.it Torino INSTM, PoliTo, INFM www2.polito.it
/research/NTL/ Cagliari INFM and Uni www.dsf.
unica.it Perugia CNR, Uni, INSTM www.dsf.unica
.it Roma INFM and Uni www.optolab.uniroma2.it
. . .
.
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Science Nanoscience Nanotechnology,
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estimated funding (2002) nanoscience nanotec
hnology, excluding personnel CNR approx 10
Meuro/year INFM approx 15 Meuro/year MIUR approx
15 Meuro/year EC FUNDING Note nan
oscience and nanotechnology are key priorities
of the Italian National Research Plan issued in
2002 by the Italian Ministry for University Educa
tion and Research (MIUR) they are also key prio
rities of the 6th Framework Program
of the European Commission (EC)
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• starting point
• many existing collaborations, including exchange
  of sudents and post-docs
  
• goals
• expand individual collaborations
• plan funded collaborative projects between
• - individual PIs
• - groups
• - centers
• student and post-doc exchange mostly within
  collaborative projects
  
• establish collaborations also in education and
  outreach when possible
  
• expected benefits
• within this workshop
• identify priority areas (exclude mature fields,
  focus on interdisciplinary research, )
  
• identify specific groups and centers interested
  in collaborations
  
• plan steps to start collaborative projects
• note

E. Molinari - 1st US-Italy Meeting on Materials
Science Nanoscience Nanotechnology,
Washington, March 14-15, 2002