The research activity is carried out thanks to the participation in several National and European projects from competitive calls. In the period 2010 – 2021 a total amount of > 3 M€ were granted.
2010 - to Date
2023 – 2025
IT MUR PRIN 2022
Magnetic Inductive heating of nano-catalyst onto metal foam as innovative approach for selective aerobic alcohol and polyol oxidation (MAGICAT)
Coordinator: C. Sangregorio (CNR - ICCOM); nM2-Lab/UNIGE Unit PI: D. Peddis
Total/Unit Budget: ~ k€ / ~120 k€
2023 – 2025
IT MUR PRIN 2022 PNRR
Hybrid ferrite nanocomposites for novel rare-earth free permanent magnets (HyPerMag)
Coordinator: C. De Julián Fernández (CNR - IMEM); nM2-Lab/CNR Unit PI: A. Capobianchi, nM2-Lab/UNIGE Unit PI: D. Peddis
Total/Unit Budget: ~ k€ / ~55 k€
2023 – 2025
IT – Fondazione ICO FALCK / Fondazione Politecnico di Milano
Circular economy of rare-earth permanent magnets (ReCREATE)
Coordinator: G. Dotelli (Pol. Milano); nM2-Lab/CNR-ISM Unit PI: G. Varvaro, nM2-Lab/UNIGE Unit PI: D. Peddis
Total/Unit Budget: ~265 k€ / ~150 k€
2022 – 2025
IT – PNRR Scenari Energetici del Futuro
Network 4 Energy Sustainable Transition
nM2-Lab PI: D. Peddis
Unit Budget: ~100 k€
2022 – 2025
IT – PNRR Innovation Ecosystems
Roma Technopole
nM2-Lab PIs: G. Varvaro and S. Laureti
Unit Budget: ~140 k€
2022 – 2025
EU - HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDER OPEN-01-0
Reusable mask patterning (REMAP)
Coordinator: D. Colombara (Un. Genova), nM2-Lab/UNIGE Unit PI: D. Peddis
Unit Budget: ~200 k€
2022 – 2024
EU ERAMIN 3
Recycling End of Life permanent magnets by innovative sintering and 3D printing (RENDERING 3D)
Coordinator: D. Peddis (Un. Genova), nM2-Lab/CNR Unit PI: G. Varvaro
Total/Unit Budget: ~810 k€ / ~210 k€
2022 – 2024
Bando per l'acquisto attrezzature scientifiche - UNIGE
Mossbaur Spectrometer” (MosSpec)
Coordinator: D. Peddis
Budget: ~116 k€
2022 – 2025
IT MUR PRIN 2020
Understanding and controlling magnetic inertia: towards terahertz spin-based technologies (MAGNUT)
Coordinator: S. Bonetti (Un. Ca’ Foscari), nM2-Lab/CNR Unit PI: G. Varvaro
Total/Unit Budget: ~505 k€ / ~155 k€
2021 – 2023
NATO
Technology against climate change to mitigate CO2 environmental security threats (TANGO)
Coordinator: P. Dambruoso (CNR - ISOF), nM2-Lab/UNIGE Unit PI: D. Peddis
Unit Budget: ~40 k€
2021 - 2022
Bando per l’incentivazione della progettazione EU 2020
Smart magnetic nanoarchitectures for controlled drugs release (SMART)
Coordinator: D. Peddis
Budget: ~42 k€
2020 – 2023
IT – MISE PON I&C 2014-2020
Autonomous and flexible manufacturing and augmented reality techniques for processes automation (ARPA)
Coordinator: P. Larizza (MASMEC), nM2-Lab Unit PI: G. Varvaro
Total/Unit Budget: ~5000 k€ / ~65 k€
2019 – 2023
IT – POR FESR Lazio 2014-2020
E-RIHS.it LAZIO
Coordinator: C. Milani (CNR), nM2-Lab/CNR Unit PI: G. Varvaro
Total/Unit Budget: ~3000 k€ / ~750 k€
2019 – 2021
EU – EIT KIC Raw Materials (Educational Project)
Historical Mining – tracing and learning from ancient materials and mining technologies (MINEHERITAGE)
Coordinator: J. P. Veiga (Un. NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal), nM2-Lab/CNR Unit PI: D. Peddis
Total/Unit Budget: ~600 k€ / ~90 k€
2018 – 2019
IT – MIUR (Educational Project)
Dalla ricerca alla Scuola... e ritorno - Metodo, linguaggio e approccio scientifico per una scuola di qualità
Coordinator: A. Torregiani (CNR-ISOF, Italy), nM2-Lab Unit PI: D. Peddis
Total/Unit Budget: ~100 k€ / ~20 k€
2018 – 2019
IT – Collaboration Agreement with Un. Firenze
Nanoparticelle magnetiche per applicazioni catalitiche
Coordinators: D. Peddis (CNR-ISM, Italy) – A. Caneschi (Un. Firenze, Italy)
Total/Unit Budget: ~40 k€ / ~20 k€
2018 – 2019
Bilateral Project CNR (Italy) – Romanian Academy of Science (Romania)
Advanced ferrofluid for theranostic application
Coordinators: D. Peddis (CNR-ISM) – L. Vekas (Romanian Academy, Romania)
Total/Unit Budget: 30 k€ / 15 k€
2018 – 2019
EU – EIT KIC Raw Materials
Magnetometry Network (Mag-Net-NoI)
Coordinator: T. Hauet (Université de Lorraine, France), nM2-Lab/CNR Unit PI: E. Agostinelli
Unit Budget: ~15 k€
2017 – 2021
EU – H2020 FET Proactive
Magnetic nanoparticle based liquid energy materials for thermoelectric device Applications (MAGENTA)
Coordinator: S. Nakamae (CEA, France), nM2-Lab/CNR Unit PI: D. Peddis
Total/Unit Budget: ~5000 / ~725 k€
2017 – 2018
EU – EIT KIC Raw Materials
Product Centric Recycling" (PCRec-NoI)
Coordinator: C. Brunori (ENEA, Italy), nM2-Lab/CNR Unit PI: E. Agostinelli
Unit Budget: ~15 k€
2013 – 2014
Bilateral Project CNR (Italy) – CONICET (Argentina)
Synthesis of bimagnetic core-shell nanoparticles and study of the exchange coupling between ferri and antiferrimagnetic and perovskitic phases to tune magnetic anisotropy and coercivity
Coordinators: E. Agostinelli (CNR-ISM, Italy) – R. Zysler (CONICET, Argentina)
Unit Budget: 8 k€
2013 – 2016
IT – Progetti Premiali DM 949/RIC 2012 SM@RTINFRA - SM@RTINFRA-SSHCH
Infrastrutture integrate intelligenti per l’ecosistema dei dati delle scienze sociali, umane e del patrimonio culturale
Coordinator: R. Pozzo (CNR), nM2-Lab/CNR Unit PI: E. Agostinelli
Total/Unit Budget: ~4000 k€ / ~10 k€
2013 – 2016
IT – Progetti Premiali DM 949/RIC 2012
Materiali e dispositivi magnetici e superconduttivi per sensoristica e ICT
Coordinator: C. Carbone (CNR), nM2-Lab Unit PI: E. Agostinelli
Total/Unit Budget: ~290 k€ / ~30 k€
2012 – 2015
EU – FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IRSES – Marie Curie Action
Magnetic nanoparticles and thin films for spintronic applications and high performance permanent magnets (NANOMAG)
Coordinator: : G. Papavasiliou (NCSR-Demokritos, Greece), nM2-Lab/CNR Unit PI: E. Agostinelli
Total/Unit Budget: ~500 / ~40 k€
2012 – 2016
IT – FIRB
Tailoring the magnetic anisotropy of nanostructures for enhancing the magnetic stability of magnetoresistive junctions (NANOREST)
Coordinator: S. Laureti (nM2-Lab/CNR)
Unit Budget: ~300 k€
2010 – 2012
IT – MIUR PRIN
Stabilità termica di nanostrutture magnetiche planari (2D) exchange-spring con accoppiamento di scambio perpendicolare e laterale
Coordinator: M. Solzi (Un. Parma), nM2-Lab/CNR Unit PI: E. Agostinelli
Total/Unit Budget: ~130 k€ / ~70 k€
2009 – 2010
MAE Progetto di Grande Rilevanza CNR (Italy) – CONICET (Argentina)
Nanostructured magnetic materials for high density magnetic recording
Coordinators: D. Fiorani (CNR-ISM, Italy) – R. Zysler (CONICET, Argentina)
Unit Budget: ~50 k€
2008 – 2011
EU – FP7 ICT
Terabit magnetic storage technologies (TERAMAGSTOR)
Coordinator: D. Niarchos (NCSR-Demokritos, Greece), nM2-Lab/CNR Unit PI: E. Agostinelli
Total/Unit Budget: ~3500 / ~435 k€
MOST RELEVANT INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS IN THE PERIOD 2000 – 2010
2005 – 2008
EU – FP6 STREP
Self-Organised Complex-Spin Magnetic Nanostructures (NANOSPIN)
Coordinator: C. Binns (Leicester Un., UK), nM2-Lab/CNR Unit PI: A.M. Testa
Total/Unit Budget: ~1800 / ~265 k€
2002 – 2005
EU – FP5 GROWTH
Self-assembled nanoparticles and Nanostructured array for high density magneto-recording (HIDEMAR)
Coordinator: D. Fiorani & E. Agostinelli (CNR)
Total/Unit Budget: ~1800 / ~285 k€
Winner of a Renè Descartes Prize for “Excellence in Collaborative Research in Europe” (2005) sector Engineering.