Tomorrow, 10th of November 2020, is the World Science Day for Peace and Development promoted by UNESCO. The celebration highlights the significant role of science in society and the need to engage the wider public in debates on emerging scientific issues. It also underlines the...
We have just published a new paper about "Hierarchical Short- and Medium-Range Order Structures in Amorphous GexSe1–x for Selectors Applications", by our intersecters Francesco Tavanti (CNR-Nano), Behnood Dianat (UniMore), Alessandra Catellani (Cnr-Nano), Arrigo Calzolari (CNR-Nano and INTERSECT coordinator), on ACS Applied Electronic Materials (2020, 2,...
The European Commission has recently published a report about "The Role of Materials in the Post-Covid Society" (September 2020), a reflection on how materials will enable solutions for a healthy, safe, and resilient society to achieve a sustainable, stable, and stronger economy, able to respond...
On September, 30th, 2020, from 10,30 a.m. to 3,30 p.m. INTERSECT will be having an online project review meeting with the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation of the European Commission from Unit F4 - Materials for Tomorrow, and all our intersecters. The agenda of...
European Research and Innovation Days are the European Commission’s annual flagship event for research and innovation. They bring together policymakers, researchers, entrepreneurs and citizens to debate the future of research and innovation in Europe and beyond. The 2020 event will take place from the 22...
A new webinar about "New developments in SIESTA for high-performance materials simulations" will take place on the 22nd of September, 2020, at 3 p.m. (UTC+1). The open source SIESTA programme is being increasingly used by researchers in geosciences, biology, and engineering, besides of those in...
We have two new open access papers supported by our INTERSECT project and many others we work with! They have just been published on the latest issue of Nature group’s Scientific Data journal, and refer to AiiDA 1.0 infrastructure and the Materials Cloud platform. The...
On September, 30th, 2020, at 3,00 p.m., the European Materials Modelling Council (EMMC) and the "VIMMP" & "The MarketPlace" H2020 projects will host a webinar about "General Overview of European Virtual Materials MarketPlace Projects", dedicated to establishing virtual marketplace platforms at the service of the...
We have just published a new paper about "Controlling the TiN Electrode Work Function at the Atomistic Level: A First Principles Investigation" by Arrigo Calzolari (INTERSECT coordinator) and Alessandra Catellani (Cnr Nano) on IEEE Access ( Volume: 8 ). The paper reports on a theoretical description of work...
As we recently posted, new INTERSECT project deliverables are out! Deliverable 5.2 “Risk assessment and risk-mitigation reports“, by our intersecters V. Lunardelli, A. Calzolari, M. Di Berardo, and L. Neri, is developed within Work Package 5, “Management and Project Coordination”, by CNR, with contribution from AMAT. Abstract: During the lifetime of a project, many...