Projects
Projects in which LENS is involved.

- Description
- [FIRB 2010 Edition] Low environmental impact methods for the production of energy vectors through the use of pressure and light.
- Person in charge
- Margherita Citroni from March, 2012 to March, 2016 - Closed

- Description
- [FIRB 2010 Edition] Revealing the structure-function relationships in artificial photosynthetic devices for synthesis and design of next generation of organic photovoltaic cells.
- Person in charge
- Mariangela Di Donato from March, 2012 to March, 2015 - Closed

- Name
- QUBIOT2 - Optical simulators of quantum transport in photosynthetic systems and prospects for new solar energy technologies
- Description
- [FIRB 2010 Edition] Understanding the high-efficiency quantum transport scheme in photosynthesis would open interesting perspectives in the field of solar energy.
- Person in charge
- Filippo Caruso from March, 2012 to March, 2015 - Closed

- Name
- DCO - Deep Carbon Observatory
- Description
- [Sloan Grants Basic Research] Focus on the properties of carbon under extreme conditions and the physical and chemical processes that govern its behavior in Earth.
- Person in charge
- Roberto Bini from November, 2011 to November, 2013 - Closed

- Description
- [Stem Cells Call for proposal 2008 Edition] Apply Two Photon Microscopy to visualize morphological and functional aspects of brain physiology in cerebral infarction.
- Person in charge
- Francesco Saverio Pavone from June, 2011 to June, 2012 - Closed

- Name
- MALICIA - Light-matter Interfaces in Absence of Cavities
- Description
- [FP7 Cooperation] Properties of interfaces between light and nonclassical collective quantum states of atoms teach us how to build large quantum networks.
- Person in charge
- Francesco Saverio Cataliotti from February, 2011 to February, 2014 - Closed

- Name
- HALG - High average power light source in the green
- Description
- Engineering non-linear crystals to doubling high power second-harmonic laser frequency.
- Person in charge
- Francesco Saverio Cataliotti from January, 2011 to July, 2012 - Closed

- Description
- [Pierluigi Meneghelli FIRC Scholarship 2012-2014] Quantitative fluorescence and multiphoton optical microscopies to understand the influence of cell structures on cell migration processes in cancer metastatis.
- Person in charge
- Blaine Bisel from January, 2011 to January, 2014 - Closed

- Name
- SINGLEMOLALZHEIMER - Dissecting Alzheimer's disease at a single molecule level
- Description
- [FP6 Marie Curie Actions] Understanding the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease by studying dynamic features at a single molecule level.
- Person in charge
- Martino Calamai from January, 2011 to January, 2013 - Closed

- Description
- [POR CreO FESR 2007-2013] High-sensibility real-time atmospheric analyzers based on spectroscopic techniques for dioxine and hydrogen sulfide pollutant detecting.
- Person in charge
- Roberto Bini from April, 2010 to April, 2012 - Closed

- Name
- DISQUA - Disorder physics with ultracold quantum gases
- Description
- [FP7 Ideas] Atomic Bose and Fermi degenerate gases in optical potentials to investigate disorder and nonlinearity in many-body systems.
- Person in charge
- Massimo Inguscio from March, 2010 to March, 2015 - Closed

- Description
- [POR CreO FESR 2007-2013] Strengthening the integration of existing skills in Tuscany in the field of construction and use of methods and tools for space observations.
- Person in charge
- Marco Bellini from March, 2010 to September, 2012 - Closed

- Description
- [SEED 2009 Edition] Manipulating ytterbium ultracold atoms to qubit encoding for quantum computation.
- Person in charge
- Leonardo Fallani from March, 2010 to March, 2013 - Closed

- Name
- EPHODS - Efficiency and PHOto-stability of Dye-based Sensitizers
- Description
- [POR FSE 2007-2013] Nano-particles of titanium oxide for third generation photovoltaic cells.
- Person in charge
- Paolo Foggi from February, 2010 to February, 2013 - Closed

- Name
- TOC - Transportable Optical Clocks
- Description
- [POR FSE 2007-2013] Investigation and implementation of an optical atomic clock for portable applications on the ground and in space.
- Person in charge
- Guglielmo Maria Tino from February, 2010 to February, 2013 - Closed

- Description
- [HFSP RGP 0027/2009-C] This project aims to investigate the functiogenesis of neural circuits in the perinatal central nervous system.
- Person in charge
- Francesco Saverio Pavone from September, 2009 to September, 2012 - Closed

- Description
- [FP7 Infrastructures] An European consortium for infrastructures integration in laser sciences and applications.
- Person in charge
- Roberto Righini from March, 2009 to March, 2012 - Closed

- Name
- QUPOL - Quantum gases of ultracold polar molecules
- Description
- [FP7 Ideas] Exploring long-range interaction in quantum matter via ultracold quantum gases of polar molecules.
- Person in charge
- Giovanni Modugno from January, 2009 to August, 2012 - Closed

- Description
- How surfaces affect fundamental forces.
- Person in charge
- Massimo Inguscio from January, 2006 to January, 2013 - Closed