RICERCA ITALIANA     

Similar research programs:

• 1 - Plasmonic nanostructures and their interaction with chromophores: towards innovative photonic devices and optical sensors
• 2 - Nanoscale self-assembled porphyrin based complexes: properties and technological applications
• 3 - Molecular materials and nanostructures for photonics and nanophotonics
• 4 - Photo-active Molecular and Polymeric Materials for Optoelectronics and Photonics
• 5 - HYBRID ORGANIC/INORGANIC MATERIALS FOR MULTIPHOTONIC APPLICATIONS VIA ASSEMBLING OF NANOSTRUCTURED MOLECULAR UNITS.
• 6 - Synthesis, purification and characterization of functionalized carbon nanotubes
• 7 - Understanding ab-initio the structural, electronic and optical properties of nanostructured and low-dimensional semiconductor systems
• 8 - Photochromic polymers as active materials for innovative reference surfaces for optical interferometry
• 9 - Nano-Analytical Systems for Chem & bio-sEnsing - NASCE
• 10 - Structural, Morphological and Electronic Properties of Organic-Organic Interfaces and water-induced modifications.

Scientific and education field classification

• Field: Scienze chimiche
  • CHIMICA FISICA
  • CHIMICA INDUSTRIALE
  • CHIMICA ORGANICA

International Patent Classification

• PHYSICS
  • MEASURING (counting G06M); TESTING
    • INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (separating components of materials in general B01D, B01J, B03, B07; apparatus fully provided for in a single other subclass, see the relevant subclass e.g. B01L; measuring or testing processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or micro-organisms C12M, C12Q; investigation of foundation soil in situ E02D1/00; sensing humidity changes for compensating measurements of other variables or for compensating readings of instruments for variations in humidity, see G01D or the relevant subclass for the variable measured; testing or determining the properties of structures G01M; measuring or investigating electric or magnetic properties of materials G01R; systems or methods in general, using reception or emission of radiowaves or other waves and based on propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effect, propagation time, direction of propagation, G01S; determining sensivity, graininess, or density of photographic materials G03C5/02; testing component parts of nuclear reactors G21C17/00; [N: controlling or regulating non-electric variables G05D; measuring degree of ionisation of ionised gases, i.e. plasma H05H1/00A; testing electrographic developer properties G03G15/08H6])
  • OPTICS (making optical elements or apparatus B24B, B29D11/00, C03, or other appropriate subclasses or classes; materials per se, see the relevant places, e.g. C03B, C03C)
    • DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS, THE OPTICAL OPERATION OF WHICH IS MODIFIED BY CHANGING THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIUM OF THE DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF THE INTENSITY, COLOUR, PHASE, POLARISATION OR DIRECTION OF LIGHT, e.g. SWITCHING, GATING, MODULATING OR DEMODULATING; TECHNIQUES OR PROCEDURES FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF; FREQUENCY-CHANGING; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS (optical transfer means between sensing member and indicating or recording part in connection with measuring G01D5/26; devices in which mathematical operations are carried out with optical elements G06E3/00 [N: A]; electrical signal transmission systems using optical means to convert the input signal G08C19/36; information-recording by electric or magnetic means and reproducing by sensing optical properties G11B11/00; static stores using optical elements G11C13/04; transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio waves, e.g. light, infra-red radiation, H04B10/00; optical multiplex systems H04J14/00; pictorial communication, e.g. television H04N)

Geographical classification

• Region: Emilia Romagna

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Keywords NANOPHOTONICS, NON-LINEAR OPTICS, ORGANIC MATERIALS FOR PHOTONICS, HYBRID NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS FOR
PHOTONICS, SPECTROSCOPY AND PHOTOPHYSICS, PLASMONIC AND NANOPLASMONIC, PHOTONIC CRYSTALS, BOTTOM-UP MODELING AND DESIGN OF ORGANIC AND HYBRID MATERIALS, INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS