"The European FET - Flagship projects: past, present, future. by Vincenzo PALERMO. Alternative Title: Brussels is a complicated place

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1 "The European FET - Flagship projects: past, present, future by Vincenzo PALERMO Alternative Title: Brussels is a complicated place

2 WHAT IS GRAPHENE? 3 Å It is both mono-atomic... Human hair...and mesoscopic 100 µ m

3 HOW BIG IS GRAPHENE?

4 Graphene properties GRAPHITE GRAPHENE High Mechanical strength High surface area (upper limit 2600 m 2 /gram) High sheet resistance /transparency ratio Unique optoelectronic properties (saturable absoprtion, ballistic electron transport, linear energy-momentum dispersion, etc.)... and many others! Charge mobility (cm 2 V 1 s 1 ): Silicon 1400 Graphene Young modulus (GPa): Steel 200 Graphene 1000 Thermal conductivity (Wm 1 K 1 ): Copper 401 Silver 429 Graphene 5000

5 EXPLOITING CARBON FLATLAND Intense research activity on graphene by Academia and Industry SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS WEB OF SCIENCE SCIENTIFIC PAPERS

6 EXPLOITING CARBON FLATLAND Intense research activity on graphene by Academia and Industry PATENTS

7 TOP 20 PATENT APPLICANTS IN GRAPHENE Source: The Intellectual Property Office, Cardiff, UK

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9 MONEY, MONEY, MONEY Korea (population ~50 million) $300M new graphene program (Samsung) AS IF: EU would spend all FP7 nuclear budget on graphene SINGAPORE population: ~5 million new grants in in 2010: ~$100M AS IF: G7 country would spend all physical & engineering sciences Budget on graphene only

10 EVOLUTION OF PATENT FAMILY DISTRIBUTION BEFORE AND AFTER 2010 Source: The Intellectual Property Office, Cardiff, UK

11 THE EUROPEAN PARADOX

12 Future and Emerging Technologies Flagships are ambitious large-scale, science-driven, visionary research initiatives that aim to achieve a scientific breakthrough, envisioned to run for at least 10 years, with a budget of up to 100 M per year, per initiative. The scientific advance should provide a strong and broad basis for future technological innovation and economic exploitation in a variety of areas, as well as novel benefits for society. Nellie Kroes, Vice President of the European Commission Flagship-like Examples: Large Hadron Collider Human Genome Project Man on the Moon Challenge (Apollo Program)

13 Analisys of FLAGSHIP LIKE EXAMPLES DARPA GRAND CHALLENGE prize competition for unmanned vehicles HUMAN GENOME PROJECT determine the sequences of the 3 billion chemical base pairs that make up human DNA; LARGE HADRON COLLIDER address the most fundamental questions of physics

14 THE COMPETITION OF OTHER FLAGSHIPS... An NMP white fly between strongly ICT-focussed proposals?

15 Departments (DGs) Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI) Budget (BUDG) Climate Action (CLIMA) Communication (COMM) Communications Networks, Content and Technology (CNECT) Competition (COMP) Economic and Financial Affairs (ECFIN) Education and Culture (EAC) Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (EMPL) Energy (ENER) Enlargement (ELARG) Enterprise and Industry (ENTR) Environment (ENV) EuropeAid Development & Cooperation (DEVCO) Eurostat (ESTAT) Health and Consumers (SANCO) Home Affairs (HOME) Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO) Human Resources and Security (HR) Informatics (DIGIT) Internal Market and Services (MARKT) Interpretation (SCIC) Joint Research Centre (JRC) Justice (JUST) Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (MARE) Mobility and Transport (MOVE) Regional Policy (REGIO) Research and Innovation (RTD) Secretariat-General (SG) Service for Foreign Policy Instruments (FPI) Taxation and Customs Union (TAXUD) Trade (TRADE) Translation (DGT)

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17 Graphene Flagship Pilot 9 proposers (6 Academic research institutions + 2 companies + European Science Foundation) Partner Chalmers University of Technology University of Manchester University of Lancaster University of Cambridge AMO GmbH Catalan Institute of Nanotechnology National Research Council Nokia oyj European Science Foundation Representative Jari Kinaret Andre Geim Vladimir Falko Andrea Ferrari Daniel Neumaier Stephan Roche Vincenzo Palermo Pirjo Pasanen Ana Helman

18 FET Flagship implementation timeline

19 D2.1 Plan for conducting study on current R&D activities and planned investments ANALYSIS PERFORMED BY: Ana Helman, European Science Foundation Marie Suchanova, European Science Foundation

20 WEB PORTAL >580 RESEARCH GROUPS REGISTERED

21 EXPLAINING GRAPHENE TO THE TAXPAYERS SIMPLESHOW Viral videos > hits on youtube!!!

22 MANY FUNDED PROJECTS ON GRAPHENE, SCATTERED AMONG DIFFERENT EU AND NATIONAL FUNDING TOOLS EURO GRAPHENE

23 January 28 th 2013 Outcome of flagship selection process Started working on this project: July years of selection process!!!!

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25 THANKS TO... Andrea Liscio Emanuele Treossi Manuela Melucci Jeffrey Xia Kostas Agalou Andrea Schlierf Margherita Durso Alessandro Kovtun Alessandra Scidà Francesca Leonardi Nicola Mirotta Matteo Amelia ROBERTA CHIODINI

26 Take home message: The European union is a complex entity Having different stakeholders requires very complex management and policy procedures BUT... IT IS THE ONLY WAY TO GO IF WE WANT TO BE COMPETITIVE ON IN A GLOBAL SOCIETY