WP4 - Europe - The issue of grain boundaries
| Workpackage number | WP4 |
| WP Leader | IFW |
| WP Leader | Bernhard Holzapfel |
| Workpackage title | The issue of grain boundaries |
| Partecipant Institutions | CNR - EPFL - IFW - LMU - TUW |
Objectives
- to achieve a full comprehension of the intrinsic and extrinsic nature of the GBs
Description of work
Task 4.1 Growth of thin films on bicrystals or templates
Period 13-36 Partners: CNR, IFW
Task 4.2 Focused Ion Beam on crystals and polycrystals
Period 10-24, Partner EPFL
Task 4.3 Fabrication of wire and tape prototypes
Period 16-36, Partners CNR, IFW, TUW
Based on the Exchange of Letters, JST and EC DG RTD have agreed to establish a new scheme for coordinated funding of Japanese-EU coordinated research projects (see European Community press release IP/09/1844). After consultations between JST and EC DG RTD, “Superconductivity” has been selected as the field of research for the coordinated funding scheme.