1. Materials & measures empowering energy efficiency

2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides for Thermal Management and Energy-Efficient Technologies
Dual-Scale Polarimetry: Miniaturized and Terahertz-Range Polarization Control Using Advanced Materials
Exploiting random phenomena in magnetic materials for development of new generation computing strategies
Irradiation effects on High Temperature Superconducting films
Molecule-programable 2D organic-inorganic heterostructures through local tunning of their optoelectronic properties
Optimizing Formate Production in Single-Chamber Electrochemical Cells using Low-Cost Bi and Sn Cathodes
Ultrafast high temperature sintering of ceramic components for solid state batteries
Phased-array acoustic levitation to characterize contact electrification
Additive manufacturing of functional ceramics for solid state batteries
Flexible magneto-ionic cells enabled by proton-driven magnetic modulation of transition metal oxides
Magnetic field enhanced electrocatalysis with sustainable materials
Novel magnetoelectric composites for energy-efficient memory concepts based on CMOS compatible ferroelectrics
Overdoping HTS films: the route to get closer to the maximum departing current
Spin-Orbit Torques in van der Waals Heterostructures
Polarimetric Imaging for the Optical Characterization of Advanced Materials: Application to Organic Glasses and nanostructured materials
Spintronic Control of Many-Body Interactions in Flat-Band Graphene
Accelerated Discovery of Seawater HER Catalysts via Artificial Intelligence-Guided Electrodeposition of Transition-Metal Alloys
Designing Hybrid Heterostructures with Molecular Polarization–Controlled Magnetoelectric Coupling
Electrospun PVDF and copolymer nanofibers for flexible, low-voltage electrocaloric cooling
From Hydrogen Pressure to Electrode Potential: An Electrochemical Approach to Organometallic Nanoparticle Synthesis
Magneto-ionics using novel mobile ions for bio-inspired memory and computing systems
Opportunities for synergistic optimization of hydrogen production in microbial electrolysis cells via low-intensity magnetic fields
PhotoSeebeck and photothermoelectric properties of low-dimensional semiconductors

2. Theory & modelling of energy-efficient devices

Artificial Intelligence-Driven Design of Ternary Alloy Electrodeposits: Deciphering the Interplay Between Plating Mechanisms, Process Parameters, and Coating Properties
Energetics of Information: From Timekeeping to Computing
Investigation of quantum effects with atomic simulators in the T2K and Hyper-Kamiokande neutrino experiments (NEAT – Neutrino with atoms)
Study of the emergent thermodynamics in magnetic systems
Chiral Symmetry breaking with Quantum Algorithms
Developement of a numerical tool for assessing radon prevention and mitigation methods in energy-efficient new buildings and existing buildings
Non-diffusive heat conduction mechanisms from crystalline to amorphous materials
QUantum Thermodynamics in Atomic quantum Simulators
Exploring physical properties of Semiconducting qubits with Artificial Intelligence-based computational workflows
Modelling Tumour Dynamics and Radiotherapy Response: Towards Sustainable and Energy Efficient Cancer Treatments
Physics-Based Compact Modeling and Circuit-Level Integration of Graphene FETs for Emerging Applications
Quantum Machine Learning

3. Advanced sensing and actuation for sustainability improvement

Analysis of stability and resilience of interacting physical systems to external forcing
Thermoelectric generator based on ultrathin Si thin films. Design, fabrication and characterization
Quantum information transfer via high-dimensional structured states
Synchronization and Criticality in the Stability of Power Grids

4. Climate change and carbon monitoring

Data-driven approaches for tracking anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions changes
Ecological drivers of the ocean carbonate pump and carbon export: linking biodiversity, trophic interactions, and carbonate biogeochemistry
Smart gas sensors based on 2D materials
Carbon fluxes across the land-ocean interface: the role of Submarine Groundwater Discharge

5. Historical and societal evolution of energy and sustainability

Concrete landscapes: technology, politics, and environment in the twentieth century
Contentious “Green Transitions”: renewable energies and geopolitical materials in historical perspective
The role of materials science in the historical construction of small-scale research