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Journal of Materials Science and Nanotechnology | Volume 2
July 23-25, 2018 | Moscow, Russia
Materials Science and Engineering
International Conference on
NFFA-Europe: Enhancing European competitiveness in Nanoscience research and innovation
Ennio Capria
European Synchrotron, France
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FFA-Europe is an European open-access resource for
experimental & theoretical nanoscience that carries out
comprehensive projects for multidisciplinary research at the
nanoscale ranging from synthesis to nanocharacterization, to
theory and numerical simulation. Advanced infrastructures
specializedon growth, nano-lithography, nano-characterization,
theory and simulation and fine-analysis with Synchrotron, FEL
and Neutron radiation sources are integrated into a multi-
site combination to develop frontier research on methods for
reproducible nanoscience research thus enabling European
and international researchers from diverse disciplines to carry
out advanced proposals impacting on science and innovation.
NFFA-Europe coordinates access to infrastructures on different
aspects of nanoscience research that are not currently available
at single specialized sites without duplicating specific scopes.
Internationally peer-reviewed approved user projects have
access to the best suited instruments, competences and
technical support for performing research, including access to
analytical large scale facilities, theory and simulation and high-
performancecomputingfacilities.Accessisofferedfreeofcharge
to European users. Two researchers per user group are entitled
to receive partial financial contribution towards the travel and
subsistence costs incurred. The user access scheme includes at
least two “installations” and is coordinated via a single entry
point portal that activates an advanced user-infrastructure
dialogue to build up a personalized access programme with an
increasing return on science and innovation production. NFFA-
Europe’s own research activity addresses key bottlenecks of
nanoscience research: i.e. nanostructure traceability, protocol
reproducibility, in-operando nano-manipulation and analysis,
open data.
Speaker Biography
Ennio Capria is actually Deputy Head of Business Development (Experiment Division)
of the European Synchrotron (ESRF). He gained his PhD in Applied Physics at Cranfield
University (UK). He then undertook a series of academic and industrial positions in
different sectors of Nanotechnology. In his research career he has worked on the
development of Nanobiosensors and on Nanocomposites for various applications. In
2011 he joined Elettra where he worked on manufacturing of optoelectronic devices
and particularly their characterisation with synchrotron light. Finally, from September
2013 he joined ESRF as the IRT NanoElec Industrial Liaison Engineer, dedicated to
the domain of micro-electronics. He has a strong background in the application
of a wide range of synchrotron techniques to industrial and applied R&D problems
e:
capria@esrf.fr