EUROPEAN SOFT MATTER INFRASTRUCTURE Free Access Who is ESMI? What is ESMI? ESMI is THE new Research Platform for the European Soft Matter Research Community. Within this network, 17 European partners have pooled their infrastructure for studying Soft Matter to make it available as a platform for all researchers within the EU free of charge in order to conduct experiments, develop new systems and materials and use existing supercomputers. What does ESMI oﬀer? FINLAND 14 Espoo UNIT. KINGDOM 10 An additional goal is to further improve the infrastructure by means of joint research. The European Commission is funding this project with a total of € 7.8 million up to the end of 2014. ESMI is coordinated by Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany. Worcestershire 13 15 16 Lund THE NETHERLANDS Twente 9 BELGIUM 4 Hamburg 7 GERMANY Antwerp 3 Leuven 1 Jülich 12 Networking Joint Research Activities (JRAs) Communication Novel Computational Tools Education Novel Experimental Techniques Dissemination Novel Sample Environments Training Novel Tailored Systems Rheologie Organic Nanoparticles Supercomputing Platform JUROPA Supercomputer Scattering Methods Spectroscopy 8 17 Univ. Basque Country, Spain A. Mickewicz Univ., Poland Electron Microscopy 7 Univ. Antwerp, Belgium Light Microscopy 1 FZ Jülich, Germany Univ. Edinburgh, UK Univ. Lund, Sweden A. Mickewicz Univ., Poland 6 17 Poznan 16 POLAND 17 Light Scattering 16 FZ Jülich, Germany FORTH, Greece K. Univ. Leuven, Belgium Univ. Lund, Sweden Neutron Scattering 1 JCNS, FZ Jülich, Germany NMR 16 Univ. Lund, Sweden A. Mickewicz Univ., Poland Polymers 1 2 3 11 San Sebastian SPAIN 17 Rheology 2 3 GREECE 16 Heraklion Inorganic Nanoparticles Dielectric Spectroscopy Fribourg Villigen 8 academic institutions Microscopy K. Univ. Leuven, Belgium SWITZERLAND 5 Vigo Synthesis Platform 3 Sunderland User Experimental Platform Contact Angle Measurement SWEDEN 6 Edinburgh Leeds Experimental Platform industrial institutions X-Ray Scattering 2 22 research groups at 17 institutions (including four industrial partners) in 10 diﬀerent European countries make up ESMI: Synthesis Platform Belgium Carbon Nano Tubes Univ. Antwerp, K. Univ. Leuven Finland Biolin Scientiﬁc (Industry) Germany Forschungszentrum Jülich (5 groups), Univ. Hamburg Greece FORTH (2 groups) 11 16 How can I make use of ESMI? All Soft Matter scientists within the EU are cordially invited to take advantage of the ESMI access programme by submitting a proposal via the user-friendly ESMI web portal. A. Mickiewicz Univ. Spain Univ. Basque Country, Univ. Vigo Sweden Univ. Lund Switzerland LS Instruments (Industry), PSI The Netherlands Univ. Twente FORTH, Greece Univ. Vigo, Spain Magnetic Colloids 5 Univ. Vigo, Spain Metallic Colloids 5 Univ. Vigo, Spain Univ. Hamburg, Germany Polymer Colloids 5 FORTH, Greece Univ. Vigo, Spain Polymer Synthesis 2 FORTH, Greece Polymeric Materials and Thin Films 2 FORTH, Greece 5 Univ. Vigo, Spain Univ. Hamburg, Germany Proposals will be evaluated by the ESMI Review Panel. United Kingdom Malvern Instruments (Industry), Univ. Edinburgh, Univ. Leeds, Visitech (Industry) Quantum Dots After a proposal has been accepted, all expenses associated with the use of the ESMI infrastructure, including travel, accomodation and subsistence costs will be covered by the ESMI project (up to 2 persons per proposal). The project is supported by BASF, Nestlé, Rhodia, and Unilever, all of which are members of the ESMI Industrial User Group. Silica Colloids Soft Matter scientists within the EU who would like to join the ESMI community are welcome to register on the ESMI web: www.esmi-fp7.net. The Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) bundles all research-related EU initiatives together under a common roof playing a crucial role in reaching the goals of growth, competitiveness and employment; along with a new Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP), Education and Training programmes, and Structural and Cohesion Funds for regional convergence and competitiveness. PSI Villingen, Switzerland Univ. Lund, Sweden 5 2 9 Poland FORTH, Greece K. Univ. Leuven, Belgium Univ. Lund, Sweden 2 9 2 5 FORTH, Greece Univ. Vigo, Spain Supercomputing Platform JUROPA Supercomputer 1 FZ Jülich, Germany Contact: [email protected] · www.esmi-fp7.net Scientiﬁc Coordinator: Prof. J.K.G. Dhont, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany · Project Manager: Dr. F. Carsughi, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany