Nano-SWITCH-Nano-source remote switchable light design

Operation co-funded by EU cohesion policy (European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)) under the programme Champagne-Ardenne - ERDF/ESF/YEI (2014FR16M0OP004), managing authority: Conseil régional Grand Est. The source names no beneficiary for this operation. Location: Aube (NUTS FRF22); France. Budget: total eligible expenditure EUR 46,000; EU co-financing EUR 23,000 (co-financing rate 50%), as stated by the source. Runs 2021-03-01 to 2022-02-28. Source: Kohesio, EU cohesion policy projects managed by national and regional authorities (not CORDIS); selected because its summary names quantum technology. Summary from Kohesio (English machine translation by the source): This project aims to design a nanosource of remote switchable light, based on the use of quantum box, metal nanoparticles and photochromic molecules. Quantum boxes are nanoparticles of semiconductor material that emit spectrally fine lines of light, as would excited atoms. When coupled with metal nanoparticles, these quantum boxes can exhibit photoluminescence exalted by the Localised Surface Plasmon phenomenon. Finally, photochromic molecules are real molecular switches that are able to switch from a transparent state to a colored state by the absorption of UV light. This transition is accompanied by a change in the refractive index of the medium and is reversible. The originality of this project lies in photo-polymerisation located around metal nanoparticles in order to put in direct contact some quantum boxes and photochromic molecules in order to realise optically switchable nano-sources of light.

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Source: Kohesio (EU cohesion policy projects), European Commission, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO). Retrieved 2026-10-21. Licence: CC0 1.0 (Cohesion Open Data Platform, dataset 2014-2020 Kohesio projects). Selected metadata, adapted presentation; the publisher's record is authoritative. No endorsement by the source is implied. Licence: public domain dedication (CC0 1.0).

AI-assisted summary: The project "Nano-SWITCH-Nano-source remote switchable light design" is co-funded by the EU with a budget of EUR 46,000, aiming to design a nanosource of remote switchable light using quantum technology. It runs from March 1, 2021, to February 28, 2022, in Aube, France. Suggested technology pillar: sensing. Generated by AI from the public source text; it may contain errors and the original source is authoritative.