THE MARINE INVERTEBRATE FOSSIL RECORD PROVIDES THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF HOW THE DIVERSITY OF ANIMAL LIFE HAS EVOLVED THROUGH TIME. ONE OF THE MAIN FEATURES OF THIS RECORD IS A MODEST RISE IN DIVERSITY OVER NEARLY A HALF-BILLION YEARS. THE LONG-STANDING VIEW IS THAT ECOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS SUCH AS RESOURCE COMPETITION AND PREDATION SET UPPER LIMITS TO GLOBAL DIVERSITY, WHICH, IN THE ABSENCE OF EXTERNAL PERTURBATIONS, IS MAINTAINED INDEFINITELY AT EQUILIBRIUM. WE CHALLENGE THIS PARADIGM AND HYPOTHESIZE THAT THE APPARENT STABILITY OF MARINE INVERTEBRATE DIVERSITY THROUGH THE PHANEROZOIC (APPROX. 541 MILLION YEARS AGO TO PRESENT) IS LINKED TO THE RECYCLING OF THE OCEAN CRUST, WHICH IS CONTINUOUSLY BEING CREATED AND DESTROYED AT MID-OCEAN RIDGES AND SUBDUCTION ZONES, RESPECTIVELY. USING EARTH S GEODYNAMIC EVOLUTION MODELS AND SOPHISTICATED STATISTICAL METHODS FOR CAUSAL INFERENCE, WE PROPOSE TO ESTABLISH CAUSE-EFFECT RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE GEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE SEAFLOOR AND THE DIVERSITY DYNAMICS OF DEEP-SEA BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES. OUR OBJECTIVES ARE I) TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE RECYCLING OF THE OCEANIC CRUST HAS CONTRIBUTED TO CONSTRAINING THE DIVERSIFICATION OF MARINE INVERTEBRATES AND II) TO QUANTIFY THE EXTENT TO WHICH CHANGES IN THE RATES OF SEAFLOOR SPREADING AND SUBDUCTION LED TO SECULAR VARIATIONS IN GLOBAL DIVERSITY LEVELS. FOR INSTANCE, THE SLOWDOWN OF SEAFLOOR SPREADING IS EXPECTED TO HAVE INCREASED THE TIME ELAPSED BETWEEN THE FORMATION AND DESTRUCTION OF OCEAN BASINS, THEREBY ALLOWING MORE TIME FOR THE GROWTH OF DIVERSITY. CONVERSELY, HIGH TURNOVER RATES OF THE OCEANIC CRUST WOULD HAVE SHORTENED THE HISTORY OF THE SEAFLOOR AND, AS A CONSEQUENCE, THE TIME AVAILABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF DIVERSITY. THIS INNOVATIVE PROPOSAL CAN RADICALLY CHANGE OUR VIEW OF THE MECHANISMS UNDERLYING THE DIVERSITY DYNAMICS OF DEEP-SEA BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES THROUGH TIME.

MAY THE CURRENT DECREASE OF THE GEOMAGNETIC DIPOLE INTENSITY BE AN INDICATOR OF AN IMPENDING POLARITY REVERSAL OF THE EARTH¿S MAGNETIC FIELD? WHAT ARE THE KEYS TO BE EXTRACTED FROM ANCIENT POLARITY REVERSALS AND EXCURSIONS STUDIES? WHAT ARE THE RULINGS CONDITIONS CONTROLLING EARTH¿S MAGNETIC FIELD GEOMETRY UNDER STEADY STATES BETWEEN LOWER MANTLE OR INNER CORE? WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS DURING GEOMAGNETIC REVERSALS? DESPITE THE COMPLEX DYNAMIC SITUATION OF THE OUTER CORE, THE OBSERVED GEOMETRIC PATTERN OBSERVED DURING THE LAST POLARITY TRANSITION AND LAST GEOMAGNETIC EXCURSIONS IS SURPRISINGLY SIMPLE. THIS PROJECT AIMS OBTAINING A SIMPLE CONCEPTUAL MODEL THAT REPLICATES THE OBSERVED PATTERN DURING POLARITY TRANSITIONS. IT WILL ALSO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT TOPOGRAPHY, THERMAL AND REOLOGIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LOWER MANTLE-OUTER CORE BOUNDARY TOGETHER WITH THE HEMISPHERIC INNER CORE DICHOTOMY. AN INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM WITH EXPERTS IN GEOMAGNETISM, PHYSICS OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS, ARCHAEOMAGNETISM, GRAVITY, THERMO-MECHANICAL MODELLING, PHASE TRANSITIONS AND EARTH¿S ROTATION HAS BEEN FORMED. OPPOSITE TO THE CLASSICAL APPROACH OF NUMERICAL DYNAMO MODELS THAT REQUIRE LARGE COMPUTATIONAL TIME CONSUMING AND OFTEN USE UNREALISTIC PARAMETERS, WE PROPOSE SIMPLE ASYMMETRIC ISING MODELS. THEY WILL INCLUDE THE LOWER MANTLE-OUTER CORE BOUNDARY (CMB) AND INNER CORE (ICB) GEOMETRIES. BOTH WILL HELP DECIDING WHETHER THE INVERSIONS ARE GOVERNED BY THE INNER TO OUTER OR VICE VERSA MECHANISM. FINALLY, WE WILL USE DIFFERENT ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES FROM OFTEN USED SERIES FROM COMPLEX SYSTEMS IN ORDER TO SURVEY THE SYSTEM¿S ENTROPY AND DETERMINE WHICH PARAMETER MIGHT INDICATE WHETHER WE ARE APPROACHING AN EARTH¿S MAGNETIC FIELD REVERSAL.

UNDERSTANDING BIODIVERSITY MAINTENANCE IS CENTRAL TO ECOLOGY, ESPECIALLY ON THE FACE OF HUMAN-INDUCED ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND THE ALARMING RATES OF BIODIVERSITY LOSS. WE HAVE MADE GREAT PROGRESS IN BUILDING SOLID MATHEMATICAL MODELS ABLE TO PREDICT COEXISTENCE AMONG INTERACTING SPECIES ACROSS TROPHIC LEVELS. THESE ADVANCES INCLUDE RECENT CONCEPTUAL AND MATHEMATICAL TOOLBOXES DEVELOPED BY OUR GROUP ALLOWING THE SIMULTANEOUS ASSESSMENT OF COEXISTENCE ON COMPLETE COMMUNITIES COMPOSED BY SEVERAL TROPHIC LEVELS, FOR EXAMPLE BETWEEN PLANTS, POLLINATORS, AND HERBIVORES. HOWEVER, THE EMPIRICAL EVALUATION OF THIS THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK HAS PROVED TO BE MORE CHALLENGING THAN EXPECTED FOR TWO REASONS. FIRST, THERE IS A PAUCITY OF DATASETS MEASURING MULTITROPHIC INTERACTIONS FOR COMPLETE COMMUNITIES INTEGRATED BY SEVERAL TYPES OF INTERACTIONS (E.G INCLUDING COMPETITION, PREDATION, POLLINATION OR PARASITISM). SECOND, THE CURRENT COEXISTENCE MODELS ARE COMPLEX AND THE NUMBER OF PARAMETERS TO ESTIMATE GROWS EXPONENTIALLY WITH THE NUMBER OF SPECIES IN THE COMMUNITY, MAKING THEM IMPRACTICAL FOR REAL-WORLD COMMUNITIES. TO SOLVE THIS CONUNDRUM, WE NEED TO FIND NEW WAYS TO RECONCILE THE POWER OF LARGE DATASETS WITH MODELS ROOTED IN SOLID THEORY. THE USE OF MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES HAS REVOLUTIONIZED THE PREDICTIVE ABILITY OF SEVERAL COMPLEX PROBLEMS BY LEARNING PATTERNS FROM DATA, BUT MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS ARE TRADITIONALLY NON-INTERPRETABLE, AND HENCE DISCONNECTED FROM THEORY. HERE WE PROPOSE TO USE IN-DEVELOPMENT RULE-BASED ALGORITHMS TO SIMPLIFY PARAMETER ESTIMATION WITHOUT LOSING THE INTERPRETABILITY. IN ADDITION, WE WILL COMPLETE TWO UNIQUE HIGHLY RESOLVED EMPIRICAL MULTI-TROPHIC DATASETS COMPRISING COMPLETE COMMUNITIES IN SPAIN AND CANADA. TO TIGHT TOGETHER DATA AND MODELS, WE CHOOSE A KEY QUESTION AT THE FOREFRONT OF COEXISTENCE THEORY: CAN COMPUTER TECHNIQUES HELP PREDICTING THE SPECIES INTERACTION STRUCTURE THAT ENHANCES MULTI-SPECIES COEXISTENCE?

THIS PROJECT AIMS TO DEVELOP AN INNOVATIVE CATALYTIC STRATEGY FOR THE VALORIZATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE INTO RENEWABLE FUELS AND FEEDSTOCKS. OUR CURRENT INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION BASED ON FOSSIL FUELS ENTAILS A CONTINUOUS INCREASE IN THE CONCENTRATION OF ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE, WHOSE ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES ARE STILL UNKNOWN. WE PLAN TO INVESTIGATE THE REDUCTION OF CARBON DIOXIDE TO METHANOL (RENEWABLE FUEL AND FEEDSTOCK), AS WELL AS ITS COUPLING WITH ETHYLENE TO PRODUCE ACRYLIC ACID (MAIN COMPONENT OF NUMEROUS PLASTICS AND FIBERS). ADDITIONALLY, THIS PROJECT WILL EXPLORE THE DESIGN OF PHOTOCATALYTIC VERSIONS OF OUR PROPOSED MATERIALS FOR CO2 REDUCTION, AS WELL AS THE USE OF CARBON DIOXIDE UNDER SUPERCRITICAL CONDITIONS. WITH ALL THIS IN MIND WE PROPOSE AN ORIGINAL AND GENERAL STRATEGY IN THE INTERPHASE BETWEEN HOMOGENEOUS AND HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSIS BASED ON THE DESIGN OF SUPRAMOLECULAR INTERCLUSTER COMPOUNDS, THAT IS, COMBINATIONS OF AT LEAST TWO DIFFERENT METALLIC CLUSTERS ASSEMBLED IN THE SOLID STATE BY MEANS OF SUPRAMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS. THESE HETEROGENEIZED SYSTEMS WOULD COMBINE MANY OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FEATURES OF HETEROGENEOUS MATERIALS (SEPARATION, RECYCLING, ROBUSTNESS, STABILITY, POROSITY) WHIT THOSE OF HOMOGENEOUS COUNTERPARTS (SELECTIVE AND RATIONAL DESIGN, MECHANISTIC STUDIES, CHIRAL CATALYSIS). THIS WIDE VARIETY OF FEATURES IS PARTICULARLY WELL SUITED FOR THE APPLICATION OF OUR PROPOSED COOPERATIVE MATERIALS TOWARDS THE FUNCTIONALIZATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE. OVERALL, THIS IS AN INNOVATIVE PROPOSAL BASED ON THE UNPRECEDENTED USE OF INTERCLUSTER MATERIALS AS HETEROGENEIZED CATALYSTS THAT, IN PRINCIPLE, WILL OFFER AN INFINITE NUMBER OF STILL UNEXPLORED POSSIBILITIES. THE EFFICIENT IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE MATERIALS FOR THE FUNCTIONALIZATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE WOULD HAVE A TREMENDOUS ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIETAL IMPACT.

HEATING ACCOUNTS FOR AROUND 70% OF THE ENERGY CONSUMED IN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF A PRODUCT. THREE QUARTERS OF THIS ENERGY IS STILL SUPPLIED BY FOSSIL FUELS, WHOSE USE IS BEING TAXED BY MOST NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS DUE TO CO2 EMISSIONS. EUROPEAN INDUSTRY HAS MADE TREMENDOUS EFFORTS TO REDUCE ITS ENERGY CONSUMPTION SINCE 2000. THE REASON IS CLEAR: ENERGY IS AN IMPORTANT COST TODAY. ELECTRONICS IS NOT AN EXCEPCION. THE THERMAL OXIDATIVE PROCESS TO PRODUCE VERY THIN LAYERS OF THE ACTIVE ELECTRONIC COMPONENT (E.G. A METAL OXIDE) IS USUALLY CARRIED OUT AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURES. THE INTEGRATION OF METAL OXIDES THEREFORE REQUIRES THE USE OF LARGE AMOUNTS OF HEATING, AS CRYSTALLIZATION NORMALLY TAKES PLACE IN THE RANGE OF 500-800ºC. IF FULL CRYSTALLIZATION IS NOT ACHIEVED, METAL OXIDES SHOW IN GENERAL POOR FUNCTIONALITY, IF ANY. THIS MAKES THE ROOM-TEMPERATURE PROCESSING THE MOST CHALLENGING DEVELOPMENT ENVISIONED FOR THIS FIELD. HOWEVER, THE CRYSTALLIZATION OF OXIDE LAYERS CLOSE TO ROOM TEMPERATURE REQUIRES NOTHING SORT OF A PARADIGM SHIFT IN THE CONVENTIONAL PROCESSING OF THESE MATERIALS BY THERMAL ANNEALING. THE NOVELTY OF THIS PROPOSAL LIES ON THE REVOLUTIONARY CONCEPT OF INDUCING THE ROOM-TEMPERATURE CRYSTALLIZATION OF OXIDE LAYERS BY PHOTOCHEMISTRY, WHERE LIGHT CAN BE USED AS AN ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCE INSTEAD OF CONVENTIONAL HEATING. ITS RADICAL IDEA INVOLVES DIFFERENT STRATEGIES TO REDUCE THE ACTIVATION ENERGY FOR THE OXIDE CRYSTALLIZATION BASED ON MOLECULAR DESIGN, HETEROGENEOUS PHOTOCATALYSIS, ELECTRONIC PHOTOACTIVATION, AND SEEDING NUCLEATION PRINCIPLES. IT IS HYPOTHESIZED THAT A SMART DESIGN OF THE PROCESS CONSIDERING ALL OF THEM WILL PRODUCE A SYNERGISTIC EFFECT THAT PUSHES THE CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT FAR FROM EQUILIBRIUM, PRODUCING SELECTIVE REACTIONS AND SPECIES THAT ARE NOT ATTAINABLE BY CONVENTIONAL THERMAL PROCESSES. THEN, CRYSTALLIZATION CAN TAKE PLACE BY AN ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCE (LIGHT) AT ROOM TEMPERATURE WITH NULL HEATING ENERGY EXPENDITURE.

WATER SCARCITY AND WATER POLLUTION ARE SOME OF THE CRUCIAL ISSUES IN TODAY¿S WORLD. EVERY DAY, 2 MIO TONES SEWAGE, INDUSTRIAL AND AGRICULTURAL WASTES ARE DISCHARGED INTO THE WORLDand 1523;S WATER, EQUIVALENT OF THE WEIGHT OF THE ENTIRE HUMAN POPULATION. IN THIS SENSE, THE OCCURRENCE OF EMERGING POLLUTANTS IN THE EFFLUENTS OF SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS IS A WORLDWIDE PROBLEM DUE TO ITS POTENTIAL ADVERSE EFFECTS ON THE ECOSYSTEM AND HUMAN HEALTH. THIS IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT URBAN, INDUSTRIAL AND AGRICULTURAL WATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS HAVE NOT BEEN DESIGNED TO ELIMINATE THEM. ALTHOUGH ADVANCED OXIDATION OR MEMBRANE BASED TECHNOLOGIES CAN SOLVE THIS ISSUE, THEY REQUIRE A HIGH LEVEL OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND ARE EXPENSIVE TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN. THE RESEARCH GROUP HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT THERE ARE LOW-COST NATURAL TREATMENT SYSTEMS, SUCH AS CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS AND MICROALGAE SYSTEMS, CAPABLE OF REMOVING EMERGING CONTAMINANTS FROM WASTEWATER. WE HAVE ALSO PROVED THAT VEGETATION PLAYS A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE BIODEGRADATION RATE OF POLLUTANTS. HOWEVER, THESE VEGETATION-BASED TECHNOLOGIES HAVE THE PROBLEM OF REQUIRING VERY HIGH SURFACE AREA AND LIGHT EXPOSITION. THE MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH IDEA OF THE PROPOSAL IS THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO HAVE THE ADVANTAGES OF PHYTO/ PHYCOREMEDIATION IN THE BIODEGRADATION OF POLLUTANTS, BUT WITHOUT THE PRESENCE OF VEGETATION (PLANTS AND MICROALGAE) AND THEREFORE REDUCE BOTH THE HIGH SURFACE AREA DEMAND AND LIGHT. TO DEMONSTRATE THE VIABILITY OF THIS IDEA, THE FOLLOWING OBJECTIVES WILL BE ADDRESSED: 1) IDENTIFY THE CHEMICAL SIGNALS THE SYMBIOSIS IN PHYTOREMEDIATION PROCESSES THAT LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN THE RATE OF BIODEGRADATION OF CONTAMINANTS AND 2) DESIGN WATER TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES BASED ON MEDIATED SYMBIOTIC PROCESSES. THE PROPOSAL IS HIGHLY INTERDISCIPLINARY AND WILL BE CARRIED OUT BY COMBINING THE MOST RECENT SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES IN THE FIELD OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, METABOLOMICS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING.

SPINAL CORD INJURY IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON CAUSES THAT AFFECT THE CONTROL OF MOVEMENT FOR AN INDEPENDENT LIFE AND WITH NEGATIVE SEQUELAE SUCH AS THE DETERIORATION OF OTHER BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS, SOCIAL AND LABOR EXCLUSION. THERE IS NO CURE FOR SCI AND DESPITE REHABILITATION BASED ON INTENSIVE TREATMENTS, REHABILITATIVE ROBOTS OR PHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENTS, THE MAJORITY OF PATIENTS WITH INCOMPLETE SPINAL CORD INJURIES HAVE INSUFFICIENT MOTOR RECOVERY. SPINAL CORD INJURIES RESULT IN THE LOSS OF TRANSMISSION OF DESCENDING AND ASCENDING SENSORIMOTOR INFORMATION BETWEEN THE BRAIN AND THE PERIPHERY OF THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT IS TO VERIFY IF THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT SYNERGISTIC EFFECT THROUGH THE CONTROLLED COMBINATION OF TRANSCUTANEOUS MEDULLARY STIMULATION AND SUPERFICIAL DIRECT BRAIN STIMULATION, SYNCHRONIZED IN A CONTROLLED MANNER WITH ROBOTIC EXOSKELETONS OF GAIT REHABILITATION IN PATIENTS WITH INCOMPLETE SPINAL CORD INJURIES. THE PROJECT WILL VALIDATE THE CONCEPT OF HYBRID INTERVENTION OF SPINAL NEUROPROSTHETICS AND ROBOTIC EXOSKELETONS, IN COMBINATION WITH BRAIN STIMULATION FOR GAIT REHABILITATION: - SELECTIVE STIMULATION TECHNIQUES OF RELEVANT SPINAL NETWORKS INVOLVED IN SPINAL EXCITABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH INDUCED MUSCULAR RECRUITMENT WILL BE STUDIED. - THROUGH THE CHARACTERIZATION OF BRAIN AND SPINAL RESPONSES IN THE MOTOR NEURON FIRING PROPERTIES AND THE EFFECT OF THESE CHANGES ON THE EXCITABILITY OF THE CORTICO-SPINAL TRACT, THERE WILL BE A SYNERGISTIC TREATMENT OF THREE THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS FOR MOTOR AND NERVE RECOVERY. THE FUNCTION OF THE MARCH - USING A MODEL BASED ON THE NEUROMUSCULAR AND MECHANICAL RESPONSE, IT WILL BE DETERMINED IF THE CONTROLLED COMBINATION OF SPINAL AND CEREBRAL STIMULATION IN SYNERGY WITH A ROBOTIC EXOSKELETON IS BENEFICIAL FOR THE MOTOR RECOVERY OF THE LOWER EXTREMITIES.

ONE OF THE ULTIMATE GOALS OF MODERN SCIENCE IS THE PRECISE CONTROL OF PHOTONS AT THE NANOSCALE LEVEL. THE AIM OF THIS PROJECT IS TO PUSH THE BOUNDARY OF TOPOLOGICAL PHOTONICS TO THE NANOSCALE LEVEL THANKS TO THE STRONG CONFINEMENT PROVIDED BY PLASMONIC PHYSICS. NANO-TOPO IS AN AMBITIOUS PROJECT THAT WILL MAKE USE OF ¿TOPOLOGY¿ IN SOME IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF NANOPHOTONICS IN ORDER TO OBTAIN NEW PHENOMENA AT THE NANOSCALE. MORE IN DETAIL, WITH THIS PROPOSAL WE WANT TO ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING THREE INTERCONNECTED POINTS: 1. PROTECTED ELECTROMAGNETIC ¿HOTSPOTS¿. COMBINATION OF PLASMONIC SYSTEMS WITH CONCEPTS FROM TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS (2016 NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS), WHICH EXHIBIT STATES WITH PROTECTION FROM DEFECTS AND DISORDER. MAPPING THE SU, SCHRIEFFER AND HEEGER (SSH) MODEL, WE WANT TO STUDY 1D AND 2D PLASMONIC TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS THAT FEATURE HOTSPOTS WITH REMARKABLE RESISTANCE TO DISORDER. 2. TUNABLE LASING FROM A SINGLE TOPOLOGICAL INSULATOR NANOPARTICLE. WE WANT TO ENGINEER THE DISCRETE ENERGETIC LEVELS OF TOPOLOGICAL NANOPARTICLES IN ORDER TO OBTAIN LASING WHEN PUMPED WITH LIGHT. SUCH SYSTEM WILL ENJOY AN UNPRECEDENTED DEGREE OF TUNING JUST ACTING ON SHAPE, DIMENSION AND FERMI ENERGY OF THE TOPOLOGICAL NANOPARTICLE. 3. PLASMONIC DETECTION OF MAGNETO-ELECTRIC TOPOLOGICAL PARAMETERS. WE WANT TO USE PLASMONIC HIGH SENSITIVITY TO BACKGROUND VARIATIONS IN ORDER TO MEASURE IMPORTANT PARAMETERS IN THE TOPOLOGICAL INSULATOR. NAMELY, WE WANT TO STUDY AND DESCRIBE PLASMONIC SYSTEMS AND TO MEASURE THE ¿THETA¿ TERM IN THE ELECTROMAGNETIC LAGRANGIAN (ZHANG THEORY), WHICH HAS A FORM ANALOGOUS TO THE THEORY OF AXION ELECTRODYNAMICS THAT HAS BEEN STUDIED IN PARTICLE PHYSICS. WE WOULD LIKE TO REMARK, THAT WHILE NANO-TOPO IS A THEORETICAL PROJECT, WE WILL ALSO INVOLVE INTERNATIONAL LEADING EXPERIMENTAL NANOPHOTONICS GROUPS IN ORDER TO REALIZE THESE IDEAS, AS INCLUDED IN THE WORKING TEAM.