Group Info   Institution: Minho University            Acronym: UMinho Department: Physics Centre Type of Institution: University Contact Person: Mikhail Vasilevskiy  (More info) Address: Campus de Gualtar, Braga 4710-057 Country: Portugal Phone: +351-253604069 Fax: +351-253604061 Website: http://www.fisica.uminho.pt Main research areas:   Nanophotonics and optoelectronics   Quantum transport   Spectroscopies and Microscopies   Plasmonics Participating Projects (Graphene related)    P1: Strategic Project of the Physics Centre (general basic funding for all areas)   Coordinator: Mikhail Vasilevskiy Funding Source: National   Total Funding: 800000 € - Partner Funding: 800000€ - Nº of Partners: 1   Starting Year: 2011 - Duration: 2 years.    P2: GraFita - Graphene nanoribbons from carbon nanotubes   Coordinator: M. C. Paiva (Universidade do Minho, Portugal) Funding Source: National   Total Funding: 199000 € - Partner Funding: 110000€ - Nº of Partners: 3   Starting Year: 2010 - Duration: 3 years.    P3: Deposition of graphene by CVD: structure, properties and device fabrication   Coordinator: J. P. Alpuim Funding Source: National   Total Funding: 121000 € - Partner Funding: 121000€ - Nº of Partners: 1   Starting Year: 2012 - Duration: 3 years.    P4: Ultra-fast spectroscopy for studies od dynamics and reflection of Dirac electrons in graphene   Coordinator: P. Schellenberg and T. Stauber Funding Source: National   Total Funding: 161000 € - Partner Funding: 161000€ - Nº of Partners: 1   Starting Year: 2010 - Duration: 3 years. Funding (average per year)    2010: 89000 € (P2:GraFita, P4)      2011: 489000 € (P1, P2:GraFita, P4)      2012: 529000 € (P1, P2:GraFita, P3, P4)      2013: 40000 € (P3)      2014: 40000 € (P3)     2010   89       2011   489       2012   529       2013   40       2014   40       in thousand € Infrastructures    Infrastructure: Optical and Raman spectroscopy laboratories; Area: 100; Installation Year: 1992;       Main tools available: Raman spectrometer equipped with Ar laser Optical transmittance/reflectance spectroscopy (NIR-vis-UV) Faraday effect spectroscopy (magnetic field up to 1T) FTIR spectroscopy (15-15000 cm-1) with possibility of ATR measurements Time resolved spectroscopy (femtosecond domain) Graphene research topics · THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH ACTIVITIES    Growth, synthesis techniques and integration methods        CVD         Exfoliation    Spectroscopies and Microscopies        Optics        Raman        STM        AFM    Nanophotonics and optoelectronics    Quantum transport    Nanoelectronics devices        sensors

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