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\begin{proposal}[
  % These PM numbers (person months) are for the coordinator to help planning
  % Participants should not change these, but add PM numbers in the CVS in
  % the site descriptions at CVs/*.tex
  site=KUL,
  site=TUE,
  site=ULEI,
  site=UNIPD,
  site=USTUTT,
  botupPM, % we want to work via bottom up PM distribution,
  coordinator=cmaes,
  coordinatorsite=KUL,
  acronym={PROMANE},
  acrolong={PROMANE},
  title=Probing Macroscopic Nonequilibria,
  callname=FET-OPEN Research and Innovation actions 2014-2015,
  callid=H2020-FETOPEN-2014-2015-RIA,
  keywords={nonequilibrium thermodynamics, new materials, transport and control theory},
  instrument=Horizon 2020 - Future and Emerging Technologies,
  months=48,
  compactht]
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\begin{abstract}

\TheProject will develop a control methodology within nonequilibrium statistical
thermodynamics, promoting irreversible thermodynamics and dynamical systems to a unified tool for
industrial
applications. That includes implementing recent progress in fluctuation and response
theory from which new technologies will benefit through controlled manipulations of macroscopic
nonequilibria. The latter are nonlinear systems subject to nonconservative forces or
driven from contacts with multiple reservoirs that impose conflicting thermodynamic
behavior, or for which the constituents are active, {\it i.e.}, objects that could be
self-propelling. Our main hypothesis is that macroscopic nonequilibria can be used for
steering immersed devices or probes thus developing a control theory,
with the possibility of creating new macroscopic phases and unusual properties.
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The expected deliverables include enhanced stabilization of metastable phases and the
emergence of new response and transport behaviour, crucial items in developing systematically
interesting devices and material properties.
For technological avenues, our work will reveal important insights plus experimental and
computational methods for example by providing far-from-equilibrium relaxation times of
visco-elastic media, for targeted catalysis, for clustering control or for viscosity
reduction in industrial processing. Other possible applications involve noninvasive
surgeries and drug delivery in medicine, or the design of smart materials with built-in
actuation mechanisms.
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Previous efforts focused on the destructive and information-erasure roles of dissipation.
Time has come to comprehend and exploit the
constructive role and possibilities of nonequilibrium conditions. Complementary to entropy
production, changes in kinetics and dynamical activity make statistical forces nongradient
and nonadditive, allowing unseen and novel behaviour. Controlling that opens a new paradigm and major
opportunities for future technology.

\end{abstract}

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\section{S\&T Excellence}
\input{excellence.tex}

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%  Section 2: Impact
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\section{Impact}
\input{impact.tex}

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%  Section 3: Implementation
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\section{Implementation}

\input{implementation}


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\subsection{Consortium as a Whole}
\input{consortium.tex}
\draftpage

\subsection{Resources to be Committed}
\input{resources}

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%  Section 4: Members of the Consortium
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The information provided here will be used to judge the operational capacity.}

\section{Members of the Consortium}\label{sec:members}

\subsection{Participants}

\eucommentary{Please provide, for each participant, the following (if available):\\
\begin{compactitem}
\item
a description of the legal entity and its main tasks,
with an explanation of how its profile matches the tasks in the proposal;
\item
a curriculum vitae or description of the profile of the persons,
including their gender, who will be primarily responsible for carrying
out the proposed research and/or innovation activities;
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this includes a description of the profile of the to-be-recruited personnel
\item
a list of up to 5 relevant publications, and/or products, services
(including widely-used datasets or software), or other achievements
relevant to the call content;
\item
a list of up to 5 relevant previous projects or activities, connected
to the subject of this proposal;
\item
a description of any significant infrastructure and/or any major items
of technical equipment, relevant to the proposed work;
\item
any other supporting documents specified in the work programme for this call.
\end{compactitem}}

\input{Participants/KUL.tex}
\input{Participants/TUE.tex}
\input{Participants/Leipzig.tex}
\input{Participants/Padova.tex}
\input{Participants/Stuttgart.tex}

\subsection{Third Parties Involved in the Project (including use of third party resources)}
\label{section:ThirdParties}

No third parties involved.

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Does the participant plan to subcontract certain
tasks & No \\
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Does the participant envisage that part of its work
is performed by linked third parties & No \\
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Does the participant envisage the use of
contributions in kind provided by
third parties & No \\
\hline
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\hline
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\section{Ethics and Security}

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There is not ethics issue in \TheProject. The corresponding section of ``Part A'' has been
filled accordingly.

\subsection{Ethics}

\eucommentary{
If you have entered any ethics issues in the ethical issue table in the administrative proposal forms, you must:\\
$\bullet$ submit an ethics self-assessment, which: \\
-- describes how the proposal meets the national legal and ethical requirements of the
country or countries where the tasks raising ethical issues are to be carried out;\\
-- explains in detail how you intend to address the issues in the ethical issues table, in
particular as regards:
research objectives (e.g. study of vulnerable populations, dual use, etc.),
research methodology (e.g. clinical trials, involvement of children and related
consent procedures, protection of any data collected, etc.),
the potential impact of the research (e.g. dual use issues, environmental damage,
stigmatisation of particular social groups, political or financial retaliation,
benefit-sharing, malevolent use , etc.)\\
$\bullet$ provide the documents that you need under national law (if you already have them), e.g.:\\
-- an ethics committee opinion;\\
-- the document notifying activities raising ethical issues or authorizing such activities\\
If these documents are not in English, you must also submit an English summary of them
(containing, if available, the conclusions of the committee or authority concerned).\\
If you plan to request these documents specifically for the project
you are proposing, your request must contain an explicit reference to the project title}

\subsection{Security}

Please indicate if your proposal will involve:

\begin{compactitem}
\item activities or results raising security issues: NO
\item 'EU-classified information' as background or results: NO
\end{compactitem}
\end{proposal}
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