Category Archives for International R&D Projects

Bac-To-Fuel

Project Title	Bac-to-fuel
Website	http://bactofuel.eu/
Year Start	2018
Year End	2021
Consortium members	USC NANOGAP Lancaster U. VITO Wageningen U. TU Berlin
Description	BAC-TO-FUEL will respond to the global challenge of finding new sustainable alternatives to fossil fuels by developing, integrating and validating a disruptive prototype system at TRL5 which is able to transform CO2/H2 into added-value products in a sustainable and cost-effective way which: 1- Mimics the photosynthetic process of plants using novel inorganic photocatalysts which are capable of producing hydrogen in a renewable way from photocatalytic splitting of water in the presence of sunlight 2- Uses enhanced bacterial media to convert CO2 and the renewable hydrogen into biofuels (i.e. ethanol and butanol both important fuels for transport) using a novel electro-biocatalytic cell which can handle fluctuations in hydrogen and power supply lending itself to coupling to renewable energy technologies  BAC-TO-FUEL is a multidisciplinary project which brings together leaders in the fields of materials chemistry, computational chemistry, chemical engineering, microbiology and bacterial engineering. BAC-TO-FUEL will validate a prototype system at TRL5 which is able to transform CO2/H2 into added-value products in a sustainable and cost-effective way specifically for the European transport sector.
Core Technology	Nano Catalysts
Industry of application	Catalysis
Call	H2020
Funding info	This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme, under Grant Agreement No. 825999

INSPIRED

Project Title	INSPIRED
Year Start	2014
Year End	2018
Consortium members	JOANNEUM RESEARCH FORSCHUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH NANOTECCENTER WEIZ FORSCHUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH NANOGAP SUB-NM-POWDER SA INTRINSIQ MATERIALS LIMITED M-SOLV LTD THOMAS SWAN & CO LIMITED BIONANONET FORSCHUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH TOUCHNETIX LIMITED NEXCIS EUROLCDS SIA NANOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION ALMA MATER STUDIORUM – UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA MIDSUMMER AB
Description	Printed electronics (PE) is set to revolutionise the electronics industry over the next decade and can offer Europe the opportunity to regain lost market share. Printed electronics allows for the direct printing of a range of functional (conductive, resistive, capacitive and semi-conducting) nanomaterials formulations to enable a simpler, more cost-effective, high performance and high volume processing in comparison to traditional printed circuit board and semiconductor manufacturing techniques. It has been reported by Frost and Sullivan  that the market for printed electronics will increase in revenues from $0.53Bn in 2010 to $5.04 Bn in 2016 at a compound annual growth rate of 32.5%. However, the migration towards low-cost, liquid-based, high resolution deposition and patterning using high throughput techniques, such as inkjet printing, requires that suitable functional nanomaterials formulations (e.g. inks) are available for end users in industrially relevant quantities. Presently, there are issues with industrial supply of nanomaterials which are low cost, high performance, environmentally friendly and tailored for high throughput systems. Therefore better collaboration is warranted between supply chain partners to ensure nanomaterial production and nanomaterial formulations are tailored for end use applications to meet this need. The INSPIRED project will address these fundamental issues within the printed electronics industry: Ensuring that suitable functional nanomaterials formulations (inks) are available for end users in industrial scale quantities. Production of these nanomaterial formulations on an industrial scale and then depositing them using cost-effective, high throughput printing technologies enables rapid production of printed electronic components, on a wide variety of substrates. Therefore, enabling new electronics applications, whilst overcoming the problems associated with traditional manufacturing.
Core Technology	Conductive Nanomaterials
Industry of application	Conductive materials
Call	H2020
Funding info	This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 646155

CLIP

Project Title	CLIP
Year Start	2010
Year End	2013
Consortium members	EUROPEAN SPECIALIST PRINTING MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION STICHTING PLASTIC ELECTRONICS FOUNDATION Institute of Nanotechnology PIRA INTERNATIONAL LIMITED THE PAINT RESEARCH ASSOCIATION LIMITED BY GUARANTEE SIRRIS HET COLLECTIEF CENTRUM VAN DE TECHNOLOGISCHE INDUSTRIE KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA RISE ACREO AB NANOGAP SUB-NM-POWDER SA IMPIKA SAS AVL METAL POWDERS Printed Electronics Ltd INTRINSIQ MATERIALS LIMITED Cypak AB AGFA GEVAERT NV PRA TRADING LTD
Description	The project will focus on three development aims: 1) development, formulation and feasibility assessment of several lower-cost alternatives for Silver nanoparticle based conductive inks 2) for these lower-cost inks finding alternatives for conventional screen printing, which allow digital printing combined with high resolution printing and enable contactless printing, which improves quality and reliability of circuits 3) demonstration of system concepts for Printed Electronics in two different application domains: a. Printing of smart packaging tags and labels, specifically for pharmaceutical applications b. High speed low cost antennas for contactless cards and RFID tags Main impact on SMEs will be: • Allow SMEs to access extensive new markets and customers with large potential for revenue generation • Allow SMEs to surplus their current products or product offering with remarkable, new, high-valued features that will increase (perceived) product value • Provide SMEs with the information, (partnering) contacts and tools to make the transition • Identify the costs/impacts involved to allow SMEs to make an informed decision.
Core Technology	Conductive Nanomaterials
Industry of application	Conductive materials
Call	H2020
Funding info	This project has received European funding under the Seventh Framework Programme, under grant agreement 243557

Nanoreg II

Project Title	Nanoreg II
Year Start	2015
Year End	2019
Consortium members	EUROPEAN VIRTUAL INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATED RISK MANAGEMENT EU VRI EWIV NANOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION TEMAS AG TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES BUNDESINSTITUT FUER RISIKOBEWERTUNG RIJKSINSTITUUT VOOR VOLKSGEZONDHEID EN MILIEU DET NATIONALE FORSKNINGSCENTER FORARBEJDSMILJO FUNDACION GAIKER ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITA UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT UNIWERSYTET GDANSKI INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FUER NEUE MATERIALIEN GEMEINNUETZIGE GMBH JRC -JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE- EUROPEAN COMMISSION NORDIC QUANTUM COMPUTING GROUP AS NORSK INSTITUTT FOR LUFTFORSKNING STIFTELSE VENETO NANOTECH SOCIETA CONSORTILEPER AZIONI CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS INSTITUTUL DE CHIMIE FIZICA ILIE MURGULESCU ROUMEN TSANEV INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ARISTOTELIO PANEPISTIMIO THESSALONIKIS AVANZARE INNOVACION TECNOLOGICA SL INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACION Y TECNOLOGIA AGRARIA Y ALIMENTARIA OA MP KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES ASSOCIATION FRANCAISE DE NORMALISATION HIQ-NANO SRL GRUPO ANTOLIN-INGENIERIA SA ASSOCIATION SAINT YVES NANOGAP SUB-NM-POWDER SA IDEACONSULT LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY PINEXT BV DSM CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY R & D BV DSM MATERIALS SCIENCE CENTER BV NANOTECH PARTNER SRO NANOMAKERS FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY HELLAS ECAMRICERT SRL EIDGENOSSISCHE MATERIALPRUFUNGS- UND FORSCHUNGSANSTALT UNIVERSITAT BASEL HAUTE ECOLE SPECIALISEE DE SUISSE OCCIDENTALE
Description	One of the greatest challenges facing regulators in the ever changing landscape of novel nano-materials is how to design and implement a regulatory process which is robust enough to deal with a rapidly diversifying system of manufactured nanomaterials (MNM) over time. Not only does the complexity of the MNM present a problem for regulators, the validity of data decreases with time, so that the well-known principle of the half-life of facts (Samuel Arbesman, 2012) means that what is an accepted truth now is no longer valid in 20 or 30 years time. The challenge is to build a regulatory system which is flexible enough to be able to deal with new targets and requirements in the future, and this can be helped by the development and introduction of Safe by Design (SbD) principles. The credibility of such a regulatory system, underpinned by the implementation of SbD, is essential for industry, who while accepting the need for regulation demand it is done in a cost effective and rapid manner. The NanoReg2 project, built around the challenge of coupling SbD to the regulatory process, will demonstrate and establish new principles and ideas based on data from value chain implementation studies to establish SbD as a fundamental pillar in the validation of a novel MNM. It is widely recognized by industries as well as by regulatory agencies that grouping strategies for NM are urgently needed. ECETOC has formed a task force on NM grouping and also within the OECD WPMN a group works on NM categorisation. However, so far no reliable and regulatory accepted grouping concepts could be established. Grouping concepts developed by NanoReg2 can be regarded as a major innovation therefore as guidance documents on NM grouping will not only support industries or regulatory agencies but would also strongly support commercial launch of a new NM.
Core Technology	Atomic Quantum Clusters
Industry of application	Nanosafe
Call	H2020
Funding info	This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 646221

FutureNanoNeeds (FNN)

Project Title	FutureNanoNeeds (FNN)
Year Start	2014
Year End	2017
Consortium members	UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, DUBLIN FUNDACIO PRIVADA INSTITUT CATALA DE NANOTECNOLOGIA PHILIPPS UNIVERSITAET MARBURG ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE INSTITUT FUR ENERGIE UND UMWELTTECHNIK EV – IUTA HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY Centre de Recherche Public – Gabriel Lippmann THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM THE PROVOST, FELLOWS, FOUNDATION SCHOLARS & THE OTHER MEMBERS OF BOARD OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY & UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH NEAR DUBLIN NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK – TNO ISTITUTO DI RICERCHE FARMACOLOGICHE MARIO NEGRI RIJKSINSTITUUT VOOR VOLKSGEZONDHEIDEN MILIEU*NATIONAL INSTITUTEFOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENTEN VLAAMSE INSTELLING VOOR TECHNOLOGISCH ONDERZOEK N.V. COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES TECHNICKA UNIVERZITA V LIBERCI COMITEE DES DONNEES SCIENTIFIQUES ET TECHNOLOGIQUES NANOFUTURES ASBL FILARETE SERVIZI SRL NANOGAP SUB-NM-POWDER SA Solarprint Limited NANONICA EUROPE SL CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT SCPA UNIVERSIDADE DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA
Description	Framework to respond to regulatory needs of future nanomaterials and markets. FutureNanoNeeds will develop a novel framework to enable naming, classification, hazard and environmental impact assessment of the next generation nanomaterials prior to their widespread industrial use. It will uniquely achieve this by integrating concepts and approaches from several well established contiguous domains, such as phylontology and crystallography to develop a robust, versatile and adaptable naming approach, coupled with a full assessment of all known biological protective responses as the basis for a decision tree for screening potential impacts of nanomaterials at all stages of their lifecycle. Together, these tools will form the basis of a “value chain” regulatory process which allows a each nanomaterial to be assessed for different applications on the basis of available data and the specific exposure and life cycle concerns for that application. Exemplar materials from emerging nano-industry sectors, such as energy, construction and agriculture will be evaluated via this process as demonstrators. The FutureNanoNeeds consortium is uniquely placed to achieve this, on the basis of expertise, positioning, open mindedness and a belief that new approaches are required.
Core Technology	Atomic Quantum Clusters
Industry of application	Healthcare & Therapeutics
Call	FP7
Funding info	This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research,  technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no 604602

Flexad

Project Title	Flexad
Year Start	2009
Year End	2012
Consortium members	INASMET-TECNALIA GAIRESA NANOGAP THALES EPM THALES ALENIA SPACE IKOR CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE
Description	Flexible conductive adhesive for substitution of lead-free solders on PCBs FlexAd project aims to develop new flexible electrically conductive adhesive (ECA) intended to be a substitute for lead-free solder. This new adhesive will be based on an epoxy-compound containing different nano-materials (carbon nano-fibers and other nano-particles). The challenge is to obtain high electrical conductive adhesive while maintaining high-elongation before rupture and flexibility to have good mechanical behaviour in thermo-mechanical fatigue.
Core Technology	Conductive Nanomaterials
Industry of application	Conductive materials
Call	Euripides
Funding info	FLEXAD is an EURIPIDES R&D PROJECT (nº07-303)

Fluoromag

Project Title	Fluoromag
Year Start	2006
Year End	2009
Consortium members	MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V. UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY CAIRN RESEARCH LTD. NANOGAP
Description	Multiparameter sensing for high sensitivity diagnostics using fluorescent and magnetic nanoparticles Precise diagnosis is based on multiple end-points involving several tests with antibodies or DNA probes for particular biomolecules in a tumor or a virus. Antibodies and DNA are usually labeled with different fluorescent dyes, generally requiring multiple modes of excitation and detection that can render the measurement slow and laborious. Advances in nanotechnology have led to the emergence of new fluorescent materials, semiconductor nanoparticles (NPs) called “quantum dots”, which can be excited by a single light source (wavelength) but that according to their size and composition emit in discrete and separated spectral bands. The “multiplexing” of such probes is thereby greatly simplified. Scientists working in the Molecular Biology Dept. have shown that single quantum dots can be detected on and in living cells. The project of the consortium has two elements. The first is the development of other classes of still smaller NPs, i.e. with sizes below 10 nm (less than a millionth of a cm): fluorescent noble-metal “nanodots” and magnetic NPs. These materials are superior to conventional fluorophores in that they exhibit extreme photo- and chemical stability. The nanodots should have reduced toxicity and greater target accessibility than quantum dots, yet offer a similar detection sensitivity. They will be derivatized and tested for specific recognition of biomolecules such as tumor markers (for breast cancer) and global viral disease (Hepatitis C and Dengue Fever). Other core-shell “onion-like” NPs developed by the partner in Santiago de Compostela have diverse and strong magnetic properties and will be tested for their application in micro-chip and MRI diagnostics. In a parallel effort, several of the partners will optimize the design and performance of a new type of high-speed, sensitive, optically sectioning microscope known as the Programmable Array Microscope (PAM), for use in both the basic research and medical communities. The PAM is very versatile in that it implements many imaging modalities and has been under development in the Molecular Biology Dept. for the past 10 years. It has single-NP sensitivity, and is ideally suited for measurements of thick samples such as tissue slices and patterned arrays, important objects for diagnostic tests.
Core Technology	Atomic Quantum Clusters
Industry of application	Healthcare & Therapeutics
Call	FP6
Funding info	This project has received funding from the European Union FP6 R&D program under contract number 037465

COLIVAC

Project Title	Colivac
Year Start	2012
Year End	2014
Consortium members	BIOFABRI CZ VETERINARIA NANOIMMUNOTECH NANOGAP USC Uvigo
Description	The general objective of the project is the development of an effective vaccine that slows down the expansion of emerging multiresistant antibiotic clones, which occur among extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli strains (ExPEC strains) that cause recurrent cystitis. This vaccine should protect not only systemically (against severe sepsis), but also at the level of the urinary mucosa, preventing adhesion and bacterial colonization (first step of the infective process of ExPEC).
Core Technology	2300-AQCs
Industry of application	Healthcare & Therapeutics
Call	Interconnecta
Funding info	This project has received funding from the FEDER INNTERCONECTA 2016 call, co-financed by the European Union through FEDER funds, under grant agreement ITC20113038

Necomada

Project Title	Necomada
Website	http://necomada.eu/
Year Start	2017
Year End	2019
Consortium members	Centre for Process Innovation Limited, United Kingdom Henkel Electronic Materials (Belgium) NV, Belgium PRAGMATIC PRINTING LIMITED, United Kingdom TEKNOLOGISK INSTITUT, Denmark ContiTech Elastomer-Beschichtungen GmbH, Germany NANOGAP SUB-NM-POWDER SA, Spain THOMAS SWAN & CO LIMITED, United Kingdom BSH ELECTRODOMESTICOS ESPANA SA, Spain HENKEL KGaA, Germany Crown Packagin UK PLC, United Kingdom FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V., Germany TYOETERVEYSLAITOS, Finland NXP SEMICONDUCTORS BELGIUM NV, Belgium
Description	The project targets the incorporation of advanced functional materials to deliver customised conductive inks and flexible adhesives compatible with high volume manufacturing platforms. Specifically the development of these enabling materials will support high speed roll to roll integration of hybrid and large area electronics to address internet of things opportunities The consortium will integrate materials development with end application requirements in terms of technical performance (thermal/electrical conductivity, processing conditions, materials integrity and adhesion) and unit cost of production to facilitate market adoption. The project will utilise and build on existing CPI pilot facilities (R2R print line) to demonstrate technology integration, manufacturability and produce components for end user evaluation to enable the direct comparison of production techniques. The project delivers a supply chain to support future commercialisation: incorporating materials suppliers of inks and adhesives, supporting RTO in Formulation and nano-particle production, established high fidelity print equipment manufacturers, electronic device manufacturers, established pilot line facilities and potential end users from the apparel, packaging and healthcare sector – relating to the Internet of Things.
Core Technology	Conductive Nanomaterials
Industry of application	Conductive materials
Call	H2020
Funding info	This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 720897

PRISTINE

Project Title	PRISTINE
Year Start	2016
Year End	2016
Consortium members	NANOGAP
Description	The PRISTINE business innovation project (Improved Production of Low Cost Silver Nanowires) focusses on the enhancement of the production process to enable larger scale manufacture of silver nanowires to supply large scale application areas including IoT, smart packaging, printed lighting, touch panels, photovoltaics and heating. The PRISTINE innovation action project objectives are to: (i) Prepare robust business case for commercialisation of PRISTINE technology. (ii) Develop Sales & Marketing strategy in order to reach untapped markets and new customers outside the touch panel markets. (iii) Obtain further investment (Phase II funding or private investment) to develop product performance to levels required by industry (i.e. lower sheet resistance, higher light transmission, lower haze and lower costs). (iv) Grow the application areas & customer base increasing revenues. (v) Investigate options to optimise synthesis reaction and yield using real-time monitoring and post synthesis purification methods. (vi) Develop future in-line quality control procedures specifically for production of the 20-40nm product.
Core Technology	Conductive Nanomaterials
Industry of application	Conductive materials
Call	H2020
Funding info	This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 717590.