Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Development of smart machines, tools and processes for the precision synthesis of nanomaterials with tailored properties for Organic Electronics (SMARTONICS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Greece,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,France,Germany,Germany,Germany,France,Germany,Germany,Italy,Switzerland,Germany
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2012-LARGE-6, 2012)
Start date: 2013-01-01
End date: 2016-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 11548029.0
EU funding (EUR): 7987000.0
Participants: 20
Project status: CLOSED

The target of the Smartonics project is the development of Pilot lines that will combine smart technologies with smart nanomaterials for the precision synthesis of Organic Electronic (OE) devices. The Smartonics objectives are: 1.Development of smart Nanomaterials for OEs (polymer & small molecule films, plasmonic NPs and super-barriers) by process and computational modeling optimization. 2.Development of smart Technologies (r2r printing and OVPD machines combined with precision sensing & laser tools and processes). 3.Integration of Nanomaterials & Technologies in Pilot lines for precision synthesis of Nanomaterials & OE devices, optimization, demonstration and evaluation for Industrial applications. Smartonics will develop three Pilot lines: a) OVPD Pilot line equipped with in-line optical sensing tools, b) r2r printing Pilot line, which will combine optical sensing and laser processing tools, and c) s2s Pilot line for the precision fabrication of OE devices (e.g. OLEDs, sensors from state-of-the-art Nanomaterials) and for the evaluation of encapsulation of these devices. The above will be up-scaled in Industrial processes. More specifically: - The parameters for small molecule OPVs will be up-scaled to Industrial scale OVPD machine. - The process parameters for r2r OPVs will be up-scaled and demonstrated in r2r printing machines. - The advances and precision in the synthesis of nanomaterials by the optical sensing tool will be evaluated for flexible displays. - The advances for the r2r printing process will be evaluated for large-scale production of OPVs. - The flexible OPVs will be validated and implemented in automotives applications. All the above are consistent with the topic NMP.2012.1.4-1 since the the targets of project are including the development of Pilot lines that will be combined with production machines (gas (transport and printing), precision and fabrication tools and processes for the precision synthesis of Nanomaterials and OEs.

Keywords: organic electronics,r2r printing pilot line,ovpd pilot line,in-situ optical sensing tool,smart nanomaterials,opvs,organic photovoltaics,roll-to-roll
Industrial Research and Innovation Monitoring and Analysis (IRIMA)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Support for the coherent development of research policies
Destination: Support for the coherent development of research policies
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: European organisations area
Call:  (FP7-Adhoc-2007-13, 2007)
Start date: 2012-01-01
End date: 2016-08-31
Duration (months): 56.0
Total project cost (EUR): 6364485.6
EU funding (EUR): 4800000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The IRIMA project, as its IRMA predecessor, will serve as a reference source of economic intelligence, based on monitoring, data gathering and analysis in the field of private research and innovation. It will focus on the economic and policy analysis of patterns and trends in industrial R&D and innovation and their contribution to the competitiveness position of the EU industry by benchmarking it against main competitors, and in particular for industrial sectors of interest. Starting from the collection of Scoreboard and Survey data on R&D investment by companies, it will make use of complementary data and economic research methods (quantitative economic techniques in particular, such as econometrics, economic modelling, input-output matrices and panel data analysis), exploiting the existing knowledge on research and innovation and developing new insights. A closer link to the policy agenda will be established through a new focus on preparation of policy briefs and reports accessible to a policy audience, aimed at promoting and informing policy debate. The core activities of the IRIMA project will include: 1. The monitoring and analysis of top corporate R&D investors (WP1), based on rigorous data collection from companies accounts and an annual survey . 2. The elaboration of analytical reports and policy briefs on specific topics connected to the implementation of the European research and innovation agenda (WP2). 3. Activities to disseminate the project's research results (WP3) among the main stakeholders (researchers, policy makers and industry representatives) and to discuss its policy implications and follow-up. The research will be mainly undertaken on the basis of already available sources of data, public and commercial. In this respect, closer cooperation with Eurostat, OECD and national statistical offices shall be pursued. In some cases, the outsourcing of targeted data gathering exercises might be needed.

Keywords: industrial economics,corporate r&d and innovation,productivity,business trends,technological innovation,intangible assets,company growth,economic competitiveness,growth and jobs
Oxide Dispersion Strengthened Materials for the Additive Manufacture of High Temperature Components in Power Generation (OXIGEN)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Materials
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Switzerland,Italy,Belarus,Germany,United Kingdom,Ukraine
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2012-SMALL-6, 2012)
Start date: 2013-02-01
End date: 2017-01-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5622699.08
EU funding (EUR): 3999662.0
Participants: 11
Project status: CLOSED

OXIGEN will combine leading-edge European expertise in the manufacture of specialist powder alloys (Mechanical Alloying), knowledge of niche high-temperature materials and capabilities in additive manufacturing. This will produce an integrated, world-leading capability to directly manufacture from powder to part custom-designed, best-in-class high temperature alloys for power generation component applications. OXIGEN will develop different (Oxide Dispersion Strengthened (ODS)) alloys individually designed to address specific high temperature materials performance challenges currently limiting power generation component capabilities. This will lead to the prospect of higher efficiency power generation turbine systems. Working within OXIGEN, and with end users (Alstom, Siemens and Ivchenko Progress) with a combined significant global reach and capabilities, it is expected that holistic exploitation of project results can contribute significantly towards achieving sustained high temperature turbine operation (>620 Degrees C) leading towards power plant efficiency gains greater than 30%. To achieve these key objectives, the consortium consists of 11 organisations who are recognised leaders in various industrial sectors, in the Development of ODS materials and powder production technologies and in the development of LMD and SLM processes.

Keywords: power generation,turbines,fossil,nuclear,ods alloys,high temperature materials,additive manufacturing,(component manufacture,surface coatings)
Design driven development of touch sensitive luminous flexible plastics for applications in care & well-being (LIGHT.TOUCH.MATTERS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Integration
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Netherlands,France,Italy,Spain,United Kingdom,Sweden,Denmark,Germany,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Netherlands,Finland
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2012-SME-6, 2012)
Start date: 2013-02-01
End date: 2016-07-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5463750.48
EU funding (EUR): 3984150.0
Participants: 18
Project status: CLOSED

In Light.Touch.Matters, product designers and material researchers will collaborate to jointly develop a fully new generation of smart materials that combine touch sensitivity with luminosity, based on latest developments in polymeric piezo materials and flexible OLEDs. Manufactured on plastic substrates, these novel ‘light touch materials’ will be thin, flexible and formable, allowing seamless integration into products. They promise to greatly expand design freedom and unlock totally new modes of product-user interaction, enabling us to take the next step in product design: using touch sensitivity and luminosity to produce simple, affordable and intuitive user interfaces so that eventually ‘the product becomes the user interface’. Light.Touch.Matters focuses on products for care and well-being applications that can help consumers feel better, monitor or improve their health and increase comfort, such as rehabilitation aids, wearable alarms, and diet coaches, though we expect strong spin-off to other sectors. Light.Touch.Matters will use a proprietary design-driven research methodology based a comprehensive body of industrial product design knowledge that has been built up over the past decades. It consists of iterated cycles of materials-inspired and design-driven materials research with direct and prolonged design-researcher interaction, leading to a convergence of the conceptual designs and feasible materials in 4-6 interaction showcases. Analysis of results will include end user value, commercial value and environmental impact (LCA/critical materials). The design-driven research on integrated piezo plastics and OLEDs can directly contribute to innovation and competitiveness in a large number of related sectors, many of which are strategic to the EU: not only design, (health)care and consumer goods, but also the chemical, automotive and printing industries, as well as mechanical-, electrical-, packaging- and systems engineering.

Keywords: smart,touch,luminous,light,design,meaning,context,experience,oled,piezo,polymer,plastic,material,processing,manufacturing,integration,shapeability,sustainability,care,well-being
Novel nanotechnology-enabled system for endovascular in vivo near-infrared fluorescence molecular imaging and endovascular near-infrared targeted photodynamic therapy of atherosclerotic heart disease (COSMOPHOS-NANO)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Finland,Germany,Spain,Germany,Denmark,Hungary,Netherlands,Belgium,Italy,Netherlands,United States,Greece,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Japan,Poland
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2012-LARGE-6, 2012)
Start date: 2013-03-01
End date: 2018-02-28
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 12858572.2
EU funding (EUR): 8503352.0
Participants: 22
Project status: CLOSED

CosmoPHOS-nano is a multidisciplinary, translational and business-oriented project, aiming to accomplish the following objectives: 1) develop the CosmoPHOS system, which is a novel theranostic (diagnostic & therapeutic) nanotechnology-enabled portable combination system enabling endovascular in vivo near-infrared fluorescence molecular imaging, endovascular near-infrared targeted photodynamic therapy, real-time & follow-up therapy monitoring of atherosclerotic coronary artery disease (CAD), 2) nonclinically evaluate this system, 3) clinically validate the system after regulatory approval, & 4) reduce in the long-term CAD deaths and morbidity by up to 40%, resulting in a significant decrease of the European and global healthcare costs for CAD, increasing the income of the European healthcare industry from CAD market which is the global largest. The CosmoPHOS-nano consortium has a five year history of successful collaboration between the industrial and academic partners, and its funding would underpin a team devoted to delivering a novel powerful & affordable healthcare solution against the leading cause of death, without the need for heavy and expensive medical equipment. The CosmoPHOS system consists of two interacting components: a) targeted theranostic near-infrared photoactivatable biocompatible nanomedicines, and b) medical devices. After systemic administration, the nanomedicines targeted accumulate in coronary atherosclerotic plaques, followed by endocoronary photoactivation and detection by the medical devices, enabling molecular imaging, targeted therapy, real-time & follow-up therapy monitoring of CAD. Preliminary in vitro & in vivo successful experimental results, as well as parts of the CosmoPHOS system are already available from the prior five year collaboration. The project plan includes three phases: A) nonclinical R&D (30 months); B) nonclinical validation & cGMP / clinical-grade manufacturing; and C) preparation for submission of the CosmoPHOS system’s dossier for regulatory approval for first-in-man phase-I clinical trial in 20 CAD patients.

Keywords: theranostic,nanotechnology-enabled,combination system,fluorescence molecular imaging,targeted photodynamic therapy,endovascular,nir,atherosclerotic heart disease,atherosclerosis,exploitation
Functional joining of dissimilar materials using directed self-assembly of nanoparticles by capillary-bridging (HYPERCONNECT)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Materials
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Switzerland,Germany,United Kingdom,Germany,Norway,Poland,Germany,Germany
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2012-SMALL-6, 2012)
Start date: 2013-01-01
End date: 2015-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4561845.8
EU funding (EUR): 3166808.0
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

Tomorrows micro-electronic devices will have to show more functionality and performance at smaller form factor, lower cost and lower energy consumption in order to be competitive on this multi-billion dollar market. Advanced system integration is thus inevitable, a trend bound to joining dissimilar materials with new packaging technologies. These processes must enable lower thermal resistances and higher interconnect density and device reliability under thermomechanical loading. Hyperconnect addresses these challenges by a radically new material joining process. The objective is to demonstrate superior electrical, thermal and thermomechanical performance and to combine design and technology with the support of simulation and testing. The central new idea comprises a sequential joint forming process, using self-assembly of nanoparticles, polymers and filler composite materials exploiting capillary action and chemical surface functionalisation: In other words, the formed joint reaches its outstanding properties by the very processing of the materials. This contrast to existing technology demands own understanding of the joint formation, joint property creation and the joint reliability. Therefore advanced experimental characterization and simulation techniques will accompany the material and technology development, in particular involving physics-of-failure-based lifetime modelling. Finally, the joint performance will be validated on four different demonstrators of industrial significance. To tackle these challenging issues the consortium pools the required interdisciplinary excellence, by uniting nine partners from industry, SMEs and academia of five European countries. Its members are convinced that these new developments will outperform commercially available solutions by one order of magnitude and will radiate out also to other fields in electronic packaging.

Keywords: sequentai joint formation,self-assembly of nanoparticles,neck-formation,functional joint,electro/ thermal joint
Silicon Nitride Coatings for Improved Implant Function (LIFELONGJOINTS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Materials
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Switzerland,Sweden,United Kingdom,Denmark,Sweden,Germany,Germany,Germany
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2012-LARGE-6, 2012)
Start date: 2013-04-01
End date: 2018-03-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 18286366.2
EU funding (EUR): 13317000.0
Participants: 15
Project status: CLOSED

Articulating joint replacements represent a medical market exceeding €14 billion p.a. that is expected to rise as demographics reflect an ageing population. However, faster growth has been seen in the revision market, where prosthetic joints are replaced, than in primary interventions. The major cause of these revisions is that all joint replacements are prone to wear leading to loss of implant function. Further, it has been demonstrated that adverse or extreme loading has a detrimental effect on implant performance. Thus, device failure still occurs too frequently leading to the conclusion that their longevity and reliability must be improved. The premise of this proposal is to realise that wear and corrosion are an inevitable consequence of all implant interfaces within contemporary total joint replacements. To overcome this problem our novel approach is to use silicon nitride coatings in which the combined high wear resistance of this material and solubility of any silicon nitride wear particles released, reduce the overall potential for adverse tissue reactions. In this work a variety of silicon nitride based coatings will be applied to different tribological scenarios related to total hip arthroplasty. The coatings’ suitability in each scenario will be assessed against target profiles. In particular, it is important to consider coating performance within each of these applications under adverse conditions as well as those outlined in internationally utilised standards. To accomplish this, cutting-edge adverse simulation techniques, in vitro assays and animal models will be developed together with a suite of computational assessments to significantly enhance device testing in terms of predicting clinical performance. Data will inform new standards development and enhance current testing scenarios, and will provide 5 European enterprises with a significant market advantage, whilst providing data for a regulatory submission which is aligned with Dir 93/42/EEC.

Keywords: silicon nitride,coating,implant,hip,arthroplasty,joint replacement,simulation,computational modelling,in vitro,in vivo,corrosion,wear,medical device directive 93/42/eec
Dissecting the genetic basis of divergent and convergent evolution: From individuals to species radiations (EVOGENO)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Evolutionary, population and environmental biology
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (ERC-2012-StG_20111109, 2012)
Start date: 2013-02-01
End date: 2019-01-31
Duration (months): 72.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1499914.0
EU funding (EUR): 1499914.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Advances in genomics offer new opportunities for identifying loci that behave unusually against a background of neutral variation. Detecting divergent sites among related individuals and taxa can shed light on the process of adaptive divergence, from non-random mating to the establishment of reproductive barriers. Conversely, identifying convergent sites among unrelated taxa can offer insights into deeper level ecological radiations. This project will study genes underpinning evolutionary divergence at several stages. Discovering genome-wide ‘gene outliers’ presents enormous challenges. I argue these can be overcome by combining and applying phylogenetic and evolutionary analyses with deep sequencing to exceptional study systems. Among mammals, bats are unique in having independently evolved laryngeal echolocation and nectarivory, both implicated in their unparalleled adaptive radiation. We will (i) use a novel phylogenomic approach to identify genes under convergent and divergent selection associated with acoustic and dietary diversification. (ii) We will then discover additional loci implicated in diverging incipient sympatric taxa that have undergone recent dramatic call frequency shifts. (iii) We will identify genome-wide loci that show anomalous divergence and non-random combinations between faithfully breeding pairs of bats in a population where outbreeding increases fitness. These complementary studies will produce a database of candidate loci implicated in ecological divergence. We will then verify and synthesize our results by screening the genes in a taxonomically wider range of species. We hope to provide a comprehensive assessment of the relative numbers and importance of different types of loci in multiple stages of evolutionary divergence in a mammalian system. As such these results will significantly extend the current frontier of our knowledge about how new taxa form.

Keywords: bats,mammals,speciation,genomics
Enhancing structural efficiency through novel dissimilar material joining techniques (SAFEJOINT)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Materials
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Greece,Sweden,Sweden,Spain,Spain,Germany,Lithuania,Portugal
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2012-SMALL-6, 2012)
Start date: 2013-01-01
End date: 2015-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4093335.8
EU funding (EUR): 3130477.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

There is a high demand for the design of lightweight energy efficient structures for transport applications in order to meet CO2 emissions targets set worldwide. To achieve this designers have introduced the concept of “hybrid” structures where two or more lightweight materials are used each possessing unique properties that when joined together result in high performance lightweight structures that would not have been possible if a single material was used. This approach requires the development of joining techniques for materials with fundamentally different physical properties that will ensure the safe and reliable transfer of load between the constituent materials. SAFEJOINT addresses this challenge by developing novel techniques for metal to metal and metal to composite joining as well as developing novel techniques for the non-destructive inspection and evaluation of such joints in order to enhance confidence to designers and end-users of hybrid structures of their through life safe performance.

Keywords: steel,aluminium,magnesium,composites,joining,fsw,carbon nanotubes,bonding,ultrasonics,thermography,acoustic emission