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Catalytic Partial Oxidation of Bio Gas and Reforming of Pyrolysis Oil (Bio Oil) for an Autothermal Synthesis Gas Production and Conversion into Fuels (BIOGO-FOR-PRODUCTION)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,United Kingdom,France,United Kingdom,Netherlands,United Kingdom,Russian Federation,United Kingdom,Germany,Ireland,Italy,Austria
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2013-LARGE-7, 2013)
Start date: 2013-12-01
End date: 2017-11-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 12250610.04
EU funding (EUR): 9037287.0
Participants: 16
Project status: CLOSED

BIO-GO-For-Production is a Large Scale Collaborative Research Project that aims to achieve a step change in the application of nanocatalysis to sustainable energy production through an integrated, coherent and holistic approach utilizing novel heterogeneous nanoparticulate catalysts in fuel syntheses. BIO-GO researches and develops advanced nanocatalysts, which are allied with advanced reactor concepts to realise modular, highly efficient, integrated processes for the production of fuels from renewable bio-oils and biogas. Principal objectives are to develop new designs, preparation routes and methods of coating nanocatalysts on innovative micro-structured reactor designs, enabling compact, integrated catalytic reactor systems that exploit fully the special properties of nanocatalysts to improve process efficiency through intensification. An important aim is to reduce the dependence on precious metals and rare earths. Catalyst development is underpinned by modelling, kinetic and in-situ studies, and is validated by extended laboratory runs of biogas and bio-oil reforming, methanol synthesis and gasoline production to benchmark performance against current commercial catalysts. The 4-year project culminates in two verification steps: (a) a 6 month continuous pilot scale catalyst production run to demonstrate scaled up manufacturing potential for fast industrialisation (b) the integration at miniplant scale of the complete integrated process to gasoline production starting from bio-oil and bio-gas feedstocks. A cost evaluation will be carried out on the catalyst production while LCA will be undertaken to analyse environmental impacts across the whole chain. BIO-GO brings together a world class multi-disciplinary team from 15 organisations to carry out the ambitious project, the results of which will have substantial strategic, economic and environmental impacts on the EU petrochemicals industry and on the increasing use of renewable feedstock for energy.

Keywords: nanocatalysts,micro-structured reactors,biooil,pyrolysis,improved performance,scale-up,sustainability,lca,non-noble metals,in-situ characterisation
MANpower - Energy Harvesting and Storage for Low Frequency Vibrations (MANPOWER)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Materials
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Ireland,Netherlands,Germany,France,France,France,Belgium,Ireland
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2013-SMALL-7, 2013)
Start date: 2013-11-01
End date: 2016-10-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 6103308.4
EU funding (EUR): 3946939.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

Energy harvesting at low frequency has proven to be difficult to achieve in the past because of the properties of the materials that the devices are fabricated from. In particular the stiffness of conventional silicon and all piezoelectric materials makes it exceedingly difficult to make a system that can operate below 100Hz. There are many sources of low frequency vibrations e.g. human motion, the motion of ships, and traffic; so an Energy Harvester that can operate in this frequency range would have a large commercial potential and extensive opportunities for future exploitation. This multi disciplinary project proposal addresses the lack of durable energy harvesting systems in this frequency range. With primary objectives of the project being the development of materials and devices for; • Low frequency tunable energy harvesting device and • High energy density compact supercapacitors for energy storage with secondary objectives being: - The necessary electronics to connect them and make them work efficiently - Packaging technologies that will integrate the full system and make it biocompatible - A study of component reliability and models that can project their lifetime - An end of life study and an environmental impact assessment Perpetually self powered electronic systems that can be implanted into the human body is the application area that we have targeted for demonstration of this technology, because there are a clear set of requirements which will motivate the design, fabrication and test of the system under consideration. The two primary objectives present a range of novel and substantial materials challenges in both making the components, achieving a reliable unattended operational extended lifetime and ensuring that the devices are not toxic to the host that they are implanted into. While the secondary ones will facilitate an appropriate demonstration of the technology and ensure its usefulness after the project has been completed.

Keywords: energy harvesting,charge storage,human powered,electrostatic,piezoelectric,tunable polymers,liquid crystal polymers,cantilevers,supercapacitors,nanowires,biocompatibility
Graphene-Based Revolutions in ICT And Beyond (GRAPHENE)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Future and Emerging Technologies
Action type: Combination of CP & CSA
Countries involved: Sweden,Italy,Netherlands,Spain,Switzerland,United Kingdom,Spain,Belgium,Germany,Germany,France,Germany,Finland,France,France,Denmark,Austria,Spain,France,United Kingdom,Germany,Greece,Spain,Germany,Italy,Germany,United Kingdom,Italy,Spain,Türkiye,Sweden,Germany,Netherlands,Ireland,Sweden,Germany,Poland,Germany,Spain,Sweden,Netherlands,France,Spain,Austria,Portugal,Greece,Netherlands,Germany,France,Spain,France,Belgium,Germany,Germany,Germany,Germany,France,Netherlands,Czechia,United Kingdom,Israel,France,Belgium,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Germany,Hungary,Greece,Bulgaria,Belarus,Italy,Belgium,Estonia,Germany,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Italy
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2013-FET-F, 2013)
Start date: 2013-10-01
End date: 2016-03-31
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 74979522.0
EU funding (EUR): 54000000.0
Participants: 150
Project status: CLOSED

This Flagship aims to take graphene and related layered materials from a state of raw potential to a point where they can revolutionize multiple industries – from flexible, wearable and transparent electronics, to new energy applications and novel functional composites. Our main scientific and technological objectives in the different tiers of the value chain are to develop material technologies for ICT and beyond, identify new device concepts enabled by graphene and other layered materials, and integrate them to systems that provide new functionalities and open new application areas. These objectives are supported by operative targets to bring together a large core consortium of European academic and industrial partners and to create a highly effective technology transfer highway, allowing industry to rapidly absorb and exploit new discoveries. The Flagship will be aligned with European and national priorities to guarantee its successful long term operation and maximal impact on the national industrial and research communities. Together, the scientific and technological objectives and operative targets will allow us to reach our societal goals: the Flagship will contribute to sustainable development by introducing new energy efficient and environmentally friendly products based on carbon and other abundant, safe and recyclable natural resources, and boost economic growth in Europe by creating new jobs and investment opportunities.

Keywords: graphene,ict
Heusler Alloy Replacement for Iridium (HARFIR)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Integration
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Germany,Germany,Hungary,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2013-EU-Japan, 2013)
Start date: 2013-09-01
End date: 2017-03-31
Duration (months): 43.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2312580.01
EU funding (EUR): 1781910.0
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

The proposed HARFIR project intends to develop antiferromagnetic (AF) Heusler alloy (HA) films to replace the antiferromagnetic alloy Iridium Manganese (IrMn), which has been widely used in all spin electronic devices including hard disk drives and next-generation magnetic memories. Accordingly the price of Ir has risen by a factor of 4 in the last five years and by more than a factor of 10 in the last decade. It is expected to soar perhaps by a factor of 100 due to its wider applications. It is widely recognised that spin electronic technologies will displace volatile semiconductor memory technology within the next decade. Therefore the lack of availability of one crucial element from within the periodic table is a critical issue to be solved urgently. We therefore aim to replace Ir to reduce the cost of an AF film by a factor of 10 as compared with the current IrMn. We will combine our expertise in ab initio calculations and HA film growth techniques to seek a highly anisotropic AF HA films. These films will be characterised both structurally and magnetically using synchrotron beamlines, high-resolution (scanning) transmission electron microscopy and highly sensitive electrical and magnetic measurement facilities available within the consortium. We will demonstrate a device concept with the developed AF HA films at the end of this project, showing an exchange bias greater than 1 kOe in sheet form and a blocking temperature greater than 300K. To our knowledge we are the first group to realise the criticality of the position with regard to the supply of Ir. The developed AF HA films will be patented with the royalties shared equally among the partners in the EU-Japan consortium. The innovation within HARFIR is therefore extremely high.

Keywords: antiferromagnet,iridium manganese,heusler alloy
From atom-to-Device Explicit simulation Environment for Photonics and Electronics Nanostructures (DEEPEN)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Ireland,Switzerland,Germany,Germany,Italy
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2013-SMALL-7, 2013)
Start date: 2014-01-01
End date: 2016-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3819635.8
EU funding (EUR): 2686000.0
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

DEEPEN will develop an integrated open source multiscale simulation environment, targeted at problems common to future nanoscale electronic and photonic devices. New device simulators require an atomic-scale description of selected critical regions of a transistor or LED to capture details otherwise inaccessible. They must also resolve the considerable uncertainty in many critical parameters required for device optimisation. DEEPEN addresses both these issues, coherently combining state-of-the-art existing methods and developing new methodologies, integrated within a multiscale framework spanning from first-principles to macroscopic models. DEEPEN brings together leading groups with expertise not just in simulation, but also in its application to device design and optimization. It builds on Tyndall and ETHZ expertise in material and device properties, with experimental input from PDI also critical for validation of the multiscale models developed. Industry partners include a key multiscale modelling system provider (TiberLAB), a leading TCAD simulation provider (Synopsys) and an industrial end-user (Osram) who provide experimental validation and test the simulation environment for device design and investigation. Future code distribution will be supported through the project web site and through TiberLAB’s existing support environment, www.tibercad.org. The nanoscale models to be developed address the challenging problem not just of predicting quantitatively electronic bands and quantum phenomena at the nanoscale, but also of linking these critical properties to overall device behaviour. The project emphasizes aggressive dissemination of results to maximize impact, including organization of Training Schools and an International Workshop, as well as the release and support of demonstration software and the open source interfaces. Overall, the project significantly strengthens European competitiveness, with clear routes to successful exploitation of the technology.

Keywords: multi-scale simulation,theoretical analysis,design and functional virtual testing of nanostructured elements,future cmos devices,light-emitting diodes,solid-state lighting
Advanced Materials for Cardiac Regeneration (AMCARE) (AMCARE)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Materials
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Ireland,Italy,Belgium,Germany,Germany,Czechia,Ireland
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2013-SME-7, 2013)
Start date: 2013-11-01
End date: 2017-10-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 8718194.2
EU funding (EUR): 6795349.0
Participants: 12
Project status: CLOSED

The Advanced Materials for Cardiac Regeneration (AMCARE) consortium aims to establish a translational research program to develop truly restorative therapies for acute myocardial infarction repair (MI) by optimising cardiac progenitor cell (CPC) therapy using smart biomaterials and advanced drug delivery, and coupling these therapeutics with minimally-invasive surgical devices. Two distinct biomaterial delivery systems for CPCs will be investigated in the AMCARE work programme including HA-based patches (CardioPatch) and HA-hydrogels (CardioGel). We also propose to develop two prototypes of new surgical devices [C-CathGel and SPREDS] that will ensure a minimally invasive delivery and fixation approach that is safe and effective for each therapeutic. The combinations of advanced material carriers and surgical devices will be assessed in a large animal model of acute-MI to best align our approach to clinical translation. The novel formulations and delivery methods will help post-MI patients in restoring cardiac function by targeting for repair the underlying myocardium damage, and could potentially decrease morbidity and mortality in the future. These goals will be achieved by integrating numerous areas of materials science and stem cell biology as well as leaders in the field of medical devices, biomaterials and cardiovascular regeneration. We thus aim to improve long-term healthcare of EU citizens by offering a revolutionary therapeutic modality for the treatment of acute-MI.

Keywords: stem cells,biomaterials,thermoresponsive hydrogels,drug delivery,nanoparticles,cardiovascular disease,myocardial infarction,surgical devices
Nano-carbons for versatile power supply modules (NANOCATE)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Materials
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,Germany,Denmark,Denmark,Spain,Finland,Germany,Austria,Austria,Germany
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2013-SMALL-7, 2013)
Start date: 2013-10-01
End date: 2017-09-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5425607.2
EU funding (EUR): 3994210.0
Participants: 13
Project status: CLOSED

The multidisciplinary consortium of the NanoCaTe project will develop a more efficient thermoelectric- and storage material based on nanocarbon (e.g. graphene and CNT) to reclaim waste heat by thermoelectric generators and to storage the energy in super capacitors or secondary batteries for manifold applications like pulsed sensors or mobile electronic devices. The integration of the developed materials into harvester and storage devices is a further step to characterize the performance of the innovative materials. Finally, a demonstrator consisting of harvester, storage and energy management represents a self-sustaining, universally usable, and maintenance-free power supply. The project will substantially strengthen the position of Europe in the field of thermoelectric and storage materials by developing devices with increased lifetime produced by cost-efficient technologies and therefore contributing to a further promotion of cleaner energy technologies.

Keywords: material development,energy harvester,secondary battery,supercaps low-power or pulsed application,thermoelectric,cost-efficient and advanced material
Zooming In between Plates: deciphering the nature of the plate interface in subduction zones (ZIP)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Initial Training Networks
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: France,Germany,Spain,Italy,Germany,Switzerland,Germany,Greece
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2013-ITN, 2013)
Start date: 2013-10-01
End date: 2017-09-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3735441.6
EU funding (EUR): 3735441.6
Participants: 11
Project status: CLOSED

Subduction zones play a fundamental role in our daily life. Half of the world population lives on top or nearby one of them, in coastal areas repeatedly devastated by large earthquakes, tsunamis or volcanic eruptions. Giant earthquakes occurring on subduction zone mega-thrusts (Mw close to 9 or larger) are indeed amongst the deadliest natural hazards. During the last decade, very large earthquakes took many lives (Sumatra, Chile, Japan) and, according to the World Bank, over 200 billion € for the 2011 Japan earthquake. These dramatic phenomena are fundamentally controlled by the mechanical coupling and global material transfer at and across subduction zone inter-plate boundaries, between the down-going subducting plate and the overriding plate. Stresses and energy release via earthquakes together with fluid-mediated mass transfer are indeed highly focused on the plate interface, where they interact on a wide range of spatial and temporal scales, both at short- (10e-4 yr) and longer time-scales (10e6 yr). However, despite its social and economic impact, the nature, structure and properties of this plate interface are still largely unknown, calling for a thorough Zoom In between the Plates (ZIP). ZIP represents a real challenge for a new generation of geoscientists and requires innovative, high-end, cross-disciplinary scientific and technologic training to provide them with the skills and strength to tackle such problems, make major contributions, and undertake an academic or industrial career on managing geohazards. This scientific effort is mandatory for risk assessment, to enhance the reliability of early-warning systems and help reduce human loss and economic costs. Educational outreach in vulnerable countries is also crucial to explain the seismic, tectonic and tsunamic processes both to politics and populations.

Keywords: subduction plate interface,rheology,fluid/mass transfer,seismic transients,mega-earthquakes,geohazard,bridging space and time,multi-physics modelling,innovative training,interdisciplinarity.
Novel technology to boost the European Bioeconomy: reducing the production costs of PHA biopolymer and expanding its applications as 100% compostable food packaging bioplastic (EUROPHA)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research for the benefit of SMEs
Destination: Research for SME associations
Action type: Research for the benefit of specific groups
Countries involved: France,Italy,Portugal,Switzerland,Spain,Spain,Sweden,United Kingdom,Spain
Call:  (FP7-SME-2013, 2013)
Start date: 2013-10-01
End date: 2016-09-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2093640.31
EU funding (EUR): 1572902.1
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

Bioplastics like PHA are long-term sustainable alternatives because they can show equal performance to conventional petrochemical plastics, originate from renewable non-food resources and are 100% bio-degradable. Although PHA shows better performance than alternative bioplastics (PLA and starch), the market uptake of PHA biosplastics shows the following obstacles: 1) PHA is expensive (>4.5 €/kg), much higher than starch plastics and other bio-based polyesters. This is caused by three facts in the production process: High raw material costs; expensive PHA extraction to ensure high quality; small production volumes. The second obstacle is the 2) Small market share of European PHA (dominated by China and US) that limits the potential of a European Bioeconomy. EuroPHA will solve the need to establish a competitive PHA production capacity in Europe by: a) Reduction of PHA production costs: using low-value feedstock (agro-food waste/surplus streams) as starting material in three-phase biological synthesis of PHA by mixed microbial culture; b) Environmentally friendly & cost-effective PHA extraction step; c) Novel formulations of PHA for 100% complete and short-time biodegradability packaging bioplastics by current industrial technology: monolayer film and extrusion foam for food packaging. EuroPHA will provide these economic benefits for Europe by our project members: 40% reduction of final price (≈2.6€/kg), this will enable the increase of European PHA global market share from current 0.1% to 15% in five years post project (45 ktpa worth 135€ million) for food packaging applications. Price-competitiveness vs. starch-based (today 3.75 €/k) and PLA (2.5€/kg) making possible to penetrate a 20% in the starch-plastic market (22 kpta with revenues of 90€ million) and 15% in the PLA market (23 kpta worth 50€ million) in five years post project. Turnover of 50€ million from 20kpta production in five years post project for new applications.

Keywords: polyhydroxyalkanoate,phb,phv,mixed microbial cultures,pha extraction,bioplastic,compounding,acidogenic fermentation,volatile fatty acids,aerobic dynamic conditions,biodegradable polymer