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Selective Plasmonic Sensors based on Quantum Electron Transfer (SENQET)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Spain,Switzerland,Belgium
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021 (HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-12-01
End date: 2024-11-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 165312.96
EU funding (EUR): 165312.96
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

SENQET aims to develop an advanced class of highly sensitive and selective plasmonic sensors based on quantum electron transfer phenomenon on optical fibre and chip platforms for detection of analytes down to picomolar concentrations. Its uniqueness lies in introducing an immobilization protocol loaded with several novel features for immobilizing metal nanoparticles on end facet of an optical fibre to fabricate the sensing probe, which besides being reproducible also enables monitoring of the fabrication process in real time, thus providing feasibility for batch fabrication of sensors. Through a synergistic nexus of quantum electron transfer phenomenon with optical fibre technology, SENQET aims to develop nanospectroscopic sensors for point-of-care applications in areas as diverse as environmental monitoring and disease diagnostics. While the quantum electron transfer effect imparts the sensor with excellent selectivity and hypersensitivity, use of an optical fibre for its implementation makes the sensor compact, easy to interrogate, and safe to use. This innovative and well-structured project will categorically produce many significant research outputs that will advance the knowledge on plasmonic sensors and give visibility to and promote the European research in this field. It will contribute towards establishing a cost-effective sensing technology and will bring about significant improvements in healthcare. Concurrently, the research and transferable skills to be acquired by the Fellow, including industrially relevant and entrepreneurial competences will immensely enhance his scientific expertise besides making him qualify as a highly skilled professional to establish his own research group in a leading European institute/university. Unequivocally, SENQET is expected to bring a breakthrough in optical sensor technology and contribute to develop new sensing technologies that can have broad positive impact in Europe and globally.

Keywords: optical fibre sensors plasmonic sensors biosensors
NAO.VNS: A New Personalized Neural Stimulation Therapy For Drug-resistant Epilepsy (NAO.VNS)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Open to supporting projects in all areas of science, technology,...
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Belgium
Call: EIC Accelerator Open (HORIZON-EIC-2022-ACCELERATOR-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-03-01
End date: 2025-08-31
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4471250.0
EU funding (EUR): 2499000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

19.5M world population suffer from Drug-Resistant Epilepsy (DRE) with symptoms poorly controlled. 8M are not eligible for brain surgery. Vagus nerve stimulation is nowadays the best treatment option. But unfortunately, current solutions do not reply to the clinical need. They cannot adapt to each patient making the patient's therapeutic journey complicated and expensive. We created NAO.VNS, the next-generation implantable vagus nerve neurostimulator. We replaced metal wires by optical fibres to convert optical energy to electrical impulses rendering the device compliant with MRI & brain scans essential for disease diagnosis or treatment. Through NAO.VNS, patients & physicians receive remote feedback on the direct effect & efficacy of the neural stimulation, to precisely & uniquely adapt therapy. Through EIC funding, we will complete a clinical pilot trial & a pivotal study in the EU/US to initiate market approvals. We expect to generate €89M by 2028 selling in the EU/US.

Keywords: drug resitant epilepsy,optoelectronics,implantable neruostimulators,rechargeable neurostimulators,metal free
C-N Bond Formation by Nitrous Oxide Capture (N2OTOCARBON)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Chemistry
Countries involved: Germany,Switzerland
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-05-01
End date: 2027-04-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 321472.8
EU funding (EUR): 321472.8
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Nitrous oxide, commonly known as “laughing gas” for its physiological effects, is both a potent greenhouse gas an ozone depleting substance. Indeed, it is a major contributor to climate change, thereby posing a critical concern for contemporary society. It possesses a warming potential approximatively 300 times that of carbon dioxide and due to its high chemical stability, it persists in the atmosphere for over 100 years. Despite its chemical inertness, synthetic chemists have discovered ways to harness its potential. Primarily used as an oxygen atom donor, its applications encompass oxidation processes, including the industrial-scale oxidation of olefins to ketones. In contrast, there are limited reactions, wherein nitrous oxide serves as the source of nitrogen atoms. C-N bonds are prevalent in natural products, synthetic intermediates, pharmaceutical compounds, and functional materials. In this project, I will explore the chemical capture of nitrous oxide using carbon nucleophiles to form C-N bonds. I will develop new synthetic methodologies to access versatile organic functional groups such as diazenes, hydrazines and amines using this approach. We foresee that this research will benefit both the environmental crisis and the chemical industry. It will introduce new practices that enable the repurposing of ecologically problematic gases into valuable chemical commodities.

Keywords: nitrous oxide,main group chemistry,c n bond
Confronting Thompson’s Conjecture: A Hypercontractive Approach (GroupHype)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Mathematics
Panel description: All areas of mathematics, pure and applied, plus mathematical foundations of computer science, mathematical physics and statistics
Countries involved: Israel
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2024-STG, 2024)
Start date: 2024-08-01
End date: 2029-07-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1470625.0
EU funding (EUR): 1470625.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

This proposal concerns enhancing our understanding of linear algebraic group via methods from Boolean function analysis. In particular, it is focused on addressing Thompson's conjecture about conjugacy classes, a longstanding problem in group theory that has captivated researchers for over four decades. We bring together insights from diverse disciplines, weaving together concrete conjectures concerning character value bounds, the independence number of normal Cayley graphs, and most critically, the novel concept of hypercontractivity in groups to provide a framework for a solution to the conjecture.

Keywords: discrete analysis over simple groups
Elemental Ecology: towards an element-based functional ecology (STOIKOS)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Environmental B iology, Ecology  and E volution
Panel description: For all organisms : Ecology, biodiversity, environmental change , evolutionary biology, behavioural ecology, microbial ecology , marine biology, ecophysiology, theoretical developments and mod elling
Countries involved: Spain
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2022-STG, 2022)
Start date: 2023-05-01
End date: 2028-04-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1499694.0
EU funding (EUR): 1499694.0
Participants: 3
Project status: SIGNED

Life on Earth, as we have known it for millennia, is at stake. Human activities are putting all kinds of ecosystems under increased stress because of land-use change and the alteration of the biogeochemical cycles of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and carbon (C), thus inducing climate warming. Functionally diverse ecosystems are more productive and stable than less diverse ones, and biogeochemical changes affect both biodiversity and the elemental composition of organisms (their elementome), changing how they and their ecosystems function. It is, therefore, imperative to provide evidence about how the interactions between elementomes, biodiversity, and climate drive ecosystem functioning if we are to avoid the serious threat of reducing essential resources for life within the context of global change. STOIKOS will achieve an in-depth understanding of the interaction between elementomes and biodiversity in determining ecosystem functioning by introducing the concept of elemental diversity, and moving functional ecology from using functional traits to elementomes, an easy and universal way to compare all sort of organisms. STOIKOS will particularly test the hypothesis that community-weighted elementomes and elemental diversity explain ecosystem functioning better than functional traits and their diversity. STOIKOS will integrate data from observations (field campaigns), long-term monitoring sites, microcosm experiments and theoretical modelling to provide synergies amongst their outputs to build the foundations of an elemental-based ecology. This will allow STOIKOS’ hypotheses to be tested at the individual, species and community/ecosystem scales using new and game-changing methodologies and study systems. The cutting-edge science of STOIKOS will not only provide the foundations of an elemental-based ecology, but will also deliver new ecological theory and methodological tools that will help us predict the future of ecosystems and assess the fragility of our biosphere.

Keywords: macronutrients,trace elements,competition,niche partitioning,ecosystem functioning
Optimised Halide Perovskite nanocrystalline based Electrolyser for clean, robust, efficient and decentralised pRoduction of H2 (OHPERA)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Pathfinder
Destination: Challenges
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Spain,Israel,Germany,Hungary
Call: Novel routes to green hydrogen production (HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-10-01
End date: 2026-03-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3229932.25
EU funding (EUR): 3229932.25
Participants: 6
Project status: SIGNED

Photoelectrochemical (PEC) H2 generation, using water as proton and electron source, is considered the most impactful solar-driven processes to tackle the energy, environment, and climate crisis, providing a circular economy strategy to supply green energy vectors (H2) with zero carbon footprint. Aligning with this view, OHPERA will develop a proof-of-concept unbiased tandem PEC cell to simultaneously achieve efficient solar-driven H2 production at the cathode and high added-value chemicals from valorization of industrial waste (glycerol) at the anode, being sunlight the only energy input. Thus, OPHERA will demonstrate the viability of producing chemicals with economic benefits starting from industrial waste, using a renewable source of energy. For this purpose, OPHERA will integrate highly efficient and stable photoelectrodes based on halide lead-free perovskite nanocrystals (PNCs) and tailored catalytic/passivation layers, avoiding the use of critical raw materials (CRM), in a proof-of-concept eco-design PEC device. Theoretical modelling both at an atomistic and device scales will assist the materials development and mechanistic understanding of the processes, and all materials and components will be integrated in a proof-of-concept device, targeting standalone operation at 10 mA·cm-2 for 100 hours, 90% Faradaic efficiency to H2, and including a clearly defined roadmap for upscaling and exploitation. Therefore, OPHERA will offer a dual process to produce green H2 concomitant to the treatment of industrial waste generating added-value chemicals with high economic and industrial interest, thus offering a competitive LCOH.

Keywords: photoelectrochemistry
MULTI MATERIAL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING WITH ELECTROSTATIC COLD SPRAY - HOP ON (MADECOLD - Hop on)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
Programme: Widening participation and spreading excellence
Theme: Improved access to Excellence
Destination: Improved access to Excellence
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Italy,Lithuania
Call: Hop on Facility (HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-06, 2023)
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 547500.0
EU funding (EUR): 547500.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

The MadeCold hop-On project integrates FTMC from Lithuania into an existing consortium to enhance and de-risk the development of an advanced multichannel particle launcher system. The original MadeCold project aims to develop a revolutionary solid-state additive manufacturing (AM) technology based on novel powder charging and acceleration mechanism within a customized electrostatic field. FTMC's inclusion introduces innovative laser-based material processing technologies, including bottom-up milling (BUM), femtosecond laser-induced selective etching (FLISE), selective surface activation induced by laser (SSAIL), and laser welding. These methodologies will provide alternative technical solutions for cost effective manufacturing of high-aspect-ratio channels within glass materials, crucial for the particle launcher's functionality. This approach promises to elevate the project's technological outcomes by providing alternative fabrication techniques that overcome the limitations of existing processes. The integration of these advanced laser technologies aims to achieve channel aspect ratios of 3000:1 with precise channel geometry control, ensure smooth channel walls with roughness levels suitable for efficient particle acceleration, facilitate compact and robust system designs through effective integration of conductive layers within the channels. This hop-on project will not significantly alter the methodology of the original MadeCold project but will provide parallel paths for risk mitigation and technical validation, thereby enhancing prototype robustness. FTMC’s role will focus on developing and validating these laser-based techniques, fabricating alternative modular multichannel systems, and integrating SSAIL technology to create functional prototypes helping the consortium to reach final MadeCold project goal – demonstration revolutionary of cold spray 3D printing technology based on particle charging and acceleration within a customized electrostatic field.

Keywords: solid state additive manufacturing,bottom up milling bum,femtosecond laser induced selective etching flise,selective surface activation induced by laser ssail,laser welding
Reinventing road guardrail inspection with safe and efficient data-capture and AI-driven analysis to enhance road safety in EU (AI GUARDRAIL INSPECT)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Norway
Call: EIC Accelerator 2024 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2024-ACCELERATOR-01, 2024)
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

20.600 people were killed in road crashes across the EU in 2022. EU’s long-term goal “Vision Zero” aims to achieve near- zero fatalities in road transport by 2050. Improved inspection and maintenance of guardrails are crucial to reaching this objective. Today, extended guardrail inspections are usually based on visual inspection. This method requires several people and a minimum of two cars to be carried out safely. The inspecting vehicle travels at 10-15 km/h, with one person looking out the window to identify faults. This process is time- and resource-intensive and stresses the workers' health with monotonous work. The process is also associated with an unnecessarily high degree of environmental emissions and the risk of human error. The current extended guardrail inspection process is so time- and resource-intensive that inspections are sometimes skipped entirely. Our groundbreaking solution iSi inSight will disrupt current methods. With tailored machine learning models iSi inSight automates extended guardrail inspections. This enables inspections to be conducted nine times faster than current manual methods and sets a new standard in efficiency and data quality. In addition to improving inspection, our solution also offers mapping of guardrail type, length, height, and precise geometry, potentially reducing mapping cost up to 70%. With iSi inSight, extended inspections can be done by one person driving a vehicle at normal speeds. This ensures minimal impact on traffic flow, environment and road work safety. iSi inSight will reshape the landscape of guardrail inspection. It standardizes and streamlines the processes, reducing time, effort and costs. With backing from the EIC Accelerator program, iSi inSight will be able to expand more rapidly into new European markets, ensuring effective extended guardrail inspections across all countries. This will lead to fewer road fatalities in the future and bring the EU closer to “Vision Zero”.

Keywords: ai,automated inspection,traffic safety,eu s vision zero,efficency,machin vision
Molecular Quantum Magnets on graphene as novel spin qubit platforms (MolQuMag)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Physics
Countries involved: Spain,Switzerland
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-09-01
End date: 2027-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 293445.6
EU funding (EUR): 293445.6
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

MolQuMag aims to pioneer new qubit platforms based on metal-organic molecules on graphene through the capability to detect, coherently manipulate, and readout their electronic spin states. In particular, intrinsic spin properties of metalated phthalocyanines and porphyrines will be tackled by means of the novel technique of Scanning Tunneling Microscopy combined with Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR-STM). This tool will provide the intrinsic figures of merit (decoherence and relaxation times, and Rabi rates) that unveil the feasibility of these metal-organic molecules as spin qubits. MolQuMag is of high relevance for the development of the next generation of quantum technologies based on the implementation of a large number of identical qubits as well as the development of efficient methods to interrogate them. The applicant will have the opportunity to immerse and gain valuable knowledge and expertise in the novel technique during the outgoing phase in the renowned ETHZ research laboratories in Switzerland, and bring her expertise on EPR-STM and quantum magnetism to Europe and in particular Spain, contributing to the expansion of quantum technologies in the Spanish research community, where the applicant plans to establish herself in the future.

Keywords: single molecular magnets,scanning tunnelling microscopy,electron paramagnetic resonance,qubit,quantum information,phthalocyanines,porphyrins,graphene,spin,magnetism
Accelerated EuRopean clOud (AERO)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Digital, Industry and Space
Theme: Digital
Destination: Digital & Emerging Technologies for Competitiveness and Fit for the Green Deal
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Greece,Switzerland,United Kingdom,France,Austria,Ireland,Italy,Czechia
Call: Open source for cloud-based services (RIA) (HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-01-01
End date: 2026-06-30
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4165312.5
EU funding (EUR): 4079250.0
Participants: 15
Project status: SIGNED

Several European flagship projects have emerged towards European sovereignty in chip design and computing infrastructure. Among them, the EU Processor Initiative (EPI) spearheads the development of the first EU processor. To ensure the successful integration of the EU processor into the cloud computing ecosystem and strengthen even more EU data sovereignty, it is necessary to develop the software support at the same pace with the hardware development. The harmonic relationship of the developed software and hardware is of paramount importance in order to establish an EU cloud platform able to compete with the mainstream solutions which are currently delivered by US companies. AERO aims to upbring and optimize an open-source software ecosystem that encompasses a wide range of software components ranging from operating systems to compilers, runtimes, system software and auxiliary software deployment services for cloud computing. The AERO software stack combines the aforementioned software components with novel software and hardware interfaces as a means to seamlessly exploit the heterogeneity aspects of the EU processor with regards to high performance, energy efficiency, and security. The ultimate objective of AERO is to facilitate easy migration of existing cloud customers to a cloud infrastructure that harnesses the capabilities of the EU processor. To showcase early adoption and the potential business value, the developed software and hardware technologies will be piloted by use cases representative of important EU industrial domains, such as automotive and space exploration.

Keywords: cloud computing,software stack,system software,epi,hardware acceleration,virtualization