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associative metalfree electrolytes for battery energy storage

battery energy storage systems bess offer attractive alternatives to pumped hydroelectric and compressed air energy storage methods on account of their modularity flexibility and independence from geographical conditions however new bess installations are primarily lithiumion batteries alongside increasing market share for vanadium redox flow batteries which both rely heavily on key metals with significant cost and safety implications as well as geopolitical concerns the eufunded aero best project will address this problem through use of metalfree associative electrolytes for airstable bess and exploration of its commercialisation potential through feasibility studies and market research our associative electrolytes serve as fully organic electrolytes in aqueous flow battery systems they provide a paradigm shift through selfprotective supramolecular assembly mitigating against detrimental interactions with oxygen while providing extended battery lifetime the system will be scaled allowing validation of the technology through a battery demonstrator and a sustainable business model will be developed for commercialisation of the electrolytes aero best has potential to revolutionise energy storage realising a purely sustainable energy ecosystem independent from geopolitics offering a substantial reduction in the cost of both electrolytes as well as in costs of battery manufacturing as these electrolytes demonstrate air stability they offer simplified battery system operation and maintenance with an opportunity to democratise the bess market especially benefiting developing nations
lightweight vibration absorption using buckling metamaterials

vibrations cause unwanted noise and even failure in many areas including vehicles such as spacecrafts road vehicles and trains sensitive optical or hightech instruments and machinery the market size for global vibration control systems was valued at 47 billion dollars in 2021 and is expected to expand to 81 billion dollars in 20302 this increase in demand is driven by a growing emphasis on the mechanical stability and balancing of industrial machines which require ever growing precision and vehicles which require ever growing safetyto counter these vibrations many strategies have been developed one of the easiest ways is to use viscoelastic materials but there is typically an inherent tradeoff high dissipation entails low stiffness whereas many applications typically require both high dissipation and high specific stiffness another approach is to use active vibration damping but these systems typically add an additional layer of complexity and weighthere we propose to use euler buckling as a functional mechanism to create vibrations absorbers buckling structures are simultaneously stiff and highly dissipative thanks to their high stiffness prior to buckling and highly nonlinear force and damping response during postbuckling to this end we will use flexible mechanical metamaterials made of metal and fibrereinforced composites with tailored buckling and postbuckling we will establish such metamaterials as a prime avenue to create lightweight structures that is orders of magnitude more dissipative than their linear viscoelastic counterparts we will hence establish their potential as a competitive solution for lightweight structures combining high damping and high specific stiffness in hightech and aerospace applications in particular our metamaterials will allow to reduce the weight and increase the damping of energyabsorbing components in vehicles hence reducing their overall weight
building euafrica partnerships on sustainable raw materials value chain

secure the access to raw materials represents a critical issue for european ambition to deliver the green deal and perform the energy and digital twin transition as future demand of primary critical raw materials will continue to be largely met by importations eu needs to diversify its supply chain and engage strategic partnerships with resourcesrich third countries covering extraction processing and refining such as african countries in this framework africamaval project aims to develop euafrica partnership ensuring a responsible sourcing of mineral resources for the european industry while granting a sustainable local codevelopment in the best environmental social and governance esg conditions and leading to a longterms business environment for european and african companiesthe consortium created with partners coming both from africa and europe is based on experienced organizations and networks deeply anchored and involved in the raw material domain with a specific expertise and knowledge of the african culture organisations difficulties and resourcesthe mineral financial environmental social institutional and economical aspects will be studied along with all the value chains including the assm activities to the project completion to reach its operational targets building an eu and africa business networking on the whole crm value chains developing a strategy on the integration of identified and emerging eu and african raw materials value chains for the energy and digital transition assessing responsible investment opportunities the africamaval project will conduct ten case studies in african countries and an evaluation of 100 investment opportunities a wide dissemination within europe and africa to promote responsible sourcing and will implement a sustainable organisation after the completion of the project
converting methane into green fuels using electrochemical devices

this proposal titled converting methane into green fuels using electrochemical devices comfuelswill achieve efficient electrochemical methane conversion in a gas diffusion methane conversion cell through fewlayer 2d materialssupported transition metal oxide catalysts we will exploit our expertise in the preparation of metal nanostructures by electrodeposition preparation and modification of fewlayer 2d materials and electrocatalysis this will provide a new generation of highperforming catalysts for sustainable methane conversion into valueadded fuels enabling the scientific community to exploit the potential of gas diffusion methane electrolyzers the fellow manila ozhukil valappil is an expert on 2d nanostructures and electrocatalysis the supervisor prof maria escudero escribano at the catalan institute of nanoscience and nanotechnology icn2 in barcelona has longstanding expertise in spectroelectrochemistry electrocatalysis materials science and surface nanostructuring for various electrochemical applications and has secured an ercconsolidator grant june2023present on tailored materials for electrochemical methane activation and conversion into valuable chemicals such as methanol wellestablished advanced materials and electrochemical characterization facilities at icn2 ensure the projects success and will provide a unique environment for the development of mov
turboeeg a fast opensource brain imaging package for electroencephalography

electroencephalography eeg from scalp potentials is a crucial noninvasive technique for imaging the electric brain activity eeg is of primary importance in several scenarios of substantial societal impact ranging from electric characterization of epileptic seizures to the development of brain computer interfacesone of the key technologies in advanced eeg imaging is the source imaginglocalization procedure where the volume electric current responsible for the scalp potential is obtained solving an inverse source problem in turn requiring several solutions of the eeg forward problem the imaging of the brain currents is what makes the standard eeg readings into high resolution eeg brain imaginglamentably the standard eeg forward problem has cubical computational complexity resulting in an eight times increase in computer memory and computational time every time the problem doubles in size this substantially limits the impact of eeg imaging especially in low power computational systems and in social settings that cannot afford expensive computing machinesthe object of the turboeeg project is to radically change this paradigm we will translate the outcomes of the erc consolidator grant project 321 into the field of eeg neuroimaging obtaining and distributing the first existing eeg open source package that will solve the eeg imaging problem in linear complexity speeding up standard eeg imaging of orders of magnitude and making high resolution eegs widely available and cheapsince eeg source imaging is what translate a standard eeg device into an high resolution one the new open source tool will have a substantial impact on society by making available high resolution eeg technology in environments where top computational power is not available such as small hospitals ambulatories schools and universities the new opensource tool will in fact also have a substantial impact on education professional training and brain research
energy activated citizens and datadriven energysecure communities for a consumercentric energy system

enpower will design develop and demonstrate sshdriven methodologies interactive and closedloop tools and datadriven services for energyactivated citizens and energysecure crosssector communities towards a citizencentric energy system we combine leadingedge icts with socialbehavioural dimensions and with sharing economy and value stacking business models to deploy 1 a social science framework for energy citizens activation and innovative multidimensional incentives for citizens participation in energy markets 2 aibased consumers clustering and segmentation algorithms 3 interactive tools and facilitation services for energy community planning 4 energy data space adaptation to support communitylevel datadriven activation and interoperable automated privacy and sovereigntypreserving demand response dr 5 p2p dltblockchain digital marketplace for tokenized energy and nonenergy assets reciprocal compensation 6 datadriven services and apps for energy efficiency and activation performance management 7 ict services and digital twins for communitylevel energy optimization and aggregated flexibility management to trade off local selfconsumption against grid service provisioning while boosting a beyondenergy community social welfare 8 edge monitoring hubs for automated dr 9 business sandbox for novel sharing economy and social innovationbased business models 10 methodologies for evaluating different energy community setups upscaling and replication enpower framework will be validated along 4 front runners energy communities pilots and further replicated in 2 early adopters covering different levels of maturity of communities to demonstrate increased res local selfconsumption and consumers participation to the energy markets while nurturing increased local security of supply enpower leadership programme and blueprints will support euwide replication and advice regulatory bodies on communitiesfriendly enabling frameworks
cocreation methodology for biotechnology trustbuilding measures for improved innovation uptake in the biobased innovation system

the effective application of biotechnology plays a crucial role in building a sustainable european industry in line with the eu bioeconomy strategy and its progress report and contributing to the transformation of europe outlined in the green deal but despite the enormous potential of biotechnology for contributing to sustainable development in areas such as healthcare materials chemicals and food production the technology is not widely accepted and supported by the general public this leads to reluctance among industry to adopt and invest in biotechnological solutions uncertainty among investors and creates little incentive to eliminate regulatory barriers that prevent implementation recognising their concerns is therefore essential for improving the adoption of these technologies the main objective of the btrust project is thus to develop a transparent and inclusive governance model enabling the application of biotechnology to the biobased and agrifood sector more specifically to 1 inform and create transparency related to consumer and environmental safety 2 leverage engagement from citizens and other stakeholders and 3 develop and exchange best practices this model will be built based on the theory of change to ensure impact while keeping all actors committed and use cocreation trajectories with civil society and stakeholders as trust catalysts leading to a set of measures and principles for building trust the model will be developed and finetuned via four biotech use cases chosen to cover different types of concerns and benefits mapping out the real and perceived risks and benefits of these technologies will lead to a comprehensive assessment of the technologies laying the foundations for general trustbuilding lastly a forum will be created to deploy trainings and keep stakeholders engaged and informed allowing the model to be replicated and sustained for further research and development policy making and funding schemes
improving peptidebased anticancer vaccines with phosphatase inhibitors

peptides have great potential for vaccines peptidebased vaccines aim to increase the population and activity of pathogencancerrecognizing t cells by administering antigenic peptides carrying epitopes for major histocompatibility mhc class i and ii these peptides are endocytosed by dendritic cells dcs followed by intracellular proteolytic processing to release the epitopes the loading of the epitopes on mhc and finally the presentation to antigenspecific t cells despite numerous studies showing immunogenicity in preclinical settings peptidebased vaccines have failed to show efficacy in clinical trials one reason for this limited efficacy is that too low amounts of epitopes are presented on mhc thus one way to improve peptidebased vaccines is to improve their intracellular processing for mhc presentation by dcs in this project we will explore a novel approach for increasing the crosspresentation efficiency moreover we will perform precommercialization studies aimed at protecting the intellectual property defining the commercialization strategy and enhancing our industrial network we expect that our strategy will raise interest as many pharmaceutical companies are developing peptidebased vaccines
monitoring megathrust faults with abyssal distributed acoustic sensing

earthquakes have caused more than half a million of fatalities in the past 20 years a large fraction of this death toll arises from the current lack of systematic predictive signals while some theories describe earthquakes as intrinsically stochastic processes challenging or impossible to predict evidence from laboratory and numerical experiments indicates that earthquakes could be preceded by a preparatory phase but despite all efforts only incomplete observations of such phase have been achieved this observational gap is mainly due to our inability to deploy extensive sensor networks near the earthquake nucleation zone especially for large earthquakes that are the most likely to produce precursors detectable at the surfacei propose to probe the mechanical state of a fault prior to large earthquakes using seismic waves recorded on the largest and densest seismic array ever deployed directly above one of the most active faults on earth the chilean subduction zone long term monitoring of its vigorous activity will allow my team to observe the preparatory phase of several strong earthquakes m6to achieve this i will use a revolutionary technology distributed acoustic sensing to convert several 100 km long segments of fiber optic telecommunication cables that run offshore along the 4200 km of the chilean subduction zone into a large and dense oceanbottom seismic observatory the unique data produced by this new observatory will enable the detection of weak earthquakes and changes in the crustal properties with a sensitivity that has never been achieved beforethis transformative capability augmented by the development of real time data processing workflows will enhance the early warning system in chile by improving the timeliness and accuracy of earthquake warnings the expected outcomes of this project will have a transformative impact on earthquake science as well as on the reduction of societal vulnerability to natural hazards
highcoherence ultracold electron diffraction for molecular movies of membrane proteins

imagine we could make movies of proteins in action in this project i propose to develop a unique tabletop setup based on the diffraction of ultracold electrons that does exactly that make molecular movies of proteins in particular of the important class of membrane proteins this tool could revolutionize biochemistry yielding an ultimate view of natures molecular machinery and helping scientists to understand membraneproteinrelated diseases and develop highly targeted medicinesa unique source developed at the tue and based on the femtosecond photoionization of an ultracold gas generates electron pulses that should in principle be sufficiently short intense and coherent to enable electron diffraction on 2d crystals of membrane proteins in this project i will evaluate the sources capability to generate highquality diffraction patterns from 2d crystals of eg hydrophobin and bacteriorhodopsin next i will measure a sequence of such diffraction patterns in a pumpprobe experiment to obtain a molecular movie of the lightinduced conformational change of bacteriorhodopsin this will be the first protein molecular movie ever obtained on a tabletop setup in parallel i will improve the source performance accelerating the electrons to higher energies from 10 to above 100 kev i can keep the sample in its native aqueous environment inside a liquid cell which strongly extends the applicability of the setup modifying the spatial and spectral properties of the ionization laser i expect to be able to increase the number of electrons per pulse allowing singleshot diffraction patterns and to further increase transverse coherence reducing the required crystal size finally i will seek to improve the coherence of the source to the point where i can apply my experience in coherent diffractive imaging to make molecular movies of a single protein without crystallization which is a holy grail in structural dynamics all on a tabletop setup
aggregate and idiosyncratic risk in macroeconomics

since the great recession of 0809 two interrelated economic phenomena challenge politics and research alike first the return of aggregate volatility marking the end of the great moderation second the rise in inequality to levels last seen during the gilded age a new literature has responded to this challenge by adding heterogeneity to business cycle models hank this is a major step but the focus on certaintyequivalent solutions in aggregates restricts the interaction of both phenomena my research agenda aims to make groundbreaking progress by developing a new computational toolbox that allows to study the relative strength of aggregate and idiosyncratic risks and their interaction in inequality asset returns and business cyclespart i develops a sparse higherorder perturbation solution for hank models smart use of the modularity of idiosyncratic and aggregate model components makes estimation feasible which is key for quantificationpart ii measures heterogeneity in the exposure to aggregate risk and quantifies its contribution inequality the volatility of wages portfolio returns and tax rates differs across the distribution and this affects inequality via household portfolio decisions part iii decomposes the capital premium into the parts coming from idiosyncratic and aggregate risk large parts of the capital stock feature trading costs that can explain part of the equity premium which makes the equity premium puzzle less severepart iv examines the cost of business cycles and novel benefits of stabilization policies by reducing aggregate risk policy allows households to hold less liquid portfolios and increase investment into capitalpart iiiv contribute to fundamental questions in macroeconomics the welfare costs of business cycles the benefits of fiscal vs monetary stabilization and the drivers of inequality and asset returns my agenda is ambitious but the importance of the questions imply an extremely high return
toxic free metallization process for plastic surfaces

technological advancement has significantly transformed plating methods by introducing metal coatings on plastic substrates plating on plastics pop has emerged as an effective solution in a wide range of applications in the automotive aerospace and home appliances industry there is a high preference for plating on plastic in the automotive industry owing to its light weight cost effectiveness and corrosion resistance in the automotive industry it not only adds aesthetic value but also helps in increasing fuel efficiency by reducing the overall vehicle weight decorative chrome copper and nickel plating is quite popular on various interior and exterior plastic parts such as knobs handles logos emblems trims etc abs pc pet nylon and peek are widely used polymers in plastic platinghowever the current processes for pop present some significant disadvantages related to environmental sustainability occupational safety and quality of coatings ie the use of hexevalent chromium in the etching process and the use of palladium in the activation step freeme project proposes two revolutionaries approaches for the metallization of polymeric plastic or resins surfaces without the use of hexavalent chromium and palladium the first technology is based on the use of resins eg epoxyacrylate resins with the additions of suitable nickel based precursors this composite resin can be deposited uniformly in the surface of the plastic object either by spray deposition methods or other simple deposition methods the nickel precursors are afterwards reduced utilizing appropriate reduction agents eg nabh4 creating the necessary nuclei for the next step of electroless deposition for the formation of the conductive layer
contested frontiers understanding the metapolitics of settlerstate peripheries

between indigenous selfdetermination and settler colonization lie contested frontiers subject to metapolitics ie to competition over the framing of polities in the past settlers using force domesticated frontiers recent decades have seen an indigenous resurgence rekindling metapolitics particularly on settlerstate peripheries these contests are increasingly waged by weaponizing constitutive principles is the demos universal or divisible should individual or collective rights prevail should democracy or selfdetermination decide resolving such contests is difficult yet the metapolitics of todays frontiers have escaped politicalscience attentionconfront aims to develop a theory of frontier metapolitics it will study contests over constitutive principles in and how such contests shape and are shaped by settlerstate peripheries it will gather and test data from settler federal territories and related peripheries to pursue four research objectives conceptualizing metapolitics to render it cognizable compiling the first dataset of frontier constitutive metapolitical contests analysing such contests and their interaction with the constitution of peripheries and normatively theorizing how such contests should be approachedresolvedconfront will combine comparative politics comparative constitutional law and normative political theory to identify and open a salient new research field led by a pioneer of settlermetapolitical studies with a unique preacademic background in peripheral areas this project will make modern frontier metapolitical contests visible comprehensible and more soluble if successful it will place peripheries central to studies of metapolitics inspiring and preparing scientists decisionmakers civilsociety actors and even colonized peoples to grapple with the rising metapolitical instability of peripheries and of the late westphalian world at large