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demonstration of battery metals recovery from primary and secondary resources through a sustainable processing methodology

the european union has underexploited potential to produce critical raw materials crm and special metals as stated in the study on the eus list of critical raw materials 2020 concretely the battery sector is considered as a key strategic sector for the eu due to the increased use of batteries in different important sectors such as electric mobility thus metallico proposal presents a new opportunity for the european union it is composed by an strategic consortium along the value chain including mining and industrial sites with primary and secondary sources of critical and battery metals li co cu mn ni experienced partners to pilot novel processes for producing batterygrade materials based on previous projects and activities industrial and sme endusers in the battery cement paint and ceramic sectors and partners to demonstrate the sociallicensetooperate including the support of government bodies sustainability and commercial chances that the solution represents worldwide these battery metals are predominantly in chile australia south africa china and the democratic republic of congo representing a high risk for the eu in terms of supply shortage for example in the case of li the eu import reliance is 87 for lithium concentrates and 100 for refined compounds as there is no domestic refining metallico includes 4 cases studies in the eu to recover batterygrade li2co3 from a primary spodumenelepidolitepetalite deposit co concentrates and batterygrade coso4 from a mine secondary resource clc and cu co mn and ni concentrates from metallurgical slag from a pb refining company khgm and secondary mine tailings tharsis upscaling of sustainable and innovative upstream and downstream processes will demonstrate the technoeconomic recovery and production of these critical and important metals for the eu
unravelling extracellular vesicle heterogeneity to inspire improved therapeutic rna delivery systems

the growing number of classes of rna therapeutics including sirna mrna and rna components of the crisprcas9 machinery hold the promise of providing new treatment possibilities for almost any disease however these interventions require delivery of therapeutic rna to their final intracellular targets in diseased cells and delivery efficiency by current rna nanocarriers is unsatisfactory endogenous nanoparticles called extracellular vesicles evs have emerged as promising novel rna delivery systems due to their intrinsic ability to transfer biological cargo between cells in a selective manner in fact with my erc stg i have shown that evs outperform synthetic carriers in terms of rna delivery efficiency however evs are a heterogeneous population of vesicles that differ in their targeting and cargo delivery properties which forms a hurdle for the design of evbased delivery systems as methods to separate ev subpopulations and study their characteristics individually are lacking a fundamentally different approach to address this hurdle is necessarythe aim of unravel is to reveal how variations in ev composition lead to specialized subpopulations with unique delivery features using this knowledge i will develop the first biomimetic class of evinspired synthetic rna delivery systems i will pursue three objectives1 identify ev subpopulations with unique targeting and rna delivery properties using a novel ev barcoding strategy2 define these ev subpopulations in terms of unique surface properties intracellular trafficking and cargo release3 apply this knowledge to improve synthetic rna delivery systems by incorporating molecular features from ev subpopulationsthis work will significantly advance our understanding of the natural targeting and rna delivery mechanisms of ev subpopulations and may result in a new generation rna delivery system based on ev mimetics in turn this will allow more widespread application of rna therapeutics
bio massderived microsupercapacitors for iot devices

the increasing importance of the internet of things iot for applications within eg climate monitoring for agriculture water quality measurements or industrial process control drives the development of compact microelectronic systems for portable wireless sensors in consequence the demand for miniaturised energy storage systems is growing rapidlyin our ercfunded research we have invented a novel method for fabrication of biomassderived 3d electrodes for electrochemical energy storage with custommade dimensions and shape within biomicap our objective is to transition from laboratoryscale single electrode studies with aqueous electrolytes into a commercially relevant encapsulated microsupercapacitor sc device with thermally stable electrolytes compared to existing sc our electrodes are binderfree without metal current collector and recyclable the use of additive manufacturing technology allows for the fabrication of custommade miniaturized energy storage devices for specific iot applicationswe will validate the biomassderived sc as a sustainable and green power source for iot devices through field tests in collaboration with our industrial partners the innovation process includes an analysis of commercial feasibility a followup on the existing ip strategy and the development of a business strategy that enables the commercial exploitation of the sc by a spinoff company
open 2d quantum simulator

open2qs aims to deliver a disruptive change in our capabilities of analog quantum simulation of open 2d manybody systems for the first time this will allow us to investigate quantum matter with competing coherent and dissipative processes over extremely long times a regime that is inaccessible by current technology this will open a new window for the discovery of emergent dynamical phenomena and states of matter such as quantum glasses as any system in nature eventually couples to an environment and thus is open the research program of open2qs will deliver foundations and concepts whose relevance extends to chemistry biology and information processing thereby also forming a basis of future technological innovationopen2qs ambition to redefine the stateoftheart of open system quantum simulation will be achieved by employing ion crystals forming twodimensional geometries which host 100 individually addressable and mutually coupled particles strong statedependent tunable dipolar rydberg interactions will allow for a full control over the buildup of quantum correlations in 2d geometries vibrational phonon quantum degrees of freedom will enable the engineering of irreversible dissipative processes the ensuing complex dissipative dynamics will be stabilized over thousands of dissipation cycles via coherencepreserving insitu optical cooling monitoring quantum trajectories under dissipative dynamics and an unprecedented access to reservoir correlation functions will enable the investigation of collective relaxation behavior and exotic forms of matter we will study the impact of quantum effects on phase transitions explore correlated dynamics in quantum glasses test fundamental principles of quantum thermodynamics and advance numerical algorithms through a close theoryexperiment interplay to achieve these goals we have gathered a worldwide unique team of pioneers in trapped ions rydberg physics and quantum nonequilibrium theory
torsional atomic force microscopy to optimize the fabrication processes of organic electronic devices

organic semiconductors have become promising materials for the design of electronic devices since they are light flexible low cost and feasible for large scale manufacturing the efficiency of an organic device has a strong dependency on the selected organic molecule and its organization in the electronic device fabrication processes with standard organic molecules currently produce thin films consisting of a large number of crystalline domains without control of their orientation nor of the locations of the originated grain boundaries grain boundaries can act as charge traps and electron scattering centers resulting in a reduction of the electron mobility within the film therefore there are big differences in the electronic properties from one device to another device even if they are fabricated under the same conditions thus a major effort within organic electronics is devoted to refining the fabrication processes leading to uniform and controlled electronic properties of the devices in this proposal it is planned that i develop a novel atomic force microscopy afm technique based on torsional eigenmodes capable of detecting fast and in a precise manner the crystalline domains of anisotropic organic layers utilized in organic devices i will receive training in the fabrication processes of organic thin films by the host group and i will look for fabrication strategies to optimize the organic film deposition that enhances the electronic performance of organic devices the developed afm technique will be applied to study the domain distribution of the fabricated organic samplesthis action is expected to have a relevant impact in the organic electronic field enhancing the characterization and fabrication methods for organic device production that lead to an increase in energy efficiency likewise this action will impact my career enabling the transition into a position as an independent researcher
the microfoundations of macroinstitutions an empirical investigation of the coevolution of populist rhetoric and organizations

micropopulism aims at providing an indepth analysis of the microfoundations of populism in order to gain a granular understanding of populist rhetoric that can undermine european values as well as the drivers of this rhetoric and its economic consequences management scholars have made progress in understanding the coevolution of organizations and institutions their contributions only peripherally touch upon macroinstitutions and ignore the rhetoric element of institutional change i want to fill this gap and provide a better understanding of how organizations construct macroinstitutions and to conflate coevolution theory and discourse analysis this research project takes plays in the context of populism and multinational enterprises mnes mnes are powerful organizations that shape globalization forces and economic developments populism defines political institutions and contains a central rhetoric element as populists frame the political debate i will delve into discourse analysis and the rhetoric of populists to accommodate the varieties of their ideas the analysis of speeches press releases or social media posts of populists should enlarge the comprehension of the microfoundations of macroinstitutions and allow for an integration of discourse into coevolution theory i will also draw on hierarchicallinear modelling to explore the coevolutionary causalities between organizations and macroinstitutions micropopulism will last 24 months and will be conducted at luiss guido carli italy under the supervision of prof antonio majocchi an expert in institutions mnes and economic performance luiss focuses on political science and management studies and is an ideal institution for accommodating the interdisciplinary nature of this research project results of this project are relevant for different societal groups and will thus be disseminated and communicated to the academic community policy makers industry and general public
unlocking the potential of aibased weather forecasts for operational benefits

kairos will improve the quality of meteorological information provided to the aviation community through the use of artificial intelligence by producing accurate digital weather forecasts at longer lead times aviation stakeholders will be bettered position to mitigate the impacts of weather on their operations kairos will mature the trl of results from previous sesar exploratory research projects with the goal of reaching trl 7 through the completion of operational demonstrations the project will integrate live weather information from ai forecasts with existing decision support tools and platforms to assess the operational benefits to several endusers the kairos solution will enable a paradigm shift in the management of demand capacity balancing at all levels of the european airspace system including network level local fmp and uam kairos aibased weather forecasts are intended to be an enabling technology that will unlock operational efficiencies and the automation of planning activities within the airspace system by providing accurate weather forecasts earlier in the air traffic flow management process aviation stakeholders including ansps airports and airlines will be able to formulate strategies to minimize the disruption to their operations
linking soil biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services in different land uses from the identification of drivers pressures and climate change resilience to their economic valuation

the main objective of bioservices is to understand the interconnection between soil organisms virus bacteria archaea fungi protists nematodes microarthropods earthworms isopods millipedes insects and spiders and the delivery of multiple soil ecosystem functions and services at different scales field vs landscape identifying the pressures and drivers resulting from different land uses and climate change and performing an economic valuation of the contribution of soil organisms to ecosystem services bioservices will also deepen in the relationship between soil organisms and soil structure and how this interaction is affected by land use and management intensity to contribute to the soil mission objective 6 improve soil structure to enhance habitat quality for soil biota and crops bioservises will thus deliver new knowledge new indicators based on soil organisms and the ecosystem functions and services in which they are involved and digital decisionsupport tools and models to help design climate resilient management practices and monitoringconservationrestoration programmes adapted to a range of environments land uses and biogeographic regions across europe to maintain and foster the multiple soil ecosystem functions and services in which soil organisms are involved it will also give relevance to soil health and soil ecosystem functions and services delivered by soil organisms in the update of eu and national legislations for this bioservices is using experimental sites across 8 land uses and 5 biogeographic regions from europe as central hubs for cocreation and codesign multiactor approach responsible research and innovation rri and open science
european infrastructure for rydberg quantum computing

euryqa aims at establishing rydberg quantum processors as a leading platform for scalable quantum computing rydberg atoms have already provided proofofprinciple demonstrations of all the requirements for general purpose digital quantum computing and are today the only platform that has demonstrated more than 200 qubits with strong interactions and with a clear path to further scalability and eventually fault tolerant operation to develop the next generation of fully programmable and scalable quantum computing systems based on rydberg atoms and open them up for the european community now requires a coordinated interdisciplinary and intersectoral effort for this the euryqa consortium combines partners from academia and the private sector that are at the forefront of coldatom technology with key industrial partners with complementary expertise on quantum hardware classical electronics firmware and software the project will bring together four rydberg platforms with 1001000 qubits including three nationally funded platforms and one leading european start up to provide a unique european solution to rydbergbased quantum computers together with europewide benchmarking and standardization of the technology we will provide a common quantum computing stack for rydberg atoms a federated cloud service solutions to concrete computational problems leading to a quantum advantage and key technology and a blueprint for faulttolerant quantum computing with rydberg qubits
machine learningbased prediction and evaluation of supercapacitor performance of transition metal carbide developed by using waste surgical masks during covid19

fossilfree and renewable energy sources are a must for a sustainable society pushing the limitation of supercapacitors sc beyond their limits by producing metal carbides using as carbon source spent surgical masks an immense sideproduct burden of covid19 pandemic mestum project aims to tackle the worldwide increasing energy demand with highly efficient stable environmentally friendly and lowcost electrode materials em the development of em by transition metal carbides has attracted significant research attention thanks to its hightemperature stability conductivity easy operation in aqueousorganic electrolytes and insignificant electrolyte leaching easily accessible and abundant manganese metal carbides with multiple electron transfer ability represent an excellent source possessing the key performance markers for sc groundbreaking pseudocapacitance and cyclic stability by exploring the challenge of also generating a porous structure mestum aims to expand an electrochemically active specific surface area and porosity of transition metal carbide and thus deliver a significant growth of specific capacity performance during synthesis the groundbreaking approach of turning the porous carbon from the surgical mask into the transition metal structure will orchestrate a brilliant coupling of increasing the surface area and reducing surgical mask waste for machine learning prediction of specific capacity and cyclic stability the two most critical performancerelated features of sc the materials properties morphology composition surface area etc and operational conditions electrolytes current density potential window etc are crucial to tackle this issue the project will set the optimized parameters to easily evaluate the prospects of developed materials in sc application by a pioneering effort toward the significant advancement of sc technologies the mestum project will address a fundamental need for clean energy sources
sculpting circuits and behavior by developmental neuronal remodeling

neuronal remodeling is a conserved strategy to refine neural circuits during development defects in remodeling have been associated with neuropsychiatric disorders but direct mechanistic causality is lacking despite its fundamental significance how remodeling of neuronal processes affects circuit architecture and function and how this ultimately shapes behavior is not only unknown but also extremely challenging to study in complex organisms our lab is a worldleader in the molecular mechanisms of neuronal remodeling we use the stereotypic remodeling of the drosophila mushroom body mb a complex circuit within the fly brain as powerful genetic model to study this question recently we uncovered that mb remodeling is coordinated at the circuit level furthermore we generated a detailed expression atlas of mb neurons during development which highlighted genes and pathways mediating cellcell interactions as prime remodeling regulators thus our discoveries suggest that the time is ripe to take on the challenge of integrating the molecular cellular circuit and behavioral aspects of remodeling the mb is a perfect system for this due to its wellcharacterized structure and function to accomplish this goal we will build upon our developmental expression atlas to identify molecules that mediate cellcell interactions during remodeling obj 1 we will then investigate how specific geneticcellular perturbations of remodeling impact overall circuit architecture and connectivity obj 2 finally taking a new direction for the lab we will use behavioral readouts of mb function to understand how specific genetic perturbations of remodeling and connectivity affect circuit function and behavior obj 3 while each objective is independent and expected to yield highimpact discoveries by itself it is their combined implementation that is expected to provide the first holistic picture of neuronal remodeling from molecules to cells circuits and function
medical integrated photonic ultrasound transducer

the multisensing medical integrated photonic ultrasound transducer mediput project will develop a highresolution highquality recyclable medical imaging system based on a disruptive integrated photonic ultrasound transducer concept we envisioned a 100x increase in sensitivity compared to conventional usthe iputbased sensing system combines optical waveguides and micromechanical membranes with two optical readout techniques rr and mzi to at least two us applications medical ultrasound us and photoacoustics pa we will solve technical challenges such as increasing sensitivity mass parallelization by optical multiplexing and hybrid integration of microelectronics in pic tuneable waveguides fiber chip coupling manufacturability and packaging these advances will lead to a higher production yield and increased insight in the processing solutions of hybrid integrated photonics the iputs are based on easily accessible materials dont require lead to improve the performance and laser power can be reduced significantly we will iteratively develop an effective soi and sin manufacturing process to realize very sensitive iput sensors and integrate them into us transducer arrays for medical imaging and pa for validation and demonstration on phantoms instead of tissue the partners have the inhouse capability to develop manufacture integrate and package the novel iputbased sensing systems into transducers covering the full manufacturing value chain the increase in sensitivity will enable 1 an increase of the us image by a factor 22 an increase of the penetration depth by a factor 23 a 100x reduction of the peak pressures4 a 100x reduction of the required laser power for pa resulting in the use of lowcost lasersmediput reinforces european industrial leadership in highperformance multisensing system development and manufacturing particularly in the healthcare sector
dynamicc collaboration to generalize ecofriendly trajectories

concerto aims to provide the means to maximize the opportunities for co2 reduction and to introduce nonco2 impact management in daily operations the goal is to reach trl6 processes and tools that allow the ecosystem to achieve more ecofriendly trajectories and thus higher climate impact reduction without requiring major changes on legacy atm and airlines systems to do so two specific objectives are declined for concerto the first one focuses on co2 emissions reduction when the second one introduces nonco2 climate impact reduction mitigation means finally as concerto is a data driven project generating data on co2 and nonco2 effects and opportunities at tma atsu and possibly network level the project presents the opportunity to contribute to the improvement of european environmental performances dashboardsambition 1 keep the pace on co2 emissions reduction integrate green atc capacity in atm processes with the appropriate level of automation and support atm actors in balancing permanently regularity and environmental performance at local and network level ambition 2 by leveraging stateoftheart climate science allow atm actors to take their ecoresponsibility to the next level ambition 3 strengthen cooperation anticipation and exchange of information between nm air traffic control airlines and flight planning service providers ambition 4 demonstrate that mitigation measures such as the ecofriendly orchestrator and echo area avoidance concepts can be deployed progressively at network level in close connection with scientific progress