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green electrochemical synthesis and characterization of mxenes for sustainable energy

to minimize the consequences of climate change stopping greenhouse gas emissions and thus decarbonization of the energy supply chain is crucial a highly promising solution is the utilization of fuel cells which require hydrogen for energy generation the supply of hydrogen by green technologies like water splitting is not economically feasible yet to resolve this issue cheap and efficient catalysts to drive this reaction are required in the recent years 2d materials moved in the focus of research as some of them show excellent catalytic activity to support the electrochemical splitting of water to obtain hydrogenamong the vast field of 2d materials mxenes are potential earthabundant candidates with high stability and a broad range of potential applications including the catalysis of water splitting to date 30 different mxenes have been synthesized while more than 100 of them are predicted however established protocols use hazardous chemicals for the synthesis among the different methods electrochemical etching of max phases to mxenes has the highest potential for an environmental approach thus the main effort of this project is to develop electrochemistrybased synthesis routes for mxenes using environmentally friendly chemicals the developed techniques will be evaluated in terms of yield and the structural and electrochemical characteristics of mxenes will be correlatedthe etching process will be further optimized using scanning electrochemical microscopy the technique enables the analysis of the localized electrochemical activity and the electrocatalytic activity towards the hydrogen evolution reaction this will provide a deeper knowledge about the etching process in two regards the minimum time required to achieve full conversion of max phase to mxene on an electrode surface can be determined and local differences in catalytic activity can be spotted and correlated with structural and chemical deviations
revitalisation of european local communities with innovative business models and social innovation in the blue biobased sector

bluerev aims to select a range of systems in the blue biobased sector in 3 different pilot regions throughout europe ie denmark italy and estonia pilot regions to tailor value chains from valorisation of coproducts as feedstock to processingconversion to final products in order to revitalise local communities both in a territorial and social sense and contribute to positive environmental and social impacts the proposal will analyse these value chains according to social economic and environmental barriers and potentialities business models local capacities such as feedstocks infrastructure human skills etc innovation actors including community knowledge and marginalised groups by using existing or improved monitoring system and indicators to evaluate the effectiveness of the value chains the proposal will also analyse the existing governance framework and how it can be improvedthe analysis will serve bluerev to develop or replicate new governance and business models allowing the transition towards socially and environmentally responsible behaviour within all ranges eg regulatory measures corporate responsibility initiatives education to enable sufficient impacts and performances of the specific value chains and to allow replication across europe in doing that bluerev will ensure an efficient engagement of all actors including local and regional authorities primary biomass producers smes civil society organisations including ngos knowledge providers community knowledge and marginalised groups via robust and transparent communication and awarenessraising campaigns
the scale revolution in physics historical and philosophical perspectives

the ideal of a final theory has shaped much of modern physics and its philosophical interpretations physicists have used it as a blueprint to construct theories of space time matter and motion that apply in principle everywhere and under any circumstances philosophers have used it as a guide to interpret existing theories and depict the entire universe in terms of a bedrock of fundamental entities although this ideal still plays an important role today in quantum gravity the situation has considerably changed since the 1950s physicists now widely recognize that our best current theories work only at certain scales and that this may well be the case for any future empirically successful theory physicists also spend most of their time studying systems scale by scale and analyzing how physical effects depend on each other across scales even in the context of quantum gravity how should philosophers adjust their interpretative practice if they are to take this new way of doing physics seriously what kind of world picture would result from this the rescale project contends that the ideal of a final theory no longer provides a sensible interpretative guide leaving us with no better option but to depict the universe one scale at a time more precisely the project will show through an indepth integrated historical and philosophical study that physicists new scalebased theoretical practice leads us to draw a partial picture of the world structured in a complex hierarchy of overlapping layers across scales which is largely independent of what may lie beyond besides disclosing a fundamental epistemological transformation in the recent history of science and showing how it forces us to rescale our world picture this systematic interdisciplinary study at the crossroads of history philosophy and physics will have profound implications for our understanding of representation reduction realism and metaphysics at the frontiers of science
measuring and modelling tectonic co2 emissions through time

geological processes governed paleoatmospheric co2 variations and exerted major control on past climate change beyond the millionyear time scale vast deep carbon reservoirs are known to be activated at continental rifts where the faulted lithosphere provides co2 pathways and where recent surveys detected massive co2 emissions however progress in quantifying natural co2 degassing and its impact on past climate is impeded for 3 reasons 1 current co2 flux measurement techniques require labourintensive field surveys that can cover only small areas 2 a consistent framework uniting geodynamic processes and co2 transport to the surface is missing 3 past co2 flux from rifts is difficult to quantify because compilations do not account for geodynamic characteristicsemerge will enter uncharted territory by linking 3 innovative approaches the project will 1 advance airborne co2 flux measurements via drones focusing on rifts in kenya ethiopia czech republic and iceland we will measure for the first time tectonic co2 flux distributions of entire regions allowing unprecedented insight into subsurface co2 pathways 2 characterise geodynamic controls on lithospheric co2 transport via novel numerical modelling techniques and 3 integrate data of all known rifts since 540 million years ago to understand the role of tectonic degassing in shaping earths climate through timezooming in on the geosphereatmosphere interface this project integrates interdisciplinary ideas and methods from geodynamics micrometeorology petrology and paleoclimatology emerge may generate broad impact on scientific and societal level dronebased co2 flux measurements will be a game changer in understanding tectonic co2 release at rifts and other plate boundaries worldwide the methodological and scientific advances may be essential for establishing a solid baseline of tectonic co2 emissions to accurately quantify controls on past and future climate change
unlocking the full potential of renewable energy with the ocean battery

the ocean battery is a ces bestofinnovation award winning breakthrough solution based on proprietary key enabling technology to solve the huge challenge of balancing supply demand for the global offshore epower industry due to intermittent production of wind power our patented and sustainably produced ocean battery system substantially lowers the capex for the massively expensive offshore power grid generating a very high roi for the unique ocean battery soon weather conditions dictate the timing of renewable energy production causing large fluctuations oversupply resulting in negative energy prices and even blackouts create a market in excess of 200 bn for energy storage this project demonstrates the ocean battery in a lake a fullscale operational system to show and validate the operation installation and maintenance processes after that the solution is ready to scale offshore and support the energy transition by providing gwhscale ecofriendly energy storage
directed and responsive oncology nanoparticlereleasing microrobots from engineered magnetotactic bacteria

given the prevalence of cancer it is of utmost importance to develop new strategies to treat it one of the most ambitious approaches is the use of microrobots selfpropelled microscopic devices capable of propelling themselves and being guided towards tumours where they can then effectuate a therapeutic action magnetotactic bacteria mtb are nonpathogenic aquatic microorganisms that synthesize intracellular magnetite nanoparticles within organelles called magnetosomes and are ideal candidates to serve as microrobots for cancer theranostics suitably they are highly motile have preference for low oxygen conditions such as the inside of tumours and can be externally guided detected and actuated by magnetic fields thanks to their chain of magnetosomesin this project i propose a new approach to boost the therapeutic abilities of mtb by genetically engineering mtb to express immunotherapymediators on the surface of magnetosomes and to create a triggeredrelease mechanisms to deliver these magnetosomes within the tumour microenvironment this strategy yet to be exploited is more sustainable and costeffective than the chemicalbased approaches proposed to date specifically new generations of mtb will maintain the genetic modifications without further need of surface modification or therapeutic loading steps the perfomance and effectiveness of genetically modified mtb to swim towards and release the immunotherapymediating magnetosomes will be tested in vitro in 3d cancer cell models placed within microfluidic devices to mimic tumours and surrounding vasculaturedronemtb is a highly interdisciplinary project that combines methods from materials science microbiology genetic engineering biochemistry microfluidics microscopy and cell biology after carrying out the project i will have acquired necessary skills to become an independent scientist and to lead research projects in the field of biomaterials and biomedical applications
cyber security risk assessment in virtualized airspace scenarios and stakeholders awareness of building resilient atm

the secairspace project aims to enable a more resilient atm by focusing on reducing the risks of virtualization and increased datasharing between all components of the atm infrastructure and the relevant stakeholders the project will enhance the stateoftheart security risk assessment methodologyies currently adopted in atm with prominent cyber security components further the project will investigate the potential of applying the concept of people analytics pa to increase cyber security awareness in atm organizations the project results will be validated and demonstrated through two realistic use cases involving relevant stakeholders
leishblock exploring an antileishmanial drug toolbox for blocking pathogen transmission in the sand fly vector

the main objective of leishblock is identifying antileishmanial compounds exhibiting minimal mortality to sand flies for exploitation as potential transmission blocking agentssand flies are the vectors responsible for transmitting leishmania parasites the causative agents of a range of disfiguring to lethal diseases known as leishmaniasis affecting populations worldwidecurrently with no human vaccines disease control relies on reducing contact with the vector and chemotherapy however the effectiveness of leishmaniasisvector control which includes nonspecific insecticide spraying insecticideimpregnated nets and environmental management lags behind other diseasevectorcontrol approaches moreover treatment options for leishmaniasis are limited and often require prolonged hospitalizationto address this pressing public health issue there is an urgent need to harness existing knowledge on the biology of these parasites utilize available resources and explore novel approaches to disease controlrecently a promising transmission blocking intervention tbi has been pursued for vectorborne diseases like malaria focusing on targeting parasites within the insect vector with a parasiticide this innovative approach has demonstrated the potential to become a valuable addition to the arsenal of tbis and merits attention in the field of leishmaniasiscompounds will be firstly screened using sand fly and bee cell lines then the safest compounds will be individually tested on the respective adult insects the leading compounds demonstrating greater safety will be assessed for their efficacy in reducing parasite burden in leishmaniainfected sand flies employing an innovative dna barcoding approachthe knowledge gained from this multidisciplinary project will contribute to the discovery of urgently needed new drugs to combat this neglected and important emerging vector borne disease while building on the research profile of the leading investigator
harvesting light for life green proteins as the interface between sun energy and biosphere

life on earth feeds on photons photosynthesis in green algae and land plants has been the worlds most successful biological process and has conquered the most diverse environments photosynthetic reaction centres are extremely well conserved an unlikely basis for the ability to adapt antenna systems are widely diversified and yet only the lightharvesting complexes lhcs have been selected for growth in the land environment the distinctive property of greencut organisms lies in their lightharvesting mechanisms which ensure efficient photon harvesting and photoprotection despite being the most abundant membrane proteins on earth binding most of chlorophyll that makes the planet green the secrets of lhcs are still concealed because we lack experimental systems that make possible the reverse and forward genetic analysis of lhcii proteins indeed the clusteredgenes encoding lhcii has resisted targeting by classic genetics i propose an indepth analysis of lhcii proteins in algae and plants by deploying a new technology that we have developed with our experience in studying lhcs firstly we deleted all genesencoding lhcii in model species of both land plants and green algae by genome editing and complemented plant lhcii lines with sitedirected mutated sequences demonstrating that reverse genetics can reveal the domains involved in the regulation of photon harvesting photoprotection and growth secondly forward genetics on the other hand will enable the identification of protein determinants by selecting specific phenotypes on complementing mixotrophic algal lhcii lines with randomly mutagenized sequences this will lead to a map of structures and functions that identifies the specific biological role of each component of the antenna system in vivo and in vitro the projects outcome will be the ability to design in a rational way the lightharvesting systems of plants and algae in the context of sustainable agriculture and bioindustry
cr4yagpolymer nanocomposite as alternative materials for qswitched lasers properties modeling and applications

the development and application of solidstate lasers ssrs over the last decade emphasizing their wideranging uses in fields such as metal processing medical applications and optical transmission systems it outlines the fundamental components of ssrs and the importance of achieving a balance between gains and losses in the laser resonator for effective generation the concept of qswitching is introduced highlighting its role in enhancing laser performance by modulating the qfactor of the resonator active and passive qswitching methods are compared with a focus on the advantages of passive qswitches for generating powerful subnanosecond pulses in compact laser systems the challenges associated with finding suitable passive qswitching materials particularly for longterm use are discussed leading to the proposal of a novel approach using a composite structure of polymer matrix with cr4yag nanopowders this initiative undertaken by the alterq consortium comprising european academic institutions research organizations and smes aims to address the current limitations and pave the way for costeffective alternatives in qswitched laser technology
quantumengineered latticematched iiivonsi multijunction solar cells

photovoltaics is called to be a main player in the global transformation of the energy sector the world is facing to fight climate change multijunction solar cells based on classical iiiv compound semiconductors are the most advanced photovoltaic cells holding a record photoconversion efficiency of 388 however the high cost associated to their manufacturing process has typically relegated this technology to nonterrestrial applications in favour of si cells on the contrary singlejunction si cells are costeffective but there is almost no room left to further improve their efficiency which already approaches its theoretical limit 294 miracle is created to make true a dream of decades combining the unbeatable efficiency of multijunction solar cells with the costeffectiveness of si technology the ultimate objective of miracle is the demonstration of both double and triplejunction solar cells based on iiiv materials pseudomorphically grown on top of a si cell configurations that promise photoconversion efficiencies of up to 43 and 47 respectively quaternary dilutenitride alloys are the only iiiv compounds that can be grown latticematched to si with ideal band gaps for the fabrication of multijunction solar cells in combination with a bottom si cell nevertheless despite of their wellknown potential reports on dilutenitride solar cells are rather scarce yet due to their challenging fabrication with the high structural perfection demanded in photovoltaics the revolutionary idea of miracle is to make use of quantum engineering to fabricate dilutenitride compounds lattice matched to si not as thick layers as attempted so far but as shortperiod superlattices by periodically alternating simpler compounds on atomiclayer scale hence miracle does not only aim to push the efficiency of costeffective sibased tandem solar cells to their theoretical limits but also to unveil the physical properties of unexplored quantum heterostructures
petrocultures intersections with the cultural heritage sector in the context of green transitions

petrocultures intersections with the cultural heritage sector in the context of green transitions pitch brings together academic and cultural sector organisation partners in six countries to spur on the processes by which humanities and arts scholarship and public interventions can strengthen citizen engagement with the constantly changing nature of cultural heritage and its relationship to past and present petrocultures our innovative and significant multisite pilot events will provide a model for employing cultural heritage to creatively engage citizens to spur on environmentallytransformative shifts in both individual and collective organisationalinstitutional behaviours we will provide heritage practitioners and policymakers with the tools to repurpose existing and future forms of heritage to facilitate just green transitions pitch will create a deeper understanding of petrocultures intersections with heritage practices and how this reflects social economic and political changes over time through our historical and analytical work in archives and collections and map the secondary literature on the intersections between petrocultures and heritage cultures we will conduct pilot interventions at three different types of sites museums industrial heritage sites and heritage landscapes with four cultural heritage partners to help citizens understand how petrocultures have affected their lives and be confident about how they might envision those lives otherwise in order to ensure the longlasting impact of the pilot interventions we will collaborate with key international and european policymaking and practitioner organisations to help citizens face current and future societal transformations with greater confidence we will develop policy briefings and digital toolkit to ensure the recommended methods are effective across the cultural geographic political and socioeconomic diversity of europe
nutriclock a tool based on microbiome and artificial intelligence for implementing precision nutrition

the aging process is nowadays the major risk factor for chronic diseases understanding its mechanisms and developing interventions to modulate it constitute a major challenge in order to increase both our life and healthspan the nutritional interventions have arisen as a potent instrument to influence aging mechanisms however the great variability of the effect of nutrition in different persons requires the development of proper tools to characterize the impact of a nutritional treatment here we propose the development of nutriclock an algorithm based on the latest advances in artificial intelligence and microbiome data directed to implement personalized nutrition by characterizing the effect of nutritional interventions on the aging process and health status of an individual nutriclock will be the first algorithm designed to specifically address the interaction of nutrition with aging and the specific changes occurring in the microbiotawe have conceived this project as the opportunity to develop an instrument useful to implement precision nutrition strategies it will be highly translational both in the design of public health plans through the application of efficient and personalized treatments but also for the development in the food industry of new products and approaches to enhance the precision nutrition field the implementation of this project will require the combination of the expertise in biocomputing of the hosting group and my background in molecular sciences and aging signaling importantly i will strengthen my current bioinformatic knowledge increasing my capacity to develop scientific projects making use of this powerful tool in addition i will sharpen my communication skills instrumental for the dissemination of our work to the scientific community and the society this project will enhance my professional career and help me to become an independent researcher in the nutrition aging and bioinformatic field