Technologies

In this section it is possible to view, also through targeted research, the technologies inserted in the PROMO-TT Database. For further information on the technologies and to contact the CNR Research Teams who developed them, it is necessary to contact the Project Manager (see the references at the bottom of each record card).

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160
Description

At IFN-CNR, in collaboration with Politecnico di Milano-Department of Physics, we have developed Raman microscopy approaches compatible with the study and characterization of biological and industrial samples. In detail, our facility houses a self-built spontaneous confocal Raman microscope with the following characteristics: two excitation lasers (660nm and 785nm), inverted microscope (Olympus IX-73) and Princeton spectrometer / CCD.

Thematic areas
Chemicals & Physics
Chemicals & Physics / Imaging & image processing
Chemicals & Physics / Atomic and molecular spectroscopy
Health & Biotech
Health & Biotech / Diagnostic, Medical imaging & advanced bioimaging
Health & Biotech / Biosensors
# Record card
129
Description

Lifeshell is an anti-seismic furniture construction concept, which can be used for making wardrobes, tables, desktops, beds. It’s made by timber based panels: highly resistant and flexible, relatively lightweight and inexpensive. Lifeshell benefits from the natural wood elasticity and from smart connections for dissipating the great impact energies occurring during an earthquake. Lifeshell has been designed for resisting partial building collapses, and to provide a safe shell where inhabitants can find refuge.

Thematic areas
Aerospace and Earth Science
Aerospace and Earth Science / Seismology
Materials
Materials / Wood products
Energy and environmental sustainability / Building materials
Agrifood
Agrifood / Forestry
Health & Biotech
Health & Biotech / Smart Devices for Health and Wellness
Energy and environmental sustainability
Tourism, social sciences and cultural heritage / Safety and security
Energy and environmental sustainability / Natural disasters
Energy and environmental sustainability / Simulation
Tourism, social sciences and cultural heritage
Tourism, social sciences and cultural heritage / Technologies for preservation of cultural heritage
Bioeconomy
# Record card
255
Description

NANOINCICLO is a technology based on the use of nanostructured cyclodextrins (CDs) for the targeted delivery of drugs such as anticancer drugs, photodynamic drugs, anti-inflammatories, antivirals, antibacterials, nutraceuticals and metals with therapeutic and diagnostic properties. Successful CDs for the proposed technology are FDA-approved or in advanced pre-clinical investigational stage and include natural and functionalized, polymeric, and amphiphilic monomeric CDs.

Thematic areas
Chemicals & Physics
Materials
Materials / Photo-active & graphene-based materials
Chemicals & Physics / Micro and nanotechnology related to physical, chemical and exact sciences
Health & Biotech
Health & Biotech / Smart Devices for Health and Wellness
Health & Biotech / Nanomedicine
Health & Biotech / Diagnostic, Medical imaging & advanced bioimaging
Health & Biotech / Development of new drugs
Chemicals & Physics / Subtainable substances and green chemistry
Health & Biotech / Medical Device
# Record card
258
Description

The development of new materials with near-infrared emission (NIR, 700 – 1000 nm) represent an important target in the technological progress of innovative active components for OLED devices (including flexible ones), surveillance systems, autonomous driving, night vision sensors, fiber optic telecommunications and medical systems. In all these fields it still lacks a commercial NIR-OLED technology.

Thematic areas
Chemicals & Physics
Chemicals & Physics / Micro and nanotechnology related to physical, chemical and exact sciences
Health & Biotech
Health & Biotech / Diagnostic, Medical imaging & advanced bioimaging
ICT & Electronics
ICT & Electronics / Optoacustic sensors, Optoelectronic devices
Health & Biotech / Medical Device
Energy and environmental sustainability
Energy and environmental sustainability / Environmental engineering/technologies
Chemicals & Physics / Inorganic substances
Energy and environmental sustainability / Sensory
Chemicals & Physics / Organic substances
Chemicals & Physics / Colours & dyes
Materials
# Record card
177
Description

Filamentous bacteriophages for size, in vivo biodistribution and easiness of engineering, are considered as natural nanoparticles. The developed technology allows the construction of bio-nanoparticles based on filamentous bacteriophages delivering proteic antigens and immunomodulating lipids. Thanks to the high content of hydrophobic residues, phage capsid proteins have high binding affinity to lipids, allowing the conjugation of immunostimulating lipids.

Thematic areas
Health & Biotech
Health & Biotech / Nanomedicine
Health & Biotech / Development of new drugs
# Record card
38
Description

The Q-PLL is a nonlinear circuit which can maintain a locked state when forced by two incommensurate frequencies.

The locked state is a third frequency parametrically selected among those prescribed by the theory of three-frequency resonances in dynamical systems.

In particular, the locked frequency forms a three-frequency resonance with the frequencies of the quasi- periodic input and is closely related to the pitch perception of complex sound in humans.

Thematic areas
Materials / Properties of materials, corrosion, degradation
ICT & Electronics / Sensor/multi-sensor technology, instrumentation
ICT & Electronics / Optics & Acoustic
ICT & Electronics / Robotics and control systems
Health & Biotech / Medical Device
Health & Biotech / Micro and nanotechnology related to biological sciences
Health & Biotech / Bio-medicals
ICT & Electronics / Electronics and microelectronics
ICT & Electronics / Information processing, information system, workflow management
ICT & Electronics / IT and Telematics applications
ICT & Electronics / Multimedia
ICT & Electronics / Telecommunications
# Record card
152
Description

The proposed system is based on a high-resolution electrocardiograph in which the electrodes are positioned on maternal abdomen. The acquired signals are processed using a completely unsupervised software for fetal ECG extraction based on independent component analysis, maternal ECG canceling and a quality index optimization. The electrocardiograph is constituted by a light-weight and light-dimension portable unit, which acquires the signals and transmit them to a computer where the analysis software runs.

Thematic areas
Health & Biotech
Health & Biotech / Bio-medicals
Health & Biotech / Smart Devices for Health and Wellness
Health & Biotech / Diagnostic, Medical imaging & advanced bioimaging
# Record card
85
Description

This technology is based on an algorithm able to provide the probability of being asthmatic with high accuracy. This probability is based on the evaluation of respiratory function and, specifically, of forced expiratory vital capacity in the first second (FEV1), in resting conditions, and 20 minutes after administration of a bronchodilator drug.

Thematic areas
Health & Biotech / Smart Devices for Health and Wellness
Health & Biotech / Diagnostic, Medical imaging & advanced bioimaging
ICT & Electronics / IT and Telematics applications
Health & Biotech / Medical Device
# Record card
81
Description

IMM has developed tactile sensors for the detection of objects and surface and for the handling of objects with humanoid robots (e-skin). These devices can be integrated on ultra-flexible and high conformable substrates and they can be used for multiple applications: 1) for a correct interaction with objects distributed in complex environment; 2) for a safe short-range interaction between humanoid robot and humans; 3) for fabricating smart wearables for the detection of biometric parameters (e.g. heartbeat); 4) for remotely control rovers with wearable gadgets.

Thematic areas
ICT & Electronics / Smart cities and Communities
Health & Biotech / Smart Devices for Health and Wellness
ICT & Electronics / Robotics and control systems
ICT & Electronics / Internet of Things
Automotive transport and logistics / Vehicles
Health & Biotech / Medical Device
Health & Biotech / Micro and nanotechnology related to biological sciences
Additive and advanced industrial manufacturing / Robotics
ICT & Electronics / Electronics and microelectronics
Materials / Plastics, polymers
# Record card
93
Description

Safe, efficient and specific nano-delivery systems are increasingly needed for precision and regenerative medicine and targeted therapies (e.g. anticancer and antimicrobial therapies), as well as for  the cosmetic and nutraceutical sectors’ applications. Despite the appreciable success of synthetic nanovectors, like for example liposomes, their clinical and market application is hampered by some limitations: • large scale production, • low cost production • intrinsic toxicity • limited cellular uptake • limited consumer acceptance.

Thematic areas
Health & Biotech / Micro and nanotechnology related to biological sciences
Materials / Processes of production & treatment of materials
Chemicals & Physics / Micro and nanotechnology related to physical, chemical and exact sciences
Agrifood / Marine resources
Agrifood / Nutrition & health
Health & Biotech / Nanomedicine
Health & Biotech / Development of new drugs
Chemicals & Physics / Subtainable substances and green chemistry
Health & Biotech / Regenerative Medicine
# Record card
256
Description

Environmental monitoring is a rapidly growing field, both in academia and industry. The use of wearables for environmental monitoring is a promising technique, as it allows data to be collected continuously and comprehensively. The main problem with using wearables for environmental monitoring is the size and weight of the system, as well as the high degree of specialization required to develop a fully functional device.

Thematic areas
ICT & Electronics
ICT & Electronics / Sensor/multi-sensor technology, instrumentation
Energy and environmental sustainability
Energy and environmental sustainability / Sensory
Energy and environmental sustainability / Wearable technologies
Health & Biotech
Health & Biotech / Smart Devices for Health and Wellness
ICT & Electronics / Internet of Things
Tourism, social sciences and cultural heritage / Safety and security
# Record card
30
Description

X-ray imaging techniques can work in i) "full-field mode" in which the object to study (or part of it) is completely illuminated by the X-ray beam; ii) "scanning mode" in which an X-ray beam, focused through an opportune optics, illuminates in succession contiguous areas of the sample under examination, and the transmitted wave is measured by a detector placed at a proper distance from it. One of these X-ray scanning microscopes is available at the facility (X-ray MicroImaging, XMIL@b) of the Institute of Crystallography (CNR-Bari).

Thematic areas
Chemicals & Physics / Man made fibres
Additive and advanced industrial manufacturing / Packaging
Materials
Health & Biotech / Diagnostic, Medical imaging & advanced bioimaging