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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239
Description

Bivalve mollusc shells are made mainly of CaCO3 (ca 95%), with a small fraction of organic material. If from these shells this mineral is retrieved, they could become a renewable and sustainable “mine” of a “blue” CaCO3. Bivalve mollusc shells, also after the removal of the animal flesh, maintain a certain quantity of organic substances, part in the muscle and part in the shell.

Thematic areas
Bioeconomy
Energy and environmental sustainability
Energy and environmental sustainability / Renewable sources
Health & Biotech
Health & Biotech / Care, Hygiene, Cosmetics
Energy and environmental sustainability / Waste management
Additive and advanced industrial manufacturing
Energy and environmental sustainability / Pollution treatment (air, soil, water)
Chemicals & Physics
Chemicals & Physics / Inorganic substances
Additive and advanced industrial manufacturing / Additive manufacturing processes and materials
Materials
Materials / Ceramic materials
Chemicals & Physics / Subtainable substances and green chemistry
Materials / Paper technology
Materials / Plastics, polymers
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244
Description

The Proof-of-Concept A.L.I.C.E. or "Actuators based on Light sensitive CompositE" aims at the development of innovative materials through 3D/4D printing processes and uses them as actuators in the fields of photovoltaics, concentrated solar power, thermodynamic solar, and other applications such as optical deflectors, optical microvalves, and optical switches.

Thematic areas
ICT & Electronics
ICT & Electronics / Laser technologies
ICT & Electronics / Sensor/multi-sensor technology, instrumentation
ICT & Electronics / Optics & Acoustic
ICT & Electronics / Robotics and control systems
ICT & Electronics / Optoacustic sensors, Optoelectronic devices
ICT & Electronics / Nanotechnologies related to electronics and microelectronics
Additive and advanced industrial manufacturing
Materials
Materials / Composite and hybrid materials
Materials / Optical materials
Materials / Plastics, polymers
Materials / Processes of production & treatment of materials
Materials / Photo-active & graphene-based materials
Energy and environmental sustainability
Health & Biotech
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145
Description

Ageing characterization of Balsamic Vinegar of Modena (BVM) and Traditional Balsamic Vinegar of Modena (TBVM) by the combined use of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy (NMR) and multivariate statistical analysis. Our database allows to differentiate BVM from TBVM samples. Moreover, within BVMs, samples with ageing <3/>3 years can be discriminated and within TBVM, samples with ageing between 12 and 25 years as well as >25 years can be discriminated.

Thematic areas
Agrifood
Agrifood / Food quality & safety
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149
Description

Direct quantification of the percentage of arabica in roasted and ground coffee blends of arabica/robusta by High Resolution Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy (NMR), in solution and multivariate statistical analysis. Particularly, the metabolites content present in water extracts of coffee is analyzed and compared with NMR data of our database.

Thematic areas
Agrifood
Agrifood / Food quality & safety
Agrifood / Nutrition & health
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176
Description

The proposed technology consists of a portable device for monitoring the freshness of fish, based on its smell. The device is based on a gas sensor and pattern recognition software to correlate the sensor signal to the freshness of the food. The technology is designed for its integration into domestic or industrial refrigerators.

Thematic areas
Measurement tools and Standards
ICT & Electronics
ICT & Electronics / Optoacustic sensors, Optoelectronic devices
Agrifood
Agrifood / Food quality & safety
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147
Description

Combined use of High-Resolution Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy (NMR) and multivariate statistical analysis for the differentiation of PDO Parmigiano Reggiano samples according to ripening and for the differentiation of PDO Parmigiano Reggiano from “Grana type” products available on the market.

Thematic areas
Agrifood
Agrifood / Food quality & safety
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171
Description

B-ME developed the first thermoplastic composite electrode film based on bio-derived and biodegradable polyesters and carbon nano-fibers. It is metal-free, highly electrically conductive and possess good thermo-mechanical properties, a challenging combination of three features in a single product. This is the first-of-its-kind product, as, to the best of our knowledge, no thermoplastic biobased electrode film has been effectively produced and used so far.

Thematic areas
ICT & Electronics
ICT & Electronics / Sensor/multi-sensor technology, instrumentation
ICT & Electronics / Internet of Things
ICT & Electronics / Nanotechnologies related to electronics and microelectronics
ICT & Electronics / Electronics and microelectronics
Bioeconomy
Materials
Materials / Photo-active & graphene-based materials
Materials / Semiconductors and Superconductors
Materials / Composite and hybrid materials
Materials / Plastics, polymers
Chemicals & Physics
Chemicals & Physics / Micro and nanotechnology related to physical, chemical and exact sciences
Chemicals & Physics / Plastics & rubber
Chemicals & Physics / Special chemicals
Energy and environmental sustainability
Energy and environmental sustainability / Renewable sources
Energy and environmental sustainability / Energy storage and transport
Energy and environmental sustainability / Energy production, transmission and conversion
Energy and environmental sustainability / Pollution treatment (air, soil, water)
Energy and environmental sustainability / Environmental engineering/technologies
Energy and environmental sustainability / Wearable technologies
Energy and environmental sustainability / Sensory
Additive and advanced industrial manufacturing
Additive and advanced industrial manufacturing / Additive manufacturing processes and materials
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247
Description

The present invention relates to the biomedical sector of the treatment of lung diseases and related symptoms. In particular, the present invention provides compositions and methods based on the use of selected polymeric biomaterials, in combination with stem cells and/or their secretome, capable of synergistically improving the development, regeneration and repair of chronic lung injuries and related symptoms.

Thematic areas
Health & Biotech
Health & Biotech / New therapies
Materials
Materials / Composite and hybrid materials
Health & Biotech / Medical Device
Health & Biotech / Regenerative Medicine
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89
Description

Nowadays, to properly design and develop advanced materials capable to preserve for long times their performance under aggressive environments such as power generation plants, renewables, nuclear reactors and electronics of new generation, transport on ground and on space, aeronautics, catalysis, biomedical implants, the optimization of metallurgical processes involved is crucial.

Thematic areas
Aerospace and Earth Science / Space sciences
Aerospace and Earth Science / Aeronautical technologies and avionics
Aerospace and Earth Science / Satellite technologies
Automotive transport and logistics / Vehicles
Automotive transport and logistics / Shipbuilding
Automotive transport and logistics / Propulsion
Automotive transport and logistics / Transport infrastructures
Additive and advanced industrial manufacturing / Additive manufacturing processes and materials
Additive and advanced industrial manufacturing / Vacuum/High vacuum technologies
Chemicals & Physics / Inorganic substances
Chemicals & Physics / Man made fibres
Chemicals & Physics / Special chemicals
Chemicals & Physics / Subtainable substances and green chemistry
Materials / Building materials
Materials / Ceramic materials
Materials / Composite and hybrid materials
Materials / Metals & alloys
Materials / Properties of materials, corrosion, degradation
Materials / Semiconductors and Superconductors
Energy and environmental sustainability / Renewable sources
Energy and environmental sustainability / Rational use of energy
Energy and environmental sustainability / Nuclear fission/nuclear fusion
Energy and environmental sustainability / Cleaner use of fossil fuels
Energy and environmental sustainability / Nuclear engineering
Energy and environmental sustainability / Safety and security
Energy and environmental sustainability / Environmental engineering/technologies
Energy and environmental sustainability / Building materials
Health & Biotech / Bio-medicals
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61
Description

The compact-GC platform is a MEMS-based analytical module for the purge&trap pre-concentration and (gas)-chromatographic separation of a sample. The two analytical MEMS (pre-concentrator and GC column) are interconnected by means of a MEMS microfluidic manifold. The microfluidic manifold interconnects the analytical MEMS, but it also acts as injector through the integrated micro-valves.

Thematic areas
Tourism, social sciences and cultural heritage / Archeometry
Energy and environmental sustainability / Safety and security
ICT & Electronics / Sensor/multi-sensor technology, instrumentation
Materials / Processes of production & treatment of materials
Health & Biotech / Smart Devices for Health and Wellness
Agrifood / Food quality & safety
Energy and environmental sustainability / Energy production, transmission and conversion
Energy and environmental sustainability / Cleaner use of fossil fuels
Tourism, social sciences and cultural heritage / Safety and security
ICT & Electronics / Nanotechnologies related to electronics and microelectronics
Energy and environmental sustainability / Environmental engineering/technologies
Additive and advanced industrial manufacturing / Process control and logistic
Energy and environmental sustainability / Sensory
ICT & Electronics / Electronics and microelectronics
Chemicals & Physics / Separation technologies
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45
Description

CNR-ISTEC develops geopolymer composites for thermostructural applications, such as: self-supporting cavities; thermal and acoustic insulation; thermal and fire barriers; high temperature coatings and damping; molds and cores for foundry; foams and refractory linings. Geopolymers are chemically bonded materials at T <300 ° C. Being inorganic polymers without water in the structure, they tolerate high temperatures: they are incombustible, do not emit gas or fumes and do not explode.

Thematic areas
Materials / Building materials
Materials / Ceramic materials
Materials / Composite and hybrid materials
Automotive transport and logistics / Vehicles
Automotive transport and logistics / Shipbuilding
Automotive transport and logistics / Propulsion
Aerospace and Earth Science / Aeronautical technologies and avionics
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34
Description

The containers for plants and the like have different shapes, an open top to facilitate irrigation and material supply; a base that includes one or more holes to facilitate proper water drainage and to ensure ventilation for the rooting apparatus. An inconvenience of these containers is related to their placement in outdoor environments without roofs: in the presence of "unfavorable" climatic conditions, excessive exposure to rain water rather than excessive exposure to the sun, these containers expose plants to a series of problems.

Thematic areas
Agrifood / Agriculture
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95
Description

The proposed technology is based on the micro-fabrication of electrodes in order to generate surface acoustic waves (SAW) with well-defined frequencies, on piezoelectric substrates. The operating principle of a surface acoustic wave sensor is linked to the variation of the characteristics of the acoustic wave that propagates on the device (e.g. wave velocity on the substrate, etc.) caused by the interaction with the environment (e.g. interaction of an analyte on the surface of the device, deformation of the substrate, etc.).

Thematic areas
Agrifood / Food quality & safety
Aerospace and Earth Science
Chemicals & Physics / Micro and nanotechnology related to physical, chemical and exact sciences
Energy and environmental sustainability / Sensory
ICT & Electronics / Sensor/multi-sensor technology, instrumentation
ICT & Electronics / Electronics and microelectronics
Health & Biotech / Smart Devices for Health and Wellness
Health & Biotech / Biosensors
Tourism, social sciences and cultural heritage / Safety and security
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254
Description

Digital Eye is an innovative, rapid and high-precision intelligent computer vision system for the non-destructive and contactless evaluation of quality and shelf-life of whole or fresh-cut fruit and vegetables. It integrates advanced vision and artificial intelligence technologies to estimate parameters useful to evaluate the quality of fruit and vegetables, during both the harvesting phase and the cold chain.

Thematic areas
Chemicals & Physics
Chemicals & Physics / Imaging & image processing
Agrifood
Agrifood / Food quality & safety
ICT & Electronics
ICT & Electronics / Internet of Things
Automotive transport and logistics
ICT & Electronics / Artificial Intelligence
Automotive transport and logistics / Logistics
Additive and advanced industrial manufacturing
Additive and advanced industrial manufacturing / Process control and logistic
Additive and advanced industrial manufacturing / Packaging
Measurement tools and Standards