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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# Record card
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
# Record card
12
Description

Current standard SPECTs, in order to achieve high resolutions, use a multi-pinholes technology that requires numerous data processing to limit the effects of image distortion. The proposed SSR-SPECT scanner, uses a parallel-hole collimator and therefore does not require numerical reprocessing of the data to obtain correct information on the images, while assuring spatial resolutions close to those of the pinholes through the acquisition of sequences of images shifted from one to another.

Thematic areas
Health & Biotech / Bio-medicals
Health & Biotech / Medical imaging & equipment
Health & Biotech / Diagnostic, Medical imaging & advanced bioimaging
# Record card
80
Description

Time-correlated single photon counting (TCSPC) is regarded as the “gold-standard” method for fluorescence lifetime measurements. However, TCSPC requires using highly sensitive detectors, not suitable for measurements under bright light conditions, thereby making the use impractical in clinical settings. The invention described here solves this problem by synchronizing the fluorescence detection with an external light source.

Thematic areas
Health & Biotech / Smart Devices for Health and Wellness
Health & Biotech / Diagnostic, Medical imaging & advanced bioimaging
Health & Biotech / Medical Device
Health & Biotech / Biosensors
Health & Biotech / Bio-medicals
Health & Biotech / Medical imaging & equipment
Health & Biotech / Diagnostic kits
Health & Biotech / Bio-informatics
# Record card
75
Description

A virtuous multi-step biorefinery platform to convert urban biowaste into valuable molecules, not disregarding renewable energy and digestate production. The strategy is based on the integration of a thermal pretreatment capable of significantly increasing the fraction of fermentable organic carbon, in order to furthermore change the status of the feedstock to become more suitable for production of a) high-value bio-based molecules, b) biomethane and c) hygienized digestate to be recycled as biofertilizer.

Thematic areas
Energy and environmental sustainability / Environmental engineering/technologies
Bioeconomy
Energy and environmental sustainability / Renewable sources
Chemicals & Physics / Organic substances
Energy and environmental sustainability / Energy production, transmission and conversion
Chemicals & Physics / Special chemicals
Chemicals & Physics / Subtainable substances and green chemistry
Energy and environmental sustainability / Waste management
# Record card
69
Description

The aim of the present invention is to develop a modular scintigraphic device, with high spatial resolution, capable of creating investigation areas of various shapes and sizes, of compact form and of being used in different types of applications.

Thematic areas
Health & Biotech / Bio-medicals
Health & Biotech / Medical imaging & equipment
Health & Biotech / Diagnostic, Medical imaging & advanced bioimaging
Health & Biotech / Medical Device
# Record card
42
Description

The present invention relates to a gamma camera for intracavitary use, which is widely used in the field of radio-guided surgery (intra-operative and laparoscopic and robotic-assisted) for the localisation of lymph nodes and tumours and/or other pathologies. The aim of the present invention is to make available an intraoperative tool able to overcome the drawbacks of the present known art.

Thematic areas
Health & Biotech / Bio-medicals
Health & Biotech / Medical imaging & equipment
Health & Biotech / Diagnostic, Medical imaging & advanced bioimaging
Health & Biotech / Medical Device
# Record card
52
Description

Silicon nanowires (SiNWs) are 1D structures with diameter ranging from few tens to hundreds of nanometers and length varying from few tens of nanometers to millimiters. SiNWs are fabricated in the labs of the IMM-CNR, Rome Unit,  by using bottom-up technologies such as plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) at low growth temperature ((≤350°C), allowing the use of plastic and glassy substrates. Their electrical properties can be tuned by controlling the p/n doping during the growth.

Thematic areas
Health & Biotech / Nanomedicine
Health & Biotech / Diagnostic, Medical imaging & advanced bioimaging
Health & Biotech / Biosensors
Health & Biotech / Micro and nanotechnology related to biological sciences
Health & Biotech / Medical imaging & equipment
Health & Biotech / Smart Devices for Health and Wellness
Materials / Composite and hybrid materials
Materials / Metals & alloys
Materials / Optical materials
Materials / Processes of production & treatment of materials
Materials / Semiconductors and Superconductors
Chemicals & Physics / Micro and nanotechnology related to physical, chemical and exact sciences
ICT & Electronics / Optics & Acoustic
ICT & Electronics / Optoacustic sensors, Optoelectronic devices
ICT & Electronics / Nanotechnologies related to electronics and microelectronics
ICT & Electronics / Electronics and microelectronics
Energy and environmental sustainability / Sensory
# Record card
285
Description

Health360 is a software framework for building cloud platforms to monitor the health of subjects recruited in clinical trials, residents of social housing or athletes in sports teams. The framework is based on interconnected and configurable modules to implement platforms that meet specific needs while maintaining a high level of usability.

Thematic areas
ICT & Electronics / Sensor/multi-sensor technology, instrumentation
Health & Biotech / Medical imaging & equipment
Health & Biotech / Bio-informatics
ICT & Electronics / Information processing, information system, workflow management
Health & Biotech / Diagnostic, Medical imaging & advanced bioimaging
# Record card
100
Description

The Nikon reference centre at IBPM ( www.imagingplatformibpmcnr.it ) is a microscopy platform for high resolution imaging of fixed samples and live cells (time-lapse video recording, both wide field and confocal spinning disk). Multimodal (fluorescence and transmitted light) and multidimensional (in x,y,z, 4 wavelengths, over time) acquisition modes are in place.

Thematic areas
Health & Biotech / Diagnostic, Medical imaging & advanced bioimaging
Health & Biotech / Medical imaging & equipment
# Record card
54
Description

In the last years, hop culture has spread throughout Italy, and the vegetative biomass disposal, after harvesting of cones, used for beer production, became a serious problem for hop growers. Hop plant contains in all parts, cones, shoots, leaves and roots, bioactive compounds, with proven and important antiviral, antibacterial and antioxidant properties.

Thematic areas
Bioeconomy
Additive and advanced industrial manufacturing / Packaging
Agrifood / Agriculture
Agrifood / Nutrition & health
Agrifood / Food quality & safety
Chemicals & Physics / Subtainable substances and green chemistry
Energy and environmental sustainability / Waste management
Health & Biotech / Care, Hygiene, Cosmetics
# Record card
72
Description

NIRS is a non-invasive technique for the human brain cortex imaging based on the measurement of the NIR light emitted by suitable optical sources placed on the patient head and backdiffused to the surface after passing through the brain tissues. NIRS monitors the percentage of oxygenated and reduced hemoglobin  in the blood, and it allows the real time functional imaging of the brain cortex also in tomographic mode (Diffuse Optical Tomography - DOT).

Thematic areas
ICT & Electronics / Sensor/multi-sensor technology, instrumentation
Health & Biotech / Medical imaging & equipment
Health & Biotech / Diagnostic, Medical imaging & advanced bioimaging
Health & Biotech / Medical Device
# Record card
74
Description

The object of the technology is the development of a transferable methodology from the laboratory scale to the pilot scale to be validated in the industrial setting for the treatment of basic waste of natural polymers of agro-food or manufacturing industry.

Thematic areas
Materials / Properties of materials, corrosion, degradation
Additive and advanced industrial manufacturing / Packaging
Energy and environmental sustainability / Renewable sources
Chemicals & Physics / Plastics & rubber
Chemicals & Physics / Subtainable substances and green chemistry
Energy and environmental sustainability / Waste management
Bioeconomy
# Record card
103
Description

The proposing team that works at CNR ISTEC has recently patented a technology for the production of the Smart Polycrystals (SP), i.e. transparent YAG-based ceramic polycrystals (Y3Al5O12) variably doped with rare earths ions and transition metals ions. The SPs solve the problem of the reduction of the efficiency in the solid state laser systems caused by the inhomogeneous heating of the single crystals during the emission process.

Thematic areas
Materials / Ceramic materials
Materials / Optical materials
Health & Biotech / Medical imaging & equipment
Additive and advanced industrial manufacturing
# Record card
46
Description

Geopolymers belong to the class of chemically bonded ceramics: they are synthesized at low temperatures and are eco-friendly, as besides the low consolidation temperature required by the process they can be produced from secondary raw materials and industrial waste of various kinds, thus reducing the energy demand and the environmental impact of the entire production cycle. Materials such as fly ash, steel mill slag, biomass ash, sludge and silt, extractive residues, mineral and ceramic powders, organic or inorganic waste fibers, plastics, etc.

Thematic areas
Materials / Processes of production & treatment of materials
Materials / Building materials
Chemicals & Physics / Inorganic substances
Energy and environmental sustainability / Building materials
Materials / Ceramic materials
Automotive transport and logistics / Vehicles
Automotive transport and logistics / Shipbuilding
Chemicals & Physics / Subtainable substances and green chemistry
Aerospace and Earth Science / Aeronautical technologies and avionics
Energy and environmental sustainability / Waste management