Author: Marina Domingas

      SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES develops and assembles innovative machines and systems for efficient thin-film coating and surface treatment processes, which are used worldwide in the Photovoltaics, Semiconductor, Medical Technology, Packaging, Glass & Automotive as well as Battery & Hydrogen markets. The company’s core competencies include various processes of coating technology, surface treatment as well as wet-chemical and thermal production processes. The focus is: Environmental awareness Efficient use of resources Avoidance of unnecessary CO2 pollution   SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES regards sustainability as an opportunity to position itself with innovative products that follow this spirit.   In NICKEFFECT, SINGULUS as a partner from the industrial and engineering sector will actively participate in most of the project tasks, playing a key role in the upscaling of project results and in the validation tasks. They will also be actively involved in the development of the new materials, as most interested in assessing the potentialities they can bring to their products, their technical feasibility,...

Advent Technologies develops, manufactures, and assembles complete next-generation fuel cell systems, and the critical components for fuel cells in the renewable energy sector.    Advent has created highly efficient fuel cells that operate under extreme temperatures, humidity, and air quality performing in places no other energy solution can.  More importantly, Advent’s fuel cells are multi-fuel capable (hydrogen, e-methanol, e-fuels, natural gas), meaning they work on hydrogen as it comes in many different forms eliminating the need for complex hydrogen infrastructures.  Because of this, it allows our fuel cells to be placed anywhere in the world and makes it possible to decarbonize the world today.   Advent is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with offices in California, Greece, Denmark, Germany, and the Philippines.   In NICKEFFECT, Advent will lead the work package about requirements updates and test plan definition. More specifically, they will be strongly involved in updating the technical specifications for the different use cases.  ...

CEA-Liten is a major European research institute and a driving force behind the development of the sustainable energy technologies of the future. It is dedicated mainly to the energy transition. The institute is spearheading the EU’s efforts to limit dependency on fossil fuels and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In order to meet these challenges, the Liten and its ecosystem innovate with the objective of creating value and transferring it to industry and the economic world.   In NICKEFFECT, CEA will be strongly involved in the materials' validation in relevant environments. Will also lead two tasks: (1) Qualitative chemical risk assessment, capsuling all the requirements to ensure that the health, the environmental and the goods' safety will be developed and implemented; and  (2) Strategies for recovering the used metals and reusing them in other applications. .  ...

  For more than 50 years, Ansys engineering simulation software has enabled innovators across industries to push boundaries using the predictive power of simulation.   The market-leading Ansys Granta product range has been developed over 25 years to enable you to capture, safeguard and capitalize on your organization's Material Intelligence. Drive innovation with materials, from digital transformation to Industry 4.0. Use trusted, accurate materials data to boost the accuracy of your CAD, CAE and PLM systems. Simply make smarter materials choices.   In NICKEFFECT, Ansys is an Associated Partner, and is mainly focused on work related to creating the Decision Support Tool including a sustainable by-design approach, as well as leading the task pertaining to the realisation and validation of the decision tool. ...

Matgenix offers tailored solutions to boost research and development activities in chemistry and materials science. Matgenix turns industry knowledge into actionable intelligence with approaches based on the three pillars of research and development in chemistry, materials, and processes: Artificial Intelligence, Database Consolidation and High-Throughput Simulations.   In NICKEFFECT, Matgenix will be mostly involved in materials modelling and will be the task leader of materials design using machine learning....

  Innovation in Research & Engineering Solutions (IRES), founded in 2015, is an independent consulting company, composed of chemical engineers, physicists, materials and data scientists with a mission to deliver world-class innovative solutions.   IRES provides specialised services in the fields of Environment, Health and Safety (EHS), Nanotechnology and Digitisation of Materials Characterisation, incorporating Data-driven methodologies (Machine Learning).   In collaboration with external bodies and related initiatives, IRES is part of, building upon and pushing the frontiers at new technological events, arising innovative technologies and strategic research trends.   In NICKEFFECT, IRES will be leading the task of defining and evaluating the different data sources that will be used for the decision support tool development, and also the task of risk, environmental and cost impact assessments. ...

  Elsyca was founded in 1997 as a culmination of research efforts and derives its name from 'electrochemical system calculations'. Its purpose was to leverage electrochemical knowledge through software simulation tools and dedicated expert projects.   Today, Elsyca is active in the markets of corrosion design & engineering, cathodic protection & AC mitigation, surface finishing, and electrochemical manufacturing within a variety of industries – such as oil & gas, automotive, aerospace & defense, electronics and medical.   Elsyca is capitalizing on knowledge and expertise in electrochemistry to deliver unique comprehensive multiphysics digital twin solutions.   Elsyca's solutions support industries to guarantee the integrity of their assets, gain reduction in operational costs, increase their production capacity, and get early visibility on their products' quality.   In NICKEFFECT, Elsyca will be mainly involved in the Electrodeposition process modelling, through the implementation of the software to perform finite element method (FEM) modelling making use of the Multi-Ion Transport and Reaction modelling software (MitRem)....

  Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) is located in Brussels and has a great focus on Electrochemical and Surface Engineering. The team of professors, postdoctoral researchers, Ph.D. students, engineers, and economists, supported by a professional technical and administrative staff wants to contribute to the societal and technological challenges of the 21st century.  With a strong emphasis on durability and sustainability, they aim for the development of the next generation of high-performing and multifunctional metal surfaces, their production and their applications.    Some of the reasons why VUB tackles those challenges are: Some of the key mineral resources in the current economy will be exhausted in the next few years if exploited at the present rates, bringing recycling and additive manufacturing into the picture. Corrosion of metals is yearly costing approximately 1 to 5 per cent of a nation’s GNP, based on direct costs only. Renewable energy sources call for revolutionary energy storage systems.    The way VUB...

  Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) holds a leading position in the most prestigious and influential international university rankings. In recent years, this award has been favoured by the growing impact of the research, the constant improvement of the quality of teaching and the ability to attract international talent.   This progress has been decisive in going forward to leading positions among Spanish universities in the two main university rankings: the QS World University Ranking and the Times Higher Education World University Ranking.   The UAB was also one of the first Spanish universities to obtain recognition as a Campus of International Excellence.   In NICKEFFECT, UAB will be mostly involved in the development of coating materials with tuned porosity and characterisation of the ferromagnetic metallic coatings. They will be leading the tasks of coatings production at laboratory scale and model validation at laboratory scale....