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Renewable energy on the high seas – science-informed and indigenous knowledge-based recommendations for regulatory and governance challenges

The high seas are those marine areas under no State's jurisdiction. So far, all marine renewable energy (RE) activity is being conducted under State's jurisdiction. However, recent advances in technology are raising the prospect of carrying out RE activity on the high seas. Currently, only seabed mining activities in the Area have been regulated. The Area is the seabed and ocean floor beyond the limits of State's jurisdiction. From the legal viewpoint, the main gap is a lack of an international regulatory framework, informed by participatory mechanisms and supported by scientific evidence, for RE activities on the high seas, especially regarding their environmental and social impacts. 
The primary project objective (O) is to provide the scientific community and policymakers with science-informed and indigenous knowledge-based recommendations in support of the development of  RE regulation on the high seas. 
Two specific Os are set to complement the primary O, namely:
O1 To advance the use of systematic consultation processes that facilitates research at the crossroads of marine sciences and law. 
O2 To advance critical knowledge and understanding of environmental pressing issues comparable to the regulation of RE on the high seas, such as deep-sea mining in the Area.
A multistep innovative methodology will be adopted, by integrating marine scientific knowledge, consultative processes, and advanced critical research in the subject matter. A case study (interdisciplinary and participatory) involving marine scientists, indigenous and coastal communities and policy makers will be conducted onboard the Research Vessel KronPrins Haakon at the beginning of the project. The case study outcomes will be analysed through critical legal analysis to build a knowledge base for policy recommendations. 
The project will advance the PI’s career in an international research environment, allowing her to generate independent, high-quality, and reproducible results.




Optimization of Free Space Optical Communication Link based Drones for Search and Rescue Operations in the Arctic Region

The Arctic region is witnessing more frequent shipping accidents than ever which require accurate search and rescue operations. The existing communication systems use drones with radio frequency (RF) technology, which has limited bandwidth and cannot offer 4G/5G connectivity due to harsh weather constraints. It further limits the capacity of drones and affects the resolution of images and videos. The current research proposes to design free space optical communication (FSOC) link-based drones that can enhance connectivity between multiple drones and rescue ships as well as the capacity of drones to produce high resolution images and videos. The proposed FSOC-based drones can provide highspeed connectivity than the existing RF technology. The research will collect atmospheric turbulences data from the Arctic region and use it for designing the FSOC link. Furthermore, to enhance the capacity of FSOC-based drones, the research will design advanced multiplexing schemes (Mode Division Multiplexing and Orthogonal Code Division Multiple Access) and to ensure link stability, omnidirectional receiver will be designed. The research will further evaluate the performance of proposed FSOC link under the impact of various atmospheric turbulences. The expected outcomes of this research will lead to the optimisation of FSOC-based drones in expanding search areas and improving communication systems for SAR operations in the Arctic region.

Evaluation of thermohydraulic characteristic of printed circuit heat exchangers in pseudocritical region for supercritical CO2 cycle

Currently, 28.2% of the total EU-28 greenhouse gas emissions come from the power sector, a large contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. Consequently, the emphasis of the research in power generation has swung towards assessing highly efficient and greener power cycles. In this reference, the novel supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton cycle (sCO2-BC) is an ideal choice that outstrips other formally well-known power cycles (Brayton & Rankine cycles). In sCO2-BC, the role of the pre-cooler is critical. It serves as a sink to the power cycle and regulates the conditions at the compressor's inlet. The compressor's inlet temperature is intended to be maintained close to the critical temperature of carbon dioxide (CO2) to achieve greater cycle efficiencies. However, exceptionally higher values of the specific heat capacity of CO2 near its critical point (up to 40 times higher than water) require exceedingly high water flow rates on the cold side to achieve the desired exit temperatures of CO2. Consequently, the pre-cooler's pumping power requirements become high enough to deteriorate the cycle's performance. This problem can only be mitigated by exploring new channel geometries with enhanced thermohydraulic characteristics. Therefore, the proposed study plan to characterize the complex thermohydraulic characteristics in the pseudocritical region of CO2 using a multifaceted technique that includes, experimental, numerical, and machine learning techniques. The proposed work will provide a step forward to the success of sCO2-BC technologies that, in turn, will facilitate its integration with the green energy resources (generation-IV nuclear reactors and solar concentrated plants), helping to meet the EU's 2030 climate and energy framework goals of achieving at least 32% share for renewable energy.

Enhanced X(cross)-disciplinary Community-driven Imaging Technologies for Earth and Environmental material research

The EXCITE² Network is revolutionizing Earth and environmental material science research by consolidating a critical mass of 18 research facilities in 12 European and associated partner countries into a unified infrastructure and providing transnational access to advanced imaging technologies. This enables scientists to decipher complex processes within Earth materials at scales from nanometres to hundreds of centimetres, gaining unparalleled insight into the chemical and physical processes that govern, among others, environmental toxicity and its impact on human health, critical metal extraction for renewable energies, and the utilisation of Earth materials as long-term storage for climate-altering gases. The consortium fosters knowledge-sharing and talent attraction, bolstering the problem-solving capacity of the European Research Area. Moreover, EXCITE² is driving interdisciplinary collaboration and cross-fertilisation across academic institutions, scientific disciplines, and industry, propelling Europe towards a sustainable future. The initiative offers dedicated training programmes to a new generation of researchers within the European open science landscape, paired with access to world-class imaging facilities and expertise for problem-solving research and innovation. EXCITE² is introducing innovative service developments, such as artificial intelligence and leading-edge imaging experiments, to increase the user's problem-solving capacity. In addition, the consortium is implementing customised project valorisation strategies to maximize the impact of research outcomes in academia, society, and the economy. Citizen science projects allow the public to participate directly within the EXCITE² Network, contributing to solving EU challenges. As such, EXCITE² is paving the way towards a sustainable future, driving scientific excellence, and creating positive societal impact.

Advance Marine Research Infrastructures Together

The European Ocean Observing System (EOOS) is the foundation of European ocean knowledge. The core Marine Research Infrastructures (MRIs) focused on ocean observing (EMSO, EURO-ARGO and ICOS ERICs; EuroFleets+, EuroGoShip, GROOM RI, JERICO RI and MINKE as INFRA projects) are the main providers of in situ ocean data for the EOOS and Copernicus, and the primary managers of instrumental capacity supporting fundamental research.
These MRIs are aware that the lack of effective cross coordination prevents them from fully supporting frontier research, while the lack of integration makes it difficult to reach a critical mass for EOOS and results in significant cost duplication. Accordingly, AMRIT gathers these MRIs together with OceanOPS/WMO international coordination experience with the objective to:
- ensure seamless operation of marine observation platforms ;
- ensure the full nominal use of sensors and accelerate their evolution ;
- exploit the complementarity of the various observation platforms ;
- ensure the overall coherence of the ocean data value chain.
To achieve these objectives, AMRIT will design and implement an EOOS Technical Support Center (EOOS TSC) for
- a fully integrated information service across the data value chain from early planning stages to final delivery to users;
- a cross-platform fully standardised data acquisition methodology for Essential Ocean Variables;
- a collaborative federal structure to operate these services, relying on the ERIs and their members.
The EOOS TSC will be the cornerstone in establishing and maintaining the EOOS, upon which European ocean observing can be strengthened in the coming decades. AMRIT will provide a catalyst for the development and consolidation of MRIs throughout Europe, providing a benchmark for operational coordination and collaboration. AMRIT will advance EOOS in line with its 2023-2027 Strategy and beyond, and the European Commission's ambitions for sharing responsibility in ocean observing across Europe.

Research Infrastructure Services for Renewable Energy

The European Green Deal aims to transform the EU into a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy with zero net greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. To achieve more efficient, competitive and cost-effective energy systems and devices, RISEnergy fosters a European ecosystem of industry, research organizations and funding agencies aimed at developing novel energy technologies and concepts. RISEnergy brings together a consortium of 69 beneficiaries from 23 countries: ERIC institutions, technology institutes, universities and industrial partners, to jointly improve the economic performance of technologies. Members of the European Energy Research Alliance are establishing the core European ecosystem. The main objectives of RISEnergy are: 1.) enable research and innovation to increase energy efficiency and reduce the cost of energy technologies to foster wider use of renewables into energy systems through proactive innovation management having single entry point with tailor-made access roads for academics, industry, and SMEs, and advising RI providers, all acces Users, and policy makers on LCA, ICT development and networking issues; 2.) provide efficient transnational access (TNA) to facilities to support renewable energy technologies and systems: Provide more than 2,500 days of access to major European and international world-leading analytical facilities; 3.) reach out to all stakeholders performing research along the value chain, from materials and technology development to applications in the eight most relevant fields of PV, CSP/STE , hydrogen, biofuels, offshore wind, ocean energy, integrated grids, and energy storage, research infrastructure providers and policy makers; 4.) provide comprehensive services of unprecedented quality: new cross-RI services, a single entry point, tailor-made access roads for academia industry, and SMEs with a particular focus on scientists from research fields in which the use of research infrastructures is not yet established.


Cooperation and AgReements enhancing Global interOperability for Aerosol, Cloud and Trace gas research infrastructures

The goal of CARGO-ACT is to deliver a clear roadmap for sustainable global cooperation between key
ground-based aerosol, cloud and trace gas research infrastructures, each having invested in infrastructure and services to support their observing networks with a long-term perspective, with a view to consolidating into a sustainable global research infrastructure in the future. There is a strong desire for global integration from the research community, including weather, climate, and air quality monitoring and modelling, 
and in particular from space agencies, since global networks of ground-based observations are an essential component complementing Earth Observation from space, providing calibration and validation of the remote sensing information collected by current and future satellite missions. The integration of the current ground-based networks, which may have different interests and priorities, requires cooperation and agreements at the global level, including engagement with relevant stakeholders. Their service provision is not limited to data services, but includes access to the measurement facilities, reference instruments, reference standards and laboratories, all of which are topics to be assessed in CARGO-ACT.  

The specific objectives of CARGO-ACT are to, develop sustainable partnerships and decision making processes with relevant partners, demonstrate the benefits of converging interoperability and standards to stakeholders and the global research community, establish the mechanisms for providing  international access to distributed research infrastructures and develop a roadmap for upscaling towards an integrated global research infrastructure for aerosol, cloud and trace gases.


Improve offshore infrastructure resilience against geohazards towards a changing climate

POSEIDON brings together an interdisciplinary and intersectoral team to deliver a professionally trained next-generation network of Doctoral Candidates to develop a step change in our capacity to identify, map, assess and predict offshore geohazards and in turn produce ground-breaking methods to prevent, mitigate and boost the resilience of current offshore infrastructure under a changing climate. The consortium is formed by experts across EU countries with universities, research institutions, industry partners and a government body to cover a full training programme on scientific and transferable skills. 

The programme will undertake critical research across scales (from micro to macro) for seeking the inner links and differences, with an eventual aim to ascertain the pathways and grow our capacity for the enhancement of the existing and the robust development of new offshore infrastructure in the frame of safety and resiliency. In addition to the informed design and implementation of the novel physical/numerical modelling and lab studies, our approach is unique in the solid integration and utilisation of state-of-the-art data science technologies (e.g., data mining, machine learning, etc.) to their full potential. Only through this systematic approach, we can achieve the objectives of understanding the impact of offshore geohazards on our offshore critical infrastructures (OCIs) and developing novel models, tools and designs for future OCIs, such as, wind turbines, pipelines and cables. 

The Doctoral Candidates will enjoy a highly integrated, interdisciplinary and intersector training environment, enriched through secondments with the network of non-academics. POSEIDON enables critical learning across all training aspects to ensure that comprehensive, robust and implementable solutions are obtained and validated to face the OCIs climate-resilient building.

Material Science Innovation for Accelerated, Sustainable and Safe Implementation of Carbon Capture and Storage

MISSION-CCS presents a timely and unique doctoral network designed to deliver the next generation of highly trained researchers and entrepreneurs in the field of material science, specifically focused towards accelerating implementation of carbon capture and storage CCS technologies worldwide and ensuring the sustainable and safe operation of existing and future CCS systems.

The training network combines unique experimental system design and modelling approaches, state-of-the-art analytical technologies and techno-economic analysis to deliver a new generation of researchers and entrepreneurs. The programme of research training centres of delivering Doctoral Candidate Researchers (DCRs) with world-leading technical expertise in material science and engineering relevant to the entire CCS process. MISSION-CCS ensures that the subject-specific technical knowledge of each DCRs is under-pinned by inter-sectorial knowledge whilst also promoting wider innovation skills and relevant training on the techno-economics of CCS, developing experts with breadth of knowledge.

A central aim of the network is to forge a strong cohort culture, by ensuring that peer-to-peer learning and mutual support become the norm, in order to enhance experience. Research-led training activities are strengthened through a dynamic and interactive education based programme delivered by an internationally renowned consortium of academics and industrialists with complementary skills. As part of the training programme, subsequent to an introduction to CCS systems and the specific material science challenges, DCRs will gain knowledge of system design and optimisation, state-of-the-art analytical methods, theoretical modelling, techno-economics, and understand the challenges of exploiting their research. They will also acquire proficiency in project management, communication, entrepreneurship, and innovation; all essential attributes for any modern technical professional.

As carbon taxes are set to extend in depth and scope it will be critical to follow them from policymaking to implementation. Just Carbon Transitions (JUSTCARBON) spotlights the role of legal expertise in translating carbon taxation ideals into action. Tax systems and national legal jurisdictions present significant challenges for policy makers intent on tackling both environmental concerns and redistributive goals through taxation. There is an urgent need to investigate the role of legal tax professional structure, authority, and expertise to draw out how competition and cooperation among experts shapes the effectiveness of taxes in bringing about just transitions. These experts are crucial to study because the justness of (carbon) tax policies extend beyond ‘the letter of the law’, to the enforcement and control systems that make them effective - systems designed and populated by tax professionals. 

The study draws on an interdisciplinary research agenda shared between scholars of public administration and the sociology of professions and expertise. Through a comparative study of tax professionals and policy processes in three European countries – Denmark, Norway, and France – the study will give new insights into the implementation and operation of these systems, and how they are part of changing national legal orders on tax. Overall, the project will tell us where tax professionals are positioned in national policy advisory systems, what ‘legal expertise’ means in practice to these experts and which norms guide their work. The project is designed to expand this interdisciplinary agenda by bridging sociological and political science communities. During the project I will train with leading scholars in international comparative research on expertise and public administration, from sociological and political science perspectives. My goals are to develop a more complete research profile and my potential to be a future research leader in these fields.

Just Carbon Transitions

EISCAT_3D Norway 2014

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EISCAT_3D er et fasestyrt radarsystem for observasjoner av nordlyssonen for å studere den øvre atmosfæren og dens kobling med verdensrommet. Dette Forskningsrådsprosjektet er Norges investeringsbidrag til EISCAT_3D fase 1 og medlemskap i den internasjonale organisasjonen EISCAT Scientific Association (EISCAT). EISCAT_3D fase 1skal består av sender og mottaker i Skibotn i Troms, samt to mottakeranlegg i Sverige og Finland, omtrent 130 km fra Skibotn. Radarene måler elektromagnetiske bølger som sprer seg i atmosfæren og som reflekteres tilbake til mottakkerne. EISCAT_3D målinger har langt høyere oppløsning i  rom og tid enn det det er mulig å oppnå med nåværende systemer. EISCAT_3D er et «landemerke» på den Europeiske ESFRI veikartet for forskningsinfrastruktur og eies og drives av EISCAT. Når det nye anlegget blir operativt, vil EISCAT-instrumentene bestå av EISCAT_3D fase 1 og EISCAT Svalbard Radarene. Målingene brukes til å studere plasmafysikk i rommet som for eksempel de fysiske prosessene i nordlyset, klimaendringene og romværet. Andre forskningsområder er kartlegging av romsøppel, og studier av meteorer og støvpartikler. Forskere i Norge og andre land støtter utviklingsarbeidet med innspill til EISCAT Association og forbereder sin forskningsaktivitet med den nye radaren. Sommeren 2024 vil Norge arrangere det toårige internasjonale EISCAT-symposiet i Tromsø og organisere den tilhørende radarskolen. Norske brukere planlegger også designstudier for en ny radar på Svalbard. Brukerne støtter også omorganiseringen som EISCAT har besluttet. EISCAT-infrastrukturen brukes av romforskere i Norge, inkludert forskningsprosjekter finansiert fra Norges forskningsråd og fra det europeiske forskningsrådet. Den fremmer internasjonalt samarbeid og etablering av andre forskningsinstrumenter i Nordregionen; og den brukes til å lære opp neste generasjon romeksperter i Norge.

This proposal is asking for Norwegian funding towards construction of EISCAT_3D (E3D), which is an international project on The European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) roadmap. E3D is a world-class radar facility for investigations of the geospace environment. It will replace the ageing EISCAT facilities in northern Norway, Sweden and Finland. E3D will use the incoherent scattering (IS) technique to make 3-dimensional vector measurements across a wide field of view of key parameters in the auroral atmosphere by taking advantage of technological advances in radio, radar, computing, and signal analysis. E3D will have better sensitivity, resolution, capability, and flexibility than any of the other radar facilities in the world. E3D will allow us to understand the flows, sources, sinks, and interactions of energy, momentum and mass in the auroral atmosphere. E3D will provide synergies towards relevant areas of increasing socioeconomic importance; including atmospheric precursors of climate change and vulnerability of modern technological infrastructures due to space weather and space debris. E3D can study auroral particle precipitation that depletes ozone in the stratosphere, and atmospheric tides and sudden stratospheric warming events bring disturbances to the ionosphere from below. Real-time measurements from E3D will be provided to monitoring services dealing with space weather and space debris, a key focus of ESA's Space Situational Awareness (SSA) programme. E3D will also contribute to science and engineering education at all levels. The project will create opportunities to national industry and services in communications hardware and software and information technologies. This E3D project is backed by all major universities in Norway (Tromsø, Bergen, Oslo, UNIS and NTNU), Andøya Space Center and the Norwegian Space Centre. The application has been developed in close collaboration with EISCAT HQ and they strongly support it.

Karbon er det sentrale grunnstoff i alle organiske molekyler og er dermed viktig i tusenvis av grunnleggende hverdagsmaterialer som legemidler, plastikk, klær, og fargestoffer. I dag kommer store deler av karbonet som brukes i framstillingen av disse materialer fra ikke-fornybare kilder som olje, som samfunnet ikke vil kunne bruke i framtida. Vi må derfor finne alternative kilder til karbon. En interessant og fornybar alternativ kilde er karbondioksid (CO2). CO2 forekommer naturlig i store mengder og er derfor en potensiell karbon kilde i kjemisk syntese, men dette forutsetter at vi utvikler metoder til å omdanne CO2. Spesielt interessant er det å lage carbon-CO2 bindinger med CO2, da C-C bindinger er skjelettet i alle organiske molekyler. Prosjektet CATCHME bruker beregningsbasert og eksperimentell kjemi til å undersøke, forstå og utvikle reaksjoner som kan lage C-CO2 bindinger med CO2. Fokuset er på å designe molekyler som kan fange CO2 og deretter fremme selektiv og effektiv omdannelse av CO2. Våre resultater i prosjektet viser at superbaser kan binde CO2, men ikke aktivere det. Derimot kan Lewissyrer brukes til å påvirke omdannelse av CO2, og vi har studert noen av de mekanistiske detaljer. Prosjektet vil fremover fokusere på Lewissyrer som CO2-aktiverende molekyler.

CO2 is a natural resource that has the potential to be used in chemical synthesis as a carbon donor. This requires the development of CO2 conversion reactions, in particular towards C-CO2 bond formation, because C-C linkages constitute the core of all organic molecules. The project CATCHME will employ computational and experimental methods to investigate C-CO2 bond formation towards formation of chiral carboxylic acids. Three fundamental research questions will be studied: 
-	How does CO2 behave during C-CO2 bond formation?
-	Can CO2 be trapped and activated towards C-CO2 bond formation?
-	Can chiral CO2-trapping molecules promote asymmetric carboxylation?

C-C bond formation with CO2 typically involves metal-bound carbon nucleophiles. Recent research by us on C-CO2 bond formation indicates that in many reactions of this type, CO2 does not interact with the metal at the C-C bond formation step. CO2 thus experiences no activation from the metal centre. The unbound state of CO2 may be the reason that attempts towards enantioselective CO2 conversion often are unsuccessful, because the free CO2 is little affected by the chiral metal complexes that are employed. CATCHME proposes a novel strategy for enantioselective CO2 conversion, involving trapping of CO2 prior to C-C bond formation. Although many molecules are known that can trap CO2 (e.g. N-heterocyclic carbenes or frustrated Lewis pairs) they are typically employed in CO2 reduction or O-C bond formation, but not in C-C bond forming reactions. A critical aspect of CATCHME will be to identify CO2-adducts that are active in C-C bond formation. Further, if the adducts are chiral, this could provide a novel approach towards enantioselective C-C bond formation with CO2. CATCHME will employ high-level quantum chemistry methods to obtain general insights and identify promising trapping molecules, followed by organic chemistry approaches to test chiral CO2 trapping in enantioselective formation of carboxylic acids.

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN: Selective CO2 conversion via chiral CO2 trapping

Kjemiske reaksjoner kan ofte føre til dannelse av flere produkter. Dette er et problem for eksempel i produksjon av legemidler. En mulig løsning er bruk av metallbaserte katalysatorer som er selektive for dannelse av bare det ønskede produkt. Rasjonal utvikling og forbedring av selektive katalysatorer er avhengig av detaljert kunnskap om reaksjonsmekanismer og selektivitets-bestemmende interaksjoner mellom substratet og katalysatoren.
DeFACTO-prosjektet benytter kvantekjemiske og eksperimentelle teknikker for å undersøke forskjellige overgangsmetall-katalyserte hydrogeneringsreaksjoner og hydrokarboksyleringsreaksjoner. De studerte katalysatorene innbefatter tradisjonelle edle metalkomplekser (basert på for eksempel iridium) så vel som komplekser basert på billigere og mer utbredte metaller (for eksempel jern, kobolt og kobber). deFACTO har foreslått nye mekanismer for flere hydrogeneringskatalysatorer og har identifisert faktorene som påvirker stereo- og kjemoselektiviteten i de studerte systemene. Resultatene viser at for stereoselektive systemer så styres selektiviteten ofte av svake ikke-kovalente krefter, spesielt CH/pi-interaksjoner mellom substrat og ligander på katalysatoren. Dette forklarer hvorfor systemer, hvor substratet ikke interagerer med metallsenteret, kan vise høy stereoselektivitet. For kjemoselektive systemer er direkte metall-substrat-interaksjoner viktige for å bestemme den foretrukne reaksjonsvei.
deFACTO er opptatt av å utvikle strategier for å forbedre beregningsbaserte studier av metallkatalyserte reaksjoner. En rekke DFT-metoder har blitt analysert, og en rask protokoll for nøyaktig modellering av reaksjonsenergier av iridium-medierte transformasjoner har blitt foreslått. deFACTO har også foreslått et generelt konsept hvor kjente substratpreferanser benyttes som en diagnostisk faktor for å vurdere sannsynligheten av mekanismer som foreslås på grunnlag av beregninger. Dette innebærer at flere ekte substrater studeres med beregninger for å sikre at eksperimentelle selektiviteter reproduseres korrekt.
deFACTO anvender innsiktene oppnådd gjennom beregningsanalyse i utviklingen av nye selektive reaksjoner. deFACTO har for eksempel utviklet en selektiv iridium-katalysert syntese av pyrroler og indoler fra billige utgangsmaterialer.

Many compounds utilized in industrial, agricultural, and pharmaceutical applications are chiral. A chiral molecule can exist in two enantiomeric forms (R or S), which are mirror images of each other. The two enantiomers interact differently with biologica l targets. For a pharmaceutical compound, one form might provide the therapeutic effect, whereas the other might be unreactive or harmful. Therefore, it is crucial to be able to produce only the desired enantiomer. Asymmetric catalysis relies on the use o f a chiral catalyst, which during the course of the reaction steers the substrate into a selective orientation, resulting in dominant formation of one enantiomer, ideally with a very large excess. The quest for the ideal catalyst can involve a time-consum ing trial-and-error approach. In order to improve the selectivity of chiral catalysts through a more efficient rational design approach, the factors governing the selectivity need to be understood. The main objective of deFACTO is to identify the selectiv ity-determining factors in asymmetric catalytic systems. This will be achieved through quantum chemical modeling of asymmetric reactions, also taking into account recent methodological developments. The deFACTO project will include studies of both traditi onal precious metal (e.g. iridium and rhodium) and novel base metal systems (e.g. iron or cobalt). Ongoing efforts in academia and in industry seek to replace established asymmetric catalytic systems with cheaper and more environmentally friendly base met al variants. The deFACTO project will be instrumental in this quest by providing insights into the selectivity-determining factors of asymmetric systems, and by proposing selectivity-enhancing modifications to the molecular structure of chiral catalysts,  with experimental verification of the most promising alterations. The successful project will lead to more selective catalysts, and will be of high relevance for academic and industrial synthetic applications.

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CATCH ME IF YOU CAN: Selective CO2 conversion via chiral CO2 trapping

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2026

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FRINATEK-Fri prosj.st. mat.,naturv.,tek

"Eeny, meeny, miny, moe": Selectivity-determining factors in asymmetric catalysis

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2014-2018

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa