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BOLD MINDS aspires to enhance the understanding of vulnerability factors underlying the emergence of borderline personality disorder (BPD), with an ultimate aim of increasing the potential for young individuals to receive early, evidence-based help when their mental health is at risk. BOLD MINDS will achieve this by investigating whether disruptions in two aspects of autobiographical memory (AM), narrative identity (NI) and involuntary AM (IAM), are associated with BPD features and problem behaviours in adolescents concurrently and over time. In doing so, BOLD MINDS will strengthen the understanding of mechanisms underlying the emergence of BPD in adolescence and lay a groundwork for developing evidence-based early interventions for BPD. While currently limited, the study of AM in this field is essential for two reasons. Firstly, because the aspects of AM under investigation, NI and IAM, are known to be involved in identity formation and emotion regulation which represent two key psychological processes that are disrupted in adults with BPD and are linked to problem behaviours such as self-harm and suicidality. Secondly, because promising research is emerging on the use of AM targets in the treatment of emotional disorder in adults, and provides a strong model for future treatment development with vulnerable adolescents. In addition, this timely research program aligns with calls from international organizations to prioritize early interventions to promote adolescent mental health. BOLD MINDS will adopt and adapt state-of-the-art ecological momentary assessment and analytical techniques and work at the crossroads of clinical and cognitive psychological perspectives, allowing for a multidimensional approach to understanding BPD vulnerability. Training-through-research and formalized training of the experienced researcher will prepare her for a permanent academic position and the founding of her own research lab specializing in AM and early interventions for BPD.

Borderline Personality Disorder: Memory and Identity in Adolescence

Bilingual Experiences, Cognitive Ageing and underlying Mechanisms

The goal of the Bilingual Experiences, Cognitive Ageing and underlying Mechanisms (BECAME) project is to examine the functional neuroplastic mechanisms underlying mitigatory effects of bilingual experience on age-related cognitive decline. While evidence is available for structural brain changes supporting bilingualism-induced effects on cognitive aging (CA), functional mechanisms underlying such effects are not yet well understood. BECAME aims to fill this gap by investigating the trajectory of bilingualism-induced functional neuroplasticity across the adult lifespan (ages 18-85), crucially adopting an individual differences approach related to measurable degree of bilingual engagement. Importantly, although such benefits are thought to be rooted early in the lifespan, evidence for the timeframe and conditions of their early emergence is scarce. The choice of including the whole adult lifespan allows us to investigate these mechanisms and their emergence more directly from a lifespan perspective. I combine behavioral testing with brain recordings via electroencephalography (EEG). EEG is widely used in cognitive neuroscience to assess brain activity and the degree of communication between brain regions (functional connectivity) in response to stimuli and at rest. Combining behavioral and EEG modalities will allow me to test bilingualism’s effect on functional connectivity, as well as its consequences for functional efficiency, the minimum required neural activation to successfully perform a task. This will enable a detailed, evidence-based account of the protective effects observed in older-aged bilinguals, and how they are built from earlier life stages. By illuminating the relationship between multilingualism and resulting neurocognitive adaptations, BECAME will enable to capitalize on it as a health initiative, with manifold societal implications and the potential to be translated into actionable policies exploiting multilingualism to ameliorate effects of CA.

WHeelchair Activity Monitoring project (WHAM)

Wheelchair users (WCU) are three to five times more inactive than the general population, leading to a high risk of developing preventable secondary conditions. Although physical activity (PA) guidelines have been specifically developed for WCU, we lack systematic approaches to implement them in practice, as well as valid algorithms to monitor PA change in WCU through sensor-based solutions. Accordingly, the overall scientific aim of the WHeelchair Activity Monitoring project (WHAM) is to advance PA research and practice in WCU by developing valid digital markers for monitoring of and providing feedback on PA, paving the way for implementation and intervention. I will accomplish this through combining the complementary research fields of 1) behavioural intervention studies focusing on increasing PA in WCU (core competence University of British Columbia, UBC; outgoing phase) and 2) sensor-based PA monitoring (core competence Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU; returning phase – consolidated by non-academic placement at Maastricht Instruments, which develop research prototypes including PA monitors). WHAM’s scientific aim is achieved through three objectives: 1) Measure the effect of a pragmatic exercise intervention trial on self-reported physical activity levels and cardio-respiratory fitness, 2) Develop valid algorithms for tracking PA markers in WCU, and 3) Co-create a framework that outlines how PA can be conjointly monitored and provided feedback on in WCU. This fellowship will enable me to become established as an internationally recognized researcher in the field of “physical activity and disability”, while bringing together ongoing national disjointed research activities in this field. Altogether, my overall ambition is to contribute to reducing inequalities in daily-life participation among WCU compared to the rest of the population.

Longitudinal Investigation of Visual and Numerical Perception in Preterm and Full-term Infants

The number of preterm births is on the rise -now more than 1 in 10 babies- and being born preterm is associated with having difficulties in two very important and related cognitive skills that we rely on daily: numerical and visual perception. However, a knowledge gap exists on neural and behavioural associations of numerical and visual perception in full-term and preterm infants. PrePER aims to uncover the underlying neural signatures of the cognitive dysfunctions that preterm infants might display in the first year of their lives and the role of parent-baby interaction to predict preterm infants that are at risk of developing these cognitive difficulties in the second year of their lives. The purpose is to establish criteria to identify infants (especially preterm) at-risk of having cognitive difficulties in numerical and visual perception. Shedding light on normal and impaired cognitive functions in infancy is an essential stepping stone that will pave the way for early diagnostic tools and interventions that would correct the cognitive dysfunctions more efficiently while the brain is still developing. The activities in PrePER will lead to original and innovative outcomes that are beneficial for four parties: 1) Scientific communities will be interested in the results as the ambitious research objectives address questions that have not been asked before. 2) Parents of preterm infants, health-care providers, and policy makers will be interested in the results as the overall aim is to establish criteria to identify infants at-risk of having cognitive-developmental difficulties in the first year of their lives. 3) The researcher will be accelerating her career progression as the training objectives meet her specific needs. 4) The supervisor will be enlarging her research interest and network as the research objectives include a topic within the researcher’s expertise.

AQUASERV – RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES FOR SUSTAINABLE AQUACULTURE, FISHERIES AND THE BLUE ECONOMY

The overarching objectives of AQUASERV are to bring together, enhance, integrate and customise RI capacities (including facilities, instruments and expertise) and through the provision of transnational access (on-site or remote) and/or virtual access, to significantly further scientific advance and promote and facilitate the implementation of European Common Fisheries Policy, the Farm to Fork Strategy, the Sustainable Blue Economy and the European Green Deal. 

AQUASERV will achieve these objectives by offering scientists from academia and business remote and on-site transnational (TA) and virtual (VA) access to an advanced set of European research infrastructures and its nodes related to research and management of marine and freshwater biological resources, food and biotechnology. These include the European Marine Biological Resource Centre ERIC (EMBRC), the Analysis and Experimentation on Ecosystems ERIC, The Aquaculture for Excellence for Aquaculture in Fish (Aquaexcel), and the Infrastructure for Promoting Metrology in Food and Nutrition (METROFOOD), as well as the International Council for Exploration of the Sea, both a service provider and stakeholder. It also includes the Research Infrastructure for Science and Innovation Policy Studies (RISIS) to bring contributions from the social sciences and to bring results nearer to policy makers ensuring societal impact. 

To enhance, integrate and customise RI capacities, collaboration between partners and new pipelines to meet the objectives of the project will be developed during the first 3 years and will make available  to users.  To ensure these capacities will not be lost, a sustainability work package involving stakeholders will address the project legacy.  

To maximize impact, AQUASERV will build a communication network among the partnership and develop a dissemination and outreach programme. Furthermore, an advanced training programme will be developed to capture future users and will be updated during the p

IMProving User experience, Long-term sustainability and Services of EU-OPENSCREEN

EU-OPENSCREEN (EU-OS), the distributed European Research Infrastructure for Chemical Biology and early drug discovery, provides world-class services in high-throughput compound screening and medicinal chemistry to users from academia and industry. As one of the largest open-access initiative globally, EU-OPENSCREEN plays an increasingly important role in facilitating early stage drug discovery in Europe. It recently integrated fragment-based drug discovery and chemoproteomics as two new services, but the increasing complexity of modern drug discovery projects requires an even more comprehensive portfolio and integration of emerging technologies. To ensure that EU-OS continues to offer a comprehensive suite of relevant services and support a growing user community to conduct forefront research, IMPULSE will develop, validate and integrate new services in AI/ML, new chemical modalities, and innovative disease-relevant cell models combined with CRISPR-Cas9/RNAi-based genetic screening. IMPULSE will work towards the implementation of common operational and data standards to increase data reproducibility and FAIRness. Bespoke outreach and training activities will raise awareness among key user groups of its new services and advance operational excellence and reproducibility in pre-clinical drug discovery. New models for pre-competitive drug discovery with industry or charities, and growing ERIC member community will reinforce the sustainability and accessibility of EU-OPENSCREEN.

Strengthening resilience and mental wellbeing through the Support4Resilience toolbox for leaders in elderly care

European elderly care experiences labor shortages, lack of qualified workers and a mismatch between capacity and demands, causing stress, burnout, and reduced mental wellbeing among healthcare workers and informal caregivers. Leaders are crucial in promoting supportive working conditions but lack research-based measures to act upon these challenges.

Support4Resilience (S4R) will develop, implement, and evaluate a research-based Toolbox to support healthcare leaders in improving healthcare workers’ and informal caregivers’ resilience and mental wellbeing in elderly care. S4R will identify resilience and mental wellbeing factors among healthcare workers and informal caregivers; explore their perspectives and needs; develop new theory on the relationship between individual and organizational resilience, and mental wellbeing; and develop recommendations and cost-effective interventions. The Toolbox with tailormade resources for policy and practical use will be available through an open access S4R Resource Bank.

The S4R Toolbox includes three main tools: 1) Mapping and identification, 2) Reflection and education, and 3) Reorganization. Measures are initiated at the organizational level and effects on mental wellbeing and resilience transpire at the frontline of elderly care. The Toolbox covers different situational contexts, types of healthcare providers and health system levels. Elderly care settings in six European countries will implement and evaluate the Toolbox through a process evaluation, effectiveness evaluation, and cost-effectiveness evaluation. 

S4R provides policymakers, decisions-makers and leaders with solutions for taking action to solve specific risks for healthcare workers’ and informal caregivers’ resilience and mental wellbeing. Thus, pertinent to the work programme, S4R will support the development of resilient health systems in European elderly care through improved leadership capabilities, governance structures, and adaptive capacities.

NEXT GENERATION IMAGING FOR REAL-TIME DOSE VERIFICATION ENABLING ADAPTIVE PROTON THERAPY

The NOVO project will address a fundamental issue in proton radiotherapy (PT) of cancer, namely the lack of real-time dose verification (RDV) that significantly limits the potential of PT due to uncertainties in the precise delivery of the prescribed dose. In the NOVO project, we will develop the first proof-of-concept of an RDV technology adaptable to any PT treatment and bring the concept to TRL 4 by also considering integration into the PT clinical workflow. The RDV technology will be pivotal for enabling the next generation of adaptive PT therapy, i.e., dose-guided real-time adaptive therapy. Real-time measurement of the dose to targeted and non-targeted tissues will be the key to truly empower patient-centered, personalized cancer treatment, important to improve curation and quality-of-life post-treatment. As a high-risk/high-gain project, NOVO aims at a first-of-its-kind RDV technology through the unique synergy between (1) cutting-edge, inexpensive organic scintillator technology that can detect secondary radiation during treatment for non-invasive measurements, (2) novel and fast image reconstruction, artificial intelligence (AI)-accelerated models and AI-enhanced image reconstruction to allow simultaneous detection of multiple radiation species and tissue compositional analysis, (3) tumor-tracking and imaging of tissue radio-sensitivity based on oxygen levels, (4) intelligent automation of decision-making schemes for real-time dose-guided adaptive therapy. The project will essentially open a new era in PT that enables curing more cancer patients and reducing toxicity from treatment. The NOVO consortium covers the entire value chain of RDV development (technology providers, theory and modelling, technology integration and PT clinics) and optimally engages nuclear, medical, and high-energy physicists, chemists, mathematicians, computer scientists, oncologists, biologists, as well as European PT centers. 


Development of innovative proton and neutron therapies with high cancer specificity by 'hijacking' the intracellular chemistry of haem biosynthesis.

Deep-lying cancers, such as glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) brain cancer, are very difficult to access and incurable by the current standards of care. The fluorescence of photosensitive molecules (PSs) can precisely guide surgical resection of GBM. Nevertheless, photomedical treatments like photodynamic therapy (PDT) show limited efficacies due to the low penetration of light into tissue. Proton radiotherapy can reach deep-lying disease through therapeutic energy deposition in a spatially confined region called Bragg peak. Current neutron-based therapies, like Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT), have sufficient penetration depth but lack cancer specificity.
In NuCapCure, we propose to 'hijack' intracellular biosynthetic pathways and use them to produce custom-made drugs that will facilitate two genuinely new cancer treatments: i) "NuCapCure Proton", combining proton radiotherapy, protondynamic therapy through PS proton activation, and proton capture therapy (BPCT) through three produced alpha particles; and ii) "NuCapCure neutron", combining GBM specific BNCT and PS neutron activation as demonstrated in our FET-open project FRINGE.
The main scientific breakthroughs of NuCapCure will be to demonstrate the custom production of novel compounds through native intracellular biosynthesis but also to establish experimental proof-of-principle, both in vitro and in vivo, of the proposed two novel therapies. Our highly interdisciplinary project team comprises world-renowned experts from a unique combination of disciplines: proton and neutron physics, synthetic chemistry, photochemistry, photobiology, radiobiology, medical physics, nuclear reactor and particle accelerator technology and radio-oncology to lay the foundations for novel, targeted and curative therapies against currently fatal cancer indications like GBM.

Despites dental pulp capping materials should meet the certain requirements, the available materials have one or more shortcomings—poor biocompatibility and rheological properties, fail to maintain pulp vitality and to simulate reparative dentine formation and expensive etc. Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) is widely used material because of its beneficial properties. However, its composition bismuth oxide, which is suspectable to toxicity, has an impact on rheological properties. This emphasizes the necessity of looking for inexpensive alternatives to materials that meet the specifications. This project's goal and novelty are to investigate the potential processing of the dental pulp capping cement, which is made of strontium silicate (SrSiO3), strontium fluoride (SrF2), piezoelectric material (PZM) and tricalcium silicate (Ca3O5Si) and its rheological properties and hemocompatibility. Because SrSiO3, SrF2, PZM and Ca3O5Si have the promising properties. This project's work packages are split into four categories based on the interdisciplinary approach since it involves the synthesis and characterization of PZM, the processing and characterization of cement, the identification of rheological parameters utilizing ISO standardizations, and hemocompatibility, and acquiring new transferrable skills. Additionally, the interactions among the selected compounds will be determined. The scientific impact of this project is comprehending the physical properties and the immune system's response to evaluate the cement's suitability as a replacement for existing materials, as well as resulting in further uses in dentistry and medicine. The societal impact is providing millions of patients in Europe with predictable and outstanding treatment outcomes each year to maintain pulp vitality and health. Eventually, it will ease the financial load on millions of patients who need dental care, will be avoiding inflated medical expenses and misuse of the patent (economic impact).

SrSiO3-based Dental Pulp Capping Cement

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Red deer and damages: Red deer space use, population ecology and level of grazing damages to farmland and forests

Arbeidet for en grønn luftfartsovergang krever en betydelig økning i produksjonen av Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) for å nå norske og europeiske mål. Norge, som utnytter sine unike energifordeler, ønsker å lede den grønne omstillingen innen transport og luftfart. Nordic Electrofuel (NEF) har utviklet en revolusjonerende katalysatorfri POX-rWGS-reaktor, SAFIRE, sentral for produksjon av CO2-nøytralt jetdrivstoff (e-SAF). NEF tar sikte på en teknologidemonstrasjon, i påvente av vellykket testing i 2027 og rask oppskalering. Med sin enkelhet, robusthet, høye CO2-konvertering, lave kostnader og fleksibilitet, plasserer SAFIRE NEF i forkant av den grønne luftfartsrevolusjonen.
Målet med dette prosjektet er å akselerere norsk e-fuel-produksjon ved å designe et skalerbart konsept med optimal blanding for SAFIRE-reaktoren, og dermed gjøre NEF i stand til å integrere reaktorpilottesting i deres demoanlegg E-Fuel1 på Herøya, og oppnå rask oppskalering. til en milliard liter produsert i 2030.

SAFIRE IPN-prosjektet vil søke å forstå hvordan turbulent blanding og spesifikke kjemiske reaksjoner interagerer i SAFIRE-reaktoren for å forbedre den generelle prosessen, tilby innsikt for oppskalering av SAFIRE-reaktoren, bruke prosessmodellering for å definere reaktorens form og strømningsforhold, og skape en designverktøy for å utforske ulike SAFIRE-designalternativer, som muliggjør effektive parametriske studier, som til sammen gir et solid grunnlag for design av SAFIRE-reaktoren.

Nordic Electrofuel (NEF) has together with NTNU developed a breakthrough concept for production of sustainable aviation fuel based on partial oxidation (POX) with reversed water gas shift (rWGS), electrolysis and Fischer Tropsch (FT). The main invention is the SAFIRE reactor, a combination of a POX reactor and a non-catalytic rWGS reactor. The aim is to test the SAFIRE reactor in E-Fuel1 (a complete e-fuel pilot plant) at Herøya, with production start-up in 2026.  The SAFIRE reactor design is patented by NEF and has received substantial interest from a number of large global companies that want to license it after completion of testing and validation in E-Fuel1.  The main principle, which is based on rapid non-catalytic rWGS reaction in the gas phase, has been shown to work with very intense turbulent mixing of the hydrogen and POX gas in the rWGS section, but for practical designs the need for mixing must be reduced as much as possible to minimize pressure and energy losses. To make the optimum design, there is therefore a need for a much more complete understanding of the interaction between turbulent mixing and the endothermic reactions in the rWGS section of the SAFIRE reactor. Obtaining this understanding and providing validated simulation and design tools that can be used to optimize the design of the SAFIRE reactor is a main research goal of this project.

SAFIRE

CCUS er en av få teknologier som kan bidra med signifikante CO2-reduksjoner i vår fossile brenselbaserte økonomi, særlig i karbonintensive industrier som for eksempel cement-, jern- og stålproduksjon. Operative CCUS-prosjekter gir viktig innsikt i tekniske muligheter, policy- og finansieringsmekanismer, og utvikling av rammeverk som kan føre til vellykket implementeringen av CCUS.

Målet med Carbon Capture Innovation Challenge er todelt: for det første å identifisere og prioritere gjennombruddsteknologier; og for det andre å anbefale forsknings-, utviklings- og demonstrasjonveier og samarbeidsmekanismer.

CCUS RD&D-porteføljer har vokst, internasjonalt samarbeid er utvidet, nye industrielle CCUS-prosjekter settes i drift, og verdens første store prosjekt i kraftbransjen er satt i drift. Ytterligere satsinger må rettes mot forskning og utvikling for å kunne anvende nye CO2-fangstteknologier som er rettet mot reduksjon i kostnader og tilrettelegging for mer effektiv implementering. Grunnleggende forskning bør rettes mot områder som kan føre til større fremskritt, ikke bare inkrementelle forbedringer i gasseparasjon og geologisk lagring av CO2. 

Innsatsen gjennom Mission Innovation bør identifisere hva som kan gjøres annerledes for å aksellerere implementeringen av CCUS. Teknologier må utvikles og testes i samarbeidsfora, bygge på tidligere erfaringer og forbedre dagens tiltak for å redusere kostnadene ytterligere. Nye tilnærminger til samarbeid langs hele F&U-kjeden må også vurderes for å evaluere hastigheten i utvikling av prototype-teknologier.

Som det største nasjonale forskningsprogrammet for CCS i Norge, vil NCCS ta den norske forskningsrollerollen i CCUS Mission Innovation Challenge. Forskere fra Norge vil delta i arbeidsgrupper, workshops eller andre konkrete initiativ i CCUS Innovation Challenge i tett samarbeid med Forsksingsrådet.

SET 12-MI: NCCS og Mission Innovation

Realiseringen av fullskala implementasjon av karbonfangst, transport og lagring (CCS) i nær framtid er i høyeste grad viktig for å redusere global oppvarming. For å realisere CCS i stor skala, trenger vi innovative løsninger som vil gi betydelige kostnadskutt. NanoDrop-prosjektet har hatt som mål å svare på denne utfordringen ved å forbedre prosessutstyr for kondensering og separasjon av CO2. Dette er utstyr som ofte er brukt i fangst- og transport-teknologier. Gjennom å bruke nanoteknologi for overflatestrukturering ville vi oppnå mer effektiv CO2-kondensasjon. Nanostrukturerte overflater vil kunne øke varmeovergangen og derfor øke effektiviteten i flytendegjøringsprosessen, som igjen fører til reduserte prosesskostnader. Resultatene er også anvendbare for en rekke andre prosesser som inkluderer flytendegjøring.

For pre-combustion CO2-fangst har SINTEF ER i løpet av det siste tiåret utviklet en lavtemperatur separasjonsprosess. Ved bruk av eksisterende utstyr vil prosessen redusere kostnadene for CCS med 30% sammenlignet med dagens kommersielle oppsamlingssystemer i tilfeller der transport av CO2 utføres i flytende tilstand med skip. Mer effektive varmevekslere og separatorer vil ytterligere redusere kostnadene.
Gjennom multiskala-modellering og eksperimentell aktivitet har NanoDrop-prosjektet kvalitativt og kvantitativt undersøkt fordelene ved å inkorporere nanoteknologi i CCS-prosessutstyr. Dette for å realisere utrulling av storskala CCS i Norge og i verden.

Et eksperimentelt apparat for testing av varmeovergangen i CO2-kondensasjon på forskjellige flater ble konstruert. Produksjon av lovende mikro- og nanostrukturerte flater ble gjennomført på NTNU Nanolab og ulike overflater har blitt karakterisert og testet. Nøkkelfunksjoner i testanlegget inkluderer et trykkammer som kan fylles med CO2 med høy renhet (opptil 20 bar), en kjøleblokk inne i kammeret for å kontrollere den overflatetemperaturen ned til -55°C, og et vindu slik at vi kan visualisere kondensasjonsfenomenene med et høyhastighetskamera. Kameraet og trykkammeret er plassert i en fryser og hele laboratorieområdet er innelukket i et fuktstyrt rom for å forhindre kondens og ising, med alle prosesskontrollene (programmert i LabView) utenfor tørrommet. I løpet av prosjektet har flate overflater av kobber, aluminium, rustfritt stål, samt mikro- og nanostrukturerte kobberoverflater blitt testet i anlegget. En journalartikkel som beskriver metoden og anlegget, samt resultater fra forsøkene på flate overflater er under fagfellevurdering i "Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science". En journalartikkel med resultater fra målingene på mikro- og nanostrukturerte overflater er under fagfellevurdering i "International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer". Her fant vi at varmeovergangen økte med over 60% på en kobberoverflate med både mikro- og nanostrukturer på samme overflate.

Avansert molekylærdynamikk (MD) teori for å forstå og forutsi kondensmekanismer er viktig. I 2018 ble en journalpublikasjon på MD-resultater akseptert. Ved å bruke MD-simuleringer har vi bestemt kontaktvinkelen og kondensatferden til CO2-dråper på en jevn, solid overflate. I tillegg ble artikkelen "CO2 Wetting on Pillar-Nanostructured Substrates" publisert i 2020. Her ble storskala MD brukt for å undersøke kontaktvinkelen og fuktningsatferden til CO2-dråper på søylestrukturerte kobberlignende overflater. Funnene vil kunne bli brukt for å i fremtiden designe overflater for dråpekondensering av CO2, som vil effektivisere kondenseringsprosessen ytterligere, sammenliknet med filmkondensering.

En poster fra prosjektet ble presentert på TCCS-10 I juni 2019, og en posterpresentasjon er planlagt på GHGT-15 i mars 2021.

I januar 2021 ble PhD-avhandlingen: "Mechanisms and enhancements of CO2 condensation heat transfer", innsendt. Avhandlingen oppsummerer de viktigste eksperimentelle resultatene i dette prosjektet.

The ultimate goal of the researcher project is to accelerate the process necessary for reaching full-scale CO2-capture by reducing cost and increasing energy-efficiency. The concept of NanoDrop is to combine knowledge of gas liquefaction, surface properties and nanotechnology to develop the scientific fundament for heat exchangers and separators with increased efficiency. The project aims at fabricating superlyophobic surfaces (i.e. non-wetting) for induction of dropwise condensation of CO2 on the walls of the heat exchangers and in separators, instead of filmwise condensation. The surfaces will be fabricated using methods known from nanotechnology, and will create the necessary interface tension to induce dropwise condensation. Hence, significantly increase the efficiency of the liquefaction process. The results will also be applicable for a number of other applications involving condensation.

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