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Interfacial Mechanisms and Inert Anodes Materials for Aluminium Electrolysis – MIMINELA
- - - - The proposal is concerned with the development of ecofriendly molten salt electrolysis process for aluminum production where consumable carbon anodes are replaced by inert anodes. The so called HH process consists in electrochemical reduction of aluminum, using alumina extracted from bauxit
Investigating large scale bioreactor effects in microbial application – ScaleApp
Traditional bioprocessing engineering-based scale up procedures cover reactor design and stirrer operation, but not physiological adaptation of the cells to variable environmental conditions prevalent in such technical cultivation systems. This decoupled approach between engineering and microbial ph
Investigations of three-dimensional thermoelectric nanomaterials – 3D-ThermoNano
Thermoelectricity has seen a renewed emphasis in the last decade due to significant advances in materials nano-fabrication processes with improved performances. This growing interest is reinforced by the fact that the solid-state thermoelectric (TE) devices can convert waste heat from sources such a
Involvement of microRNAs in the response to SRI antidepressants – miR-Dep
Depression concerns more than 350 millions people over the world according to WHO data, placing this pathology as a major concern for public health. Depressive states are associated to a decrease in the brain of the level of serotonin, which regulates mood, anxiety and appetite. SRI Antidepressants
IoT for Supervision and Control of Water Systems – IoT.H2O
Water transport and distribution systems must be carefully monitored and operated to avoid water losses, to safe energy and to protect the assets of the water utilities against damages. In major water transport and distribution systems this task is performed by centralized SCADA (Supervisory Control
Ion Transport across a Liquid-Liquid Interface for metal extraction – ITALLIX
Recycling without polluting is one of the current challenges addressed to chemistry, requesting innovative systems for liquid-liquid extraction. Moreover, an optimal separation in a large-scale continuous process of flowing solutions, rather than static baths, needs to be examined when new chemical
K8/F508del-CFTR, a new target for corrector therapy in cystic fibrosis – CORCF
Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a recessive autosomic life-limiting disease which affects more than 70000 patients around the world. It is caused by mutations in the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Regulator (CFTR) gene coding for the CFTR protein. The most frequent mutation is the deletion of the 508th amino
Lab-on-a-chip model of mucociliary clearance for the treatment of Inflammatory Lung Diseases – MucOnChip
The Global Burden of Disease Study reports around 4 million deaths each year worldwide for inflammatory lung diseases, the large proportion of which occurring in low- and middle-income countries. Inflammatory lung diseases include asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), pulmonary fibro
Laboratory convection experiments with internal, non-contact, microwave generated heating, applied to Earth’s mantle dynamics – TERRA-MWH
The first objective of this project is to develop a novel, specific MW generator type, firmware controlled from an embedded system, and to use it for mixed convection experiments. In convection experiments, a certain number of parameters (viscosity, density) of the experimental fluids need to be mod
Laser printing of organic thin film transistors – ILTO
In the frame of the project e-PLAST (ANR Blanc 2006), CINaM (Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille) and LP3 laboratories have succeeded to print for the first time an Organic Thin Film Transistor (OTFT) by means of a laser process. This process called LIFT (Laser-Induced Forward Tran
