Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy for the reliable analysis of solid-state surfaces

Projektinformationen

NanoStruct

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 101071560

DOI

10.3030/101071560

Projekt abgeschlossen

EK-Unterschriftsdatum 27 Juni 2022

Startdatum 1 Juli 2022

Enddatum 31 Dezember 2022

Finanziert unter

• European innovation ecosystems

Gesamtkosten

Keine Daten

EU-Beitrag

€ 75 000,00

Koordiniert durch

NANOSTRUCT GMBH
Germany

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - NanoStruct (Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy for the reliable analysis of solid-state surfaces)

Berichtszeitraum: 2022-07-01 bis 2022-12-31

Zusammenfassung vom Kontext und den Gesamtzielen des Projekts

In many industrial and societal fields high purity materials are crucial. The production process of semiconducting devices or ultrasensitive lenses strongly depends on the absence of contaminations. But also in other industrial sectors unwanted contaminants like germs or environmental pollution can lead to dangers to human health or the environment. While the method SERS is already well known, its broad application in industry was up to now limited by the missing reliability of former SERS-substrates. NanoStruct aims at rendering the versatile and powerful method surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) more reliable. This new reliability opens the chance to enter markets like semiconductor industry or food industry formerly not accessible for the method SERS. Even the utilization of the method for the analysis of solid-state surfaces becomes feasible by applying NanoStruct SERS-plasters.

Arbeit, die ab Beginn des Projekts bis zum Ende des durch den Bericht erfassten Berichtszeitraums geleistet wurde, und die wichtigsten bis dahin erzielten Ergebnisse

In the project at hand a thorough market analysis to understand the need for a new reliable, fast and precise analysis method in different markets and market segments was the central activity. Several concrete applications with high impacts for security and health could be identified and first customers and potential users of NanoStructs SERS-products were found. This sets the base for the final steps of product development, in particular the use and the test of the NanoStruct SERS-plasters in the industrial environment. Moreover, based on the findings of the market analysis a strategic plan to market the SERS products in the market segments where a high social and environmental impact can be achieved was developed.

Fortschritte, die über den aktuellen Stand der Technik hinausgehen und voraussichtliche potenzielle Auswirkungen (einschließlich der bis dato erzielten sozioökonomischen Auswirkungen und weiter gefassten gesellschaftlichen Auswirkungen des Projekts)

In the project NanoStruct, several industrial areas could be identified, which have a large need for a sensitive and reliable method to identify contaminations. In each of them applying the new method potentially has a large impact. For example, the examination of surfaces for remnants of explosives can yield a higher safety for humans and the fast identification of germs, in particular bacteria, can lead to a faster allocation of illnesses, thus ensuring a fast and correct treatment of a patient and in semiconductor industry it can help in the development of new devices.

To ensure the successful implementation of the product in these high impact field, the next step is the optimization of the product for the particular application taking into account regulatory aspects and the environment where the product will be applied.