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New impetus to materials research - democratizing a frontier research tool

Project description

Bridging the gap in accessible analysis

Advancing technology hinges on understanding molecular structures, yet current tools fall short in being able to provide this. High-resolution X-ray analysis, crucial for material science progress, is either limited in performance or access. This bottleneck stifles innovation, hindering industries from leveraging cutting-edge research. In this context, the European Innovation Council is supporting LynXes to revolutionise material analysis. By compacting high-energy X-ray tech into a portable solution, LynXes aims to democratise access, unleashing a wave of innovation across industries. It envisions a future where industrial and academic research and development harness this technology to develop sustainable solutions in sectors like green energy, pharmaceuticals and waste management. By making high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy more accessible, LynXes seeks to catalyse transformative advancements, ensuring a brighter and more sustainable future.

Objective

Our society is driven by constant technological progress, which crucially depends on advances in material science. The bottleneck of such advances is to see deeper into and understand better the molecular structures, which is limited by tools that are either i) accessible to many, but limited (and already fully exploited) in performance, or ii) are of high performance but restricted to only a few with large-scale infrastructures, and greatly limited by availability and cost.

One of the most effective and prolific of materials analysis tools is high-energy-resolved X-rays capable of revealing high-definition molecular structure of new materials in working conditions. This is however only available at large, 1BN X-ray sources, with little and difficult-to-obtain machine time for R&D performers. This discourages most potential users and makes life hell for the few who try. Consequently most of the industrial R&D sector, which could benefit most from these tools, is not even aware of these opportunities.

LynXes proposes to pack this technology into a self-sufficient tabletop solution, offering to disrupt the entire materials analysis sector and open up a whole new market worth around half a billion to a billion euros a year. We are convinced that this novel family of materials analysis methods could be a game changer in the research and development in many fields. The possible use cases range from developing novel materials for batteries or fuel cell systems, understanding and improving nuclear waste management, boost the performance of waste water treatment, etc.

Our mission is to open new horizons for industrial and academic R&D by democratizing the access to high-energy-resolution X-ray spectroscopies (HERXS) technology. We believe that our technology will create a better world by boosting several key R&D and QA processes, especially in highly future-oriented sectors such as green chemistry, green energy, pharma, waste management, data storage, and so on. LynXes is poised to disrupt the market and bring advanced X-ray spectroscopy capabilities to a broader range of users, transforming R&D processes and contributing to the development of more sustainable technologies across the board.

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HORIZON-EIC-ACC-BF - HORIZON EIC Accelerator Blended Finance

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LYNXES INNOVATION KUTATO ES FEJLESZTO KFT
Net EU contribution

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€ 1 531 950,00
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HANUSZ ISTVAN UTCA 28
2600 VAC
Hungary

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SME

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Yes
Region
Közép-Magyarország Pest Pest
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
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€ 2 188 500,00
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