A custom lock chip for compact NMR

Project Information

LockChip

Grant agreement ID: 741728

DOI

10.3030/741728

Project closed

EC signature date 16 March 2017

Start date 1 April 2017

End date 30 September 2018

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 150 000,00

EU contribution

€ 150 000,00

Coordinated by

KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE
Germany

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - LockChip (A custom lock chip for compact NMR)

Reporting period: 2017-04-01 to 2018-09-30

Summary of the context and overall objectives of the project

The LockChip project proposed to take an NMR microsensor developed within the ERC Project NMCEL (290586), and to adapt it to function as an NMR lock signal detector (a way to accurately monitor the value of the NMR field strength, thereby making it possible to run NMR experiments despite drift in the magnetic field value), and adapt it to be commercially manufacturable at medium volume, before transferring the manufacturing process to the startup company Voxalytic GmbH in Karlsruhe. As such the project was highly successful. The startup company Voxalytic GmbH is currently implementing the manufacturing concept in their own inhouse manufacturing work-flow, and has secured a first OEM customer for the chip, so that the next level of upscaling can be pursued. It is envisioned that a variant of the LockChip will soon ship to the customer, to be built into their devices.