Fibre-based plasmonic microreactor

In a highly competitive Pathfinder Open call, the European R&D project reaCtor has been selected by the European Innovation Council to receive a total funding of around 3 million €.

The European continent shall become the first climate-neutral continent by 2050. The chemical industry is a major contributor to CO2 emissions, as it accounts for 30% of the global industry’s energy use. This is where the Pathfinder project reaCtor (Fibre-based plasmonic microreactor for flow chemistry) will come into play.

“We will contribute to the ambitious goal of a sustainable chemistry by developing and validating a novel type of light-driven chemical reactor with enormous scale-up potential for industrial applications.”, says Dr. Michael Steinke from the Laser Components and Fibres group, who coordinates the project.

“We will combine optical fibres for smart light management, metallic nanoparticles as efficient energy transmitters, nano- and micro-fabrication for micro-fluidic functionalization and monolithic optical integration, and flow chemistry to obtain an eco-friendly and safe chemical technology.”

reaCtor’s consortium consists of top experts from across Europe and reflects the interdisciplinarity and innovative power of the approach:

  • AMOLF and University Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • University La Laguna, Spain
  • Łukasiewicz Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics, Poland
  • EURA AG and Leibniz University Hannover, Germany

The project will kick off on 01 April 2023 for a period of four years.

Über die EurA AG

With more than 200 employees at its headquarters in Ellwangen and at 13 other locations in Germany and Europe, EurA AG is one of the leading consulting firms for research, development and the market launch of innovative products. Our clients include 2,600 companies across the industry and 1,400 research facilities and institutes from Germany and many European countries in all technology sectors.

The focus of our work concerns technology transfer, financing, realization and international marketing of innovative products and services, mainly through the use of regional, state and European funds. SME customers and research institutes benefit from EurA in the conception and support of R&D projects and cooperation with development and marketing partners. In addition, EurA moderates more than 90 nationwide or international innovation networks in which individual entrepreneurial developments and associations between science and industry as well as the associated financing projects are initiated and implemented.

Firmenkontakt und Herausgeber der Meldung:

EurA AG
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Telefon: +49 (7961) 9256-0
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http://www.eura-ag.com

Ansprechpartner:
Dr. Thomas Schwarzbäck
Photonik
Telefon: 07961 9256-251
E-Mail: thomas.schwarzbaeck@eura-ag.de
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