Descrizione del progetto
I progressi dell’imaging tecnologico orientati alla comunità rafforzano la microscopia all’avanguardia per la ricerca sui materiali terrestri
Essendo coinvolti in molti processi vitali, i materiali della Terra vanno studiati a fondo per creare una società sostenibile e neutra in termini di emissioni di carbonio. Il progetto EXCITE, finanziato dall’UE, che coinvolge 15 istituzioni europee per la microscopia elettronica e a raggi X, consentirà l’accesso a strutture di microscopia di fascia alta per sviluppare progressi tecnologici di imaging orientati alla comunità che rafforzeranno e amplieranno l’attuale implementazione della microscopia all’avanguardia per la ricerca sui materiali della Terra. EXCITE integrerà programmi di ricerca congiunti con attività di networking, formazione e accesso transnazionale per consentire sia al mondo accademico che all’industria di rispondere a domande fondamentali nella scienza e tecnologia dei materiali terrestri. In quanto tale, EXCITE svilupperà tecnologie di imaging correlate e fornirà accesso a strutture di livello mondiale a utenti particolarmente nuovi e non esperti che sono spesso ostacolati dall’impegnarsi nella microscopia della risoluzione dei problemi dei materiali della Terra.
Obiettivo
Understanding earth materials is critical to creating a sustainable, carbon-neutral society due to their involvement in many vital processes. Earth materials control the feasibility of subsurface energy storage, geothermal energy extraction, and are a source of critical elements for future-proof battery technologies. However, perturbations to geological systems can also result in hazards, such as human-induced earthquakes. If we want to tackle the current, pressing scientific questions related to sustainable development for a circular economy, there is an urgent need to make multi-scale, multi-dimensional characterisations of earth materials available to a broad spectrum of earth-science disciplines. In addition to the society-relevant topics, the properties of earth materials determine how the Earth works on the most fundamental level.
To overcome this challenge, 15 European facilities for electron and X-ray microscopy join forces to establish EXCITE (Electron and X-ray microscopy community for structural and chemical imaging techniques for earth materials). The collective aim of the EXCITE starting community is to enable access to high-end microscopy facilities and to join the knowledge and experience from the different institutions. By doing so, EXCITE will develop community-driven technological imaging advancements that will strengthen and extend the current implementation of leading-edge microscopy for earth-materials research. In particular, the EXCITE strategy is to integrate joint research programmes with networking, training, and trans-national access activities, to enable both academia and industry to answer critical questions in earth-materials science and technology. As such, EXCITE builds a community of highly qualified earth scientists, develops correlative imaging technologies and provides access to world-class facilities to particularly new and non-expert users that are often hindered from engaging in problem-solving microscopy of earth-materials.
Campo scientifico
- natural scienceschemical scienceselectrochemistryelectric batteries
- natural sciencesphysical sciencesopticsmicroscopy
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesgeologyseismology
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energygeothermal energy
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H2020-INFRAIA-2020-1
Meccanismo di finanziamento
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinatore
3584 CS Utrecht
Paesi Bassi