In the last BNN newsletter (pages 10-11), in September 2020, the project NanoPAT was presented, giving an overview about the main project facts, ideas and objectives.

Report on the state-of-the-art review

The NanoPAT deliverable “D1.2 – Report on the state-of-the-art review” is now available to view online. The report is available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0).

This deliverable, leaded by University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), is part of the work package 1 (WP1) – Definition of the nano-monitoring technologies requirements.

This deliverable discusses the state-of-the-art measurement techniques in the context of particle sizing and industrial application. Inline and offline techniques are shortly discussed, with a focus on the inline applicability of the considered techniques. In this discussion the terms inline, online and atline need to be discriminated. Inline monitoring will happen directly inside the process, at best faster than observable process changes. Online analysers are connected to the process (e.g. in a bypass) and ideally have a similar time resolution like inline analysers. Atline devices are separated but close to the process, while offline analysis happens spatially and timely separated.

Inventory and preliminary assessment on availability of commercial solutions for nanoprocesses monitoring

The NanoPAT deliverable “D1.1 – Inventory and preliminary assessment on availability of commercial solutions for nanoprocesses monitoring” is now available to view online. The report is available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0).

This deliverable, leaded by University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), is part of the work package 1 (WP1) – Definition of the nano-monitoring technologies requirements.

This document shows a summary of the most relevant characterization techniques used to measure particle sizes and size distribution. These techniques are classified in three main approaches depending on the particle size distribution (PSD) analysis, which are ensemble, separation and counting methods. Each of the methods explained in the present document are based on different physical principles and present their own advantages and limitations. Only few of the techniques reviewed are valid for online/inline analysis.

NanoPAT is live at Twitter & LinkedIn since July 2020.

In June 2020 (4th and 5th) the partners of NanoPAT met, virtually, to kick off this nice new project.