NanoPAT @ 17th PAT Colloquium

From 19-21 September 2022 took place the 17th edition of the Process Analytics Colloquium (PAT), organised by DECHEMA in Amersfoort, Netherlands. The aim of the conference was to examine the process analytical technologies from the European perspective.

In four sessions plus round-table discussions and poster exhibitions, the audience was able to learn from success stories and best practice examples, look at aspects of Process Analytical Technologies (PAT) from an international perspective, discuss PAT & data and see PAT innovations, as well as examine how PATs contribute to sustainability and circular economy, harmonization in the European context, performance monitoring, and quality.

The interesting Colloquium, exhibiting novel real-time methodologies, multicomponent PAT, miniaturization and from lab to large-scale applications, joint many experts explaining their research and results, in oral presentations and posters, on DoE, process modelling, data architecture and data security for the PAT and data session.

Around 100 participants from academia and industries attended the Colloquium.

The event was very related to NanoPAT, as it was on PAT technologies and there was a dedicated session on PAT. Therefore, it was very relevant for our partners to learn about what others are doing. Furthermore, to make NanoPAT’s partners and our developments known to potential interested companies was another main objective of NanoPAT’s participation. Therefore, on 21 September 2022, within the session “PAT innovation: Novel real time PAT”, NanoPAT’s partners Marko Simic (from BRAVE) and Usue Aspiazu (from UPV/POLYMAT), presented their research:

• Usue talked about the promising use of Photon Density Wave (PWD) spectroscopy in the monitoring of Emulsion Polymerization Processes, as application of PDW to acrylic latexes, in her presentation “Monitoring particle size in polymerization in dispersed media by Photon Density Wave Spectroscopy”.
• Under the title “Optofluidic Force Induction as Process Analytical Technology”, Marko gave a short introduction to the basic working principle of Optofluidic Force Induction (OF2i) (without theory or more details) and focused on several case studies they are working on including one from NanoPAT done in cooperation with the project partner Creative Nano.