SIMS
Development of a Smart Integrated Miniaturised Sensor System for analytical challenges in diagnostics, industry and the environment
| Coordinatore | UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND, BRISTOL
Organization address
address: COLDHARBOUR LANE - FRENCHAY CAMPUS contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | United Kingdom [UK] |
| Totale costo | 3˙851˙152 € |
| EC contributo | 2˙949˙525 € |
| Programma | FP7-ICT
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies |
| Code Call | FP7-ICT-2009-5 |
| Funding Scheme | CP |
| Anno di inizio | 2010 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2010-09-01 - 2014-02-28 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND, BRISTOL
Organization address
address: COLDHARBOUR LANE - FRENCHAY CAMPUS contact info |
UK (BRISTOL) | coordinator | 0.00 |
| 2 |
DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY
Organization address
address: Glasnevin contact info |
IE (DUBLIN) | participant | 0.00 |
| 3 |
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V
Organization address
address: Hansastrasse contact info |
DE (MUNCHEN) | participant | 0.00 |
| 4 |
TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT
Organization address
address: TEKNIIKANTIE contact info |
FI (ESPOO) | participant | 0.00 |
| 5 |
THE UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL
Organization address
address: BROWNLOW HILL, FOUNDATION BUILDING contact info |
UK (LIVERPOOL) | participant | 0.00 |
| 6 |
UNIPATH LIMITED
Organization address
address: STANNARD WAY, PRIORY BUSINESS PARK contact info |
UK (BEDFORD) | participant | 0.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
The widespread availability of smart miniaturised systems is limited by the inability to integrate a sufficient number of functionalities into a single device at low cost and high volume using traditional production technologies. Organic, flexible and printed electronics (OFPE) offers this possibility. However, it too must overcome some significant challenges relating to device interfacing and fabrication. Key among these is the availability of subsystems (sensors, displays, power and circuitry) suitable for integration through OFPE, as well as the ability to combine these components through compatible processes.
SIMS will develop a smart, miniaturised sensing system through the integration of a nanosensor, printed low cost display, mobile phone interface and printed battery with organic circuitry. Integration will take place on a single substrate employing photolithography, screen and ink jet printing and lamination.
SIMS will be a platform technology. Its broad potential, including industrial and environmental monitoring, will be illustrated through the sensitive detection of hydrogen peroxide. However, due to the scale of the diagnostics market and its relevance to the partners, SIMS will focus on the quantitative measurement of cholesterol.
SIMS will be low cost, disposable, and free from instrument calibration and maintenance. It will vastly expand the opportunities for distributed testing, creating new markets through innovative retailing opportunities. Increased testing will result in benefits to the health and the environment of people in Europe and beyond.
The SIMS consortium includes three leading academic groups covering device physics, electroanalytical chemistry, materials science, electronic and production engineering, as well as two innovative SMEs in the full value chain from speciality materials suppliers, through mass producers, and to a global company in diagnostics with worldwide distribution networks.