Projects
Explore our latest R&D initiatives, where innovation meets sustainability. From advanced materials to cutting-edge graphene applications, each project reflects our commitment to solving real-world challenges through science and technology.
We collaborate with industry leaders and R&D institutions to transform graphene innovations into real-world impact — from smart coatings to energy storage, medical devices and next-gen electronics.
GPROD
Graphenest e a Expansão
da sua Capacidade Produtiva
Project nº: 366 | CENTRO-05-5141-FEDER-000366
Project designation: GPROD – Graphenest e a Expansão da sua Capacidade Produtiva
Support in the scope of investments in the context of community-based local development strategies in line with the System for Entrepreneurship and Employment (SI2E).
GPROD
Graphenest e a Expansão
da sua Capacidade Produtiva
Project nº: 366 | CENTRO-05-5141-FEDER-000366
Project designation: GPROD – Graphenest e a Expansão da sua Capacidade Produtiva.
Support in the scope of investments in the context of community-based local development strategies in line with the System for Entrepreneurship and Employment (SI2E).
Project Synthesis:
Graphenest has conceived an innovative technology which is founded on an exfoliation method of graphite in liquid medium by use of ultrasonic cavitation-assisted by shear force exfoliation.
This technology has been properly tested and validated at laboratory scale by the use of a prototype with a volumetric capacity of 20 L, achieving a discontinuous production capacity of approximately 60 kg/year of graphene and its derivatives. This already proven technology lacked production capacity at a pilot scale. In this sense, Graphenest will fulfill an investment intended to demonstrate the scalability of graphene production technology currently developed and located in a laboratory of the VougaPark Business Host Area.
In this context, the project aims to safeguard Graphenest’s required conditions for the production scale-up while ensuring its operation activity in the Municipality of Sever do Vouga. To achieve this conditions several improvements have to be fulfilled on the 157.OF area which is integrated on the VougaPark Business Host Area. The identified improvements as being imperative are as follows:
- Requalification of the production area which include the necessary structures and construction works, security systems and proper working conditions for the workers according to the current standards;
- Requalification of the warehouse area with all the necessary structures and construction works, security systems and proper working conditions for the workers according to the current standards;
- Requalification of the Office area with all the necessary structures and construction works, security systems and proper working conditions for the workers according to the current standards;
- Requalification of the laboratory area with all the necessary structures and construction works, security systems and proper working conditions for the workers according to the current standards;
Requalification and upgrade of the preinstalled ventilation system with all the necessary structures and construction works in order to support the abovementioned infrastructures.
Total Budget: 83,004.35 €
GNESIS
Graphenest’s New Engineered System and its Implementation Solutions​
Project nº: 33566 | POCI-01-0247-FEDER-033566
Project designation: GNESIS – Graphenest’s New Engineered System and its Implementation Solutions
Support in the scope of the SI for Research and Technological Development – Demonstrative Projects in Co-promotion
GNESIS
Graphenest’s New Engineered System
and its Implementation Solutions​
Project nº: 33566 | POCI-01-0247-FEDER-033566
Project designation: GNESIS – Graphenest’s New Engineered System and its Implementation Solutions
Support in the scope of the SI for Research and Technological Development – Demonstrative Projects in Co-promotion
Project Synthesis:
Graphenest has conceived an innovative technology which is founded on an exfoliation method of graphite in liquid medium by use of ultrasonic cavitation-assisted by shear force exfoliation.
This technology has been properly tested and validated at laboratory scale by the use of a prototype with a volumetric capacity of 20 L, achieving a discontinuous production capacity of approximately 60 kg/year of graphene and its derivatives. This already proven technology lacked production capacity at a pilot scale. In this sense, Graphenest will fulfill an investment intended to demonstrate the scalability of graphene production technology currently developed and located in a laboratory of the VougaPark Business Host Area.
In this context, the project aims to safeguard Graphenest’s required conditions for the production scale-up while ensuring its operation activity in the Municipality of Sever do Vouga. To achieve this conditions several improvements have to be fulfilled on the 157.OF area which is integrated on the VougaPark Business Host Area. The identified improvements as being imperative are as follows:
- Requalification of the production area which include the necessary structures and construction works, security systems and proper working conditions for the workers according to the current standards;
- Requalification of the warehouse area with all the necessary structures and construction works, security systems and proper working conditions for the workers according to the current standards;
- Requalification of the Office area with all the necessary structures and construction works, security systems and proper working conditions for the workers according to the current standards;
- Requalification of the laboratory area with all the necessary structures and construction works, security systems and proper working conditions for the workers according to the current standards;
Requalification and upgrade of the preinstalled ventilation system with all the necessary structures and construction works in order to support the abovementioned infrastructures.
GEMIS
Graphene-enhanced Electro-Magnetic
interference Shielding
Project nº: POCI-01-0247-FEDER-045939
Project designation: GEMIS – Graphene-enhanced Electro-Magnetic interference Shielding
GEMIS
Graphene-enhanced Electro-Magnetic
interference Shielding
Project nº: POCI-01-0247-FEDER-045939
Project designation: GEMIS – Graphene-enhanced Electro-Magnetic interference Shielding
Project Synthesis
Electromagnetic interference (EMI) is an interesting phenomenon that affects all electronic devices working in an environment surrounded by external sources of radiated signals and electromagnetic radiation, such as antennas and other electronic devices. Within the context of electromagnetic compatibility, EMI is considered a potential and major source of operating problems to electronic devices, as well as a cause of the performance and lifetime reduction, especially in a world where electronic devices are increasingly ubiquitous.
In this context, current shielding materials used to protect electronic devices from EMI, are based on heavy, brittle and expensive metals, while the major EMI applications have a huge demand for flexible, additive, light, and inexpensive materials. This is of crucial importance, for instance, for several vehicles. industries, from hybrid and electrical cars to airplanes, where weight reduction is imperative to increase autonomy and reduce carbon footprint. Graphene and related materials are considered the most promising and effective candidates for effective EMI shielding because of their excellent electrical properties, extremely high specific surface area, and unprecedented strength to weight ratio.
The GEMIS project aims to develop versatile EMI shielding solutions based on graphene materials and technology, as well as to make a significant impact in several applications and sectors that require highly versatile shielding solutions able to comply with various production processes. To achieve this, the project proposes the development of a universal formulation for a liquid dispersion of graphene materials with highly effective EMI shielding, and the consequent production of two EMI shielding composites based on polymers and epoxies. Finally, a custom-made equipment will be designed and fabricated to specifically apply the developed EMI shielding solutions on electric wires to be used in the automotive industry.
Total Budget: 1,171,622.84 €
NEUROSTIMSPINAL
A Step Forward To Spinal Cord Injury
Repair Using Innovative Stimulated
Nanoengineered Scaffolds
Project nº: H2020-FETOPEN-2018-2020 FETOPEN-01-2018-2019-2020
Project designation: NEUROSTIMSPINAL – A Step Forward To Spinal Cord Injury Repair Using Innovative Stimulated Nanoengineered Scaffolds
This project has received funding from European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 829060.
NEUROSTIMSPINAL
A Step Forward To Spinal Cord Injury
Repair Using Innovative Stimulated
Nanoengineered Scaffolds
Project nº: H2020-FETOPEN-2018-2020 FETOPEN-01-2018-2019-2020
Project designation: NEUROSTIMSPINAL – A Step Forward To Spinal Cord Injury Repair Using Innovative Stimulated Nanoengineered Scaffolds
This project has received funding from European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 829060.
Project Synthesis
Spinal cord injury has dramatic lifetime consequences affecting thousands of people worldwide. The project aims at developing a neural tissue engineered scaffold capable of not only combining fibrous and porous topographic cues in order to mimic the morphology of the native spinal cord, but also potentiating the properties of graphene-related materials supported in a protein-rich decellularized matrix.
Project Website:Â https://www.neurostimspinal.eu/
Total Budget: 3,518,962.50 €