The Nanotechnology Lab LTFN (Lab for Thin Films - Nanobiomaterials - Nanosystems & Nanometrology), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki is an internationally acknowledged specialist in Organic Electronics (OEs), Thin Films and Nanomaterials Technology (vacuum, printing), Nanomedicine, Nanometrology, Real-time/In-line precision Metrology, Automation and Digital Manufacturing.

LTFN has established the Center of Organic & Printed Electronics - Hellas (COPE-H), for cutting-edge Research and Manufacturing of OE Devices for applications in Energy, Displays, Lighting, Electronics, Automotive, NanoBiomedicine, Smart Textiles and Wearables, IoT, Smart Food Packaging, Greenhouses, etc.

LTFN is a world-class excellence entity in various research fields, with a Lab space area of 2000 m2, including clean room facilities of 600 m2 and state-of-the-art equipment and facilities, 10 Pilot Lines and several TestBed facilities, combined with strong activity in R&D Projects and dynamic collaborations with SMEs, industry and academia. LTFN is a Digital Innovation Hub, offering open access to interested entities (Academia, Research, SMEs, Industries), while serving as an One-Stop-Shop for SMEs for technology transfer, proof-of-concept and incubation.

The main research activities of the LTFN are focused on the following topics:

• Organic Electronics & Photonics
• Thin Films & Nanobiomaterials Technology
• Nanoengineering & Surface Engineering
• Nanomedicine & Nanobiotechnology
• Optical Technology & Nanometrology
• Digital Nanomanufacturing
• Computational & Modeling at Nanoscale

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The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki is the largest university in Greece. The University Campus covers some 23 hectares: total: 470,635 m2 , main campus: 386,281 m2 close to the centre of Thessaloniki. It comprises 10 Faculties organized into 41 Schools and 1 single-school Faculty.

More than 86,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students study at the Aristotle University, 75,185 in undergraduate programmes and 6,691 in postgraduate programmes, 4,530 PhD and 4,644 international students.

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Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Devices (AMDeLab) was created with a vision of a versatile structure oriented on the physicochemical characterization and study of materials and devices. It belongs to the Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. The research plan of AMDeLab is developed in direct interaction to the needs of the production sector from local economy, taking advantage of the wide possibilities to offer integrated characterizations and studies of materials and devices together with its partnership in competitive research programs.
The scope of the Lab is the development and research of high-tech activities, the collaboration with research centers and academic institutions, and the organization of lectures and scientific events. The research objectives of AMDe Lab are: 1. Formation and synthesis of high-tech materials. 2. Structural and chemical state characterization using X-ray methods. 3. Optical Properties and Spectroscopy. 4. Thermal analysis. 5. Morphological characterization and elemental analysis of materials and surfaces.

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BL Nanobiomed P.C. is a high tech company that applies nanomedicine technologies and strategies to deal with unmet medical needs.

BL Nanobiomed focuses on the development of novel nanotechnologies, manufacturing processes for the development of innovative drug eluting nano-systems, nanoparticles and nanoplatforms to advance the performance of implants, the implementation of nanoscale techniques for their thorough characterization and validation, the technology licensing and technology transfer.

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Coatema introduces its latest advancements in lab2fab roll-to-roll and roll-to-sheet manufacturing equipment at NANOTEXNOLOGY 2021, Thessaloniki, Greece 5 – 9 July 2021.

For more than 40 years the innovative equipment manufacturer from Germany provides flexible and efficient one-stop-shop solutions for coating, printing and laminating. Our business strategy and value proposition has been focused on innovations for growing markets with new coating technologies requirements, such as printed electronics, sustainable packaging, membranes, renewables and medicine. Our product portfolio covers the full range from tabletop solution up to production lines up to 3.000 mm working width.

Since August 2018 Coatema is a member of the German-based ATH-Group, together with the companies KROENERT (equipment for converting and technical films) DRYTEC (dryer systems) and ZAE (drive systems). These combined competencies allow us to offer our costumers high end state-of-the art solutions for their processes.

In our 1200m² R&D center our customers can perform basic research, process development and the production of pilot and small production quantities, using 13 different machine platforms with over 20 application systems.

With these technical facilities and our process development and R&D expert, Coatema provides the innovation needed for your products.

Our main interest for the ISFOE are Renewables, Printed electronic products and Nanoimprinted technologies.

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CORNET is an ambitious project submitted to the H2020 Call NMBP-07-2017, that will develop a unique EU Open Innovation Environment (OIE) covering the triangle of manufacturing, modelling and experimentation in order to optimize the Organic/Large Area Electronic (OE) materials, materials' behaviour and nano-devices (OPVs, PPVs, OLEDs) manufacturing processes.

This will be achieved by linking the nanostructure features with the macroscopic functionality through multiscale (nano to macro) characterization and modelling. This will strongly impact the fast and reliable development of new materials, devices and will enable control of the related production processes (R2R printing and gas transport (OVPD)) to fabricate tailored OE devices and systems to demonstrate to industrial applications (e.g. automotive, greenhouses).

CORNET will develop an OIE Platform and a sustainable Database for documentation of citable & industrially accepted protocols for material & device characterization, modelling and manufacturing and will establish strong links and cooperations with existing EU clusters (as EMMC, EMCC, EPPN), industrial associations, EU networks to increase the speed of OE materials/device development and industry uptake, maximize the acceptance of the OIE and Database and push-through standards for adoption by industry worldwide.

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EDP Sciences is an international, academic publisher which was established in 1920 by a prestigious academic community of French learned societies seeking to inspire, innovate and inform others by sharing their knowledge. Members of this community included eminent scientists like Marie Curie, Paul Langevin and Louis de Broglie.

Today, EDP Sciences publishes high-quality scientific journals, conferences proceeding, books and magazines in a broad range of scientific, technical and medical disciplines. It is very involved in open access and open science.

EDP Sciences publishes extensively in the areas of Materials Science, Engineering & Technology and Physics & Astronomy. Indeed, physics was originally its speciality and it published the prestigious Journal de Physique over a long time. Many of our journals are either fully open access or offer an open access option. Our journals include EPJ Applied Metamaterials and EPJ Applied Physics and all are peer-reviewed, indexed and online.

EDP Sciences publishes monographs at Masters' level or higher, undergraduate teaching texts, professional works and popular science books. We also offer EDP Open Books - a comprehensive open access publishing solution. Web of Conferences is an open access platform devoted to the publication of scientific conference proceedings. Our proceedings journals include MATEC Web of Conferences (Materials science, Engineering and Chemistry) and EPJ Web of Conferences (physics).

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The European Scientific Institute, better known as ESI-Archamps, was founded as a French non-profit organisation in 1994 at the initiative of CERN-based physicists and colleagues from a number of European universities, in order to develop high level training courses on technologies developed at CERN, the world’s largest particle physics laboratory. SAFERNANO 2022 will address FOOD FOR THOUGHT: NANOTECHNOLOGY FEEDING THE WORLD.

Located on the French-Geneva border, ESI-Archamps organises thematic postgraduate schools with an extensive network of partner universities on the science, technology and applications of particle accelerators and detectors. More recently ESI-Archamps has developed a series of summer schools in partnership with Université Grenoble-Alpes in the fast-moving area of digital health. Topics covered include health data management, precision medicine and the safer design of nanomaterials.

ESI’s schools attract an international audience of post-graduate students (MSc, PhD) and early-career professionals. Since its creation, ESI-Archamps has delivered high level teaching and training to more than 2500 young scientists from over 30 countries from the European Union, Eastern Europe, the Mediterranean and the Near-East.

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HELLAMCO S.A., Scientific Equipment, since 1984 is specialized in the sales & full support of hightech instruments for chemical analysis, in Greece & Cyprus, cooperating with well-known foreign manufacturers. With basic philosophy of operation the principle «Quality by All Means», we already carry ISO 9001, ISO 17025 & ISO 13485 certifications.

We deliver as from a single ph-meter up to a complete laboratory equipment & support services package (turn-key solution), because we:

• Study in depth customers’ actual needs, proposing reliably the most competitive solution, with the best possible price to performance ratio
• Supply the necessary equipment
• Deliver the equipment in full operation
• Train in full customers’ scientific personnel & end-user
• Develop or/and Validate the analytical method
• Calibrate the instruments
• Certify the good operation of the instruments
• Effect Technical Servicing, so that the equipment will be always in full operation

Our cooperations, alive since our business start or, started during our 37 years, are mainly based on an exclusive basis and include only leaders in the field. Some of the over than 30 partners we are cooperating with, are:

• FREEMAN TECHNOLOGY
• MALVERN-PANALYTICAL
• METTLER-TOLEDO
• MICROMERITICS
• PHYSICAL ELECTRONICS
• WATERS Corp

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A secure and sustainable supply of energy is one of the greatest challenges for society. The mission of the HZB is to understand, improve, and develop new energy materials. We are able to bring the most modern infrastructure and instruments to bear on this research, in particular with the BESSY II electron storage ring, which is a particle accelerator that delivers synchrotron radiation in the soft X-ray and VUV regions.

At the Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie (HZB), we conduct research on complex systems of materials that contributes to dealing with challenges such as the energy transition. The HZB research portfolio includes solar cells, solar fuels, thermoelectrics, and materials for new, energy-efficient information technologies (spintronics) or electrochemical energy storage. Research on these energy materials is closely connected with the operation and advanced development of the BESSY II photon source. And our research approach always concentrates on thin-film technologies.

We work together with specialists in energy materials research and accelerator development from the world over. About 2,000 scientists annually from research institutions throughout the world come as guest researchers to conduct their experiments at the BESSY II electron storage ring, with many of them making return visits. Our CoreLabs as well as instrument time on the BER II neutron source can also be booked by external scientists.

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HOPE-A coordinates the activities of industrial and research organizations in Greece in the multi-billion rapidly evolving field of Flexible Organic & Printed Electronics (OEs) and strengthens their goals. HOPE-A covers the entire value chain of OE Products and Services in Green Energy, Lighting, Electronics, Automotive, Smart Buildings, Greenhouses, Intelligent Packaging, Wearables, IoT e.t.c.

The scope of HOPE-A is to:

• Coordinate network of companies in OE's applications
• Develop strong links between R&D&I, technology and business
• Generate new technologies, applications, roadmap and reports
• Enhance the reputation of the Sector
• Support members to new markets and trade-shows
• Represent members to International authorities
• Distribute information from the markets
• Attract investments in OEs
• Collaboration with OEs global organizations and companies
• Organize Exhibitions, Workshops, Seminars and training activities

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For over 110 years KROENERT has been the global leader in providing turnkey line solutions in the field of coating, printing and lamination technology for web-like materials such as paper, foil and film. KROENERT views itself as a driver for development in coating technology, and has its own research and test centres, where environmentally friendly and modern solutions are developed and tested. The company earns the trust.

KROENERT and their sister company Coatema are offering coating, printing and laminating machines to fulfil the requests from the market for R2R technology for large area Printed Electronic. In all cases of Printed Electronics, customized machine solutions and processes are required, based on standardized advanced technology machine components. The largest OPV coating and printing line was delivered to CSEM Brazil. In addition the focus was given to printing of sensors for food packaging applications.

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The Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry and Advanced Materials of the School of Chemical Engineering promotes interdisciplinary research in chemistry, biology, and (bio)chemical engineering. Work intertwined with technical-scientific know-how in a dynamic environment, targets technological advancements in inorganic-organic hybrid biomaterials, natural products, and biological processes, further interweaving molecular biology with bioinformatics and collectively contributing to multifaceted applications in human health (physiology and disease). From the design and synthesis of hybrid (nano/micro)materials for medical diagnostics and drug delivery, to the development of natural product antioxidant approaches toward neuroprotection, insulin mimetic activity, and anticancer therapeutics, research projects the screening, preventive, retardation, and theranostics potential in “bench to bed” strategies, all practical tools to primary care administration. In that context, a balanced mix of comprehensive molecular level basic and applied research resorts to emerging biomaterials technologies involving 3D-printing, microfluidic devices, and cellular machinery, effectively formulating evolutionary biomedical engineering serving mankind in the 21st century.

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The goal of the Drug Delivery and Pharmaceutical Technology research group is to use emerging technologies for the development of novel drug delivery for small and large bioactive molecules. In this context, the group is investigating the use of printing technologies in the fabrication of drug delivery systems and their possibilities in the personalized dosing of medicines. An important aspect is the development and research of new carrier materials for printed substances and drug formulations.

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Lino 3D is a newly founded 3D printing lab who specializes in all up-to-date kinds of additive manufacturing technology. With our experienced personnel and fully equipped facilities we manage to develop and distribute integrated printing solutions consisting of equipment, applications, consumables and services to customers and professionals in the 3D printing market, focusing on innovative technologies and new materials.

Our solutions incorporate advanced and innovative technologies, with unique characteristics such as high quality, durability, attention to detail and reliability. For these products we also offer relevant consumables (Plastics, Metals and Ceramics). Lino 3D is a MEMBER of LinoGroup.

The LinoGroup consists of Systems Integrator’s & Engineering Specialists who work with world leaders in each field of activity. We are specialized in Software development for the Communication industries and DIGITAL INKJET Printing Technologies in 2D, 3D & NANOTECHNOLOGY applications.

We are a value added distributor for some of the world’s top manufacturers offering differentiating services and solutions that provide additional benefits to our customers. As a value-added distributor we make sure that our customers are set up for success. There are simple ways to add value to our customer experience by putting ourselves to their position.

We have worked for many years to deliver innovative solutions along with our products.

LinoGroup covers potential markets/customers in South East Mediterranean region. Moreover, LinoGroup’s Sales & Service network is expanded in Greece, Cyprus, Albania & Malta – Lino s.a., Ahead RM S.A(Innovative travel reservation platform), Turkey – LinoSistem A.S., Romania – Lino Romania, Bulgaria – Lino Bulgaria, Israel – Lino Israel ltd, Serbia, Montenegro & FYROM – Dot Plus DOO.

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The MUSICODE project (“an experimentally-validated multi-scale materials, process and device modelling & design platform enabling non-expert access to open innovation in the Organic and Large Area Electronics Industry”) aims to create a multiscale materials-process-device modelling platform for the organic and large area electronics (OLAE) industry, featuring integrated data management, ontology-based semantic interoperability across modelling scales and user-friendly workflow design tools, all in close collaboration with academic labs and industrial pilot-lines to adopt and validate industry-accepted modelling protocols. The project will develop a business plan to ensure its sustainability and exploitation with the ambition to become the central open innovation hub for the OLAE industry and a paradigm for cross-domain applications.

MUSICODE receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under the Call DT-NMBP-11-2020 “Open Innovation Platform for Materials Modelling”, with 11 top European partners from academia and industry participating in the project (duration 2021-2024, total EU funding €4,992,000.00).

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Nano|Net is an initiative for the promotion of communication and collaboration between research and business organizations activated in the fields of Nano-Bio-Technologies. Its' main purpose is to reinforce and promote Nanotechnologies in Greece, Europe and Worldwide, through an interscientific approach. Nano|Net started in 2003 from Nanotechnology Lab LTFN - AUTh, counting more than >620 individual members (>1400 cluster members) worldwide (including University Labs, Research Institutes, Companies, Hospitals etc.)!

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Organic Electronic Technologies (ΟΕΤ) is a world leader in roll-to-roll (R2R) manufacturing and technologies for flexible Organic and Printed Electronics (OEs) and holds more than 25 years experience in thin film technologies and processes.

OET‘s core activities include thin films manufacturing processes and production for OPVs and OLEDs, encapsulation technologies, and unique in-line optical precision metrology and pulsed laser for patterning tools. OET integrates all OEs processes and technologies into production lines for Energy and Lighting in automotive, buildings, wearables, IoT, smart packaging, etc.

OET‘s R&D center includes printing and vacuum pilot lines integrated with in-line optical metrology for quality control and in-line pulsed laser tools, available for process development, prototypes and low-to medium-volume production. OET is the co-founder of the Hellenic Organic & Printed Electronics Association (HOPE-A).

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QSAR Lab is an R&D type company, offering a range of services in computational chemistry. Founders are scientists at the Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk. The company offers innovative researches and services in computer modeling and in silico based on QSAR methods.

Our company offers services such as:

• Assessing the safety of chemical substances and nanomaterials,
• Designing new chemical substances and nanomaterials by computational methods, that are safe for human and for the environment,
• Predicting physical and chemical properties of chemicals and nanomaterials.

The scientific team is formed by highly qualified specialists in the field of computational designing of new, safe chemical substances, toxicology, nanotoxicology nanotechnology, chemical statistics and chemometry, headed by Prof. Tomasz Puzyn, CEO QSAR Lab.

The key sectors for the company’s operations are the NanoTech, chemical (basic chemicals, agricultural chemistry, pharmaceuticals and household chemistry), BioMed, BioTech and pharmaceutical sectors. The services offered by QSAR Lab are widely used in many industries, we were even in talks with representatives of the space industry.

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RealNano is an ambitious 36-month project that will develop novel and fast real-time nano-characterization materials tools & methodologies based on Spectroscopic Ellipsometry, Raman Spectroscopy, Imaging Photoluminescence and Laser Beam Induced Current Mapping that will be integrated to in-line R2R (Roll-to-Roll) Printing and OVPD (Organic Vapor Phase Deposition) Pilot-to-Production Lines (PPLs) for characterization of Organic & Printed Electronics (OE) nanolayers, devices & products during their manufacturing.

RealNano will start from TRL4 to achieve TRL6.

The consortium consists of 10 partners from 6 different European Countries (Greece, Germany, Italy, Denmark, Hungary, United Kingdom).

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The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh) through its Research Committee participates in the 11th NANOTEXNOLOGY Expo 2021 with three laboratories - exhibitors that are active in Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies.

The participants are:

1. a.. Advanced Materials and Devices Laboratory (AMDE Lab), School of Physics
   b. Advanced Materials and Devices Laboratory (AMDE Lab) collaboration with the Industrial sector, School of Physics
2. Division of Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Pharmacy
3. Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry and Advanced Materials, School of Chemical Engineering.

During the last 12 years, more than 10000 research projects have been implemented in AUTh, whereas about 140 of them were related with Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Organic Electronics & Nanomedicine.

The Research Committee of AUTh is the legal body responsible for the administration of funded projects and other related services which are provided by the members of the AUTh. The Research Committee has an extensive experience in the management of research projects funded by national, European, and international public and private organizations.

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SEMILAB is a leading supplier of advanced metrology equipment for material and process control in the microelectronic, display, photovoltaic and printed electronics industries, for both R&D, manufacturing and production control. Measurement techniques provide complex optical and electrical characterization of a wide range of materials and thin films in single or multi-layer structures.

Process control equipment can be implemented offline with appropriate sampling with small manual type tools, in-line in the production flow with fully automated systems and high resolution and speed, or even integrated into manufacturing equipment, such as roll-to-roll coaters or very large area like flat panel display.

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SmartLine is an ambitious Project that will create intelligent and zero-defect manufacturing processes by developing robust and non-destructive in-line metrology tools (optical, electrical, structural) and process control platform to achieve the reliable and closed-loop manufacturing of Organic Electronic devices (OPVs and OLEDs for lighting) by Roll-to-Roll Printing and Organic Vapour Phase Deposition (OVPD) pilot lines.

The consortium consists of 7 partners from 4 different European Countries (Greece, Germany, Italy, Netherlands).

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Unishape has been specializing in the design industry through CAD-CAM systems for 20 years. The excellent know-how and innovative prototype printing methods that follow, have established Unishape in the difficult and demanding era of 3D technology. The experience of the past combined with the continuous technological upgrade, result in the company's response to the requirements of the time by offering solutions and products of excellent quality and precision to customers. With the up-to-date and highly trained staff, can provide training in the use of 3D design softwares as well as CNC machines, Rapid Prototyping, Laser Marking, Engraving, Welding, 3D Scanner. Being technologically trained through a variety of seminars and continuously training, Unishape has distinguished itself in the field of Orthodontics and Dentistry, responsibly providing integrated digital solutions to professionals of this era. Listening to the needs of both experienced and young professionals in each individual subsector, Unishape constantly adapts products and services making them accessible, both in cases of a professional development and in cases of a professional start-up.

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Up Catalyst is producing CO2-grown graphene, graphite and other carbon nanomaterials. Its ambition is to be completely sustainable and produce nanomaterials from wastes and industrial by-products. The company serves research and industries Europe-wide.

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