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AQUARIUS - short explanatory video

2020-07-16T04:09:38+00:00

Watch the AQUARIUS short video explaining the aim of the project and how AQUARIUS ensures the best water quality for drinking and industrial water.

Excursion to OMV Gänserndorf 13. March 2019

2019-04-26T06:09:38+00:00

In mid March of 2019, the Quantared team visited the premises of OMV at Gänserndorf to test the advances of their liquid-liquid extraction unit, as well as the interplay with the sample conditioning unit developed by OMV.

Reactive Ion Etching (RIE)

2019-04-25T06:30:58+00:00

In order to define photonic structures in a certain layer of material first some areas are protected with a material on top (e.g. polymer or metal) while others remain exposed to the exterior.

UV contact mask lithography

2019-01-07T08:55:07+00:00

The process flow comprises mainly three steps: the deposition of a thin layer of a photopolymer, the UV illumination through a glass mask with transparent/opaque patterns and the developing.

2nd Review Meeting Brussels (25th September, Belgium)

2018-10-02T06:32:24+00:00

The main purpose of the meeting was to provide an in-depth update of the progress of the action and to assess the degree to which the work plan has been carried out.

Flow cell Oil-in-Water analyzer

2018-07-03T11:33:22+00:00

Flow cell for the inline Oil-in-Water analyzer is ready! It provides the interface between the liquid and the semiconductor chip with integrated optical circuit, allowing for sensing by means of evanescent wave spectroscopy.

Photonics PPP Partnership Annual Meeting 2018

2018-04-06T10:12:18+00:00

On the 9^th of March, 2018, Ralf Ostendorf from Fraunhofer presented the AQUARIUS project in a special session at the Photonics PPP Partnership Annual Meeting 2018 at the EC premises in Brussels.

AQUARIUS Technical Meeting in Vienna

2018-04-06T10:12:18+00:00

On the 3^rd and 4^th of April, the AQUARIUS consortium came to together for a technical meeting at TU WIEN, in Vienna and also had to opportunity to meet and interact with the WATERSPY consortium.

Vision of the AQUARIUS spectrometer

2018-03-23T08:52:44+00:00

AQUARIUS partners VIGO and QRT prepared a first vision for the AQUARIUS spectrometer.

Meeting with AQUARIUS advisory board member Dr. Martin Mayer

2018-01-19T11:44:57+00:00

A meeting with the advisory board member Martin Mayer from Siemens AG Austria was held at the 12^th of January 2018 at QuantaRed Technologies.

Meeting with AQUARIUS advisory board member Dr. Martin Kraft

2018-01-19T11:44:57+00:00

A meeting with the advisory board member Martin Kraft from Carinthian Tech Research (CTR) was held at the 19th of January 2018 at QuantaRed Technologies.

1st REVIEW MEETING BRUSSELS (BELGIUM)

2017-12-15T10:52:08+00:00

On 14^th December 2017, the AQUARIUS consortium presented the project results to the Scientific Officer, Michael Ziegler and two external experts within the frame of the 1st interim review meeting.

Meeting with AQUARIUS Advisory Board member Professor Rudolf Kessler

2017-11-23T08:14:00+00:00

On 7^th of November 2017 AQUARIUS project partners QuantaRed Technologies and TU Wien met the Advisory Board member Rudolf Kessler in Tulln.

AQUARIUS presented to MIRPHAB consortium

2017-11-23T08:14:00+00:00

During a periodical meeting of the Horizon 2020 pilot line MIRPHAB on 19^th of October 2017 in Ożarów (Poland) the AQUARIUS project was introduced to the MIRPHAB consortium.

AQUARIUS TECHNICAL MEETING IN FREIBURG

2017-07-07T07:59:58+00:00

From 5^th – 6^th July 2017, the AQUARIUS Technical Meeting took place in Freiburg, Germany and was hosted by partner FRAUNHOFER IAF.

The AQUARIUS project has successfully been kicked-off

2017-01-20T08:14:00+00:00

Representatives of 8 different partners from 5 different European countries participated in the AQUARIUS kick-off meeting which took place from 17^th - 18^th January 2017 at OMV’s premises in Vienna.

The AQUARIUS project has officially started

2017-01-19T08:08:00+00:00

On 1^st of January 2017, a European cooperative research project within the Photonics Public Private Partnership, has officially started.