InterEuro Technology Ltd

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Inter-Euro Technology Ltd

• Dr Jimmie Parkes
• Managing Director /founder Inter-Euro Technology
  Ltd.
• (IET) supplies cost effective
  innovative solutions to environmental problems
  SME Carlow Ireland
• Technology Transfer/ Exploitation
  of developed technologies
• PhD in electrochemistry.
• Research in industry
• Principal scientist on nine EU RTD
  contracts on the application of electrochemistry
  as a clean technology and technique for
  environmental improvement.
• Chair of Governing Body for
  Integrated Project on Ionic Liquids for metal
  finishing applications.

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Inter-Euro Technology Ltd

• Our mission
• Contribute to Irish and European metal
  finishing and chemical processing companies,
  short term and also longer term partnerships.
• Work to implement innovative processes -
  more competitive - cost effective - improve
  environmental impact.
• Build on our RTD expertise in EU projects -
  better fulfil the above aims - develop
  technologies suitable for licensing and
  exploitation.

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Inter-Euro Technology Ltd

• Topic
• 3.4.2.2-3
• Multifunctional ceramic thin films with
  radically new properties - STREP
• Applications
• electronics,
• optical and magnetic devices,
• protection coatings,
• electrochemistry or catalysis.

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Inter-Euro Technology Ltd

• Topic
• Multifunctional ceramic thin films with
  radically new properties - STREP
• Functionally-graded or multi-component,
  nano- structured films allow further flexibility
  in the tailoring of properties.
• Focus on new multi-functional ceramic thin
  films (nitrides, carbides, oxides, etc)
• Provide components with radically new
  electronic, optical or magnetic properties for
  novel industrial applications.

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Inter-Euro Technology Ltd

• Proposal
• Smart ceramic anodes
• Scientific and technological objectives
• Develop
• highly specific smart anodes
• based on multifunctional ceramic thin films.

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Inter-Euro Technology Ltd

• Smart ceramic anodes
• Innovative applications in electrochemistry and
  photo-electrochemistry for
• electro-synthesis,
• electro-destruction of toxic chemicals
• production of clean water.

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Inter-Euro Technology Ltd

• Smart ceramic anodes
• Electrochemistry
• Synthesis of complex organic compounds for
  pharmaceutical and other applications without use
  of toxic reagents.
• The electron is the ultimate green reagent.
• Destroying toxic organic compounds by
  complete oxidative destruction,
  electro-incineration, without any risk of
  producing toxic by-products such as dioxins
• This technique can be applied to water to
  remove persistent organic compounds which can
  build up and accumulate in the food chain.

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Inter-Euro Technology Ltd

• Smart ceramic anodes
• Major obstacle to progress - lack of suitable
  anode materials.
• Available anodes offer
• Restricted choice of catalytic properties.
• Lack of reaction specificity
• High cost because based on platinum group
  metals
• Poor control in the preparative methods
• Little fundamental understanding of the
  mechanisms.

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Inter-Euro Technology Ltd

• Smart ceramic anodes
• By applying a fundamental understanding of the
  processes involved
• highly selective smart anodes
• can be designed to achieve specific reactions as
  well as producing
• wide spectrum anodes
• for more general applications.

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Inter-Euro Technology Ltd

• Partner 1
• Expertise in production of mixed ceramic coatings
  by PVD or CVD or by other means.
• Work Production of electrodes coated with
  electro-conducting ceramic coatings.
• Partner 2
• Expertise in characterization of mixed ceramic
  coatings
• Work Characterization of mixed ceramic coatings
  with regard to surface morphology and
  electrochemical and conducting properties and
  wear properties.

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Inter-Euro Technology Ltd

• Partner 3
• Expertise in industrial electrochemistry,
  including electro-synthesis, electro-destruction
  of toxic organics and photo-electrochemistry.
• Work Trials of the ceramic coatings in the above
  applications.
• Partner 4
• Expertise in industrial applications of
  electrochemistry or of special anodes.
• Work Developing and testing anodes based on
  ceramic coatings for suitable industrial
  applications.

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Inter-Euro Technology Ltd

• Partner 5
• Expertise in fundamental mechanisms of
  electro-conductivity, electrochemistry and
  electrocatalysis in ceramic coatings.
• Work Modelling and design of suitable ceramic
  coatings to achieve target reactions.

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Inter-Euro Technology Ltd

• Contact
• Dr Jimmie Parkes
• Inter-Euro Technology Ltd
• Chapelstown, Carlow, Ireland
• Tel [phone]
• Mobile [phone]
• Email jparkes_at_faraday-centre.ie
• Web www.faraday-centre.com

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