Cooperations & Links

The increasing interest in comparing and linking experimental data to achieve reliable end-user products necessitates the development of widely accepted standardised measurement methods as characterisation protocols for materials, processes and final product performance. To improve experimental data quality, reproducibility and traceability there is a need to develop, test, validate and agree on methodologies for measurement and characterisation techniques – such as microscopy, spectroscopy and diffraction techniques, as well as micro- and nano-mechanical tests – that are used in a wide variety of industries and settings through interoperable data exchange mechanisms. It is therefore critical that developers and users of current measurement and characterisation protocols reach a broad-ranging agreement on their standardisation, paving the way for new technologies in response to the emergent needs of Industry Commons.

• Validated and trusted characterisation protocols supporting modelling, life cycle analysis and market harmonisation within the EU;

• Facilitated comparability, enabling quantitative interoperability and traceability of characterisation data leading to increased trust in product quality and performance assessments;

• Increased uptake of emerging characterisation innovations leading to developments of new standards and data exchange mechanisms and supporting the future needs of Industry Commons;

• Accelerated characterisation of materials, and facilitation of simulation leading to a measurable reduction of costs for product design, time-to-market and regulatory compliance.

Collaboration activities: 

CHARISMA, EASI-STRESS, NanoMECommons, the three EU-funded Horizon 2020 projects addressed under the call topic “Towards harmonised characterisation protocols in NMBP” (NMBP-35, see EC information) collaborate on the challenges related to characterisation protocols, identifying synergies and points in common between the sister projects. This has been reflected in the organisation of different joint events/workshops since the projects began.  

Involvement/contribution in NSC WGs: 

• Lead and Contribution to the WG on Education, Training & Communication participating/organising workshops, webinars and events relevant for the nanosafety community. Some examples of this collaboration are: 

• Co-organisation of NanoSafety Training School 2022, with an active participation of CHARISMA

• Co-organisation of NanoSafety Training School 2023, an oral presentation by Miguel A. Bañares, CHARISMA co-coordinator. 

•  Contribution to the WG on Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD), Innovation & Regulation 

• CEN Workshop on “Raman devices calibration, verification and twinning protocols” (kick-off meeting on 28 February 2024, online)

• Contribution to the WG on Research Output management, FAIRness & sharing 

• 1st Co-Creation Workshop - “Materials characterization challenges to support the industry transition in the digital era” (13 Dic. 2021, online). This co-creation workshop event was organised by the H2020 project NanoMECommons with the support of the European Materials Modelling Council (EMMC ASBL), the European Materials Characterisation Council (EMCC) as well as 10 other EU funded projects.

• 2nd Co-Creation Workshop - 1st NMBP-35 joint workshop on “Materials characterization and software tools as key enablers in NMBP-35 projects: towards industrial transition and wider acceptance of new methods and products” (24 Nov. 2023, Athens/hybrid), supported by the European Materials Characterisation Council (EMCC). 

• 2nd NMBP-35 joint workshop on “From Research to industry: How Characterisation & Digitization Changed the Game” (17 Jan. 2024, Madrid/hybrid)

More information on the projects can be found in CORDIS (https://cordis.europa.eu/programme/id/H2020_NMBP-35-2020/en) and on the websites of the different projects (CHARISMA, EASI-STRESS, nanoMECommons).