Porous Liquid Technologies

Porous Liquid Technology to enable low energy CO2 Capture

2022, Energy

Porous Liquid Technologies is a unique technology enabling ultra-efficient CO2 capture by combining low cost, readily available porous liquids, and solids to create an easily recyclable/regenerable liquid, with high CO2 capacity.

These liquids display huge cost advantages and thermal stability over current technology. Physisorbed gas can be released at low energy by simple temperature/pressure swing.

‘’It has been absolutely brilliant. Even before finding out, we had won, this has been a very positive experience, chatting to people here [at the final], getting a little bit of feedback on the way we're positioning ourselves was really helpful.’’

Stuart James, Co-inventor & Co-Founder, Porous Liquid Technologies

Alivion AG

Handheld methanol detector for food control and medical diagnostics

2022, Enabling Technologies

Methanol poisoning causes blindness or even death. Yet, methanol detector for diagnosis by breath analysis or screening of beverages are not available. Here, a handheld, nanostructured sensor is presented for highly selective methanol detection in less than 2 min. This device enables on-site analyses by distillers, authorities, and health professionals.

‘’This award is amazing for us. It's a great honour and recognition for the whole team. The Emerging Technologies Competition is a great opportunity because it really recognises young start-ups and supports them in this tough process of innovation forming and product development, and we highly appreciate this.’’

Andreas Güntner, CEO & Co-Founder, Alivion AG

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Porous Liquid Technologies

Porous Liquid Technology to enable low energy CO2 Capture

2022, Energy

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MetalloBio Limited

A ruthenium antimicrobial platform technology to treat multi-drug resistant infections

2022, Health

MetalloBio have developed a novel ruthenium platform technology with application potential as a systemic antibiotic and as a coating for medical devices.

The compounds that underpin the platform are more active than clinical antibiotics, have a novel multi-modal mechanism of action, little-no-emergence of resistance and represent a new antimicrobial class.

‘’I'm really really happy. I was the youngest person that pitched today. I came straight out of a PhD into a start-up, and I think coming to things like this, you meet like-minded people and really, it's nice to be alongside people with the same challenges. Also talking to people from the [judging] panel, that's obviously helpful as well - they've given me a lot of tips about where I can go forward.’’

Kirsty Smitten, CEO & Co-founder, MetalloBio

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Low Sulphur Fuels

Fast electrochemical process to recover used hydrocarbons

2022, Environment

LSF has a developed a unique chemical recycling process, fast electrochemical process, to convert used hydrocarbon containing feedstocks and produce circular outputs that can used to make new plastics, rubbers, chemicals, and other industrial products.

‘’I think the opportunity to engage with the Royal Society of Chemistry has allowed us to sharpen our offering - to get exposure to an audience that we found difficult to reach [including] chemical people, chemical investors, chemical customers and so that's been extremely valuable. It's also allowed us to refine and revise what we would say and how we would say it, to different companies, and Emily was very helpful in terms of helping with that.’’

Glenn Halliday, Director, LSF

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