Consortium

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC) is the largest research body in Spain with more than 20,000 employees working in +120 institutes. Within BEETHOVEN three research groups integrate the CSIC team , gathering deep expertise in the field of magnetic materials science. In the context of BEETHOVEN project, CSIC will be leading the activities as the Project coordinator (WP7) and also participating in the following work pagkages: Magnet powder developing (WP2), up-scaling and magnet consolidation (WP3), structural, chemical and magnetic characterization (WP2-3), Education activities (WP6), dissemination and communication tasks (WP8).

Lurederra (LUR) is a technological centre that carries out research and applied technological development activities in the fields of nanotechnology, new materials, and advanced environment. With its unique technologies is capable of generating high-value industrial products at the service of companies and economical agents at both national and international level, including the subsequent implementation of the innovations developed in the industrial production centers.

In BEETHOVEN project, the main activity of Lurederra is the synthesis of metallic nanowires through a modification of its innovative technology of Flame Spray Pyrolysis (T2.3). In addition to that, Lurederra would lead the whole Work Package 3 consisting on the up-scaling of magnetic materials and magnets manufacturing.

The basic research in the Department for Nanostructured Materials at Jožef Stefan Institute (JSI) focuses on inorganic materials with specific physical properties that are a consequence of their structural and chemical phenomena at the nanostructured and atomic levels.
The fields of research involve natural and manufactured ceramic materials as well as metals and intermetallic compounds.
The basis of the research is to find relationships between the physical properties of a material and its structural and chemical properties by using electron microscopy techniques to reveal phenomena on the nanoscale. Macroscopic phenomena, for example, phase transformations, phase equilibria, polytypisim, polymorphism, crystal growth, and microstructure development, are areas of particular interest.
In the context of BEETHOVEN project, JSI will be leading the activities of WP 5: Sustainability assessment and also participating in the following: (a) Synthesis and optimisation of high entropy alloy compositions (b) Synthesis and optimisation of W-type hexaferrites (c) (Advanced) sintering of BEETHOVEN magnets (d) Phase, microstructure and magnetic characterization of BEETHOVEN powders and magnets (e)Assessment of recyclability of new magnets (f) Labelling of magnets for recycling

The Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) is a public university that enrols over 65.000 students (10% from overseas), with more than 6.800 PhD involved in teaching and research duties. It is one of the oldest european universities. It is located on a campus that occupies most of the Ciudad Universitaria district of Madrid, with annexes in the close district of Somosaguas, making Complutense the largest University in Spain and one of the largest in Europe. Along its over seven centuries of history, Universidad Complutense has provided invaluable contributions to the sciences, fine arts, and political leadership in our country. In the context of the BEETHOVEN project, the UCM team will be involved in the synthesis of bonded magnets, leading the activities related to the synthesis and optimisation of nanowires and composites.

Uppsala University (UU) located in Sweden is a renowned University conducting world-leading research and education. The department of Electrical Engineering has long-time experience in research on electrical machines through advanced multi-physics simulations, modelling and extensive experimental facilities. The research group involved in BEETHOVEN focuses on permanent magnet electrical machines and the research group specializes in substitution of REE magnets in electrical machines, alternative magnet material and
advanced modelling of permanent magnets. In BEETHOVEN UU will work with modelling of magnets in electrical machine simulations, designing and testing a motor prototype with BEETHOVEN magnets.

STRATAGEM Ltd is an independent research and innovation SME that offers technical services and research on engineering solutions. In the context of BEETHOVEN project, STRATAGEM leads the activites of WP 6 Dissemination, Communication and Exploitation, as well as Task 5.1 Environmental, Cost and Social Life Cycle Assessment.

The A.B.Nalbandyan Institute (NAL) has been conducting intensive and effective research on the theory of chemical transformation, kinetics, and the mechanism of chain, free-radical reactions, including combustion and ignition processes in the gas and condensed phases. The practical direction of these investigations covers the problems of processing hydrocarbons and natural mineral raw materials into valuable products, combustion processes with the participation of solid components: self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS) aimed at the production of refractory inorganic compounds. Since 1980s SHS production (from tens of kilograms to several tons) of more than 15 types of chemicals and composite materials was organized. To study the kinetics of fast solid-phase chemical transformations under isothermal and non-isothermal conditions at high temperatures, unique electrothermographic devices of a new generation with the wide functional capability of electronic control has been developed and constructed.
In the frame of Beethoven project NAL team will deal with combustion synthesis (SHS, SCS) and spark plasma sintering (SPS) of rare-earth-lean high-entropy (REL HE) magnetic materials.