2. New Materials New ideas and approaches Mikael Paronen ARCADA Department of Energy and Materials Technology Helsinki, FINLAND

3. Membrane R&D at Arcada for water treatment

4. Polymer membranes in Arcada’s R&D Porous membranes for Water treatment Electro-osmosis Biochemical sensors Ion conducting membranes for Fuel cells Redox flow batteries

6. Water treatment - combination of methods PHYSICAL Filtration Sedimentation Distillation BIOLOGICAL Slow sand filters Silver ions Active carbon CHEMICAL Flocculation Chlorination RADIATION UV light

7. Pore control: size, shape, orientation, distribution Apel. Radiat. Meas. 34(2001)559

8. CLIMATE CHANGE ENERGY EFFICIENCY!! MATERIALS???

11. Pandemics and epidemics

12. Development of anti-bacterial materials in Arcada Continuously disinfecting = Self-cleaning Pathogens are deactivated immediately Consists of industrial raw materials