At Analytica in Munich, the Stuttgart-based high-tech start-up Q.ANT is showcasing a compact particle sensor for industrial applications that can be used to monitor these parameters in real time. The patented sensor, which is based on quantum technology, offers real added value for numerous sectors: from additive manufacturing, biotechnology, the ceramics industry, the materials and chemical industry to water treatment, medical technology and cosmetics.

A major soon-to-begin project aims to develop these critical building blocks to enable future quantum devices. Peter Liljeroth, professor of physics at Aalto University and director of the new Finnish Quantum Flagship, has received a 2,5 million euro grant from the European Research Council for research on quantum materials. The project will start at the turn of the year, and it is hoped to enable technologies that we may not yet even be able to imagine.