We have developed novel **Quantum Materials** and '**simple printable, cost-effective, energy-efficient** **more enviro-friendly** **Quantum Sensors'** for pressure sensing. They can also be used for '**supercapacitors**' (crucial components in efficient energy storage and faster charging times). They can be manufactured large scale and cost-effectively and applied to different substrates including flexible textiles, paper and recyclable ones. These capacitors can store & release energy quickly making them ideal for applications requiring rapid energy discharge. **Being Magnetite based they are enviro-friendly, more sustainable to manufacture and can be easily recycled.** They are processed and engineered to precisely control quantum-mechanical effects on small numbers of particles to produce unique **high sensitivity** and **vast range** sensing capabilities. Conduction is achieved via tunnelling of electrons through insulative barriers around the magnetite particles. **The benefits of harnessing quantum are:** - High sensitivity - Vast ranges - Energy efficiency - Low power consumption - Low latency As the world struggles with the challenges of climate-change and the need for sustainable energy solutions, the development and adoption of innovative enviro-friendly Quantum Materials with exciting physical properties **arising from the quantum mechanical properties of their constituent electrons** is increasingly important. Such materials have great scientific& technological potential. There is a market requirement for more enviro-friendly, sustainable and recyclable technology solutions that reduce environmental impact.

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"In developed countries, more than 90% of limb amputees achieve their mobility through the use of prostheses. Since the amputees will have to wear a prosthetic limb for the rest of their life, the comfort is crucial for them to regain a good quality of life. Attaching artificial limbs to the body remains clinically challenging and the conventional way to attach a prosthetic limb to the body is by means of a socket. However, many patients experience serious discomfort wearing a prosthesis because of pain, instability during walking, pressure sores or skin irritation. The conventional design and manufacturing process for a prosthetic socket requires a patient to visit a clinic multiple times over one or more weeks. There has been an attempt to eliminate the socket by directly attaching the artificial limb to the residual bone through osseointegration. However, most (\>60%, diabetes related) patients with amputations will not be candidates for this procedure. Of the remaining people with amputations, viable candidates would be limited to those who have a transfemoral or transhumeral amputation. Therefore there is a continuing need for an improved prosthetic socket provision technique that addresses the limitations and challenges highlighted above. Socket related problems mainly emanate from the over-reliance on a skilled prosthetist to determine the load bearing capability across the stump using a ""touch and feel"" technique without quantitative measurements. This project aims to change the subjective approach into a science-based technique so that a good-fit socket can be designed and fabricated within one day. Advanced sensors (QTSS sensor by the business lead Lusstech Ltd, with patent application PCT/GB2016/053943, WO2017103592A1) will be adapted to measure the dynamic pressure distribution between mock-up residual limbs and the socket during simulated gait tests. The data, together with biomechanics analytical models to be developed during the project, will be used to optimise the socket design. Finally a new procedure will be formulated at the end of the project. Once the project is successfully completed through laboratory validation tests, we will start clinical trials to demonstrate the new technique/procedure to the rehabilitation healthcare sector so that prosthetists will have confidence to adopt this solution in their routine practices. The main innovation of the project are: 1. New application of the revolutionary QTSS sensors in healthcare 2. New biomechanical analytical models 3. New procedure for prosthetic socket design which is a step change disrupting existing practices."