**LHP-X: Developing Scalable, Affordable, High-Performance Lead Halide Perovskite Direct Detectors to Transform X-ray Imaging for Critical Industries** Quantum Solutions is developing a groundbreaking X-ray detector technology using proprietary lead halide perovskite (LHP) materials to transform imaging performance across industries like healthcare, food safety, and security. Direct X-ray detectors offer superior image quality compared to widely-used indirect technologies, but are limited by high costs ($100,000--$200,000 per unit) and low production scalability, making them inaccessible to many critical sectors. Our innovative approach addresses these barriers by reducing costs by 90% while maintaining state-of-the-art performance. The project focuses on scaling our existing prototype (0.1 cm²) to a full-scale 100 cm² detector, validated in real-world trials with test materials provided by MARS, a leading global confectionary company. The technology will be tested to detect contaminants such as metal, polyurethane, and candy pan scrap, showcasing its application in industrial inspection and relevant environemnts. By achieving key performance metrics - including <50 μm resolution, \>1000 uC/Gycm² sensitivity, and the ability to perform 10x more frequent imaging - this project aims to revolutionise X-ray imaging at a fraction of the cost of current systems. This work aligns with the UK Government's Industrial, Quantum, and Semiconductor Strategies, supporting domestic supply chain resilience and advancing critical technologies. With a projected global X-ray detector market of $10.68bn by 2030, Quantum Solutions is positioned to drive substantial economic and societal benefits, including ~50 skilled UK-based jobs and £30m revenue by 2031\. By democratising high-performance X-ray imaging, Quantum Solutions is enabling safer food production, more accurate medical diagnostics, and enhanced security applications, unlocking the full potential of X-ray technology for public and industrial benefit.

SWIR-CAM: Unlocking high potential vision applications by improving affordability and adoption of Short Wave Infrared (SWIR) cameras via quantum dot technology

**UpQSens: Upscaling manufacture of quantum dot-based CMOS SWIR Sensors in the UK** This 12-month project sees Quantum Solutions collaborate with the Electrical Engineering Division, University of Cambridge to revolutionise the UK compound semiconductor landscape by scaling up manufacturing of SWIR image sensors with 8" wafers. Despite increasing demand for SWIR image sensors and their enhanced vision capabilities across critical industries like healthcare, defence and manufacturing , the complex fabrication processes of these sensors inherently drive up prices(\>$5,000per/unit) and limit scalability and manufacturability, ultimately hampering broad accessibility and wider adoption. Based on quantum dot SWIR image sensor architecture developed by Quantum Solutions and using an innovative cracking-assisted transfer printing technique developed by the University of Cambridge for large area 8" wafer expansion, our 8" CMOS SWIR sensors will overcome existing sensor fabrication challenges, **improving manufacturability** and **scalability** (100,000+ image sensors/year) and **reducing unit costs** by 50-100x (<$100/sensor). Removing these existing barriers around manufacturing, cost and scalability will have a transformative impact on the semiconductor industry, facilitating mass-adoption and opening exciting new opportunities for enhanced vision applications across progressive industries, such as: * Healthcare: medical imaging, blood monitoring wearables, optical coherence tomography devices * EVs/Automotive: improved vision/safety in adverse weather, safer driver-assistance systems * Industrial robotics/machine vision: goods sorting, defect detection through packaging * Agriculture/environmental: monitoring crop health, soil composition, air and water pollution * Defence/Security: Surveillance drones/night-vision CCTV Unlocking the vast potential of these applications will improve lives, tackle climate change, keep the country safe, and improve industry productivity and resilience. Aligned to UKGov's Semiconductor Strategy(2023), UpQSens is genuinely game-changing, driving the adoption and use of quantum technologies in the UK. Scaled-up manufacturing will help UK companies better compete with established international players and establish/secure a robust UK supply chain, positioning the UK semiconductor industry at the forefront of global innovation whilst delivering huge benefits for the UK's economy and society.

**3LX - Developing low-cost, low-energy, low-detection limit X-Ray image sensors for critical industries using quantum dot technology**

**MWQD - Realising the true potential of Mid-Wave Infrared Sensors by improving affordability and adoption via Quantum Dot technology**

**PMX - Advancing X-Ray detector performance using Perovskite Materials to unlock high potential vision applications across key industries** For this project, Nordson Dage will collaborate with Quantum Solutions to develop a photon-counting direct x-ray detector using perovskite materials (quantum dots, crystals and nanostructures). This involves the innovative design of a custom CMOS readout ASIC, manufactured using Nordson Dage's ASIC design expertise and Quantum Solution's perovskite technology. By removing affordability and scalability boundaries, our perovskite sensors will open opportunities across global industries requiring high-performing X-ray detectors, such as Manufacturing, Medical Imaging and Security/Defence.

**IAQD - Unlocking the potential of Short Wave Infrared (SWIR) sensors with novel InAs Quantum Dots technology** This project sees Quantum Solutions build on existing PbS Quantum Dots sensor technology to develop new InAs Quantum Dots that address the limiting cost and complexity factors of manufacturing wide-range image sensors for consumer electronics. By removing the affordability, toxicity and response time boundaries of existing sensor technology, our Quantum Dots will truly unlock the potential for Near Infrared/Short Wave Infrared image sensors across countless industries requiring wide-range sensor applications, facilitating mass-adoption.