Society’s needs require replacing energy-intensive or hazardous substance-intensive processes and reducing waste by using fully recyclable or biodegradable materials.
The project addresses this problem by proposing a universal platform for bio-inspired surface and interface design based on dopamine, a substructure of the adhesive proteins used by mussels.
A multi-disciplinary consortium of researchers and an industrial partner aims to develop a portfolio of scalable technologies for the ‘green’ production of materials for selected applications (anti-pathogenic coatings, biodegradable energy sources and polymer-metal hybrids as examples from a wide range of applications), their recycling or biodegradation and their transfer to mass production.
The outcome of the project will enable European manufacturers to create sustainable production processes and a circular economy of these materials.