Objetivo The European textile industry, which is in transformation from labour intensive products to knowledge intensive products, has a great demand for innovative high-tech materials with special properties and added functionalities, like smart and biomedical textiles. Today’s scientific challenge is to make the enormous potential of biotechnology for production and synthesis of textile materials with advanced functionalities an opportunity for the European industry. The general aim of the research is to functionalise textile materials using modern biotechnology. The research will result in new, specific knowledge and technologies to create biotechnologically modified textile materials with unique properties. The application of functional textile (bio)polymers is typically in the field of medical, safety, care and signalling/detection but also in less obvious application areas such as e.g. tissue engineering and separation technology. Application of biotechnology is not just limited to biological materials; enzymes are able to modify synthetic materials as well. The research will be based on a concerted multi-disciplinary approach, resulting in a drastic increase of knowledge, thereby creating the possibility to produce biotechnologically functionalised materials with unique surface properties and functionalities. The research will focus on enzymatic grafting of functional groups on textile fibres, and specific enzymatic surface modification to obtain functional nano-structured surfaces. Control of enzymatic action at correct time and length scales is a prerequisite to achieve the desired functionalities. Therefore sophisticated technologies and processes will be explored in order to design novel production processes for textiles that exhibit the desired functionalities. The research will build upon expertise available at the department of Textiles at Ghent University and at biotechnological research groups at Ghent University, VIB and other European universities. Ámbito científico medical and health sciencesmedical biotechnologytissue engineeringnatural scienceschemical sciencespolymer sciencesengineering and technologymaterials engineeringtextilesengineering and technologychemical engineeringseparation technologiesnatural sciencesbiological sciencesbiochemistrybiomoleculesproteinsenzymes Palabras clave Technological sciences biopolymer biotechnology enzymes functionalisation nano-structuring polymer surface modification textiles Programa(s) FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Tema(s) PEOPLE-2007-2-1.IEF - Marie Curie Action: "Intra-European Fellowships for Career Development" Convocatoria de propuestas FP7-PEOPLE-2007-2-1-IEF Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoria Régimen de financiación MC-IEF - Intra-European Fellowships (IEF) Coordinador UNIVERSITEIT GENT Aportación de la UE € 223 288,66 Dirección SINT PIETERSNIEUWSTRAAT 25 9000 Gent Bélgica Ver en el mapa Región Vlaams Gewest Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen Arr. Gent Tipo de actividad Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contacto administrativo Paul Kiekens (Prof.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos
