Metabolic Mechanical Materials: Adaptation, Learning & Interactivity

Project description

Novel interactive mechano-chemical material systems with 'erasable' memory

The cell is often likened to a small yet highly complex factory, breaking down and building up molecules via complex mechanical and chemical processes. Harnessing these cellular processes, the EU-funded M3ALI project will leverage mechanically stimulated polymer materials to control chemical reactions from the simplest up to the level of chemical reaction networks. A novel mechano-chemo-mechano signal processing language will support a feedback loop in which mechanical deformation is converted into chemical signals, and the chemical information is fed back to the mechanical material. It will enable more natural adaptive and interactive soft robotics and interactive cell/material systems capable of co-evolution.

Fields of science

Host institution

JOHANNES GUTENBERG-UNIVERSITAT MAINZ

Net EU contribution

€ 1 998 750,00

Address

Saarstrasse 21
55122 Mainz
Germany

Region

Baden-Württemberg Stuttgart Stuttgart, Stadtkreis

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Links

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Participation in EU R&I programmes

H2020 collaboration network

Non-EU contribution

€ 0,00

Beneficiaries (1)