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
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesbiochemistrybiomoleculesnucleic acids
- natural scienceschemical sciencespolymer sciences
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringroboticssoft robotics
- engineering and technologyother engineering and technologiesmicrotechnologymolecular engineering
Programme(s)
Funding Scheme
ERC-COG - Consolidator Grant
Host institution
55122 Mainz
Germany
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55122 Mainz
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