Projektbeschreibung
Forschungsförderung für innovative umweltfreundliche weiche Materie
Viele Industrieprodukte wie zum Beispiel Farben, Reinigungsmittel und Klebstoffe werden aus synthetischen, aus fossilen Brennstoffen gewonnenen Materialien hergestellt. Mit dem passenden Know-how und der richtigen Förderung können diese Materialien mittels umweltfreundlicher Verfahren durch Alternativen aus biologisch gewonnenen Rohstoffen ersetzt werden. Das EU-finanzierte Projekt FORGREENSOFT zielt darauf ab, Forschungseinrichtungen zu stärken und ein wissenschaftliches Netzwerk auf dem Gebiet der umweltfreundlichen weichen Materie am Forschungszentrum Foundation for Research & Technology - Hellas (FORTH) aufzubauen. Griechenlands führendes Forschungszentrum beabsichtigt, mit führenden europäischen Institutionen auf dem Gebiet der grünen Chemie und der experimentellen und computergestützten Verfahren zusammenzuarbeiten, um biobasierte bewuchshemmende Beschichtungen und Wasserentsalzungsmembranen zu entwickeln und voranzubringen. Zudem wird versucht, die gemeinsame Forschung auf weitere Bereiche im Zusammenhang mit Materialien aus umweltfreundlicher weicher Materie auszuweiten.
Ziel
A broad range of widely used industrial products, consist of complex Soft Matter systems (polymers, colloids, emulsions, etc.) made-up of synthetic ingredients of high environmental footprint. Urgent societal needs, embodied in the European Green Deal, require the replacement of synthetic components by Green, environmentally-friendly counterparts. The transition to Green materials is of vital importance for the transformation towards a sustainable eco-friendly production and a highly needed circular economy and sustainable growth.
FORGREENSOFT aims at advancing the Research Capacity of FORTH in the area of Green, bio-based soft materials by transferring knowledge from three world-leading Institutions in the field of Green Chemistry (Max Planck of Colloids and Interfaces) as well as in specific experimental and computational methods (Max Planck for Polymer Research and University of Vienna). The later are vital in a leading research activity in Green Soft matter, but are lacking in the Host Institute. FORGREENSOFT research objectives will be achieved by a well-balanced training and personnel exchange program as well as a collaborative research program focusing on two key applications: Green antifouling coatings and water desalination membranes.
In parallel, FORGREENSOFT aims at enhancing the networking activities of FORTH and improving its capacity to successfully participate in a wider range of EU calls, to attract industrial funding, and to promote innovation. These objectives will be reached by transferring expertise from the leading partners, via the training of FORTH’s personnel in soft skills, and by local restructuring measures such as the creation of an Industry-Academia Liaison office focused on Green Soft Matter applications. Moreover, the leading partners will benefit by establishing new scientific collaborations with FORTH on promising research directions, and by extending their expertise in fields, in which FORTH has an established research record.
Wissenschaftliches Gebiet
- natural sciencesphysical sciencescondensed matter physicssoft matter physics
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencescomputational science
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcoating and films
- engineering and technologychemical engineeringseparation technologiesdesalination
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy
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