Objective Antibacterial coatings represent a huge market in healthcare and food sectors.CuVito brings together Mexican mining products and European product development, to produce a state-of-the-art copper nano-structured coating. Bacteria in hospitals present a major health issue.The effectiveness of cleaning is considerably enhanced on smooth, scratch-free surfaces.Anti-bacterial silver coatings are available; however they are not used in hospitals due to cost, effectiveness and durability.Copper offers a low cost, effective and environmentally friendly solution that could be readily adopted. The challenge is to retain copper nano-particles in a structure that provides antibacterial functionality, but prevents leaching.The CuVito consortium believes that the silsesquioxane structure, formed using Vitolane technology is the answer.Silsesquioxanes have the formula RSiO1.5 (where R is an organic ligand), and form cage or ladder structures.They confer hardness and abrasion resistance to coatings and, by selecting appropriate R groups (e.g. acrylate, glycidoxy) can chemically bond to the organic resin in the formulation controlling cross-link density to enhance durability.Hence silsesquioxanes are inherently suited to use in coatings for surfaces which require regular cleaning.Silsesquioxanes have been available for some years but at a prohibitively high cost, due to the complexity of manufacture.Vitolane technology is an alternative, cost effective production route which has been patented and is currently being scaled up commercially.It has a unique processing feature in allowing simple selection of R groups and it is proposed to use this to bond directly to the copper nanoparticles, resolving the issue of leaching.The objectives of the project of the project are:1.Develop a copper nano-particle production process2.Functionalise silsesquioxanes with copper using Vitolane technology3.Produce a commercially acceptable coating4.Validate coating in a hospital environment Fields of science natural sciencesbiological sciencesmicrobiologybacteriologynatural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrytransition metalsengineering and technologymaterials engineeringcoating and filmsengineering and technologynanotechnologynano-materials Programme(s) FP7-NMP - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies Topic(s) NMP.2010.1.2-4 - Adding Value to Mining at the Nanostructure level Call for proposal FP7-NMP-2010-EU-Mexico See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project Coordinator TWI LIMITED EU contribution € 520 000,00 Address GRANTA PARK GREAT ABINGTON CB21 6AL Cambridge United Kingdom See on map Region East of England East Anglia Cambridgeshire CC Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Debbie Mcconnell (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CYANINE TECHNOLOGIES SRL Participation ended Italy EU contribution € 61 250,00 Address VIA MOGLIA 19 10036 SETTIMO TORINESE See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Giuseppe Caputo (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FUER NEUE MATERIALIEN GEMEINNUETZIGE GMBH Germany EU contribution € 346 250,00 Address CAMPUS D2 2 66123 Saarbruecken See on map Region Saarland Saarland Regionalverband Saarbrücken Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Wolfram Seitz (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION EN QUIMICA APLICADA Mexico EU contribution No data Address BD ENRIQUE REYNA HERMOSILLO 140 25253 SALTILLO See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Josefina Del Refugio Perez Huerta (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Universidad de Guanajuato Mexico EU contribution No data Address LASCURAIN DE RETANA 5 36000 GUANAJUATO See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Juan Francisco Llovera Arredondo (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THOMAS SWAN & CO LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution € 72 500,00 Address ROTARY WAY DH8 7ND Consett See on map Region North East (England) Tees Valley and Durham Durham CC Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Harry Swan (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data PIANETA SRL Italy EU contribution No data Address VIA GIANNONE 3 10036 SETTIMO TORINESE See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Giuseppe Caputo (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data METAL TECNICA S.A. 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