Obiettivo 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 Campo scientifico natural sciencesbiological sciencesmicrobiologybacteriologynatural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrytransition metalsengineering and technologymaterials engineeringcoating and filmsengineering and technologynanotechnologynano-materials Programma(i) FP7-NMP - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies Argomento(i) NMP.2010.1.2-4 - Adding Value to Mining at the Nanostructure level Invito a presentare proposte FP7-NMP-2010-EU-Mexico Vedi altri progetti per questo bando Meccanismo di finanziamento CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project Coordinatore TWI LIMITED Contributo UE € 520 000,00 Indirizzo GRANTA PARK GREAT ABINGTON CB21 6AL Cambridge Regno Unito Mostra sulla mappa Regione East of England East Anglia Cambridgeshire CC Tipo di attività Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contatto amministrativo Debbie Mcconnell (Ms.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato Partecipanti (7) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto CYANINE TECHNOLOGIES SRL Partecipazione conclusa Italia Contributo UE € 61 250,00 Indirizzo VIA MOGLIA 19 10036 SETTIMO TORINESE Mostra sulla mappa Tipo di attività Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contatto amministrativo Giuseppe Caputo (Dr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FUER NEUE MATERIALIEN GEMEINNUETZIGE GMBH Germania Contributo UE € 346 250,00 Indirizzo CAMPUS D2 2 66123 Saarbruecken Mostra sulla mappa Regione Saarland Saarland Regionalverband Saarbrücken Tipo di attività Research Organisations Contatto amministrativo Wolfram Seitz (Mr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION EN QUIMICA APLICADA Messico Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo BD ENRIQUE REYNA HERMOSILLO 140 25253 SALTILLO Mostra sulla mappa Tipo di attività Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contatto amministrativo Josefina Del Refugio Perez Huerta (Ms.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato Universidad de Guanajuato Messico Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo LASCURAIN DE RETANA 5 36000 GUANAJUATO Mostra sulla mappa Tipo di attività Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contatto amministrativo Juan Francisco Llovera Arredondo (Dr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato THOMAS SWAN & CO LIMITED Regno Unito Contributo UE € 72 500,00 Indirizzo ROTARY WAY DH8 7ND Consett Mostra sulla mappa Regione North East (England) Tees Valley and Durham Durham CC Tipo di attività Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contatto amministrativo Harry Swan (Mr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato PIANETA SRL Italia Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo VIA GIANNONE 3 10036 SETTIMO TORINESE Mostra sulla mappa Tipo di attività Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contatto amministrativo Giuseppe Caputo (Dr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato METAL TECNICA S.A. DE C.V. Messico Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Eje 132 z. ind parque Fundidores, Zona Idustrial 399 78395 San Luis Potosi Mostra sulla mappa Tipo di attività Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contatto amministrativo Andrés Gómez Renaud (Mr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato