Project description
Novel biodegradable and stimuli-responsive encapsulation for delivery of active ingredients
The efficient, effective and sustainable preparation and delivery of bioactive materials will help Europe meet its targets related to chemicals use while enhancing the health and safety of its citizens. Encapsulation is a way to transport active ingredients, but it faces certain challenges, particularly when the cargo is liquid. With the support of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the SAMCAPS project will create and coordinate a training network focused on the development of self-assembled, biodegradable and stimuli-responsive polymeric microcapsules for the targeted delivery of active ingredients in home and beauty products.
Objective
SAMCAPS is a high-quality research program that aims to train young professionals in the field of colloid and polymer science through the collaboration between top-level European academic and industrial entities. The goal of the project is to address the current need for bio-degradable materials and efficient consumer goods usage, by exploiting new eco-friendly materials and methods of encapsulation that will be applied in home- and beauty care consumer products where the targeted delivery of beneficial actives is required.
In this way, SAMCAPS tackles the challenge of the chemical industry, as a response to international undertakings such as the Paris Climate Act and the Europe 2020 policies for smart, for sustainable and effective chemical use driving the growth of the industry.
This program will contribute to a resource-efficient Europe, by the development of highly qualified scientists, experts in the needs chemical industry of tomorrow, by design of highly effective and functionalized materials through green methods, and efficient use of materials by encapsulation and targeted delivery of benefit agents in a broad variety of consumer good products. The ground-breaking and environmentally sustainable technologies developed through the exchange of knowledge between industry and academia will thereby translate into economic and societal value.
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50019 Firenze
Italy