Project description
The future building material
Move over, concrete and steel. Considered a super material with the potential to radically transform the future of construction, tomorrow’s high rises could be made from graphene, an atomic-scale honeycomb lattice of carbon atoms. The EU-funded GRAPHENGLASS project is transferring the high performance of graphene. It is developing a new composite material category called Compact Graphene, which can improve performance with features such as surface hydrophobicity, flame-retardant, colour consistency for outdoor exposition, high mechanical strength or microbial inhibition. This makes it a material suitable for use in extreme weather conditions.
Objective
In both new construction and renovation projects, design professionals are continuously looking for new materials to realise new architectural concepts. Their main demands are related with higher energy efficiency, sustainability and new capabilities to build strong structures with organic form, fluid curves and shapes.
New solutions for kitchen and bathroom applications are flagship segments for most of materials suppliers but there is a lack of new materials for creative 3D lattice designs.
Conventional materials (e.g. concrete and steel) are limited by the manufacturing processes. Only composite materials combine high strength with low density, as well as manufacturing flexibility; therefore, their potential in replacing conventional materials in building construction has become attractive. But most of existing composite materials for construction applications (e.g. glass fibre reinforced polymers) possess 4 drawbacks: low fire resistance, degradation issues due to climate conditions, expensive manufacturing processes and low potential for 3D tailor-made designs.
GRAPHENGLASS is developing a new composite material category called Compact Graphene. Our proprietary technology offers a unique combination of:
- HIGH PERFORMANCE MATERIAL PROPERTIES such as flame-retardant, UV radiation endurance, mechanical resistance, surface hydrophobicity, color consistence for outdoor exposition, which makes it a material suitable for use in exterior.
- CAPABILITY TO DESIGN INCREDIBLE 3D LATTICES enabling organic and volumetric forms to develop innovative solutions, with a full industrialized process, overcoming typical material or industrial constrains of conventional materials.
But innovation is not limited to the material, the company has looked for excellent stakeholders (e.g. architects) to develop two families of disruptive products:
- Architectural exterior products for solar protection in singular buildings.
- Retail products for decorative low resistance application
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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- engineering and technology mechanical engineering manufacturing engineering
- engineering and technology environmental engineering ecosystem-based management climatic change mitigation
- engineering and technology materials engineering colors
- engineering and technology nanotechnology nano-materials two-dimensional nanostructures graphene
- engineering and technology materials engineering composites
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Programme(s)
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
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H2020-EU.2.3. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs
MAIN PROGRAMME
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H2020-EU.3. - PRIORITY 'Societal challenges
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H2020-EU.2.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies
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Topic(s)
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Funding Scheme
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Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1
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Call for proposal
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(opens in new window) H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020
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12001 CASTELLO DE LA PLANA
Spain
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