Autonomously adapting and communicating modular textiles

Project Information

ModelCom

Grant agreement ID: 949648

DOI

10.3030/949648

EC signature date 28 October 2020

Start date 1 January 2021

End date 31 December 2025

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 499 998,00

EU contribution

€ 1 499 998,00

Coordinated by

AALTO KORKEAKOULUSAATIO SR
Finland

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (19)

Tuning the Porosity, Water Interaction, and Redispersion of Nanocellulose Hydrogels by Osmotic Dehydration

Author(s): Valentina Guccini, Josphat Phiri, Jon Trifol, Ville Rissanen, Seyede Maryam Mousavi, Jaana Vapaavuori, Tekla Tammelin, Thaddeus Maloney, Eero Kontturi
Published in: ACS Applied Polymer Materials, Issue Volume 4, Issue 1, 2022, Page(s) 24-28, ISSN 2637-6105
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acsapm.1c01430

Active Textile Fabrics from Weaving Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Filaments.

Author(s): Silva, Pedro E. S.; Lin, Xueyan; Vaara, Maija; Mohan, Mithila; Vapaavuori, Jaana; Terentjev, Eugene M.
Published in: Advanced Materials, Issue Volume 35, Issue 14, 2023, ISSN 1521-4095
Publisher: Wiley-VCH GmbH
DOI: 10.17863/cam.94315

Block Copolymer Approach toward Selective Atomic-Layer Deposition of ZnO Films

Author(s): Anish Philip, Yujiao Dong, Jaana Vapaavuori*, Maarit Karppinen*
Published in: Advanced Engineering Materials, Issue 12.10.2023, 2023, ISSN 1438-1656
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/adem.202300937

Multifunctional thermoregulating and water repellent cellulosic textile

Author(s): Zahra Madani, Hossein Baniasadi, Pedro E. S. Silva, Maija Vaara, Marike Langhans, Inge Schlapp-Hackl, Lars Evenäs, Michael Hummel, Jaana Vapaavuori
Published in: Green Chemistry, Issue 27, 2025, Page(s) 6482-6492, ISSN 1463-9262
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d5gc00943j

Potato virus A particles – A versatile material for self-assembled nanopatterned surfaces

Author(s): Swarnalok De; Hoang M. Nguyen; Ville Liljeström; Kristiina Mäkinen; Mauri A. Kostiainen; Jaana Vapaavuori
Published in: Virology, Issue Volume 578, 2023, Page(s) 103-110, ISSN 0042-6822
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2022.11.010

Bio‐Templated Silver Nanopatterns for Photothermal and Antifogging Coatings

Author(s): Swarnalok De, Hoang M. Nguyen, Fangxin Zou, Fevzihan Basarir, Maryam Mousavi, Kristiina Mäkinen, Mauri A. Kostiainen*, Jaana Vapaavuori*
Published in: Advanced Materials Interfaces, Issue 19.12.23, 2023, ISSN 2196-7350
Publisher: Wiley-VCH GmbH
DOI: 10.1002/admi.202300828

Bio-based materials for solar cells

Author(s): Kati Miettunen, Mahboubeh Hadadian, Joaquín Valdez García, Alicja Lawrynowicz, Elena Akulenko, Orlando J. Rojas, Michael Hummel, Jaana Vapaavuori
Published in: WIREs Energy and Environment, Issue Volume 13, Issue 1, 2024, ISSN 2041-8396
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
DOI: 10.1002/wene.508

Photocurable cellulose-based composites with PEGylated graphene oxide for leakage-free thermal energy storage and photothermal applications

Author(s): Hossein Baniasadi, Afsoon Farzan, Maryam Roza Yazdani McCord, Pedro E.S. Silva, Babak Abdi, Zoe Paganelli, Jaana Vapaavuori, Ali Tehrani, Jukka Niskanen
Published in: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Issue 310, 2025, Page(s) 143399, ISSN 0141-8130
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2025.143399

Light‐Driven Multidirectional Bending in Artificial Muscles

Author(s): Zahra Madani, Pedro E. S. Silva, Hossein Baniasadi, Maija Vaara, Susobhan Das, Juan Camilo Arias, Jukka Seppälä, Zhipei Sun, Jaana Vapaavuori
Published in: Advanced Materials, Issue 36, 2024, ISSN 0935-9648
Publisher: United Nations Industrial Developement Organization
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202405917

Controlling the Self-Assembly of Hierarchical PS-b-P4VP Structures Prepared by Dip-Coating and Emulsion Breath Figure Techniques

Author(s): Hoang M. Nguyen; Ariane V. Mader; Swarnalok De; Fevzihan Basarir; Jaana Vapaavuori
Published in: ChemistrySelect, Issue Volume 8, Issue 13, 2023, ISSN 2365-6549
Publisher: Wiley-VCH GmbH
DOI: 10.1002/slct.202300797

Ultra-long silver nanowires prepared via hydrothermal synthesis enable efficient transparent heaters

Author(s): Fevzihan Basarir, Swarnalok De, Hamidreza Daghigh Shirazi, Jaana Vapaavuori
Published in: Nanoscale Advances, Issue Volume 4, Issue 20, 2022, Page(s) 4410-4417, ISSN 2516-0230
Publisher: The Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d2na00560c

Addressing the Efficiency Loss and Degradation of Triple Cation Perovskite Solar Cells Via Integrated Light Managing Encapsulation

Author(s): Seyede Maryam Maryam Mousavi, Hamidreza Daghigh Daghigh Shirazi, Rikhard Ranta, Imran Asghar, Severi Kasurinen, Janne Halme, Jaana Vapaavuori
Published in: Materials Today Energy, Issue Volume 46, 2024, ISSN 2468-6069
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd.
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4907418

Recent Advances in Silver Nanowire Based Flexible Capacitive Pressure Sensors: From Structure, Fabrication to Emerging Applications

Author(s): Fevzihan Basarir, Zahra Madani, Jaana Vapaavuori
Published in: Advanced Materials Interfaces, Issue Volume 9, Issue 31, 2022, ISSN 2196-7350
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
DOI: 10.1002/admi.202200866

Data-Efficient Optimization of Thermally Activated Polymer Actuators Through Machine Learning

Author(s): Yuhao Zhang, Maija Vaara, Azin Alesafar, Bach Nguyen, Pedro Silva, Laura Koskelo, Jussi Ristolainen, Matthias Stosiek, Joakim Löfgren, Jaana Vapaavuori, Patrick Rinke
Published in: Materials and Design, Issue Volume 253, 2024, ISSN 0264-1275
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5063663

Variable-transmittance bio-based phase change composites based on the photothermal property of pectin

Author(s): Yujiao Dong, Fangxin Zou, Jaana Vapaavuori
Published in: Carbohydrate Polymers, Issue 343, 2024, Page(s) 122416, ISSN 0144-8617
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2024.122416

In-situ Monitoring of Photocontrollable Wrinkle Erasure in Azobenzene-based Supramolecular Systems

Author(s): Yujiao Dong; Pedro E. S. Silva; Jaakko V. I. Timonen; Jaana Vapaavuori
Published in: ChemPhysChem, Issue Volume 24, Issue 13, 2023, ISSN 1439-4235
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202300153

A Low-Cost and Do-It-Yourself Pressure Sensor Enable Human Motion Detection and Human–Machine Interface Applications

Author(s): Mari Heikkinen, Fevzihan Basarir, Kim Miikki, Yazan Al Haj, Mithila Mohan, Jaana Vapaavuori
Published in: Advanced Sensor Research, Issue 22.02.2024, 2024, ISSN 2751-1219
Publisher: Wiley-VCH GmbH
DOI: 10.1002/adsr.202300162

Heat-Induced Actuator Fibers: Starch-Containing Biopolyamide Composites for Functional Textiles

Author(s): Hossein Baniasadi, Zahra Madani, Mithila Mohan, Maija Vaara, Sami Lipponen, Jaana Vapaavuori*, Jukka Seppälä*
Published in: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Issue Volume 15, Issue 41, 2023, Page(s) 48584–48600, ISSN 1944-8244
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c08774

Edible and Biodegradable Wearable Capacitive Pressure Sensors: A Paradigm Shift toward Sustainable Electronics with Bio‐Based Materials

Author(s): Fevzihan Basarir, Yazan Al Haj, Fangxin Zou, Swarnalok De, An Nguyen, Alexander Frey, Ijlal Haider, Veikko Sariola, Jaana Vapaavuori
Published in: Advanced Functional Materials, Issue 34, 2024, ISSN 1616-301X
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202403268

Other (8)

Weaving Landscapes – Near-sourcing weeds for developing cellulosic fibers and textiles / Textile Intersections exhibition

Author(s): Mithila Mohan, Maija Vaara, Laura Koskelo, Jaana Vapaavuori
Published in: 2023
Publisher: Loughborough University

Unfold. DIALOGUES –Creating New Textile Futures (exhibition)

Author(s): Mithila Mohan
Published in: 2022
Publisher: New York Textile Month

Lupine project. Unlikely materials: Experimenting with underutilised bio-based materials / Designs for a Cooler Planet (exhibition)

Author(s): Mithila Mohan, Maija Vaara, Laura Koskelo, Jaana Vapaavuori
Published in: 2023
Publisher: Aalto University & Helsinki Design Week

Entangled – Reimagining textile functionalities / Designs for a Cooler Planet (exhibition)

Author(s): Jaana Vapaavuori, Zahra Madani, Pedro Santos Silva, Mithila Mohan, Maija Vaara, Matteo Iannacchero, Laura Koskelo, Giulnara Launonen
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Aalto University & Helsinki Design Week

AIyarn. Fostering Bioinnovation / Designs for a Cooler Planet (exhibition)

Author(s): Pirjo Kääriäinen (Curator), Susanna Ahola (Curator), Helena Westerback, Emilia Kauppi, Sahar Babaeipour, Matteo Iannacchero, Madhawa Basnayaka, Jouni Paltakari, Petri Kuosmanen, Monika Österberg, Pekka Oinas, Jaana Vapaavuori, Patrick Rinke, Riku Jäntti, Michael Hummel, Samuli Patala, Minna Halme
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Aalto University & Helsinki Design Week

Unfold. DIALOGUES - Creating New Textile Futures @ Dipoli (exhibition)

Author(s): Mithila Mohan
Published in: 2022
Publisher: Aalto University

Entangled – Reimagining Textile Functionalities, Aesthetics and Sustainability / Textile Intersections exhibition

Author(s): Mithila Mohan, Delia Dumitrescu, Riikka Talman, Anne Louise Bang, Malene Harsaae, Inger Marie Ladekarl, Lena Kramer Pedersen, Tina Bull Nielsen, Amalie Ege, Alicja Lawrynowicz, Kati Miettunen, Rustem Nizamov, Jaana Vapaavuori, Laura Koskelo, Maija Vaara, Pedro Santos Silva, Zahra Madani
Published in: 2023
Publisher: Loughborough University

Entangled by Shape-Changing: Beyond Smart Textiles / When soft actuators meet textiles (exhibition)

Author(s): Zahra Madani, Mithila Mohan, Pedro Silva, Maija Vaara, Jaana Vapaavuori, Delia Dumitrescu, Hanna Landin, Erin Lewis, Kristian Rödby, Linda Worbin, Mikael Nyberg
Published in: 2025
Publisher: University of Arts Linz

Conference proceedings (3)

Entangled in the design of a relational materiality: Beyond smart textiles

Author(s): Anne Bang, Delia Dumitrescu, Malene Harsaae, Inger Ladekarl, Hanna Landin, Erin Lewis, Mika Latusaari, Alicja Lawrynowicz, Kati Miettunen, Mithila Mohan, Mikael Nyberg, Lena Pedersen, Pedro Silva, Maija Vaara, Jaana Vapaavouri, Linda Worbin, Zahraalsadat Madani, Kristian Rödby
Published in: Nordic Design Research Conference, Nordes 2025: Relational Design, Issue Conference number: 11, 2025, Page(s) 726-734, ISBN 978-1-912294-58-9
Publisher: Design Research Society
DOI: 10.21606/nordes.2025.67

Intertwining material science and textile thinking: Aspects of contrast and collaboration

Author(s): Pouta, E., Vidgren, R., Vapaavuori, J., Mohan, M.
Published in: DRS Biennial Conference Series, DRS2022: Bilbao, 25 June - 3 July, Bilbao, Spain, Issue 25.06.22, 2022
Publisher: Design Research Society
DOI: 10.21606/drs.2022.525

Journeying with Kala: Exploring Interdependencies of Material, Land, and Maker in Shaping Textile Practices

Author(s): Mithila Mohan
Published in: Nordic Design Research Conference, Nordes 2025: Relational Design, Issue Conference number: 11, 2025, Page(s) 305-317, ISBN 978-1-912294-58-9
Publisher: Design Research Society
DOI: 10.21606/nordes.2025.23

Book chapters (1)

Silver Nanowire-based Capacitive Type Pressure and Strain Sensors for Human Motion Monitoring

Author(s): Fevzihan Basarir, Hamidreza Daghigh Shirazi, Zahra Madani, Jaana Vapaavuori
Published in: Nanowires. Applications, Chemistry, Materials, and Technologies, Issue 14.03.2023, 2023, ISBN 9781003296621
Publisher: CRC Press
DOI: 10.1201/9781003296621