Project description
One-stop shop helps European innovators launch bionanomaterials for advanced applications
Nano-enabled bio-based materials can combine the best of unique functionalities: biocompatibility and sustainability. However, their development, testing and regulatory compliance processes are often far beyond the capabilities – financial and technical – of the innovators that seek to commercialise them. The EU-funded BIONANOPOLYS project aims to launch an open, innovative test bed for the design, development, testing, regulatory and environmental assessment, and upscaling of promising nano-enabled bio-based materials. With easy access to users across Europe, it will foster collaboration and innovation to secure Europe's lead in a field with growing influence in areas from packaging and coatings to biomedicine.
Objective
To succeed in the ambitious objective of achieving a climate-neutral EU by 2050 the nano-enabled bio-based materials sector shall respond to some specific risks in the short term. BIONANOPOLYS will address the following risks and challenges in order to strengthen the circularity of nano-enabled bio-based materials in the economy:
› Acceptance of new technology by the market.
› Seasonal sustainability of feedstocks.
› Price competition and market.
› Other risks: The existing legislation is costly in particular for small companies. For example, nano-ecotoxicology related to the use of nano-enabled materials in industry and/or food contact.
Considering these challenges, BIONONAPOLYS Open Innovation Test Bed will improve technologies, processes, considering different feedstock. BIONANOPOLYS offers:
› PILOT LINES: Cutting edge technology upgraded at TRL 7 with the objetive to produce nanoenabled biobased materials with multifunctional properties to be dispersed in cellulose and polymeric matrices assuring the best dispersion and the robustness of the final properties. Developed materials will be validated in application such as packaging, cosmetic, medical, foam, nonwoven, coating, 3D printing, textiles and cellulose-paper.
› PRIMARY RAW MATERIALS FROM DIFFERENT FEEDSTOCKS: BIONANOPOLYS will use the most relevant feedstock in Europe to obtain bio-based nano-enabled composites.
› HIGH VOLUME APPLICATIONS: BIONANOPOLYS offer solutions for more than the 50% of the applications that are currently using bio-based materials.
› COMPLEMENTARY SERVICES: BIONANOPOLYS will offer to the industry a wide variety of services for the market uptake of a new bio-based nano-enabled products, such as safety protocols for bio-based nano-enabled materials, training for staff specialization, standardisation, business modelling, access to follow-on finance or IPR protection as a crucial mean of ensuring the capitalisation on the investments made by our stakeholders and other investors.
Fields of science
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcomposites
- natural scienceschemical sciencespolymer sciences
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringtextiles
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcoating and films
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringmanufacturing engineeringadditive manufacturing
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03801 Alcoy Alicante
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47151 Valladolid
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38610 Gieres
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4760 034 VILA NOVA DE FAMALICAO
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09125 Chemnitz
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2613 AX Delft
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8010 Graz
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50-370 Wroclaw
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077190 Voluntari
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75015 PARIS 15
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08940 CORNELLA DE LLOBREGAT
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9000 Gent
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3060-197 Cantanhede
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51000 Rijeka
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1000 Bruxelles / Brussel
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1150 Bruxelles / Brussel
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1083 Ganshoren
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80805 MUNCHEN
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44121 Ferrara
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08740 Sant Andreu De La Barca
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03820 Cocentaina
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28100 Novara
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3860-529 Estarreja
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NW1 3AX London
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47011 Valladolid
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2750 782 Cascais
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9042 Desteldonk Gent
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