Obiettivo The last decades have witnessed major progress in our understanding of the basic physics of soft matter materials. At the same time, microfluidics has also undergone spectacular theoretical and experimental progress. The confluence of such major advances spawns unprecedented opportunities for the design and manufacturing of new soft mesoscale materials, with promising applications in tissue engineering, photonics, catalysis and many others. COPMAT is targeted at making the most this opportunity through the pursuit of a single general goal: the full-scale simulation at nanometric resolution of micro-reactors for the design and synthesis of new tunable porous materials. In particular, we shall focus on the microfluidic design of: multi-jel materials, trabecular porous media and soft mesoscale molecules. We shall also explore new designs concepts based on unexplored microscale phenomena, such as the interaction between plasticity and nano-rugosity. The complex interplay between the highly non-linear rheology of soft materials and the major experimental control parameters leads to an engineering design of formidable complexity, characterized by a strong sensitivity of the macroscale material properties on the details of nanoscale interfacial interactions. COPMAT will tackle this formidable multiscale challenge through the deployment of an entirely new family of multiscale techniques, centered upon highly innovative extensions of the Lattice Boltzmann method and its combinations with Immersed Boundary Method, Dissipative Particle Dynamics and Dissipative Voronoi Dynamics. The success of COPMAT will be gauged by its capability of inspiring and realizing the design of microfluidic devices for the synthesis of novel families of porous materials for bio-engineering applications. The new paradigm established by COPMAT for the computational design of soft materials is expected to extend well beyond the time-horizon of the project. Campo scientifico natural sciencesphysical sciencesclassical mechanicsfluid mechanicsmicrofluidicsnatural sciencesphysical sciencescondensed matter physicssoft matter physicsmedical and health sciencesmedical biotechnologytissue engineeringnatural scienceschemical sciencescatalysis Parole chiave COPMAT Programma(i) H2020-EU.1.1. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme Argomento(i) ERC-2016-ADG - ERC Advanced Grant Invito a presentare proposte ERC-2016-ADG Vedi altri progetti per questo bando Meccanismo di finanziamento ERC-ADG - Advanced Grant Istituzione ospitante FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA Contribution nette de l'UE € 1 071 635,05 Indirizzo VIA MOREGO 30 16163 Genova Italia Mostra sulla mappa Regione Nord-Ovest Liguria Genova Tipo di attività Research Organisations Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Partecipazione a programmi di R&I dell'UE Opens in new window Rete di collaborazione HORIZON Opens in new window Costo totale € 1 071 635,05 Beneficiari (2) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo netto dell'UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA Italia Contribution nette de l'UE € 1 071 635,05 Indirizzo VIA MOREGO 30 16163 Genova Mostra sulla mappa Regione Nord-Ovest Liguria Genova Tipo di attività Research Organisations Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Partecipazione a programmi di R&I dell'UE Opens in new window Rete di collaborazione HORIZON Opens in new window Costo totale € 1 071 635,05 CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE Italia Contribution nette de l'UE € 808 424,95 Indirizzo PIAZZALE ALDO MORO 7 00185 Roma Mostra sulla mappa Regione Centro (IT) Lazio Roma Tipo di attività Research Organisations Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Partecipazione a programmi di R&I dell'UE Opens in new window Rete di collaborazione HORIZON Opens in new window Costo totale € 808 424,95