Objectif Antibacterial coatings represent a huge market in healthcare and food sectors.CuVito brings together Mexican mining products and European product development, to produce a state-of-the-art copper nano-structured coating. Bacteria in hospitals present a major health issue.The effectiveness of cleaning is considerably enhanced on smooth, scratch-free surfaces.Anti-bacterial silver coatings are available; however they are not used in hospitals due to cost, effectiveness and durability.Copper offers a low cost, effective and environmentally friendly solution that could be readily adopted. The challenge is to retain copper nano-particles in a structure that provides antibacterial functionality, but prevents leaching.The CuVito consortium believes that the silsesquioxane structure, formed using Vitolane technology is the answer.Silsesquioxanes have the formula RSiO1.5 (where R is an organic ligand), and form cage or ladder structures.They confer hardness and abrasion resistance to coatings and, by selecting appropriate R groups (e.g. acrylate, glycidoxy) can chemically bond to the organic resin in the formulation controlling cross-link density to enhance durability.Hence silsesquioxanes are inherently suited to use in coatings for surfaces which require regular cleaning.Silsesquioxanes have been available for some years but at a prohibitively high cost, due to the complexity of manufacture.Vitolane technology is an alternative, cost effective production route which has been patented and is currently being scaled up commercially.It has a unique processing feature in allowing simple selection of R groups and it is proposed to use this to bond directly to the copper nanoparticles, resolving the issue of leaching.The objectives of the project of the project are:1.Develop a copper nano-particle production process2.Functionalise silsesquioxanes with copper using Vitolane technology3.Produce a commercially acceptable coating4.Validate coating in a hospital environment Champ scientifique natural sciencesbiological sciencesmicrobiologybacteriologynatural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrytransition metalsengineering and technologymaterials engineeringcoating and filmsengineering and technologynanotechnologynano-materials Programme(s) FP7-NMP - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies Thème(s) NMP.2010.1.2-4 - Adding Value to Mining at the Nanostructure level Appel à propositions FP7-NMP-2010-EU-Mexico Voir d’autres projets de cet appel Régime de financement CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project Coordinateur TWI LIMITED Contribution de l’UE € 520 000,00 Adresse GRANTA PARK GREAT ABINGTON CB21 6AL Cambridge Royaume-Uni Voir sur la carte Région East of England East Anglia Cambridgeshire CC Type d’activité Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contact administratif Debbie Mcconnell (Ms.) Liens Contacter l’organisation Opens in new window Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée Participants (7) Trier par ordre alphabétique Trier par contribution de l’UE Tout développer Tout réduire CYANINE TECHNOLOGIES SRL Participation terminée Italie Contribution de l’UE € 61 250,00 Adresse VIA MOGLIA 19 10036 SETTIMO TORINESE Voir sur la carte Type d’activité Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contact administratif Giuseppe Caputo (Dr.) Liens Contacter l’organisation Opens in new window Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FUER NEUE MATERIALIEN GEMEINNUETZIGE GMBH Allemagne Contribution de l’UE € 346 250,00 Adresse CAMPUS D2 2 66123 Saarbruecken Voir sur la carte Région Saarland Saarland Regionalverband Saarbrücken Type d’activité Research Organisations Contact administratif Wolfram Seitz (Mr.) Liens Contacter l’organisation Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION EN QUIMICA APLICADA Mexique Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse BD ENRIQUE REYNA HERMOSILLO 140 25253 SALTILLO Voir sur la carte Type d’activité Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contact administratif Josefina Del Refugio Perez Huerta (Ms.) Liens Contacter l’organisation Opens in new window Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée Universidad de Guanajuato Mexique Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse LASCURAIN DE RETANA 5 36000 GUANAJUATO Voir sur la carte Type d’activité Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contact administratif Juan Francisco Llovera Arredondo (Dr.) Liens Contacter l’organisation Opens in new window Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée THOMAS SWAN & CO LIMITED Royaume-Uni Contribution de l’UE € 72 500,00 Adresse ROTARY WAY DH8 7ND Consett Voir sur la carte Région North East (England) Tees Valley and Durham Durham CC Type d’activité Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contact administratif Harry Swan (Mr.) Liens Contacter l’organisation Opens in new window Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée PIANETA SRL Italie Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse VIA GIANNONE 3 10036 SETTIMO TORINESE Voir sur la carte Type d’activité Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contact administratif Giuseppe Caputo (Dr.) Liens Contacter l’organisation Opens in new window Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée METAL TECNICA S.A. 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