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Projet on nanomaterials
NANOCAPS
This project stretched from March 2004 to March 2007 and led to the development of new technologies based on micro-encapsulation to tackle industrial issues associated with controlled release of chemicals. Its goals follow:
- develop nanomaterials and nanocomposite coatings to achieve cost-efficient nanocapsule production,
- validate the technical and economic feasibility of knowledge acquired in biomedical applications (anti-proliferating and anti-allergic agents) and metal plating (self-repair).
Nanocaps focused on five areas to reach these goals. Two of those areas involved the technological aspects and concerned production of nanomaterials in the form of capsule cores and shells. Another two areas involved basic research and fundamental studies on the reactivity of core materials and capsules, and developing new cutting-edge nanocapsule-characterization methods. The fifth area focused on testing and harnessing acquired knowledge in multi-sector industrial prototypes.
Industrial users defined the active molecules and capsule components. Universities and research centers studied their fundamental properties and worked together to develop capsule core and shell processes and synthesis. Lastly, partners tested and cleared the system and processes it had developed using mobile units to test target applications.
The partners working on this project were SINTEF (Norway), Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (MPIKG, Germany), University of Franche-Comté (UFC, France), Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry (ICSC, Poland), the Center for Research and Technology, Hellas (CERTH, Greece), PlasmaChem (Germany), COVENTYA (France), IFP (France), KERANOR (Norway), COATEX (France), and ICB (Poland).