Projects
ECOPLACKAGING-Vegetal fibres-reinforced PLA antimicrobial composites for packaging applications
Scope Ecoplackaging aims to develop a fully biodegradable bioplastic composite consisting of a PLA matrix reinforced with: 1) vegetal fibres obtained from plant waste, namely island invasive plant species and 2) low-cost and environmentally-friendly antimicrobial glasses. The main project objectives are: To achieve sustainable bioplastic materials with suitable mechanical and antimicrobial properties thanks to the combination of […]
Impact of dietary intervention on tumoral inmunity-DIgesT
Disease progression can be controlled in cancer patients through the administration of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs). But, ICIs mainly show efficacy in subsets of patients and treatment costs are very high. Here, we use a dietary intervention to counteract cancer-related immune suppression through interfering with metabolic pathways. DIgesT will enable the exciting possibility of integrating cancer therapy with […]
Hybrid sintering and non-conventional machining of advanced technical ceramics-HYMaCER
Scope The HYMaCER project, driven by 4 dedicated Hi-Tech SMEs, aims at developing a complete supply chain for large size technical ceramic blanks in order to fulfill their need for economically produced, innovative and difficult to densify technical ceramics, all three parameters which are currently limiting the SMEs’ market expansion. The research will be focused on the […]
Operational Group: Definition of strategies for the reduction of microbial contamination in meat products
Scope The main objective of this Operational Group is to define possible strategies to modify the materials currently used in the meat industry, giving them bacteriostatic and / or biofilm growth inhibition properties. To this end, potential active antimicrobial materials will be evaluated and their integration in some of the materials usually present in the […]
Carbon ultramaterials for thermal management (Ultrathermal)
Scope The main objective of this project is to optimize and complete the design, synthesis, processing and characterization of a new generation of bulk carbon-ceramic composite materials with ultrahigh thermal conductivities, close to those of diamond or graphene. Project Details Call: National Programme for Research Aimed at the Challenges of SocietyProject code: RTI2018-102269-B-100Duration: 01/01/2019-31/12/2021Funding: 121.000 […]
Research group on synthesis, preparation and characterization of multifunctional materials
Scope Project objectives by application field: Health: Design of biofunctional materials with longer lifetime for organs regeneration and replacement. Antimicrobial materials: New inorganic antimicrobial materials that do not develop resistances, of application in biomedicine, environment, agriculture, industry, etc. Big Science: Synthesis and processing of multifunctional materials for the manufacture of critical components working under extreme […]
Identification of therapeutic targets in colon cancer through epigenetic edition
In recent years, the analysis of genome-wide DNA methylation patterns has made it possible to identify new biomarkers in colorectal cancer (CRC). Even though many of these alterations can be useful in the diagnosis, prognosis or even evaluation of response to treatment, their value as possible therapeutic targets has proven to be much more limited, […]
Design and simulation of efficient thermoelectric devices at the nanoscale
The DEMETER project aims at designing and modeling new efficient thermoelectric devices at the nanoscale. The project is divided in three parts or work packages. We will study vertical devices in the first part. These comprise van der Waals heterostructures -stacks of two-dimensional (2D) materials stacked together by van der Waals forces-, and hybrid 2D […]