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Sym Bionic Matter developing symbiotic relationships for light matter interacti...
With the term symbiosis, biologists describe any type of close and long-term interaction between different organisms. Life diversity and ecosystems completely rely on such interactions therefore, especially in such rapid change en... With the term symbiosis, biologists describe any type of close and long-term interaction between different organisms. Life diversity and ecosystems completely rely on such interactions therefore, especially in such rapid change environment, it is of utmost importance to understand their complexity and resilience. Within this proposal, I aim to develop a new platforms to study these interactions in a spatially and chemically-controlled environment and manufacture a new class of hybrid materials: sym-BIonic matTEr. In specific, with the focus of light-matter interaction and I aim to (1) create controllable platforms where symbiosis with different organisms can be systematically supported and studied (2) develop and evolve new hybrid-symbiotic relationships where one of the organisms is replaced by an artificial material (3) exploit the newly created relationships in real application. I envision that such systems will be capable to combine functionalities from the living words (such as sensing and autonomous response) that otherwise are very challenging to achieve only with artificial materials. As an example, I foresee to obtain novel pigments capable to sense the environment by encapsulating in symbiotic-hydrogels bacteria colonies capable of making structural colours, or to achieve novel bio-photovoltaic and bio-photoreactors by optimising light delivery in the photosynthetic living elements and to expand their life by optimising the matrix that host them. ver más
31/03/2026
MPG
2M€
Duración del proyecto: 60 meses Fecha Inicio: 2021-03-18
Fecha Fin: 2026-03-31

Línea de financiación: concedida

El organismo H2020 notifico la concesión del proyecto el día 2021-03-18
Línea de financiación objetivo El proyecto se financió a través de la siguiente ayuda:
ERC-2020-COG: ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS
Cerrada hace 4 años
Presupuesto El presupuesto total del proyecto asciende a 2M€
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