ENSUR4LIFE · New engineered surfaces for a better life
„Хоризонт 2020“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“
- Период
- 2015-05-01 → 2017-04-30
- Финансиране от ЕС
- 158 122 €
- Участници
- 1
- Схема
- MSCA-IF-EF-CAR
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Накратко на български
Повърхностите на метални сплави и термопласти се модифицират в микро- и наномащаб, за да се създадат структури, които отблъскват кондензата и бактериите. Това помага за създаването на по-хигиенични, енергоефективни и лесни за почистване домакински уреди.
Кратко обяснение, генерирано от езиков модел по текста на CORDIS. Оригиналът е по-долу.
Резултати накратко
New engineered surfaces for a better life
Home appliances industry is looking for new properties which will help the user: - Higher energy efficiency. - More hygienic (antibacterial) surfaces. - Easy-to-clean surfaces. Controlling the wettability, which is the ability of a liquid to maintain contact with a solid surface, can help to achieve those properties. Nature is an unlimited source of functional surfaces with controlled wettability properties. The ENSUR4LIFE project focuses on the structuration at the micro-/nano-scale of three common low-cost industrial materials such as one metallic alloy and two thermoplastic polymers. The improvement of the functional properties of these materials will allow to offer to the European consumers the access to the easy-to-clean, more hygienic and more energy efficient home appliances in the near future. The objective of the ENSUR4LIFE project is to change the surface roughness. Creating a nano-microscale structure in the surface of the materials, some functional properties can be achieved. The surface properties to be achieved by the project are anti-condensation and anti-biofilm. But these properties shall be durable, consequently the surfaces must have sufficient resistance to the chemical attack from gaseous and liquid environments under common operation conditions. For the practical micro/nanofabrication of these patterns two relatively environmental techniques have been proposed: Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) for the functionalization of the metallic alloy by the growth of nanorods made of the same alloy as the one used as the substrate; and Thermal Nanoimprint Lithography (Th-NIL) for the functionalization of thermoplastic polymers. The main advantages of these two techniques employed for micro/nanostructuration of materials are represented by the fact that they do not involve the use of any chemicals and because no other material except the ones micro/nanostructured are used. This way the bulk properties that recommended the use of these materials in industry in the first place are preserved into the micro/nanostructured surfaces ensuring long-term durability.
Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз
Цел на проекта
Surface anti-condensation and/or anti-biofouling (by surface wettability control) are very interesting and useful properties aimed by industry as they can offer more energy efficient, easy-cleanable or more hygienic products. In the last years, new non-conventional techniques have been developed in order to provide those new functionalities by physical surface modification (avoiding chemical coatings or doping bulk materials). But up to the moment, a technology able to respond to hard industrial requirements as home appliances (i.e. durability, severe boundary conditions, low cost) has not been achieved.This project will research on bringing functional properties to low-cost materials: anti-condensation for stainless steel and one polymer (PP); and anti-biofilm for two polymers (PP and EPDM). Both properties will be ensured by proper surface wettability control. Two non-conventional surface micro/nanostructuration technologies will be researched: PVD nanorods growing for stainless steel, and Thermal-NIL (Th-NIL) for PP and EPDM. This is a multidisciplinary project: combining theory, computer simulation and experimental research. Expected results are very promising as for the first time regarding to bibliography, the nanostructuration by PVD nanorods growing will be achieved on Stainless Steel and Th-NIL micro/nanostructuring will be directly performed on PP and EPDM substrates. Those promising results will impact the industry, not only home appliances sector, but also automotive, aeronautic, surgery, etc.The teamwork composed by BSH –with experience in wettability surface control, nano/micromachining and plastics- and Dr. Bobaru –experienced in PVD, micro/nanocharacterization and metals- will be complemented by DTU (Denmark academic partner) acting as Th-NIL expert and training Dr. Bobaru. Thus the project is also conceived with multisectorial focus.
Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).
Участници
- BSH ELECTRODOMESTICOS ESPANA SA · ZaragozaКоординаторИспания
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Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз