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H2020Staff exchange2019–2023

IONBIKE · IONGELS: FROM NEW CHEMISTRY TOWARD EMERGING APPLICATIONS

Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Duration
2019-01-01 → 2023-12-31
EU contribution
€1,127,000
Participants
10
Scheme
MSCA-RISE

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Results in brief

IONGELS: FROM NEW CHEMISTRY TOWARD EMERGING APPLICATIONS

IONGELS are a unique class of materials with properties which anticipate a great number of technological applications in emerging technologies in health. Iongels consists of an ionic liquid immobilized in a solid polymer network. Iongels are soft ionic materials which show great properties such as ionic conductivity, biocompatibility and stability. Iongels are perfect for bioelectronics application including wearable sensors, bioelectrodes for electrophysiology, electronic skin and organic electrochemical transistors OECTs. The EU-funded IONBIKE RISE project fostered a global collaboration involving the exchange of knowledge and staff to develop health and fitness monitoring devices based on these unique soft and stretchable conductive gels. These disruptive materials show a great promise in many important technologies not only in bioelectronics for health but also in energy applications such as battery or environment as gas membranes. IONBIKE RISE partnership coordinated by POLYMAT-University of the Basque Country put together 4 European beneficiaries (3 academic and 1 industry) and 5 non- European academic partners aiming to fully develop the chemistry and applications of innovative iongels for bioelectronics. The development of this topic needed the synergic participation of researchers with different expertises such as bio-ionic liquids, polymers, gels, advanced characterization, electrochemistry, biology as well as applications experts in bioelectronic devices such as implantable electrodes for electrophysiology, batteries and organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs). IONBIKE objective's were achieved through research and innovation staff exchanges and sharing of knowledge and ideas from research to market among the different institutions.

Data: CORDIS, © European Union

Project objective

IONBIKE proposes a research and staff exchange program will promote international and intersectorial collatorations in the topic of “Innovative Iongels for Bioelectronics”. The european consortium is formed by 4 European beneficiaries from which three are academic institutions such as University of the Basque Country (Spain), University of Cambridge (UK) and University of Bordeaux (France) and a high-tech company in bioelectronics named Panaxium from France and 5 institutions from third countries such as CONICET (Argentina), UCIMED (Costa Rica), Deakin University (Australia), KAUST (Saudi Arabia) and Georgia Tech (USA). The project proposes an intensive research and networking program between the european and non-european institutions in the area of new materials for bioelectronics. The scientific project tries to combine in a synergic manner the unique technical expertises of the different nodes. World pioneers in the areas of ionic liquids, iongels, (semi)conducting polymers, advanced materials characterization and (bio)electronic devices will work together towards a common goal. The project will pursue the development of devices for health and fitness monitoring such as long-lasting electrodes for electrophysilogical recordings for brain, heart and muscular activity or new all-solid organic electrochemical transitors. The exchange of Know-How will promotes the development of excellence science and innovation and helps to turn creative ideas into innovative products which will be exploited by the participating company PANAXIUM.

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

  • UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAIS VASCO/ EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA · LeioaCoordinatorSpain
  • DEAKIN UNIVERSITY · GEELONG VICTORIAAustralia
  • ESCUELA AUTONOMA DE CIENCIAS MEDICAS DE CENTRO AMERICA · San JoseCosta Rica
  • GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · AtlantaUnited States
  • KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY · ThuwalSaudi Arabia
  • PANAXIUM · Aix En ProvenceFrance
  • THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE · CAMBRIDGEUnited Kingdom
  • UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE RIO CUARTO · Rio CuartoArgentina
  • UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL · Santa FeArgentina
  • UNIVERSITE DE BORDEAUX · BordeauxFrance

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Data: CORDIS, © European Union