PROPLANET - Enhanced Safe and Sustainable coatings for supporting the Planet
The global coatings market is growing steadily, while regulations regarding the use of hazardous or harmful chemicals are becoming stricter. The EU-funded PROPLANET project will meet the need for innovative, high-performance coating materials that simultaneously ensure environmental protection, enhanced safety and circular value chains through a sustainable business approach. The team will initially target the textiles, food-packaging and glass sectors. It will rely heavily on advanced models, computational tools, and assessments to optimise the value chain of each product, from raw material source to end of life. Furthermore, all coatings will exemplify safety-and-sustainability-by-design concepts and an eco-design philosophy. To expand project reach, a web-based tool will be deployed, enabling key players to replicate the behaviour of coatings in different conditions.
PROJECT PROFILE:
Programme: Horizon Europe
Call: HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-23
Number: 101091842
Name: Enhanced Safe and Sustainable coatings for supporting the Planet
Start Date: 1 January 2023
End Date: 31 December 2025
Project Coordinator: IDENER (Spain)
Project partners: AITEX, EXELISIS, TECNALIA, HOLOSS, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY, NILU, NOVA MECHANICS LTD, NSG GROUP, REEPACK, RINA, RUKA INNOVATION, UNIVERSITY OF MALAGA
More info:
Website: https://www.proplanet-project.eu/
Cordis: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101091842
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/proplanet-project/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PROPLANETeu
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PROPLANETProject
Contact us: info@proplanet-project.eu
Publications (NIC):
- Janus nanocellulose membrane by nitrogen plasma : hydrophilicity to hydrophobicity selective switch. DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2024.122558
- Unveiling PFAS-free solutions for hydrophobic and oleophobic textile coatings. https://www.zf.uni-lj.si/images/zalozba/Sokratska_10_I/19_Verbi%C4%8D_Anja.pdf, https://www.zf.uni-lj.si/images/stories/datoteke/Zalozba/Sokratska_10_I.pdf, https://www.zf.uni-lj.si/si/predstavitev/zalozba/socratic-lectures-10-part-i.
- Desarrollo de acabados textiles libres de PFAS mediante alternativas biobasadas. https://www.congresocreandosinergias.com/libros/Libro%20XI%20Congreso%20Sinergias%202024.pdf.
- Biopolymers as a tool for zerowaste materials. https://2024.febscongress.org/abstract_preview.aspx?idAbstractEnc=4424170096095099099095424170
- Developing safe and sustainable hydrophobic textile coating materials through design - natural renewable solutions to mitigate the toxicity of polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). https://press.um.si/index.php/ump/catalog/book/902.
- Development of PFAS-free alternatives for textile coating and assessment of the functional performance and fluorine content.
- Biopolymer microencapsulation strategies for environmentally friendly hydrophobic textile coatings. https://www.iscre28.org/abstracts/abstract_305_233_1.pdf.
- Improved hydrophobicity of textiles by increased surface roughness. https://press.um.si/index.php/ump/catalog/book/803.
- Fluorine-free hydrophobic coating for textile materials. https://www.conftool.org/scs-annual-meeting-2023/index.php/Jeri%C4%8D-Fluorine-free_hydrophobic_coating_for_textile_materials-249.pdf?page=downloadPaper&filename=Jeri%C4%8D-Fluorine-free_hydrophobic_coating_for_textile_materials-249.pdf&form_id=249.
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