The 2BFUNTEX project is a Coordination Action co-funded by the European Commission within the 7th Framework Programme (Project Number: 290500). 2BFUNTEX will exploit the untapped potential in functional textile structures and textile related materials. It will bring together all innovation actors fostering a multidisciplinary approach between universities, research institutes, SMEs and textile associations. The 2BFUNTEX team has identified technological gaps and barriers in order to boost industrial uptake of added-value functional materials with improved performances. Along with a website with an extensive database comprising all information gained throughout the inventory phase, collaborations will be catalyzed and enhanced. One objective of 2BFUNTEX is the creation of an open innovation platform to share information in the field of functional materials oriented towards exploitation and transfer of knowledge from universities and research institutes to industry. Based on the analysis of the technology-innovation gaps, 8 multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) were created and started working on specific topics: Antimicrobial Textiles, Biotechnologies, Electrospinning, Flame retardancy, Nanotechnologies, Plasma, Smart Textiles, and Sustainable Textiles. Both a research and an industrial leader lead each MDT. The MDTs are matching available technologies at lab-scale and medium to long-term industrial needs in order to develop new project ideas. The MDTs on Antimicrobial Textiles and Electrospinning, for instance, benefit from the innovations in Polymer Science. Recent advances in developing antibacterial polymers such as polypyrrole (for garments) and UV-cured chitosan (for water depuration) were successfully applied as functional textile finishing at lab-scale. In filtration, the production of keratin-based nanocomposite nanofibre membranes by electrospinning have demonstrated interesting properties in the removal of metal ions and in absorption and photo-degradation of dyes from water, as well as in biocidal effects. All MDTs are open to researchers and industrial persons outside the 2BFUNTEX consortium. For more information on 2BFUNTEX or to join an MDT please visit www.2bfuntex.eu.
2BFUNTEX: Functional polymers for functional textile structures
A Varesano;C Vineis;
2015
Abstract
The 2BFUNTEX project is a Coordination Action co-funded by the European Commission within the 7th Framework Programme (Project Number: 290500). 2BFUNTEX will exploit the untapped potential in functional textile structures and textile related materials. It will bring together all innovation actors fostering a multidisciplinary approach between universities, research institutes, SMEs and textile associations. The 2BFUNTEX team has identified technological gaps and barriers in order to boost industrial uptake of added-value functional materials with improved performances. Along with a website with an extensive database comprising all information gained throughout the inventory phase, collaborations will be catalyzed and enhanced. One objective of 2BFUNTEX is the creation of an open innovation platform to share information in the field of functional materials oriented towards exploitation and transfer of knowledge from universities and research institutes to industry. Based on the analysis of the technology-innovation gaps, 8 multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) were created and started working on specific topics: Antimicrobial Textiles, Biotechnologies, Electrospinning, Flame retardancy, Nanotechnologies, Plasma, Smart Textiles, and Sustainable Textiles. Both a research and an industrial leader lead each MDT. The MDTs are matching available technologies at lab-scale and medium to long-term industrial needs in order to develop new project ideas. The MDTs on Antimicrobial Textiles and Electrospinning, for instance, benefit from the innovations in Polymer Science. Recent advances in developing antibacterial polymers such as polypyrrole (for garments) and UV-cured chitosan (for water depuration) were successfully applied as functional textile finishing at lab-scale. In filtration, the production of keratin-based nanocomposite nanofibre membranes by electrospinning have demonstrated interesting properties in the removal of metal ions and in absorption and photo-degradation of dyes from water, as well as in biocidal effects. All MDTs are open to researchers and industrial persons outside the 2BFUNTEX consortium. For more information on 2BFUNTEX or to join an MDT please visit www.2bfuntex.eu.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
