ADAPTPOLY

Adaptive polymer assemblies

Coordinatore	UNIVERSITEIT GENT    more  Organization address address: SINT PIETERSNIEUWSTRAAT 25 city: GENT postcode: 9000 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Saskia Cognome: Vanden Broeck Email: send email Telefono: +32 9 264 3124 Fax: +32 9 264 3583
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Belgium [BE]
Totale costo	100˙000 €
EC contributo	100˙000 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-2011-CIG
Funding Scheme	MC-CIG
Anno di inizio	2011
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2011-08-01   -   2015-07-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	UNIVERSITEIT GENT  Organization address address: SINT PIETERSNIEUWSTRAAT 25 city: GENT postcode: 9000 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Saskia Cognome: Vanden Broeck Email: send email Telefono: +32 9 264 3124 Fax: +32 9 264 3583	BE (GENT)	coordinator	100˙000.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The adaptivity of natural systems is mostly controlled by shifting dynamic supramolecular equilibria or supramolecular recognition based on changes in the environmental conditions. In many adaptive processes, proteins, folded natural polymers, play a vital role to transfer the recognition of a change in environmental conditions into a macroscopic response event. Therefore, the combination of supramolecular chemistry, i.e. the use of non-covalent interactions to self-assemble molecules into larger structures, and polymer chemistry, i.e. covalent linkage of small building blocks to construct large macromolecules, is of utmost importance to develop novel synthetic adaptive materials, only achievable by joining these two disciplines. The proposed research program on adaptive materials will focus on the following three topics:

• Hierarchical supramolecular materials • Supramolecular self-healing materials • Smart nanoparticles

Despite the different directions and aims of these three research directions, there will a strong joint basis, namely the combination of defined polymer building blocks and site-specific polymer functionalization with supramolecular moieties. This mutual synthetic approach will facilitate strong interactions between the researchers, which are envisioned to stimulate creativity leading to innovative concepts.'