Mussel-inspired functional biopolymers for underwater adhesion, surface/interface derivatization and nanostructure/composite self-assembly (MUSSEL)

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Mussel-inspired functional biopolymers for underwater adhesion, surface/interface derivatization and nanostructure/composite self-assembly (MUSSEL)

Status: From October 2019 to October 2023  (3.0 years)

Funding Institution: MIUR – PRIN 2017

Contact person: V. Villari (referente IPCF per l’Unità di Ricerca IPCB di Pozzuoli (NA))

The MUSSEL project involves 6 Research Units. The aim of the CNR Research Unit (composed of different Institutes) is the study of Polydopamine structure and Polydopamine nanocomposites and the determination and elucidation of adhesion and cohesion mechanisms by means of different experimental techniques. IPCF in particular, contributes to the research with consolidated expertise in nanostructured materials through light scattering and time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy.

ERC sectors: PE – Physical Sciences and Engineering (subfields: PE5_16 Supramolecular chemistry, PE5_17 Organic chemistry, PE5_7 Biomaterials, biomaterials synthesis)