The European project INNOMEM begins its work
Prof. Joaquín Coronas, from the CREG group at the Institute of Nanoscience and Materials of Aragon, INMA (CSIC-UNIZAR), is the principal investigator of the INNOMEM project, coordinated by Tecnalia, which aims to develop a sustainable OITB (Open Innovation Test Bed) to promote the deployment and scale-up of innovative nano-enabled membranes and their by-products. The project has almost 15,000,000 euros of funding for its development over 4 years, within the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme.
Within the scope of INNOMEM, different types of membrane materials (polymeric, ceramic, metallic and nanocomposites), surface modifications, membrane morphology and geometry and applications will be covered, providing for the first time a Single Entry Point (SEP) to provide companies in the sector with a one-stop shop with the best experts and technologies available.
This project will allow European companies, mainly SMEs, access through the SEP to develop, test and adopt new high-performance, multifunctional, safe and environmentally friendly nano-enabled membranes in a cost-effective and sustainable way, while facilitating the research of innovative nanomembranes on real-life industrial problems (TRL7), thus accelerating the market opening for these new products.
INMA researchers Prof. Carlos Téllez, Dr Magdalena Malankowska and Dr Lorena Paseta are also involved in the project
28/04/2021
