Sustainable, Biobased, and Bio-Inspired Materials for Smart Technical Textiles

Description

SUBBIMATT will work on developing a novel generation of biobased and bioinspired sustainable smart technical textile materials to address current and future energy needs. The project will start by developing dependable adhesives, bio-polyurethane, and negative thermoresponsive materials. Complementing these with existing (but tuned) biobased materials will enable circular textile intermediate products: high-end coated fabrics, nanomembranes, and shape memory filaments.

Subsequently, these textile intermediates will be the stepping stone for making bioinspired Smart Textile Materials (STM) featuring mechanical actuation, energy harvesting, and tuneable fabric openness. Lastly, the novel bio-STMs will be implemented in three demonstrators with integrated energy harvesting: shape-morphing building envelopes, automotive interior textiles, and advanced garments with adaptable breathability.

The Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) framework will be applied, developing a protocol for technical textiles development. SUBBIMATT results will help to find more sustainable ways to cover the most important consumer living standard needs: energy, sustainability, and comfort. The demonstrators will be products that citizens use daily, thus helping to increase visibility and impact. That way, the project aims to create positive impact for the novel generation of smart biomaterials and their application in bioinspired technical end-uses, thus helping the EU industry to remain competitive and become more resilient while transiting to a climate-neutral and circular economy.

The consortium is formed by 13 scientific partners from 8 EU countries, in collaboration with 1 UK Associate Partner. The Centre Scientifique & Technique del’Industrie Textile Gelge ASBL (CTB) is coordinating the project.

Period

2024-2028

Financing entities

European Commission (Call: HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-32)

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme (innovation action) under grant agreement No. 101129911.