Group awarded SCGC-FIRST grant!

We are thrilled to be awarded an SCGC-FIRST grant today! With this grant, we will work together with Sebastian Bonilla's group to develop more sustainable food packaging. We will collaborate together with SCG on this project. 

Project description:

Plastic waste is a global crisis, with over 300 million tonnes produced annually and less than 10% recycled. While biodegradable materials offer a potential solution for food packaging, they often fail to provide the necessary barriers against water and oxygen. Professors Hoye and Bonilla Osorio are transforming this landscape with ultra-low permeability oxide coatings applied to biodegradable polymers using a cutting-edge printing technique, spatial atomic layer deposition (SALD). Their technology, developed through NanoPrint, offers unparalleled protection and performance, promising to revolutionise the £800 billion flexible packaging industry.

In addition to this project we are leading, we are contributing to a project led by Prof. Simon Clarke, along with Prof. Ludmilla Steier, on developing chaclogenide perovskites as light harvesters.

Read the announcement of the projects awarded following this link