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The main vision of the project MUST is development of new active multi-level protective systems for future vehicle materials. Products like self-healing coatings, adhesives and other composite materials will be based on "smart" release nanocontainers incorporated into the polymer matrix of current commercial products. The nanocontainer (or nanoreservoir) is a nanosized volume filled with an active substance confined in a porous core and/or a shell which prevents direct contact of the active agent with the adjacent environment. A multi-level self-healing approach will combine - within one system - several damage prevention and reparation mechanisms, which will be activated depending on type and intensity of the environmental impact. The main objective of the project is the design, development, upscaling and application of novel multi-level protection systems like coatings and adhesives for future vehicles and their components to improve radically the long-term performance of metallic and polymeric substrates and structures. In MUST, the coatings and the adhesives will be designed to "measure" their internal state, reacting on degradation mechanisms like swelling, micro-cracking, and formation of pores in order to provide effective self-healing properties as response to specific external impacts or shocks. The type and the level of active protection depend on the intensity of the external impact and on the internal state of the layer.
Partner: EADS Deutschland GmbH, University of Aveiro, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Centro Ricerche Fiat, Re-Turn AS, VARNISH Srl, Daimler, Chemetall, DUPONT, University of Helsinki, SINTEF, University of Paderborn, Mankiewicz Gebr. & Co., Bayer Technology Service, National Research Center for Scientific Research "Demokritos, SIKA AG, Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, STC Advanced Risk Technologies
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