FP6 - 502235 SOFTCOMP - Soft Matter Composites, an approach to nanoscale functional materials

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Website: www.eu-softcomp.net




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Type of Project	Network of Excellence
Contract No	FP6 - 502235
Total Cost	6,770 KEuro
EC Contribution	6,200 KEuro
Start Date	24-9-2004
Duration	56 Months

Abstract

Softcomp is a Network of Excellence (NoE) aiming to establish a knowledge base for an intellegent design of functional and nanoscale soft matter composites.

It will do so in overcoming the present fragmentation of this extremely important field for the development of new materials at the interface of non-living and living matter where the delicate self-organizing principles of polymeric, amphiphilic and colloidal matter are ubiquitous.

At present the field is fragmented along the disciplinary lines of theoretical and experimental physics, computer simulation, chemistry and applied biology. On the other hand we are witnessing another fragmentation following the material structures themselves in terms of polymers, colloids, surfactants, membranes and biopolymers.

The overriding concern of SoftComp is to overcome this fragmentation through the creation of a virtual interdisciplinary research centre dealing jointly with all aspects of soft matter materials. This should result in a range of exciting and intelligently designed hybrid materials and structures.

The network unites the very best European research groups from the traditionally separated soft matter fields. It furthermore connects these academic groups with a sizeable fraction of Europe's most important industry dealing with such materials.

All participants have already a track record in collaboration between disciplines ensuring the success of Soft Comp. By working on both materials and disciplinary axes of fragmentation, the leading researchers represented by Soft Comp will create an integrated team that is enabled to activate the European potential in soft matter composite materials and to disseminate excellence in extensive training and knowledge transfer schemes.

Coordinator

Institute for Solid State Research, Forschungszentrum Juelich Gmbh, Germany

Partners

• Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
• Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France
• Riso National Laboratory, Denmark Dow Benelux B.V., Netherlands
• Universidad Del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Spain
• University of Oxford, United Kingdom
• Unilever UK Central Resources Limited, United Kingdom
• A. Mickiewicz University, Poland
• Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Germany
• University of Leeds, United Kingdom
• University of Cologne, Germany
• Georg-August Universität Göttingen, Stiftung Des Öffentlichen Rechts, Germany
• The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
• Heinrich-Heine Universität Düsseldorf, Germany
• University of Twente, Netherlands
• Schlumberger Cambridge Research Limited, United Kingdom
• Utrecht University, Netherlands Basf Aktiengesellschaft, Germany
• Weizmann Lnstitute of Science, Israel
• Institut Curie, France
• Foundation for Research And Technology - Hellas, Greece
• Universidade de Vigo, Spain
• Rhodia S.A., France

Contacts

Contact

• Dieter RICHTER / Institute for Solid State Research Forschungszentrum Juelich Gmbh / GERMANY