Applied research under public funding

Projects with direct partial funding from public programs are here distinguished in:

 

FP7 European Projects:

DEPHOTEX - Development of Photovoltaic Textiles based on Novel Fibres

INTELTEX – Intelligent multi-reactive textiles

POWERWEAVE – Development of Textiles for Electrical Energy Generation and Storage

COLAE – Commercialization Clusters of OLAE (Organic Large Area Electronics)

DIGINOVA – Innovation for Digital Fabrication

SUSCON – SUStainable, innovative and energy-efficient CONcrete, based on the integration of all-waste materials

 

R&D Co-Promoted Projects:

Wall-it – Multilayer Structures to Multifunctional Finishing for Internal Walls

YEXS - Your Extreme Experiences

NEWLIGHT – Development of a textile system to provide light and color effects outdoor and indoor environments

POWERFIBRES – Nanostructured Conductive Fibres

NANOLEATHER – Nanocoatings for Leather Functionalization

SMARTCOMFORT - Intelligent comfort in shoe soles

HiPeRoM – Advanced high performance materials for ropes, braids and netting

PT21 – Powered Textiles 21st Century - R&D in Innovative textiles with a total investment of 7,6 Million Euros, under Fashion Cluster and leaded by CITEVE

MOBICarTrim– R&D in interior components for automobiles with a total investment of 7,6 Million Euros, under Mobility Cluster and leaded by CEIIA

AAL4ALL – Ambient Assisted Living for All, is a project under Health Cluster Portugal, with a total investment of 7,3 Million Euros

 

Basic Research Projects:

Nanotex - New functional textiles through incorporation of silica nanoparticles, clays and carbon nanotubes: production, characterization and applications. FEUP and FCUP, from University of Porto, are research partners

Biomembranes - Biopolymers to development of composite membranes for nanofiltration in desalinization of seawater process. IBMC from University of Porto is the research partner

PhotOM – Development of photovoltaics with only organic materials

Tissue2Tissue – Using textile technologies to develop innovative 3D architectures to be applied in bone tissue engineering. 3B's Research Group/University of Minho (UM) and Citeve are research partners

PiezoTex – Development of piezoelectric sensors and actuators in extruded filament and films, with multiple geometries, to be applied in new generation e-textiles. University of Minho is the research partner

 

Collective Actions

IMATEC - Intelligence in Advanced Technologies and Materials, under Collective Action Collaboration under Fashion Cluster and supported by QREN's Operational Agenda for Competitiveness Factors

Nano@Construção – Studies on the application of Nanotechnology in Construction field: needs and new opportunities

CEEMCS – Development of a label to energy effciency certification of materials and construction solutions

ORGANIC ELECTRONICS NETWORK – Portuguese Network for OLAE (Organic Large Area Electronics)