Special blend
Magnetic tunable colors inspired by nature
19.12.2025
NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials researchers have developed a simple method to create dazzling hues using polymers, mimicking the behaviour of cuttlefish and octopuses. Potential applications include adaptive…
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Biomimetic
Membrane technology innovation could impact multiple industries
06.06.2024
NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials researchers, together with international collaborators, have pioneered a novel method for creating thin, energy-converting membranes that mimic the structure and function of…
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Rigid to rubbery
Improving the mechanical properties of elastomers
19.04.2024
NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials researchers at Lausanne's Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) are targeting the next generation of soft actuators and robots with an elastomer-based ink for 3D printing objects…
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Recycling
Plastics soon to be more easily degradable?
15.04.2024
NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials researchers at the Adolphe Merkle Institute and the Technical University of Darmstadt, have developed a new type of polymer - the main component of plastics - that is more easily…
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Promotion
WINS Fellow awarded PRIMA grant
05.09.2022
NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials WINS Fellow Dr. Jessica Clough has been awarded a PRIMA grant by the Swiss National Science Foundation. The funding will allow her to develop an independent research project…
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Recycling
A new approach for plastic recycling?
23.09.2021
NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials researchers at EPFL have come up with a novel method for tackling plastic pollution by harnessing the inner workings of proteins.
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Repair
Watching polymers heal
28.04.2021
NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials researchers at the Adolphe Merkle Institute have developed a method to monitor the healing process of polymers and discovered that a much thicker interphase is required for…
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Composite polymers
Narrowing the gap between natural and synthetic materials
24.11.2020
Skin and cartilage are both strong and flexible – properties that are hard to replicate in artificial materials. But a new fabrication process, developed by NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials scientists at EPFL,…
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Bio-inspired
Recycling project earns ERC grant
31.03.2020
NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials Principal Investigator, Professor Francesco Stellacci (EPFL), has been awarded a prestigious ERC Advanced Grant by the European Research Council to investigate nature-inspired…
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