BIOCOAT

BIOCOAT explores a radically new coating approach that enables surfaces to acquire functional characteristics useful for a variety of applications and, specifically in this proposal, for biomedical applications. The developed/resulting technology reaches the same precision of the more expensive and energy intensive PVD or CVD technologies but being much cheaper. The expected unique features of BIOCOAT method will push the research on coating technology far beyond the current state-of-the-art. However, these results can only be achieved by conducting a systematic and rigorous research program, such as the one proposed here, which radically differs from what has been done for more than 20 years and that will lead to the targeted breakthroughs. BIOCOAT will unlock the so far unimaginable possibility to transfer a highly specialized activity, performed by scientists in cleanrooms, or with vacuum technologies, or with complex instrumental designs, to anyone, anywhere in the world.