Abstract: | Self-organizing precipitation processes, such as chemical gardens
forming biomimetic micro- and nano-tubular forms, have the potential to
drastically enhance future materials design, as well as allowing us to
develop new methodologies to explore, quantify and understand
non-equilibrium chemical systems, and might even shed light on the
conditions for the origin of life. The physics and chemistry of these
phenomena due to the assembly of material architectures under a flux of
ions, and their exploitation in applications, has recently been termed
chemobrionics. Advances in chemobrionics require a combination of
expertise in physics, chemistry, mathematical modelling, biology and
engineering, as well as in nonlinear and materials sciences, giving rise
to a new synergistic disipline. Progress is currently limited due to
the lack of an efficient combination of the talents of researchers from
diverse fields, but Europe is uniquely placed to develop a unique and
world leading activity. The aim of this CBrio Cost action is to link
research groups throughout Europe to stimulate new, innovative and
high-impact interdisciplinary scientific research on chemobrionics. Our
objective is to build bridges between the various communities to allow
understanding and controlling physical, chemical, and biological
properties of self-organized precipitation processes. This integrated
fundamental knowledge will be shared with research groups focusing on
specific applications to boost new technological developments, as well
as with groups involved in the popularization of science and those at
the interface between science and the arts. |
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