Initiation of a novel scalable and sustainable silk biopolymer processing method

Lead Participant: OXFORD BIOMATERIALS LTD

Abstract

Low-energy, high-quality wet processing of sustainable polymeric materials is a key societal and economic challenge facing today’s polymer industry. Our answer is to exploit a source of natural polymer feedstocks, silk, to provide a sustainable solution to the production of engineering plastics.

Lead Participant

Project Cost

Grant Offer

OXFORD BIOMATERIALS LTD £33,300 £ 23,310
 

Participant

INNOVATE UK

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