FUPOL interests focus on these three themes:
- Polymeric materials with interest in the healthcare area. Fupol offers its expertise in synthesis, polymer chemistry and surface structuring to prepare tailored systems to modulate cellular response, in areas such as cell monolayer engineering, gene therapy or antibacterial surfaces. The team is able to intervene at different levels to prepare smart hydrogels for culture or porous antibacterial surfaces, among others.
- Polymer development and sustainable processes. These include polymer processing. Fupol is integrated into the sustainable plastics platform SUSPLAST, and has extensive experience in the use of SCCO2 for green polymer processing, as well as in the preparation of non-toxic flexible PVC. It also works on the design of polymers that can be more easily recycled.
- Preparation of new frontier materials in additive manufacturing (AM). The group designs new materials specifically for AM and has SLA and FDM printers, the latest for filament and pellets, as well as the ability to manufacture filaments, print elastomeric materials, or formulate advanced inks for SLA. It belongs to the Fab-3D additive manufacturing platform.
Main publications
Liz-Basteiro, P., Sanz-Horta, R., Reviriego, F., Martínez-Campos, E., Reinecke, H., Elvira, C., Rodríguez-Hernández, J., & Gallardo, A. (2023). High resolution molds, sacrificial in aqueous media, obtained by vat photopolymerization 3D printing. Additive Manufacturing, 103758
García-Sobrino, R., Lago, E., Goñi, C., Ramos, V., García, C., Reinecke, H., Elvira. C., Rodríguez-Hernández, J., Gallardo, A., Martínez-Campos, E. (2023). Fabrication of 3D cylindrical thermosensitive hydrogels as supports for cell culture and detachment of tubular cell sheets. Biomaterials Advances, 144, 213210
Sanz-Horta, R., Martínez-Campos, E., García, C., Reinecke, H., Gallardo, A., Rodriguez-Hernandez, J., & Elvira, C. Breath figures makes porous the “so-called” skin layer obtained in polymer foams prepared by supercritical CO2 treatments. The Journal of Supercritical Fluids 2021, 167, 105051
Reinecke, Helmut; Gallardo, Alberto; García, Carolina; Elvira, Carlos; Perez-Perrino, Monica; Navarro, Rodrigo. Highly flexible PVC materials without plasticizer migration as obtained by efficient one-pot procedure using trichlorotriazine chemistry. Macromolecules, 2016, 49, 2224, 2227
Raúl Sanz-Horta, Sugoi Retegi Carrion, Raquel Ruiz, Neda Khatami, Carlos Elvira, Enrique Martinez-Campos, Juan Rodríguez Hernández and Ander Abarrategi. Polycaprolactone with multiscale porosity and patterned surface topography prepared using sacrificial 3D printed moulds: towards tailor-made scaffolds. Biomaterials Advances. 2023, 151, 213465.
Main projects
HIDROGELES INTELIGENTES PARA UN CRECIMIENTO Y DESPEGUE CELULAR EFICIENTE Y CONTROLADO. PDC2022-133446-I00. Proyecto de Prueba de Concepto 2022. Entidad Financiadora: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación Duración desde: 01/12/2022 hasta: 03/11/2024 Cuantía de la subvención: 130.000 €. Investigador responsable: Alberto Gallardo/Carlos Elvira. Número de investigadores participantes: 7.
POLYMERIZACION DE R-MMA RECICLADO. ESTRATEGIAS SOSTENIBLES Y VERDES. TED2021-130093B-C22, PROYECTO TED, convocatoria de proyectos orientados a la transición ecológica y digital. Entidad Financiadora: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación. Duración desde: 01/12/2022 hasta: 03/11/2024. Cuantía de la subvención: 137.500 €. Investigador responsable: Alberto Gallardo/Helmut Reinecke. Número de investigadores participantes: 6.
ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OPTIMIZED TAILORED SEALS (ADDAPTTA SEALS). H2020-CS2-CFP07-2017-02 (Clean Sky 2 Call for Proposals 07). Entidades participantes: ADATICA-APPLUS-ICTP. Duración, desde: 01/10/2018 hasta: 31/03/2020 Cuantía de la subvención: 407.000 €
Nuevas Tecnologías de Fabricación y Optimización de Tejidos: La piel como Sistema Modelo, BIOPIELTEC-CM P2018/BAA-4480. Organismo financiador: Comunidad de Madrid, Instituto o Centro de ejecución: UCIII, UPM, HULP, ISCIII, ICTP-CSIC. Nombre del investigador principal: Coordinador: Pablo Acedo (UCIII), Carlos Elvira (IP ICTP-CSIC). Año y mes de comienzo y finalización: 01/01/2019-31/12/2022. 848.737 € (ICTP 110.000 €).
Plataformas poliméricas termosensibles para manipulación celular (POLYTHERMOCELL). RTI2018-096328-B-I0. Organismo financiador: Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades. Instituto o Centro de ejecución: ICTP-CSIC. Nombre del investigador principal: Alberto Gallardo (IP) Carlos Elvira (co-IP). Año y mes de comienzo y finalización: 01/01/2019-31/12/2021. 120.000 €.