Gabriela Pérez
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The Polymer and Bionanomaterials Laboratory is a research space dedicated to the characterisation of polymers, biopolymers, nanomaterials and biodegradable plastics. With advanced technology and equipment, its infrastructure is used for the execution of research, development and innovation (R&D&I) projects, with recognised importance throughout the country.
"Through the laboratory's website, we seek to disseminate the activities we carry out, the scientific articles we publish and the forms of collaboration with national and international laboratories," explained Dr Fernando Torres, the laboratory's director and researcher.
Director and researcher of the Polymer and Bionanomaterials Laboratory
The services provided are aimed at other national and international laboratories, companies, industries, organisations, institutes, research groups and the general public that require specialised assistance in the following:
"We support the formulation of research, innovation and technological development projects related to various fields, such as health, energy and the environment, that seek private or public funding. We formulate projects from scratch and provide feedback at different stages," Torres adds.
The laboratory currently has five R&D&I projects underway, four of them funded by Prociencia and one by our Vice-Rectorate for Research (VRI). The most important of these are:
The project includes the acquisition of a Broadband Dielectric Spectrometer (BDS), which will be used to evaluate the molecular dynamics of the biopolymers that form the starch, thus making it possible to determine the dynamic and kinetic properties of the release of curcumin and quercetin.
It is proposed to extract the polysaccharides present in the green alga Ulva sp. with the aim of synthesising a new bioplastic. This material will have an amorphous structure that facilitates the passage of ions and, in turn, will have mechanical properties (flexibility) to be used in the construction of new biodegradable and compostable energy storage devices.
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