Germany, Jan. 21 -- Project Id: 79562
Description: Grant agreement ID: 812943
Status
Ongoing project
Start date
1 April 2019
End date
30 September 2020
Funded under:
H2020-EU.1.1.
Overall budget:
€ 150 000
EU contribution
€ 150 000
Objective
A strain-stiffening material is a material that increases its stiffness in response to deformation. This behaviour is frequently found in nature to protect systems from destruction. For example, in cells strain-stiffening occurs by the cross-linking of cytoskeletal fibers upon external forces. Within the ERC project CELLINSPIRED we have developed a material where we mimic this biological behavior in a novel type of artificial strain-stiffening material, where comb-like structu...