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T1 A suite of tools for safe-and-sustainable-by-design advanced materials from the EU projects DIAGONAL, HARMLESS and SUNSHINE
A1 Wohlleben, Wendel
A1 Adam, Veronique
A1 Camilleri Lledó, Pau
A1 Dekkers, Susan
A1 Durand, Cyrille
A1 Haase, Andrea
A1 Soeteman-Hernandez, Lya G.
A1 Livieri, Arianna
A1 Martel Martín, Sonia
A1 Pizzol, Lisa
A1 Pozuelo Rollón, Blanca
A1 Prenner, Stefanie
A1 Rein, Christian
A1 van Someren, Eugene
A1 Fransman, Wouter
A1 Zabeo, Alex
A1 Rumbo Lorenzo, Carlos
A1 Schmid, Otmar
A1 Hristozov, Danail
K1 Materiales
K1 Materials
AB Multi-component nanomaterials (MCNM) and High Aspect Ratio Nanomaterials (HARN) are advanced materials that present innovation potential but also challenge the innovation by Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) principles. In 2021 to 2025, three EU-funded sister projects developed and implemented SSbD concepts in digital tools that are applicable to MCNM and HARNs despite their respective unique properties. The projects jointly established a tiered suite of tools that serves both industrial, SME (small and medium enterprise) and regulatory stakeholders. The tools for innovators are tiered by StageGate phases (projects SUNSHINE and HARMLESS) or organized in transversal topics (project DIAGONAL). Also the tools for regulatory preparedness comprise a range from simple to elaborate approaches. Key achievements include the alignment of tools for innovators and for regulators via a high overlap of the questions asked, and the systematic tiering of targeted input that is required. The suite of tools thus supports the OECD's Safe and Sustainable Innovation Approach (SSIA). With specific value to SME innovators, tools were developed that lower the previously perceived hurdles to implementation of SSbD concepts in product development. The suite of tools is demonstrated on three MCNM or HARN case studies provided by partners from industry and SMEs, specifically anti-stick coatings for baking trays (SiC@TiO2), automotive catalysts (doped oxide perovskites) and flexible electronics (Ag nanowires). However, the cases also shed a light on remaining challenges in the SSbD concept that are not solved by tools alone, most notably the uncertainty of decision-support at early stages and the complexity of data gathering at later stages, which also implies a need of increasing data exchange among value chain actors while allowing actors to generate and protect intellectual property
PB Royal Society of Chemistry
YR 2025
FD 2025-11
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10259/11735
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10259/11735
LA eng
NO The present projects were supported by the European Union's Research and Innovation Programmes under grant agreements no. 953152 (DIAGONAL), 953183 (HARMLESS), 952924 (SUNSHINE) and 101137324 (SUNRISE)
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
RD 29-may-2026