The leadership of the European KrEaTive Habitat project and the development of a series of coatings based on nanotechnology, aimed at minimising the degradation caused by atmospheric agents in materials such as cement, marble and polymer composite materials, have positioned the researchers at the CTC Technology Centre as experts in this field.
Ángel Yedra, the coordinator of the Advanced Materials and Nanomaterials area of CTC, explained the details of this research during the 19th International Congress on Adhesion and Adhesives, held at the Carlos III University of Madrid. In his presentation, entitled “Nanotechnology applied to unique architecture: KrEaTive Habitat project”, Yedra placed particular emphasis on the participation of CTC in this initiative. The initiative works to provide traditional materials in the Architectural Habitat sector with a series of entirely new technical features through the adaptation and validation of Key Enabling Technologies . They will thus become high-value materials aimed at more competitive markets, such as Singular Architecture, Design and the Creative Industry.
In particular, he spoke of the progress made concerning multifunctional nano-coatings, or, in other words, those that are resistant to external agents, such as water, light and abrasion, and that also maintain the quality of transparency. Yedra commented that, at present, they already have laboratory validated nano-coating developments and that they are the basis of future R&D projects for these new products to reach the market.
The CTC representative’s talk was part of a workshop specialising in the use of adhesives for unique architectural and design applications. In this sense, the different developments of the KrEaTive Habitat project are of great interest in the workshop’s theme. In the project, the various partners have developed different technological innovations in the fields of coatings, composite materials or adhesives, all designed to be used in applications of the Creative Industry. This event, which aims to exchange knowledge and technology among professionals specialising in the fields of architecture and adhesives, will also include companies that will use them in their multiple applications within the construction industry.
