News & Press Releases
PRIME featured in HTS Botenstoff Microfluidics
In June 2023, PRIME was featured in the Microfluidics special issue of the Botenstoff, the digital magazine of Human.technology Styria GmbH. Human.technology Styria is a cluster of roughly 140 organizations and businesses located in the Austrian provice of Styria...
Modelling: Interview with Carl Modes (MPI)
What is the status? We have a working computational model framework that accurately captures spontaneous-strain-driven shape change in the nematic actuators and continue to use it to explore and optimize design ideas. What have you achieved so far? We have found...
PRIME Final Dissemination Event @BNN QUARTERLY (June 2023)
PRIME was featured in the latest issue of the BNN QUARTERLY in June 2023 with an announcement of the PRIME Final Dissemination Event "Microfluidics in their PRIME: Integrated Chips, Active Valves, Smart Sensors, and What Comes Next" on 14 September 2023 in Vienna....
Final Dissemination Event in Vienna on 14 Sept 2023
We are pleased to announce the final dissemination event of the PRIME project, titled Microfluidics in their PRIME: Microfluidic Chips, Active Valves, Smart Sensors, and What Comes Next. It takes place in Vienna, Austria on the campus of the Technical University of...
Microfluidics: Interview with Ignacio Ochoa (Universidad de Zaragoza)
What is the status? We currently have a working valve actuated by light and we are working in the miniaturization and also trying to increase the speed of our valve. What have you achieved so far? We have successfully coupled the LCE actuators to a preliminary design...
Innovation & Outreach: Interview with Caitlin Ahern (BNN)
What is the status? We are managing the project PRIME website with more than 4,300 visitors and social media accounts with over 300 total followers. We are proud of the 9 scientific publications produced by the consortium so far, several of which were in high-impact...
PRIME coordinator Carlos Sánchez Somolinos @ BioNanoNet Member Welcome Webinar
Carlos Sánchez Somolinos presented the Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory at the 5th BioNanoNet Member Welcome Webinar on 25 May 2023. He talked about research with soft robotics, including the STORM-BOTS ITN project, as well as his work in PRIME for the next...
Smart Materials: Interview with Sean Lugger (TU/e)
What is the status? We have successfully designed and synthesized photo-responsive materials suitable for additive manufacturing as demonstrated by the reversible actuation of 3D printed complex structures. This has resulted in several scientific publications. Have...
Microfluidic Applications: Interview with Rosa Monge (BEOnChip)
What is the status? The device for in vitro diagnosis has been developed and is being used. The valve has been integrated with the Organ-on-Chip (OoC) device and is being tested. What have you achieved so far? So far we have done the design, fabrication and validation...
CSIC work chosen as cover for Advanced Materials Journal
In April 2023, PRIME project coordinator Carlos Sánchez Somolinos with his colleagues Mehrzad Javadzadeh and Jesús del Barrio (CSIC) had their work chosen as the cover of the journal Advanced Materials, Volume 35, Issue 14. Their work combined two exciting topics,...