BIOCLEAN – BIOfilm management and CLEANing by leveraging fundamental understanding of biological, chemical and physical combined approaches

BIOCLEAN is a Horizon 2020 Marie Curie funded project worth € 3.9 MM led by P&G, in partnership with 10 universities and 15 Ph.D. students. BIOCLEAN aims to develop mechanistic understanding into achieving deep down and long lasting clean surfaces via surface modification and photocatalytic approaches. In parallel, research is also being carried out to develop novel naturally derived polymers technologies for malodour control and polymer brushes for soil repellence. The project is also working on developing cutting edge visualization techniques such as 4D Micro CT, MRI, SAXS  and surface measurement techniques such a Micromanipulation for studying impact of surface and bulk chemistry on adhesive and cohesive forces in biofilms. Learnings from this research project will feed into various industrial applications.

Lukas Kriem, the early stage researcher who is recruited by Fraunhofer IGB, focusses in his work on the development of in‑vitro oral biofilm models for screening surface modification and other oral care technologies.