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The Silky Way: Biomimetic sensing through changes in structural proteins

Programme Reference

13-067

Country

Switzerland

Start Date

2014

End Date

2015

Programme: Discovery Prime Contractor: Ecole Polytechnique de Lausanne

Description

The objective of Silky Way is to explore the possibility of using spider dragline silk as sensing element for fibre-based biosensors by transmitting light through silk fibre and monitoring the change in the silk's optical properties induced by biochemical compounds

Application domain: Generic Technologies

Initial TRL: TRL N/A Target TRL: TRL N/A

Public Document:

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