Research Projects

Research Projects

BAMBBI (Bio-inspired AntiMicrobial Bone BIoceramics) is a pioneering research project funded as an Advanced Grant funded by the European Research Council (ERC).

The BEST-CSP (Bringing Experiment and Simulation Together in Crystal Structure Prediction) project is a COST Action (CA22107) that aims to enhance the accuracy of thermodynamic equilibrium data for organic crystalline polymorphs by integrating experimental and computational approaches.

The BioInspireSensing project is a European research and training initiative funded under the Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (Grant Agreement No. 955643), where the Innovation in Materials and Molecular Engineering (IMEM) group plays a significant role in advancing the project's objectives.

The FROSTBIT project (First Regenerative sOlid-STate Barocaloric refrIgeraTor) is a European research initiative funded by the Horizon Europe EIC Pathfinder programme, in the period of 2024-2028, aiming to develop the first eco-friendly solid-state refrigerator using the barocaloric effect—temperature changes driven by pressure variations in advanced materials.

PlasTHER (Therapeutical Applications of Cold Plasma) is a COST Action initiative coordinated by Dr. Cristina Canal from the Biomaterials, Biomechanics and Tissue Engineering (BBT) group at the Barcelona Center for Research in Multiscale Science and Engineering (CCEM Barcelona).

The NEO-CYCLE project is a European research initiative co-funded by the European Commission under Horizon Europe. It aims to develop a sustainable method for recycling materials from used neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB) magnets, which are found in old hard disk drives.

The RECOPPs project was a European research initiative co-funded by the European Commission through the EIT Raw Materials programme, in which the Resource Recovery and Environmental Management (R2EM) group at CCEM significantly contributed.

The REECOVERY project is a European research initiative co-funded by the European Commission through the EIT Raw Materials programme. Its goal is to develop and validate a resource recovery system to extract critical raw materials—such as rare earth elements (REEs), cobalt, zinc, and copper—from acidic contact water associated with old mining sites or mining activities.

The SEArcularMINE project was a European research initiative funded by the European Commission through the Horizon 2020 programme. Its goal was to develop an innovative circular process to recover valuable materials such as magnesium, lithium, and other trace elements from residual brines produced by Mediterranean saltworks.