ERC Consolidator Grant · 2017
Metabolic soft matter with life-like properties
A fundamental difference between man-made and living matter is metabolism: the ability to dissipate chemical energy to drive many different chemical processes out of equilibrium. Metabolism endows chemical systems within living organisms with properties that are standard in biology but odd in chemistry: the capability to process information, to move and to react to the external world. My goal is to endow soft materials with dynamic life-like properties. I have chosen four: molecular computation, movement, self-construction and the capacity to entertain complex chemical conversations with living cells. To do so I will embed stimuli-responsive materials with a biocompatible synthetic…
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