Innovation of products based on nanoparticles through waste from fish production, optimization of the process of surface treatment and preparation of the mixture and study of toxicity on humans and the environment.
The research project aims to recover waste products from the agro-industrial chain, and enhance them through transformation into raw material for the production of innovative nanoparticle mixtures, able to improve adhesion to surfaces of a heterogeneous nature, tolerance to variations in environmental parameters and protection of the treated surface. In detail, it is intended to extract compounds derived from adhesion proteins from waste from the fish chain, to grind them and add them to mixtures of commercial nanoparticles. The mixtures thus obtained will then be functionally evaluated, experimentally characterized and simulated using the computer in order to assess their toxicity. At the end of the project, the mixture with the best characteristics will be selected, which will be the prototype for further future developments.