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Bio-inspired photonics for enhanced microalgal photosynthesis in biofuels

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Coordinator
THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARSOF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE 

Organization address
address: TRINITY LANE THE OLD SCHOOLS
city: CAMBRIDGE
postcode: CB2 1TN
website: www.cam.ac.uk

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 Coordinator Country United Kingdom [UK]
 Project website http://biomicfuel.com
 Total cost 251˙857 €
 EC max contribution 251˙857 € (100%)
 Programme 1. H2020-EU.1.3.2. (Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility)
 Code Call H2020-MSCA-IF-2015
 Funding Scheme MSCA-IF-GF
 Starting year 2017
 Duration (year-month-day) from 2017-01-01   to  2019-12-31

 Partnership

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# participants  country  role  EC contrib. [€] 
1    THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARSOF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE UK (CAMBRIDGE) coordinator 251˙857.00
2    THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA US (OAKLAND CA) partner 0.00

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 Project objective

Algal biofuels have the potential to provide a sustainable carbon-neutral source to fossil fuels, however the scaling up of algal systems is economically challenging. Here we propose a bio inspired approach to exploiting light-matter interaction by understanding and mimicking the optical properties of corals. We aim to inspire the development of improved photonic materials that can be used to maximise algal growth in order to radically transform the algal biofuel sector. The specific objectives are to 1) explore the in vivo light field, optical properties and photosynthetic efficiency of a range of coral species from different light regimes, 2) understand the nanophotonic and structural properties of corals underlying the optimised light modulation and 3) apply the biophotonic insight to design novel photonic materials for the improved growth of microalgae. The proposal is highly interdisciplinary involving optical and photonic characterisation, photosynthesis research and the fabrication of novel materials. The successful implementation of this project will have a high societal impact, through improving the biofuel sector and working towards carbon-neutral fuel sources.

 Publications

year authors and title journal last update
List of publications.
2019 G. L. C. Spicer, A. Eid, D. Wangpraseurt, T. D. Swain, J. A. Winkelmann, J. Yi, M. Kühl, L. A. Marcelino, V. Backman
Measuring light scattering and absorption in corals with Inverse Spectroscopic Optical Coherence Tomography (ISOCT): a new tool for non-invasive monitoring
published pages: , ISSN: 2045-2322, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-50658-3
Scientific Reports 9/1 2020-03-11
2019 Steven L. Jacques, Daniel Wangpraseurt, Michael Kühl
Optical Properties of Living Corals Determined With Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy
published pages: , ISSN: 2296-7745, DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00472
Frontiers in Marine Science 6 2020-03-11
2020 Daniel Wangpraseurt, Shangting You, Farooq Azam, Gianni Jacucci, Olga Gaidarenko, Mark Hildebrand, Michael Kühl, Alison G. Smith, Matthew P. Dave6, Alyssa Smith, Dimitri D. Deheyn, Shaochen Chen, Silvia Vignolini
Bionic 3d printed corals
published pages: , ISSN: 2041-1723, DOI:
Nature Communications accepted 2020-03-05

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