SUSAAN project aims to develop sustainable antiviral and antimicrobial coatings based on active nanomaterials, such as bio-based active materials and inorganic nanoparticles, including the development of fast active-response and durable surfaces, taking into consideration their ease of use, low toxicity, and health issues, and targeting a global sustainability concept.

Toxicological, ecotoxicological and several tests for the new active substances and resulting coatings will be performed and a full sustainability assessment, understood as environmental, economic, and social impact analysis for the required product will carry out.

Three relevant market sectors are selected to validate the results of the project, where the antiviral and antimicrobial additives according to efficiency, durability of effects/integrity of the coating and toxicity results at lab-scale will be used for each real application in the textile, plastic and metallic industries. In this context, it can be stated that most of the common hand-touch sites and/or objects are covered by the SUSAAN project, and that therefore the final impact would be extensive after the successful execution of this project.

Consortium Partners and core business are one of the strongest points of SUSAAN. Technological and scientific partners (LUREDERRA, NCSRD, IVW, CEIT and ITENE) are experts on main areas of nanoparticles, coatings, pretreatment, biobased nanocapsules and toxicity assessment. Companies involved cover the whole value change based on their core business including coatings production (TECNAN), biobased products (CELABOR), bathrooms manufacturing (ECZACIBASI), home appliances (PANASONIC) and textiles (ALMAXTEX). INTER IT will cover the activities on BPR assessment being VIRHEALTH (the expert on virology) on charge of standardized testing to determine virucidal and antimicrobial activity of the coatings and ARDITEC on charge of sustainability assessment.

The final outcome of SUSAAN project is the validation of the new sustainable antimicrobial/antiviral nanocoating in different final products: high traffic objects (plastic and metallic) and textiles. Technical advantages and comparative results to current solutions will be used to present SUSAAN solutions to potential clients.