2014-Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit
SIPS 2014 Volume 1: Mining
| Editors: | Kongoli F |
| Publisher: | Flogen Star OUTREACH |
| Publication Year: | 2014 |
| Pages: | 424 pages |
| ISBN: | 978-1-987820-03-4 |
| ISSN: | 2291-1227 (Metals and Materials Processing in a Clean Environment Series) |
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The Relevancy of Materials in Boosting Innovation: From Raw Materials to Creative Applications
Rodrigo Martins1;1EMRS/UNINOVA/FCT-UNL, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal;
Type of Paper: General Plenary
Id Paper: 384
Topic: 19
Abstract:
This talk gives an overview of today's intensive use of materials for a plethora of industrial applications, highlighting the need to use more and more nanotechnologies, together with recyclable materials, to avoid high tech trash accumulation around the world and then exhausting our raw materials resources, for turning our world more sustainable. Moreover, it will also focus on how advanced functional materials are the relevant key factor to boost our quality of life, promoting creativity and innovation in all industrial sectors, especially the ones focused in the low cost low-life time commodities such as smart packaging and paper creative industry.