Specific programme: Marie Sklodowska-Curie Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE)
UPV/EHU Partner Status: Coordinator
UPV/EHU PI: David Mecerreyes
Project start: 01/01/2019
Project end: 31/12/2022

Brief description: IONBIKE proposes a research and staff exchange program will promote international and intersectorial collaborations in the topic of “Innovative Iongels for Bioelectronics”. The European consortium is formed by 4 European beneficiaries from which three are academic institutions such as University of the Basque Country (Spain), University of Cambridge (UK) and University of Bordeaux (France) and a high-tech company in bioelectronics named Panaxium from France and 5 institutions from third countries such as CONICET (Argentina), UCIMED (Costa Rica), Deakin University (Australia), KAUST (Saudi Arabia) and Georgia Tech (USA). The project proposes an intensive research and networking program between the European and non-European institutions in the area of new materials for bioelectronics. The scientific project tries to combine in a synergic manner the unique technical expertises of the different nodes. World pioneers in the areas of ionic liquids, iongels, (semi)conducting polymers, advanced materials characterization and (bio)electronic devices will work together towards a common goal. The project will pursue the development of devices for health and fitness monitoring such as long-lasting electrodes for electrophysiological recordings for brain, heart and muscular activity or new all-solid organic electrochemical transistors.