MATADORE Project
From 2015 to 2019
The MATADORE project aims to design materials with a controlled “biodegradation” profile for applications in both civil and military sectors. The project’s innovative approach relies on two complementary strategies:
- Controlled biodegradation through the formulation of biodegradable raw materials.
- Programmed biodegradation by incorporating decomposition accelerators specific to each material.
Partners
NATUREPLAST
MPM (Groupe LACROIX)
CRITT Bio-Industries (INSA)
Budget
450 k€
Funding agency
DGA/DGE
RAPID Project
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ObjectiVES
The project introduces two major innovations: the development of fully biodegradable materials with equivalent properties and the ability to choose the biodegradation profile/kinetics with adjustable degradation time. The goal is to design products with lifespans ranging from very short (days) to long (months/years) for civil applications (pyrotechnics, snow torches, etc.) and military applications (casings, shells, hoods, etc.).
CRITT Bio-industries
Contribution
The role of CRITT Bio-Industries was to identify enzymes and/or microorganisms of interest and determine possible inclusion methods in the matrices, taking into account various constraints depending on:
- Different materials (constraints related to manufacturing conditions, etc.),
- Different uses (constraints related to explosion conditions, temperature variations, etc.),
- Different receiving environments (constraints related to temperature, humidity conditions, etc.),
- Different characteristics of the target enzymes and microorganisms (constraints linked to acceptable limits for enzymes and microorganisms in various physiological forms, availability, and cost of enzymes, etc.).