Antimicrobial bio-resin composites for rail and aircraft interiors (COATECT)

The COATECT project will explore the feasibility of combining antimicrobial coatings with bio resin-based prepregs, to deliver a new class of sustainable composite materials for use in mass transport interiors, which combine antimicrobial properties with exceptional fire, smoke and toxicity performance.

COATECT we will help the UKs badly-hit rail and air travel industries recover following the COVID-19 pandemic by supporting their efforts to provide safe, COVID-secure services to their customers.

COATECT will also bring significant environmental sustainability and climate change benefits by providing a solution which can: 1) provide significant weight - and therefore fuel - savings when used to replace metal components, and 2) accelerate the phase-out of harmful, fossil fuel-derived phenolic composites and replace them with a non-hazardous, bio-derived alternative.