We make advanced materials from commonly available ingredients

How: we're building nature's manufacturing strategies into tools, starting with encapsulated dopes

StoreKeep it unreactedNature holds proteins in micelles, vesicles and droplets.

We build encapsulated dopes, made in our custom microfluidic chips.

SortPut it in placeThey move into position while still fluid.

We're researching microfluidic sorting that sets the order of the droplets.

TriggerStart assemblyA change in pH, shear or ions locks them together.

We're researching triggering at the right place and time.

AlignDraw the fiberThe flow lines the chains up into a solid fiber.

We spin by contact pulling, electrospinning and microfluidic spinning.

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Research & development

R&D projects on protein fibers, with funders and partners.

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We're developing protein-fiber sensors for robotic touch.

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We publish our tools, methods and data in four areas.

Researchers, industrial teams and funders: tell us what you're working on.