Projects

SCML International contributes to and coordinates collaborative research projects with academic and research partners in Europe and internationally. Several ongoing activities originate from long-standing collaborations and continue independently of formal institutional affiliation.

One nationally funded project remains formally anchored at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) until May 2026, with SCML International contributing through scientific coordination, project management, and collaborative expertise in accordance with the approved governance structure.

Current collaborative activities include projects at ESPCI Paris addressing active biological systems in complex colloidal environments, including bacterial motility in structured and confined media and clay–RNA interactions relevant to prebiotic selection and origin-of-life scenarios.

Additional collaborations with the University of São Paulo (USP) apply artificial intelligence and machine-learning approaches together with molecular-dynamics simulations to complex soft-matter and materials systems, supporting structure–property relationships, dynamic behaviour analysis, and model-guided interpretation of experimental observations.

A further research line concerns plant-extract-based and bio-derived colloidal systems, with particular focus on Pickering emulsion science relevant to food and soft-matter applications. This work is carried out in collaboration with the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) and partners at NTNU and explores stabilisation mechanisms using natural extracts, notably Moringa oleifera. Beyond food-related systems, these studies also interface with hybrid material platforms combining bio-sourced and mineral components relevant to photonic and quantum-enabled technologies.

Project activities include experimental research at large-scale facilities, joint supervision of early-career researchers, proposal development, and cross-institutional knowledge exchange.

Many projects address the functional use of earth-abundant and bio-sourced materials in applications such as gas separation, structural coloration, sustainable pigments, and photonic or opto-mechanical systems, while others focus on fundamental physico-chemical processes at the interface of soft matter, biology, and geochemistry.

Across projects, emphasis is placed on low-energy processing routes, self-organisation, and solution-based assembly, enabling scalable materials concepts without reliance on scarce or critical raw materials.

Within collaborative projects, SCML International typically contributes through scientific coordination, conceptual development, experimental planning, data interpretation, and proposal development, while experimental execution is performed at partner laboratories or shared research facilities.