Choose the model
for the question.
Polymers can bridge MXene sheets, reorganise water and ions, and accommodate motion. The review connects these mechanisms to what different models can represent.
Main conclusions from the reviewProjects
The current scientific focus.
3D-BONECRAFT connects molecular interfaces, material preparation and scaffold fabrication. Research spans model selection, PHA–MXene adsorption and deformation, thermal behaviour and stiffness, reactive extrusion of PHB-based formulations, filament production and scaffold printing.
Principal investigator · Bruno Faria
3D-BONECRAFT
Developing PHA–MXene biocomposites from molecular understanding to filament and scaffold prototypes.
How do polymer composition, MXene surface chemistry and processing shape a printable composite for bone scaffolds?
FCT exploratory project · 2023.12174.PEX
Funded execution: 20 February 2025 – 19 August 2026.
Project DOI: 10.54499/2023.12174.PEX
Research findings
What has the project shown?
Choose the model
Chain architecture
shapes surface contact.
Backbone and side-chain dimensions influence how a polymer meets MXene and the interaction energy associated with adsorption.
Adsorption findings & conditionsFollow structural changes
during deformation.
Molecular simulations provide a view of structural changes within polymer–MXene models during deformation.
Deformation findings & conditionsEvidence from the concluded studies.
Explore the molecular modellingOriginal project photographs
From filament to printed specimens.
Collaborate
Bring a materials question
to the molecular scale.
Discuss a scientific question, explore an academic collaboration, or ask about MSc and PhD research interests.
Email Bruno FariaContact & research interests