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Ivan Ilić did his bachelor degree in chemistry at the University of Zagreb (2015), followed by a master in chemistry at the Free University of Berlin (2017). He did his PhD at Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in the department of Prof. Markus Antonietti researching sustianable cathodes for lihtium-ion batteries derived from biowaste. Upon finishing his studies in 2020 he continued working in the same department developing anodes for sodium-ion batteries based on hard carbon materials in the project led by Prof. Martin Oschatz. In 2021 he joined IIT as a part of ELFO project focusing on the development of edible batteries.
Edible Electronics: The Vision and the Challenge
Mario Caironi has been interviewed by the main Italian News broadcasting, RAI 1
Sweet Electronics: Honey-Gated Complementary Organic Transistors and Circuits Operating in Air
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This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant agreement No. 864299). Overall budget € 1 980 000. ERC Project Info.
Electronic Food (ELFO) seems a concept from the future, food for humanoids or robots; but it’s not. The increasing of wasted and counterfeit food, pathology related to poor nutrition, requires the development of new green technology to track the food supply chain and monitor the wellness of our gastrointestinal tract. ELFO will provide the foundations of new enabling technology for edible electronic systems. The platform will find application in electronic tags for food monitoring, serving public health, and providing at the same time a very powerful tool against counterfeiting and wasting. At the same time, the implementation of a smart edible pill will supply gastrointestinal disease prevention, diagnosis, and therapy. A home healthcare device with the goal to anticipate needs and ensure compliance. Besides, one of the challenges of ELFO is to encourage the public acceptance of such food technology, which is useful for human health and for the environment.