RELIANCE consortium is composed of 15 partners from 8 EU and 2 non-EU countries, to include research organizations, universities, SME and large industry partners. Together, the partners bring to the project interdisciplinary competences and expertise to ensure successful design and development of innovative antimicrobial nanocoatings, with self-disinfection smart response tailored to the specific area of application.

RELIANCE project combines contact killing and leachable antibacterial actions ascribed to the additive with the non-sticking action due to the coatings’ formulation, thus providing an integral holistic solution to antimicrobial problems on different surfaces. The nature of the coatings, their characteristics (hydrophobicity and surface roughness) and their application methods (direct deposition by cold-atmospheric plasma, high throughput spraying or selective digital printing) will be specifically designed to allow not only the microbial repelling action, but also the adhesion of the coatings to different substrates commonly found in our living environments, such as metals, plastics or textiles, and to maximize their durability (in terms of performance and antibacterial properties). RELIANCE will go beyond the present-day possibilities of conventional chemicals by considering sustainability and eco design criteria in the selection of the bioactive components, and in the development of the nanocoatings.