At 2C2T, we are dedicated to pushing the boundaries of textile fiber research and development. Our team of experts is constantly exploring new technologies and materials to create innovative and sustainable textile fibers that can revolutionize the industry. We are proud to share some of our current projects with you.
START AT 11/2025 – END AT 10/2028
Multilayer structures for harvesting thermal energy inside automobiles
The project aims to recover residual heat inside the automobile and convert it into electricity through flexible multilayer thermoelectric structures that will be integrated into seats and roofs.
LEADER: Copo Têxtil Portugal, S.A.
PARTNERS: Centro de Física-UM, CMEMS-UM, Fibrenamics
START AT 11/2025 – END AT 11/2028
Upskilling and reskilling the textile industry sector to face the challenges in recycling, traceability and certification of recycled products
Skills4Circularity addresses critical skills shortages in the European textile industry by integrating circular economy principles, digital transformation, and sustainability into vocational and higher education. As industry transitions toward sustainable and circular economy principles, companies face significant challenges finding qualified professionals with expertise in eco-design and circular business models.The project will equip professionals with green, digital, and entrepreneurial competencies, ensuring a competitive, circular, and innovation-driven textile industry that is resilient, sustainable, and future-ready.
START AT 10/2025 – END AT 10/2026
Develop a smart, multi-action fibrous dressing that simultaneously fights infection, reduces inflammation, and promotes tissue regeneration in diabetic foot ulcers through a bioactive, stimuli-responsive, microfluidic-spun and seamlessly knitted fiber system (2024.13379.UTA).
PARTNERS: CQ-UM, IPL, UTAUSTIN
START AT 10/2025 – END AT 09/2028
Exploration of the Potential of Deep Eutectic Solvents in Green and Sustainable Textile Dyeing
DeepNDye aims to reduce the environmental impact of textile dyeing. NADES will be used for the extraction of pigments and bioactives from natural sources such as algae and industrial and agricultural waste. The bioactives and pigments, dispersed in NADES, replace synthetic dyes in the dyeing process, reducing the amount of water required. The use of pigments and bioactives can also impart additional properties to textiles, increasing their final value.
LEADER: CEB-UM (ref, 15885 – COMPETE2030-FEDER-00700100)
START AT 10/2025 – END AT 10/2029
This project is funded by the European Regional Development Fund through the Operational Competitiveness Program, the European Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR), and the National Foundation for Science and Technology of Portugal (FCT) under the projects UID/00264/2025 and PRR.UID/00264/2025 of Centre for Textile Science and Technology (2C2T).
The Unit’s Activity Plan for the coming years is based on a renewed strategy. The new organizational structure of the Unit has a circular and inclusive dimension of 3 key areas:
1. Sustainability
2. Digitalization
3. High-performance Applications
These key areas encompass 5 thematic groups:
1. High-performance Engineering Textiles
2. Advanced Textile Processes
3. Sustainable and Regenerative Fibrous Materials
4. Textile Design & Fashion
5. Smart Textiles
START AT 06/2025 – END AT 06/2028
Integrated Valorization of Vitivinicultural Residues for Agricultural Sustainability
The Vitex project emerges as an innovative response to one of today’s most pressing environmental challenges: the sustainable management of agricultural waste. With an approach focused on the valorization of vitivinicultural residues, the project aims to transform pruning wood, currently underutilized and often burned, into products with high added value. The project proposes the conversion of these residues into biodegradable and sustainable products, such as geotextile mats, biodegradable protective tubes for grapevines, biodegradable yarn, biostimulants, and biochar.
START AT 01/2025 – END AT 2025
This project proposes the development of a racket with technological innovations that will contribute to the performance of the athlete/padel player.
The RPA project aims to study, develop, and validate a new padel racket that is sustainable and fully regenerative or recyclable, offering greater control, speed, and precision in movements (COMPETE2030-FEDER-00587700).
PARTNERS: SEARCH4FUN, BLOCKILLUSION, FNWAY and University of Minho
START AT 01/2025 – END AT 12/2027
Sustainable Innovation in Textile Dyes
BioDyes is a research and development project that proposes an eco-friendly alternative to the synthetic dyes used in textile dyeing and printing. Through biotechnology, microorganisms are used as natural pigment factories, enabling the creation of sustainable, biodegradable, and high-performance colors.
LEADER: Adalberto Textile Solutions
PARTNERS: GIMM, INIAV, Lisbon School of Architecture
START AT 01/2023 – END AT 02/2027
Characterization of the plasma generated by high-power irradiation of bio-based porous nanostructures
Rolling Call for TransNational Access (Reference, PID: 38084)
Laser processing at ENEA, Rome, Italy (Laserlab-Europe)
START AT 10/2022 – END AT 09/2025
The mobilizing project GIATEX – Intelligent Water Management aims to address the challenges faced by textile finishing companies in terms of intensive water consumption.
