HORIZON-CL4-2026-05-MAT-PROD-25: New or enhanced Innovative Advanced Materials (IAM) enabled sensing functionality (RIA)

**Potential Project Concept
**Development of a sustainable, advanced material–based sensing platform for selective detection of volatile organic compounds and hazardous gases, enabling low-power, high-performance sensor systems for environmental monitoring and industrial safety applications.
The sensing platform will be based on stimuli responsive polymer-engineered multifunctional surfaces that will integrate nanostructured polymer sensing layers with ultrathin, selectively permeable polymer membranes to control diffusion, enhance selectivity, and suppress cross-sensitivity to humidity and temperature fluctuations. The design will combine selective analyte recognition, signal amplification, and environmental robustness.

Potential Contributions to the Call Topic
Together, the two partners (Sabanci University and University of Malta) provide a complementary skill set that supports multiple project directions including both IAM-enabled multifunctional surfaces and integrated IAM-based sensor demonstrators. The collaboration enables co-development of intelligent polymer-based sensing materials and MEMS platforms, with optimized material functionality, device architecture, and system integration.
Potential project contributions include the development of selective and environmentally robust IAM coatings for gas and chemical sensing, multifunctional sensing surfaces capable of responding to multiple environmental stimuli, and hybrid thin-film/nanostructured materials developed via sustainable processing methods. These IAMs can be integrated into miniaturized MEMS-based sensors compatible with silicon technology, designed for low-power operation and stable performance under real-world conditions.