{"id":3168,"date":"2015-05-21T12:36:55","date_gmt":"2015-05-21T09:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chemarts.aalto.fi\/?page_id=3168"},"modified":"2025-10-31T22:45:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T20:45:05","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chemarts.aalto.fi\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; top_padding=&#8221;60&#8243; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; shape_type=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_column_text]<strong>Innovating on bio-based materials<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Overconsumption, limited raw material resources and environmental problems will change the world of materials in coming years. Which are the potential pathways towards new materials, where might they come from, and how should they be produced and used to create a more sustainable material world? Bio-based materials are seen as an important part of the solution.<\/p>\n<p>CHEMARTS encourages explorative and playful approach to early-stage materials research. It is a pre-innovation activity where the experimentation process and even failures play a significant role. Interdisciplinary collaboration challenges the disciplinary conventions and ensures new perspectives.The most interesting results can be developed into research projects or business ideas in the Aalto University\u2019s multidisciplinary inovation ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>The key principles of CHEMARTS are working together and sharing knowledge. The recipes of <a href=\"https:\/\/chemarts.aalto.fi\/index.php\/the_chemarts_cookbook\/\">The CHEMARTS Cookbook<\/a> were developed and tested by students and staff in 2014\u20132019 in the CHEMARTS Laboratory in Finland.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column enable_animation=&#8221;true&#8221; animation=&#8221;fade-in&#8221; column_padding=&#8221;padding-4-percent&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#f2f2f2&#8243; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_color=&#8221;#f2f2f2&#8243; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; delay=&#8221;3&#8243;][vc_column_text]\n<blockquote><p><em>The aim of CHEMARTS is to create new concepts for bioeconomy by combining design, business thinking and natural materials science.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"divider-wrap\"><div style=\"height: 25px;\" class=\"divider\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"divider-wrap\"><div style=\"margin-top: 12px; 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