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The Mills Fabrica hosts the 'Techstyle For Social Good' International Student Competition annually since 2019 to drive social impact and sustainable development through awarding techstyle and agrifood prizes to game changing technology ideas from young innovators.
Grand Rise Technology Limited is a Bio-Tech start-up company founded by PolyU ABCT Prof. Pei Li and Dr. Tenny Lam. FruitsCoatex is the innovation which is a biobased coating that could extend the shelf life of fruits, reducing food loss and infection risk in delivery. Through recycling naturally bio-safe materials, the biopolymers are transformed into functional nanomaterials, creating a protective layer that prevents germ growth on fruits.
The technology based on patented core-shell technology platform InnoCoatex, enables a new class of amphiphilic core-shell nanoparticles for a wide range of applications such as bio-based antimicrobial coating, masks and textiles, bio-based food touching protective coating, fruits shelf-life extension edible coating and drugs nanocarrier. InnoCoatex is harmless to the human body and environmentally friendly, and it can be used for disinfection, pollution control and epidemic prevention.
“InnoCoatex” won awards in the many competitions include “Environmental Impact Award” in the Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund/HSBC JUMPSTARTER 2022 and focuses on recycling bio-based materials and applications to provide greener and safer materials for a sustainable environment.
For more details, please visit https://www.themillsfabrica.com/winner/fruitscoatex/
