VISION is a PRIN project managed by leading Italian Universities.

The VISION project aims at contributing to the industrial development of the two bio-based chemical platforms focusing on the exploitation of the levulinic (LA) and volatile fatty acids (VFAs). They represent a renewable co-substrates for the fermentative synthesis of poly(hydroxyalkanoate) biopolymers (PHA), which are now under fast development for industrial production and commercial exploitation. PHAs are considered the TOP emerging bioplastics, in alternative to traditional fossil-based plastics. In the present project, LA and VFAs products will be obtained from residual biomasses and will be exploited as the precursors for the obtainment of advanced and green chemicals and PHAs. PHAs will be tested as 3D-printed plastics supporting electronic circuits to be applied for the smart environmental monitoring.