This project started on the 1st December 2017 and finished in March 2022. This was a European large collaborative Project (NMBP-07-2017 – 3,99€ Million – Grant Agreement 760827), which was led by Universita Degli Studi Roma TRE and had the participation of 15 members from Academia, Research and Industry: National Technical University of Athens, University of Limerick, NPL Management, Politecnico di Torino, Fraunhofer IWM, THALES, Plasmachem Produktions, Nanoforce Technology, NANOSURF, Cambridge Nanomaterials Technology, Goldbeck Consulting, Innovation in Research & Engineering Solutions, Spectrum Instruments, & Funcoats SA (member of MPG – Molecular Plasma Group).

OYSTER uses contact mechanics to bridge adhesion data at multiple length scales and link interfacial adhesion to physicochemical properties. OYSTER brings Europe’s first-class laboratories and SMEs to take existing nanoscale characterisation technologies towards widespread utilisation in process optimisation and model validation. OYSTER achieves this by sharing metadata in an Open Innovation Environment (OIE), where new paradigms of multi-scale contact mechanics are validated on selected application oriented reference materials through continuous interaction with the European Materials Characterisation Council (EMCC).