Objective The project aims to develop a novel high performance scratch resistant coating technology for plastic pieces at a low cost using an environmental friendly and tailor-made process, over a broad range of plastic materials. These coated plastics can substitute weighty materials, as metallic or glassy components, and high cost engineering plastic materials. The new coating technology to develop is based on self assembly nanotechnology. Nowadays, plastic materials present limited scratch and mar resistance when compared with materials as ceramics, glass or metals. After a short period of use, plastic parts surface is damaged and aesthetically defects appear (blisters, cracks, scratches…). Scratches can be an ideal breeding ground for bacteria, reducing the hygienic properties of plastics materials. These negative properties limit the usability of these materials in a broad range of applications and leading companies are making constant efforts to overcome this problem. NANOSCRATCH approach will provide a novel technology based on the facts that the surface of certain plastics can be modified through a mild oxidation and chemical functionalization process, using self-assembled molecules. This new technique will provide an effective bond between the plastic surface and the nanoparticle coating, due to a highly cross-linked network formed at the surface, avoiding the traditional adhesion problems of coatings applied onto plastics, due to its low polarity, while maintaining the aspect of the original part. The new technique involves three steps: mild oxidation, self-assembly and co-deposition of nanoparticles. Among the main potential applications, the project will focus on high scratch resistance plastic pieces for the automotive industry and white-goods appliances manufacture in order to replace weighty, expensive and non-recyclable Engineering Thermoplastics and glass by PP filled grades, transparent plastics (mainly PC) and ABS Fields of science natural scienceschemical scienceselectrochemistryelectrolysisengineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringautomotive engineeringengineering and technologymaterials engineeringcoating and filmsengineering and technologynanotechnologynano-materialsengineering and technologymaterials engineeringceramics Keywords automotive coating injection moulding plastics scratch-resistance self-assembling thermoforming white goods Programme(s) FP7-SME - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs Topic(s) SME-1 - Research for SMEs Call for proposal FP7-SME-2008-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme BSG-SME - Research for SMEs Coordinator AIMPLAS - ASOCIACION DE INVESTIGACION DE MATERIALES PLASTICOS Y CONEXAS EU contribution € 11 583,00 Address VALENCIA PARC TECHNOLOGIC CALLE GUSTAVE EIFFEL 4 46980 PATERNA VALENCIA Spain See on map Region Este Comunitat Valenciana Valencia/València Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Valentin Polo Ramirez (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all AVANZARE INNOVACION TECNOLOGICA SL Spain EU contribution € 153 462,43 Address AVENIDA LENTISCARES 4 6 26370 Navarrete See on map Region Noreste La Rioja La Rioja Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Julio Gomez (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data POLYRAZ PLASTICS INDUSTRIES Israel EU contribution € 85 265,24 Address Kibbutz Maoz Haim 10845 MAOZ HAIM See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Gal Segev (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data INEA INFORMATIZACIJA ENERGETIKA AVTOMATIZACIJA DOO Slovenia EU contribution € 89 158,29 Address STEGNE 11 1000 Ljubljana See on map Region Slovenija Zahodna Slovenija Osrednjeslovenska Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Igor Steiner (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data AKUMPLAST AD Bulgaria EU contribution € 114 678,37 Address ULICA P ATANASOV 20 9300 Dobrich See on map Region Северна и Югоизточна България Североизточен Добрич Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Desislava Stojanova (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TECHNOPLAST PROTOTYPING IPARI ES KERESKEDELMI KFT Hungary EU contribution € 109 089,37 Address Vasgyari utca 43 3540 MISKOLC See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Peter Zai (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FAURECIA INTERIOR SYSTEMS SALC ESPANA S.L. Spain EU contribution € 22 395,60 Address Autovia A-3 Madrid-Valencia km 344,5 46930 QUART DE POBLET See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Joaquin Martin Perez (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data BSH ELECTRODOMESTICOS ESPANA SA Spain EU contribution € 31 021,50 Address RONDA CANAL IMPERIAL DE ARAGON NUM 18 PARQUE EMPRESARIAL PLA-ZA 50197 Zaragoza See on map Region Noreste Aragón Zaragoza Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Carlos Donaire (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIAS QUIMICAS EMERGENTES DE LA RIOJA ASOCIACION Spain EU contribution € 2 159,77 Address CALLE SAN FRANCISCO 11 26370 Navarrete La Rioja See on map Region Noreste La Rioja La Rioja Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Andres Perez (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SZECHENYI ISTVAN EGYETEM Hungary EU contribution € 2 112,48 Address EGYETEM TER 1 9026 Gyor See on map Region Dunántúl Nyugat-Dunántúl Győr-Moson-Sopron Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Gabor Dogossy (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
