Polyaniline has historically been one of the most promising conductive polymers from a cost/performance perspective, but processing issues have limited its uptake. Building upon seminal work on polyaniline performed at the CEA, RESCOLL (an independent research company based in France specialized in chemistry materials) has developed and patented a new electrically conductive polyaniline formulation under the trade name of PANIPLAST™.
PANIPLAST polymers are safe-by-design, REACh compliant, low cost, easily produced materials which can be used to produce highly concentrated dispersions which exhibit very high electrical conductivities and improved stability.
The unique and versatile nature of PANIPLAST technology opens up new opportunities to create a vast range of products based upon its excellent electrical conductivity such as conductive resins, conductive coatings, ultrathin films, inks etc.
PANIPLAST is a material with great market potential and is an innovative response to many market needs for which there is no commercial solution available today for cost or performance reasons.
Sensing a significant market interest, and that end-users are prepared to integrate technology into their products, RESCOLL purchased STILZ Chimie in 2015, a producer of paint and ink formulations, in order to acquire pilot and industrial scale production capability.
The challenge is now to transfer the technology at the industrial scale in order to bridge the performance capabilities and cost of PANIPLAST conductive polymers with the increasing market demand for conductive materials.
