Description du projet
Un nouveau revêtement donne au verre un aspect neuf, tout au long de sa durée de vie
Quiconque porte des lunettes sauterait probablement sur l’occasion de disposer d’un nouveau revêtement écologique qui empêche la formation d’empreintes digitales tout en empêchant la saleté et la poussière de s’installer. Le désagrément et la frustration se transforment en une perte de temps et d’argent considérable lorsqu’il s’agit de lentilles optiques et de panneaux solaires coûteux et sophistiqués à usage industriel. Grâce au projet Nadam-G financé par l’UE, les verres tachés et sales pourraient bientôt appartenir au passé. Des scientifiques ont mis au point un revêtement respectueux de l’environnement et le procédé innovant de dépôt de nano-revêtement qui permet de le lier au verre par covalence. Le soutien apporté au projet aidera les chercheurs à réaliser une étude de faisabilité technique et financière qui jettera les bases de son lancement commercial.
Objectif
Today the glass lenses and solar panels have a low durability and are easily stained with undesirable fingerprint, oil, dust and environmental pollutants decreasing the efficiency of their optical properties and generating and extra cost and time for their cleaning. In addition, the most current approaches for achieving an amphiphobic material (repels water and oil) rely on fluorinated compounds such as perfluoroalkyl sulfonates (PFAS)s. However, these fluorinated compounds may be carcinogenic for animal and humans at relatively high dose levels with strong evidence for connection between exposure to them and several forms of cancer. There is a necessity to find an effective, self-cleaning material with a high durability that provides glass surfaces with a high resistance to ngerprinting. In response, our companies ONYRIQ (ON) and ADVANCED NANOTECHNOLOGIES (AD) have developed NaDam-G (Nanocoating Deposition of amphiphobic and fluorine free material on Glass), an innovative technology consisting of a fluorine-free(avoiding the damage to health and environment), anti-fingerprint (avoidance of fingerprint and smudges) and self-cleaning (inherent ability to remove dirt), polymeric material covalently bonded on glass by Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapour Deposition (PECVD). NaDam-G imparts high-durability for optical lenses and solar panels (increasing the efficiency by 3.5 % and generating an extra 25% of electricity) while being self- cleaning reduces cost and time consuming. Having validated the reliability of the NaDam-G system at the pilot scale, we now want to finalise its development and achieve market preparedness. In Phase 1 we aim to carry a Feasibility Study to warrant the project from a technical, commercial and financial point of view. Besides the crucial benefits that it will bring to nanocoating sector, NaDam-G will boost the growth of ON and AN, expecting to gain € 43million profits and 26 new people after 5 years in the market, reaching a ROI of 16.3.
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SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1Coordinateur
08028 Barcelona
Espagne
L’entreprise s’est définie comme une PME (petite et moyenne entreprise) au moment de la signature de la convention de subvention.