Polymer nanocomposite coatings

Objective

The proposal will meet an industrial need for an environmentally compatible technology to apply heavy-duty polymer coatings on large components in-house or outside structures on-site. The very recent advances in bulk nanocomposites will be extended to produce a new class of polymer coating hitherto unobtainable and with properties far superior to those of existing coatings. The research will develop new synthesis methods for powders in which the nanophase interacts with the polymer matrix on a molecular scale. A new technique for processing particles in a thermo-kinetic window will be designed based on spray-deposition and simultaneous near-infrared radiation. The coatings will be evaluated in the context of potential industrial applications.

Programme(s)

• FP5-GROWTH - Programme for research technological development and demonstration on "Competitive and sustainable growth 1998-2002"

Topic(s)

• 1.1.3.-5. - RTD Activities of a Generic Nature : materials and their technologies for production and transformation and new and improved materials and production technologies in the steel field

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

DOW DEUTSCHLAND GMBH & CO. OHG

Address

1,Industriestrasse 1
77836 Rheinmuenster
Germany

Participants (5)

AKZO NOBEL POWDER COATINGS LTD

United Kingdom

Address

Stoneygate Lane, Felling
NE10 0JY Tyne And Wear

IRCON DRYING SYSTEMS AB

Sweden

Address

Sundsgatan 17
462 21 Vanersborg

RAMBOLL HANNEMANN & HOJLUND A/S

Denmark

Address

Willemoesgade 2
6700 Esbjerg

SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY

United Kingdom

Address

Borough Road 103
SE1 0AA London

THE ICELANDIC BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Iceland

Address

Keldnaholt
112 Reykjavik