At the Advanced Materials Show 2022, AZoM caught up with the CEO of Cambridge Smart Plastics, Andrew Terentjev. In this interview, we discuss the company's novel technologies and how they could revolutionize how we think about plastics.
Please could you introduce yourself and your background in STEM?
My name is Andrew Terentjev, and I am a former banker turned tech co-founder. I guess I should thank my two academic parents for a lifelong interest in science and technology. It is easy to get excited about technologies when you work with experts, and at Cambridge Smart Plastics we have managed to gather quite a multi-disciplinary team, which makes for exciting conversations and innovation – the best part of STEM.
剑桥智能塑料的灵感从何而来？
大学和行业所做的事情之间存在巨大而臭名昭著的差距。我的两个联合创始人是剑桥学者，在审查他们的专业知识和材料目录时，应用的潜力令人震惊。欧洲杯足球竞彩
我们都想要一些有形和改变世界的东西，尤其是在当今的气氛中，环境压力和对变革的需求如此紧迫。我们着手与大学分开，为自己提供资金，并致力于提供有价值的东西。
CSP重新构想了聚合物材料，到目前为止生产了三欧洲杯足球竞彩种新型技术。您能描述这些是什么以及如何开发它们吗？
One of our core technologies, and what we introduced at the Advanced Materials Show, is MesodampTM值。This is a polymerized liquid crystal that is frankly incredible. It has all sorts of science fiction applications like artificial muscles, dynamic self-driving materials that could recover wasted heat energy, reversible adhesion, reversible shape memory, etc. However, we are most excited and laser-focused on delivering on its most immediate and impressive credential: plain and simple, it is the best damping material in the world.
由于液晶相以及弹性体内液晶分子之间的相互作用，我们可以将机械能比经典橡胶多10倍，从而杀死不需要的声音或振动并改善安全性。We hope it will soon be found in automotive, rail, and aerospace applications (under the hood, so you won’t see it at work, but you also won’t feel it working – hopefully, you won’t feel much at all if it dampens like it does in the lab). You will finally ‘hear yourself think'.
我们还是可生物降解材料和生物塑料的专家。欧洲杯足球竞彩我们在包装薄膜和磁带上工作，具有令人难以置信的氧气或水传输障碍物，这些障碍物消除了金属化的需求（这是包装回收的贝恩）。我们利用纳米纤维素来实现铝涂层的环保替代品。
We additionally offer wide-reaching consulting services in the field of dynamic bond exchange and polymers in general. Many industries rely on thermoset polymers, and these are not recyclable. We assist businesses with converting their thermosets to dynamic thermoset chemistries that will allow for the reprocessing and recycling of materials.
您的X系列聚合物和中座弹性体与市场上的材料有何不同？欧洲杯足球竞彩
Mesodamp is a totally new-to-market elastomer that utilizes liquid crystallinity to give the elastomer an additional mechanism for damping. One of our difficulties is that it is so radically novel that many customers are initially confused about what to do with what it offers. Small intermolecular interactions enable large additional internal friction and convert elastic energy passing through the material into heat.
另外，我们还可以通过依靠交换交联的交换器而不是其他弹性欧洲杯足球竞彩体共有的永久化学交联链来确保我们的材料可回收。因此，我们在Mesodamp中拥有更好，更绿色的聚合物，可以为消费者提供改进的产品性能，生存能力和享受。
X系列是我们指的是动态交联的聚合物等级。我们尚未积极出售任何东西，而是就实施现有塑料等级的X版本进行咨询。我们已经为简单的TPO塑料（例如PP和PE）提供了验证的示威者，当然，我们在Mesodamp中使用X系列技术来使其可以重新处理。
您希望使用哪些行业和应用来介入您的产品？
我们希望第一批产品是小部件，例如O形圈，洗衣机和振动隔离系统，例如衬套。您应该想象这些悬挂乘客或铁路车，或者将高价值设备（如MRI）分开以提高稳定性。2020欧洲杯下注官网泡沫式的胶带将充当门板或窗框内部的声学阻尼器。航空航天将使我们嵌入翅膀和复合材料中，以抑制共振并提高性能。
In our nanocellulose track, expect to see your food packaged in clear recyclable plastics soon replacing opaque and shiny metallized bags. Barrier tapes will also be used to seal machines and IT servers from dust, moisture, and oxygen, or make storage containers lighter and thinner (forgoing bulk plastic thickness for a few microns of our transparent nanocellulose coating). You won’t even know our materials are there at work, but they will be working for a better product, environment, and experience.
诸如先进材料之类的贸易展览在帮助将您的品牌的认识传播到材料行业中有多重要？欧洲杯足球竞彩
AMS对我们来说很棒。我不能夸大它。这是我们的第一次大会，我们被它吸引的人们的广度和质量所震撼。我无法计算我们进行的有趣讨论的数量。演出只有一周的时间，但是我们已经与合作者和蓝芯片大的最终用户进行了许多跟进，都要求样本并讨论他们的需求。让志趣相投的人在那里找到解决方案并学习是找到比赛和新颖技术的家的最佳方法。我想我将其归结为一个有趣且非常恰当的话题，人们打算说话并互相认识。它也有一个有趣的演示者；我认为人们宁愿喜欢我们的非爆炸球和可逆的粘带。
What are the goals and ambitions of the company over the next ten years, in terms of research and development?
Our goal is to make plastics smarter, more sustainable, and of high value. No more single-use, we build efficient and durable solutions, with recycling and reuse inbuilt as standard.
我们的近期目标是缩小用于我们的sodamp弹性体的第一个试点产品。我们有几个合作者，但始终向新的有趣的应用程序开放，以进行振动和声学阻尼。我们看到了未来几年对此进行的扩展和现实测试。
In parallel and with the establishment of this product line we can expand our lab team and self-fund research activities. At present we are at the mercy of grant funding and corporate hand-outs, which limits our ability to pursue bigger impact and more blue-sky projects. For instance, our Plastic 2.0 project seeks to find a lasting solution to the challenge of mixed plastic recycling. This is something without an immediate corporate application and does require quite a substantial retooling and relearning in plastic recycling. Delivery of that is a dream of ours and if we do not find sponsors, it would be our own reinvestment into that technology that will enable this.
关于Andrew Terentjev
我叫安德鲁·特伦特杰夫（Andrew Terentjev）；我是Cambridge Smart Plastics的首席执行官兼联合创始人。与我们的顶级剑桥学者团队一起，我们已经将团队发展到了六个。我们是一家自筹资金，全资的初创企业，今年7月有了我们的三岁生日。请在我们的网站上找到有关我们的更多信息www.smart-plastics.co.uk或在我的[电子邮件保护]。
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