2007年1月12日
NaturalNano, Inc., a materials science company, today announced the first manufacturing-scale demonstration of the production of nylon Pleximer on a manufacturing scale. Pleximer, which NaturalNano plans to offer commercially in fourth quarter 2007, is a turn-key nanocomposite additive enabling stronger, lighter, and less expensive materials for the $40 billion dollar polymer composite industry.
“The nylon Pleximer trial ran flawlessly to the desired high concentration,” stated Cathy Fleischer, PhD, President and CTO of NaturalNano, citing excellent dispersion of halloysite clay nanotubes in nylon at levels as high as 25%, utilizing NaturalNano’s proprietary, patent-pending formulation and processes. “This is exciting because traditional nanoclays have difficulty being dispersed at these high levels.” The highly concentrated nylon Pleximer product would be added to pure nylon in the final molding process by the manufacturer to obtain nanocomposite materials with the desired properties for a wide range of applications, including automotive, aerospace, sporting equipment, and electronics.
传统的纳米仪具有类似板的结构，需要额外的制造步骤和专门的设备，以通过去角质分离层，并将它们散布在聚合物中，例如尼龙。2020欧洲杯下注官网Naturalnano的霍洛伊石纳米管不需要去角质，并且可以在标准设备上运行，从而使制造商能够在没有额外资本投资的情况下生产纳米复合物。2020欧洲杯下注官网Fleischer博士说：“我们相信这将导致Pleximer产品的迅速采用。”
“This demonstration is a big milestone in the Company’s plans to launch Pleximer commercially later this year,” Dr. Fleischer stated. “Proving that halloysite nanotubes can be dispersed at high load levels and easily dropped into existing polymer molding equipment will be a strong selling point when we start marketing Pleximer.”