Project description
Project summary
The main aim of this IP proposal is to develop innovative factory of the future with integrated technologies for the preparation of advanced specialty materials based on industrially important new polymer hybrids and nanocomposites whereby the synthesis and modification of the inorganic phase is achieved through the use of precursors that are to be made easily dispersible in the organic polymer matrix
Project objective(s)
The overall aim of this project is to develop an innovative processing technology for the preparation of advanced specialty multifunctional nanomaterials based on industrially important new polymer hybrids and nanocomposites whereby the synthesis and modification of the inorganic phase is achieved through the use of precursors that are to be made easily dispersible in the organic polymer matrix. Through this new process, it will be possible to improve performance of existing polymer blends and composite materials. Such improvements include : toughness/stiffness balance, higher heat distortion temperature, tear resistance of thermoplastic elastomers, lower matrix shrinkage, nanostructured surfaces for improving adhesion, pigment formation, nanoparticle-supported stabilizers as new additives, new blend compatibilizers giving control of polymer blend morphology when using amphiphilic nanofillers, as well as control of surface adhesion (paint adhesion to polyolefins, filler and fibre adhesion, pigment adhesion).
Community Societal objectives
International State-of-the-art and Current Technical Limitations
This project will be the first exploitation of in-process measurement techniques to obtain insights on the mechanism(s) regulating the interaction occurring between the nanofillers and the polymeric matrices during nanocomposite production.
The state of the art, the limitations and the innovation brought about by MULTIHYBRIDS project are described below through its three main objectives.
