ADVANCED MATERIALS

Next generation materials for high performance applications

CARBON-BASED NANOMATERIALS

Carbon Nanotubes

Uses:

  • Industrial applications include additives in lithium-ion batteries,
  • Conductive Plastics and ESD Materials
  • Structural composites for automotive, aerospace etc.
  • Coating and flexible electronic devices.
  • Rubbers and elastomers.

CARBON-BASED NANOMATERIALS

Graphene and Graphene Oxide

Uses:

  • Anticorrosion coatings/paints.
  • Polymer composites and plastics
  • Energy storage (batteries and supercapacitors).
  • Cement, concrete and construction materials
  • Water treatment and environmental applications
  • Electronics, sensors and films

NANOMATERIALS AND NANOPARTICLES

Element, Alloy and Compound Nanoparticles

Examples:

  • Gold, silver, copper, zinc, cobalt, aluminium, etc
  • Nanocellulose
  • Single metal oxides
  • Multi-element metal oxides
  • Quantum dots
  • Fullerenes
  • Energy/Battery materials

NANOMATERIALS AND NANOPARTICLES

Dispersions and wafers

Examples:

  • Gold and silver dispersions
  • Carbon nanotube dispersions
  • Graphene dispersions
  • Quantum dot dispersions
  • Silicon and semiconductor wafers
  • Sputtering targets

BULK MICRON AND SUB-MICRON POWDERS

Monocalcium phosphate

Uses:

  • Animal feeding
  • Fertilizer production
  • Leavening agent
  • Firming and sequestration

BULK MICRON AND SUB-MICRON POWDERSS

Calcium oxide

Unslaked and Slaked Lime

Uses:

  • pH Adjustment/control in industries such as water & wastewater treatment, acid & chemicals production, mining and construction.
  • Water softening.
  • Environmental.
  • Agriculture.

ADVANCED WASTEWATER TREATMENT MATERIALS

Bionanoflocculants

Uses:

  • In wastewater treatment – turbidity removal, coagulation–flocculation aid to replace/reduce alum/Fe salts, sludge dewatering, colour removal and microplastics capture.
  • In mining and industrial effluent treatment- tailings thickening & clarification, process water recycling, fines recovery, dewatering, dye & colour removal (textiles), oil–water separation, and COD/TSS reduction.
  • In agriculture – Irrigation water clarification, runoff treatment (erosion/sediment control), nutrient capture/management.