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Plastic Nanotechnology: Spain at the Forefront of Research and Development of New Graphene-based Materials
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he public-private collaboration between Spanish companies, technology centres and research organizations has enabled the implementation of a new research initiative in the field of graphene for the development of new industrial applications with high added value and advanced properties. The project GRAPHOS is led by the company of specialty chemicals CROMOGENIA and has the participation of ANTEX, ARZUBIALDE, BECSA, ELIX POLYMERS, MAIER, NANOINNOVA and POLYMEC. It kicks off with the ambitious aim of achieving the incorporation of graphene
and carbonaceous nanostructures in a broad range of polymeric matrixes. In this way, it is expected to achieve the integration in different products with advanced functionalities and improved physical-mechanical properties. In particular, the project GRAPHOS focuses its activity on automotive, plastics, paints, inks and coatings, construction, textile and electronics industries. In this way, four out of the eight large sectors where developments in graphene and carbonaceous nanostructures are expected to have a higher impact: energy aerospace, automotive, biomedicine, coatings, composites,
sensors, electronics and defence. The consortium GRAPHOS covers the value chain from production and functionalization of graphenes and carbonaceous nanostructures to the integration in final product of acrylics, polyester, polyurethane, polypropylenes, SBS, SAN and ABS. The project is funded by the programme CIEN, co-funded with ERDF funds with a budget of EUR 7,200,022.00 million and a grant of EUR 5,400,016.50 million in a period of four years. For further information: www.aimplas.net
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