nanoComposix specializes in the fabrication, characterization, and integration of nanomaterials into products and systems. The company’s mission is to enable their customers to maximize the potential benefits of nanotechnology through the use of precisely engineered, highly characterized nanomaterials. Their multi-disciplinary technical teams provide method and protocol development, rapid prototyping, integration solutions, and testing services for researchers in the aerospace, defense, material science, and biotechnology industries (1a). nanoComposix is expected to have continued success as the total market for metallic nanoparticles, nanoinks and pastes, and nanostructures will grow to around $2.0 billion (USD) by 2017 (3).
nanoComposix relies on partnerships and outside funding to continue research and development. Recently, nanoComposix received $150,000 from the Army Corps of Engineers (Department of the Army), USACE HEC, Ft. Belvoir, for research and development services (2).
nanoComposix has partnered with SensorMetrix and researchers at UCLA to develop a new class of self-healing composite materials. These composites are capable of healing subcritical damage including delamination and matrix cracking. They form the basis of a system that will continuously monitor composite health, and automatically repair any damaged areas (1c). nanoComposix also has participated in a NASA experiment sponsored by NASA’s Innovative Partnerships Program. nanoComposix created a nanofluid coolant testing system which was placed aboard the reduced-gravity aircraft flights from Ellington Field in Houston. The flights were the first in NASA's Facilitated Access to the Space Environment for Technology Development and Training program, called FAST (4).
NanoComposix has extensive experience engineering nanoparticle surfaces that are compatible with a variety of aqueous and organic solvents, fluoropolymers, epoxies, and thermoplastic polymers. Examples of improved composites developed at nanoComposix through the addition of nanomaterials include the following:
Made of Silver
Made of Gold
Made of Silica
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