Custom materials & formulation
We build materials and coating formulations to meet your specifications and support your R&D.
SPECIFIC POLYMERS offers its customers R&D services to design tailor-made materials and coating formulations. Our expertise in polymer and material chemistry enables us to design, formulate, characterize and supply the best resin formulations. In this way, we help our customers to validate their proofs of concept in their own applications.
Our researchers have strong skills in the preparation of organic or hybrid coatings based on thermosetting chemistries such as epoxy-amine, carbonate-amine, isocyanate-alcohol, acrylates-peroxides, acrylate-UV, etc. Depending on the field of application and targeted properties, we can develop solvent-based or waterborne formulations. In all cases, our approach is based on a precise understanding of structure-properties-performance relationships, enabling us to adjust the formulation according to process specifications (viscosity, pot-life, gel-time, etc.) and expected thermomechanical and surface properties.
CUSTOMIZED MATERIALS FORMULATION CONTENT
Benchmark
Identify the most interesting products in our supplier network for consideration as industrially viable solutions
Design
Chemical design of formulations based on an in-depth understanding of the chemistry and support of material modelling
Pre-screening
Systematic screening of all materials in our laboratory to deliver the most relevant solutions to our customers
We define a customized materials formulation process based on your requirements
In our materials laboratory, our team is dedicated to producing high-specificity formulations for the development of innovative materials and coatings.
Project definition
Definition of specifications & identification of relevant chemistries
Proposal & Quotation
Provide a detailed work plan based on state of the art (SoA) and benchmark analysis
Experimental study
Iterative feedback loops: screening of formulations and optimizations based on applicative feedbacks
Characterization
Evaluation of the formulations, coatings & materials characteristics (rheology, thermomechanical properties, surface properties)
Sample delivery
Sending product samples for evaluation
Report & TDS
Provision of technical information for the proper use of our products
Project follow-up – Communication on project progress, definition of adjustments if needed
We define a customized materials formulation process based on your requirements
In our materials laboratory, our team is dedicated to producing high-specificity formulations for the development of innovative materials and coatings.
Project Definition
Define targeted specifications and relevant chemistries
Proposal & Quotation
Provide a detailed work plan based on state of the art (SoA) and benchmark analysis
Project Follow-up
Regular communication of project progress, defining adjustments if needed
Targets Delivery
Provide the best formulation following an initial pre-screening phase
Optimizations
Optimize formulation composition based on applicative feedbacks
Reports or TDS
Provide required information for the proper use of our products
AN INDUSTRIAL APPROACH FOR A WIDE RANGE OF APPLICATIONS
In this field of activity, our main research is into high performance thermosets materials, bio-based materials and UV- and thermal-cured multi-functional coatings exhibiting various properties such as hydrophobicity, oleophobicity, anticorrosive properties or electronic conductivity.
In this field of activity, our main research is into high performance thermosets materials, bio-based materials and UV- and thermal-cured multi-functional coatings exhibiting various properties such as hydrophobicity, oleophobicity, anticorrosive properties or electronic conductivity.
Industrial Viability
Even if the target markets concern high value-added materials and coatings, SP attaches great importance to the industrial viability of the technologies developed. Thus, our formulations developments can be based either on industrials products or on in-house (macro)molecules, depending on level of maturity targeted . Thanks to our large network of industrial suppliers, we have access to a very wide range of precursors, allowing us to offer build-to-specification materials while maintaining an industrial approach.
Main research areas
Our research is mainly focused on high-performance thermosetting materials, bio-based resins, and multifunctional coatings with diverse properties. Thanks to our knowledge of multifunctional (macro)molecules, we can add specific surface properties to our custom-designed coatings, such as hydrophobicity, oleophobicity, hydrophilicity, electrical conductivity, anticorrosive properties or self-healing features. We can develop formulations for thermal curing but also UV-curable coatings (radical or cationic photopolymerization).
Main research areas
Our research is mainly focused on high-performance thermosetting materials, bio-based resins, and multifunctional coatings with diverse properties. Thanks to our knowledge of multifunctional (macro)molecules, we can add specific surface properties to our custom-designed coatings, such as hydrophobicity, oleophobicity, hydrophilicity, electrical conductivity, anticorrosive properties or self-healing features. We can develop formulations for thermal curing but also UV-curable coatings (radical or cationic photopolymerization).
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