Custom materials & formulation

Advanced Materials Research

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.

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CUSTOMIZED MATERIALS FORMULATION CONTENT

Benchmark

Identify the most interesting products in our supplier network for consideration as industrially viable solutions

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Design

Chemical design of formulations based on an in-depth understanding of the chemistry and support of material modelling

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Pre-screening

Systematic screening of all materials in our laboratory to deliver the most relevant solutions to our customers

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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.

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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).

advanced materials research at SPECIFIC POLYMERS
advanced materials research at SPECIFIC POLYMERS

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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