Applied nanotechnology for real industrial needs: from oil, gas and steel to construction, automotive, packaging and health.
Every industry faces a set of technical challenges, material limitations, performance requirements and product development opportunities. In many of these areas, nanotechnology and advanced materials can open the way to exploring new solutions.
With a focus on applied nanotechnology, materials engineering, R&D and industrial innovation, Nano Innovation Studio looks for opportunities where scientific knowledge can be used to meet a specific industrial need.
Our approach starts with understanding the problem. Then, by reviewing the application conditions, technical requirements and feasibility of different solutions, the right path for studying, developing and evaluating the technology is defined.
Harsh operating conditions, corrosive environments, and high temperature and pressure; the durability of equipment and components matters for lower maintenance costs and higher reliability.
✓Chemical and corrosion resistance with advanced materials
✓Protective coatings and longer surface durability
✓Materials and compounds for specific operating conditions
✓Less erosion and longer component life
Raw material quality, surface properties and resistance to wear, corrosion and operating stress play a key role in the performance of products and equipment.
✓Improving the surface properties of metals
✓Wear- and corrosion-resistant coatings
✓Performance-enhancing formulations and compounds
✓Developing or replacing materials for specific applications
More durable materials, better performance and lower life-cycle cost: from cement-based materials to building coatings.
✓Additives and nanomaterials to improve material properties
✓Higher durability in specific environmental conditions
✓Protective coatings and special-function surfaces
✓New compounds for building products
Materials with the right performance that meet requirements for durability, weight, production cost, safety and mass production.
✓Lighter materials with suitable mechanical properties
✓Coatings resistant to wear and environmental factors
✓Nanocomposites for specific applications
✓Improving the thermal or surface properties of parts
Maintaining product quality and stability with efficient packaging; food-contact applications require safety assessment and specific legal requirements.
✓Packaging materials with the required barrier properties
✓Better material performance during storage
✓Technologies for monitoring or detecting quality changes
✓New compounds tailored to manufacturers' needs
Precise control of material properties, build quality and biocompatibility; turning an idea into a medical product requires validated testing and regulatory compliance.
✓Advanced materials for specific medical applications
✓Material surface properties and specialized coatings
✓Initial assessment of biomaterial ideas
✓Designing the R&D path and evaluation requirements
Product performance depends on material composition, stability, adhesion, chemical resistance, surface properties and application conditions.
✓New formulations for industrial applications
✓Additives and nanomaterials to change properties
✓Protective coatings with defined performance
✓Stability and compatibility of formulation components
To reach industrial use, research ideas and results need a defined market need, feasibility study, prototype and commercialization plan.
✓Assessing the practical potential of ideas and research results
✓Initial assessment of technology readiness level
✓Development path from research to prototype
✓Collaboration models and commercialization path
Inconsistent quality, raw material limitations, dependence on foreign suppliers or the need to develop a new product.
✓Defining technical problems in products or processes
✓Improving existing materials and compounds
✓Alternative options for raw materials
✓R&D projects matched to the company's resources
The items above are areas that can be explored, not services whose success has already been proven. The choice of any solution depends on real operating conditions, standard requirements, test results and safety and economic assessment.
Instead of starting with a specific technology, we start with the problem: first the required performance, current limitations and success criteria are defined.
Strength, thermal or chemical resistance, surface properties and formulation limits, with the goal of measurable improvement.
Defining specifications, reviewing material and technology options and planning the building or improvement of a prototype.
Studying the technical causes of quality variation and waste and designing tests to evaluate proposed solutions.
Understanding the specifications of the reference product and designing a path to develop an alternative, with step-by-step testing and validation.
Temperature, humidity, chemicals and wear: studying degradation mechanisms and options for modifying materials or coatings.
Defining technical specifications, development stages, lab needs and performance evaluation criteria.
Reviewing how well a technology fits the problem, its readiness level, scale-up requirements and the path to an industrial setting.
Just because a technology belongs to nanotechnology does not mean it has a suitable economic or technical use in every industry.
To assess each opportunity, the problem and application conditions are defined first. Then the potential of related technologies, alternatives, test facilities, production limits and success criteria are reviewed.
This approach helps focus R&D resources on topics that are technically reviewable and have a clear practical goal.
If your organization has a problem related to material performance, product durability, process quality, new product development or the assessment of a technology, you can share it with Nano Innovation Studio for an initial review.
Nano Innovation Studio: from lab to product, from research to industry
