Nanotect
Nanotect
Nanotect
NANOTECT
TECHNICAL INFO
Without CNT
With CNT
What IS NANOTECT?
Nanotect is a composite coating coprising selected polymer resins, lubricants,
corrosion inhibitors, and carbon nanotubes (CNTs), the last of which distinguish
Nanotect from all other coatings available to date in the market. A special
technique of surface modification of CNTs developed with the collaboration of
Kyoto University, Japan, has made us the first maker to develop and put on the
market a line of Nanotect coatings in which CNTs are finely (molecularly)
composited with polymer matrices. These polymer/CNT molecular composites
have proved to show extraordinarily superb properties, as partly predicted by
theory.
* Good adhesion.
* Low and steady friction.
* Excellent resistance to wear and abrasion.
* Remarkable impact strength.
* Strong resistance to corrosion.
* Good Resistance to the elements.
* Wide range of working temperatures.
Pretreatment of the matrix is essential to achieve the best performance in
corrosion resistance. Color is all the black of CNT, fortunately or unfortunately.
What Technology IS
NANOTECT Based On?
Indeed carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have long been expected to be promising
building blocks for next-generation composite polymers, but their extremely low
solubility in solvents and polymers has prohibited their commercial applications
in this field. We had the idea that a thin layer of a suitable polymer densely
grafted on the CNT surface would help CNT particles finely disperse in the
matrix polymer to be reinforced and, at the same time, work as an insulating
barrier to prevent electric circulation through CNT particles. The electric
conductivity of CNT is obviously undesirable for our purpose, since it even
accelerates corrosion. This idea along with collaboration from Kyoto University
has led us to develop a simple, industrially acceptable grafting method to
surface-modify CNTs.
The mentioned method of CNT modification was found to be particularly
effective to a selected CNT, which is supplied by GSI Creos, Corp. and in fact
used in Nanotect. As the photos given below show, thus treated CNTs give
excellent dispersion in the polymer (Photo d) as well as in the solvent (photo b),
while the untreated materials form large aggregates in the solvent (a) and
polymer (c). The nearly molecular dispersion of CNT in the polymer matrix as
shown in Photo c has never been achieved before, and is responsible for the
excellent properties of the Nanotect coatings.
Photo a
Photo c
Photo b
Photo d
2. Nanotect-C
This coating is best characterized by its excellent resistance to corrosion
(3000h by the salt spray test) plus high impact strength (undamaged by the
1.6mm/1kg/50cm Du-Pont test).
Other notable features of Nanotect-C include remarkable ductility
(undamaged by the 2mm bend test), low friction (0.10 to 0.15, depending on
methods of measurements), resistance to wear and abrasion (ca. 6 times more
resistant than zinc coating), good UV resistance (about 3000 h by the Dew cycle
sunshine weather meter test), and wide range of working temperatures (from
below -190oC to 220oC).
6000
5000
4000
Nanotect-C
3000
2000
1000
0
1.E+05
1.E+07
1.E+09
1.E+11
1.E+13
1.E+15
1.E+17
Insulation Resistance/cm
Nanotect-C
Zinc Plate
Hk10
Hk120
Hk180
300,000r
4000r
50,000r
500,000r
2mm
<2mm
2mm
2mm
<2mm
<1.6mm
1.6mm
<1.6mm
3.2mm
1.6mm
1.6mm
1000h
500h
3000h
6000h
240h
250h
0.12
0.16
0.08
0.12
0.15
0.2
Nanotect-A
without CNT
Nanotect-C
without CNT*
Hk80
Hk20
Hk70
500,000r
75,000r
<2mm
Information
NANOTECT has won the grants-in-aid of The Enhancement of Manufacturing
Technology for Small and Medium Enterprises (NEDO, Subsidy No: Kinki-
2006-2008)
The Resona Foundation For Small And Medium Enterprise Promotion
and the award of (2009).
HP
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Insulation resistance()
Sample
Insulation resistance()
Salt Spray test(hr)
Film thickness (m)
Nanotect-A
9
1.110
1000
34.2
3000
33.9
6000
38.0
37.5
Insulation resistance ()
1.00E+13
1.00E+12
1.00E+11
1.00E+10
1.00E+09
1.00E+08
1.00E+07
1.00E+06
1.00E+05
1.00E+04
1.00E+03
1.00E+02
1.00E+01
1.00E+00
1000
Salt spray test (hr)
2.310 14
3000