NaturalNanoa, developer of nanomaterials and nanotechnologies, and speciality materials company Rohm and Haas have formed a partnership to explore the development of polymers with enhanced properties.
Rohm and Haas is funding two research projects using NaturalNano's patented processes with halloysite natural tubes to enable the manufacture of stronger, lighter and more flexible products.
NaturalNano says these projects will expand the applicability of its Pleximer product for use in a wide variety of end markets, including adhesives, coatings, electronics, and packaging. Adding HNT to these polymers could enable NaturalNano and Rohm and Haas to supply the market with advanced materials that could improve the performance of products used in the packaging industry.
Cathy Fleischer, president of NaturalNano, says: "These funded projects, combined with the real-world customer and commercial applications offered by Rohm and Haas, represent another major milestone in our drive toward sustained revenue and validating our investments and patents in HNT enabled materials."
