| DETROIT,
MICHIGAN. nanoScience Engineering Corporation (nSEC)
announced today that it has exclusively licensed
technology from Wayne State University related to
manufacturing advanced nano-scale fillers for enhancing
the performance of plastics and rubber. The technology
utilizes supercritical carbon dioxide, an environmentally
friendly, reusable solvent, for producing exfoliated
and custom-coated fillers dispersible in a polymer
matrix. This novel method will make superior and
economical polymer nanocomposites with improved strength,
thermal stability, and reduced permeability. The enhanced properties will lead
to numerous applications in the automotive and food packaging industries.
Prof. Esin Gulari, Prof. Charles W. Manke, Dr. Gulay Serhatkulu, and Prof. Rangaramanujam
Kannan, of the Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Department in WSU's
College of Engineering, collectively developed this technology employing supercritical
fluids.
nSEC was founded by David Burnett, co-founder and former president and CEO of
Prizmalite Industries, Inc., James Braddock, Sr., former senior automotive purchasing
executive and Prof. Esin Gulari, co-inventor of the patents in the nSEC portfolio.
David Burnett recently stated, “We believe this new technology will benefit
a number of industries through enhancing properties of plastics and rubber.
In the auto industry it will improve permeability control in fuel handling
systems, and fire retardancy and heat deflection of insulation materials. We
also feel our technology will be of great benefit to the food packaging industry
by enhancing barrier properties.”
According to Wayne State Vice President for Research John P. Oliver, “The work
of nSEC is another example of how WSU researchers are taking the next step from
innovation to implementation. They care about how their discoveries will impact
industry and society.” nSEC plans to locate their operations in Detroit.
Wayne State University is one of the nation's pre-eminent public research universities
in an urban setting. In the past 20 years, Wayne State's research has grown nine
percent annually, with research expenditures reaching over $225 million in 2004.
Through its multidisciplinary approach to research, and its ongoing collaboration
with government, industry and other institutions, the university seeks to enhance
economic growth and improve the quality of life in the city of Detroit, state
of Michigan and beyond.
nano Science Engineering Corp
Contact : Jim Braddock
Voice : (248) 738-5541
E-mail : jim@jbraddock.com jim@jbraddock.com
Fax: (313) 577-3626
nano Science Engineering
Corp
Contact : Jim Braddock
Voice : (248) 738-5541
E-mail : jim@jbraddock.com
jim@jbraddock.com
Fax: (313) 577-3626
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