Valery Kulichikhin, director of the polymer rheology laboratory of the Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis. Thermoplastics-based nanocomposites: first steps to commercialization.

Nanocomposites based on polymer matrix are being developed by many scientific centers, but their commercialization in the engineering polymers market, with few exceptions, failed despite their functional properties. On the one hand, it damaged reputation of the “nano” prefix, and on the other hand, compelled researchers to investigate why this happens to understand whether the introduction of true nanoparticles yields a nanocomposite.

The report will discuss new ways of introducing nanoparticles of layered silicates and nanodiamonds into a polymeric matrix, which were developed by a group of scientists as part of an ISTC project and attracted the interest of LSP Access International LTD and Milena Trading Ltd.

Victor Avdeev, head of the Chemical Technology and New Materials Division of MSU, director of the Institute of New Hydrocarbon Materials and Technologies.
Polymer composites and products for engineering, fire protection, sealing and other industrial applications

The application of polymer composites whose unique properties allow making customized structures is spreading in various industries, including aerospace, alternative energy, shipbuilding, manufacture of goods for sports and leisure, as well as construction, infrastructure, and chemical engineering.

Carbon-carbon composite materials form a separate direction both in scientific researches and industrial applications. Their development expands applications of these materials and opens new markets for them, including high temperature seals, frictional materials, heat insulation, etc.