Hazardous and problematic chemicals was eliminated from RadiSurf’s polymer brush nanoprimer process. Today the 2-step process only uses water/alcohol solvents, a low concentration of a benign CuO catalyst, and it even has oxygen tolerance. The results show that the nanoprimer displays high adhesive strength resulting in cohesive fracture when binding PMMA and PC materials to metals.
A health and environmental assessment of process steps involved in the nanoprimer application was undertaken and the first test of a future commercial nanoprimer kit was done, both to support the steps towards selling RadiSurf’s nanoprimer agents globally. Finally, results demonstrated that nanoprimers in combination with a thermoplastic sheet in many cases will be able to replace problematic adhesives such as epoxy in the assembly of metal-to-metal.
Substitution of Organic Solvents in Production of new Adhesion Technology as an Alternative to Hazardous Gluing Processes
This report describes the motivation for the project, the results obtained during the project period, and a health and environmental assessment of RadiSurf’s nanoprimer process and the components involved.