Custom Polymer Materials & Formulations
Custom Polymer Materials
Applied can adjust or combine many of the properties of existing materials or adjust to these properties to develop a new material to fulfill a wide range of customer needs.
Many products manufactured by Applied are the direct result of specific customer requests for a modified or new type of material not currently offered. We can also provide design and analysis assistance with polymer film interfaces and support structures as required.
The Applied materials team prides itself on full product development, from a set of requirements through formulation, testing, and manufacturing.
Typical Characteristics Available for Adjustment:
- Coefficient of Thermal Expansion (CTE)
- Modulus
- Transmission/Reflection/Absorption
- Surface Coatings (metals, metal oxides)
- Heat Regulation (alpha/e)
- Color
- Conductivity
- Miscellaneous Additives
- Surface Texture
- Surface Ablation Patterning
Custom Formulations
The Applied Aerospace & Defense team can make custom resin formulations with any of our available polymers or customer’s polymers. Applied is available for contract batch formulating.
Typical Characteristics Available for Adjustment:
- Solvent
- Solids Content
- Tailor-made Solvent Blends
- Customized Filtering Requirements
- Customized Packaging
NovaClear® Polyimide
Novaclear® Polyimide is a colorless polyimide with a higher temperature stability than Applied’s CP1 Polyimide, exhibiting a glass transition temperature exceeding 330°C.
NovaClear® Polyimide is a transparent, colorless polyimide with temperature durability comparable to many traditional amber polyimides.
NovaClear® has a low yellowness index and high Tg which make this material suitable for use in display applications with high temperatures. It is available as a film, liquid resin, or raw polymer powder.
Liquid NovaClear® resin can be direct coated onto many substrates; however, unlike traditional polyimide resins, no high temperature cure is required for this material. NovaClear® can be custom formulated with pigments, dyes, and many other additive chemistries to meet the needs of many applications.