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Shiva Prasad Balivada Founder, Managing Director & CEO Vi NanoTech |
Abstract:
Plastics are an integral part of our every-day-use in our lives.... Be it in the home or away from home we see many of the applications lose their original color due to wear and tear / lack of proper cleaning cycles.... Just imagine you are able to just bring in the new image by cleaning with a wet cloth.... it is possible now....
January 24th, 2009
Plastic and Nano - A Brand new image
Plastic is the collective term for those materials which consist of materials which contain synthetically or semi-synthetically generated polymers with organic (carbon) groups. An outstanding attribute of plastics in general is that technical properties such as formability, hardness, elasticity, breaking strength, temperature resistance and chemical resistance, to name a few, can be easily diversified through the selection of the base material, the manufacturing process and the usage of additives.
It is impossible to imagine our daily life without plastics. They have changed our life like no other group of materials. Without plastics we wouldn't have cars, aircrafts, computers, Tupperware, etc, etc. Many technical inventions and developments were only feasible once various plastics were invented; however it is important to recognize that the properties of plastic materials can be optimized by applying Nano coatings.
The Applications of Plastic come in various ways. In most of them the cleanliness becomes a very important one. Also they help in retaining the new image for many years… Protect the substrate from contaminations and etching stains. Surfaces repel water, oil and others heralding a Easy-to-clean effect
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