Creating a competitive edge for the European POLYmer processing industry by driving new added-value products with CONDucting polymers
The aim of the PolyCond project is to develop conductive plastic composites that are eco-friendly, cost effective and of high added value. This will be achieved through an ambitious multidisciplinary approach developing new, radically innovative, knowledge-based and sustainable products for protection against the effects of Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) and Electrostatic Discharge (ESD).
Research will be based on the compounding of engineering polymers and Inherently Conductive Polymers (ICPs) with improved conductivity, or hybrid systems of ICPs with conductive nanotubes. Innovative, eco-efficient processing, based on CO2 assisted technologies specifically tailored to the new materials, will also be developed.
Current research on ICPs, is not sufficient to enable adequate
replacement of metal components in EMI shielding applications. PolyCond
will dramatically extend the current performance and processability of
ICPs and therefore enable significant replacement of metals in EMI
shielding and ESD protection applications.
PolyCond is a transnational project, being part financed by the
European Commission under the sixth framework programme as an
Integrated Project (IPSME scheme - Project number IP 515835-2). The
project is designed to address the needs of the European plastic
converters, a traditional less RTD intensive sector mainly composed of
SMEs (>99%).
PolyCond will benefit plastic processors in the EU by developing new
technologies and providing solutions to key long-term problems. A
multidisciplinary and integrated approach includes technology transfer
with training activities, thereby mobilizing EU and Regional funding.
