The new innovative polymer, scaled up to a 200kg pilot batch following extensive research from the Polymer Mimetics team, was prepared via an optimised semi-batch process developed in their Liverpool-based laboratory. It’s a reactive polymer platform which can be used as a performance additive in adhesives or composites. It is described as highly branched and imparts high functionality with low solution viscosity and good formulation compatibility.
This was the largest quantity of a new polymer created by Polymer Mimetics.
Paul Findlay, chief technology officer for Polymer Mimetics, said: “This is a significant milestone for Polymer Mimetics showing that our technology can be prepared via a safe and reproducible industrial process. This also showcases the excellent teamwork between Polymer Mimetics and our colleagues at Scott Bader in Wollaston, enabling a lab-based technology to progress from essentially beakers to barrels.”
