R&D:
Research and development is the origin of many new and novel products, such as transducers, fuel cells, scleral lenses and restorative surgery aids. Project partners include Moorefield Eye Hospital and universites of Oxford, Surrey and Cranfield in the UK and Lehigh University in the USA. Click here to download published paper on AEP polymers in hydrophilic transducers
Consultancy:
Collaborative projects are carried out in confidence for the development of new applications with national and international companies, with clients including well known names such as Bausch and Lomb, Glaxo Smith Kline and AgION Technologies. Features of AEP Compounds
Biologically benign
Cross linked for chemical stability
Variable formulations for tailored properties
Dessicating preservative
Wide choice of absorption capacities
Wide choice of absorption rates
Stable and consistent from pH 1 to pH 14 inclusive
Stable and consistent in distilled water and saline to 20+% NaCl
High temperature stability to 180+ deg C
Permeable to ions in solution and soluble organics
Speed and rate of elution of solutes is adjustable