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What We Offer

For the first time, via NanoCentral, businesses can take advantage of a seamless and coherent service spanning:

1. The provision of open access to key nano-material technologies:
   1. Synthesis (including flame/plasma pyrolysis and crystallisation)
   2. Dispersion, Functionalisation and Formulation (including high pressure-high shear mixing and dispersion)
   3. Applications Development (from coatings to devices)
   4. Characterisation (including TEM, SEM, XRD and particle sizing)
2. Help with the formation of collaborations within the supply chain to develop and exploit nanomaterials.
3. Consultancy in the areas of nanomaterials technology and marketing.
4. The publication of nanomaterial related SHE advice and good practice.
5. The provision of training in the field of nanomaterials and nanotechnology.
6. The delivery of nanomaterial knowledge transfer.

The Benefits

In a world where products are becoming more similar in every market sector, it is getting tougher to achieve competitive advantage. Nanomaterials can create discernable differences. These will add value to brands, refresh products nearing the end of life and create entirely new products to meet evolving needs. For manufacturers, nanomaterials can shorten the production process, save energy and raw materials and increase efficiency.

How can you gain these benefits? NanoCentral is the portal and the pathway.

• As world-class experts in nanomaterials technology we can help you to overcome problems that you are already facing or to develop innovative bespoke solutions.
• We can provide access to nanotechnologies from our extensive network and help you find solutions to the issues you have identified.
• If you need a new technology to solve your problem, we can introduce you to potential partners to add expertise and capability to the development process.
• We continually capture emerging technologies from a wide range of sectors and make these available to you.
• A key advantage we offer is access to facilities to create and test these nanomaterial solutions in a cost-effective way.
• At NanoCentral you can get help from a team of people with an unmatched combination of industrial, technological and business expertise.

Quality

To deliver a consistent service we must have auditable standards of reporting and operations. Although the quality systems of our Providers differ in maturity and complexity, we intend to integrate operations and provide a service to users which is as seamless and simple as possible. The key aims, aligned with the ISO 9000:2000 standard, will be to:

• Demonstrate the efficacy of the Network activities via a structured data capture and reporting protocol
• Promote continually improved service delivery leading to increased efficiency and capacity of the Network
• Deliver enhanced customer satisfaction through effective resolution of issues

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