MCP Technology
Applied NanoWorks Molecular Control Platform(MCP) is the first major extension of inorganic chemistry in over 30 years. It delivers a broad array of 57 organo-metalic products that are coupled with powerful chemical degrees of freedom. These degrees of freedom give material scientists access to inorganic functionality and compatibility that was previously unattainable. This will enable a new level of disruptive product development as well as process improvement.
Our MCP Technology is a patent-pending chemical manufacturing process that enables a level of chemical flexibility that makes physical properties of inorganics materials more accessible to a broad range of material systems. This novel platform also provides the control that allows the molecules to form nano-particle with very tight size distributions. In essence, these nano-particles are inorganic polymers that are highly controllable.
Material developers have searched for a way to include the power of inorganics to create new and disruptive material systems and products. Inflexible and limited organic chemistry solutions have hampered those efforts.
MCP provides a wide range of simple chemical ligands to attach the desired inorganic base material. Surface-treating nano-particles, the most recent attempt at solving the inorganic chemistry problem, hides the inorganic properties behind a shell of surfactants.
MCP is the first broad platform technology to deliver a commercially and technically viable solution without the use of surfactants or other additives. The MCP process can control particle sizes very tightly down to 5nm +/- <1nm in size. No other materials platform allows this level of control. MCP delivers a family of salt free inorganic precursors that address many of the issues surrounding inorganic additives today. By flexibly opening access to these materials, MCP opens accessibility to the functionality of 57 inorganics.
MCP brings the added benefit of fitting into today's "Green" emphasis- MCP delivers water based solutions for manufacturing processes, new products and broad reaching corporate commitments.
Existing chemistries for utilizing inorganic functionalities are limited and cumbersome. Metals, alkoxides and amides are chemically inflexible and contain residual chemistries, such as salts, that are problematic in manufacturing processes.
Kyle Litz, PhD
Director of Research & Development
MCP provides a wide range of simple chemical ligands to attach the desired inorganic base material. Surface-treating nano-particles, the most recent attempt at solving the inorganic chemistry problem, hides the inorganic properties behind a shell of surfactants.
MCP is the first broad platform technology to deliver a commercially and technically viable solution without the use of surfactants or other additives. The MCP process can control particle sizes very tightly down to 5nm +/- <1nm in size. No other materials platform allows this level of control. MCP delivers a family of salt free inorganic precursors that address many of the issues surrounding inorganic additives today. By flexibly opening access to these materials, MCP opens accessibility to the functionality of 57 inorganics.
MCP brings the added benefit of fitting into today's "Green" emphasis- MCP delivers water based solutions for manufacturing processes, new products and broad reaching corporate commitments.
