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P2i is a nanotechnology solutions provider who works with manufacturers to deliver liquid repellent nano-coating protection to products across five key market sectors: Electronics, Lifestyle, Life Sciences, Filtration & Energy, and Military & Institutional. The company was established in 2004 to commercialize technologies developed by the UK MoD’s Defense Science and Technology Laboratory. In further research and development, the company has identified innovative applications, equipment and processing methods, extending its patent portfolio to over 65 families (Jan, 2013). In 2010 the company acquired Surface Innovations Limited, adding new technologies such as antimicrobial, super hydrophilic and protein resistance coatings to its solutions. In addition to headquarters in the United Kingdom, P2i has a processing facility in the United States, and an office in Shenzhen, China. ==Technology== The company’s platform technology is based on original PhD research carried out in the late 1990s by P2i's Chief Technology Officer, Dr Stephen Coulson, within the Functional Surfaces group led by Professor Jas Pal Badyal at Durham University. The technology lowers the surface energy of products by developing an ultrathin polymer coating on all surfaces (based on perfluorinated carbon compounds). This acts to keep the products surface ‘neutral’ and therefore reduces the disruption of intermolecular bonds within a liquid. According to P2i’s website, instead of being attracted and spreading out on a product, liquids now remain in droplet formation and easily move away. The P2i technology employs plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition processing to apply an ultrathin polymer layer onto all surfaces of a product. Their patented 'pulsed-plasma' process takes place under low pressure within a vacuum chamber at room temperature. The coating is introduced as a vapor and ionized. This allows for the development of the polymer layer, which forms a covalent bond with the product’s surface, making it extremely durable. The technology can be readily applied onto a wide variety of items made from a diverse range of materials. Occurring at low pressure, the coating penetrates complex three-dimensional objects, protecting it internally and externally in the one process. As the coating is one thousand times thinner than a human hair, it does not affect the look or feel of products, including the delicate components of electronic devices, or the breathability of lifestyle materials. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「P2i」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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