NAMI's Smart Protection Materials
Overview
NAMI has developed a novel smart protection material (SPM) for impact protection and anti-stabbing.
Commercialisation opportunities
Non-exclusive licensing
Problem addressed
Common protection materials are usually either relatively rigid to sustain intense impact with a lack of flexibility, or soft but bulky. Some proprietary products are expensive which limit the distribution channel. NAMI’s SPM is slim and flexible, yet effective in energy absorption and impact protection.
Innovation
- NAMI’s SPM is endowed with impact protection and anti-stabbing properties by leveraging NAMI's experience in metal oxide and polymer composite material.
- Adopting unique formulation and process, NAMI's SPM is slim, flexible and cost effective.
Key impact
- Non-Newtonian, self-reinforced upon impact
- Good impact protection performance and user experience
- Wide choices of base materials, compatible with silicone and thermoplastics
- Complies with international impact protection standards
Award
- Gold Medal at the “2018 Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions”
- Silver Medal at the “2019 Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions”
- Silver Medal at the “2021 Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions”
- Silver Medal at the “2022 Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions”
Application
- Protection of fragile goods including bottles, electronics, etc.
- Sports, occupational or elderly protection
Nano and Advanced Materials Institute (NAMI)
As a Materials Expert, Nano and Advanced Materials Institute (NAMI) has a strong portfolio of innovative technologies to support and collaborate with the industry, offering frontier-applied research on advanced materials as well as technology transfer for commercialization success.
NAMI, incorporated in 2006, is designated by the Innovation and Technology Commission of the Hong Kong Government as a Research and Development Center for nanotechnology and advanced materials. NAMI undertakes and provides support for market-driven research in nanotechnology and advanced materials, and strives for commercialization of the technologies to benefit the industry and the society at large, as well as re-industrialization to promote the economic growth and sustainability of Hong Kong.
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